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Countdown to Christmas - 5 days to go!

If you've ever bought one of our stamp sets, you'll know they come in a plastic blister pack. These blister packs are completely recyclable plastic, so they can be put into your recycling bin once you've finished with them... which is great! (I'm a big recycler, I don't like anything going into landfill unnecessarily) However they can also be re-used as a gift pack! Like this:

Supplies:
Darkroom Door Blister Packaging from rubber stamp sets
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 1 stamp set
Darkroom Door Yuletide Montage
Brilliance Moonlight White inkpad
Size 4 white tag

Instructions:

1. Trim red cardstock to 24cm x 15cm. Stamp the medium sized star from the Yuletide Vol 1 Stamp set along the top and around the edges of the cardstock with the Moonlight White inkpad. Stamp the small star in various spaces too.
2. Place red cardstock inside the blister pack. Punch a hole in the cardstock where the hanging hole is in the blister pack.
3. Place treats in the raised blister part. Close the blister pack, making sure the sides lock in place. (use a small amount of tape if you want to make it more secure for heavier items)
4. Trim large image from Yuletide Montage and mount onto red cardstock then onto a Size 4 white tag. Stamp Merry Christmas (Yuletide Vol 1 stamp set) onto white cardstock, mount onto red cardstock then onto the bottom of the tag with foam adhesive. (Alternatively: you could use words from the Yuletide Vol 1 Wordstrip)
5. Attach tag to the blister pack with red ribbon. 

For smaller treats, here's another idea:

Supplies:
Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer Stamp set
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 1 Stamp set
Crimson & Jet Black ink
Red & White cardstock
Cellophane bag

For this one I simply stamped the small stars from the Christmas Reindeer stamp set all over a piece of white cardstock. Inked the edges with Crimson ink. Attached to a folded piece of red cardstock that was wide enough to cover the cellophane bag. Punched two holes (which also went through the top of the cellophane bag to keep it in place) and threaded red ribbon through and tied into a bow. Stamped Merry Christmas (Yuletide Vol 1 stamp set) onto white cardstock, mounted onto red cardstock, then attached to the bottom left side.

Very quick and easy to do!

Hope that's given you a great way to re-use the stamp packaging! Remember... once you're finished with it, put it in the recylcing! :)

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Countdown to Christmas - 6 days to go!

I awoke this morning to all of the Christmas lights in the house twinkling away... my little elves (Ethan & Zoë) had woken up fairly early while it was still dark in the house and had turned on all the lights again to enjoy while they ate breakfast. I can only imagine how early they'll wake on Christmas morning! Yikes! I better get some good sleep before then!

Today I have some very special projects to share. When I saw these cards by our Creative Team member Godelieve, I instantly fell in love with them. I cannot praise Godelieve's work highly enough! Every time she puts stamp to paper, it just looks so elegant, like all the pieces just magically fit together perfectly. I know it's probably not like that when she's stamping, she probably just stamps and puts it together a she goes along, but the end result is always just so stunning. Check this out:

Supplies:
Darkroom Door Plaid Background stamp
Darkroom Door Yuletide Montage
Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer Stamp set (Merry Christmas & star)

But wait there's more...

and one more...

Supplies:
Darkroom Door Plaid Background stamp
Darkroom Door Yuletide Montage
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set (Season's Greetings)

Aren't they just beautiful? Thanks so much for sharing these Godelieve.

And I'm loving seeing projects with our new Background Stamps! Gosh, I'm glad we released these!!! All of the projects I've seen with these stamps have been amazing! After Christmas we'll be sharing many more projects on the blog that use the Background Stamps, so stay tuned for that! 

Also... remember earlier in the month I mentioned that Godelieve was sharing her Advent Calendar each day on her blog? Here's what it looks like so far:

You really must check out each day, it is very inspiring! And mainly made from paddle-pop sticks! Oh and  Darkroom Door stamps and Montage sheets too! :) Start here.

