Priscilla's Papercrafts: Itty Bitty Christmas

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Friday, December 4, 2020

Christmas Night

I almost never (and I mean NEVER) stamp a card using only stamps, ink and paper. And technically (more on that in a minute), I didn't do it for this card either 😁 But this is about as close as I get to #SimpleStamping:

But I LOVE it! 😍

And I got to use a new product, coming in January in the upcoming Mini Catalog - Blending Brushes. That's how I got that beautiful background!

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock. I punched a "moon" from a piece of sticky note and placed it in the "sky". And I had a piece of cardstock that I had previously cut using the Curvy dies, so I grabbed it to use as a mask. See that snow on the ground? That's where I put my mask. Then I got busy.

These are the new Blending Brushes. They come 3 to a pack (probably all you'll ever need). And they are super soft pompoms of hundreds of tiny bristles:

And SUPER soft! Makes me think I should be using these to put on my makeup! But I digress..

Anyway I laid my "snow" mask on the bottom of my cardstock and took my Blending Brush, rubbed it in Highland Heather ink and started to rub it just above the mask. I added a little more ink until I got a nice "haze" of ink, then I started in with another color - Misty Moonlight. I didn't clean my brush in between, just brushed it on a piece of scrap paper until I didn't see any more ink. And blended some more.

I repeated the process with one more color along the top part of the cardstock, using Night of Navy ink.

Once I was happy with the colors of my "sky" I used some Frost White Shimmer Paint in a Spritzer with a little rubbing alcohol and gave the cardstock a good spritz:

Can you see the shimmer? Hard to capture with a camera, but it's definitely there.

Then I removed the mask and the post-it circle:

And I had my background. The trees (from Snow Front and Merry Moose) were stamped in Tuxedo Black, as was the greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas.

I added a few of the Adhesive Backed Snowflakes (and THAT'S why this card would not qualify as #Simplestamping) and mounted it to a skinny layer of Basic Black and then to the Misty Moonlight card base.

And inside:

This would be an easy card to reproduce, and I may just do that when I realize I'm running short on my Christmas cards!

Product List

Merry Moose Photopolymer Stamp Set

[150494]

$17.00

Snow Front Photopolymer Stamp Set

[150483]

$22.00

Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)

[150513]

$22.00

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$7.50

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$7.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$8.75

Frost White Shimmer Paint

[147046]

$8.00

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$3.00

Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes

[153545]

$6.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Wednesday's What's On the Desk?

It's another What's on the Desk Wednesday, where I take orphaned pieces of cards (never used) and turn them into something. Want to follow along?

I have a box of pieces that I collect when I die-cut shapes, stamp images or tie ribbons that I don't end up using. Rather than toss them, I toss them in my box.

This is what I was looking at:

So I started pulling out pieces:

And then started playing:

How about colors?

Layout?

Hmmm...OK, what next?

And then?

OK, let's finish this up:

A few more sprigs, some Sunflower dies for white pops, a sentiment (silver embossed) and a bow.

Yes, pretty...and now for the finished card?

Ta da!

Lots of bits and pieces, die-cuts, embossed layers and mixed colors and textures...not bad for digging stuff out of a box! 😁

What do you do with your leftovers?

Product List

Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)

[150513]

$22.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$8.75

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121044]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$5.00

Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper

[153513]

$5.00

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109131]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Sunflowers Dies

[152704]

$33.00

Forever Flourishing Dies

[152714]

$36.00

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

[149643]

$10.00

Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[147906]

$10.00

Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon

[144213]

$7.00

Monday, December 9, 2019

More Christmas Cards

I was fortunate to be asked to provide a Christmas card-making class for the employees of a business near my home. I had 9 ladies sign up to make 8 cards, so I was very busy prepping and preparing for their class. Not being sure of their stamping experience, I wanted cute cards that were not too hard for a beginning stamper.

Today I bring you one of the cards we made:

This super-cute card was a great "first" card, as it wasn't too difficult, but it had lots of fun details, starting with the background. I thought the attendees should get familiar with the Stamparatus, so they first stamped their card base with the Crackle Paint background stamp.

I had pre-cut the circles, so all they needed to do was create their snowy scene - they stamped a cabin, the trees and the river, then mounted their stitched shape circle onto a Shaded Spruce scalloped circle and then a Night of Navy Layering Circle. Simple!

The label was stamped and cut with a retired punch, and they learned how to cut their Gold Foil label in half to layer under the white one. Easy!

Finally they put it all together, layering the Wrapped in Plaid DSP onto a strip of Whisper White, adding the stamped elements, and finishing with a few Holiday Rhinestones. Done!

And here is Susan, proud of her first cards, while Lisa finishes hers!