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5 ideas using Stitched Christmas Stamps

Hi everyone, Connie here with a card using Stitched Christmas rubber stamp set! The name alone had me hooked!!!

 

 

Love the trees and love the sentiments!!! 

 

 

 This is a 6" x 5" card.  I used Wendy Vecchi's new ink, called Fern green by Ranger.

I stamped out both tree images and put them in a little envelope and began to build my card around that.

 

 

 

This a "junkin' find and I used the "Stitched Christmas" set for the sentiment.

 

Next I created a Christmas card using the Windmill Photo Stamp with the Stitched Christmas sentiments.I put a Texas Christmas swing on it - hope you like!

 

 

 I got back into my scraps of paper to make this card.  It makes me feel like I got something for free:) I stamped the windmill out on white cardstock and then inked it up with Tim Holtz's inks by Ranger. I used the brown, green and blue shades.

 

 

The tag is stuck in a small envelope and I began to build around that. I also used the Dear Santa Montage. The sentiment is from the Stitched Christmas set.

Now this one is a delicate and pretty project.  Adding a sentiment to your Christmas crafting! I used the sentiments from Stitched Christmas. It was perfect!

 

 

 

Yes those are bird nests that I have collected.  The top one is from our yard and the second one from my son's place in Indiana.  They raise chickens and this one has feathers in it.  

 

Last but not leat, here are a couple more Vintage Inspired Christmas Ornaments~

 

 

 I used the Dear Santa Montage sheet and Stitched Christmas for the sentiments.

The die is by Sizzix called Picture Wheel.  The Santa images, on the Montage, sheet are perfect for this.  You will need to trim down a little and then tape or glue them to the back of the picture wheel cut out.

 

 

after you have the images in, I backed it with a circle of burlap. 

I stamped out the sentiment and added embellishments, to complete the ornaments.

These are really fun to make~

 

I hope you have enjoyed all of these projects! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Connie Mercer

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Castle Photo Stamp Cards & ATC's

Hi stampers! It's Godelieve here today! For this card I wanted to watercolor the Castle Photo Stamp, so I stamped it on good quality watercolor paper with Archival ink (= waterproof ink)

 

 
I used an acrylic block as a palette, to watercolor with these Distress Inks.

 

 
To finish off the card, I attached some Film Strip Ribbon and twine.

A stamp from the Photography set was used at the bottom of the card, and some Paris Wordstrips.

I used:

Darkroom Door stamps:  Castle Photo Stamp, Photography Rubber Stamp Set

Darkroom Door Wordstrips:  Paris Vol 2

Ranger Archival Ink:  Jet Black

Ranger Distress Inkpads:  Broken China, Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Iced Spruce

Idea-ology Film Strip Ribbon

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

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I also used the Castle Photo Stamp on these ATCs.  

 

I stamped the image with Ranger Archival ink, cut it out and inked the castle with these Distress inks.

I've cut the image in half.

 

The ATC backgrounds have acrylic paint brushstrokes, and I stamped the Stone Background with Archival Ink #Aquamarine.  I also inked the edges with Aquamarine ink.

 

For a finishing touch I used Paris Wordstrips again, colored with Distress Ink, and some Film Strip Ribbon.  

Great tip from Connie:  After cutting out some of the wordstrips, tape the rest of the wordstrips at the back to keep them together.

 

I used:

Darkroom Door Stamps:  Castle Photo Stamp, Stone Background Stamp

Darkroom Door Wordstrips:  Paris Vol 1

Ranger Archival Ink  Jet Black, Aquamarine

Ranger Distress Ink:  Wild Honey, Forest Moss

Idea-ology Film Strip Ribbon

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Eiffel Tower Travel Journal

  Hi, Connie here with a fun, easy project using the Eiffel Tower Photo Stamp and the Sensational Quote Stamp.

All you need is a couple little notebooks like these.  I didn't buy anything, just used what I had on hand.

 I stamped the image on some cardstock and used my Ranger inks, to add some color. I then glued the piece  to the front of the notebook.  I added some twine and a button.  I highlighted the word journal from the Quote stamp for the label on the front.

 I stamped the inside with the same Sensational Quote stamp, I also used the word journal from the quote to stamp on the cover of the books.

I hope you enjoyed this project.  A great teacher gift!!!

by: Connie Mercer

Ferns Photo Stamp Tags

Hi stampers! Sephi here with a project featuring the beautiful Ferns Photo Stamp. As you can see from the photo below, I've made a trio of tags to demonstrate the ways you can use this stamp to create three unique backgrounds. The first tag is embossed, the second faux watercolour, and the third is a soft chalkboard effect.

