Cloudy Butterflies...

Happy Monday,

I thought with the weather i should mix things up and share some standard cards and projects not just christmas, especially as I have more christmas release coming at the end of the month!  Today Im sharing a card I finished form a demo Pice at Intricutrs a couple of weeks ago I loved the piece so much I had to finish it when I got home.

I started by making the background by adding Izink Pigment Dropper ink in Amethyst, Gold and Silver onto pearl card.  I added a piece of Vellum over the top and squished the colours between the papers.  Once separated I got the beautiful cloudy coloured background i used for the flowers and the coloured vellum I used for the butterflies.




The background was made using my Bee Balm Background duie which I extended to make a square frame cut in the gold white pearl card.  I added pearls on the centres of the flowers and added this over the background.

I cut the coloured card with my Bee Balm flower die and made up the flowers as shown using Craft Artist glue and white embossing powder heat set for the centres.

I made up the butterflies using the velum for the solid and the white gold card for the detail adding pearls for the bodies.

I made pop the card as shown using the Swirl Leaves to set the flowers on as shown.

Ingredients:
JND Bee Balm Background
JND Bee Balm Flowers
JND Swirl Leaves
JND Large Butterflies

Izink Pigment ink droppers in Amethyst, Gold and Silver

Enjoy...

Bits and Bobs...

Happy Thursday,

Today I thought I would share a card made with bits form last weeks demos.  I love getting back form Demo days and using the bits I made!

I used a piece of Izink pigment dropper ink on acetate background for the er background.  and an extended cut of the Bee Balm Background for the frame.

The leaves are cut in izink pigment inked vellum with flowers stamped and cut with the matching Bee Balm set.


Ingredients:
JND Bee Balm Background
JND Swirl Leaves
JND Bee Balm Flowers ( stamps and dies)
JND Large Butterflies
Izink Pigment inks - Bamboo, saffron and Gold

Enjoy...

More Foil...

Happy Tuesday,

I had a fab day yesterday taring techniques in the Izink range as well as learning some great new ideas from the other fab demonstrators at the event!  I thought I would share another card made mixing Izink and GoPress hot foiling machine!

I made a background using the izink pigment dropper inks in Topaz, silver and amethyst onto acetate.  I then dried this with my heat gun to make sure it was totally dry.  I then added this to the GoPress with silver foil and a couple of hot foil stamps from Couture Creations.

Ive found that on these dark atmospheric background the foliage really shines where as standard stamping just disappears  It also gives a professional finish.

I cut the dragonfly detail dies in white and again, as like yesterdays card, added coloured acetate solid dragonflies over the top.

A frame of mirror card cut with the Press Cut stitch dot rectangle dies with a thin layer of black to finish.

Enjoy...

Mixing it up...

Happy Monday,

Today I am helping;ping at a workshop for retailers for the Go Press foiling machine and the fantastic Izink range so I thought i would share this card that I recently workshopped at Mountain Ash crafts as it combines the two!

I used a combination of my acetate technique using the Izink pigment dropper inks and the foiling machine.  II used my gerbera lattice die to foil the heat resident acetate that I had coloured.

I used one of the Couture Creations hot foil stamps to foil the sentiment onto the coloured acetate cutting it out with my With Love tag die set.

I added a couple of layers of frames and, of course, some of the dragonflies cut in silver mirror card topped with the coloured acetate!


Enjoy...

Live from the NEC...

Happy Friday,

Today I am doing Hochanda TV show live from the NEC crafts show at 11am.  Therefore I wanted to share my a favourite card made with the dies on the show ( there are also some fab new products as well)

This card uses my pigment ink on acetate technique with simple white die cuts over the background the drama is created with the pop of colours!

I used the Gerbera Circle as well as the Gerbera panel die on this card with  large bow and small dragonfly which isn't really needed!

Dont forget I will be on stand G30 the Art of Craft all day so pop along and say hi!


Enjoy...

Its Yellow...

Happy Wednesday,

I wanted to share this card today made with the gerbera stamp and matching die as well as the other stamps in the set!

I stamped the separate flowers from the gerbera Daisy stamp set ( there are separate flower stamps to therein large stamp that has 6 flowers together.  I inked the stamp using the Izink pigment inks in yellow and orange to give a shaded look to the flower.  I stamped this randomly over a piece of gloss white card and cut the centre panel out.

I stamped the large Gerbera daisy stamp in perfect medium and heat set it with Izink clear embossing powder onto yellow textured card.  I then shaded the petals with orange izink pigment ink and shaped the flowers making the 6 up into three flowers.  I added white microbeads in the centre of the flowers and arranged them, with matching leaves and a bow, to the side of the card along with the With Love tag.


Enjoy...

Blue Daisies...

Happy Friday,

I really feel with this card I have gained the look of rows of daisies exactly what I wanted from the die!

I coloured a piece of white watercolour card with the Izink pigment inks in blue.  I spritzed it with water to make the colour move on th paper giving me a lovely texture.

I cut one of the Gerbera panels out form this card and backed it with white cutting 2 more in white and backing them with the blue.  I cut these out with the outline die in the set and layered them as shown overlapping them ( just because a row of three would make a square doesn't mean we have to make one!

I stamped the Gerbera daisy stamp in grey ink onto white flower foam and sanded it with blue izink pigment ink pad and a finger dauber.  I then heated the foam with my heat gun and used all six flowers that cut with the matching die to make this version.

I added the flower on a strip and knot of blue grosgrain stitched ribbon down the side making this even more a rectangular card!


Enjoy...

Same but different...

