The theme for this fortnight is Tiny Things. How you interpret that is up to you!
I used quite a few 'tiny things' in my card, and even came up with a sentiment that seems to me to work too.
I started with some Mixed Media paper and gave it a background tint using Distress Oxide ink, then added some flowers and butterflies using some Card-io Majestix stamps (the first 'tiny' thing.) I added a little Perfect Pearl powder to add a little shimmer, but that's not obvious in the photo. Next, I cut a 'trellis' using a Tonic die, and added some branches and lots of tiny flowers. The branches are a combination of Spellbinders and Cheery Lynn as were the flowers. I then added some flower centres and 'leaf buds' using liquid pearls.
Finally, I designed the sentiment in Photoshop Elements and printed it on photo paper. In case it's hard to read, it says, 'The Greatest Successes in Life are the Culmination of Lots of Tiny Things'.
I do hope you can join us this time.
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Sunday, 5 July 2020
Sunday, 10 May 2020
International Art and Soul Challenge 83
Our challenge for this fortnight is one I'm sure you'll want to enter. Any project, and colours. It just hast to contain flowers and butterflies.
I made something for my sister when she was feeling down.
I made the frame using an Elizabeth Craft die, embossed the card with an Embossalicious folder and added detail with some gilding wax then finished with some Modge Podge. The backgroudn was created with a couple of stencils, Versamark ink, Perfect Pearl powder and some embossing gloop I've had for many years. The fowers were made using a variety of dies, including ones from the Sizzix Susan's Garden range, Memory Box, Joanna Sheen and shaded with Pan Pastel, and the butterfly used some Spellbinders dies.
I hope you can join us.
I made something for my sister when she was feeling down.
I made the frame using an Elizabeth Craft die, embossed the card with an Embossalicious folder and added detail with some gilding wax then finished with some Modge Podge. The backgroudn was created with a couple of stencils, Versamark ink, Perfect Pearl powder and some embossing gloop I've had for many years. The fowers were made using a variety of dies, including ones from the Sizzix Susan's Garden range, Memory Box, Joanna Sheen and shaded with Pan Pastel, and the butterfly used some Spellbinders dies.
I hope you can join us.
Sunday, 12 April 2020
International Art and Soul Challenge 81
The challenge for this fortnight is an unusual one: we want you to use a single word sentiment multiple times. I was initially stumped for this one, but looking through my stamp collection, I came across several versions of the word, 'happy', so I decided to see where that took me.
And ... I've finally bought some Brushos. I've seen the results people have got with them, and wondered, and finally decided to splash out. (Although, my initial wish to go straight to the manufacturer failed when their website insisted on using a Captcha that was almost impossible to decipher, resulting in multiple attempts at registering. When I finally did that, I discovered they wouldn't take Paypal. Now, I don't like giving my credit card details to small companies whose security I don't have any information on, so I decided to save myself some money and go to Amazon instead. It's such a shame, but smaller companies that want to compete with the Amazons of this world really need to either do Paypal or Amazon pay. Anyway, back to the card.
I created the background with (mainly) Brushos, although I added a little Perfect Pearl in Interference Red and then some red Pixie Powder too. It's probably slightly more obvious in the next photo.
It did add a little understated sparkle.
The background stamping used stamps by Sweet Dixie and AlteNew. The central stamped sentiment used a stamp from Creative Stamping magazine, and I coloured it with some Brushos dissolved in a little water. The ink used throughout was Versafine Clair.
And then, I cheated (just a little)
The stamp here came from Craftwork Cards. I just couldn't leave it as a single word because that just doesn't make sense to me, at least for the word, 'happy'. But, Happy, happy, happy .... Birthday makes perfect sense to me!
I do hope you can join us this time!
And ... I've finally bought some Brushos. I've seen the results people have got with them, and wondered, and finally decided to splash out. (Although, my initial wish to go straight to the manufacturer failed when their website insisted on using a Captcha that was almost impossible to decipher, resulting in multiple attempts at registering. When I finally did that, I discovered they wouldn't take Paypal. Now, I don't like giving my credit card details to small companies whose security I don't have any information on, so I decided to save myself some money and go to Amazon instead. It's such a shame, but smaller companies that want to compete with the Amazons of this world really need to either do Paypal or Amazon pay. Anyway, back to the card.
I created the background with (mainly) Brushos, although I added a little Perfect Pearl in Interference Red and then some red Pixie Powder too. It's probably slightly more obvious in the next photo.
It did add a little understated sparkle.
The background stamping used stamps by Sweet Dixie and AlteNew. The central stamped sentiment used a stamp from Creative Stamping magazine, and I coloured it with some Brushos dissolved in a little water. The ink used throughout was Versafine Clair.
And then, I cheated (just a little)
The stamp here came from Craftwork Cards. I just couldn't leave it as a single word because that just doesn't make sense to me, at least for the word, 'happy'. But, Happy, happy, happy .... Birthday makes perfect sense to me!
I do hope you can join us this time!
