Whats your favourite Christmas Stamp set from the current catalogues?

I have managed to spend all afternoon in the craft room, that said it wasn't a particularly productive afternoon, I was trying to work out how I had made an Australian Gingerbread garland, I have a 2nd attempt drying so more about that tomorrow.

I eventually think I worked out what I had did wrong, so then I moved on to some more Ornaments keepsakes cards, so it looks like I have another favourite set.

So out of the two current catalogues what is your favourite set?

Whilst pondering the Australian Gingerbread Garland I came across a wonderful blog by a lady called Patty Bennett, she had made a great card using the Holiday frame embossing folder and the white shimmer paint. I cased the card & then changed the colour way for a slightly different look.

The glitter border is the glimmer paper that is great as it doesn't shed the glitter.

Although it is quite hard to see on the very vanilla cardstock I have used the white shimmer paint on a sponge dauber & rubbed it over the raised impression left from the holiday Frame embossing folder.

The colours used on all of the cards are from the new in-colours for 2012 -2014 Gumball Green & Raspberry Ripple

Do you have a favourite Stamp set that you always reach for?

September Stampers 6 projects

Ooop's  Whilst playing catch up today I realised that I didn't post the September Stampers 6 projects, so here they are, a very diverse pair of cards.

Supplies for this card

Papers

Designer series paper stack ~ Regals patterned paper

Stamps

Nature Walk

Inks

Basic Grey

Stampin' Write pens 

Garden Green

More Mustard

Tangerine Tango

Early Espresso

Tools

Paper Piercer tool

Colour Spritzer tool

Scallop border punch

Stamp a ma jig

Clear mount blocks

Stampin' Dimensionals

Cardstock

Night of Navy

Very vanilla

More Mustard

Faux Pearl Background Technique

Supplies for this card
Cardstock
Very Vanilla
Perfect Plum
Certainly Celery
Crumb Cake
Glossy White Cardstock
Ink
Versamark
Perfect plum
Concord Crush
Blushing Bride.
Tools
Heat tool
Bird punch
Large oval punch
Modern Label punch
Fancy Flower punch
Paper Piercing tool
Sponge Dauber
Scallop Border punch
Decoration
White embossing Powder
Clear embossing powder
Basic Rhinestones
Frost White Shimmer paint
In Addition you will need 
A food bag
Something like a pringle tube lid to use as a palette

To make the Faux pearl background you will need a piece of glossy card.

• Completely cover the glossy card with the blushing bride ink pad using a direct to paper technique, this needs to be completely covered but it doesn't matter if the colour is un-even.
• Tip a small amount of the frost white shimmer paint onto a palette.
• Scrunch up the food bag this will be your applicator to make the pattern.
• Dip the food bag into the paint & apply to the pink glossy in a dabbing pattern, carry on until the pink card is covered ( but in a patchy way )
• Leave to dry
• Then using kitchen roll buff to a shine
• This can be made using any colour ink pad, red & green would look great for seasonal projects.

Well that's another project uploaded what else can I find?

What is it? Shimmer Paint

Pigment ink with a touch of shimmer

■ Available in 3 colours: Champagne Mist, Frost White, and Platinum

■ Champagne Mist and Frost White are translucent—wash them over your project and you’ll get a delicate layer of shine that’s more understated than glitter

■ Platinum is opaque—it will cover your surface completely, so you’ll want to use it as an accent colour instead of using it to cover your project

■ Apply it with a sponge or sponge dauber directly to a stamp or paper

■ .5 oz. each

■ Nontoxic

“Shimmer paint is pigment ink, so you can do almost anything with it that you can do

As with ink—you can stamp with it, cover an entire section of card stock or paper with it, or apply it over a stamped image or Rub-On. It works on a variety of surfaces: paper, fabric, wood (such as our Texture Cuts wood sheets), leather, and more.” To stamp with shimmer paint, apply a thin layer of paint to the stamp using a sponge dauber or stamping sponge and then stamp as usual (don’t overload the dauber or the paint will seep into the recessed areas of the stamp). Because Champagne Mist and Frost White are translucent, images you stamp with them will be very light. Images stamped with Platinum shimmer paint will be more dramatic. Shimmer paint dries quickly; you don’t need to heat set it on paper or most material.

You can use shimmer paint on natural fibre fabrics, such as cotton, wool, silk, etc., but you must heat set it to make it permanent. To heat set the paint, iron the fabric with the iron set at the appropriate temperature for the fabric. Once the paint is heat set, the shimmer paint will not wash off or smear.

Shimmer Paint can be used in much the same way as the Liquified Pearl-EX .

Shimmer Mist using Shimmer Paint as a base ingredient thus allowing you to create

Shimmer cardstock, ribbon etc.

The formula: 1.5 tsp rubbing alcohol in a mini mister bottle... dip the 'straw' of your

Mister into the shimmer paint, scrape on sides of mister bottle (inside) 5  times.

Replace top, shake vigorously and spray onto porous surface.  Cardstock, ribbon, etc, and will not wipe off.

Shimmer Paint ~ What is it?

SHIMMER PAINT

Add a bit of shimmer with our acid-free shimmer paint. Shimmer paint adds a vibrant dimension that enhances the look of anything without actually changing its basic appearance.

Plus, shimmer paint is pigment ink, so you can do almost anything with it that you can do with ink--you can stamp with it, cover an entire section of card stock or paper with it, or apply it over a stamped image or Rub-On. Apply it with a sponge or sponge dauber directly to a stamp or paper.

• Available in 3 colours: Champagne Mist, Frost White, and Platinum
• 0.5 oz. each
• Non toxic

To order your shimmer paint, contact me via e-mail or leave a comment on this post.

Inky fingers

I have an aching neck from sitting at the sewing machine making bunting so I decided to take a break and get Inky and make a couple of Christmas cards. I am loving the Dasher stamp from the mini catalogue & I really hope that he will stay with us in the New Stampin' Up catalogue.

The cardstock is Kraft that is soon to be renamed Crumb cake & Garden Green. The inks are Versamark Garden Green & Creamy caramel. The stamp sets are Wondrous gift, Dasher & En Francais. The backing papers are from the great value scrappin kit called Christmas Jingle. The images are hi-lighted using the shimmer mists that are in the current mini catalogue, I have a sneaking suspicion that they may appear in the new catalogue as the are beautiful & very versatile.

The cardstock used in this card is Kraft & Ruby red. The inks are Versamark, Creamy caramel & Old olive, I love old olive it just keeps sneaking onto my cards I am so glad that it isn't one of the retiring colours at the end of September. The stamps used are Large medallion, Spotlight on Christmas & Dasher.The backing papers are from the scrappin kit Christmas Jingle. Dasher is stamped in Versamark & covered with the Heat & stick powder, heated with the heat tool & then covered in the dazzling diamonds glitter & reheated briefly. Very vanilla Taffeta ribbon is tied around the backing paper with a fake bow. The sentiment joy is from the spotlight on Christmas set & stamped in Old olive onto craft card & punched out using the 1 1/4" punch & mounted on a 1 3/8" circle of Ruby red card, I used a blender pen & the shimmer mist in Champagne to hi-light the sentiment.