Let it Snow altered candle

Hello dear visitors, lovely to see you drop by here at this busy time of year. This is Astruid from the UK and I have an altered candle to share with you:

I think most of us at this time of year appreciate quick and easy, yet effective projects, I would say, this is one of those.
This is what you will need:
Winter Wonderland Stamp set

1 2 1/2" diameter plain white church candle
white tissue paper
Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee and Sepia
Some leaf dies or punches plus scraps of paper to punch them from
Some natural twine
Some Flowers
Heat-gun
Your favourite adhesive

Start by stamping your chosen images on the tissue paper with Sepia Archival mixed with a little Coffee Archival Ink

Carefully tear around the edges of the stamped images, don't cut them with scissors as that will leave you with sharp edges and you literally want to melt your images into the candle.

Carefully hold your stamped images in place where you want them on your candle, take your heat-gun and keeping it moving and at a good distance start to melt the wax and thus adhere your image to the candle.

Here you can see some details of the stamps I chose to use

 The wonderful Santa on his sledge

And his reindeer you can see when you turn the candle a bit.

To finish my rustic candle off a bit, I tied a length of twine around the bottom and glued on a punched leaf and flower cluster with bits and pieces from my stash.

 Well, there you have it, a quick and fun project that of course could be totally adapted to your Holiday Colour scheme..... I just happen to like the all natural vintage sepia tones.

Hope you will all find some creative time during this busy season! Thank you for dropping by, and don't forget, check out the shop for fabulous holiday season offers!!! HERE is a link to some of the wonderful coupons, just right for last minute gifts!!

Winter Wonderland Sliding Easel Card

Hello everyone, and welcome to December!!!!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful winter and great holiday season.  Today I want to share a fun card with you that can not only be beautiful, but can stand alone, literally.  I love dimension, as well as interaction, and this card does both.  I also wanted to play with my new stamp set from Sin City Stamps, Winter Wonderland.  I love the vintage images on this plate, and I think you will, too.

slider in closed position 

slider opened to reveal message

Supplies Used:



Sin City Stamps:  Winter Wonderland

5" x 7" Kraft Card

Print papers:  Glistening Collection (Authentique)

Dies:  Circle (Spellbinders), Doily (My Favorite Things)

Ink Pads:  Brilliance Lightning Black (Tsukineko); Iced Spruce distress ink (Tim Holtz)

Tab punch (Stampin' Up)

Snowflake border punch (Martha Stewart)

Starform glitter lines stickers (Ecstasy Crafts)

Festive Glittery Christmas Tags

 This year, I am giving handmade gifts. I plan on making gifts in a jar, fresh basked cookies, jewelry and hand crafted cards. To top all these gifts, I'm adding handmade tags too!
 I love the simplicity of the silver glitter accenting the tags with the nostalgic color scheme and festive rosette.

 Here's how I made these:
For the tag, I stamped in red ink, Backgrounds stamp by Terri Sproul.
I punched a hole at the top corner before adding a line of glue to the edges and sprinkling with glitter.

The rosette strip was stamped in green ink using a decorative border stamp from Art Journaling with Terri Sproul. I then ran the strip though my Big Shot with a rosette thin die.  
I assembled the rosette and topped it off with a decorative stamped image of Steampunked Peppermint Gears in red.
I accented the rosette and center image with glitter, red/green glues and silver dew drops from The Robins Nest.

I attached a bit of red pom-pom trim to the bottom of each tag and looped some vintage satin ribbon through the top.
I attached the rosette to the tag with 2 layers of foam tape to give it some fun dimension.

With a  personal holiday greeting on the back, I now have the perfect tags to accent my hand made gifts!

Pure Bliss Gear Altered Book with Pam Bray

Pam here on the SinCity Stamps Blog today....I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving holiday, I know our family had a great day though most of our kids and there family live states away we celebrated with friends. Today I want to share with you the first of the altered albums that SinCity Stamps have released with many more coming in the future....I just love the Gear Chipboard Album and used photos from last years Thanksgiving weekend to share it with you and hope you will think about using some of your photos from this year to make yourself one

Here is the the Gear Chipboard Album...you will receive the cover, 3 inside pages and extra gears, it comes in 3 different sizes....I used the 4x4 for my Pure Blis Album. 

