Good morning and welcome to the first day of preview projects made with the new stamps due for release here on Sunday. If you're new to us, we release new clear photopolymer stamps ever month and you have just happened upon our November release preparations! This Sunday, 7th November, we're releasing 4 new stamp sets!
We've had sneak peeks for a few days and today sees the start of the projects.
The card above is my first project today and I will be posting another later on, I had a slight disagreement with my light tent last night and so I am going to take the rest of my pics in daylight!
I'd like to invite you to check out the DT ladies also today they are previewing with me! (Carly is on a little break and will return soon!)
I cannot wait for you to see what the ladies have been making!
My card features an image and sentiment from an absolute cracker of a set called 'Twas the night before Christmas... There's a wee bit of a story to this set, which I'll tell you later.
The set is based around the well known Christmas poem known by that name, or more correctly, "A visit from St Nicholas" written by C.C. Moore.
Our stamp set features a large, ok a huge stamp which is made up from the first 6 verses of the poem! Fabulous for Christmas backgrounds as you will see later...
Also in the set is a beautiful window image, built into a label shape that co-ordinates with the Spellbinders labels 14 dies!!!! I can't wait to show you!! Such a versatile little set!!
The card above showcases a scandinavian style window arch, complete with mini candles! This is the sort of thing you might see in European countries, and I love them! I have a small collection of them! My arch features reindeer and a snowflake in a clean cut graphic style, making it perfect as a stand alone image.
I have paired it with a sentiment from the set for my card above, what fun that typeface is!!!
I will be back later on with full deets for this card, I have a few snaps to show you how to create that fabby centre panel shape.
Do you like the patterned paper? it's made with a circular snowflake stamp from another new set called Around Christmastime, also due on Sunday! you'll see that in more detail later!
Hope it tickles, back soon!
Gorgeous work. your colors are always so rich and deep.
ReplyDeleteYou've done it again!! Claire - I love what I've seen. That mistletoe stamp is just great. And I'm so glad that I got the ornament dies - I can see that I'll be making some ornaments for the tree this year. Really looking forward to tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Claire. It's immediately made me ravenous for a Terry's Chocolate Orange, which was a yuletide treat when I was a little girl! The font is fabulous, and the background paper is wonderful. I'm really looking forward to seeing your posts later on ... and release day can't come soon enough. Off to drool over the DTs work now! Have a great day!!
ReplyDeleteJust love your new release so far! I think my favorite is the ornament set! Can't wait to see more! This card is amazing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Claire. Such a wonderful design, and I'm amazed at how you can create such interesting pieces in such a short amount of time! Truly wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAll the DT projects are gorgeous, and so are your card and stamp designs. You did a fab job again, Claire.
ReplyDeleteWonderful colors and shading on this Claire! love the nestie framing!
ReplyDeleteStunning card Claire! So elegant and beautiful! Love the distressed BG!
ReplyDeleteFabulous Claire!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful cards! Love the distressing on your cards! I Love the window, so cute!!
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous Claire so warm rich in colors!
ReplyDeleteWonderful projects - I am saving my pennies for this release! I am listening to Christmas music as I hop along the DT blogs - so FUN!
ReplyDeleteOh My Goodness Claire What beautiful cards!! Love How you used the ornament nesti to cute out your image on the last card..Genius!!
ReplyDeleteOh my God! Gorgeous. Love those gorgeous reindeer.
ReplyDeleteMy hats off to you Claire, you've done it again! I just looked at all of the DT samples, simply AMAZING!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous, Claire! I especially love the first one.. wowee!!
ReplyDeleteDay 1 of the previews was awesome. Looks like another great release! I love how the poem makes a background stamp...very clever! Can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeleteOh dear here we go again!!!! You make it so hard to resist!!! GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I think you made the poem stamp just for me!! LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteSeriously creative! I love the idea of holiday poem verses as a background stamp!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!! I am in love with the pinecone and pine bough stamp!! Anya did an amazingly beautiful and simple card with it that just took my breath away! Loved Jennifer's take on it with the frame too!!
ReplyDeleteYour creativity astounds me! Love this!
ReplyDeleteFabulous, dahling!!!!! Your details and instructions are mahvelous, too!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors! And that background is made so beautifully, perfect christmas card!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Wendy
You are so talented! Thanks for the instructions.
ReplyDeleteHow clever to make the frame like that. I do like the window you created - the little mouse is perfect. As you say it will be such a versatile stamp set.
ReplyDeleteHi Claire
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful card, I very much like that window arch with the little candles and the reindeer. The colours are also very beautiful and I really look forward to seeing all your new sets.
Kind regards
Carola