Hello and welcome to today's blog post and papercraft project. I wanted to try some simple colouring using Prismacolor Pencils. These pencils have a gorgeous silky feel and are my pencils of choice for really smooth blending.
I kept it simple, and made sure to ground the image with some sketchy green so it doesn't appear to be floating on the page.
I used tuxedo memento black ink for all the stamping, and made sure to include a greeting inside the card as well as the sweet butterfly image.
I love doing a single layer card once in a while, and keeping it simple.
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed today's project. Vicki x
Hello, and thanks for visiting my blog today. I just love using white embossing powder on watercolour paper, then wetting the paper and doing simple blending with an aqua painter.
It's pretty much fool proof, and the results always have a painterly feel to them, as no two are the same.
By adding a paper doily, some washi tape and twine with a lil' punched out heart you can create a sweet baby card.
Inside the card I used the Moon Baby stamp set and direct marker-to-stamp technique, mirroring the colour scheme of the outside.
The balloon is from the Balloon Celebration stamp set, and I used a versa mark pen to draw in the string line.
The background paper picks up the pinks, and it is mounted on a pink pirouette card base.
I have been doing Zentangle drawings lately, and decided that a curvy hand-drawn frame would look perfect with a black and white card.
I knew which stamp set to choose and went straight to these two coordinating sets.
I started with the inside of the cards first, because I wanted to use my Copic markers to shade parts of the image before committing to the front panels.
I used cool greys, C1 and C3, and a 0.3 black Copic Multiliner to give some definition in the shadows, and to "ground" the image of the kitty.
For the outside of the cards I added C5 for a little more depth of shadow.
For the kitty frame, I simply drew some wavy lines with breaks in the lines and made sure the image was in front of the framed area.
For the Puppy Card I started with 2 wavy parallel lines, then sectioned them off with curved stripes, then coloured leaving the centres blank to look like the frame was 3D. It gives an interesting effect, and is very simple to do, once you have practised a few times on scratch paper.
I hope you enjoyed today's project. I like both frames, but I'm not sure which you prefer. Leave me a comment below, and thanks for visiting today.
There is a video tutorial for this set of cards at the end of this post.
I have three special cards for you today, and I know you're going to love this technique.
I have used the stamp set "A Little Wild " to create a set of Tulle Window Cards that are as cute on the inside as they are on the outside!
I have floated the images on a sparkly tulle window that is sandwiched between the layers.
This technique is also suitable for acetate sheets if you don't have any tulle handy, although tulle is readily available in any fabric store and is inexpensive too. I found this soft white tulle with silver sparkly glittery pieces embedded in the fabric, at Spotlight.
I cased this idea from the very talented Jennifer McGuire, and have put a link to her post in the video.
The stamp set I have used really suits this technique, since it not only has matching framelits, but also has an image of the back of each of the cute little animals that match perfectly.
See how cute the inside of each of the cards looks! Aren't they just darling? I REALLY love this technique.
I hope you give these a try. You can purchase the stamp set and framelit bundle, as well as the Stitched Framelits that were used to cut out the windows, from my online Stampin' Up! Store
A Little Wild Bundle
145327 Wood Mount $85.50
145328 Clear Mount $73.75
Stitched Shapes Framelits 145372 $50.00
Other supplies Used:
Thick Whisper white Card Stock
Soft Suede Card Stock
Smokey Slate Card Stock
Sahara Sand Card Stock
Stampin' Write Markers
Aqua Brush
Wink of Stella Pen
Tear and Tape adhesive
Tombow Multi Adhesive
Stampin' Dimensionals
Mettallic Enamel Shapes
Balloon Celebrations Stamp Set
Balloon Punch
White Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink
Fine Tip Glue
Here is the Video Tutorial.
Have a good weekend, thanks for visiting, and happy crafting!
Hello, and thanks for visiting. I trust you are enjoying your Saturday. It is rainy outside, but cosy in my craft room She Cave!
Don't you just love a quick and simple treat bag?
I am giving away this stamp set as a part of my BOGOF Sale, or maybe I should be calling it my EOFY sale?
Anyway, how it works is, for every $50 in product you spend in my online store at www.AussieStampers.stampinup.net during June, you can choose a retired stamp set from my stash of goodies for free!
This is strictly first in first dibs, so hop over to my AussieStampers Facebook page and see the sets that are still available. If you spend $50 it's one stamp set or framelit set, $100 is 2 sets, $150 is 3 sets and so on. Simply write SOLD under the photos I have posted of the available retired, gently used sets, and I will send them to you in the post as a thank you gift!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderfully creative day.
Here are 2 cards I put together using different techniques. I made the first card on Stampin' Up! Shimmery white paper, which I had lightly spritzed with water and matted it to a DSP background
I stamped a separate piece of card stock with the sentiment and popped it up on dimensionals, then added 3 small rhinestones that I had coloured with Copic markers and left to dry.
For the second card I used a vellum overlay, after stamping the image as a background . I white embossed the vellum, then added a Tempting Turquoise piece of card underneath so the greeting would show through. I attached the vellum to the top of the card using Washi Tape and I mounted it all onto a thick white card stock base. I fussy cut another bloom I had stamped and lightly spritzed and adhered it to the vellum as the focal image. I love how the background peeks through!
I hope you enjoyed today's project. Have a great weekend.
Hello, and welcome back to another NEW CATALOGUE blog post.
Here is another lovely product bundle from Stampin' Up's! New Catalogue. Have a look at the video as Brandy explains all the features for you.
You will find these items on page 56 of the catalogue. Make sure you download your copy from my blog (it's posted in the top right hand corner).
At Home with you Bundle (save 10%) Photopolymer #145351 $85.50
The 3D wreath is made from the Boxwood Wreath embellishments #144176 $10.50 on page 197.