 Darkroom Door products - DDPS027 Ferns, Wilderness Filmstrips & Photochips
Ink - Versa Mark
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - dragonfly charm, ribbon
Other - verdigris embossing powder, heat tool, hole punch

Method

1. Stamp the Ferns on white card using Versa Mark ink. Sprinkle with embossing powder and melt with a heat gun. Trim around the image and round the corners.
2. Cut a circle from a Wilderness photochip and affix to the tag. Cut a wordstrip into three pieces and affix also.
3. Punch a hole through the tag and tie with ribbon. Finish with a large dragonfly charm.

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Darkroom Door products - DDPS027 Ferns 
Ink - Distress spiced marmalade, Distress peeled paint, Distress fired brick
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - ribbon, butterfly charm
Other - hole punch, water mister

Method

1. Stamp the Ferns on yellow card using several shades of Distress ink. Spritz with water and set aside to dry. Trim around the image and round the corners.
2. Affix a Wilderness filmstrip and wordstrip to the tag.
3. Punch a hole through the tag and tie with ribbon. Finish with a gold butterfly charm.

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Darkroom Door products - DDPS027 Ferns, Wilderness
Ink - Brilliance moonlight white, Versa Magic pixie dust
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - ribbon, leaf charms
Other - hole punch

Method

1. Smear white ink over burgundy card. Stamp the Ferns using pale pink ink. Trim around the image and round the corners.
2. Cut Wilderness images from the montage sheet and affix to the tag, along with a Wilderness wordstrip.
3. Punch a hole through the tag and tie with ribbon. Finish with several small leaf charms.
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I hope you enjoy playing with the Ferns as much as I have :-)

Sephi

Wineglass Bay Cards

Hello stampers! Anna-Karin here with two cards using the new Wineglass Bay photo stamp. I love all the Darkroom Door photo stamps and this one is no exception, such a beautiful image and the stamped detail is amazing.

For my first card, I stamped Wineglass Bay on glossy cardstock with Jet Black Archival Ink. I find that the combination of glossy cardstock and Archival Ink gives the very best detail when it comes to photo stamps. The scene was coloured with Distress Inks, using a Colorbox Stylus Tool to apply the ink. You can use another type of ink applicator too, but I like the control I get with the Stylus Tool. For a colouring tutorial, check out this post of mine, where I show how to colour photo stamps with six different mediums.

Highlights were added with a white gel pen. White pigment ink was dry-brushed on the scene, to create foam in the water and a little bit of mist in the hills. For the background, I stamped the Corrugated Iron background with Orange Blossom Archival ink and layered everything on a Core'dinations cardstock base.

For the second card, I stamped Wineglass Bay with Jet Black Archival Ink on the smooth side of Ranger's new watercolour paper. The scene was watercoloured with Distress Inks - smear the ink on your craft sheet, mist once with water and pick up with a paint brush. Again, I used the Corrugated Iron Background, but this time stamped it with Archival Aquamarine. The sentiments come from Venetian Vol. 1.

Thank you for looking!!

Happy stamping!
Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Darkroom Door products:
Stamps: Wineglass Bay, Corrugated Iron Background, Venetian Vol. 1 Other products: Surfaces: Core'dinations Tim Holtz Colour-Core cardstock; Ranger: Watercolor Paper, Glossy Cardstock Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black, Aquamarine, Orange Blossom; Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs, Peeled Paint, Black Soot; Ranger Adirondack dye ink: Aqua, Stream, Willow; Colorbox: Frost White Embellishments: twine

Canal Photo Stamp Card

Hi stampers! It's Susie here with a card using the Canal Photo Stamp!

I'm hoping to explore and discover some of the wonder of Europe one day.  As a child, I was mesmerised by my parents recollections of their time visiting this amazing place.  When I received 'Canal', a new photo stamp by Darkroom Door, I thought it would be the perfect backdrop to use with Darkroom Door's Venetian Vol 1 stamp set.  Nearly all of the stamping was done on only one layer of card.

The only layered pieces are in the top right corner where I've layered a sentiment from Darkroom Door's Venetian wordstrip, an inchie from Darkroom Door's Travel Inchies stamp set (which have both been mounted onto dimensional tape) and a compass sticker (Tim Holtz) affixed to a button with a strip of ribbon and gemstone.  To finish this piece off I've added a strip of black ric-rac along the bottom section of the card.

Country Windmill Scrapbook Page

Hi!! Belinda here today sharing my project using the fabulous new Country Windmill Photo Stamp.

