The embossing folders I used appear mainly with the stamping - gnomes & mice for November but I also looked at ways of colouring the poinsettia folder. Also in case people wanted the 3D card without the gnomes and mice I looked at using it with a bird die I still have for sale.
The full board for this month is
For November's die cutting I have used the partridge in a pear tree - actually not a tree but pear foliage in a bauble and frame and this years bells with a mistletoe
Stamping for Novembers workshops involves a Gnomes stamp from Woodware and a 2jays Mice stamp and die set.
I have had great fun with these using them in all sorts of ways - some more of which you will see next month.
Also this month I looked at using embossing folders for backgrounds. I used a poinsettia folder for a background to the gnome gang and a snowflake one with the mice.
I have coloured these stencils on various ways and used them with the stamps shown on last post or with a die cut flower spray
These stamps are from the woodware collection by Francoise Read. They are solid images and so are good in black against many different backgrounds that have been produced. They can also be coloured with embossing powders.
This is an exercise in using stamps we have already got with a plain bauble die. Just see what stamps are suitable and what dies you have that are suitable (a plain circle could be used if you don't have a bauble die) I must admit these were inspired by a new set I saw John using from 2 jays but I thought I'd try adapting what I already had. Backgrounds are using pixie powders.
These cards use 2 of the new 2jays stamps. I have done a non Christmas version of each to show adaptability.
These are the new dies from creative expressions. I have used different colouring on acetate which can be coloured from behind, as well as using an embossed image behind the die cut which can be coloured.
I purchased these tool dies then realised I should have got the stamp to go with them but in most cases it didn't really matter.
I love the foliage effect I achieved with my inks and didn't want to cover them up so using the tools alongside the card meant I didn't have to. The white edged version is what I achieved as a negative effect from the first one. Then I thought I'd try the tools with a garden flower stamp.