Labels:
Brushos,
BSP,
iaas,
perfect pearls,
pixie powder,
spellbinders,
stamping
Monday, 14 October 2019
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 243
The theme for this fortnight is Add Some Sparkle, so an ideal theme if you want to get a Christmas card (or several) done, or in fact, a project for any purpose so long as it has a bit of sparkle!
I decided to make a Christmas card, and I kept it fairly simple, and what's more, fairly flat so it won't need a 'large' stamp!
Having decided to keep things simple, I looked through my box of Christmas dies and when I spotted this one, given the theme, I didn't look any further. It's a Sheena Douglass die, and, believe it or not, I cut it using some glitter card. The photo doesn't make that at all obvious, but it is there! The background I created using various snowflake stamps, Versamark ink and Perfect Pearl powder. (The snowflake stamps will be from a variety of manufacturers, as I've placed all sorts of small stamps like that on a single storage sheet for use with the Cardio Majestix stamp holders which are such a good idea for this sort of stamping.) And apart from a little layering, that's it. I suspect there'll be several more cards of this general design before Christmas as it was fairly easy, but still (with the stamping) feels a little bit creative.
I decided to make a Christmas card, and I kept it fairly simple, and what's more, fairly flat so it won't need a 'large' stamp!
Having decided to keep things simple, I looked through my box of Christmas dies and when I spotted this one, given the theme, I didn't look any further. It's a Sheena Douglass die, and, believe it or not, I cut it using some glitter card. The photo doesn't make that at all obvious, but it is there! The background I created using various snowflake stamps, Versamark ink and Perfect Pearl powder. (The snowflake stamps will be from a variety of manufacturers, as I've placed all sorts of small stamps like that on a single storage sheet for use with the Cardio Majestix stamp holders which are such a good idea for this sort of stamping.) And apart from a little layering, that's it. I suspect there'll be several more cards of this general design before Christmas as it was fairly easy, but still (with the stamping) feels a little bit creative.
Labels:
BSP,
ccm,
perfect pearls,
sheena douglass,
stamping
Sunday, 23 June 2019
International Art and Soul Challenge 61
Our challenge for this fortnight is to use stars and/or stripes in your creation.
I opted to use some stars, and came up with this - an early Christmas card.
I opted to use some stars, and came up with this - an early Christmas card.
I started by stamping the central image. It's a stamp I bought which I believe is from Creative Expressions/U Mount. I coloured the letters with Promarkers. Then, I masked around the sentiment and added some Distress Ink in Scattered Straw and Wild Honey. I stamed some stars: they're mainly from another Creative Expressions set, but the patterned one comes from a magazine freebie from quite a long time ago. The outline stamps were stamped with Memento ink and coloured with Promarkers. The solid stars were stamped with Versamark ink and then I added some Perfect Pearl in gold. To add a little more texture, I added a little more blue ink using a Creative Expressions stamp, and finished the background using an embossing pen and more Perfect Pearl.
I hope you can join us this time.
Labels:
distress ink,
iaas,
masking,
perfect pearls,
stamping
Sunday, 2 September 2018
International Art and Soul Challenge 41
This fortnight, we'd like you to use a non-craft item or recycle something. Now, when I read the requirement for this, I didn't spot the 'recycle' option, so I headed in another direction altogether. I had just got a couple of new dies with images I love, and thought I'd like to do a stained-glass effect. Some trawling around the internet later, and I came across a technique called caught in crystal and I decided to have a go, although I didn't follow it exactly. First problem, find some of the right floor polish. Fail! Couldn't find any of it in the major supermarkets. Wandered to our local shops, and in the one called Cheapjacks (I'll let you work out what sort of shop that is) there was some polish which, although it was a different brand, sounded like the right stuff. (Astonish is the brand name.) I bought it and had a go.
The die is from Pretty Quick, and as a lover of anything Mackintosh-esque, I love it. I stuck the die cut to the front of a piece of acetate. then, on the back, I used acrylic paint to colour the main image parts. Then, it got really messy. I poured floor polish over the back and added a little perfect pearl powder. With hindsight, I could have added a lot more, but I was wary of overwhelming the image. Then, I added a little glamour dust glitter which really isn't obvious in the photo. Finally, I put some scrunched tissue paper on the back and left it to dry. I attached the result to some silver card with brads, and that's about it. I don't know if I'll use the technique again. It's really messy. You only realise that your work surface has an incline from front to back when you try something like this and find acrylic floor polish heading towards your carpet. And, several other attempts I made failed abysmally!
I hope you can join us this time!
The die is from Pretty Quick, and as a lover of anything Mackintosh-esque, I love it. I stuck the die cut to the front of a piece of acetate. then, on the back, I used acrylic paint to colour the main image parts. Then, it got really messy. I poured floor polish over the back and added a little perfect pearl powder. With hindsight, I could have added a lot more, but I was wary of overwhelming the image. Then, I added a little glamour dust glitter which really isn't obvious in the photo. Finally, I put some scrunched tissue paper on the back and left it to dry. I attached the result to some silver card with brads, and that's about it. I don't know if I'll use the technique again. It's really messy. You only realise that your work surface has an incline from front to back when you try something like this and find acrylic floor polish heading towards your carpet. And, several other attempts I made failed abysmally!
