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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Floral Butterfly

Welcome

I taught this card at card class this week - needless to say there was actually a lot of teaching - die cutting and embossing was the first step.


Embossing the white layer and then attaching it correctly, and how to remove it without damaging anything when it's not put on correctly and the tape shows through the window!
The tip is to warm the card with the sticky tape with the heat gun, and it peels off cleanly.


How to cover-up poor embossing (by layering a new panel over the error on the base) - and what washi tape is and how to use it.


How to gain dimension by placing a die cut so it pops up slightly....


Then the really fun part - the 'double inking' or Joseph's Coat Technique, although I varied from the instructions given in the link by randomly sponging the first layer of colour on.

I also taught how to use the negative die cut, but that will be another blog entry as the resulting card is worthy of it's own post.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Green, Gold and Trees

Welcome. 
It's great to be here again, and I hope you think that too.

This is the third of the sympathy cards that I had to make recently.


I started with the deep green base and after spraying it with a silver glimmer mist, I ran it through the cuttlebug with one of the dies from the boarderabilites sets by Spellbinders. 


The image is an old SU one, Lovely as a Tree, and was stamped using two brown inks and some green.  I also tried running a blending pen over the images to slightly blur the trees, but the pen was a bit dry and it is barely visible. Chalks were then added to give the sky and grass some colour.


The sentiment is an Our Daily Bread one, stamped and silver embossed and cut using a labels die, and attached using silver brads.

When I went to assemble the card the dark brown behind the green was too severe, so I added the layer of golden brown paper and the card 'came to life' as it were.

I am linking this to:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #54 - Diecuts or punches
Cards For Men Challenge #16 - Heavy Metal - use something metallic (Spray, brads, and silver embossing.
Crafty Boots Challenge - Die Cuts
Scrapbooks and Stamp Society Challenge #14 - Anything Goes
Stamp and Create August Challenge - Glitter (spray)
Crazy Challenge #151 - Anything Goes

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May your day be blessed.

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Whimsical in Pink

Welcome - thanks for calling by again.

I had to make a card for a one year old recently - as I don't actually know the child, I went with a whimsical card - and hope her parents like it!


I started with an offcut of pink card, which made a square card - not my normal to start with.


The ribbons I initially chose were not these, but by the time I had coloured the images, they definitely did not 'fit'!

The images are by (the now defunct) Layers of Color, from the set Rise and Shine.


I coloured them with Prismacolor pencils, but did not blend them - one day I will be brave enough to blend them on a card.


Love the expression on the face of the sun.

After I embossed the sentiment, and attached the ribbons, I then pierced and faux stitched the edges to finish the card.

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Classy Lady!!

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I hope you enjoy your visit.

I needed a card for a young woman who is very fashion conscious, and reached for a set of stamps by Firecracker Designs (now defunct), and chose the image of a woman in a very classy looking wrap.


I chose to use pink, mauve and blue as I do know those are the recipients favoured colours.

I stamped the sentiment and cut it with the #3 die from the floral ovals dies 
by Spellbinders.  This was then mounted on some lace sent to me as a
 RAK from Kary of Papercrafting and Travel.


The image was stamped in a dark gray ink, firstly on white card, and then onto gray and blue vellum, which I paper pieced onto the base. I puffed up the collar and gave it a slightly different look to the main part of the wrap by embossing it with a stylus from the back. 


To give her even more dimension she was popped up on foam dots when mounted on the die cut .
( I do not know why this photo is so discoloured )

To finish the card I got out the Crystal Stickles and emphasised the frills on the skirt, her necklace, and added some dots on the edges of the die cuts.

I am linking this to:
Crafting By design - Anything Goes with twist, Celebrating Women
Crafts and Me Challenge #139 - Anything Goes
Diva's By design - Bingo Centre line Lace, Diecut, and paper piecing
Lady Anne's Challenge #11 - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon Challenge #197 - Falling to Pieces (Paper Piecing)
Penny's Paper Crafting Challenges # - Dry Embossing (on the collar)
Whimsical Designs - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #64 Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Challenge #10 - Lovely Lace
LEJ Designs Challenge #65 - Lovely Lace

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May your day be blessed.

