Guest Design - Deck the halls by Izzy Scrap

 

Bonjour !

Izzy Scrap here today with some inspiration ! I'm back with a new guest designing post for Gerda Steiner Designs. 

Today I'm featuring the Reindeer & a tree  stamp set. It includes six adorable reindeers, a Christmas tree, Santa and few ornaments. For my card I only used the reindeers, all of them, and the ornaments. In a few days it will be the countdown to Christmas, and we will start by decorating the tree and the house. 

This year will be a bit different because of the Sanitary situation, we are not sure to be able to spend Christmas day with our families because of the lockdown. So, to stay in the weird, I imagined a Christmas tree with a pyramid of reindeers !

With a lot of masking, I stamped the reindeers one by one starting by the bottom of the pyramid (left and right) and going up. Before taking off all the masks I also stamped the floor and I blended a soft pink touch of ink for the wall.

Then I removed the masks and I coloured the reindeers and the floor with colour pencils. For the ornaments I used some glitter pens.

I stamped the sentiment in two shades of red, then I heat embossed it with clear powder. I also hung a little star from this sentiment.

To finish I adhered a pattern paper on the double card and I glued the image on top. Aren't they funny these adorable reindeers ? I especially hope that they will bring a smile to the recipient. 

Et voilà ! I've been very happy and delighted to share my cards with you this month. Again, a very huge thank you to Gerda and her team for welcoming me.

Wishing you a beautiful and crafty day !

Izzy

Deck the Halls

Hi there,

it's Tanja here again and this is my last Gerda Steiner Designs Christmas Project that I am posting this year and on my final card I used the cute Gerda Steiner Designs Deck the Halls stamp set:

• stamp the adorable little cat and two baubles from the Gerda Steiner Designs Deck the Halls set with Lawn Fawn River Rock
• color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versafine Clair Warm Breeze
• add patterned paper behind the scalloped panel before adhering all the layers to the cardbase

I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you again next year.

Hugs,

[Video] Sketch inspired card with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I made a cute card using the Deck the halls stamp set. :)

Take a look:

It's not unusual to have a creative block from time to time and today I will share some advise what to do if it happenes to you. I love sketches so my inspiration hunt starts with them. 

Watch the video to find out more about the sketch I used today and how I made this card:

Hope that you feel inspired and that you will join some challenges in the future!

Hugs,
Kaja

Deck the Halls with these Adorable Reindeer!

Hello and Happy Monday Crafty Friends!  Tina here from Cards and Coffee Time. Today I created a card with the Reindeer and a Tree stamp set along with the Coordinating dies.  I used watercolor pencils for my coloring medium and added puffy snow for dimension.  This little reindeer is my fave with his little tongue handing out and it looks as though he is doing a happy dance!  I Loooved him so much I made 5 of him!!

You can watch the tutorial on how I created this super fun card down below.  Time to grab your coffee friends and let's get to crafting!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Wishing you a great day!

Watch the Tutorial Below:)

Be Jolly Reindeer

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I would like to show you this cute and shimmery Christmas card using a Digital Image from the Gerda Steiner Designs November-December Digital-Stamp-Bundle:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Reindeer with Bird image available as part of the Gerda Steiner Designs November-December Digital-Stamp-Bundle with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and a damp watercolor brush
• add a highlight to the nose with a white gel pen
• stamp baubles, stars and presents from the Gerda Steiner Designs Deck the Halls and Holiday Friends stamp sets with Versamark onto a stitched panel of watercolor paper and heat-emboss them with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• color the background with the help of Distress Markers (Spun Sugar, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China) and the Distress Marker Spritzer
• mist the whole panel with Pearlized Water and let it dry thoroughly
• mat the panel onto a piece of Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock before adhering it to a cardbase
• add the sentiment created with the Dymo Label Maker

Have a colorful day.

Yours,

Meowy Christmas!!

Hi there!!

It's Yolanda here, from Scraping Time saying goodbye to the year with these two cards. 

I hope 2016 brings you happiness and "stamps"... lots of "stamps"!!...

For these cards I am going to show you today, I have been playing with the cute "Deck the Halls" clear stamps set. I think these stamps are gorgeous and have so many possibilities for your Christmas cards since it includes a couple of cute sentiments, the cool cat and some small stamps which are so useful to make nice backgrounds or maybe to play as I have done today with my cards.

Firstly, I am going to show you a card, where the cat is wishing you a "Meowy Christmas".

I decided to stamp the sentiment into a frame and I did some masking to add a couple of balls to the main stamp. I also stamped the bold star from the set into the big ball.

Then, I thought it could be nice to add some lights on the top with that small stamp included in the set. I am not so good handwritting in my cards so I decided to stamp the string with a part of a sentiment. After that, I stamped one by one the little light bulb included on the set with Memento Black ink, colouring all the stamps with Spectrum Noir Markers.

Then, I did a line with a pencil and I fussy cut with the scissors my panel to add a wood decorated paper to make the scene more realistic.

To finish the card, I added some Wink of Stella Clear to the small details.

Once I had made this card I thought that I wanted to use again the small Christmas lights and then I decided to make the second card. In this occasion I needed my Memento Black Marker to make the main part of the card.

I decided to put the lights around a heart shape giving the main power to the sentiment in the middle of the heart,

 I encourage you to give it a try if you have this set. It´s a CAS result that I am sure you will enjoy.

First of all, I die cut a false stitched square and a heart with my Big Shot. I used it as a template to make my card. Then, I drew the heart with the black marker.