I hope you can join us this time!
Monday, 7 May 2018
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 211
Our challenge for this fortnight is No Patterned Papers.
I started with some white card, and 'smooshed' it in some diluted Distress inks. Then, I added some images - flowers and butterflies - again in Distress Ink, using stamps from Printable Heaven. I sprayed the result with water, and repeated a few times. The last time I added water, I sprinkled on some Perfect Pearl powder to give a hint of shimmer.
The die cuts are from a Sue Wilson set, and I've added a sentiment from a stamp set from Creative Stamping magazine.
That's it! I do like the vibrant colours, but then I've got a thing about rainbows, as you might have guessed!
I hope you can join us this time.
Labels:
BSP,
ccm,
distress ink,
perfect pearls,
stamping,
sue wilson
Monday, 13 June 2016
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 166
This time, at Crafty Cardmakers, our challenge is to make something for a special man. In this case, that's my husband, who's put up with me for 30 years!
The image is a lovely stamp from Crafty Individuals which I've had for a while. This time, I stamped it in Versamark ink, and then coloured it with Perfect Pearls in blues, coppers and golds. I mounted it onto a mat cut with a Spellbinders die and added a sentiment. In the background, I've used a pretty paper from the Me to you range which brings out the greeny blues in the image. I've then added a piece of card which I embossed with a pattern of vines.
I hope you can join us this time.
The image is a lovely stamp from Crafty Individuals which I've had for a while. This time, I stamped it in Versamark ink, and then coloured it with Perfect Pearls in blues, coppers and golds. I mounted it onto a mat cut with a Spellbinders die and added a sentiment. In the background, I've used a pretty paper from the Me to you range which brings out the greeny blues in the image. I've then added a piece of card which I embossed with a pattern of vines.
I hope you can join us this time.
Labels:
BSP,
ccm,
dry embossing,
perfect pearls,
spellbinders,
stamping
Monday, 28 April 2014
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 115
This week at Crafty Cardmakers, the challenge has been set by my team mate Kim, and her theme is 'It's a Bug's Life'. She wants your project to have an insect of some type as the focal point of the piece - so, adding a butterfly at the end won't count!
Our sponsors this time are
See the challenge blog for details. (There's a link in my sidebar.)
Now, I followed a link from a group I belong to, as the technique described looked interesting. It took me to this site where a lady called Pam Sparks has been using an inlay technique to make cards. Now, a while ago I bought a set of Sizzix dies and stamps, of which the centrepiece is a dragonfly, so I decided this challenge was the ideal time to combine the idea with the die, and this is the result.
The first thing I did was to assemble the dragonfly. I've used both parts of the Sizzix die, and I added some Perfect Pearl in Smoke Blue to the 'outline', while I stamped the wings with Versamark using an Inky Doodles die before adding more Perfect Pearl in a pink shade. I've actually done several layers of inset here. The wing pieces were inset into the outline, and raised a little. The flowers were also stamped with Versamark and shaded with Perfect Pearl. The lower flower is snset into the background while the upper one is layered on top, using some glue gel to give it a little more prominence. The paper is from a magazine freebie pad.
Here you can see the insetting a little more clearly, and you can even spot the very faint patterning on the flower and dragonfly wings.
I hope you can join us this time.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge where anything goes (with patterened paper)
Crafty Girls where anything goes,
Brown Sugar where anything goes,
Crafty Catz where anything goes,
Sister Act where anything goes,
The Squirrel and the Fox where they want us to use a punch or die cut.
Our sponsors this time are
See the challenge blog for details. (There's a link in my sidebar.)
Now, I followed a link from a group I belong to, as the technique described looked interesting. It took me to this site where a lady called Pam Sparks has been using an inlay technique to make cards. Now, a while ago I bought a set of Sizzix dies and stamps, of which the centrepiece is a dragonfly, so I decided this challenge was the ideal time to combine the idea with the die, and this is the result.
The first thing I did was to assemble the dragonfly. I've used both parts of the Sizzix die, and I added some Perfect Pearl in Smoke Blue to the 'outline', while I stamped the wings with Versamark using an Inky Doodles die before adding more Perfect Pearl in a pink shade. I've actually done several layers of inset here. The wing pieces were inset into the outline, and raised a little. The flowers were also stamped with Versamark and shaded with Perfect Pearl. The lower flower is snset into the background while the upper one is layered on top, using some glue gel to give it a little more prominence. The paper is from a magazine freebie pad.
Here you can see the insetting a little more clearly, and you can even spot the very faint patterning on the flower and dragonfly wings.
I hope you can join us this time.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge where anything goes (with patterened paper)
Crafty Girls where anything goes,
Brown Sugar where anything goes,
Crafty Catz where anything goes,
Sister Act where anything goes,
The Squirrel and the Fox where they want us to use a punch or die cut.
