Deer in a snow globe

Hi everyone, Maria here with another idea for a card using the Winter Wonderland stamp set from Colourific.

Here's what you will need:

A5 Winter Wonderland stamp set

1 sheet red card

1 sheet stamping card

Silver mirror card

Snow globe and circle cutting die

Versafine Onyx Black

Clear Glitter Glue

Water colour paints

Gold Gilding Wax

Paper mask or liquid masking fluid

Water colour paints

Here's How I made it:

1. Die cut 3 Snow Globes in Dark Red card and one in stamping card

2. Die cut 1 circle in the middle of one of the red globes and one in white stamping card.

3. Stamp the image of the reindeer in the centre of the white stamping card circle and mask the reindeer.

4. Watercolour the blue sky, then remove the mask and paint the reindeer.

5. On a separate piece of stamping card, stamp a few of the medium and small Christmas Trees, water colour them in and fussy cut them out.

6. Glue the trees onto the circle and draw in some snow hills using the clear Glitter Glue.  Add some glitter to the trees and dot the sky to give snow.

7. Once dry, stick this circle to one of the red complete snow globes.

8. Add mirror card behind the base of the globe with the cut out circle, then apply the gold Gilding Wax to almost cover the red card.

9. Glue this frame onto the top of the globe with the topper on.

10. On the third snow globe, make a fold 1 cm from the top of the globe and attach this base to the decorated globe by gluing the 1cm at the top of the globe.  This will enable the globe to stand up like a card.

That's it, all done

Gatefold Winter Wonderland

Hi everybody, 

Today I've used the Winter Wonderland stamp set from Colourific to make this lovely gatefold card.

To make this card you will need:
A4 White card
A5 Winter Wonderland Stamp set
Co-ordinating winter backing paper
Die cuts of Reindeer and snowflakes
Distress Oxides for colouring
White Pen
Grey Alcohol pen
Versafine Smokey Grey ink pad
Catherine Pooler Aquatini ink pad
Tacky Glue
Green Sparkly paper/glitter card
Frame Die
Gelly Roll sparkle pen
Black Fineliner

This is how I made it:
1.  Cut a White card base 294mm x 150mm - to make gatefold, score at 73mm and 220mm.
2.  Cut a piece of stamping card 92mm x 135mm and stamp the deer onto the card, then make a mask and cover the image.
3.  Using a blue Distress Oxide ink pad, gently blend the top of the card to show blue sky, fade out towards the bottom 1/4.
4.  Stamp the bare trees using the grey Versafine in the two different sizes and with a grey alcohol pen draw shadows under the trees.
5. Remove the mask from the deer and colour using the different colours of Distress Oxides.  I used a Gelly Roll sparkle pen for the antlers and a fineliner for the nose.  I then coloured the trees and added white pen to highlight areas of the trees.
6.  Blend around the outside of the topper with the Aquatini ink pad.
7.  Cut a piece of the green sparkle paper to 100mm x 143mm and mount the topper onto this.
8.  To make the shaped card base, I folded along the fold marks to make the gatefold shape, I slipped the frame die in the middle, cut side up so that it cuts the front two flaps, then put it through the die cutter.

Forest in Winter

Hi everybody, Maria here.  Today I'm going to show you how to make the Forest in Winter card using the A5 Winter Wonderland Stamp from Colourific.

To make this card you will need:

A5 Winter Wonderland Stamp Set

A5 Blank white card base

A5 Dark Green card

A5 sheets of white card

Onyx Black and Smokey Grey Versafine ink pads

Water colour Pencils

Clear Embossing powder

Gelly Roll Clear Star pen

Distress Oxides - Peeled Paint, Cracked Pistachio and Iced Spruce

Mardi Gras Carnivale Colourburst

Double Sided Tape

3D Glue Gel

This is how I made it:

1. Trim the A5 white card and the dark green card by 1 cm top and bottom so that it fits within the card base leaving a nice border.

2.  To make the background, stamp the three Distress Oxides into a blending mat and spritz with water, swoosh one of the white cards into it and keep doing this until you are happy with the result.  It is good to dry off the card in between the swooshes - you get some lovely effects. After you have done the last swoosh, before drying sprinkle on some of the Mardi Gras Colourburst into the wet ink and give it a spritz with water to make the colour burst.

3.  Let this dry, once dry, stamp the small forest trees randomly all over the sheet.

4.  Take the other sheet of cropped white card a cut 2 diagonal lines from the bottom left corner to either side of the top right corner in a V shape - see card.

5.  Stick this to the green card matching up the sides so that all you can see is the dark green V in the middle.  Trim the green card to 2 mm border of the inside of the white card.  See card. This gives the inside a border.

6.  Stick both these corners to the background sheet you just made, matching up the corners to give you the colourful inset.