Here is the back of the front cover, I covered my album in WeR Memory Keepers Harvest Collection and that included the gears...lol...so  make sure to have a new blade in your xacto knife to get the intricate details from the gears cut out. If you decide against covering them with paper remember you can always paint, stain, ink, mist, or use another medium to do your pages and gear in. 

Here are the next two pages,,,,

and the last two pages. 

Here is a closer look at the gears, don't you just love, love how they turned out...I added a bit of ink to the edges of all of my pieces to give it the distress look that I wanted.

I hope you head right over to the store and check out the rest of the laser die cuts...there are books, die cuts, mask and make sure to look over the stamps sets here on the SinCity Stamps Store. Hugs Pammejo
Supplies:
SinCity Stamps Gear Book
WeR Memory Keepers Harvest Collection
Paper Studio Metal Gears
Recollections Chippies 
Satin Ribbon
Chestnut Roan Ink
Pop Dots
Prima Clothespin

Thanksgiving Table setting

Hello everyone, this is Astrid from the UK.

As it is Thanksgiving tomorrow, I thought I would share a table setting with you. This is a time when we are all very busy, so this is a quick and easy project:
These are the stamps and products I used:
Create a Punpkin
Pam Bray Fall Collection 2
Core'dinations Kraft Core card stock in different colours
Plain Kraft card
Spellbinders round dies
Tim Holtz Seasonal Embossing folders
Distress Ink in Scattered Straw, Aged Mahogany, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain and Rusty Hinge
Distress Markers in Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade,  Rusty Hinge and Peeled Paint
Diamond Stickles
Sanding block
Gold gilding paste

I made a menu card, a place card and a serviette ring.
Lets start with the card first.

Here you can see most of the elements I used. As you can see I ran the smaller matting layer through an embossing folder. I sanded it with my sanding block to bring out the Kraft core and then rubbed some gold gilding paste over the raised bits. I coloured my flowers with Scattered Straw Distress ink and layered them up together. I also stamped some leaves as well still and coloured them also with my chosen colours of Distress. Here you can see the card all layered together.

The strip underneath the flowers and leaves was also created with a strip embossing folder, once embossed I cut it out as you can see below:

The place card was made in almost the same way, here you can see the detail:

The pumpkin is from the Create a Pumpkin set and the name was computer generated.
Finally for the napkin ring I simply took a 1 1/2" strip of embossed Core'dinations card and layered an embossed strip on top. The pumpkin was created by running a white piece of card through the same folder and cutting just the pumpkin, which was then coloured with Distress Markers

Well, there you have it. I wish all my American friends a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration.

Hope this project has given you a little inspiration and thank you so much for visiting today!

STEAMPUNK'D CHRISTMAS

Hello!  Today I am sharing a couple of cute note/gift cardholders that I made using the "Steampunk'd Christmas" Stamp set.

SUPPLIES:

• Sin City Stamps "Steampunk'd Christmas" set
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Stewart Superior Ink Pads - Antique Brown and Crimson
• Ranger Ink - Green Mint
• Martha Stewart Glitter Markers
• Misc. paper, doily, gauze and paperclip

Stamp the images you want to use on the mixed media paper and color them with glitter markers.  Cut them out.

Glue the images to each other in a way you like.  Add some gauze too.

Aren't they cute?  They could be ornaments too.  Put some gel medium on the front and back and they will stay perfect for years to come!!

Or, you can make them little note/gift cardholders like I did.  How many times has an unexpected visitor knocked at your door and you start to panic because you don't have a holiday card made for them.  Or, how many times have you bought gift cards but you forgot to take an extra free envelope?

Problem solved!!!

Here are 2 samples.  Just a scrap of paper from the "left over paper bin" (you KNOW you have one!!) a doily and a paperclip!

Thanks for visiting today!!  Be sure to visit the store and get your "Steampunk'd Christmas" stamps!!

xxDaniella

Christmas Tag

Sin City Stamps has a great set of background texture stamps called Knock on Wood.  One of the images is a woodgrain texture, and it is perfect for making tags for my new Christmas tree decorations.

This is an easy way to make special tags for Christmas gifts or for embellishing decorations.

