Coloured Embossing

Good morning all, I hope you are having a great week. Today's card is one I made for mum to send to a friend.

I used the Stamp Set from the June 2018 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit. The set is called Beautiful Flowers.

I stamped the large flower stamp, and a single flower onto white card using Versamark ink, then I heat embossed it with SSS Steel Navy Embossing Powder, and cut it out by hand.

Then I used a navy blue card base, and placed the large stamp in the top corner, stamped it with Versamark ink again, and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I cut my white image to fit the bottom of the card base, and then added the single flower with a foam pad for dimension. Then I added a few white and blue sequins, for a bit of bling.

The banner sentiment is from an older SSS kit, but I wanted something really simple, so I heat embossed it using the same Steel Navy embossing powder and cut it down to fit my card.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Piggy in the middle

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great week. I have just finished work for two whole weeks, and it feels sooooo goooood. lol.

Today's card was made using the Playground Pals stamps from Clearly Besotted. I think the little critters are supposed to be bears, but I liked the fact that I could turn them into little pigs!

I stamped my Piggy in the middle on to a 4 x 4 inch piece of white card, then I used our homemade wreath builder jig to stamp the other piggies around the outside.

I positioned two of the stamps at once, so only had to turn the piece a few times to fill it.

I stamped a couple of presents in the middle and then added some balloons and party hats to the circle of piggies.

I coloured the whole thing with Copic markers and then added a few peel-off number 7 stickers to the balloons. I matted the piece with pink embossed card and added it to a 5 x 5 note card.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you next week.

xxx

Birthday Chick

Good morning all, you have me again today. I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card is another I made for my beautiful great niece who turned 7 on Sunday. This one uses the Birthday Chicks stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I stamped the images using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then coloured them with Copic Markers. Then I used a Spellbinders Labels 28 die to cut the shape out. 

I used a pale blue note card, and topped it with some blue circle paper, and then added my label with foam tape.

Then I fussy cut the balloon and attached it onto the card with a foam pad and wet glue, and added a die-cut number 7 on the front.

To finish it off I stamped one of the sentiments included with the kit, mounted it on pale blue card and placed it on the card front underneath the images.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Puppy Present

Good morning all and happy Monday, I hope you have had a good weekend. It was the 7th birthday of my beautiful great niece yesterday, and this is the card I made for her.

The little dog, box and presents are from a Lawn Fawn set for Simon Says Stamp called Happy Howlidays. I love that the images don't just have to be used for Christmas cards.

I stamped and die-cut the images and then coloured them with Copic markers., Then I cut a front panel for the card using an MFT Stamps Blueprints Dienamics Stitched Rectangle Die.

Then I used a card edge die from a First Edition set called Build a Scene, to cut a scrap piece of card in the shape of clouds.

Then I placed the shaped card on the panel in a random pattern, and inked against the edge with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink, to give the effect of fluffy clouds on a pink background.

The sentiment circle is from an older Simon Says Stamp monthly kit. I die-cut this a few times with white card, and stacked them together for dimension. Then I placed this on the background and arranged my images inside and around it, using wet glue and foam pads.

Then I finished it off with a die-cut balloon and a number 7.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Silver Embossing

Good morning all I hope you are having a good week. Not long before the weekend now, and hopefully some crafty time !

Today's card is very simple, but very very pretty, and uses a flower image from the July 2018 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit. 

I used soft grey card, and tapped it generously with my anti-static pad, then I stamped the image with Versamark ink, and heat embossed it with Detail Silver Shine Embossing Powder from Cosmic Shimmer.

I cut the panel out with an MFT Stamps Blueprints 13 Stitched Rectangle die, and added it to a black A2 note card.

Then I stamped the Love and Hugs sentiment that came with the set, and the On Your Birthday sentiment, from a recent magazine set, using Jet Black Archival Ink.  I layered them both with black card and then added them to the card.

Like I said, very simple, but still very pretty. Hope you like it too, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Spotlight Stamping

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card uses a technique that I have seen before called spotlight stamping.

It uses stamps from the My Monthly Hero July 2018 kit, and some of the new Nuvo Shimmer Powder from Tonic Studios, this one is called Atlantis Burst, and it came with a recent Tonic monthly kit.

I used a piece of watercolour card, and put a few drops of the Shimmer Powder on to it, then sprayed it lightly with water, which gave me quite a saturated effect. I wanted some lighter areas too, so I put some powder on an acrylic block, then sprayed that with water and used a splatter brush to flick it over the card.

To add a little bit of different colour to the background I sprayed a couple of Shimmer Spritz colours over the top, in Pewter and Silver. These also give the background a hint of sparkle.

For the main image, I used one of the stamps from the My Monthly Hero kit, and stamped it on the card using Fiesta Teal dye ink, also from Hero Arts. Then I cut an oval piece of linen card, placed it over the top of the background and stamped it again using the same ink.

I die-cut the background panel, using an MFT Stamps Blueprints 13 Stitched Rectangle die, then added it to a teal note card. Then I added my stamped oval on top using foam tape and lining the stamped images up, so it looks like they were all stamped at the same time.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Welcome Little One

Good morning all and happy Friday. I hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.

Today's card is a little bit different for me as I got the opportunity to make a baby card for a change, and it's very simple.

The image and sentiment is from a Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine stamp set, issue 178. I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto smooth white card, and then coloured the image with Copic markers.

I cut the panel out with a stitched square die, and then matted it with pink card and a patterned paper, then put it on to a 5 x 5 note card.

I used a 'new to us' die set for the bricks from Xcut called Alphabet Blocks, which I cut from pink card, and then added a small square of white card behind.

I was originally going to use ABC, but then changed my mind to use the new young lady's initials instead.

Like I said, very simple, but oh so cute lol.

Hope you like it too, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Sea View

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card was made with the June 2018 My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts. I used the layering stamps and the inks that came with the kit to stamp the sea.

Then underneath the sea I used Copic Markers for a sandy look. I cut the panel down across the top of the waves, and then used another piece of card to stamp my dolphin and clouds on.

I stamped them with Versamark ink and heat embossed them using silver and white embossing powders. Then I used Distress Oxide Inks to blend a sunny sky behind them 

For the card front I used an old Britannia Die with an opening window, that I could set my scene behind, then I added it all to an A2 note card, using foam tape. A very simple sentiment finished it off nicely.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx