Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Kaleidoscope of Spring Butterflies by Brenda
Monday, 29 March 2021
daisy candle (by Veronica)
For my last post this month I have used a stamps fromhoneysuckle butterfly to create a candle and a box
I used the daisy stamp stamped onto white tissue paper with versafine and coloured with alcohol marker pens to create the candle.
The same stamp was used to decorate the panels on the sides of the gift box, and one of the daisies was stamped onto spare card, colourted and cut out to go on the top flap of the box. I used velcro to seal the box
For the card I used the carnation stamp from fresh florals using distress markers directly onto the stamp.
I did have to stamp it twice to get the colour, using a stamp platform to make sure the images matched. My base card was a DL size, so the image was trimmed down to fit over a base layer in a toning blue/purple shade, and the sentiment added using versafine onto a scrap of white card.
Saturday, 27 March 2021
Really Useful Cards (by Judith)
Hello everyone, I wanted to show you some really useful ideas for cards. We often need a card in a hurry, and need to rustle up some thing in next to no time. Lots of these cards could be made in different colour options, you could make a set of them and give them as a gift to someone.
My first two cards were made using textured linen card, and I blended three colours of Distress Ink over the background first. I used a circle mask to create a sun in the sky. I then stamped the foliage from Eastern Grasses across the top using Versafine Clair ink in a couple of colours. I used first and second generation stamping to create a bit of depth. I added a sentiment from the stamp set using the same inks as before.
You could make lots of these and just choose your favourite colours, they are quite quick to make, just vary the sentiment to suit the occasion.
I have left the sentiment off the next card, it could be used for any occasion. I chose a large bloom from Fresh Florals and inked it up with two different colours of red Versafine Clair. I stamped the image randomly over a piece of kraft card to create a background. I stamped the poppy image onto an oval of drawing cartridge and coloured the image with Koh-I-Noor watercolour paints. I added a touch of Distress Ink around the edge.
This last card is an older card that I made some time ago, but I thought that I would share it with you again. I used some very thin masking tape across the background and then added Distress Ink inbetween each section. I removed the masking tape and stamped the image onto the panel using black ink. I backed the panel onto black card. I coloured some ribbon with the green Distress Ink, and once it was dry, I stamped the ribbon with the words from the Amazing Mackintosh Words stamp set using black Archival ink.
I hope that you will try some of these ideas for quick cards. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe and take care,
Judith xx
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Keeping it Simple
I love how the stamp sets mix so well with each other.
See you soon
Sandra x
Saturday, 13 March 2021
Flowers and foliage by Rachel
Hello there! Rachel with you today with a second installment of my samples from the February shows. For my first sample today I have painted a ceramic piece with glaze using the Thistle Butterfly and Honeysuckle butterfly stamp sets. Once dry this was overglazed and then fired in the kiln.
In this next sample I used the Eastern Grasses stamp set. I started by creating the background of the card using a light green ink on my stamp. Next I stamped the topper on a piece of card coloured with inks and layered this onto some black card. Finally I added the stamping on the right hand side using a darker green ink.