Handstamped by Rachel: Starry Sky

Monday, 8 August 2022

Heart of Christmas week 6 - Tree Lot Dies and Silver and Gold DSP

Hello stampers, it's time for week 6 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every Monday evening at 8pm until the end of November we have lots of beautiful Christmas inspiration to share with you.

This week I and using a couple of the free Sale-a-bration rewards to make my card, the Tree Lot Dies and the Silver & Gold 6"x6" DSP.

I cut a piece of the Silver Dots DSP in half to use as the sky. With a Blending Brush I added Starry Sky ink to the DSP, darker at the top and graduating lighter towards the bottom.

The bases of the trees Granny Apple Green for the smaller ones and Parakeet Party for the largest center one. The top layer for all trees is Shaded Spruce.

The Tree Lot Dies also include a die which cuts out three small stars, which were cut from silver foil and adhered to the top of each tree. The mat for the card front is Basic Black. The sky piece was adhered to the top and the greeting from the Trees For Sale stamp set was embossed in Silver Embossing Powder cross the lower edge.

To decided to make this card an easel card. To do this I cut an A4 sheet in half and then folded that in half. I scored the front of the card in half horizontally and folded it outwards. I tied some Parakeet Party Metallic Ribbon around the bottom of the sky piece before the card front was attached to the card base.

I popped a small tree on the inside of the card to act as a stopper to keep the front of the card open.

Both the Tree Lot Dies and the Silver & Gold 6"x6" DSP are only available until the end of August or until sold out. Stampin' Up! have added a variety of embossing folders, dies and Specialty Papers to the Sale-a-bration rewards.

Now it's time to see what Kate Morgan has to share with us.

If you encounter any issues with the links in our blog hop please head over to Sharon Davern's blog as she is the host of our Christmas blog hops and will be a complete list of tonight's participants.

Make sure to visit on Wednesday at 8pm when we will be back with our Colour Creations Blog Hop, featuring Crumb Cake.

Happy stamping.

Rachel

Product List

Tree Lot Dies

[159938]

$0.00

Trees For Sale Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159785]

$39.00

Silver & Gold 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159941]

$0.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$16.25

Starry Sky A4 Cardstock

[159264]

$16.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

$16.25

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$16.25

Parakeet Party A4 Cardstock

[159260]

$16.25

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.00

Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack

[163096]

$17.50

Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[159212]

$14.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$21.75

Parakeet Party 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Metallic Woven Ribbon

[159196]

$15.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$32.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$53.00

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Thursday, 19 May 2022

Starry Sky - Elephant Parade and Paradise Palms

I'm back today with two extra cards that I made to feature Starry Sky that were excess to what I needed for yesterday's post.

Today's first card uses the Elephant Parade stamp set. I stamped one of the elephants and 7 of the butterflies onto Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper.

I coloured the images with Water Colour Papers and the ink colours listed below. I cut out the elephant image with one of the Scalloped Contour Dies and the butterflies with the coordinating die.

The Starry Sky card stock background was embossed with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. The second layer is a piece of Sweet Sorbet DSP, both mounted on an Orchard Oasis card base.

Each of the butterflies has a Basic Rhinestone Jewel in the center that has been coloured with the coordinating Blends Marker.

The second card for today uses the Paradise Palms Bundle.

I started making this card by masking the sun with a circle mask, Daffodil Delight ink and a Blending Brush.

Once the sun was done I removed the mask and added a bit more Daffodil Delight ink around the outside of the sun. I then used Starry Sky ink and another Blending Brush to complete the remainder of the sky, making sure it was darker at the top than the bottom.