I have many supplies from my Mother’s estate. One day recently, I began thinking that it would nice to create Christmas cards using her supplies. I found a couple of ideas that I like and have supplies for.
This ornament set is easy to use. It is mounted on wood blocks. I could remove them from the wood, but I find wood easy to use, most of the time. I keep the tool handy to I can re-stamp if needed. The idea I found used a tree to create the foliage for the ornaments to hang in. I tried the tree, but then decided to use my pine set. I am finding that the older sets work well with newer items available. The pine is from a set called pinecones2stamp from The Stamps of Life. I can’t remember the name of the ornament set, but it is retired SU, from 2011. I added a lot of sparkle with the Crafter’s Companion Sparkle pen. Oh, the ornament set has a punch that matches the ornament perfectly. It made it quite easy to make the window. I used glue dots to fasten the ornament in the window.
I think this was Mom’s favorite stamp set as she used it a lot. The idea I found used Wisteria Wonder ink and paper, which I have both, however, I could not get the ink to blend with the brush. I used Lovely Lavendar ink from Gina K for the blending in the oval. The tree in front is stamped with Elegant Eggplant. It stamped beautifully. The greeting is stamped with the same ink. To create this, I made a mask using GKD Masking paper, cutting an oval with a die. The masking paper is the exact same size as the card front. I did use the Wisteria Wonder paper. The purple tones seemed to work together well.
For the blending, I used the blender brushes, similar to makeup brushes. They work like a charm for blending the inks. Mom used sponges for everything, like the video I saw. I added a lot of sparkle with the sparkle pen.
This has been fun pulling out stamps from Mom’s Christmas sets. She created a lot of Christmas cards, often giving them to many families at her church. I may give a few more a try if I have time, or I may start sooner next year. Thanks for sharing my memory lane with me.
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Lisa, I love that you are using your mom’s sets and that they are bringing back good memories for you. That is a treasure. Your cards are beautiful!
These are both beautiful and a great tribute to our Mom! Hugs!
She would be so happy to see you creating with her stamps and supplies. That it makes you so happy is an even happier situation.
My thoughts are the same as what the others are saying. A great tribute to your mom and the cards are lovely. The ornament card is my fave and I like the dimension you have created there.
What a wonderful tribute to your mom. She’d be so proud of the cards you’re making with her sets. Lovely as a Tree was one of SU’s most popular sets – I can’t believe they retired it. I really like the ornaments too – I’ve seen some great cards made with it and the matching punch.
I was shocked that they retired that set also. The card I saw with the ornaments that I liked used the large tree from Lovely for the greenery. I tried it, but wasn’t happy with it, so I switched to my pine leaves. It is fun to pull these new-to-me sets out and create.
Beautiful cards and a lovely tribute to your mom, Lisa. Lovely As A Tree is my favorite SU set, too.
I bought that set, probably 15 years ago, and it just sat there. I finally mailed it to Mom for her to give away to one of her friends. I think I was in the wrong part of life for that set to mean anything to me. I do love her set and can see many ways of using it.