Spooky Flip Flop Card by Anne

Good morning. I have another spooky project to share with you using the new Hocus Pocus and Put a Spell On You stamp sets. This time I have made a Flip Flop card where the topper panel flips to reveal the sentiment as you pull the card open. I hope that you like it.

 

Materials used:

• Hocus Pocus and Put a Spell On You stamp sets
• Heavy weight smooth white stamping card
• Ink sprays (blue, green, brown, and a neutral with mica)
• Inkpads: Memento (Tuxedo Black), StazOn (Jet Black), Distress Ink (Shabby Shutters)
• Fine markers (black and brown)
• Faber-Castell Polychromos pencil (yellow)
• Glossy Accents (Ranger), PVA pearls (black)
• Adhesive and sticky foam pads
• Dishwasher salt
• Dies to create flip flop and toppers

How to make it:

1. Spray a piece of stamping card approx. A5 in size with inks, drop on dishwasher salt and leave to dry. I used stained salt so it gave more random flecks of colour.
2. Score and cut the card to create the flip flop opening panel. I used a die set but you could hand score and cut. The flip flop panel is approx. 7cm square. The score lines are approx. 6.5 and 9cm in from the right hand side. You can see where to cut and score in the opened card picture.
3. Stamp the tree and bats with StazOn and complete the landscape using a fine black marker.
4. Cut a topper approx. 7cm square. Stamp the cat scene, colour with pencil and brown marker, edge with Distress Ink and draw faux stitching with black marker.
5. Cut another topper approx. 6cm square. Stamp the sentiment, bats and twigs. Edge with black marker.
6. Cut a strip approx. 1cm wide and randomly stamp with the spider. Also stamp a mini topper approx. 3.5cm square with the bird. Ink the edges with Distress Ink and black marker.
7. Mount the toppers (I used foam pads for the cat image), add Glossy Accents to the bird and cat, and finish with some PVA pearls.

I am having so much fun creating these spooky projects. I hope that you are enjoying all the lovely projects from the Design team as much as I am.

Anne x.

Briar Rose Butterfly - by Florence

Hi everyone

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Today I would like to share with you a card I made using the new Briar Rose Butterfly stamps.  I know I keep saying this about all of the stamps but these are one of my favorites of this year.  They have a real country feel about them.  I just love everything about them.  I am ear marking this set and the Harebell Butterfly set to make some Christmas and Birthday presents with.  They stamp beautifully on to paper, card, wood and fabric.

For this card, I used the larger stamp on the sheet.  It is a lovely size about 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm.  This would be great decoupaged on a card.  Nice clean lines to cut.  I think you could get 4 layers with this.

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Just to share,  I recently went to the Butterfly Park on the coast here in Spain.  Oh, it is a wonderful place to go.  So serene and peaceful.   Anyway, in the park there were some giant blue butterflies that just gently floated around.  It was magical.  So, I have taken my inspiration from there for the color of my butterflies on this card. 

As for the roses,  I took inspiration from my garden.

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 When you look at a Briar Rose, the petals are never the same color.  Some are all white or pink, some have hints of yellow and orange on them.  This is my interpretation of the colors.  I hope you like it.

I stamped my image using black Staz-On ink (Archival ink can be used) onto one of the  Vintage Tag digital downloads, designed by Lesley Wharton, that I printed off.

I colored my image using water color crayons.  I colored the image with the crayons and then smoothed and blended them with a just damp paint brush.

I sewed my stamped image sheet to a piece of backing paper and then layered it.  Firstly, on to the country gingham card and then onto my base card.

I stamped my little "With Love" sentiment using Black Staz-On onto some coated card stock, trimmed it to size and then attached it using some foam pads.

That's all from me today.  

If, you have not seen them already, do check out the wonderful projects made by the other members of the DT.  As always you are in for a real treat.

Take Care

Florence x