Now that the new Winter Glimmer Create and Craft show has been recorded and the new
Elusive Images Christmas stamps have been revealed, I can post some of the samples I've been working on.
This card used several of the trees, the berry sprig and some text:
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It's easy to make but effective:
Step by Step:1. Colour some white glossy card with bright coloured dye inkpads, overlapping the ink to make more colours. I tend to use a yellow or light green for the focal point.
2. Stamp the text all over the background using the same colours:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2rS0_v8gbH-ClhtrLXXbqbvDCBdY2sgN0scP2xghJvD9EAJEavyhnaWFiwRIkoMcSNudabQp6mMlrH5mjyIsmEF69nvCd2AuCj-L_8RVeD0dhD8JcjAVR8ifD3UOGMmasn_iYTADpfQ/s320/102_0131.jpg)
3. Stamp the solid trees in black and the finer spiral tree behind:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEin2EUXWlYaJUBM5Ncik4MSDppEA0IC9c3wRt_QPwDK7F3mELMUNxt3CaO0ZeRmwofn2sZ9EbqbVGWFUee2CcbnARxAvkALYB5WbTw3EVriA3uGBA2ez8J8ag_1uu0HyuGiHR_C3Ck80/s320/102_0132.jpg)
4. Add the Berry Sprig round the edges to make a frame. Add dotted highlights with a white pen:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YN71WMhEIc6fFnyeCJfPD_YbdGHkAWJzKta0WQvP7AcRcHuP_CkbA4Bo2SY3nza7V5C8DU5_eolLtGQKQQaXYPpnccgJ7LvYqSLsM8CtCEpkAVKlHmd-tSMuLVTxL_W61c9Cn9bBH_E/s320/102_0133.jpg)
5. Edge the panel with the dye inkpads, layer onto a piece of light green card and then a top fold black card. And here it is again:
Materials used:Elusive Images Christmas stamps
Glossy white cardstock
Adirondack dye inkpads - Lettuce, Cranberry, Denim
Ranger Inkssentials white pen
Personally, I love the trees on these two plates (Madonna and Trees, Angel and Trees)because you can achieve so many different looks with them. This next card almost has a retro feel to it:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OS7MQXWd6Lt5UDORuL4DDcuxqIlbOlu9fZiCnrsz26bKKciQCjqEeqoNUFbphQtZleX9MTez7c5aIQ8QGHBTmsvR5Aknnfn1fc7gnpNSa_jLU7rhOBQYV3ICIDzXGKQf6ikIvjJQFSs/s320/102_0136.jpg)
I just stamped and cut out the trees and added the background. I added a dot of colour to the stars with a cotton bud.
In the next sample, I used scrapbook paper to create a ready made background. This is My Mind's Eye paper and the beauty of it is that it's double sided, so I stamped the tree on the other coordinating side. I layered all the paper up and over stamped with silver embossing tinsel to pull it all together:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVe6gMeHbyFKkOYMVMzHgzAKjIw639EGyo7RmCEmCK3SmTLAajrj1NWagrLdU6tv6h6IxzcKzZhVhQlwxRQlrTAOvBT5jgBomibvrNEk2I8NUD6tykgDp80QPAfb6uMMHaItpoj0KEOE/s320/102_0135.jpg)
Look out for some more samples over the next few days!
Helen