Stampin' Up! Night in Bethlehem Stamp Set
It's been while since I've participated in the Christmas Card Challenge as life has been busy with the build up to Thailand and this week exam results for Olivia. I'm delighted to share though that she got her first choice place to study Business and will be leaving the nest very soon. We are so proud of her.
Our challenge today is set by Christine and she wanted us to remember the true meaning of Christmas which has fallen perfectly with my recent order of the new stamp set Night in Bethlehem and the Bethlehem edgelits . These will both be available to purchase in my Stampin Up online shop from 1 September. Aren't they fabulous and will be useful for years to come. I've teamed them up with some new papers called Merry Music Specialty and you can just see that the sheet I've used has a carol printed on it with the line "Born a king on Bethlehem's plain...." I've used sponges and ink to add colour to a soft sky bendy card similar to one in shape to one I made years ago for Shelli's old creative challenges which I won. You can just see too that I used the brick wall mask behind the first layer of buildings to add a little more interest. I've also heat embossed in clear some stars onto the carol sheet prior to sponging on colour. Mary and Joseph are stamped and die cut black on white.
Do take a look around the other ladies blogs for lots more 'Reason for the Season' inspiration.
Happy Sunday.
Hugs Zx
Sunday, 20 August 2017
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Sweet images in Heartland Set
I fell in love with this sweet image as soon as I saw this year's catalogue. Living in Lincolnshire it fits our farming county perfectly. The barn and tractor stamp also in the set are super too and are just right for young boy and older male cards.
We used this set last week at coffee and a card at The School House Coffee Bar in Horncastle and also before I went to Thailand at The Craftea Cafe in Lincoln. Everyone loved it and of course it is a very therapeutic stamp set with gentle colouring required. We used the water colour pencils and a blender pen to move and blend the colours across the image.
You'll see an accent of Island Indigo card stock made with the Ticket Tear Border punch, new to the Stampin' Up! range this year. We also used the Triple Banner punch to create the Pool Party banner cut at 1.5" wide.
To make sure that your stamped image doesn't run or bleed when coloured you need to use either the Archival Black stamp pad from Stampin' Up! or your black Star On ink. Stamped onto a precept stitched shape circle which as a little more detail, but is easily created.
I love the sentiment in this set too as it is suitable for lots of occasions.
Have a great day!
Zoe x
We used this set last week at coffee and a card at The School House Coffee Bar in Horncastle and also before I went to Thailand at The Craftea Cafe in Lincoln. Everyone loved it and of course it is a very therapeutic stamp set with gentle colouring required. We used the water colour pencils and a blender pen to move and blend the colours across the image.
You'll see an accent of Island Indigo card stock made with the Ticket Tear Border punch, new to the Stampin' Up! range this year. We also used the Triple Banner punch to create the Pool Party banner cut at 1.5" wide.
To make sure that your stamped image doesn't run or bleed when coloured you need to use either the Archival Black stamp pad from Stampin' Up! or your black Star On ink. Stamped onto a precept stitched shape circle which as a little more detail, but is easily created.
I love the sentiment in this set too as it is suitable for lots of occasions.
Have a great day!
Zoe x
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