It was time to stamp all the lights. Once I did it, I coloured it with Spectrum Noir Markers and I added some Wink of Stella Clear in all of them.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Black Ink.

I really enjoyed playing with this set and I say goodbye to 2015 with these two cards, 

I wish you all the best and see you in 2016!!

Hugs from Spain!!

4 Christmas Tags with Added Shimmer

https://youtu.be/fxAdy82q_no

Aloha Guys!  This is Joyce from http://enjoysrappin2.com and today I have 4 tags for you with these adorable snowmen.  I cut these out using some Neenah desert storm card stock and added shimmery snow banks along with some vellum.  I colored the images using some watercolor pencils.  I hope you enjoy these tags and I'll see you guys back next time.  Thanks again :)

Green Christmas!

Hi there!

It's Yolanda here, from Scraping Time. Today, I want to share with you a couple of works made with some of the cuttest Christmas stamps from the shop: Deck the Halls, Holiday Friends and Peeking Friends. All of them are clear stamps and I love how adorable they are!

When I started thinking about this post, I thought I wanted to use any bright colour since I`m usually making softer cards lately. Then, I chose a vibrant green and this was the first idea to choose my papers, cardstocks and even the stamps, since the first one I decided to use was the cute elf.

I stamped all the stamps with Memento and coloured it with Spectrum Noir Markers.  Then, I fussy cut them without leaving any white line on the borders.

For the card, I cut with the big shot 3 stitched rectangles in green cardstock, red decorated paper and white cardstock. I made a cute border on the top of the white panel and I used it to hide one of the elfs. Then I die cut three stars. I hided the other elf into the biggest one, then I put some acetate and I made three different shakers with the stars. For the smallest ones I used micro beads and for the biggest one I used white and pink glitter. I just wanted to give it some shine when you move it!

Then, I sticked the three panels on a green base and I stamped the sentiment from "Peeking friends stamps" with red Hero Arts Ink.

For the tag, I used the biggest one from Mama Elephant and I decided to use acetate for the panel but in this occassion I chose translucent acetate since it is stronger than the clear one. I used two different reindeers and I used the same colours as I did in my card.

These reindeers are so much fun and I used some wink of stella clear on the nose (where I also put some glossy accent later), the hats and the reindeers hoof. 

I used some white embossing powder for the sentiment and I used a second red tag as a base. I love bows so I used a red one to finish my tag.

It was great to make these works for today and I hope you enjoy! Have a great week!! :)

Clean and Simple Christmas Card and Thankful for YOU Giveaway!

Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Deck the Halls and Holiday Friends stamp sets. I wanted to create a fun background for a bold sentiment. But since it is American Thanksgiving I have a special little giveaway for you if you visit the YouTube video to comment. Check out the video for more:

I love how there are several faces included for the gingerbread man so you can customize him to your card. I think it would be fun to use the surprised face after altering the stamp to look like there's been a bite taken out of him.

How to get Glowing Christmas light effect using Gelatos

Aloha Guys!  This is Joyce from http://enjoyscrappin2.com and today I'm sharing 2 cards using the Deck the Halls stamp set and some tips on how to get a look of glowing Christmas lights with watercoloring.  This is my first Christmas card of the year, and I wanted to start with this adorable kitty.  I've watercolored the kitty using Gelatos on a Classic Linen Card stock, which gave such a great texture and the glowing effect.  I hope you like these cards and I'll see you next time.  Thanks so much :)  

Clean and Simple Christmas Card featuring Deck the Halls

Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Deck the Halls stamp set. I wanted to really focus on this cute little kitty so I created a clean and simple card.Check out the video for more:

When working on a clean and simple card simple it can be beneficial to keep the color story minimal. This is why I opted for a neutral color cat. I'm a big fan of adding sparkle on Christmas cards so here I added gems, glitter, and glossy accents. I love that I was able to sneak in some gem destashing into such a stamp heavy design. 

Check out Gerda Steiner's amazing selection of Christmas stamps and then share your creations over on the Facebook group. 

Merry Christmas Snowman

Hi there,

it's Tanja here today. If you love snowmen, you will fall for the adorable Gerda Steiner Designs Snowman Friends stamp set right away:

• stamp one of the cute little snowmen from the Gerda Steiner Designs Snowman Friends stamp set on Perfect Colouring Paper with Memento (Tuxedo Black) and color him with Delta Markers
• in order to add more texture apply Liquid Applique to his cap and stamp the scarf on a piece of light blue felt with VersaMagic (Midnight Black)
• cut out a notebook page from patterned paper, stamp the sentiment from Gerda Steiner Designs Deck the Halls and heat-emboss it with white super fine embossing powder
• use a snowfall embossing folder on the white cardbase and tie twine around it

I hope that you like my creation.

Yours,

Meowy Christmas!

Hi everyone!
It's Wiebke here today! :) I want to share with you a christmas card using Gerda Steiner Designs newest Deck the Halls stamp set with the cute little kitty!

Yes, I know! It's maybe a bit too early for christmas cards, but it was so cold lately here in Germany.. the atmosphere was almost perfect. And there are so dang cute new christmas sets out there! Be prepared for lots of great inspiration coming up!

I'm totally addicted to nightsky backgrounds! But is there a time of the year, which suits it much better? "All is calm, all is bright" ;)

I decided on giving the cute kitty a carton where he might have stolen all of the lights from. And I think the sentiment "Meowy Christmas" is absolutely cute!

Have an awesome day! :)