Saturday, 17 August 2013
Some Christmas Cards
I was very tempted recently by some Chocolate Baroque stamps. I treated myself to a set of older stamps, of which more later, and two of the recent additions to the range - the 'big bold backgrounds' - specifically the ones with baubles. I've been playing - really playing and getting my fingers inky and everything, and I've come up with a couple of ideas for them, and still haven't gone the more normal 'stamp and colour' route.
This first set use Perfect Pearls and Versamark ink. It's never quite as bold as a result as I think it's going to be, and in this instance, some of the card I used had a slight texture, making the stamped image a little less crisp than I had hoped for, but I was still fairly happy with the result.
In all three, I've finished with some ribbon and an embossed greeting - using a 'no inkpad needed' stamp I've had for many years. Although it's limited to black ink, the ink stays wet long enough to allow embossing, so it's really quite versatile. Dies used are from Spellbinders.
The next set really got my fingers inky! First, I took some watercolour paper and my Aquamarkers. I used the acrylic block technique recently featured in the Chocolate Baroque Monday Mojo post. I scribbled some colour onto the block, sprayed with water, and then placed the paper on top. When it was dry, I inked the second of the two stamps using a couple of Distress Inks, and stamped. Because of the texture of the watercolour paper, the impression is fairly faint, but still quite attractive, I think
For the second layer, I again applied the stamp - this time to some smooth card, and I inked with Versamark before embossing with either Cosmic Shimmer or a metallic copper powder. I then picked out some of the uncoloured areas with an embossing pen and applied some Perfect Pearl.
This first set use Perfect Pearls and Versamark ink. It's never quite as bold as a result as I think it's going to be, and in this instance, some of the card I used had a slight texture, making the stamped image a little less crisp than I had hoped for, but I was still fairly happy with the result.
In all three, I've finished with some ribbon and an embossed greeting - using a 'no inkpad needed' stamp I've had for many years. Although it's limited to black ink, the ink stays wet long enough to allow embossing, so it's really quite versatile. Dies used are from Spellbinders.
For the second layer, I again applied the stamp - this time to some smooth card, and I inked with Versamark before embossing with either Cosmic Shimmer or a metallic copper powder. I then picked out some of the uncoloured areas with an embossing pen and applied some Perfect Pearl.
In this final card, I again used watercolour paper, but had no coloured background. Instead, I added a little colour to the baubles using my Coloursoft Pencils for a fairly understated hint of red and green. In this instance, I used a Big and Juicy stamp pad to apply the image to the background.
No challenges this time. I generally enter challenges with my DT cards - because that's only fair to the sponsors. But I rarely do more than an occasional cursory check of winners lists, so not entering really won't make an awful lot of difference!
Monday, 13 May 2013
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 91
This time at Crafty Cardmakers, our host is Sharon, and she wants us to 'Use Three Techniques'. The techniques must come from the following list:
Embossing, distressing, masking, make your own flowers, paper piecing and shrink plastic.
Our sponsors for this challenge are:
Embossing, distressing, masking, make your own flowers, paper piecing and shrink plastic.
Our sponsors for this challenge are:
and
See the challenge blog for prize details.
I used an image from our sponsor (Milk Coffee) and made another Christmas cards.
The three techniques I used are: masking, embossing and I made the flowers.
For the background, I used a mask. I embossed some white card using it, and, with the card still attached to the mask, I dabbed the card with a Versamark ink pad. I then removed the mask and applied some Perfect Pearls in blue, pink and gold.
I coloured the image with Promarkers, adding a bit of Sakura Stardust pen to the wings, and cut it with an oval nestie. While it was still in the die, I applied some distress ink to the edge of the image. I added some using an Ink Duster, and then added some more to the very edge using a sponge. I matted using another Spellbinders die.
The flowers were cut using a Crealies die. I embossed the edge of the petals using some pastel-toned embossing powder and cut each petal in half before shaping the various layers. I finished the flowers with some turquoise Stickles.
I hope you can join us this time.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Left of Centre where they want a dig image,
Our Creative Corner where anything goes,
Brown Sugar where they want angels or fairies,
As You Like it where they want punches/dies
My Heart Pieces where anything goes,
Papercrafting Journey where anything goes,
CMC where anything goes,
Divas by Design where anything goes,
Papertake Weekly where anything goes.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Left of Centre where they want a dig image,
Our Creative Corner where anything goes,
Brown Sugar where they want angels or fairies,
As You Like it where they want punches/dies
My Heart Pieces where anything goes,
Papercrafting Journey where anything goes,
CMC where anything goes,
Divas by Design where anything goes,
Papertake Weekly where anything goes.
Labels:
BSP,
ccm,
crealies dies,
digital,
distress ink,
dry embossing,
heat embossing,
perfect pearls,
promarkers,
spellbinders,
wizard
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
More on a Theme
The card I posted a few days ago turned out to be the first of three on a theme. I glittered three of the wrought iron images, and managed to finish two further cards.
