Tags

For me the finishing off of every gift is a nice tag....
Here are some tags that I made using a selection of stamps and inks.
(Tags are also a great way for you to practice your stamping and spritzing or for you to use up any scraps that you have)....

 I created the ribbon rose and then spritzed it too. I love the shades of red that this has.

What is your favourite technique?
Is there anything that you would like to see as a tutorial? Let us know and we can get one made for you.

Nikki x

Building a wreath

I started this card by creating a sheet of shades of green. I did this by spritzing shade of green all over some white card.
Once this was dry I stamped the holly leaf all over it.
Then I sat and cut them all out - leaving a little border all around the holly - this makes the cutting easier but it also makes the holly in the wreath pop.
After I had create my base card with the papers I wanted I stamped a rough circle with the holly leaf stamp.
The I took the cut out leaves and started to glue them in position, the glue was only placed onto one end of each leaf - this lets you lift some of the leaves and create a 3d effect once everything is dry.
When the wreath was complete I finished off the card with some ribbon bows, adhesive stones and a greeting.

I have so many ideas for the leaf stamps so watch this space for some more ideas heading your way!

Happy crafting
Nikki x

One stamp, three different cards...

These cards were all made using the double rose.....another favourite of mine.
This stamp has both the inside image of the rose head and the outside image of the rose. This gives you a positive & negative effect when you stamp it.

Today my plan is creating some background papers with all my inks..... love being able to spritz and create my own background.
Whatever you are doing, have fun!

Happy crafting
Nikki x

One Stamp, Two Cards

Hi there, Nikki from the DT here to share with you another couple of cards.
These are a couple of the sample cards for the recent Hochanda show that Oak House Studio did.

 Both backgrounds and roses have been created and coloured using the triple fruity reds ink pad. You can find that one here ...... over on the Oak House Studio shop. While you are there, have a look at the other inks...... I love them all and really think as crafters you 'need' to have them in your collection!

I love the rose stamp and the warm colours of the inks work perfectly with it.
We would love to see what you have been creating with your Oak House Studio products.
Make sure you leave us a comment with a link to your blog post with your project in it and we'll pop on over and leave you some crafty love.

Until next time, happy crafting

Nikki x

A wave from me...

Hi there, Nikki here.
I have loved playing with some of the amazing products from Oak House Studio as part of their design team.  So many things that you can create with good quality inks and stamps....

So, a little about me...... I live in Scotland just outside Edinburgh with my two mad rescue springy things..... I just adore my pupsters. And, if a beautiful part of the country that I stay in, very inspirational.  I work part time as a support assistant in a local high school and I teach and create crafty things the rest of the time.

I love all things inky, so getting to play along with the Oak House Studio dt has just been great!

Here is my first card that I wanted to share with you,

 By masking off some of the card, then spraying ink... you can create a colourful strip for the background of your card.

 I sprayed Jubilee Red onto some cream card stock and then stamped onto this the leaves from the Bumper Winter Leaves set.  I stuck the leaves together and added a lemon layer to create this flower. Really easy to do and very effective.

Keep popping back to the blog to see what the others have been making and creating.
I'll be back soon with a tutorial to share with you.

Until then
Happy Crafting

Nikki x