Showing posts with label White Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White Christmas. Show all posts

Friday, 26 September 2014

Pop up White Christmas


Love me my pop up cards & the White Christmas stamp set is perfect for creating little scenes.

I used the house from the Life's Adventures stamp set, which is a hostess set, but this card would work equally well with the Holiday Home stamp set in the Autumn/Winter catalogue. I've put details of both below. (Incidentally, the Apothecary Accents Framelits & coordinating paper piercing template I used on the sentiment are both on sale in this weeks Weekly Deals!)

I made the starry sky using a clear emboss resist technique. I pressed the Versamark ink pad through the the star mask  then embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I sponged Pacific Point ink over the top, & gave the card a quick swipe with a baby wipe to remove the ink from the stars.

With practice, pop up cards are pretty easy. You just need to get a feel for where to make the cuts at the back of your card & how different length cuts  create perspective.

Here, my white base card measures 4 1/2"  (11.5cm) wide, & the cuts are at 1 5/8" & 2 6/8" (4.2 cm & 7.2cm). I put a stepped cut into the second cut, to pop the car in front of the tree.



Saturday, 30 August 2014

New 2014 seasonal catalogue



Stampin' Up's gorgeous new seasonal catalogue launched this week, thereby sorting your papercrafting needs for the coming festive season. Email me if you'd like a copy. 


Yes, yes. I KNOW we're not out of August yet. But if you don't act now, before you know it it's December & you're stood in Paperchase thinking "How did it come to this?". Mark my words. 



I'll post a video in the next few days showing how to make the flip card from the wreath stamp & Framelit.