For both, I stamped the background on standard black card using Versamark ink and then Perfect Pearls in blues and greens. In addition I've used some Spellbinders border dies, Spellbinders Nestibilities and their new layered flower dies which I've used for the first time, as well as the branch type die from Marianne Creatables. The glittered images here and in the previous post all use the same colours of glitter (green, turquoise and blue) but I got very different effects by varying where each colour went.
I've also been busy working on some DT cards, but they won't be 'public' for a while!
For both, I stamped the background on standard black card using Versamark ink and then Perfect Pearls in blues and greens. In addition I've used some Spellbinders border dies, Spellbinders Nestibilities and their new layered flower dies which I've used for the first time, as well as the branch type die from Marianne Creatables. The glittered images here and in the previous post all use the same colours of glitter (green, turquoise and blue) but I got very different effects by varying where each colour went.
I've also been busy working on some DT cards, but they won't be 'public' for a while!
Labels:
glitter,
marianne creatables,
nestibilities,
perfect pearls,
spellbinders,
stamping,
wizard
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Something New
For the past six weeks or so, my crafting ability has been curtailed. My daughter was in the midst of A levels, and didn't want to be stuck in her room alone to revise, so she took over the dining table. And of course, that's where I normally do my crafting! That's not to say I haven't done anything, but I've been limited to bits I can do on a tray on my lap. In that respect, digi-stamps are perfect, as I can print them, colour with Promarkers, and then beg a bit of kitchen work top or a corner of the table to mat and layer them into cards. But I've missed having a good play, and I had several stamps which I'd never even inked up. Yesterday, I spent some time doing various inky things, and I've got a box of possibilities to work on, but last night, I did finish one card, and here it is:
The stamp I used is from Clarity - Wrought Iron Circle. I stamped it onto black coated card using a Versamark pad, then applied Perfect Pearls in various blues and greens. I left the ink to dry well before brushing off the excess. I cut that piece into four and mounted it on silver mirror board. I stamped the image again, this time onto white card and embossed in black. Using a Quickie Glue Pen, I applied various colours of fine glitter, and mounted the resulting circle onto a nestie die cut. To finish, I used a new purchase from Spellbinders - those lovely feather-like swirly bits. I'm quite pleased with the results - I've always loved abstract designs. It probably stems from my inability to draw anything recognisable, but I can manage patterns. (Not that I drew anything here, but still.)
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Hiding in my Craftroom where anything goes,
So Artful where the theme is 'all that glitters',
ATCs and Cards with Attitude where anything goes,
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards where anything goes,
365 Cards where they want two techniques for sparkle and shine,
Charisma Cards where anything goes,
Willow Sketchie where the theme is 'sparkle and shine',
Paper Shelter where the theme is punches or dies,
Bearly Mine where anything goes,
Party Time Tuesdays where anything goes,
Monday, 19 March 2012
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 64 - Time!
I don't know about you, but there are some days when there just isn't enough time! I get to the end of the day and wish I had a bit more to finish something. Then, there's how quickly it passes. It doesn't seem that long since my eldest was born, but here I am, and my youngest has just turned 18. It's scarey! So, when my team mate, J, suggested 'time' as a theme for a challenge, I thought it'd be easy, but I soon decided it was harder than I'd thought! I had several ideas, but in the end, I managed to come up with something.
We're sponsored this week by
and
After several false starts, I decided to make a card for my husband for our upcoming anniversary.
The first thing I did was to design the clocks and hearts image in Photoshop Elements. I printed the result, and coloured the image with Promarkers. The clocks background uses a Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder. I embossed the dark brown card, then dabbed the raised areas with Versamark ink, and applied Perfect Pearls in gold and copper shades. Finally, I stamped a Craft Stamper freebie, again using Versamark ink, onto brown card, and then embossed the result in Champagne Gold.
Hope you can join us this week.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Whimsy Inspiration where they want embossing,
The Paper Shelter where they want something for the boys,
Shelly's Images where anything goes,
We're sponsored this week by
and
After several false starts, I decided to make a card for my husband for our upcoming anniversary.
The first thing I did was to design the clocks and hearts image in Photoshop Elements. I printed the result, and coloured the image with Promarkers. The clocks background uses a Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder. I embossed the dark brown card, then dabbed the raised areas with Versamark ink, and applied Perfect Pearls in gold and copper shades. Finally, I stamped a Craft Stamper freebie, again using Versamark ink, onto brown card, and then embossed the result in Champagne Gold.
Hope you can join us this week.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Whimsy Inspiration where they want embossing,
The Paper Shelter where they want something for the boys,
Shelly's Images where anything goes,
Labels:
digital,
dry embossing,
heat embossing,
perfect pearls,
photoshop elements,
stamping,
wizard
Thursday, 16 February 2012
A New Stamp!
I've been on a bit of a clothes-buying spree lately, so I've been trying not to spend on crafting goodies, but failing pretty dismally. (I needed the clothes - I'm sick of wearing things that just look done!) Anyway, one of my purchases is a gorgeous stamp from Crafty Individuals which I simply fell in love with. Unfortunately, I didn't have any Kling on or Ez mount, so I had to stick it directly to a rock-a-block and I think that compromised the quality a little. (I've had to order some because when I walked to Hobbycraft today, they'd run out.)
