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Skating Party with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Dec 5, 2018 | Uncategorized

Today I’m sharing a Christmas card using the new Skating Party set and Skating Pond Scene stand-alone die. The Skating Party stamp set is packed full of adorable critters. This set is perfect for Christmas cards and also winter themed cards. I began by stamping and colouring all the critters, using copics. I used a rainbow of different colours. I then die cut them using the coordinating dies. From some white card, I then die cut the Skating Pond Scene die. This fantastic die cuts all the pieces in one pass, but they are all separate pieces. I love...

Yeti or Not with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized

I have a Yeti or Not card to share today, which I had a lot of fun creating. I started the card by working on the background. I die cut a stitched rectangle window from a piece of white card. I’ll keep the positive die cut to use on this card later. I left a larger space at the bottom edge, so I could stamp a sentiment from the Yeti or Not stamp set. On the card base, I added a blend of distress oxides inks to create a wintery sky. I used Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar and Shaded...

Joyful Mouse with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized

With the warm days of summer behind us, I’m definitely getting in the mood for making Christmas cards. Today I have a card using an adorable Hello Bluebird Christmas stamp set called Joyful Mouse. I love to make Christmas cards with non-traditional colours. I decided on a colour scheme of rose gold and coloured my images with soft pinks and browns. For the background, I took a piece of white card slightly smaller than my card base, and die cut the word Christmas across the width, using the Charlie Alpha die set. I also die cut the letters again...

Fall Friends with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

Today I’m sharing a card using the Fall Friends stamp set, a popular set from the August release. My card also features some other August release products and some from the July release. I began with the background. I stamped the Blowing Leaves background stamp with Frayed Burlap distress oxide ink onto kraft card. I then layered this onto a card base. I then die cut the Gallery Frame 2 die from white card, and layered the frame over the top. To build the scene, I added some die cut Birch Trees to the card, along with some clouds...

Honeycomb Shaker with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorized

My card today features the cute Bee Happy stamp set and coordinating dies. I used the fantastic hexagon stamps and die included in the set to create a geometric background complete with shaker areas! This card took me several attempts to get right. Not because it’s an especially complicated design, just that I was having one of those crafty days when I kept making silly mistakes! I’m sure we’ve all been there, but I’m glad I persevered and finished this card as I love the look. I began with a piece of white card measuring the same size as my...