Signs of Santa Shadow Box Card - AddINKtive Designs

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you had a great weekend. We had some super stunning Spring weather in Perth, which saw the family get out and about down the beach and completing a few chores around the house, like cleaning the pool area, weeding the gardens and water blasting the cobbled driveway....and spiderwebs and fence and I love that thing lol. I would water blast everything if it wasn't so noisy!

With temperatures climbing above the mid 20's it was a reminder that Summer is just around the corner, as is Christmas! Today's card is another for my Christmas Card stash, the first of hopefully many fancy folds.

I LOVE shadow box cards. I love creating them and love seeing the recipients face when they receive them. They are super fun and easy to make, and because they are a little different, they are often put on display and therefore admired by many.

The tutorial for the Shadow Box card can be found at AddINKtive Designs here. This will give you the basic dimensionals and instructions on how to construct the Shadow Box card, the decoration is entirely up to you. 

The So Santa stamp set with the Surfing Santa image is so dang cute, I cant stop using him lol. I thought he would look great teamed with a sponged background and some tropical foliage.

The sponged background was masked and created with Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove and Tempting Turquoise inks. The water image stamp from High tide stamp set has been inked with Coastal Cabana to create the water section, and the Waterfront stamp set has been used to create the Island and Palm Tree's in the background.

The Sahara Sand insert that holds Santa has been ripped along the top edge, sponged with Soft Suede ink and stamped with the sandy image from Magical Mermaid stamp set before adhering to the inside of the Shadow Box.

The Tropical Chic stamp set has been used to create the Frangipani and leaves along with the coordinating dies. These elements have been adhered to the outside of the Shadow Box with Tombow.

To finish the card, I added a little sign with the HO HO HO sentiment, linen twine and the Pinewood Planks embossing folder.  I have a large panel on the back of the Shadow Box Card to write a lengthy message, and the other wonderful thing about these cards, is that it folds flat for posting, which is great when posting International.

Below is a list of the products I have used to create this card. Simply click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store - for Australian residents only.

Product List

So Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147821] $40.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $45.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $76.50
Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $13.00	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $13.00	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $11.50	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate the time you have taken to visit. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty x

Perth Onstage - Display Board Samples - Sea of Textures

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Today is the day I can finally share what I have been working on for the past few months - My Display Boards for Onstage Perth. 

Such an exciting opportunity to be selected as a Display Stamper. I received a box of new catalogue goodies in February and got to work straight away. I completed most of my creations within the first week of getting the box. 

I loved creating my projects and am so proud I did it, but the night before Onstage I got so nervous I worked myself into a tizzy! Lol The morning of Onstage was the worst. I was so worried others wouldn’t like my work, I felt like I was going to vomit lol 

I also volunteered for Check In, which was a blessing, as it enabled me to take my mind off my display board samples and just have fun. I loved giving all the lovely demo’s in my queue a warm welcome and their goodie bag! 

Anywho, onto a few of my creations. I was given three stamp sets to showcase. I made quite a few projects using the Sea of Textures Stamp Set. 

A couple of shaker cards

I had to do some fancy folds - the Octopus really needed to be put into some underwater scenes. I am in the process of writing tutorials for the following two cards - Three Sided Aquarium and Window box card. The little sailing boats move as you fold it close!!

Some simple stamping with a sponged edge - this one also has vellum "bubbles".

Another shaker card, this time with White Sand instead of Sequins.

And I couldn’t help myself but do a sampler - think this was my favourite project using this Stamp Set. All the fussy cut images were stamped and then clear heat embossed. The fish net was made using Linen Thread and a tutorial on Pinterest.

I actually made another three cards using this stamp set that didn't make the "cut" - I could only display between 15-20 items and had to cull some of the projects to allow room for the other stamp sets I received.

 

I will share the remaining cards in posts over the coming days. Until next time, stay crafty