Anyway, undeterred, I stamped the image in Versamark and added some Perfect Pearl.
I've used three colours of Perfect Pearls - a gold, a bronze, and a turquoise, matting the result on some textured bronze card and then on some turquoise. The background was made in a similar fashion, although the stamps here are Hero Arts clear stamps. And all I added to complete the card was some gold ribbon!
I'll have another go at this style of card once I've got some sponge mount on the stamp - I suspect that some of the fine detail will be clearer, although I'm not too unhappy with how it did here.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafter's Companion where anything goes,
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop where anything goes (with ribbon),
Sparkles Forum where they want things with wings,
Truly Scrumptious where they want 'all creatures great and small',
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges where anything goes,
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge where they want no designer paper,
Simon Says Stamp where anything goes,
Robyn's Fetish where they want square card,
C.R.A.F.T where they want no designer paper.
Anyway, undeterred, I stamped the image in Versamark and added some Perfect Pearl.
I've used three colours of Perfect Pearls - a gold, a bronze, and a turquoise, matting the result on some textured bronze card and then on some turquoise. The background was made in a similar fashion, although the stamps here are Hero Arts clear stamps. And all I added to complete the card was some gold ribbon!
I'll have another go at this style of card once I've got some sponge mount on the stamp - I suspect that some of the fine detail will be clearer, although I'm not too unhappy with how it did here.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafter's Companion where anything goes,
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop where anything goes (with ribbon),
Sparkles Forum where they want things with wings,
Truly Scrumptious where they want 'all creatures great and small',
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges where anything goes,
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge where they want no designer paper,
Simon Says Stamp where anything goes,
Robyn's Fetish where they want square card,
C.R.A.F.T where they want no designer paper.
Monday, 6 February 2012
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 61 - Monochrome Magic
This week at Crafty Cardmakers, our challenge is set by DT member, Beth, and she's challenging you to find some Monochrome Magic. You can use any colour you want, and add a small contrast of something else, but it has to be predominately a single colour.
We are sponsored for this challenge by
and we have a fabulous prize on offer from them
Part One
IndigoBlu FlitterGlu Starter Kit
Starter Kit with everything you need to start using FlitterGlu
Contains:
FlitterGlu
Phat Foam
Scoochy sponge
Easy peasy stamp cleaner
Mega-Flake Winter Dawn
Plus - FlitterGlu Hints and Tips Sheet
Part Two
The gorgeous 'Love Is' stamp
We are also sponsored by
For this challenge, I got out a new Clarity stamp - Wrought-Iron tree.
I stamped it onto white card using a Versafine stamp pad, then edged the card with the same stamp using second and third impressions only. The background was stamped with the top of the same stamp, but using Versamark. I then used Perfect Pearls (in Perfect Pearl) to bring out the stamping. I matted everything together and finished with some white ribbon.
I hope you can join us this week.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Divas by Design where anything goes,
Ditzy Craftymess where anything goes,
The Poodles Parlour where anything goes,
Craft Us Crazy where anything goes,
Allsorts where it's 'free and easy February',
Challenge Up Your Life where the theme is 'monochrome'
Craft Your Passion where they want no patterned paper (hope my hand-stamped background is allowed.)
We are sponsored for this challenge by
IndigoBlu are an English rubber stamp company, offering high quality, deep etched, red rubber stamps with unique designs around 'Quintessentially English' themes.
The revolutionary FlitterGlu is an IndigoBlu product - the best Glu for stamping. Works with any stamps and is water soluble. Great for using with Flake or Glitter...
They also offer a variety of unusual embellishments and wooden blanks in their online store to compliment their stamps...
Please visit at www.IndigoBlu.com and we have a fabulous prize on offer from them
Part One
IndigoBlu FlitterGlu Starter Kit
Starter Kit with everything you need to start using FlitterGlu
Contains:
FlitterGlu
Phat Foam
Scoochy sponge
Easy peasy stamp cleaner
Mega-Flake Winter Dawn
Plus - FlitterGlu Hints and Tips Sheet
Part Two
The gorgeous 'Love Is' stamp
We are also sponsored by
Who are offering a $10 Gift Certificate for their Store to the challenge winner
For this challenge, I got out a new Clarity stamp - Wrought-Iron tree.
I stamped it onto white card using a Versafine stamp pad, then edged the card with the same stamp using second and third impressions only. The background was stamped with the top of the same stamp, but using Versamark. I then used Perfect Pearls (in Perfect Pearl) to bring out the stamping. I matted everything together and finished with some white ribbon.
I hope you can join us this week.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Divas by Design where anything goes,
Ditzy Craftymess where anything goes,
The Poodles Parlour where anything goes,
Craft Us Crazy where anything goes,
Allsorts where it's 'free and easy February',
Challenge Up Your Life where the theme is 'monochrome'
Craft Your Passion where they want no patterned paper (hope my hand-stamped background is allowed.)
