Wednesday 30 October 2019

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow..........with Mama Elephant and Zig Markers.(First Christmas Design)

Good Morning,
Now Half term is over we start to think, its time to start the preparation for Christmas. I know it comes round quicker every year, but it a great tip to start early. As with card making we have to two months in front of the rest of the world.
So without  further delay, lets go for it with the first of my Christmas designs.

These Little Bears playing in the snow making snow angels, just melts me. (excuse the pun)

Products
Mama Elephant Snow Angels Stamps
Bristol Smooth  or Watercolor Card Stock
Strip of Black Card Stock
White Textured  Embossing Powder (Hero Arts)
Versa Fine Black Onyx ink pad
Zig Real Brush Markers in
 072 Beige (bears)
066 Oatmeal
222 Pink Flamingo (ears)
202 Peach Pink  (hat)
036 Light Blue (scarf)
033 Persian Green (scarf)
Sakura White Jelly Roll size 10
Blueprint Sketch Oxide Ink Pad
Perfect Pearls Pigment Powder
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen
6 Inch Squared Card Blank.
Masking Tape


Method
Stamp out your images using versa fine ink pad, on to Bristol Smooth card stock. 


Color your images using zig markers.
Leave to one side.


Next take another piece of Bristol card stock cut to 51/2 x 51/2 inches.
Mask at about a quarter of the way down.


Blend on to the top of card stock with Blueprint sketch ink pad.
Once sky is completed, then remove masking strip, and lightly blend to create snow.
Add splashes of water and perfect pearls mix, to the whole panel.
Leave to dry, while to cut out your images


Stamp out the wing part of the stamp and emboss in white embossing powder. Also as you do this add a little more water splats, as this will stick to the embossing powder.
Take a strip of black card stock and stamp out "Let it Snow", three times.
Put double sided tape behind images, (bears) and pop the in front of the wings in the snow.

Thank you for popping on over!

Jo
xxx






Wednesday 23 October 2019

Life Happens Coffee Helps.......Using My Favorite Things Cafe All day Die-Namics Plus Bonus Tag

Well Hello There,
I hope you enjoying your Half term. I love it as it means more time in the craft room.


Products
MFT Knitted Sweater Back Ground Die
MFT Cup Of Love Sentiments
MFT Die Namics Cafe All Day
MFT die Namics Cafe All Day Mini (tag size)
Tag Die (for Tag)
MFT Sweet Stack, Candy Land and Basic Paper Pads
Gina K Kraft Card Stock
Cream Card Stock
Wow Platinum embossing powder (Small Tag) 
MFT Snowfall Stencil
Aqua Twine and Small Heart Sticker (Doodlebug)
Antique Linen Distress Oxide
Hero Arts Unicorn ink
Jet Black Altenew Ink Spray
White Embossing Powder
Wow Platinum Embossing Powder 
Nuvo Drops, Caribbean Ocean and Calming Aqua
Card Blank 5x7"
Piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb cut to 4" x 6"

Method
Step 1
First take your piece of Neenah Solar White card stock and using your Antique Linen Distress Oxide  stamp your back ground using the knitted sweater back ground.
Once this is dried add a spritz with the Altenew Black Spitz.
Step 2
Cut out your latte cup from the various materials.


Step 3
Stamp and embossing in white on to a piece of black card stock.

Step 4
Place everything on to the card using foam pads to high-ton the cup.
Add Nuvo's and Twine 
and lastly strips of paper.
Bonus Tag

 Step 1
Cut out the mini Latte die, in various materials to make the elements.


Step 2
Cut out a tag shape and using white in and the stencil , add the look of snow by using a blending tool.


Step 3
Add the little latte cup and add heart sticker.Emboss sentiment in platinum embossing powder.
Add eyelet and twine.


Thanks For Popping Bye
Jo
xxx

Wednesday 16 October 2019

Happy Autumn 2019, Using Honey Bee Stamps and Stencils

Well Hello My Lovely Crafty Friends,
Well yet again Honey Bee Stamps, have come up with some beautiful examples of their line artistry.
They do this best, and as I previously mention their images are begging to be coloured.
Their larger and inspiring stamps are great for the craft newbie and experienced colorists.


Products
Honey Bee Stamps Pumpkin Patch Stamps
Pumpkin Patch Stencil
Happy word from Honey bee stamps Happy Birthday
Honey Bee Stamps Over The Rainbow Paper Pack  
MFT Caption Alpha's and Numbers
Neenah 80lb Card stock cut to 6 x 6 inches
Distress Oxide in Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade, and Rusty Hinge
Brown Ink Pad
Copper Matt Card Stock
Wow Copper Embossing Powder
Nuvo Drops in Copper Penny

Method
 Lay down stencil on the top of your Neenah card stock.
 Blend with the blender brushes your distress oxides.
 Place in a stamping platform or use an acrylic block. Line up your stamps and stamp over the top with a brown ink pad. 
 After cutting them out, add on to a piece of pattered paper.

 I stuck down two either side then foam mounted the last one in the middle.


I then die cut my little letters and number,s out of copper card stock to add my sentiment.

Finally I stamped and embossed the word Happy.
and added some Nuvo Drops in copper.