Happy Wednesday,

Final day in Diss I hope the ladies that attended yesterday enjoyed it as much as I did!

I thought I would share a card made in the same method as yesterday however I changed the colour and made a square card as this shows.  This piece I made on air on the Hochanda shows a couple of weeks ago and you know me I hate waste so it had to be made up into a card once home!

This time I used geranium and green izink dropper inks on the watercolour card foam mounting the background to add depth.

I cut the with love tag in deep rose Lustre print card and white using the correct sentiment this time.  The flower was again made on air stamping the flowers onto more of the deep rose lustre card.

The Gerbera Leaves were cut in white card using the letterpress technique with perfect medium.  I covered them with the Izink Cactus glitter embossing powder and heat set them they really shine in real life!

I  ade up the card as shown and to me at least it looks so different form yesterdays card yet it uses exactly the same dies and techniques!


Enjoy...

Lighter and Brighter...

Happy Tuesday,

Thankfully the weather and snow has cleared so I am once again on my travels.  Today and tomorrow I am running a series of workshops at Allbrights of Diss its going to be a fun couple of days.

Today's card is a little lighter and brighter than yesterdays something really good for spring fest using the same dies as yesterday!

I stared by cutting the gerbera lattice die form watercolour card I then smoked the paper with a water spritzer.  Next I added drops of the Izink Pigment dropper inks in the centre of each flower on the dies cut.  I spritzed with more water to let the colour flow through the flowers and added orange ink in the centre of each flower to make the colour change look natural.  Finally I added this to a piece of white card and used Crafts Too diamonds in the centre of each flower.

I stamped the Gerbera Daisy clear stamp in smokey grey versafine ink and cut it out using the matching die giving me 6 flowers.  I shaded them with yellow Izink pigment ink pad and shaded the centres with the orange.  I used all 6 flowers to make one large gerbera and glued micro beads tin the centre for texture.

I added a strip and bow of May Arts green striped ribbon down the side gluing the flower into place over the knot ( the knots on this thick ribbon do look messy and need covering.

I cut the banners from my with love tag and cut the sentiment from the Gerbera Circles die set shading it with the same yellow pigment ink.

I added this at an angle under the bow and finished the card with layers of white and green to match the bow.

Enjoy...

White Gerbera Lattice...,

Happy Monday,

As I may have stated I have so many samples and inspiration cards for my new collection so there will be quite a few cards using the Gerbera Collection coming up ion the next few weeks!  I thought today I would share one of my favourites which I keep looking at whenever I unpack the cards for a show or demo!

I started by cutting the Gerbera Lattice into a pice of white card.  IU then made a set of frames for this using the 2 outline dies that come in the set for the inner sections of the frame and by cutting the card to size for the outside edges.

I placed this over a piece of my kitchen roll technique background made using the Izink Pigment dropper inks and a little glitter added when I was sealing the kitchen roll onto the card.

I cut the Gerbera Flower die form the remnants of this card / paper and made up three flowers using 2 dies cuts for each flower  using the nearest in size ( What I mean is if I number the largest flower 1 and the smallest 6 therefore the flowers are made by using 1 & 2, 3 & 4 and 5 & 6)

I added Crafts Too Diamonds in red in the centre and added the flowers over a bow of pink twine.














I made up the card as shown using the larger size of red diamond ( you get both sizes in the pack) in the centres of the lattice and finished with layers of the white too let the background sing!


Enjoy...

Yellow Daisies...

Happy Thursday,

Today's card is made using the new Gerbera Lattice background die, you will be seeing a lot of samples with this one as I found I couldn't put out down!!

This was such an easy technique to do as i simply cut the lattice out using watercolour card.  I then spritzed the card with water and added the Izink pigment dropper inks in the centre of each flower.  As the piece dried the colour floated out form the centre giving a lovely ombre look to the flowers ( this was my first try at this technique so some are better than others!)

I stamped the Gerbera Daisy stamp with perfect medium and heat set it with the fine clear Izink embossing powder.  I cut this out, with one die which I love, using the Gerbera Daisy die and shaded the edges of the flowers using more of the ink on a finger dauber.

I used the reverse die cut from the with love tag so it showed yellow on white and set not together with a nice messy bow and a few plain hat pins.


Enjoy...

Love Birds...

Happy Saturday,

More show samples and this time using the Mini Pigment ink pads from Izink and the Crafts Too Embossing folders.

I simply love the technique of adding Pigment ink to an embossing folder and letter pressing it.  I used a section of inks for each of these examples and added clear sparkle embossing powder ( A new product form Izink that we are hoping to import soon!)  Once heat set it glazes the piece with a sparkle glaze.

To make up these cards I used some of the hearts left over form yesterdays project cut form the Dye Spray pieces of card arranged to showcase the patterns!

Enjoy...

Baubles...

Happy Thursday,

A quicker card to share today made with the circular media plate and the Amy Design Christmas baubles.

 I wanted to try out the new Pigment ink pads from Izink and see if they would work with the media plates and the answer was a big yes.  I used the silver here which has a beautiful silver shine that isn't showing on the pictures.

I added just silver to the plate and then removed areas of ink using perfect medium and the snowflakes stamp from my Winter Tress clear stamp set.  I added the snowflakes over the card using a separate media plate I had covered in the ink and night colours of the Dye ink pads.  This allowed me to get the mix of purple blue colours.  I then stamped the resist silver circle over the top adding a sentiment from the same set.

I added the baubles which cut in one strip in silver mirror card and added this down the side.


Finally some layers of silver mirror and glitter card along with white of course and finished!


Enjoy...