Find It

Find It

Hi There!

You may wonder what you

are being asked to find.......

Worry not Find It is the name

of a die cut company, new to

us but some of you may be

familiar with them.

We thought we'd give them a

whirl this week and here is

Jane Castle to start us off:

"Well time is marching on at a pace

 and if you have not made all of your 

Christmas cards yet here's a 

fairly quick idea that can be 

changed with a different centre piece

 so as to not get boring in the making.

To begin with I did all of the die cutting

 using a fab set from Find-It Media 

called 'Christmas Card Set'.

This set is great value for money,

cuts and embosses beautifully and

 some elements can be used all year round. 

Below I've added a photo of a piece

 I cut, embossed and then stamped whilst

 the card was still in the die. 

This leaves a very fine clean edge all the way 

round rather than cutting after stamping.

Whoops, back to the job in hand!

Next I stamped the crate image from a 

Craft Emotions stamp set onto white card

 and kraft card. The kraft card was then

 cut so as to form the outside of the crate.

Both images were heat embossed with clear 

embossing powder. Colour was added using 

Distress Markers and Jelly Roll pens.

The card blank had DI in old paper added 

to the edges and then using the same ink 

stamped the zig-zag lines from Jofy 07. 

These were then brushed with Perfect Pearls.

A tag was stamped using Jofy 47 stamp set

 and this was attached to the crate with some

 ribbon before fixing to the card.

A little Treasure Gold was rubbed onto the 

die cut mounts after lightly sanding. 

The gorgeous holly die-cuts were then

 slightly shaped and curled as I prefer things 

not completely flat.

Stickles were added to the berries and 

Pewter Liquid Pearls added to the crate

 to enhance the nails.

It's a long while since I made any traditional 

red/green Christmas cards and they do have 

that magical feel to them, I wonder if it will catch on!!

Enjoy your Christmas card making X"

Items Used:

Find-it Media Dies

Craft Emotions Stamps

Jofy Christmas Stamps

Distress Markers

Distress Inks

Ranger Perfect Pearls

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Jelly-Roll Pens

Core-Color Card

Kraft Card

Treasure Gold

Stickles

Many thanks Jane, a super

project to start us off

At the rate I'm going it doesn't

look like I shall be sending any

cards this year! Better get 

my skates on......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Zini Giveaway

Zini Giveaway

Hello everyone!

Lovely project today to make you smile

Here's Helen Chilton who has designed 

a card using those quirky new critters 

from PaperArtsy

I had a lot of fun with these stamps -

 the more you look at them, 

the more you see all these little details 

that you can stamp on their own

 to add to your card.

Make up a white card with a hinged step like this - 

mine's 15x15cm (6"x6"):

Mask off the lower edge like a slope 

and rub Mermaid Lagoon, 

Blueprint Sketch and Evergreen Bough 

over the large square panel:

Stencil in a large section of the Snowflake:

Stencil the snowy dots over the top in white paint

Stamp the two bobbles from the "Angel" along 

the hill line in black

Stamp trees onto the front flap using

one of the hats

Stamp out all the images onto white card

including extra hats and bobbles

Colour with Distress ink pads and pens

Assemble as shown and

add the trees and tiny greeting

 from JOFY 06

Add snowballs (the bobbles)

The angel goes in the sky with her

halo crooked - of course!

And last but not least, the 

grumpy elf, who has been hit

by a snowball

There you are!  Told you I had fun!

Stamps used:

PaperArtsy Zinis: 03, 04, 06

Other materials:

Distress inkpads and markers: Mermaid Lagoon, Citrus Twist, Evergreen Bough, Candy Apple Red, Blueprint Sketch, Pumice Stone, Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber

Kaisercraft 12x12 templates: Christmas Quarters, Festive Quarters

PaperArtsy Fresco paint: Snowflake

White stamping card

Thank you Helen

This will be a joy to make - I shall be smiling

all the way through it.  Might even play some 

Christmas music at the same time.........

 Just need to add to my Zini collection, I have one so another seven to go!

We have one of these delightful stamps to give away and

for your chance to win it, post a comment telling us 

who your favourite character is and what

you would call him/her.  

The winner will be announced on the next Winner's Day:

Tuesday, 8th November

Mickie xx

Mixing Media

Mixing Media

Hello everyone

A new theme this week that is
entitled Mixing Media so anything goes

 We start with

Jane Castle

who has brought us a Christmas Keepsake 
and here she is to guide us through it:

This Christmas for the special people who I send cards to 

I decided to ring the changes and make something 

they would be able to keep if they so wished.  