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
A Little Bit of Perfect Pearl!
I spent a happy morning earlier this week doing some stamping. I had a couple of new stamps which I hadn't inked up before, and now that my Christmas cards are done, I got them out.
Not the best photo - I might take another later. I was all set up to take a photo this morning when there was natural light, but my camera battery died, and by the time it had charged, it was dark!
The stamp is Damsel Fly by Clarity Stamp. For the main images, I stamped it in some Hobbycraft Metallic ink in both green and blue before embossing it with clear holographic embossing powder. (It's funny ink, that. I've yet to try it on a card where it will actually dry - it really needs to be embossed - but they colours are gorgeous and the pads seem especially 'juicy'. I coloured the images with Sakura Stardust pens in green and blue.
The background has the same image stamped onto black card using Versamark ink and then has Perfect Pearl powder in two shades added. I used some holographic card for the main layer, (and that's the main reason I need to take another photo in natural light!) The flowers were made using the same technique as the background, although the stamp used was the top part of the Wrought Iron Tree stamp from Clarity. It does give a lovely, swirly pattern. I cut the card using a Marianne Creatables dies set, and assembled with a brad.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sparkles Forum where they want 'anything but a Christmas Card'.
Not the best photo - I might take another later. I was all set up to take a photo this morning when there was natural light, but my camera battery died, and by the time it had charged, it was dark!
The stamp is Damsel Fly by Clarity Stamp. For the main images, I stamped it in some Hobbycraft Metallic ink in both green and blue before embossing it with clear holographic embossing powder. (It's funny ink, that. I've yet to try it on a card where it will actually dry - it really needs to be embossed - but they colours are gorgeous and the pads seem especially 'juicy'. I coloured the images with Sakura Stardust pens in green and blue.
The background has the same image stamped onto black card using Versamark ink and then has Perfect Pearl powder in two shades added. I used some holographic card for the main layer, (and that's the main reason I need to take another photo in natural light!) The flowers were made using the same technique as the background, although the stamp used was the top part of the Wrought Iron Tree stamp from Clarity. It does give a lovely, swirly pattern. I cut the card using a Marianne Creatables dies set, and assembled with a brad.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sparkles Forum where they want 'anything but a Christmas Card'.
Sunday, 7 August 2011
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 74
This week at One Stitch at a Time, we want you to use a digi! That's it - use something digital. And we're sponsored by
This week, I've been doubly lucky - because, not only did I get to use some lovely die cuts from our sponsor, I also got to play with some gorgeous Christmas papers from Panda Bear Designs - Winter Nights 1.
I wanted to use the three die cut 'scenes' in a single project, so I made a Chrismas book - a mini Christmas story.
This week, I've been doubly lucky - because, not only did I get to use some lovely die cuts from our sponsor, I also got to play with some gorgeous Christmas papers from Panda Bear Designs - Winter Nights 1.
I wanted to use the three die cut 'scenes' in a single project, so I made a Chrismas book - a mini Christmas story.
I've used six out of the seven papers in the set - and combined them digitally to make the pages, adding the words of some traditional Christmas carols to match the die cuts. The two stars are part of the die cut set, and I coated them in Versamark ink and then brushed on some Perfect Pearl in gold.
I finished the book by stitching the various pages together and then added some gold ribbon and a bow.
Hope you can join us this week.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy where the theme is 'Christmas in August',
Craft Us Crazy where anything goes in August,
Crafty Purple Frog where 'anything goes but a card',
Crafts and Me where 'anything goes',
Kelley's Kids where 'anything goes',
Papertake Weekly where 'anything goes, with an option of metal',
Craft Your Passion where 'anything goes'.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy where the theme is 'Christmas in August',
Craft Us Crazy where anything goes in August,
Crafty Purple Frog where 'anything goes but a card',
Crafts and Me where 'anything goes',
Kelley's Kids where 'anything goes',
Papertake Weekly where 'anything goes, with an option of metal',
Craft Your Passion where 'anything goes'.
Labels:
digital,
OSAAT,
panda bear,
perfect pearls,
photoshop elements
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Challenge 58 at One Stitch at a Time (First Post)
This week at One Stitch at a Time, the theme is 'Make it Sassy'. Now, that theme gave me some problems. It's probably because I'm from the UK (and not still a youngster) but that word just doesn't have any positive connotations for me. I can think of many words I'd use instead, but all of them are rather insulting. So, I checked a US online dictionary looking for something I could use and it said it meant 'bold'. Now that can be negative too, but I took it to refer to colours, and that works for me!
We're sponsored this week by Joanna Sheen, and remember she doesn't charge postage to anywhere in the world, so it's a great prize wherever you are!
This week, I got to work with an image from Floppe Latte, and chose the lovely 'Floral Border 2' image. As the name would imply, it's one of a series, and the only problem I had was picking just one!
Given the theme, I wanted some boldly coloured papers to go with the image, and I decided to use a couple from Floppe Latte's Fun'n'Funky papers set which I got a while ago. And they're so bright and cheerful, I couldn't decide which to use, so I ended up with two cards!