Hope you're all having a wonderful festive season! I started wrapping gifts last night... it's so exciting!

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Countdown to Christmas - 8 days to go! Scrap It TV Christmas Special

Last Sunday the Scrap IT TV Christmas Special aired on the Aurora Channel and I had a segment showing how to decorate a gift bag and gift tag using the Yuletide Collection!

Here's the Yuletide Gift Bag segment:

Supplies used:
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 1 Stamp set
Darkroom Door Yuletide Montage
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 1 Wordstrip
White Size 4 Tag
Red Cardstock
Brilliance Moonlight White Inkpad
Brown gift bag

The music is pretty funny... and I look like I'm about to laugh in a few places which is true as there were a few people watching the taping and we were all having a few laughs in between the takes. Nevertheless... hope you enjoy!

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Countdown to Christmas - 10 days to go!

Santa Claus is coming to town!!! Today is Tuesday and we have another winner from the Darkroom Door Flickr group challenge! But first... we have some cards to share that were created by Creative Team member Sarah Schwerin:

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Supplies:
Darkroom Door Floral Background stamp (OMG I am sooo in love with this stamp! - that's from Sarah).
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 2 stamp Set
Green ribbon
Making Memories holly leaves/berries
Bazzill cardstock - cream and dark brown.
Cream coloured Basic Grey cardstock (the images were stamped onto this).
Brilliance Pearlescent Coral ink
Timber Brown Stazon
"Hint of Pesto" Versamagic ink.

Brown Card:
Stamp Floral Background & Santa onto cream Basic Grey cardstock with Timber Brown Staz On. Wrap green ribbon around background, add Making Memories holly leaves. Adhere Santa image, add berries to the holly.

Pink card:
The pink Floral Background was stamped directly onto the cream Bazzill cardstock (textured side).The Santa and the hanging ornament were stamped onto the Basic Grey cardstock, trimmed and adhered to the card. 

Aren't these cards yummy!!! Thanks for sharing Sarah!

And drum roll..... the winner for this week from the Darkroom Door Flickr Gallery is Rossy3! Congratulations! Please email us at info @ darkroomdoor.com with your mailing details and Santa will send out a prize!

You still have one week left to participate in the Darkroom Door Christmas Creations Challenge! Just upload your Christmas creations that feature any Darkroom Door stamp or product to the Darkroom Door Flickr group to be entered into the draw! We'll draw the final winner next Tuesday!

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Countdown to Christmas - 11 days to go!

Fa la la la la la la la la... not long now until Christmas!!! Have you all decorated your home? Are the lights up? Is the tree covered in tinsel? We have fairy lights all throughout our house this year! We usually put fairy lights up around the deck, but our kids never get to see them as it's still light when they go to bed (summer daylight saving) But inside is a lot darker, so they can see the lights if they're inside the house. So it's all very festive here!!

Today we have a card by our Creative Team member Jill. Check it out:

Supplies:
Darkroom Door Star Background
Collections chipboard houses
Text paper
Muslin, ribbon, sequin embellishments, glitter

How cool does it look? Those houses are just adorable. Love the effect with the Star Background too. Here's a more detailed look:

Cool, huh! Thanks for sharing Jill!

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Countdown to Christmas - 12 days to go!

Last week I shared this card created with a Yuletide Vol 1 wordstrip, Yuletide Montage image and the Star Background stamp:

 

I mentioned how it would look cool to reverse it and have the red Yuletide Vol 2 Wordstrip on a white or cream card. Well... here's a card to show how that looks:

 

Supplies:
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 2 Wordstrip
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 1 Filmstrip
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set (Pine leaf)

Instructions:

1. Stamp the pine leaf repeatedly over the cream card using Olive green inkpad.
2. Adhere Yuletide Vol 2 Wordstrip down the full length of the card. Trim off excess.
3. Trim images from Yuletide Vol 1 Filmstrip into individual images. Adhere one image to the right side of the Wordstrip as shown.

