Rare Earth Christmas stamps

The new rare Earth Christmas stamps are out early enough for people to start planning their Christmas cards. They probably work best with a load and fold positioning aid because the stamps I tried were frames and benefit from keeping the edges straight and symmetrical . However, I managed with a home made stamping tool made from an acrylic clip board with another piece of clear acrylic taped to it.

Two frames are intertwined to make a star. The 3D tree is made from folded squares stamped withe the background design. The folded squares are joined together to form a tree. 

This time I used three of the frames for the background, with the framed sentiment inside. Poinsettias made from Tattered Lace dies decorate the card.

Again, intertwining frames were used to create the outer star. I used tea-bag folding techniques to create the smaller stars. Scrabble tiles form the word JOY.

The background was made with distress inks. The Christmas Tree was stamped onto a similar coloured card and then matted and layered onto black then white card. The card was decorated with matching stars and black and silverfpsoinsettias.

You can see how the frames give interest and depth when they are layered up.

The stamped squares fit nicely in the Tattered Lace pop up box card. I cut out the Christmas tree, some presents and added poinsettias for decoration.

I stamped the background on paper decorated with distress inks. This time I added animals from the magical forest set of Rare Earth stamps. I cut a sentiment from one of the framed borders.

Pop up box cards

I like pop-up box cards because they are fun and you can create a whole scene, like a mini theatre. They can be used for so many occasions. I used the Tattered Lace decorative floral pop-up to make these. I used Sissix thinlets for many of the embellishments on the card

This card was made for a colleague who likes to go on cruises. I used a variety of dies.

 I used the dies that come with the Pop-up for this thank you card. Some of the flowers are on acetate to give more dimension. I folded the bottom of the birds to get them to sit on the sides of the card.

The Tattered Lace dog with wellies looks as though nit is ready for a good walk. I cut the dog and wellies in white and coloured them with alcohol markers.

The cat stamps came with a Papercraft magazine. I like their different poses, They definitely have catitude!!

This card stemmed from a delightful visit to Rushmere County Park, with some friends, where we saw all the creatures shown on the card. There were a number of herons nesting in the tops f the trees and a wonderful viewing platform. It was my first visit there but hopefully it won`t be my last.