Cambridge Carols again.

 A few days ago I posted a card using  this stamp  from the Cambridge Carols  on  the Demonstrator Facebook page.   Another Demo left comment on how she loved it done in black and white.

I was a little confused at first as the card was the navy and white card in post below this one.
It turned out that she was looking at the post on her phone and it did look black and white on the small screen.  Her comment gave me the idea of colouring the image in black an white...well that's not strictly true. I used lot of shades of grey, (not quite 50 shades  of  grey though,   ( lol.)

The result isn't as bad as I thought it would be.
I wanted to keep the whole card black and white but I wasn't keen any on any of  my black and white papers , so I decided to add colour to make the card a little more cheerful.
I die cut some sprigs of berries from red and white card. The looked too flat and dull for my likings.
 The red berries  I pressed them into a Versmark ink pad and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.
The white berries I covered with glue using the two way glue pen and dusted them with  ultra fine white glitter for a frosty appearance.

I  die cut some pine needles and arranged the branches and berries in a variety of ways before settling on this arrangement. I'm not entirely happy with this arrange and can't help feeling it needs something else, but I am not too sure what to add. Maybe a small  pine cone or two?

Cambridge Carols, Christmas card.

This stamp is also in the set "Cambridge Carols".  I wasn't sure about ordering this set from the Autumn /Winter Catalogue.  I was put off  by the coloured sample card in the catalogue featuring this stamp.  I don't think the sample card does this stamp justice. 

 Maybe it's just me but I personally didn't like the sample card and thought , if the professionals can't make it look good, what chance  have I got.

Then I started to think, .....if I didn't order it, I would  probably regret not ordering later, especially if I saw another demo doing amazing  things with it.

So I bit the bullet and ordered it.

I have to say,  I didn't find this image easy to colour, and I had to have a practice session to decide on what colours to use.

 I also needed a bright lamp with a strong magnifying glass in the middle to make the detail  big enough for me to see.  Lucky for me I have one, it was the perfect gift  for me from hubby.

I used Copic markers to colour this image and found keeping within the lines of the branches was very difficult, as the branches are very fine and although I could keep the tip within the lines most of the time,  what I couldn't control  how much ink the paper soaked up, so I ended up with thicker fuzzy branches than I wanted.. 

 However the fine end of the stamp and write markers are perfect for these skinny branches.

Cambridge Carols

This image of  the tree in a wheelbarrow is one of the stamps in stamp set called "Cambridge Carols" by Stampin' Up. I think, I was partly attracted to this set because of it's name, due to the fact I used to live near Cambridge many years ago.The size of this card is  6 x 4 inches so that should give you an idea of the size of this stamp.
I coloured the image with Copic markers and added a little glitter with the two way glue pen.  \I triple mounted the image to increase the overall size, before adhering it the front of my card , which I had already covered with a piece of DSP.