Such a simple design, but it can be used in so many different ways! It would look great with the other collections too...

Hope you're all enjoying the festive season!

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Countdown to Christmas - 13 days to go!

Another quick one for today...

Instructions:

1. Fold a 210mm x 150mm piece of red cardstock in half to form a vertically opening card.
2. Draw a lines of Meadow & Willow Alcohol Ink onto the non-stick craft sheet. Add a small amount of Metallic mixative and some blending solution. Place gloss paper GLOSS SIDE DOWN onto the alcohol ink and rotate and lift off. Allow to dry. (If you have any white areas, dab into left over ink)
3. Randomly stamp pine branch from Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set over the background with Olive ink. Mount onto green cardstock, then adhere panel to folded red card.
4. Add Latte alcohol ink to felt applicator with small amount of blending solution. Dab all over white gloss cardstock. Stamp Santa from Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set using Jet Black ink. Stamp quote onto small piece. Trim both images and mount onto green cardstock. Adhere to card as shown.

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Countdown to Christmas - 14 days to go!

We have more wonderful cards to share by Tracey Strong today... these are just divine, check them out:

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Supplies:
Darkroom Door Yuletide Montage
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 1 Wordstrip
Darkroom Door Yuletide Vol 2 Stamp set

Aren't they adorable! Thanks for sharing Tracey!

Also.... for anyone who has Foxtel, there will be a Scrap-It TV Christmas Special on this weekend. It's on the Aurora channel. Check your program for the exact times. Last I heard it was going to be on Sunday 13th at 6.30am and 3.30pm. But check your guides for the info! I'll be doing a segment on decorating Christmas gift bags and tags!

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Countdown to Christmas - 15 days to go!

A quick one for today!!!

Instructions:

1. Fold a 210mm x 150mm piece of dark green cardstock in half to form a horizontally opening card.
2. Draw a lines of Meadow & Willow Alcohol Ink onto the non-stick craft sheet. Add some blending solution. Place gloss paper GLOSS SIDE DOWN onto the alcohol ink and rotate and lift off. Allow to dry. (If you have any white areas, dab into left over ink)
3. Stamp Pine Trees from Yuletide Vol 1 stamp set over the background in the top right corner with Olive ink. Mount onto red cardstock. Wrap red ribbon around left side and tie at front. Adhere panel to front of folded green card.
4. Create alcohol ink background as above on a small piece of gloss cardstock. Stamp “Peace On Earth” quote. Trim and mount onto red cardstock. Attach to the bottom of Pine Trees image using foam adhesive.

Hope you enjoy!

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Countdown to Christmas - 16 days to go!

Ohhhh, who's getting excited about Christmas? I've almost finished all my presents, I just have a few more to make this weekend and a few fun things to buy for our stockings and I'm all set!

Today I'm showing you a card I created a while back when I first started playing around with the Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set:

This is another really easy card to create. Simply stamp the quote first in Olive green ink. Then stamp the Ornaments around it. There are only two ornaments in the stamp set, but I just repeated them to cover the entire card. If you wanted to add something extra - you could emboss the ornaments in a red sparkly embossing powder! It would look pretty awesome!

And here's a variation I created for a Yuletide Alcohol Ink Class that I taught last month:

Instructions:

1. Fold a 210mm x 150mm piece of dark green cardstock in half to form a horizontally opening card.
2. Apply Red Pepper, Meadow & Willow alcohol ink to the applicator felt in a linear fashion (lines or dots next to each other) Swipe ink tool left to right across gloss paper to create lines of colour. Swipe ink tool from top to bottom to create the plaid effect.
3. Using Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set - stamp quote in bottom right corner with Olive ink. Stamp the two ornaments using Crimson ink. Alter their height to give the card variety.
4. Adhere finished stamped piece to red cardstock, then to folded green card.

Thanks for dropping by each day! Has everyone finished all of their Christmas cards for this year? Do you make your cards each year? How many do you usually send out? I'd love to know! 

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