A couple more lovely examples from our January 2010 issue Idea Gallery, the theme for which was ‘winter’.

Angel Spring Card
Designer: Susie Jefferson for Blade Rubber Stamps
Create a spring card following the instructions on Split Coast Stampers here. Stamp ‘I believe in angels’ around all four sides of the top diagonal panel and emboss in white. Stamp and emboss in white the snowflake (Blade Rubber) onto the sides and base. Using Weathered Wood Distress Ink, tint the card. Rub the white embossed areas with a kitchen towel to remove excess ink. Over stamp snowflakes with Brilliance Pearlescent Ice and Memories Metallic White inks. Stamp the angel image (Blade Rubber un-mounted stamps) onto a square of card and emboss in silver.  Stamp and silver emboss the angel two more times – cut out a whole angel from one and just the torso from the other. Layer images using 3D foam and add to card.
Stamps available from Blade Rubber Stamps,  www.bladerubberstamps.co.uk


Silver Landscape Card

Designer: Petra Bottcher for De Stempelwinkel
Stamp winter landscape (individual stamp R09096 or plate 97 Winter) with black StazOn onto white cardstock. Colour scene with Distress Inks in Weathered Wood and Faded Jeans. Colour frame with silver gel pen. Glue some icy crystals (Deco-Ice) onto the snowy areas of the image with Diamond Glaze. Stamp handwriting (Rubberstampave Q6175) onto two strips of card with silver ink then sponge with Faded Jeans. Assemble card and embellish with punched snowflakes.
Stamps available from De Stempelwinkel, www.de-stempelwinkel.nl