This is just getting ridiculous!

I have been horrendously bad at blogging recently, so I thought I better do some papercrafting to get back on board...after all....tis nearly the season!!!

I have a huge collection of stamps, and haven't played with them for ages, so I dug out this selection from Papermania (Urban stamps)....

I chose and stamped one of the images, and coloured with promarkers.

If you buy stamps with coloured images on the reverse you can use them as a colouring guide, which makes the experience less daunting.

Next i decided to cut them out, leaving a thin white outline for easy cutting.

Now to select backing papers ....I has a huge stash....and found these awesome "Blonde Moments" papers that had a similar artistic feel as the stamp set...

Leaving a white border helps the stamped image stand out from the papers, but you can soften the edge by choosing a marker in a light tone that is sympathetic to the background. 

Now for a sentiment...and I have lots of those too...especially Anna Griffin ones...

Using just 2 papers, I ripped strips to make a collagey background then edged with red marker...

The fairy is raised on teeny tiny foam pads.

 So now I decided to decorate the envelopes.

I chose another small stamp from the same collection, masked off the centre of the envelope and stamped a border. I decided to leave these just as outlines, but then stamped another as a seal on the flap and coloured it in.

I really enjoyed making these, had forgotten how much fun stamping and colouring could be.

And now I have several more paper projects to do "for the season", so hopefully will have more to blog(plus finishing up a knitting project to share)

I would like to enter these cards for the following challenges...

Paper Saturdays - decorating envelopes

Crafting When we Can - Winter (spirit of the season)

Country View Challenge - Bah Humbug

Artistic Stamper - Anything Goes (must include stamping)

Enjoy :D XXX