Winters Child is back...

Happy Wednesday,

Julia Watts let me know that she has my Winters Child clear stamp set back in stock and as I know form the number of emails I've received how many people have been chasing this set I thought I should let everyone know with a card.

I stared by stamping the January's child poem in black archival ink onto a piece of coconut white foundation card.  Next I cut this out using one of the double pierced circle dies.  Next. whilst still in the die, I drew around the circle first with Sky blue alcohol marker with the chisel end and cobalt with the fine end.

Next I stamped the corner spray from my Nasturtium elements clear stamp set and coloured it using Sky Blue, Cobalt and denim for the flowers and cabbage, leaf green and Emerald for the leaves.  I shadowed this with cool grey and cut around the stamped image.

For the background I smoothed a little multitex texture paste mixed with bluebell intense pigment stain over a piece of card.  Next I added the swirls mask and spread the multitex mixed with less of the satin to make a lighter colour through this.

I made a frame from the double pierced background rectangles and added the elements around this.


I made up the card as shown.

The stamps are available at julia watts crafts online shop.

Enjoy...

Something Old...

Happy Tuesday,

A while ago I said that I would try to do a regular feature showing new cards made with older dies and so I thought I would start today.  Therefore today's card is made to feature the older Weaving dies along with my new Autumns child stamp set.

I stared by cutting 2 each of the simple and the striped weaving dies by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.  O spray glued the striped weaving die over the solid one and wove the 2 pieces together.  This gives this amazing woven affect in 2 colours.  There is a video on the Creative Expressions you tube channel with Sue Wilson doing this technique well worth view!

I stamped the September's child form my Autumns child clear stamp set in detail white embossing powder onto more of the french navy card and cut it out with the double pierced squares set A.  I added thin layers of white and the blue and foam mounted this in the centre.

I made a set off frames using set A and B of the squares and added a trim of the stick on pearl strips in white and added a few more layers to the card to frame it.

For the embellishment I added clear varnish lacquer to the centre of a brass dazzler setting and added midnight blue pixie powders.  I added this to a wrinkle edged ribbon bow with a bow of thin blue ribbon from my stash.


Hopefully this will give us all the idea to pull out some of our older dies and try something different!

Enjoy...

A little Late...

Happy Monday,

I've titled today's post a little late as this is the Birthday card I made for Tracey the Fabulous in house crafter at Creative Expressions however her Birthday was in March!  She decided to have an official birthday when she was on holiday in June by which time I had lost the original card I made!!  Therefore I remade this one specially for a very late birthday surprise!

When I wrote the March's child poem I did have Tracey in mind so it was great to be able to use this for someone I knew matched the words!

I started by stamping the sentiment in detail silver embossing powder onto CE heat resistant acetate and I wanted a shaker card.  I then added the frame, made with the 3 largest dies in the Geneva die set by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions, cut in white straight onto the acetate.  I then added foam around the oval and added a mixture of iced snow and white micro beads.  To seal the shaker element I used Sue Wilson's technique of adding a second piece of the acetate which meant I had a separate shaker element to add to the card.

Next the background.  I used a piece of the kitchen roll technique I showed on Hochanda a few weeks ago whereby I stick a piece of kitchen roll soaked in pixie powders onto card using Cosmic Shimmer glossy glue, seal and glaze.  I added a sprinkling of silver gilding flakes and some distress glitter as well and sealed the whole piece with more of the glue.Once dry you get this beautiful handmade paper look with a gloss finish.

I framed the background with the double pierced background dies in bright white  I added a layer of white and of cobalt blue to emphasise the colours. I then foam mounted the shaker element onto the front in the centre.

Next I cut a selection of the Sue Wilson daisy dies in the cobalt and made these up with three of each side making each flower.  I shaped these with a ball toll and spray glued them before adding diamond snow to give them a really frosty feel.  I added a small silver dazzler ( form the pack of mixed size and silver blue colours) in the centre.

I arranged these around the oval along with the foliage form the festive range cut in white and french navy foundation card.  I added one of the smallest daisies at the opposing corner and added a few layers of white and blue to frame and finish the card.