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Monday, August 5, 2013

Orange Poppies


Welcome. 
It is always lovely to know you have visited.

I made this for a birthday this week, and was pleased with the outcome, but unfortunately the camera did not pick up the colour of the poppies correctly - they are a lovely soft orange IRL!


The image was stamped onto some encyclopaedia paper (bought for the purpose, second hand) which was then scrunched and distressed with tea dye ink before being coloured with chalks and mounted on the dark brown panel.


I finished the card by mounting the stamped feature onto a white panel with a green bow and the sentiment embossed onto a tag I made.


The final touch were the brown pearls.  
A CAS card for a family member who is not into 'fussy' things.

I am linking this to:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #31 - Anything Goes -twist, with a sentiment
Challenges 4 Everybody #26 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenge #62 - Summer Days
Fashionable Stamping Challenge #53 - Use Script, book, pages print
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #175 - Summer time (Poppies always make me think of summer)
Pan Pastel Challenge #31- Flowers/floral
Penny Black August Challenge - In the Garden
Ribbon Girl August Challenge - Happy Birthday
Our Creative Corner - Words, Words, Words
My Creative Moments - Word Play Saturday - Birthdays

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May your day be blessed

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Chalk and Vellum Flowers

Welcome. 
I hope you enjoy your visit to my blog today.

I wanted a fairly simple card with flowers on, and this is the result.


It is not quite as dark as it appears in the photograph, but this is the way the camera picked up the colours.  The embossed vellum layer is a light green layered over a forest green base.


For the feature I started with a stamp which is a retired Layers of Color one, shaped to fit into a spellbinders labels die cut.  As I don't have that set of dies, I improvised with the Couture Creations die of similar shape and size.
The panel was mounted on foam dots to give some dimension


The stamp was inked with Versamark ink, and then the impression coloured with chalks, using a cotton bud (Q-Tip). The blue background was chalk applied with my finger. The butterfly is one from a Sizzex Framlets die, and I highlighted the embossing with a silver pen.


The sentiment was embossed in gold, despite it looking copper in this photograph.  The stamp is from The Crafts Meow, and originally the words were on top of one another, but I cut it apart to fit another card, and I think I have used it more like this than the original way.

I am linking this to:
Craftin' Boutique Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Happy Campers Challenge #20 - Summer
Paper Crafting Journeys - Die Cuts or Punches
Sarah Hurly Chgallenge #83 - Texture and Dimension
Sister Act Challenge #18- Anything Goes
The Sweet Pea Stampers - Embossing - Wet, Dry or both
Cut it Up Challenge #24 - Celebrate Summer
Delicious Doodles Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #56 - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

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May your day be blessed.
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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Summer Heat (but it is only spring)

Welcome - I am so privileged that you have visited.

The weather here is slowly warming up as spring approaches.  The 'summer heat' title is because of the colours on this card.

I made the background some time ago using distress stains on watercolour paper, then spritzing it with a glimmer spray.  I then cut the sheet into four smaller pieces, and decided that 
I did not like it!!

The other day I was wanting to make a card for a young man and this peeped out from under a pile of stash as I pulled out the brown base.... I grabbed it and set to.


The image is a very early purchase of mine from Kiwistamping that appears to have been retired.  I moistened the stamp lightly, coloured it with watercolour crayons, sprayed with water and stamped it. 
It did not transfer very well, so I added some colour with a fine brush.


The sentiment was embossed directly onto the background and some pearls added for emphasis. I also ran the edge of the watercolour paper across a gold ink pad before mounting it onto the brown base.


This photo shows some of the shimmer when the light hits the card at the right angle.

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