I have lots of photos of my own real windmill so I couldn't wait to use this stamp as an embellishment on a layout. I can just see myself using this stamp on some masculine cards too in the not so distant future.

 

To create my windmill embellishments, I simply applied the Country Windmill Photo Stamp onto acetate using Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black. I cut them out and then added to my layout using double-sided tape strategically positioned behind the black parts of the image so that it is hidden.

 

 

 

I created this layout by building up layers on the background paper. First up, I heat embossed the Scratches Background Stamp using white embossing powder. I rubbed in Rusty Hinge Distress Ink and sprayed and splattered on some Pumpkin Pie Glimmermist.

 

 

Next I used applied some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Tinsel over a small template and flicked some splatters over the layout too.

 

 

Then it was time for a stamping layer. I used some quotes from the Essentials 11 Collection Everyday Life Rubber Stamps Set and applied repeatedly over the layout using Ranger Archival Inks in Coffee and Sienna.

 

 

Finally it was a matter of layering on all of the embellishments, the photo and the title.

 

Darkroom Door products used:

 

DDPS023 Photo Stamp Country Windmill

DDRS114 Rubber Stamp Set Essentials 11 Collection Everyday Life

DDBS012 Background Stamp Scratches

 

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Rusty Hinge

- Pumice Stone

 

RANGER Archival Ink:

- Jet Black

- Coffee

- Sienna

 

Thankyou so much for checking out the blog today. I hope I have made you love the Country Windmill Stamp as much as I do. :-)

 

Cheers

Belinda

Eiffel Tower Fabric Bag

Hi everyone, it's Susie here!

I've had a wonderful time playing around with the Darkroom Door photo stamp - Eiffel Tower.  I've used Lesley Riley's Transfer Artist Paper (TAP) to transfer the Eiffel Tower image onto fabric and then stamped the remaining images from Darkroom Door's Tour Eiffel stamp set directly onto fabric.  I embellished the floral Eiffel Tower fabric with scraps of lace, ribbon, silk, a button and a paper flower. This work was then incorporated into a bag that I stitch from a lovely piece of silk.  

My romantic dream of visiting Paris one day continues to grow stronger!  But for now I'll enjoy the pleasure of working with this wonderful image!

Thanks for looking!

Wineglass Bay Journal Cover

Hi folks! It's Teresa here, back with a project using Wineglass Bay - one of the six new Photo Stamps. I made a journal cover to hold some nice quotes I've been collecting:

 

The stamp is a beautifully detailed landscape image that looks fantastic with a just little dash of colour.  I coloured the image with Distress Markers and a waterbrush for a watercolour look. Once it was dry, I gave it a little spray with Goosebumps texture spray - it looks like it has been splashed with water.

I then added a piece of mica, which I stamped with French Script with brown ink. It helped to add an aged, vintage look:

On the right hand side, I added a couple of words from the Wilderness Wordstrip and the compass from the Wilderness Vol 2 stamp set under a glass pebble:

Then it was a matter of adding ephemera, hessian and gauze before stitching it to a scrap of denim and adhering it to the front of the journal:

Thanks for looking!

Photo Stamp Cards

  Hi stampers! It's Liesbeth here! If you've seen my work before, you'll know I'm not a big fan of adding lots of big embellishments and flowers, so these photo stamps (DDPS028 Castle and DDPS024 Canal) are really perfect to me. They are so beautiful and complete and in my opinion they don't need any addition at all! I primarily love the Castle stamp, it's Neuschwanstein Castle near Füssen in the south of Germany, my husband and I spent our summer holidays there this year! Sweet memories!

 

The first two cards above are made the same way: I pushed three colors of Distress Ink onto my craft sheet, spritzed some water and swept the white paper through the ink. If dry, I stamped the photo stamps with black StazOn ink. I ,painted' the buildings and the boats with bleach. I coloured the lake (Castle) and the houses (Canal) a little with color pencils.

 

 

 

This two cards above are done with the Crayon Resist Technique : Rachel shows that wonderful technique HERE ! I stamped the photo stamps onto white paper with black StazOn ink, scribbled some areas with white crayon, and I sponged the card with Distress inks.

 

 

 

Fifth card: I stamped the Castle on two tags, colored it with Distress inks and a water brush. Background: I stamped the World Map (DDBS025) with StazOn ink Timber brown and sponged some Distress ink, blue and green, and stamped the tekst ,Enjoy the journey' (DDRS115 Nomad) , glued the tags on the card.

Liesbeth xx