Here’s what you need:
Sin City Stamps Knock on Wood
#5 manila tag
Distress Inks in Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain
Embossing Ink (I used a VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad)
Embossing Powder (I used Comotion Red)
Ribbon or twine (I used hand dyed seam binding)

Gather a Harvest of Love Frame by Pam Bray

 Hi it is Pam today sharing with you this fun 8 x 8 "Gather a Harvest of Love" Frame...if you love to watercolor, you will love this frame but first begin by placing a piece of fall pattern paper inside the frame and on the sides using the same pattern paper.

 To make all the beautiful leaves, you will need your Fall Collection 2 Stamps from Pam Bray, Black Memories Ink, distress paint (listed below), mister bottle full of water, paint brush and watercolor paper. Stamp 18 leaves on to watercolor paper with your black ink....

Dab Mustard Seed and Barn Door Distress Paint on to your work surface, mist with water to thin it out....I also mist a puddle of water so I can dip my paintbrush into it as I am working....paint your leaves with Mustard Seed and then add the Barn Door to give the leaves dimension, it helps to even pick up a bit of each paint along with the water.....

 Do the same with next set, only use Barn Door, Fired Brick and Frayed Burlap.....

 and the last set with Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves,

 Fussy cut them all out....

Punch out a 3 1/2" circle and stamp "Gather a harvest of Love" from the Fall Collection 2 Stamp Set and place it in the center of the frame. 

Add all but three of the leaves you have painted around the circle, place a bow at the edge of the circle.

Place some dried fall pieces to the bottom of the frame along with the last 3 leaves to make them appear to be falling. I hope you enjoy my "Gather a Harvest of Love" Frame and try to make one for the Thanksgiving holiday. Hugs Pammejo
Supplies:

 Fall Collection 2 by Pam Bray

8 x 8 7Gypsies Frame

Tim Holtz Distress Paints: Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves, Wild Honey, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Frayed Burlap

Black Memories Ink

Sheer Brown Ribbon

Give Thanks Card

Hello everyone!  So glad you stopped by!  I am really getting into the mood for Thanksgiving.   I feel so blessed for my wonderful life, friends, and family,  and so I wanted to make a card to show my gratitude.

Supplies used:



Sin City Stamps:  Rosette Hearts (Background); Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2 (swirl); Pam Bray's Fall Collection (leaves)

5x7 pre-folded kraft card

Wine card stock (CS) scrap

Timeless Type 8x8 pad (DCWV)

Versamark ink pad

Memories Art Print Brown ink pad

Distress inks:  Forest Moss, Dried Marigold, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Scattered Straw

Gold detail embossing powder

A Card for all seasons

Hello everyone, Astrid here from the UK

Though everyone's head is probably full of Thanksgiving and other Autumn/Fall projects, I thought I would share a card suitable for all season's even though I mainly used Pam Bray's Fall Collection 2 set.
These are the stamps and products I used:
Stamps
Pam Bray Fall Collection 2
Pocket Watch
Banner of Love
Other products
Kraft Card 6 x6 folded card blank
Prima 6 x 6 Fairy Rhymes paper pad
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink
Ranger Distress Inks in Bundled Sage, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Victorian Velvet
Home made heart shaped Shrink plastic button
Sewing Machine
Smooth stamping card
Perfect Pearls (or any other) Gold Spray
Home made Spray using Victorian Velvet re-inker
Basic Craft Kit, scissors, ruler, adhesive etc.

Stamped Mini Christmas Stockings

I used the lace image from Sin City Stamps' SinCity Wings rubber stamp set to embellish a plain muslin mini Christmas stocking.  Sin City Stamps has so many beautiful pattern stamps that you can adapt to multiple projects!

You can use these little stockings as decorations, in table settings or on packages.  They are also the perfect size for gift cards!

Supplies:  All you need is some plain, closely woven fabric (I used tea dyed muslin); ink (I used ColorBox Chalk Ink in Lipstick Red); thread to match your fabric; and something for the hanging loop (I used tea dyed rayon seam binding).

Time Flies when You are having Fun!

 Hi Everyone!
Michelle here to show you how to make a fun and easy background for this card using dry wall mesh tape!

Autumn Wall Hanger with Pam Bray

Hi it is Pam today on the SinCity Stamps Blog sharing with you a fun Autumn Wall Hanger using SinCity Stamps Fall Collection and Fall Collection 2 Stamp Sets.