One Stamp Weekend Over At Oak House Studio

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend, I am joining in the One Stamp Event over at Oak House Studio.  I have been playing with the double daisy stamp and made this four way swing card.  There is a tutorial for a similar card on the Splitcoast Stamper site which can be found HERE.   The double daisy works so well as the center for this card.

I also made this gift bag and tag using a similar technique to a box I made at the beginning of the week using the double daisy stamp set.  This is such a versatile stamp, this project is simple stamping, embossing and paper piecing , there are details of  the materials used and how the two projects were put together on the Oak House Studio Blog.

There are two ways to win a goodie bag too, visit the blog and leave a comment on all or any of the DT posts this weekend or post a project yourself to the inkspired by Oak House Studio facebook page.

Only 48 Christmas Cards To Go!

Good evening everyone, I know you are probably fed up with Christmas card but here I am today with three Christmas cards which I made for Karin's weekly challenge to make a Christmas card a week over at Only Christmas Cards/projects facebook page.   If you get to the bottom of this post there are details of this weekend's One Stamp Event, check out the blog and facebook pages for chance to win some Oak House Studio goodies.

Starting on 11th January until 11th December we are challenged to make a Christmas card each week , at the end of the year Karin will have a draw and one lucky person will win a prize.  The facebook page has details.

This sounds like a good idea as by the end of the year all my Christmas cards will be made, but lets see if I make it to the end of the year!

I have already posted my week one, two and three, here they are.

One for the children (need to make some more of these).  The reindeer were cut on the Silhouette using a cutting file from their store.

One of my favourite Santa stamps, a quick CAS card using distress inks,  Oak House Studio snowflake stamps, Stampers Anonymous papillion and a freebie sentiment stamp.
 

I used a free stamp from Crafter's Companion and a Sizzix Tim Holtz  Alterations letterpress debossing folder Christmas to make this card, coloured with pencils.  Thought I would miss the deadline for week three but had a moment of inspriation last night and came up with this one.

Well off now to get on with this weeks One Stamp Event over at Oak House Studio, why not come and join us.  Details on the inkspired by Oak House Studio facebook page and the Oak House Studio facebook page.  Check out their blog too for the design team members' cards and project throughout the weekend, comment and like the posts for a chance to win some goodies.

Sizzix ShadowPress Debossing Folder

Sizzix ShadowPress Debossing Folder

Valentine Gift Box and Tag

Hello to all my friends and followers, hope you have all been keeping warm this week during the cold spell.  Nothing for it but to stay in and keep warm and craft,  the weather here has warmed up now but still a little wet.  

Here is my weekly papermilldirect design team make, this week we are concentrating on Valentine gift bags and boxes.  You can also win a bundle box of spring coloured card over the next few days by liking and commenting on the papermilldirect facebook page.  So get over there, like and comment because the winner will be picked on Wednesday 27th January 

 

For my valentine makes this year I have a liking for red, buff and black colours, more suited for the man in your life than red, pink and girly.  Maybe I will try some red, pink and girly next week, we will see.

I made this box using my Scor-Pal, it is rather satisfying scoring some lines, cutting some tabs and putting together a box.  I used papermilldirect buff card on which I stamped Oak House Studio's double daisy stamp and embossed with their red embossing powder.  I also stamped and embossed three  daisies onto papermilldirect Christmas red card and cut them out to paperpiece some of the daisies on the box.  The daisies were masked and hearts from the PaperArtsy Eclectica3 stamp set were stamped over the box and a heart stencil was used with vermillian pigment ink to fill in the bare patches.

The lid was lined with red card with a little showing below the lid edge and the handle was attached with brads which had been coloured red with embossing powder.

The tag was cut using Sizzix Tim Holtz  Elisse tags die, it was stamped and paperpieced the same as the box.