Handstamped by Rachel

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Heart of Christmas - Week 10

Welcome to week 10 of the Heart of Christmas blog hops.

This week I have stars to share with you. When I first saw the So Many Stars bundle is in the Holiday Catalogue I knew it would be perfect for masculine cards, kids cards, congratulations cards and many more occasions as well as Christmas cards.

For this first card I cut the large decorative star from a Gold Foil sheet and layered it on a gold embossed star and a Real Red stitched star.

The background stars were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in Gold Emboss Powder.

The greeting, also from the So Many Stars set, was stamped in Real Red Ink.

The second card uses the decorative stars in three sizes cut from Sparkly Glimmer paper.

The background stars were again heat embossed, this time in White Powder on Night of Navy card stock. The Night of Navy and Blueberry Bushel card stock was cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies. These are my most used dies and I love them!! They are a must have for anyone with a die cutting machine. The greeting was also heat embossed with White Emboss Powder.

Here's a close up of the beautiful Sparky Glimmer paper.

I hope you enjoyed my cards, I will be back soon with some of the non Christmas cards I have made with this set.

For more Christmas inspiration head to Claire's blog for a complete list of tonight's participants.

Don't forget...it finishes at 11.50pm tonight!!!

Contact me for more details

Happy stamping,

Rachel

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So Many Stars Bundle (En)

[153016]

$99.75

Stitched Rectangle Dies

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$61.00

Sparkle Glimmer Paper

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$8.75

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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$15.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$14.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

[146991]

$15.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$15.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$13.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$10.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$10.50

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$8.75

Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Heart of Christmas - Week 9

Welcome to Week 9 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. The team has some amazing Christmas projects to share with you tonight.

This card was inspired by Karen Hadler, who used the same technique to make a wedding card in different colours. I love the card she made and the technique she used so I turned it into a beautifully sparkly Christmas card.

The background of the card was sponged using Real Red and Shaded Spruce inks.

Shimmery White embossing paste which has been coloured using the Golden Glitz Delicata ink refill was then applied over the top of the background with one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks that are available in the Holiday Catalogue.

The 'Merry' from the Merry Christmas Dies was cut from a Gold Foil sheet. The Christmas was stamped in Golden Glitz Delecata ink on Shaded Spruce card stock. The small bauble from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set was also stamped in Golden Glitz Delicata ink.

The ribbon on top of the bauble was supposed to be the Gold Shimmery Ribbon from the Holiday catalogue but it is still making it's way to me so I had to improvise with a discontinued ribbon.

Here's a couple of close ups of the extra sparkly Golden Shimmery embossing paste and the beautiful Golden Glitz Delicata ink.

A huge thank you to Karen for her inspiration. I love this card so much it's going to be one of the projects at Saturday's class.

For more Christmas inspiration from the Art With Heart Team head to Claire's blog for a full list of tonight's participants.

If you have any questions about tonight's card please contact me and I will be happy to help.

Thank you for visiting and happy stamping,
Rachel

Product List

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

[150697]

$10.00

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

[145645]

$15.75

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Refill

[150712]

$15.75

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

[150711]

$19.25

Merry Christmas Dies

[147912]

$49.00

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147702]

$47.00

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

[153006]

$86.25

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$13.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

$15.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$15.25

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$8.75

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$7.00

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

[152156]

$12.25

Wednesday, 9 October 2019

Heart of Christmas - Week 8

I'm back! Unfortunately I had to miss last week's hop due to computer and School Holiday issues, but I ready to go this week.
For this week's cards I have used the Snowman Season Bundle, which includes the Snowman punch and stamp set pictured below.

For the first card I stamped the snowman on Whisper White card stock and coloured him using Blends Markers in Real Red and Shaded Spruce. Not that there's much colouring needed on a snowman! I did shade him slightly with a Smoky Slate Blends Marker. The image was mounted on Shaded Spruce card stock and then on a Real Red card base. A stripe of Wrapped in Plaid as used behind the image.

The next card used the Snowman Punch. I stamped the snowman parts in Memento ink on Whisper White card stock and punched them out. I will have a video for you tomorrow on how I positioned the Snowman parts to simplify this process. I coloured a couple of tiny parts on the Snowman with the Blends Markers and then shaded the Snowman with Smoky Slate Blends.

The snowflakes in the background were stamped in Pool Party ink. The 3D snowflakes and the ground below the snowman are done using the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint. It's amazing how you apply a very watery solution that when heat with a heat gun expands and puffs up give an extra dimension to your cards.

For more Christmas inspiration head to Catherine's blog for a full list of tonight's participants.

Thank you for visiting my blog and please contact me with any questions.

Happy stampin,
Rachel

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