I began with a MDF heart which I drilled a hole in for the ribbon 

and gave an all over coat of Lake Wanaka Fresco paint. 

Then added colour with a dry brush using 

Mermaid, Snowflake and streaks of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain.

To this I then stencilled small areas from the holiday knits stencil, 

slightly curved the ‘deck the Halls’ stamp onto my block 

to the shape of the heart and stamped in Ocean Depth ink 

and clear embossed.

To the top curves I used the hanging stars and white heat embossed.

Next I stamped the main image from the set twice, once onto thick white card and then onto much thinner white card. These were stamped in black ink and then heat embossed with clear powder.

The thicker image would be the main focal point 

and the thinner card used for layering. 

I then had fun painting the stamped image with various 

Fresco Translucent paints and Distress stains.

I also added a little metallic glaze to the paints 

to give a slight glossy sheen rather than using glitter. 

This was then cut out with a craft knife.

I then felt having used the ‘Deck the Halls’ stamp 

that I needed a few extra holly leaves 

so stamped the JM28 a couple of times and 

coloured in before cutting out. 

The berries were punched out of red distress card.

The tag was stamped and heat embossed in platinum 

and the date stamped in Ocean Depth. 

The tag was threaded onto some metal effect bead and star string 

and the heart was assembled using Pinflair glue.

Now I need to find or make some boxes so I can post these !!!  Maybe cards would be simpler —— but hey, where’s the fun in that!

Materials used:

PaperArtsy JoFy 47 & JM28

Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints

Distress Stains

Distress Markers

Holiday Knits Layering Stencil

Versa fine ink Pads

Detail Clear and White Embossing Powder

VersaMagic Chalk Ink

A lovely project Jane, thank you very much.  

Mickie xx

Around the House

Hello everyone!
If anyone needs a final bit of inspiration 

we have another project on the Around the House theme today.  

It really is a beauty and is by 

Dawn Heald:

I'm here to share an art journal page in my MDF book, 

using a few things from around the house

 to apply colour and stamp with.

I do hope you like it.

How I created this.

First off I covered the board with very thick layer of 

white gesso applied with pallet knife and left it to dry naturally.

Then with Fresco Finish Paints I used the palette knife 

to spread on thick uneven layers to make my sea and

again left it to dry naturally.

Next I took some small plastic nappy sacks

 (any plastic bag would work, thicker plastic bags will give chunkier 

more open look) and dabbed them in

the Alchemy Wax and proceeded to 

gently dab all over the board, alternating colour as I went.

Then I used the Bay Leaf stencil and stippled through 

Peridot Alchemy Wax to create a backdrop of sea plants.

Now some mixing:

Scoop out three small amounts of 

Media Texture Sand Paste and add

a different colour of Alchemy Wax to each one. 

Mixing the the pink and blue wax to get purple. 

The Alchemy Wax mixes really easily 

to create new colours and also into texture pastes. 

Apply the coloured Media Texture Sand Paste through 

TCW mini Octopus Stencil, omitting the octopus!

I really pushed the paste through the stencil 

to get a different look not as sharp. 

I let this dry for a bit then finished off drying with heat tool. 

Then put the stencil back on and drew through with a white gel pen.

To add detail to the background I found different sized lids from

 "around the house" and stamped with them using 

Starlight paints, Alchemy Wax and Stazon Midnight Blue midi ink pad.

Now I needed some sea life. 

I stamped, coloured and die cut my fish.

I used Distress Markers to colour and

I glued them to the background with hot glue.

 The stamps and matching dies are Heartfelt Creations. 

(My first products from them and I'm mega impressed 

at the designs and quality and storage packaging). 

I finished off with a stencilled word "Imagine" from DecoArt stencil,

 using the same Midnight Stazon ink in top right corner. 

Then added some Sequins and dots of 

White Opal Liquid Pearls coming from the fishes mouths.

I like the way the page shows the different textures 

and also the matt and pearly finishes. 

It's one of those you can't help but touch.

Many thanks Dawn for your lovely project

Here's what Dawn used:

Heartfelt Creations Stamps

Heartfelt Creations Dies

Stencils

Alchemy Wax

Starlight Paints

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint

Sand Texture Paste

Distress Markers

Liquid Pearls

Stazon Inkpad Midnight Blue

Memento Inkpad Black

Glue Gun