Stamped Gingham

Its no secret I love Gingham so its pretty obvious that I would love this background stamp from Frantic Stamper.  Its a deep etched red rubber stamp 6 x 6 inches in size.  Its just perfect for making your own background paper as I have done on this card.

I also used the new die called Star on a String.  I cut it out three times from my background then again from red card stock to frame the stars against the silver glitter paper I placed behind.  Although I have used red and white you could used this star for any occasion.  This could easily be used as a birthday card.

I finished it off with some sparkly sequins.

Frantic Stamper products used

Gingham Background Stamp

Star on a String Die

Celebration Stamp Set

Thanks for popping in today

Karen 

xo

Noel by Frantic Stamper

The September release is the first Frantic Stamper release for Christmas 2017.

The Card I am sharing today features the Layering Noel Die.  It consists of 2 dies that enable you to create 3 layers to use separately or stacked.    My design is pretty simple but I'd like to note here that the gingham paper is hand stamped using the new background stamp called simply,  Gingham.   I'll show a card using this stamp in a couple of days but I have to say its brilliant,  especially if you're like me and have a thing about gingham.  The berry sprigs and cardinal are from the die set Wreath and Swag Builder from 2016.

Frantic Stamper products used 

Layering Noel Die

Gingham Background stamp

Wreath and Swag Builder Die

Thanks for your visit

Karen

xo

Southern Girls gets all interactive!

It's time for a new challenge at Southern Girls and we are going all interactive.  Shakers, sliders, movers, pop ups, any sort of interactive project.  Maybe its time to give something new a go.

The card I am sharing today has a pull out sentiment.  It slides in and out behind the patterned paper. I've used a cute little Neat and Tangled stamp set called Better Together with ribbon and flower from our sponsor Wild Orchid Crafts.

And here it is with the sentiment pulled out.

Look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge.

See you back soon

Karen

xo

Witches Gear

I'm sharing a fun all over card today using the Witches Gear die set from Frantic Stamper.  This die is from the August release and it contains a little Witches hat and broomstick.  I thought it would be fun to use different colours although I know witches hats are traditionally black.

I die cut both pieces multiple times in various colours (great way to use scraps) and also again using black to get the buckle.  I mixed and matched the hat and broom over a piece of white card stock.  Then added the happy Halloween sentiment and some black acrylic dots to add some dimension and fill in some spaces.  Simply backed with a small edge of black.

Little dies are great for creating your own background papers.

Frantic Stamper products used

Witches Gear

Fall Words

See you again soon

Karen

xo

For You

I'm on the Kennedy Grace Blog today using the classic Sunflower stamp set.  This is totally not what I envisaged when I started out but sometimes projects take on a life of their own.

I started by stamping my images in an orange toned ink and coloured it using pencil.  I was going to fussy cut it out and I had some background paper in mind but I couldn't lay my hands on it so decided to use a stamped background instead.  I masked off my flower thinking I could still cut it out if needed.  I used a stamp with a language I think could possibly be latin and stamped it several times in brown ink.  So now its taking on a vintage look so to  I used distress ink to add some more depth and add to the vintage feel of the card.

I decided that the image needed to be on the edge so cut my card down.  Added some hessian twine and a small tag before backing on brown cardstock.

Hope to see you back soon

Karen

xo

Its time to be thinking Halloween!

Halloween is just a round the corner so I guess its time to start thinking about all those Halloween projects.  Frantic Stamper have just added some new Halloween dies to its wonderful collection including this one called Boneyard Borders.  A set of 2 creepy little halloween borders.

The card I am sharing today is a step card.   The border die is absolutely perfect for this style of card adding lots of dimension.  I paired it with the Large Haunted House from a previous release.  I cut several borders in black and then placed them along the edge of the steps with the house at the back to create this little Halloween graveyard scene.  It just about placing the border cuts so they overlap to get the desired look thats how I got several trees into my little scene.  I added some yellow card stock behind the windows of the house and some white highlights with pencil.

Finished off with Happy Halloween sentiment and some acrylic dots.

Lots of fun was had with this die set.

Frantic Stamper products used

Boneyard Borders

Large Haunted House

Fall Words

Thanks for dropping in today

Karen

xo

Boho Flowers

I am so in love with this die set called Boho Flowers from Frantic Stamper.

I started cutting the flowers and realised that the cutouts left such a pretty design that it was such a shame to leave them behind.  So I used some stick it paper on my patterned paper and very carefully removed the die keeping all the bits intact.  Using  a pin I removed al the backing paper then holding the die onto the card pushed all the little individual pieces out.  A little painstaking but I think the effect was so worth it.

I used a fishtail banner to cut my sentiment strip and stamped the word Thankful.

Its finished off with a small strip of coloured card just to give the card panel some lift and lovely swirls of pearls for that touch of elegance.

This die set works perfectly in conjunction with the Grateful Florals stamp and die set.  Some extra photos  using these sets and links to the products used are listed below.

Frantic Stamper Products used

Boho Flowers

Grateful Flowers Stamp Set

Grateful florals Die

Stitched Double Ended Fishtail Labels 

Stitched Rectangle Frames

Come again soon

Karen

xo