Limited Colours (by Christine)

Hello again and welcome to my second blog for April.

You may remember that I decided on a journal page for one of my pieces in the first blog so I needed another to balance the other side of the journal.

I chose the lovely Mother Earth stamp sheet and decided to create a background from scratch. The first thing I reached for was the Draw and Tear Ruler Set and then, with a permanent black fine tip pen, used each side of each ruler to draw lines horizontally and vertically across the page.

Using some grey Archival Ink, I then added some elements from the Modern Textures stamp sheet.

When that was completed, I created a mask for the shroom stamp and then added six shrooms to the piece, again using grey Archival Ink. 

I stamped the shroom image four times and used pencils as my colouring medium; two shades of red for the head of the shrooms and two of brown for the stem. A white gel pen brought the white areas out a little more and then I used a blending stub to finish them, but decided to keep them quite uneven for the effect. Before adding them to the page, I stamped two words from the Mother Earth stamp sheet using a deep pink and brown Versafine ink. Finally, I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink to edge the final A4 page.

I used my fingers to give the shrooms some shape, added some foam tape down the length of the centre and, voila, a finished journal page.

I really enjoyed creating this page - I hope you like it too. 

My second project is an 8" x 8" card, clean and simple. The stamp of choice for this one is the Floral Clock.

I used Versafine Black ink and then clear embossing powder since I intended to use alcohol pens for the colouring. I kept the colour choice to a minimum and was pleased with the final look. I cut a red mat and then mounted them to the front of the card. I had already used a heart edger die from my stash to give the front a little more detail. A simple but effective design I think.

Take care and happy crafting!

Christine

xx

Earth mother calling by Rachel

 Hello there,

A few more pieces from me from the April shows. This first card was made using the retro flowers and vases stamps - I first masked off the top and bottom of the card then created a blended background using distress oxides. I then simply stamped onto that in ink and added the sentiment plus a few splats.

Next up I used the succulent stamp from the mother earth set - I stamped this onto black card and then used a dry brush and mica powders to go over the top. I then simply added a sentiment and a piece of silk ribbon and then stuck this all onto a card blank.

This final card started out with stamping the script from the scripts and timepieces stamp set and heat setting in white embossing powder before create a mop up background in distress oxides. Next I used the Make your mark stamp set to do some more background stamping before adding on the shrooms sentiment and the mushroom itself that I stamped separately and fussy cut.

These are my final makes from April. Have a great day! Hugs rachel xx

Believe in your Dream by Brenda

Morning everyone, my final post for this month with more shares from the April Craft Store shows. 

For the above card I stamped the leaves from Sow the Seeds onto cardstock which I inked with Oxide Sprays Rustic Wilderness and Twisted Citron, but the out and arranged onto a base piece inked with Oxide Tea Dye onto which I added a few circles using Make your Mark and sentiment from my Life is so much Better inspirational quote set.

A bit of a colour riot here, Dylusions sprayed across the top of a piece of cardstock, spritzed well with water and 'encouraged' to drip down the page. I then simple stamped the large Pinecones from Mother Earth using Versafine onyx black and three words from the same set and Sow the Seeds .

Have a good weekend all.

Time for Nature (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I hope that you are keeping well. I am sharing my last few projects this month featuring stamps from last month's TV shows on The Craft Store. 

My first card features stamps from the beautiful stamp set Sow the Seeds. These large stamps are perfect for journaling or creating eye catching, distinctive cards for someone special. I love the seed heads, and wanted them to shine in my project. I created a background using my inky plate and soft colours. I stamped the images, and added some pencil where the shading was present. I added extra foliage from Silhouette Grasses, such a useful stamp set.

My next card features the fabulous pine cone from Mother Earth as a focal point. I stamped this three times onto kraft card, using brown ink, and cut it out and scrunched it up to give it added texture. I created a background on a piece of tea dyed drawing cartridge, using stamps from Sow the Seeds and Make Your Mark.

The next two cards are older samples that I posted on my own blog a little while ago, but I will share them with you here. A simple piece of white embossing, and then the image was painted with Koh-I-Noor watercolours:

The leaf was stamped using different colours of ink, and then lightly coloured with pencils to accentuate the shading:

Finally I created a card using the Scripts and Timepieces stamp set, which was only available during the TV shows. I coloured my background with Distress Ink, and stamped the scripts using dark brown ink. I added splatters from the Timeless stamp set. The cental piece was created by stamping onto a piece of stampbord which I had coloured with Distress Ink, and I then added triple embossing for a shiny glaze.

Thankis for stopping by, take care,

Judith xx

Moonlight Shroom (By Doreen)

                                                                  

                                                                       Moonlight Shroom

Hello Everyone,

 today I am using the Mother Earth stamp set it contains 2 large image stamps and 3 complimentary words which can be used in many other ways than just with this set.

https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/mother-earth-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html

Using 5 PanPastels I have used Green, Blue, White, Silver and Black.

Versafine Onyx Black to stamp sentiment and image. 

https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/versafine-inkpad-onyx-black.html 

Watercolour Card is used for base and the PanPastels work well add your colour in a gentle sweeping action to achieve a smooth effect, use the light colours first adding silver to the moon to give it a sheen, Any stray strokes can be taken away using an eraser and this is how I also achieved the effect of stars. Build the colour by adding more in stages and then the shadows, shape and depth are using the black in the same way , where you want darker shades add the black a little at a time. Finally add Sentiment.

Mat and Layer onto a white card blank. Spray with Pastel Fixative to seal.

Thank you for looking in today,

Love Doreen 

 

 

 

Multi coloured Pinecones by Brenda

 

Good morning, I have a couple more shares of my creations from last months The Craft Store shows. Above uses the huge Pinecone from Mother Earth repeat stamped with Versafine Clair Glamorous, Chianti and Purple Delight. The sentiment is from my own stamp set Life is so much Better fixed in place with some seam binding an a button.

For this one I stamped the wording from Script and Timepieces onto yellow card using Versafine black placed behind a die cut aperture and randodmly stamped leaves and flowers from the two Retro sets using the same black ink and Versafine Clair Cheerful.

As always, thanks so much for your visits and words of encouragement.

Back to Nature

 Hello

I'm sharing some of my cards that I made for the April show on the Craft Store.

My first two cards use stamps from Sow the Seeds set.

First, I stamped the leaves in Archival ink, masking the first leaf and stamping either side. I then added a watercolour wash around the leaves and coloured in with watercolour pencils. I added the word "Botanical" from the set and added a frame using a stamp from Modern Textures. 

For this card I blended Distress Inks to make the background. I stamped the Poppy heads in brown Archival using my stamping platform and stamped again using some tacky glue, but just in a few places. I then added gilding flakes to the glued areas, just to give a little sparkle. I used a stencil in the background and mat and layered onto some gold card.

These two cards use the stamps from Mother Earth set.

I used Distress Oxides for the background. I stamped the very large pinecone 4 times and cut out the different layers. I also die cut some foliage. I coloured the pinecone with Distress inks and some shimmer spray and then layered them using foam pads for dimension.

My last card features the equally large mushrooms! 

I used Distress inks for the background and the landscape. I stamped with Archival ink and coloured with Distress inks. I used a white gel pen to highlight the "spots" on the Shrooms and added some foliage from Wild Meadow.

Thanks for looking,

Sandra x