Wednesday 7 November 2012

1 stamp - 5 different cards

I love love love snowflakes..... they are beautiful.
I adore snowflake stamps too - they are so easy to use for so many different techniques.

I took a few snowflakes from my stamp set to create a stamp on my acrylic block. Then came up with 5 different cards, all using the same stamp.
These are the cards I came up with,

 This design has to be one of my favourites this year. So quick and easy to do. And - flat! So not extra post.... I think it would be lovely as a birthday card too, I'll just change the snowflakes for flowers.

 For this one I placed a post it note in the middle of my card and then just stamped all over the front of the card. By not re-inking every time you get a lovely shade effect - it adds a lot of tone and depth to your card.

 I did the same with this one, only this time I put the post it note on the diagonal and inked the edges of the post it too.

 For this one I stamped over the front 3/4 of the card, then I cut the remaining 1/4 away - following the pattern of the snowflakes. I used post its to mask off the area on the inside of the card and then stamped the side panel.

I did the same with this card, only this one is a square card.
To finish off all the cards I added glitter and adhesive gems.

It's a quick and effective way of getting lots of cards done...

Whatever you are doing today - enjoy!
The weather here is just perfect to stay warm inside and craft away.

Nikki x

18 comments:

  1. Hi Nikki, I love snowflake stamps too! These cards are stunning, I love the top one the most but they are all beautiful xxx

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  2. Nikki, these are all gorgeous. Thanks for showing the versatility of a single stamp. I especially like the ones where you cut around the snowflakes.
    Blessing hugs,
    Teresa

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  3. Great makes hun, love the shape of the last two xxx

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  4. Really LOVE these cards....they're all great. x

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  5. Hi Nikki these are gorgeous I love the snowflakes. Caroline xxx

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  6. Wow...I really love each and every one of them. Thanks for sharing xx

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  7. Great set of cards and an imaginative use of your snowflake stamps. Elizabeth x

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  8. All lovely - my favourites are the ones you have cut away round the stamped image. x

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  9. Fabulous cards Nikki, amazing how different they look x

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  10. now thats a stamp i can work with. lol

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  11. Beautiful cards I do love no 3. Chris xx

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  12. Nikki they are AMAZING love them all, soooooo gorgeous and love all the different styles FABULOUS xxx

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  13. Gorgeous cards,what a versatile stamp.xxx

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  14. I love snowflakes too- I love them all but really like the third one x

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  15. Amazing cards Nikki, I love the Winter Wishes card and the cut-out ones. Now I know why you got excited about all those Post-its! x

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  16. stunning cards Nikki, love the colours too xxxx

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  17. Really stunning hun, gorgeous stamp and I love the colours and the different ways you have used it
    Lindsay xx

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  18. Very pretty Nikki :-) Versatile stamps :-) Elaine xxx

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