Rubber Stamping - North Wales

....... & having a quick play. Good evening everyone. Once all the domestic stuff was dealt with I thought I should have a play with a new stamp.  I think I mentioned it before - a fun Christmas stamp?  When I sat down to have a play I realised it was a lot bigger (the stamp that is) than I had first thought.  As it was a clear unmounted stamp, the question arose - do I have an acrylic block big enough to hold it? Well, I did - just as you can see - to fit it on the block I had to place it diagonally.  This could make it hard to handle - so next stage was to stamp it. I often have difficulty stamping with large stamps - the usual sort of problems - the centre not stamping for example & not being able to hold it properly due to the old fingers not working so well now.  So, I just grabbed a piece of paper & some archival black ink & went for it. Yes!  Perfect image.  Ooh - making cards with this one is going to...

Yesterday I got to play with a new stamp that I had bought from Indigo Blu. I didn't really need another Christmas Stamp but couldn't resist this very stylish tree.  It is quite large & fortunately I had one of these nice shaped cards which are just the right size.   I stamped it with Versamark Ink & embossed with Champagne EP.  The "Merry Christmas" is part of the set & I thought I would put it on it's side at the folded edge of the card.  It didn't look quite right so I added the strip of gold ribbon which has silver blocks in it.  I added a couple of gold gems to the tree where the snowflakes are, then with another "star" stamp which I have had for ages & has been used many many times - I stamped to take away the excess white space.   It looks nicer in the flesh - the gold work shows up better.   Yes, very pleased with that purchase I think it will get used a lot.   I had a chunk taken out of my day today a...