Personal Impressions

This week I have been busy sewing lavender bags which would make perfect Christmas stocking fillers. I have used Lindsay Mason’s gorgeous Holy Night Angel stamp design to decorate them. I stamped the angels using Archival Ink onto some unbleached cotton fabric then coloured with Inktense blocks The backs are plain, and the hanging loops are some pretty crocheted lace. I stitched around the outline using free motion embroidery and filled with polyester stuffing and a couple of scoops of dried lavender. These would be equally at home hanging on the Christmas tree or in the wardrobe or a clothes drawer. Stamps Used: Sweet Dixie Holy Night Angel Useful Links: Personal Impressions Website Lindsay Mason Designs Blog

Snowflake Christmas Card Snowflakes I just love them for their individual beauty and this card is full of them,  Created using  Sweet Dixie Small Snowflake Stamps  and Sweet Dixie Large Snowflake Stamps  from Personal Impressions both stamp sets are Designed by Sue Dix from her 2016 Christmas Collection. This card is a simple mat & layer creation. Using Sue Dix small snowflake stamps embossed onto Silver Grey Shimmer Card with basic white embossing powder and Clear Ultra Fine embossing powder the clear gives a watermark design and is so effective. Snowflakes have been stamped and embossed with  Silver Super Sparkle  onto  Snow White Centura Pearl card.  All mats have been layered onto Silver Mirror card. The centre snowflake has been stamped and embossed using Sue's large Sweet Dixie  Snowflake  stamp and heat embossed using basic white embossing powder , this really brings out the intricate detail of this beautiful stamp. Adding silver

This week I have another pretty Christmas card using some of the fabulous Sweet Dixie stamps available from Personal Impressions. Designed by Lindsay Mason, it features her gorgeous girl stamp and some pretty fairy lights. Once again, I paper pieced the girl by stamping her onto some patterned papers and cutting out her clothes. I added some mini buttons for a fun touch. The background design uses the fairy lights and mini Happy Christmas sign from the Fairy Door set. Stamps Used: Fairy Door A Christmas Hello Useful Links: Personal Impressions Website Lindsay Mason Designs Blog

Not just a sentiment...!! We all know someone who doesn't rejoice in the spirit of Christmas as others do, Sweet Dixie Christmas comes but once a Year  sentiment stamp set is an ideal solution for our friends or relatives that chose to not be so Merry at Christmas... Designed by Lindsay Mason from her 2016 Christmas Stamp Collection from Personal Impressions . A useful set for creating hand stamped wrapping paper with matching gift tags   and Christmas Cards for your very own Christmas Grouch. Simply stamped onto Kraft Card and Kraft brown paper using a variety of colours from Versafine and clear embossing the sentiments you really want to make a statement. Fun projects for those *NOT* so fun at Christmas.. Happy Crafting from Tracey xxx

Fancy and Cute... Sweet Dixie Today I share a double helping of Christmas card creations using Sue Dix Sweet Dixie stamps from Personal Impressions. The first stamp set is Sweet Dixie Fancy Reindeer  a mighty fine stamp full of detail and very fancy indeed. Stamped onto distressed stamping card with versafine black onyx ink and heat embossed using sweet dixie clear embossing powder. The main image has been coloured using Spectrum Noir Colorista muted colours sets 5 and 6. The hanging baubles, Reindeer coat and holly have all been stamped twice, cut and layered onto of the image to add depth and dimension. The Merry Christmas sentiment is just one of two included in the set. The card has been mat and layered using complimentary colours and embellished with twine and a flat back pearl snowflake.   The second card share is Sweet Dixie Cute Snowman stamps, designed by Sue Dix from her 2016 clear stamp Christmas Collection from Personal impressions. The white backgro

Sweet Dixie *Rockers* ..!! This Friday I'm featuring two *Rocker* cards each created using Sweet Dixie clear Stamps both sets Designed by Lindsay Mason from Personal Impressions . Sweet Dixie Skating Santa   The Rocker card was created by cutting a 5.5" circle, scoring mid point at 2.75" then folding in half to create the Card. Santa, Reindeer and sack of Toys image were stamped and coloured using ProMarkers, fussy cut then adhered to the rocker card. Be mindful where you place the images and work out the correct balance so the card rocks freely. This is the reason my Reindeer has a larger than usual Red Nose because my card seemed a little one sided so the larger flat back pearl nose added the extra weight I needed for my card to rock freely. Frosted lace Stickles adds a snowy texture to the white background.   Sweet Dixie Tipsy Snowmen The Tipsy Snowman image is one of my personal favourites from Lindsays Christmas Collection and some

Today I share three Bookmark Gift Cards using Sweet Dixie Christmas Swags Stamps  from Personal Impressions  2016 Christmas Collection. Designed by  Lindsay Mason   The stamp set consists of three Christmas swag stamps between 5"- 5.5" in length.  Each swag was stamped onto cream card using Onyx Black Versafine  and embossed using Sweet Dixie Ultra Fine embossing powder and coloured with wink of stella brush pens to add a little Christmas sparkle. Mat and layered each bookmark is around 2" by 7" in dimension. Using Kraft Card I made a DL card 3"- 8"  Corner punched black card was layered onto gold card then glued to the DL card.  The bookmarks are held onto the card by the slots created by the punch, this makes the bookmark easy to remove if the recipient wishes to use it. I added ribbon to my Bookmarks but you can adapt yours however you please. Thank you again for sharing your time with me,  I

Decorative Snow Tree Candle This Friday I'd like to share a simple scented candle decorated using Sweet Dixie *Snow Trees* Stamps Designed by Lindsay Mason from Personal Impressions . The tree has been stamped onto tissue paper using versamark embossing ink and heat embossed using Sweet Dixie Green Super Sparkles embossing powder . The tree has been cut out and positioned  onto the candle; by gently heating with a heat tool the image sinks into the candle as the wax warms.  Using  Sweet Dixie Gold Super Sparkle  t he process was repeated for the Star and *Peace on Earth* sentiment from the snow trees stamp set. As this candle was created for decorative use *only* Gemstones & Sequins have been attached using Gem Tack. The finished design would fit any home during the festive season or  make a super handmade gift. All wrapped to give with a bow on top, the gift tag has been made using the small tree stamp also included in the Snow Trees Set .

This cute little snowman is such a happy chap, I decided to give him some snowballs to play with… The card is a simple design: I stamped the snowman with Memento ink and coloured him with Copics. I used a fineliner pen to draw in the ground and added some Stardust Stickles to his hat and the snow. Some glue dots hold the mini pompoms in place and the sentiment is attached with 3d foam for a bit of dimension. Stamps Used: Happy Snowmen Useful Links: Personal Impressions Website Lindsay Mason Designs Blog