Snow-bulb

Hi there, it's Lydia here with you today!

I have been playing with a stamp set from one of the newest brands in the store 'Concord & 9th'. The Shine Brighter set is so fun and it has something on there for every occasion- even Christmas. I decided to play around a little and come up with a fun, snow globe-ish idea.

I stamped the lightbulb into place on my card and then cut away the middle to create my snowy shaker scene. I used the tree from the stamp and stamped this into place on my card base and added some green coloured pencils before adding in the lights (dots) to the tree in red which are also in the set.

The sentiment I stamped onto some heat resistant acetate and heat embossed in silver.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia xxx





      

Pearly Snowflakes

Quick post today as there is a LOT going on in MTDSSS HQ at the minute.   We have so much new stock that has just arrived or is due in the next 10 days that I'm really not sure where we're going to put it all!   More on that below.

The latest new arrival is the Christmas release from Hero Arts and one of the many things that grabbed my attention was this beautiful hand-drawn snowflake background stamp.  Coupled with the new pearly white embossing powder you have the basis for a couple of quick Christmas cards.....

I stated by embossing the whole stamp onto glossy white cardstock using the new Pearly White powder.  Inking over with Mint Julep, Cornflower and Emerald shadow inks gave a soft verdigris effect so I decided to add copper into the mix too.  The snowflake is die cut using the Lil' Inkers Dies and embossed in the copper powder and the sentiment is stamped over the edge of the panel.  The sentiment is from Big Bold and Seasons by Winnie and Walter.

As I'd cut the stamped snowflake panel in half it meant I could make two cards - for this one I stamped the same sentiment onto a flag panel and used a square card and different snowflake for a different look.

NEWS FROM THE STORE:

• Echo Park's latest co-ordinating collections have just arrived in store.
• Hero Arts Winter release is now in store - some items were not shipped so are listed but showing as out of stock - I am hoping they will follow soon but am waiting for an answer from the distributor.
• Stamping Bella's latest release is shipping next week so should be here soon.
• Lawn Fawn's massive winter release will be live in store on the 27th August - as soon as it is released in the States.
• Avery Elle's winter release has been delayed by a week so that will now be in store on 3rd September, again, as soon as its released in the States.
• Winnie and Walter restocks and the latest releases from Sugar Pea Designs are hopefully shipping soon.
• New releases from Neat and Tangled, Lil' Inker Designs, Paper Smooches, Mama Elephant and My Favorite Things will be ordered in the next week or so and will follow soon after - it's a little like painting the forth bridge around here at the minute!

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Hello crafters! Today I have a super fun car to share with you, and that is both because of the motive and because of how I put it together. The stamp I'm using is from a brand that is new to the Make The Day Special Stamp Store and it is called Stamping Bella.

The moment I saw this girl with the monster behind her, I fell in love with the stamp. That could totally be me :-) I love to read and when I read I usually get totally lost in the story, so monsters, cities, and all the characters come to life for me and I'm literally an entirely different world.

I colored it with my Inktense pencils and actually started while I was in my short vacation in Italy at Lago Maggiore, but it ended up being too hot to do anything so I finished it back home. I will be having a few videos featuring colorings Inktense pencils because I found it quite challenging when I started out and maybe it's the same for you. Basically, you work in layers. You put on your lightest color first, activated with water, let it dry, then going with your darker colors and you repeat this process until it looks great to you. everything in this image has at least five layers, and the monster even ended up having nine.

The fun frame that I created on the front panel is from a die from Avery Elle and I can see myself using this a lot. It just adds the right amount of interest to a front panel without having to add any bulk because of layers.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you give the Stamping Bella product range a look. They have just wonderful motives and I will be having more cards with their stamps in the future. Have a great weekend!

Tiny Townies - Dorothy The Dreamer	Hero Arts Ultrafine Embossing Powder	Scalloped Frame Elle-ments	VersaMark Watermark Ink
Clear Design Ultra Clean	Scrubber Pad

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