Pierre the sausage dog!

Have you met Pierre?  How cute is this little dog.  He's a new stamp that I just can't put down.  I have had so much fun creating this card and adding in some images from very old stamps that I told my husband were all gone!!! 

You can make some images pop in the background by embossing them with clear powder onto darker colour shades then add your main image or focal point over the top.  

The dog is super cute and easily coloured with alcohol markers or Stampin' Write markers.  Fussy cut him out to place him wherever you want him.  I have some more examples coming soon.  

You might also want to note that we have a 3 day free shipping window.  You'll earn 10% Stampin' Rewards also of your product total which can be used on your next order or saved.  Please note that the free shipping applies between 23 and 25 July 2025 once £60 of paid for product is in your shopping basket. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and come back soon for more Long Time No See stamp set adventures. 

Happy stamping

Zoe x

Supplies 

Long Time No See stamp set

Spotlight on Nature dies

Alcohol markers Stampin' Blends

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New at SU blog hop - Stampin Up Awesome Silhouettes

 

Welcome to our February New at SU blog hop. We're sharing card making ideas using products from the Stampin' Up! Spring mini catalogue. I've chosen to share a make using the Amazing Silhouettes stamp set.  Inspired by Chelsey Christensen who embossed this image I took a slightly different tack and came up with this design. 

To create this card I clear heat embossed the tree stamp.  Then using Stampin' Write markers I added fine dots using different shades of green to the foliage and browns to the branches and trunk keeping the lightest green, Soft Sea Foam and brown Sahara Sand to just gently colour over the respective areas and fill in the white space.  

I blended on some grass using the negative from the die cut grass and then added the die cut over the top.  I love the pebbles do you?  These have been ever so popular and if you find them out of stock do come back and look again as they will return.  

You can add more texture with an embossed band, here I used Pool Party with the Painted Texture folder.  I also added a fun modern sentiment from Flowing Flowers. 

You can make a simpler version using the same techniques and here I used an embossing folder called Hammered Metal.  The brass butterflies are perfect for a touch of lux. 

Before you go and head to see  Ginger's fab creation using In the Moment please leave a comment and let me know if you love Awesome Silhouettes.  

 Keep safe and keep stamping 

hugs Zoe x

Blog List 

You are here Stampingscene 

Gifted Hands, Ink! - Let's Set Sail

Carterie Plus - New Horizons Designer Series Paper  

Stamping Scene - Amazing Silhouettes and Flowering Flowers

Stamping the Cape - In the Moment

Moore Fun Stamping - Soaring Swallows

Stampin’ Scrapper - Hello Ladybug

Stamping Flair - Paradise Palms

Playing with Papercrafting - Grassy Grove

De Kijkkast - Flowering Tulips

Tricia’s Stamping Creations - Seas the Day

24/7 Inspiration - Cactus Cuties

Creative Juice by Loni - Daffodil Daydream

The Flying Stamper - Hello Ladybug

Joni in the Spotlight Stamping - Oceanfront

 

Get extra value and join in February only £99 for your choice of £130 of product plus an extra two stamp sets 

Join the Tantalizing Stampers to get this extra value along with new friendships, a fun team friendly group, team meetings and retreats and lots of crafting tips and ideas.

Shopping List for this design 

Amazing Silhouettes

Stampin' Write Markers

Embossing Folders

Brushed Brass Butterfly Embellishments

Pebble Enamel Shapes

Happy Easter

I do wish you greetings for the Easter season, but I'm actually sharing a Christmas card with you today as it turns out to be our next fortnights share for the Christmas card club.  our them this time is Christmas Critters and so I used the utterly stunning Nature's Beauty stamp set that was featured in the Stampin' Up! Winter mini, but it is has carried over and I'm pleased to say is still raising money for mental heath charities with £2 from the sale of each set being given to charity.  Do get in touch if you'd like to support.  Many are really struggling with the challenge of COVID 19 and so any help we can give is great.

So my card is very simple.  I used the leaf stamp from the same set to heat emboss a silver design around the edge of a piece of Purple Posy card and then used a dauber to blend some ink over it to deepen the colour.  I stuck this onto a DL size card base to one side and then added a simply stamped sentiment which is punched out with the classic label punch.

The beautiful background that the rabbit sits on is a piece of Feels Like Frost designer series paper. This paper was tremendously poplar for last Christmas and will return again later in the year. It makes for easy cards with little needed as you can see to create a scene for a Christmas Critter!

To give some depth to the rabbit I first stamped him onto the paper with memento black ink and coloured him using my alcohol blends markers.  I then stamped it again on thick white card, coloured and fussy cut out the body and the front ear.  I then adhered those to the one on the paper using mini glue dots to raise it a little but not too much to create a little 3D effect.

Do visit the other ladies in our club to get some inspo for Christmas cards.  Now you have time to make them you can stock up on supplies in my Stampin' Up! Online Shop.

