Lavinia Stamps and Alcohol Inks with Acetate tuck in's............

Good morning all,

Well I did attempt to do this post last night but after drinking a bottle of champagne that was part of my Valentines present,......... bearing in mind I have not touched a drop of alcohol since 9th January.

Well you can imagine.........

I was feeling a little squiffy to say the least and the fact that I could see two screens was not helping......So I gave up and decided to do it this morning!

I am madly busy at the moment getting ready for the annual spring NEC Trade show at the weekend and also preparing demos for the next Hochanda Shows on 25th February!!!

So today I thought that I would show you a couple of makes from my class last month using the gorgeous new Lavinia Stamps and alcohol inks and then adding a lovely Hunkydory foiled acetate tuck in to the front to add more dimension. The ladies made one of these at the class and loved it.....

I will list everything I used underneath, I really must remember to take stage by stage photos but am always so busy and need to get them done and forget!!!

So here we go...........

Gloss Card

Lavinia Stamps Mimsy Stamp

Lavinia Stamps Glow Flowers Stamp

Lavinia Stamps Trailing Ivy Stamp

Hunkydory Dusk Til Dawn Acetate

Alcohol inks - Cloudy Blue, Limeade and Juniper

Archival Jet Black ink pad

Black card and an old Martha Stewart punch from my stash

Hobby Art Word Stamp

You can see how the acetate adds so much depth to the picture.......

Gloss Card

Lavinia Stamps Woodland Hares Stamp

Lavinia Stamps Trailing Ivy Stamp

Lavinia Stamps Message Stamp

Hunkydory Dusk Til Dawn Acetate

Alcohol inks - Clody Blue, Sherbet and Juniper

Archival Jet Black ink pad

Black card and an old Martha Stewart punch from my stash

Well I hope you liked looking, thank you if you have taken the time to.......

It is a short one from me today but I must press on and get some more work done so back out in to the studio again in a minute. 

Have a great week and I will see you all again soon.....

Love and hugs 

Lisa B xxx

    

      

Garden Vase

 

It's Friday, time for the weekend!  A very quick blog post tonight to show you these very pretty domed cards from Hunkydory's Garden Vase Domed Card kit.  They are very bright, summery cards, but if you gave one of these to someone with a birthday at this time of year, it would definitely bring a smile to their face.

 

 

 This is a square, 8x8 card, which gives an idea of how large the domes are. The effect of the layers & dimension on the butterflies is lovely.

 

 


There are lots of other Hunkydory products on the website, click on the link HERE to see them.

Along with the other members of the class team, I had lunch with Lisa today & we made lots of plans for the Christmas party class, on December 7.  It's going to be a lot of fun.  The afternoon class is fully booked, but there are, I think, two places left in the eveing class.  If you'd like to attend, please contact Lisa as soon as possible, at enquiries@lisabdesigns.co.uk

There is still plenty of time to enter this month's challenge.  The theme is 'Christmas Baubles' & all the details are HERE.

That's it from me for tonight, I'll be back over the weekend.  Until then, take care.

Kirsten
 

November Class

Evening all, Kirsten here, I hope you've enjoyed your weekend, despite the cold & the rain.  On Friday we were in Maidstone for Lisa's class.  It had been two months since the previous class, so it as lovely to see everyone.

 

 

Lisa had lots of new - and very tempting - Christmas goodies for us to buy & most of us found it impossible to resist.

The two class projects were made with these gorgeous stamps from Hobby Art, the cards at the back are inspiration on using the stamp sets.

This is the card we made in the first half of the class.  Such a cute snowman & everyone loved that he has a front & a back.  We coloured him with Promarkers & Spectrum Noir pens & added lots of glitter.

The second card was all about scene building & we used the stamps from the Reindeer set.  Lisa showed us how easy it is to use masking & the stamps, such as the log, trees & snow mound to build a scene very quickly & easily.

Here is our second card.  Isn't that a well-fed robin??  Again we used the Spectrum Noir pens & Promarkers to colour the images & Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on the top squares & on the inside.  The final touch was Glamour Dust glitter.

The ladies in the evening class working away on their cards.

And here is Lisa.  As always, ready to answer questions & help if anyone gets stuck.

As well as the Hobby Art stamps, Lisa also had Hunkydory's & Helidot's Christmas products.

These are not on the website yet, because Lisa left for Taunton yesterday, where she was demonstrating for J & C Creations at the Sincerely Yours show.  She returns tomorrow, so if you'd like to buy anything you see here, email her at enquiries@lisabdesigns.co.uk .


