Handstamped by Rachel

Monday, 21 October 2024

Heart of Christmas week 12

Hello stampers. Here is week 12 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I hope you have been enjoying our Christmas projects and that it has inspired you to make a start on your own Christmas projects. Time is ticking away, Christmas is only nine and a bit weeks away!

To night's card was a quick but I think effective Christmas card.

I used the Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder with a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.

To highlight the trees I used a Sponge Dauber and Old Olive ink. I gently sponged the ink over the raised trees. As the embossing folder is one of our especially deep 3D folders it was easy to get lighter and darker tones as the trees have multiple levels.

The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season stamp set and was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. It was cut out using a die from the Unbounded Love die set.

I tied a piece of Cherry Cobbler and Gold Satin Ribbon around the bottom of the card and finished it with a bow.

The card mat is Cherry Cobbler and the card base is Old Olive. The final embellishments were some Basic Jewels that were coloured with a Pecan Pie Blends Marker.

The next stop on our Blog Hop is my lovely stamping friend Judy May. Please head to her blog and then follow the links around to see all of the amazing Christmas projects that we have to share with you.

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

Thanks for hopping by,

Rachel

Product List

Painted Trees 3 D Embossing Folder

[164026]

$19.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$23.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$20.25

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

$20.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$15.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[147083]

$15.75

Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Satin Ribbon

[164028]

$14.00

Greetings Of The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164325]

$44.00

Unbounded Love Dies

[163383]

$63.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$13.25

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Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Colour Creations Week 25 - Fresh Freesia Racing By

Hello stampers, here we are with week 25 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every week we have been featuring one of the beautiful Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. This week we have reached the halfway point with Fresh Freesia, which a beautiful mauve colour in the Subtles Colour Family.

I am running short of masculine cards in my stash so I wanted to see if I could use Fresh Freesia for a masculine card.

I have used the Racing By stamp set and combined Fresh Freesia with Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon.

I stamped the car outline three times and then filled them in with either Fresh Freesia, Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon.

The greeting is stamped in Fresh Freesia and is attached with Dimensionals. The checkered flags are stamped in Memento Black ink and then fussy cut.

All of these products are available through my Online Store.

Now it's time for the next stop on our blog hop which belongs to the very talented Sharon Davern.

If you encounter any issues with the links in our hop, please head to Cathy's blog as she is the amazing host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Next week we will be back with projects featuring Garden Green.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Racing By Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163748]

$34.00

Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock

[155614]

$20.25

Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana

[131302]

$20.25

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$23.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$14.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$15.75

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$15.75

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

$15.75

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$15.75

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Monday, 14 October 2024

Heart of Christmas week 11 Surfing Santa Fancy Fold

Hello stamping friends. Welcome to week 11 of the Heart of Christmas blog hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every week until the end of November we will be here to share some Christmas inspiration with you.

For this week’s card I have returned to the Surfing Santa stamp set. This is a stamp only set from the catalogue which means there are no coordinating dies.

I stamped the main image on Basic White card stock and then coloured with Blends Markers. With a mask over the Santa image, I stamped the first wave in Coastal Cabana. I cut out the image with the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. The circle was mounted on a very simple fancy fold card.

I cut an A4 sheet in half lengthwise for the card base. I scored down the middle on the short side and the folded it in half. I trimmed 5cm off the front edge. The square on the front is 7.4cm and has been attached on the edge of the front as a diamond. The Garden Green mat is 7cm square.

I used one sheet from the Take a Bow DSP and another from the Reindeer Days DSP as background papers. The Santa image was attached to the Garden Green mat with Dimensionals. I stamped and cut a second wave image to attach in from of Santa.

The greeting is stamped in Real Red and cut with another Stylish Shapes Die.

All of the products are available through my Online Store.

For the next stop in our blog hop please proceed to Judy May's blog to see what amazing project she has to share with us.

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

Thanks for hopping by,

Rachel

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