I placed the digi-stamp over the paper in Photoshop Elements, filling the inside areas of the stamp with white, then added the greeting. Once I'd printed the combined stamp/backing, I coloured the digi-stamp with Promarkers, and then coloured copies of the main flower and leaf to match before layering them over the image.
To finish, I used some heat-embossing. I die cut a flower shape using my nesties and Wizard, then embossed with some pastel coloured powder I've had for a while. I used four or five layers of embossing powder, and when I was happy the layer was thick enough, I added some Perfect Pearl powders to the surface before melting it into the embossed surface. One more heating of the embossing, and I stamped with a floral background stamp to give some texture. Both are finished with a sticky gem.
And so you can see the cards in a little more detail ...
Hope you can join us this week.
I'd like to enter these cards into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly where the theme is 'Truly Dimensional',
Top Tip Tuesday where the theme is 'Spring has Sprung' and what says 'Spring' better than flowers!
Crafty Calendar where the theme is 'April Showers bring forth May Flowers'
Daring Cardmakers where the theme is 'Easter or Spring', and to me, Spring means flowers.
Digis with Attitude where the theme is 'Spring has Sprung'
Totally Papercrafts where the theme is 'Springtime'
Stamp Insanity where the theme is 'Flower Power'
We're sponsored this week by Joanna Sheen, and remember she doesn't charge postage to anywhere in the world, so it's a great prize wherever you are!
This week, I got to work with an image from Floppe Latte, and chose the lovely 'Floral Border 2' image. As the name would imply, it's one of a series, and the only problem I had was picking just one!
Given the theme, I wanted some boldly coloured papers to go with the image, and I decided to use a couple from Floppe Latte's Fun'n'Funky papers set which I got a while ago. And they're so bright and cheerful, I couldn't decide which to use, so I ended up with two cards!
I placed the digi-stamp over the paper in Photoshop Elements, filling the inside areas of the stamp with white, then added the greeting. Once I'd printed the combined stamp/backing, I coloured the digi-stamp with Promarkers, and then coloured copies of the main flower and leaf to match before layering them over the image.
To finish, I used some heat-embossing. I die cut a flower shape using my nesties and Wizard, then embossed with some pastel coloured powder I've had for a while. I used four or five layers of embossing powder, and when I was happy the layer was thick enough, I added some Perfect Pearl powders to the surface before melting it into the embossed surface. One more heating of the embossing, and I stamped with a floral background stamp to give some texture. Both are finished with a sticky gem.
And so you can see the cards in a little more detail ...
Hope you can join us this week.
I'd like to enter these cards into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly where the theme is 'Truly Dimensional',
Top Tip Tuesday where the theme is 'Spring has Sprung' and what says 'Spring' better than flowers!
Crafty Calendar where the theme is 'April Showers bring forth May Flowers'
Daring Cardmakers where the theme is 'Easter or Spring', and to me, Spring means flowers.
Digis with Attitude where the theme is 'Spring has Sprung'
Totally Papercrafts where the theme is 'Springtime'
Stamp Insanity where the theme is 'Flower Power'
Labels:
digital,
floppy latte,
OSAAT,
perfect pearls,
promarkers,
triple embossing
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Long Time ... No Blog
It's been a while! Well, to be honest, I've made a couple of cards and things, but I can't show you those yet ...
We had a good Christmas. Both boys got home despite the weather and then it was just the five of us.
I made a card today just to show off some of my new crafty bits!
I've used one of my new Ching Chou Kuik stamps and coloured the image with Promarkers. The paper is part of a pad from Papermania's Capsule collection which I got from my Secret Santa at work. I used a Martha Stewart border punch, and added a butterfly. I've had that stamp for a very long time, and I used Versamark ink and then brushed it with Perfect Pearls in Bronze and Copper and finally sprayed it with Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz whose theme is 'Your Choice'
Sweet Pea Stamper whose theme is 'Anything Goes'
All Sorts whose theme is 'Anything Goes'
Passion for Promarkers whose theme is 'Anything Goes'
I Love Promarkers whose theme is 'Anything Goes'.
We had a good Christmas. Both boys got home despite the weather and then it was just the five of us.
I made a card today just to show off some of my new crafty bits!
I've used one of my new Ching Chou Kuik stamps and coloured the image with Promarkers. The paper is part of a pad from Papermania's Capsule collection which I got from my Secret Santa at work. I used a Martha Stewart border punch, and added a butterfly. I've had that stamp for a very long time, and I used Versamark ink and then brushed it with Perfect Pearls in Bronze and Copper and finally sprayed it with Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle.
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz whose theme is 'Your Choice'
Sweet Pea Stamper whose theme is 'Anything Goes'
All Sorts whose theme is 'Anything Goes'
Passion for Promarkers whose theme is 'Anything Goes'
I Love Promarkers whose theme is 'Anything Goes'.
Labels:
border punch,
perfect pearls,
promarkers,
stamping
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