Christmas Flora

Christmas Flora

Hello There!

We've made it into December!

Woohoo!  Not long to go now...

Have you opened your Advent

Calendars? How exciting....!

Angela Radford is here today

with a tree ...........

"Hi all. Angela here to show you this really 

quirky Christmas tree card, using Elenazinski 

stamps (PaperArtsy). Hope you like it.

Spread some Distress Oxides onto a craft

 mat and pull a sheet of watercolour card

 through it.

 Dry between applications.

 I couldn't make my mind up about the colours 

so made two backgrounds and used a Kay Carley 

Christmas stencil to decorate the card blank.

Christmas tree and bauble stamps next 

ready to colour and cut out.

Used the holly stamp next to put a little more

 detail to the background using the second 

generation colour by stamping on waste 

paper and then onto the card.

This may look a bit crazy as I have stamped

 all the detail ready to attach the sections 

when coloured.

 By doing it this way you have the fine 

lines of the baubles string and ground lines

 for the trees and only need to cut out the 

main sections. 

I edged the card at this stage too. 

The border stamp is from a set by 

JOFY 06 (PaperArtsy).

Attach the baubles first.

Then add the trees. 

Apply the stickles glitter glue next. 

Layer the finished design onto coloured

 card of your choice and attach it to the 

card blank.

And here is a slight variation in colours.

 Hope you enjoyed watching me make these

 cards and maybe it's given you some inspiration

 for your own. 

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Products Used:

PaperArtsy Christmas stamps

PaperArtsy Elenazinski stamps

Distress Oxide inks

PaperArtsy Stencil (Kay Carley)

Watercolour card

Card blanks

Stickles glitter glue

Coloured card

Versafine Black Ink

I do love those stamps and you

have used them to their best

Many thanks Angela

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx 

Mechanical Greetings

Mechanical Greetings

Hi Everyone!

Brrr!  It is getting chilly out

there now.   Time to snuggle

up to the fire............. should 

have bought some muffins

(the ones that are a bit like

pancakes of course).  

Now when I say mechanical

greetings I probably mean

kinetic greetings but either

way movement is involved!

To start us off, Angela Radford

 has come with a greeting card 

that is just right for the 

mantelpiece ...........

Hi all, Angela here to show you one

 of my favourite ways of getting

 movement in my cards.

 I started with a sheet of watercolour paper

 but lightweight card would work too. 

Use your distress inks on a craft mat and

 smoosh the card through it until you

 get a light coverage.

 Once this was dry I used a Paper Artsy Christmas

 stencil by Kay Carley with several colours of 

Distress Oxides.

Looks okay but I just couldn't resist adding more!

So clear Gel medium next through

 the same stencil and allow it to dry.

 Now at this stage I could not decide on the

 colours I wanted to use so cut the paper 

into two and then added the colours with 

Distress Oxides.

Splatter water over the colour and 

allow to activate and dab off.

And here are the two samples.

 If you buff the card a little the gelled 

areas will show up more.

 I couldn't resist it! One more technique: 

Splatter thinned paint onto the surface

 and allow it to dry.

At this stage I folded the front of a card blank

 to make a Z fold card and layered this with

 the Masterboard and matching coloured card. 

You will also need a piece of card for the front 

slightly smaller than the size of your chosen

 card blank. 

This front section is not completed

 at this stage as can be seen below.

Now for the fun part using the Elenazinski 

Christmas set 19. 

Stamp these onto card and heat emboss 

with clear embossing powder.

 How cute are they?!

Next the colouring.

 I like to use watercolour pencils for this. 

When these were dry I also added 

glaze to the eyes.

Now cut three strips of clear acetate and

 attach three of the figures to this and the 

other two on each side of the front section. 

I also stamped the sentiment at this stage.

Turn the front section over and attach

 the acetate strip to the back with the 

stamped figures facing you.

Turn this over and bend the acetate 

towards you. Use a bone folder to smooth

 the acetate into position and then it 

can be mounted onto the white card 

and attached to the front.

And here is the finished card. 

It only takes a little draught to make 

these little guys wobble which I just love.

A side view of the Christmas family

 sending their sentiment. 

Hope you enjoyed watching me make 

this fun card xXx

Products used for the Mechanical Family

Elenazinski Stamps

Paper Artsy Stencil

Distress Oxides

Distress Ink

White card blank 

Watercolour paper

Clear Acetate

Watercolour pencils

Clear embossing powder

Black Ink

White Paint

Gel Medium

Coloured card

Bone folder

Palette knife

Glue

Glaze

Such a fun card!  Thank you

so much Angela

I could just see them bobbing about

on my mantelpiece ......... you

have to hand it to PaperArtsy, they

come up trumps every time ....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Up The Wall

Up The Wall

Hallo everyone!

Hope your week continues well

Expect you're looking forward 

to the weekend - well, here's a

fun project for you from

Louise Thomson

"I started with a watercolour card tag and 

blended distress inks over it in scattered straw 

and fossilized amber.

Next I taped down my brick stencil and 

blended over fired brick and pumice stone inks.

With the stencil removed I added in a selection 

of plants from Card-io’s backyard blooms stamp set, 

all stamped in mowed lawn distress ink.

I added the spiders web in amongst the plants 

using black versa colour ink, 

then used a black fineliner to join up the

 loose ends of the web.

I die cut a strip of grass and then trimmed 

the off cut so I could use that too, 

to make two different grassy outlines. 

One piece I coated in mowed lawn ink, 

the other I left the original green. 

These were then added to the bottom of the tag. 

I also added in a few creepy crawlies… 

(see how many you can spot…!)

Finally I edged the tag by running the f

ired brick ink pad directly around the edge 

of it and finished off with a few 

coordinating ribbons from my stash."

Materials used;

Watercolour tag

Distress inks  (scattered straw, fossilized amber, fired brick, pumice stone, mowed lawn)

Low tack adhesive

Kaisercraft 12x12 mini mix stencil

Card-io Backyard blooms

Grass border die

Black fine-liner

Green paper and ribbons (from stash)

Great tag Louise, thank you

Such fun with all the little critters


'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx