And today's my turn!
For my cards, I've been experimenting with several softer colour options than those on the sample sheet above, while keeping the red checked backing paper the same throughout.
Here's a soft blue and grey version [all coloured with ProMarkers]:
Complete with twinkling Stickles accents and ruddy cheeks:
Another blue version, this time with extra red details:
And finally, a splash of pink and purple:
Again, the outfit wouldn't be complete without some Stickled trimming!
I've got a fourth colour option in this post over on my blog - Notes on Paper - today, where it's illustrating something Christmassy I overheard [you know how I like to keep my ears open!].
The full details of the Christmas elf sheet can be found here, and maybe I'll see you on my blog later too?
Julie :-)
2. Have you seen the latest products Jean's listed in the shop? There's:
You can check out everything in the super-useful 'New Products' page on the site, but here's a few of my favourites ...
This very smart Lost Coast Design lady caught my eye:
The 'Mini Text Diva with Face' possibly a bit of a favourite as her legs are just like mine today as I've got my stripy leggings on! Plus, you've got to love a stripy-legged stamp haven't you?
Then there's a re-stock of this Stained Glass Flower border stamp:
Which is the one I used on both of these tags:
At only £2.00 the border stamps always sell well, so grab yours while you can!
3. There's also some new Sweet Pea stamps available, including this adorable Christmas Elf sheet:
Which Jan and Effie have already been using here and here.
Then there's some 'Phunky Phairies' - one of which I've just used on a feature published in Papercraft Inspirations Magazine next year. I can't show you the full thing, but here's a sneaky peek of how I used the 'Jinx' design: 
4. And speaking of Sweet Pea Stamps ... did you know that they have a blog which includes a customer gallery?
I've just discovered it and thought that some of you might like to see the work you've bought from Jean featured on the manufacturers blog, well, everyone likes a little bit of recognition don't they?
You can see the full range of Sweet Pea stamps stocked by Jean here, and below is just some of the uses the Scattered Scarlet design team have made with them over the last few months:
Finally ... I also discovered that Sweet Pea have a challenge blog called 'In A Sweet Pea Dream' which seems to offer prizes to the challenge winners! So, get putting those Sweet Pea stamps to good use and make sure to let us know if .. or rather when ... you win!
I'll be back on Tuesday with the cards I've made using the Christmas Elf, but until then, keep those crafty fingers moving so the icicles can't form on them!
Julie :-)
but two different looks.............
You can find this little chap here
While the lined background is ideal for journaling on to, it can also add a hint of office-y loveliness to plainer papers. Here, behind the photographs, I stamped its lines over a lightly patterned paper:
Included in the same set is a selection of really useful words and numbers that can be used as stand alone stamps - even without the lined ledger background.
Here I've used the 'Quantity' and individual number stamps to record how many crafting friends I went away with on a retreat recently:
And on each page I've used the 'Name' stamp to record exactly who those people were! Not that I'm likely to forget ... but it does add something to the page:
Finally I used the 'Date' and 'Description' stamps to add a few extra details to the back of my mini 'facebook':
If after ogling the 'Antique Ledger' set you feel like indulging your own office-supply urges, you might also like ...
The Purple Onion 'Vintage PostMark Dates':
... or the more contemporary Purple Onion 'Date Me' set:
... and the Lost Coast Designs' 'Shopping List':
All of which will come in useful for festive projects this season too!
Remember you're welcome to give us all a prod whenever you use a product you bought from 3DJean, that way we can hop over to your place and 'ooooh' and 'aaaaaahh' over your work. And we like doing that ... in fact the whole Scattered Scarlet design team spent the whole weekend doing just that with each other ... and I have my little book above to record it!
Right then, you get crafting and I'll see you very soon.
Add Golden Berry Dewdrops to the punched flowers around the edge......the flowers hide the joins!
If you didn't already see it then this was the end result:
But, if you pop over and visit my original post you can also see the slideshow step-by-step tutorial I made to demonstrate how I built up the layers.
Once I'd made the first tag, for the card above, I carried on going using the same supplies to make more layered, ephemera pieces:
The base for these was a selection of blank kraft luggage tags and index cards from a stationery shop plus the following 3DJean supplies:
Now here's how all of that, combined with ribbon from my stash and some 7Gpsies wording stickers, looked when I'd finished:
I loved mixing the snooty fat Art Chix cat image with the cigarette card of King Charles!:
And I'm really pleased with how the contrast of periwinkle blue and orange worked here:
And finally, I think one's my favourite:
As I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment on the sticker:
"She knew with the right amount of junk she could create a masterpiece"!!!
How about you?
It's kind of exactly how I felt about making these tags so I hope they've made you feel like looking through your stash and throwing together some random, eclectic ephemera ... topped off with a paper rose or two.
It's a great way to use up stash and try out new, slightly eccentric, interesting combinations of both imagery and supplies.
Thanks for reading today, see you in a couple of weeks time. Until then, don't forget to look at the step-by-step here on my blog.
Julie :-)
p.s: If you're at all intrigued by the 'Flawed Work of Art' frame in the background of my photos, it's something I made for a Copy+Paste challenge last year, which you can read the full story here.
One Ice Queen! Hope you like her!
