Handstamped by Rachel

Monday, 15 November 2021

Heart of Christmas week 20 Merriest Moments and Heartfelt Wishes

Here is week 20 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the team from Art With Heart. After this week we only have two more weeks of Heart of Christmas Blog Hops to go. I hope you've started your cards already, Christmas will be here before we know it!

This week's card was inspired by a Thanksgiving card I saw on Pinterest, but unfortunately there was no watermark on the pin so I don't know who the original artist was.

I heat embossed the Merry Christmas from the Heartfelt Wishes stamp set in Gold Emboss Powder on Cherry Cobbler card stock. I trimmed the ends of the greeting were cut using the Banners Pick A Punch.

The gold foliage behind the greeting was cut and embossed using the Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder, which includes coordinating dies. I used one of the sheets from the Brushed Metallic Foil pack.

The background Mossy Meadow card stock was embossed with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder. I even managed to get the music notes the correct way up on my card. :)

The final embellishment on my card was some Gilded Gems.

Now it's time to see what the very lovely Rosa Leyden has to share with us.

If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s Host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting,

Happy stamping,

Rachel

Product List

Merriest Moments Bundle (English)

[156783]

$94.50

Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder

[156385]

$68.00

Heartfelt Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English)

[156541]

$37.00

Merry Melody 3 D Embossing Folder

[156392]

$17.50

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

$15.25

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$15.25

Brushed Metallic Cardstock

[153524]

$26.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$31.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$50.00

Banners Pick A Punch

[153608]

$40.00

Gilded Gems

[152478]

$12.25

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 24 Magenta Madness

Welcome to week 24 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. Each week we have been featuring one of the Stampin' Up! colours. This week we are showcasing Magenta Madness, which is one of the 2020-2022 In Colours.

For tonight's card I have used the Delivering Cheer stamp set. This stamp set is in the July to December Mini Catalogue and has Christmas images that can also be used birthday cards.

I stamped the skirt image and the presents image in Stazon Black ink on Fluid 100 watercolour paper. These stamps are photopolymer (clear) which makes it easy to join the two images when stamping them.

I fussy cut the image with paper snips.

On a piece of Basic White card stock I stamped the background image from the Artistically Ink stamp set in Smoky Slate Ink.

I coloured the image with a Water Painter and Magenta Madness ink. I used a very small amount of Petal Pink ink on the arms and legs.

I stamped the greeting from the Best Year stamp set in Magenta Madness and Basic Gray and then cut out the words and adhered them with Dimensionals to the card front.

Inside the card I stamped just the presents by selectively inking the presents stamp, avoiding the lower present and the arms. I used Basic Gray ink so that I could colour the image with Magenta Madness Blends Markers.

The greeting inside is also from the Best Year stamp set.

I coloured some of the Rhinestone Jewels with the Magenta Madness Blends Markers and left some clear.

The next stop in our Magenta Madness Blog Hop is the blog of the amazingly talented Rachel Palmieri

If you encounter any issues with the blog links head to Catherine Proctor's blog for a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks for visiting,

Happy stamping,

Rachel

Product List

Delivering Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set

[156368]

$31.00

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$42.00

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152568]

$35.00

Magenta Madness A4 Cardstock

[153085]

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

$15.25

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$17.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$15.75

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$17.50

Water Painters

[151298]

$21.00

Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad

[153117]

$13.00

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$13.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$13.00

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147108]

$13.00

Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153106]

$15.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$8.75

Monday, 8 November 2021

Heart of Christmas week 19 Sweet Stockings

Hello stampers! Welcome to week 19 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We only have a few more weeks left of our Christmas Blog Hop for this year as we are finishing at the end of November so that we can concentrate of our Christmas festivities.

This week I have some really quick Christmas cards to share with you. I have a bit of a hoarding problem when it comes to Designer Series Paper and I always have soooo much left over from each catalogue, so this year I am making an effort to use as much of it as possible.

The first card features the Sweet Stockings DSP. These animals have such cute expressions on their faces, especially the cat! I chose a very simple card layout to showcase the DSP. The greeting is from the Snowman Season stamp set and was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink.