RobsCreations

I have been amazed by a recent video from Jennifer Mcguire o n  stamped shaker cards  ( link at the end of this post for technical details ). I wanted to try something similar myself, but more on the Xmas theme. My post focuses mainly on the things I've changed, so if you need a step-by-step guide, again, hit the link at the bottom of the page (but please don't skip my post 😊) I was well aware that I was missing most of the cool items she used for her cards like for example the single stitch frame die, the shimmer pen and the Copic markers but I think I can be pretty happy with the result anyway. In order to create the frame I have used two dies of the  Sizzix Squares Framelits Die Set that I've stuck together with washi tape like this I've used the square left over as a background for the shaker window. I've stamped  an alphabet  with white ink and embossed it with white Jasmine powder  and glued some sequin...

One more request from a dear friend: candles that she could put on the table as Xmas favours! In particular, she wanted pillar candles with chunks on the  white/turquoise  hues.  She also asked for decorations m atching the colours of the candles and  having  snow flakes .  It took me a while before deciding what to do (it's much easier to use red, green, silver and gold when it comes down to Xmas things,😂😂😂 ahahaha)... ...and then I thought it would have been fun to use  the  bubble wrap stamping technique  to give the paper a snowy-like background! For the white bubbles: Dovecraft   Crystal White ink and Aladine   jasmine white embossing powder. For the light blue bubbles: turquoise ink  (from ArtNic, #20) and Artemio   clear   holographic  embossing powder .  I've created the snow flakes  with a puncher  from white Bristol card stock, a...