I have created various scenes within stencil apertures for my Christmas cards this year. This card is a variation on this theme, as it uses one of the Clarity Outline stamps and masks and the teeny weenie stamps which come with them to create the aperture and scene.
I cannot take credit for this card as it is my interpretation of a topper made by my friend Eva when we were at a workshop with Maria Moorhouse. I loved her idea and decided to do my own version. Thanks Eva! It uses the Holly Aperture stencil from Claritystamp as a starting point.
I know that black isn't the first colour that you might think of when making a Christmas card, but the embossing paste through the Laurel Christmas Wreath stencil from Claritystamp finished this card perfectly.
I am starting to get excited for Christmas. My son and his girlfriend will be returning from Romania for nearly three weeks and I am looking forward to seeing them. I shall also be creating my first secret Clarity DT samples shortly (I can say no more).
My desk shows a Christmas card topper that I am working on (I will share the finished piece tomorrow). I love creating mini scenes using the various Clarity wee stamps and teeny weenie stamps and decided to give the finished scene an embossing paste outline using the laurel wreath stencil.
I have finally caught up with all the marking from my meeting last Wednesday afternoon. I will get plenty done during the two hours that I have this afternoon in school. No other side of the desk this week. Eva has been really busy with work and courses and we haven't had a chance for a crafty get together for a couple of weeks. I'm hoping she can manage a session tomorrow. To visit more desks and find out more about What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday? please pop over to our host Julia at the Stamping Ground. I'll be over to visit after work tonight.
I worked on a #8 manilla tag for the November challenge over on Tag It Tuesday. Four prompts are given each month and at least two have to be used. This month the prompts were: 1 Paste through a stencil; 2 Paint with your fingers; 3 Write random words; 4 Numbers. As you will see, I used three of the prompts.
The prompt for the November mini mission over on Mission Inspiration is 'Trust'. As usual I worked on a tag for my tag journal and made use of the paper towel mop up sheet from my previous project (see HERE).
We have been invited to a belated house warming party this afternoon. As they actually moved in a year ago, but have recently finished their extension, I have chosen to make it a Happy Home card rather than a New Home one. I love the 3 way overlay stamps from Claritystamp and as I have the stencil in the same design as the Town House set, I decided to use the two together. Having seen Barbara Gray using Distress Oxides on these stamps to build up colour, I decided to try out the technique. I also ended up with an additional topper and background from cleaning off my stamps and stencil, so had a choice to make about which combination to use.