Happy Easter to all and I hope you've not eaten too much chocolate.

Zoe x

Beautiful Day Stampin' Up! is just that....

I've shared my first make for the June issue of Craft Stamper magazine and here is the second.  The Stampin Up set Beautiful Day is just a small set with BIG WOW. It is home to the beautiful butterfly you've seen in so many places and also this stunning flower and a couple of simple sentiments. I've shortened  one to make mine having stamped it and then cut the words I wanted to use free hand.

The design itself started with the flower being embossed with copper embossing powder and then coloured with the Stampin Up Blends.  Sadly these are currently unavailable to purchase as the demand was so high we simply ran out and so are waiting for more from the manufacturer, but I wanted to share my design as I was so delighted with it.  To add a little more definition I also stamped a spare flower onto a spare piece of card ie thick whisper white which is perfect for use with alcohol markers like the Stampin Up Blends.  I embossed and coloured it in the same way and fussy cut it out and then added it to the design using Stampin dimensionals just to lift it and also off set it slightly from the main card.  To finish off I colour washed the remaining space and added the sentiment.

I love Craft Stamper magazine not only because I was asked again to design for an article featuring Stampin' Up!, but also as it is such a good read and full of useful techniques and information.  

I'm also delighted that this stamp set will remain in the Stampin' Up! new annual catalogue.  It's inexpensive, but as I've already said big on the Wow factor.  I hope you like it too.... 

You can contact me to request a copy of the new Stampin' Up! catalogue by emailing me at zoetant@live.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by and one last reminder that the retiring list from Stampin' Up! will disappear on 31 May so don't miss out on those last minute wish list items or you'll be very sad.  

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more soon 

Zoe x

Springtime Daffodils

At Moving Along with the Times we are sharing a Springtime theme this fortnight.  I love my stamp set You're Inspiring and have made a few cards and projects with it, but I was also 'inspired' by a lovely swap I received at the Stampin' Up! demonstrator Onstage event recently made by fellow demo Emma Goddard. I've made my own version using water colouring like she did as the colouring medium for my flowers.  

I like using washi tape but often forget to get it out. It's a great way to add colour and depth without bulk to your projects.  I've also spattered some droplets of ink by getting ink onto a damp, but not dripping aqua painter and flicking it across my project.  The ribbon embellishment is also a great way to use up ends of ribbon supplies it is just two pieces folded in half and then placed on top of each other before using a single staple to attach them. Remember to attach them to a matting layer, in this case my art work piece before adhering to the base card so that you hide the staple back somewhere safe.  

Come join in our challenge at MAWTT. We'd love to see your springtime creations. There's still a week to go to enter. Just follow the link above.

I also used this stamp set to make a home decor piece for my lovely mum for Mother's Day. You can see the full details on my stampingscene post.

Don't forget go join our challenge!

Hugs Zoe x

Christmas Card Club

Angels or Fairies is Margaret 's choice for our club challenge today and I have to say I don't have many of either in my Stampin' Up! stash, but I dug out this little cheeky angel from many years ago and created a very quick and easy card for you today.

I've gold heat embossed the angel onto white card and added a sentiment from Oh What Fun in the annual Stampin' Up catalogue in archival basic grey ink.  The image is then mounted onto basic grey card and gold foil card with stampin dimensionals between the grey and gold foil card.  I used my new Stamparatus to position the mistletoe garland from Merry Mistletoe into a central position below my angel image and stamped in basic grey ink.  As you know by now I 'need' a bit of bling and today it's in the form of a tiny rhinestone just on the centre of the bow.

The base card is smokey slate and I've I used an old corner rounder to soften the card corners at the base.  You could make similar cards to this in no time at all.

Don't forget to visit all the Christmas Card Club ladies, as they each have some fabulous designs that are all very different and offer fabulous inspiration.

Thanks for visiting me today have a great Sunday and all the best for the week ahead.

Hugs Zoe x

Stampin' Up! Balloon Celebrations

You could be forgiven for thinking I'd named this post incorrectly, but these sweet delicate dandelion head stamps are all part of the Stampin' Up! set Balloon Celebrations.  It's an awesome set of stamps that could pretty much cover most events in your annual calendar.

Here I stamped first in archival basic black ink onto whisper white card and then embossed in gold on basic black card and then raised the basic black layer with stampin' dimensionals.  I used post it notes to cover parts that I didn't want to stamp again to ensure that it appears that complete seed heads are visible, but that each part is the correct colour on it's background.

Simple, but effective.  The lovely hand scripted sentiment is part of the What I Love free Saleabration stamp set which you can have in your stash with a purchase of £45.

Stampin' Up! Balloon Celebrations along with the Balloon Bouquet punch and a couple of inks pads is one way of building a bundle of products to earn the free set.

You can buy these and other Stampin' Up! products in my Stampin' Up! online Shop.

More soon Zx