7.  Stamp the small dots stamp all over the white triangles in grey Versafine.

8.  Stamp the Winter Wonderland stamp on the edge of the right hand triangle and emboss with clear embossing powder.

9.  Stick this to the A5 card base.

10.  On a separate piece of white card stamp 2 of the large trees and 4 of the medium trees using the black Versafine.  Colour these in - I used watercolour pencils.

11.  Cut out the trees leaving a small white border.  I then used the gelly pen to glitter the snow on the trees.

12.  Arrange the two large trees and attach using 3D glue gel to the bottom left so that it covers the bottom end of the colourful insert, add the other medium tree to the bottom right.

That's it, all done - how I wish I had photographed this one as I made it - it's so hard to explain without pictures.  If you are stuck or struggling to understand please ask and I'll try and explain.  Next time I make another one like this I will do the pictorial step by step.

Bye for now
Maria x

Blue Hibiscus Bunch

Hi everybody, its Maria here with my Friday Colourific post.

Today we have the A5 Hibiscus stamp which is available from the Colourific website for only £12.99, Which I have coloured in blues and greens.

Here's what you will need:

A5 Hibiscus stamp set
Blues/Greens/Yellows - spray inks (I used Pearlywinks vibes)
Light Blue/Dark Blue/Green ink pads - I used Harmony ink pads
White Stamping card
Embossing folder (I used a Crafters Companion Sheena one)
White card blank 8 x 8"
Black card for mounting
3D Foam Pads
3D Glue gel
Pokey tool
Blu tac
Silver Ribbon
Brads
Tacky Glue

Here's how to make the card

1. Emboss a piece of white card 7.5 x 7.5" square and glue to the centre of the 8x8 card blank.
2. Stamp out three of the large blooms in a light blue ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
3. Stamp out 3 medium sized blooms in green ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
4. Stamp out 3 small sized blooms in dark blue ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
5. Spray the Blue/Green/Yellow inks onto a blending mat and spritz with a little water - then swoosh a piece of stamping card approx. 5.5 x 5.5" into the inks and swirl it around.
6. Once dried, lightly spritz the same colours over the backing sheet to leave the speckles.  Leave this to dry naturally if possible.
7. Layer up the blooms and place on a ball of blu tac - then push your pokey tool through the middle for your brad to fit through.
8. Put one of the brads through the hole in each of the flower heads.
9. Using the large stamen stamp, stamp four stems as per the photo.
10. Attach 3D foam pads to the flower heads and place them on the top of the stems.
11. Mount the topper onto a piece of slightly larger black card, then mount this onto the embossed card on the card blank.
12. Finally, add a silver ribbon bow using 3D glue gel.

Hope you enjoy making your card, watch out for more next week.

Mermaid Friends

Morning everybody,

This morning, I have been having a play with my new stamps from Penguin Palace - this time I've used the Mermaid set - Take a Break.  All stamps and inkpads are available from The Little Paper Tree - don't forget to put my discount code mariapapertree  for 10% off at the checkout.

Here is what you will need to make this card:

Take a Break Stamp set from Penguin Palace
A6 Blank Card base
Stamping Card
Blue Vellum or Parchment
Circle cutter or die 3.25"
Catherine Pooler Minis ink sets - Carnivale and Live of the Party
Versafine Black Onyx
Clear Embossing Powder
Green fineliner
3D Glue Gel or Foam Pads
Water Brush
Picket Fence Blending Brushes

Here is how I made it

1. Stamp the two Mermaids and the sentiment onto a piece of scrap stamping card using the Black Versafine. 
   

2.  Emboss these images using a Clear Embossing Powder.

3. Using the Catherine Pooler Minis inks and a waterbrush colour in parts of the Mermaids. These inks blend beautifully together.

          4.  Leave the skin clear, we will  come back to that later.  To use up the ink on your mat, spritz with water and place a piece of stamping card on top and give it a swish.

         5.  Leave to dry.  This gives you a lovely background.

        6.  Using the following colours mixed together, paint the skin.

      7. Cut out the images using a 2mm border.

       8.  Using the green fineliner, draw a couple of squiggly borders around the My Friend Sentiment.

       9.  Cut a circle using a 3.25" punch or die out of Blue Vellum or Parchment and blend the edges with your Blending Brushes and the Something Borrowed Catherine Pooler Minis - also 

            blend round the My Friend sentiment.

       10.  Using the following three colours, alternatively dab two strips of stamping card to make borders.  I then spritzed these with water to help them blend together.

        11.  Attach the background paper to the A6 Blank Card base, then attach the circle and mermaids using 3D glue gel.  Only glue behind the mermaids.  Then with the lips stamp, stamp some lips randomly on the background paper.

      

12.  Attach the 2 border strips to the ends of the card and with 3D glue gel, add the sentiment.

That's it …. all done!

See you next time
Maria