How To Create A Beautiful Vintage Christmas Card

 

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I have used the Steampunk'd Christmas Stamp Set to create a vintage Christmas card. You can use these stamps for more traditional Christmas crafts too. 

Product list

Sin City Stamps Steampunk'd Christmas

6 x 6 Card

8 x 8 Christmas papers

Paper Poinsettia Stickers

Banner Nesting Die

Red ink pad

Wooden Frames

Marker Pens

Start off by covering a 6 x 6 card blank with patterned paper. 

Then cut out a large rectangle from green pattered paper.

For the next layer, use a banner die and cut out a sheet of matching paper, Wrap red twine around the top and adhere to card.

Glue paper to the back of the wooden frame and adhere to card.

Stamp out the Santa stamp onto white card and colour in with markers.

Cut out the Santa and adhere to the wooden frame

Decorate with paper flowers and cut a sentiment out of the patterned paper.

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A Christmas Tree Tag Ornament

Hi all, Monique here, showing you how I made this home tag ornament for Christmas!

Supplies:

Sin City rubber-stamps used:
  Winter Reindeer ,
  Phoebe art doll
and the sentiment from the Country Vintage Christmas set.

Additional products used:
Wooden Christmas tree shape,
 Patterned paper,
Rhinestones,
 Metallic colored pencils,
Glistening Snowtex,
 Decoupage crystal glitter
, Craft Twinkles,
Glistening Snow Writer,
 Waterproof black and blue stamping ink

Step 1:Trace the shape of the tree on to patterned paper and cut it out.

Step 2 : Stamp the winter Winter Reindeer, using black ink, see pic

Step 3:Make a mask and cover the reindeer before stamping Phoebe art dolll, to make it look like the reindeer stands before Phoebe art doll. Use black ink.

 Step 4: Use blue ink to stamp the sentiment from the Country Vintage Christmas set.

 Step 5: Colour in the images, I used metallic pencils to get a shiny festive result.

 Step 5: Add Craft Twinkles to the patterned paper

 Step 6: Adhere the paper to the tree using decoupage glue with glitters in it.

 Step 7: Add snowtex to the ground and the glistening snow writer to the edges of the tree

 Step 8: Decorate the top of the tree using rhinestones. Let the snowtex and snow writer dry. The Snow writer will dry transparent to give an icey look.

 Here the finished result and some close ups.

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Altered Day of the Dead Tag

 

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Check out this sugar skull tag created using Sin City Stamps. 

Sin City Stamps Day of the Dead stamp set

Red Acrylic paint

Blue Acrylic paint

White pearl paint

Gesso

White card

Shrine Tag

Flowers

Colored inks

Black archive ink

Coat the tag with gesso and then glue together.

Paint red and light blue with acrylic paint and then stamp around the top using the flourish stamp.

Stamp our the Sugar skull and flowers onto a white card and color in with inks before cutting out.

Glue the flowers around the sugar skull and then glue the stamped flowers around the frame.

Paint a large flower with acrylic paint and dry brush with pearl white paint. Glue to top of tag.

Dry brush whole tag with pearl white paint.

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Dribonez ATC Set

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I have a quick make for Sin City stamps  using the new DriBonez set by Rick St Dennis.

Product list

DriBonez By Rick St Dennis

Background Grunge Stamp Set by Pam Bray

Wild Flower Yikes! By Monique

Blank ATC's

White Card

Inks

Stencil

Mixed Mediums

                  Start off by spritzing a few blank ATCS with blue inks and leave to dry.
          Apply a stencil mask with green texture paste and leave it to set.

Stamp out the bones stamps onto the white card and color in.

 These were colored in using inks

Adhere some words to the ATCS

Create different designs by layering up different stencils with modeling paste.

For this ATC, I  used the grungy background stamps to create a pattern.

The skulls were colored in using sepia ink which gave them an old feel.

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Sin City Stamps Occult In a Box: A Spooky Altered Matchbox

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I have a spooky "miniature" craft to share using Sin City Stamps!

Enjoy!

Supplies:

1. Skeletons Halloween art stamp set  
2. Halloween Bingo Stamp Set 
3. Wildflower stamp set  
4. Large matchbox
5. Gesso
6. White card
7. Black ink
8. Orange chalk paint
9. Crackle paint
10. Orange paint
11. Purple paint
12. Walnut stain or dark to light brown inks.
13. Assorted Halloween charms and beads.

Prime your matchbox with gesso before painting with orange chalk paint.

Add crackle paint and then paint over with orange paint.

Stamp the center and sides of the box with the filigree stamp from the Skeletons Halloween Set.

Stamp out the bottles and wildflowers onto white card. 

Color bottles with walnut stain or a cold tea bag. 

Trim the tentacles off the wildflowers and glue behind the bottles.

Paint inside orange and the drawer in purple. Glue a pumpkin bead on the front.

Fill drawer with spooky things.

The Ouija board is from a dolls house miniature. 

The tarot cards can be printed off here and the rest of the bits are made from beads.

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Halloween Decor

Hello every one, Monique here showing you how to make a Halloween Decor.

Supply list: 

• Sin City stamps:  
• Skull fence Border Background stamp,
•  crackle background stamp,  
• Ornate metalwork look art rubber stamp

• Orange and black acrylic paint,
• Black waterproof stamp-ink, 
• Black ribbon, 
• Piece of cardboard (from old box),
• Frame and skull embellishment (or make them yourself using a mold and air dry clay) 
• Gesso in black and white. 
• Acrylic paint in white, light and dark brown, 
• Metallic Luster in silver.
• Paint brushes,
• Glue.

Step 1:  Make the frame and skull using a mold and air dry clay. It will take a day to let for the clay to dry

Step 2: Cut a square piece of cardboard from a box and use a layer of white gesso to prepare it for painting. Add a layer of white gesso to the skull and black gesso to the frame. Let dry.

Step 3: Paint the cardboard square orange, let paint dry.

Step 4: Use the crackle stamp and black stamp ink to give the cardboard an aged look.

Step 4: Create a frame by using the top part of the skull fence stamp.

Step 5: Finish the background using the  Ornate  Metal look stamp

Step 6: Paint the frame black.

Step 7: Paint the skull using light and dark brown acrylic paint

Step 8: Give the frame some dimension by using white and grey acrylic paints on the raised parts of the frame.

Step 9: Add some silver wax on the frame

Step 10: Attache a ribbon on the back of the hanger.

Sep 11: Adhere the skull inside the frame and adhere the frame to the wall hanger.

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