Pipspell Wreaths

Hi everyone, I really like to make a few stamped wreaths for Christmas cards each year, and I have seen some gorgeous ones made with Lavinia’s latest Faelight Chronicles Christmas collection foliage stamps, so I really needed to give it a try. Here are three wreath variations I made in a recent playtime.

For the first card, I die cut a wavy stitched square of white stamping card, and created a circle by blending Olive Elements ink round a circle mask. I stamped Pipspell the mouse, then created a wreath around him by stamping a variety of stamps from Starpine and Winter Foliage sets using a mixture of Shady Lane, Avocado and Portobello VFC and 1st/2nd generation. I coloured Pipspell and his glimmer orb with Zig pens topped with Wink of Stella. I added some white Posca highlights, and added sparkle to the Starpine by adding light flicks of Wink of Stella. Finally I stamped the sentiments and matted the finished panel onto a card blank.

Stamps: Lavinia Pipspell, Starpine, Winter Foliage, Christmas Greetings;

Media: Lavinia Elements ink (Olive); Versafine Clair (Shady Lane, Avocado, Portobello, Nocturne); Kuretake Zig Clean Color ware colour pens; Wink of Stella (clear); Posca pen (white);

Tools: Craft Addictions UK Wavy Doubke Stitched square die.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #129 - Anything Goes Christmas

Aud Sentiments #332 - Traditional Christmas + a Sentiment

Colourful Options (December) - Colour Mood Board

Girlz Creative Christmas #153 - Anything Christmas Goes

Hand Stamped Sentiments #477 - Mood Board (2nd entry)

(I was inspired by the wreath and red baubles)

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The above card used the same method and supplies as card 1, just playing around with how I stamped the foliage. I think this one turned out most symmetrical of the 3! 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cardz 4 Galz #264 - A Cute Christmas

CAS on Friday #323 - Christmas (3rd entry)

Creatalicious #295 - Anything Goes with option Christmas in Traditional Colours (3rd entry)

Everybody Art #590 - Bingo

(Green / Red / Christmas)

{PIN}spirational #332 - Mood Board

(I was inspired by the wreath and red baubles)

Simon Says (Monday) - Use Dies in DIEcember

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For my final card I added Sugar Pine Cones stamped using Pinecone VFC, and also coloured with Zig pens.

Challenges I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - X is for X-Stitch (or any stitching) (4th entry)

Critter Crazy #105 - Anything Goes with a Featured Critter

Die Cut Divas (December) - Christmas/Winter with a Die Cut (2nd entry)

Inkspirational #355 - Mood Board (2nd entry)

(I was inspired by the red bauble)

Merry Little Christmas #65 - Anything Christmas Goes (6th entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes

I really love these new foliage stamps, particularly the Starpine, and adore Pipspell as he is so cute! In my stamping drawer though he may be getting a bit lonely, as I haven’t purchased Thistlewhisk to keep him company! I don’t think I’ve yet quite worked out the best way to colour Pipspell, but I’m happy to keep practising. Meanwhile, I’m pleased overall with how these cards turned out and they were relatively quick to make - this close to Christmas that’s always a bonus! 

During the past month I’ve managed to make almost 20 Christmas cards so with posting dates around the corner, the situation is looking a lot better than it was - though I’m still not quite there yet !!

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,