Before I finish, some housekeeping notes:

The next class is on Friday, December 7 & it is the Christmas Party Class.  Not only will there be the class projects & the craft shop, there will also be prizes, a full cold buffet & a lot of fun.  The cost is £17 & places are very limited, so if you would like to attend, email Lisa at enquiries@lisabdesigns.co.uk as soon as you can.

The new challenge for November is 'Christmas Baubles', all the details are HERE.

The 25% discount on the die cut silhouettes, Craftwork Cards & Nitwits collection is still available.

I think that is all for tonight, so until next time, thanks for visiting the blog & take care.

Kirsten

Here Comes The Bride

Hello blog visitors, Kirsten here.  It's Sunday morning & I have a lots to do today, so this will be a brief post.

 

These cards are Lisa's, made with the Hunkydory Wedding Day kit.  The kit comprises of one sheet of foiled die cuts, one A4 foiled accent sheet & one printed A4 sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa has added ribbons, adhesive pearls, glitter, Petaloo , Mulberry & Flora Doodles flowers to these cards, which gives them lots of dimension & a touch of luxury.

There's usually a wedding happening somewhere at any time during the year, so although this kit is in very pale ones, I'm sure you add colour via Distress inks, (which are translucent) & brighter ribbns, flowers, etc.  If you do use inks, I would make sure to dry them with the quick blast of a heat tool, to ensure they don't get smudged.

That's it for today, thanks for visiting.  I'm off to get inky, enjoy the rest of your Sunday.  Untl next time, take care.

Kirsten

PS We're still waiting for the first entry in the Monthly Challenge.  Why not have a go?  There's a £20 voucher to spend at Lisa B Designs to be won.  All details HERE.

In An English Cottage Garden

It's the weekend!  Happy Saturday to everyone.  I've been wanting to show you these samples for a while.  Lisa made them with the very lovely Cottage Garden kits from Hunkydory.

 

There are four kits:

• In The Garden
• My Potted Plants
• Perfect View
• Pansy Pot
 
 

In The Garden, My Potted Plants & Perfect View each contain one A4 glitter-varnished topper sheet & two A4 accent glitter background cards.  The Pansy Pot kit contains four flower pot shaped, glittered card blanks with decoupage & matching envelopes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would love to sit at this window looking out at such a pretty garden.

I love this workbench with the gorgeous array of flowers on top.

Perfect pansy pots!  Adding the baker's twine makes them seem very dimensional.

Have a lovely day, anyone got anything crafty planned?  I'll be back tomorrow with something else from Hunkydory.  Until then, take care.

Kirsten

Altered Album, day two

Greetings, Kirsten here again with two more pages from my PaperMania altered album to show you.
I’ve been experimenting with masking tape recently & I like the results.  Even though this is just a cheap one, it accepts ink, paint & glue very well.  The background for this page is Graphic 45 Kraft card.  I sponged on acrylic paints & stamped with coffee Archival when the paint was dry.  I attached a pastel pink piece of textured paper to another, torn piece of Kraft card, then stuck torn pieces of masking tape on top.  ‘Make Memories’ was stamped onto a scrap of G45.



The butterfly was stamped with Flitter Glu & gilding flakes applied on top.  I love this technique, but it definitely needs practice – at least, it does for me.  You need to get the coverage of glue just right; stamp too lightly & you don’t get the full impression.  Stamp too heavily & the image is smeared.  But when it works, it works well & is worth the effort.  And always, always clean your stamp immediately.  The glue works best when it is slightly ‘tacky’, so use that waiting time to put your stamp in water & clean it thoroughly.
When I’d finished this page, it looked a little flat, so I mixed some gold mica powder with water in mister bottle & gave the page a spritz.  Interestingly, on the masking tape the water stayed a gold colour, but the mica seemed to separate from it.




The tag on this page was coloured with Victorian Velvet distress ink & the butterflies stamped with Stream Adirondack ink.  The Hunkydory butterfly was originally white & silver, so I coloured it with Faded Jeans DI, the silver resisted the DI, I used a brad to attach the matching acetate butterfly & clock hand.

Products used:

• Graphic 45 Elusive Wings 12x12 paper
• Graphic 45 Before Your Time 12x12 paper
• Kanban A4 cardstock – Delicate Scrolls, ivory
• Kanban A4 cardstock -  Romantic Roses
• Kanban Floral Scrolls stamp set
• Kanban Butterflies stamp set
• Artemio Collage Butterfly stamp set
• Indigo Blu Flitter Glu
• Indigo Blu mega flakes - Brighton Pier
• Hunkydory die cut butterflies
• Craftwork Cards card candi
• Bakers’ Twine

Thanks for looking, back tomorrow with more.

Kirsten