Enjoy...

Simple Sunday...

Happy Sunday,

A simple card today that I demoed on Hochanda last week.  This is the monochrome version of the card I Posted earlier in the week.

















Click Here for the instructions from the other coloured version.  This card was made again using Colour Cloud bending ink however I used the Onyx Black, white clouds and Midnight clouds colours.

Enjoy...

Something Different Saturday...

Happy Saturday,

Today I am demoing at Grafton Crafts in Huntingdon.  If you are around please feel free to pop in and say hello!  Back to today's card and I thought Ir was time for a Different Saturday how about a trifold card that stands ion its own?

I made this card in 2 different versions and kept intending too demo it on Hochanda but I really haven't had the chance!

This uses just one die ( and the flowers of course) and is made using the same die that I had so many Emails about that I used for my Birthday Seasons cards a couple of weeks ago.

I stared by making 2 card blanks using the outside oval from the Geneva die, I then stuck these 2 together to make a trip panel card.

Next I cut the outline oval the pierced section and the next oval from Black foundation card.  I then cut the next 2 sections in the die using bright white foundation card cutting the last oval in the middle.  Finally I added rich red in the centre ( again with the oval cut out, and stuck this to the centre panel of the card blank.

For the second card I used pixie Powdered card for the backing piece and stamped the sentiment using my Larkspur everyday sentiment clear stamp set.

The flowers were made up using the Exquisite poppies die and the olive branch for the foliage.

Hopefully a different way to construct a small card but one that's effective.

Enjoy...

Christmas Friday...

Happy Friday,

Well its a quick change from Autumn to Christmas with the First Christmas card of September!

This looks like a complex card but its quite easy to replicate honest lol.  I stared by covering a piece of card with CE double sided adhesive sheet.  Next I cut 2 circles out using the outline die form the Joy die.  I adhered one to the other then ran this through my Platinum using the Joy insert die.  By having 2 pieces stuck together the die doesn't cut through it just cuts the carrier sheet of the adhesive.

I then removed the carrier sheet form the joy piece and added sahara gold polished silk glitter.  I then removed the other pieces ( which would be the waste on a standard die cut) and added pale bronze polished silk glitter.  For the second bauble I did exactly the same however I rotated colours so that it looks different.

For the bauble tops I cut the top piece form the Sue Wilson Vintage bauble set ( One of the early Festive Dies) I then attached gold metallic linx to simulate the strings.

Next I cut the holly die from the Christmas Rose set from a square of bright white foundation card.  I arranged these cuts so that when I foam mounted this above bright gold foundation card it gave the appearance of a branch.

The white die cuts I shaded using gold treasure Metallic gilding polish.  I then arranged these on top filling out the branch look.

A few more layers of gold and white and an effective but different Christmas card that is hopefully reminiscent of baubles hanging on a tree.

Sue Wilson will be demoing a similar technique on her Festive Die shows on Hochanda this month so tune in to see this in action.

Enjoy...

Simple Stamping Twofer...

Happy Thursday,

The last sample, for this week but Im sure a few more will pop up in the coming weeks form my Autumn range of stamps.  I thought I would show the same card idea done 2 ways for today its a really simple stamping project that hopefully has a great impact!

For the first card I masked off a square on the front of a card piece using low tack tape ( the tape I use for securing my dies)  Next I shaded from bottom left to top right using Adirondack pigment inks using a mini smoothie.  The colours ombre as I used varying shades, terracotta, Sunset Orange, Peach Bellini and Lemonade.  I then stamped the tumbling leaves, in watering can archival, across the top before removing the tape.

Next I stamped the oak leaf solid stamp in terracotta tumbling down the page.  I then outline this using the matching outline stamp in jet black archival ( the dark colour needed the strong black)

Finally I added the sentiment across the bottom from the Autumn Wreathe elements clear set over a panel I made using the same technique with masking and shading.  The great thing about using Pigment Inks tis that the are slower drying and so blend well.  A couple of layers of the dark cocoa and finished.

For the second card I did all of the above stages but missed out the background stamp which makes a simpler, but no less effective, card

Enjoy...