I also made a quick card for my Daughter Boyfriend, who has just gone to uni.
Using the Hope The Hedgehog

Inside

Happy Stamping
Jo
xxx

Wednesday 9 October 2019

Three Different Card Styles...... Using Honey Bee Stamps Brilliant Day.


Well Hello,
I have been playing with the Brilliant Day Stamp Set.
 From our friends at Honey Bee Stamps.
I love their bold designs as they beg us to colour them. So out came the Alcohol Markers, and Polychromos in rainbow order. 


The problem was I couldn't stop playing.😄😄😄
Anyway lets show you were it all began.

Card One
Creating Borders



Products

Honey Bee Stamps Brilliant Day

Neenah 80lb Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black

Alcohol Markers 
Spectrum Noirs
DR3,OR3,CT3,CG3,AB3,LV3

Polychromo Pencil Cinnamon

Over The Rainbow Pattern  Paper

Fun Foam

Wow White Opaque (fine) Embossing Powder  

5" x 7" Card Blank

Black Card Stock

Nuvo Drops in Red Berry, Ripened Pumpkin,English Mustard,Pioneer Green,Caribbean Ocean,and Midnight Blue. (Gloss,except the Pioneer Green) 

Method

Firstly I stamped out the pencil image using my memento ink pad, on to 80lb Neenah card stock.


I then flip the image around and stamped the other side of a piece 4 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Then I Coloured my pencils in rainbow order with alcohol markers and used a polychromos pencil to colour, the top of the pencil to give a more realistic look.


I then backed the 5" x 7" 
card base in black card stock, added a strip of patterned paper and added my image using funky foam to add dimension.
I then added this to my card at an angle.
Heat embossed the sentiment, in white embossing powder on to more black card stock and placed it on to my card.

Adding the finishing touches I used various Nuvo Drops.

Inside the card I stamped in the same Memento ink



Card Two
Stamping In Rows

Products

Same As Above in Card One

Card Blank 6" x 6" 

Glossy Accents or Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Ebony Black Nuvo drops

Method 


Using an acrylic block I stamp out three lines on the page.
I found doing the top and bottom and then the middle the easier of ways to stamp.
Colouring as before.



Then adding glossy accents to the body of the pencil and the nib. I allowed it to dry, then stamped and embossed my sentiment on to black card stock and lastly added the nuvo drops.



Card Three
Stamping On Kraft.(The quickest, and my Favorite)

Products

Kraft Card Stock 4" x 6"
4" x 6" Card Blank
WoW White Embossing Powder ( Fine)
Polychromos in Geranium Red, Cadmium Orange,Cadmium Yellow,Light Green,Cobalt Green, and Red Violet.
Again I used the Cinnamon for the pencil  
White  Paint/Gesso

Method

I first stamped on to the Kraft card stock in clear embossing ink, on the bottom section of my card. Then I embossed in wow white embossing powder, and heat set it.


I then ripped a piece of copy paper to cover the pencils, and splatted the Kraft
 card with white paint.


Once dry, I coloured in the pencils in the rainbow of polychromos and add a sentiment and embossed it in the same white embossing powder.
I slightly trimmed around the edges before mounting it on to the card blank.

I hope I shown how you can achieve different looks by choosing different ways of stamping.



Happy Stamping
Jo
xxx

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Wibbly Wobbly Interactive Card Using Sweet Birthday Wishes.Plus a bonus card.......

Well Hello
 and Welcome to the Blog.
 Today's card is a fun and interactive card using, the Sweet Birthday Wishes from My Favorite Things. 


I just love this little cutie. Great image for cards for little girls of any age.
I wanted to make this move, so a Child or Adult could play with it.
This is what I came up with.

A simple little design with a cute little wobble.

Products 
Stamp Set  from MFT Sweet Birthday Wishes
Radiating Rays Stencil
Action Wobbles
Distress Oxide In Carved Pumpkin
lawn Fawn Black Card stock (Black Licorice)
Memento Black Ink pad
Neenah 80lb Card Stock 
Alcohol Pens
Glitter Sparkle Pen
Glossy Accents
Wow White Embossing Powder (Fine)
Nuvo Drops in English Mustard, Ripened Pumpkin
6" x 6" card Blank

Method
Firstly I stamped my image on to Neenah card stock, then I used my alcohol markers to colour in the sweet little girl image.


I then die cut it and left it to the side.
I then went straight on to my card blank, and placed my stencil down.
With a blender brush and my distress Oxide I created a Radiating Ray to show case my little girl.

I then added her to the center of the card blank, using an Action Wobbles, then I stamped my greeting on to black card stock. I embossed this in white fine embossing powder.
I added this to my card using some dimensional foam tape.
To add some added bling, I used my sparkle pen and  glossy accents to the Dress, Bow and Cake.
 Icing
Finally out came the Nuvo drops to add a little something something.
I wasn't finished there, I wanted to show you can take the tiniest of images and create a totally different card.
I took the little balloon


I started to stamp a random pattern, and kept building it up.


Then I coloured all the balloons and added glossy accents to them and a sprinkle of glitter.


 Finally I added a sentiment.


Thank you for popping over
Happy Stamping 
Jo
xxx



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