Reindeer Games

The cards this week have been inspired by the current Christmas Reindeer trend.

My new favourite embossing folder is "Reindeer Games" by Couture Creations from their "Wrapped In Joy" collection.

I love using Kraft coloured cardstock so I have created two cards combining my two favourite things!

On this card I blended white ink over the raised embossed areas to highlight the stag and the trees.

The sentiment is from the Crimson Cloud Guardian Angel stamp set.

For the second card I die cut an oval aperture to reveal the embossed reindeer in the inside of the card.

I used another sentiment from the Guardian Angel stamp set and both cards are decorated with the new Creative Expressions Star Swirl Pearl embellishments.

I hope you like and are inspired by these cards.

Mel xx

Christmas Card Blog Challenge Winners

Hi Everyone,

Today we are very happy to announce the winners of the first ever Crimson Cloud blog challenge.

Thank you to everyone who took part. We loved your cards and had so much trouble deciding the winners that in the end we had to pick them out of a hat.

We have chosen two winners today.

The winner of the traditional colour scheme Christmas card is Debs with her wonderful bauble card. We love her subtle inked snowflake background.

Red and White for Christmas

The winner of the contemporary colour scheme Christmas card is Linda with her negative die cut Christmas tree. Such a clever use of the die and we love the striking shade of blue! 

Christmas Blues

You have each won a set of Crimson Cloud Holly Wreath and Bow stamps

Please can you both email me your post addresses so I can send you your prize.

Don't forget to look out for the next Crimson Cloud blog challenge - details will be announced on 11th November.

Best wishes
Mel and Linda

New in stock - Christmas ranges

We are very excited to have received a new delivery of Christmas stock!

New to the site are

Snowflake and Starburst Pearl and Rhinestone self adhesive embellishments

Distress Glitters

Couture Creations Wrapped In Joy embossing folder collection

Creative Expressions Die cutting felt

Have fun shopping!
Mel and Linda xxxx

Hark the Herald Angels sing...

Hi
We are continuing with our Christmas theme this week and have been playing with the new Singles Christmas stamps from Creative Expressions.

I stamped and embossed Creative Expressions Herald Angel 

and inked over it with Wild Honey and Chipped Sapphire distress inks  to create an embossed resist effect.

I used the Spellbinders Arched Window set of dies to frame the angel.

After stamping and embossing the sentiment onto vellum, I wrapped it around the front of the Arch and and attached to the spritzed card base.

Finally I decorated the card with some gems from my stash.

I hope you like it!
Mel xxxx

CRAFT Challenge entry

This week we are one of the lucky sponsors of the Trimmies Craft Challenge.

The theme is Christmas and here is the Crimson Cloud entry

The card is made using the Crimson Cloud Mistletoe stamp set

I used the "emboss resist" technique. I stamped and embossed my mistletoe in clear embossing powder onto patterned paper and blended some ink over the top to create a resist image.

This technique works really well with most silhouette stamps.

Hope you like it!
Mel xx

Christmas in Creative Stamping

This month we have been lucky enough to have five projects printed in a feature in Creative Stamping magazine.

A Berry Merry Christmas

Holly Wreath and Merry Christmas

Noel Bells and Love & Kisses

 All the cards were made using the Crimson Cloud Christmas 2013 stamp release - find all four stamp sets here.

For more details on how to make these cards, pick up your copy of Creative Stamper this month.

Best wishes
Mel

New Crimson Cloud Christmas Card Challenge - win an exclusive stamp set!

Hi Everyone,

This week we are launching our new monthly challenge to win a Crimson Cloud exclusive stamp set.

The challenge this month is to create a Christmas card in either a traditional colour scheme or a contemporary colour scheme.

We will be giving away a two stamps sets - one to our favourite traditional colour card and one to our favourite contemporary colour card.

We are giving away the Holly Wreath and Bow stamp set to each of the lucky winners.

If you would like to take part - please email your entry to mel@crimsoncloud.co.uk by midnight on Friday 25th October.

You can use any brand of stamps and dies you like on your entry - there are no restrictions.

And here is our card using the Holly Wreath stamp set in traditional red and green.

We can't wait to see your entries!
Good luck!
Mel xx

Beautiful Bells

Today we have two cards made by Linda.

Both cards are made using the Crimson Cloud Noel Bells stamp set

This stamp set includes a patterned bell, an outline bell and a silhouette bell stamp which can be used to colour in the outline bell.

For her first card, Linda created movement and dimension for her bells by mounting them at an angle through a die cut rectangular aperture.

Her first bell is stamped as a silhouette and overstamped with the wreath  from the Crimson Cloud Holly Wreath and Bow stamp set

The second bell was created using the harlequin patterned bell stamp.

To create her sentiment, she used the Love, Peace and Joy separate stamps from the Holly Wreath set.

Linda used the Noel Bells again for her second card, this time paper piecing the bells by stamping them onto some tartan patterned paper.

She used the Creative Expressions Wild Poinsettia embossing folder for her background

I love the way she has used such non-traditional colours for both her cards.

I hope you like these samples and are inspired by them!

Mel xxx