My Design Team has come up with some fabulous samples for you using “Essential Stamps” and some products from my Scrapbooking Essentials BC store.  If you have any questions regarding the products we use, please leave us a comment and we will be happy to answer your question.

I used the Nature’s Landscapes 1 stamp set again this week.  I kept the card simple.  Using a punched out circle, I created the illusion of a moon in the sky by sponging over top of it.  The sky was sponged with Weathered Wood and Broken China distress inks and I left the bottom white.  Over top of the white I sprayed Tsukineko Goose Bumps spray.  It gave the white area a shimmer and slightly raised area (hence “Goosebumps!”).  This gave the look of snow.  The trees on the right were stamped in black ink.  The trees on the left were random tree images (or a tree top!) of tree stamps in this set.  The trees on the inside layer (bottom) which fold up to keep the easel standing were stamped with the mountain stamp on scrap paper and cut out.  I made sure to leave a “snow portion” on the bottom which gets adhered to the card.  You will also notice specks of “snow” on different portions of the trees and “ground”.  I used Liquid Applique to create this effect.

I hope that you will take time to join in on the challenge this week.  Don’t forget, that if you use an “Essential Stamp” stamp/set in your creation, your name will be entered in the monthly draw to win a set!  Anyone can enter though just for fun!  Use any products/stamps that you have on hand.  The fun is in the creating.

OK, better late than never.  Somehow, I didn’t get last week’s (Jan 3rd) challenge card up on this website.  (Does life get busy?!)

Last week was a sketch challenge.  I kept my card simple and kept the details to the stamped image.  I used Nature’s Landscapes 1 stamp set which is one of my favorites.  This set has a real “West Coast” feel.  I just used cardstock for this card and used brown and greens to keep with the Natural touch for my card.  The edges were inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink and I further distressed the edges with a distressing tool.

The mountain image was stamped in Black Ink and chalks were used to colour it.  The tree images on the same mountain stamp were inked with 2 different green inks and stamped on a piece of scrap paper than cut out.  They were placed over the tree images on the main image using foam dimensionals.  It’s hard to tell in the picture, but the mountain has a shimmer as the chalks used to colour in the mountain were shimmer chalks.  It gave the mountain a snow-covered feel.

Here is the Nature’s Landscapes 1 stamp set.  Any of the “Essential Stamps” sets can be ordered through the website’s on-line store.  Shipping is available.  Payment requests can be sent via Pay Pal.

If you have any questions, please feel to contact me anytime.

Stacey