Mini Circle Card

 

A quick post today - a 4"  circle card base from my layering dies with linen card from Paper Mill Direct. Spellbinders die for the bottom circle and then 2 more circles cut and re-laid. A few embellishments and flourish  from stash and found these pretty pearl headed pins in my sewing box to add as hat pins.
Have a good day - off to Tunbridge Wells......x

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Oak House Studio and Paper clay

Distressed background and cut out stamped flowers from Oak House Studio. Roll out some paper clay and stamped into it with butterfly. I added a band of spider ribbon. Cosmic pearls and  a sentiment  added to finish.

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Mondays card

 

 

Made a circle card with lots of layers using the TonicL;ayering circles set which has a very small deckle around the edge. The top layer was made out of rolled out paper clay from Martha Stewart. First stamp embossed with the little rose background stamp from Oak House Studio to create more texture and left to dry and then die cut the circle. You need to stamp the impression first to get the imprint or could stamp with ink or heat EP after it has dried depending on the effect you want. The heart and butterfly were also stamped onto rolled out clay and cut round after they had dried. Colour as desired. Dog rose corner stamp heat embossed and coloured.


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Couple of my cards from the Workshop at J and C Creations

 

 

First chance I have had to post a couple of my card projects from Eileen's Workshop @ J and C  Creations

 

Both cards based on techniques using Distress Inks. There are tutorials  on  Eileen's Blog eileenscraftyzone.blogspot.com -

the  first uses a resist technique with a white wax crayon and the second a beautiful stamp from Chocolate Baroque Set ( got mine from J and C Creations )

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Penny Black Flower Stamp and more water droplets

 

 

What a beautiful image on this Penny Black Stamp

 

Similar technique to my previous card, using a beautiful Penny Black image
(from    www.jandccreations.co.uk  -many on a special price too!)
I think the raindrops using Goose Bumps work really well. You just have to be patient when "placing" the droplets to avoid them dispersing.
Thanks for looking today - off to Eileens Workshop today - GREAT!
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Raes Tag Challenge



My tag for Raes 1st Challenge!

Distressed Inks for background. Memory Box Mask, Sparkle medium - copper, Hero Arts leaf and Tulip ( heat embossed and coloured) Butterfly from Oak House Studio, heat embossed and coloured and a rosette for the Butterfly to sit on. My take on the Liquid Glass using clear Goosebumps for some water drops - Oh and some ribbon to finish!!





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Technique card with my own take on Liquid Glass

Had a lot of fun with my card for Thursday. First embossed background card. I used about 7" square card and then cut into circle with Tonic layering die. Distress inks on background.  Then a quick spritz of mica. Stamped flower - this is a Hero Arts flower and then with a very fine pen outlined some of the areas of the Distressing. For a change used a fine white pen first and then a double line of black - very subtle. To add my take of liquid glass for a water effect I used clear Goose Bumps by taking off the top and tapping off excess from the "tube" and then carefully placed a drop onto the card. Wasn't sure if it would disperse as I placed the liquid - phew it worked. Added a circle for another layer.
 Working on another couple of samples to show the effect.
Some elements based on a technique I did with Eileen Godwin

You are welcome to use my ideas but I appreciate a link back if you are trying this out!  

Daisy Daisy.....Sheena's stamp again

 

 

 

 

Sheena's Stamp, E/Folder and Imagination Craft's Dimension paste

 

 

Quite a few techniques today starting wit the embossed leaf background which I distressed. Laid vine mask and put super green glitter paste through. Left to dry and then used Tonic layer die to cut rectangle. Textured paper to cut the topper base. Stamped and decoupaged Daisy stamp from Sheena Douglass and added a sentiment to finish.

 



Tuesdays Card is a Sheena Douglass Daisy Stamp and Designs by Ryn Leaf

 

Daisy, Daisy......

 

Sheena's Daisy Stamp decoupaged and the background created from a Memory Box mask from Oyster at Rochester and a beautiful Ornate leaf stamp  from Designs by Ryn   designsbyryn.com . Butterfly stamped onto the card and then stamped inked and stuck on with heat gun. Mounted onto a base card ( card from PaperMill Direct)  papermilldirect.com

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Another Poppy card.........

 

 

Another card based on the Workshop technique from  eileenscraftyzone.blogspot.com

 

simple colouring and the extra stamping cut up to decoupage for depth

 

 

masked the background first - Memory Box Mask and used my favourite matt and layering dies from tonic.

Enjoy the last day of the weekend all.....x

 

 



Oak House Studio Stamps for todays card

 

 

Die cut stamped flowers, embossing powder and textured card

 

Stamped the dog rose corner stamp with white embossing powder and decoupaged. Inked background through an oval aperture before adding the flowers. Add twisted ribbon for interest and gold glitter to edge the matt and layering

 

 



My second  card has a die cut circle and I decoupaged the heart and flowers with ribbon loops. I heat embossed the heart, distress inked and then over stamped with the medium Charming butterfly  with platinum EP to add more  texture and interest - again heat embossed. Used linen effect card as the base and then added purple Cosmic Pearls to finish.

 

Card inspired by Eileen

Penny BLack Stamp and Tonic Dies

Another card based on a technique from Eileens Workshop. A Penny Black Stamp coloured and matt and layered using the Layering Dies from Tonic.
Have a great weekend all.

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Parchment card with Gerbera and spiral leaf

 

 

 Playing with parchment......with a Stamp from Designs by Ryn

 

          I cut my parchment with a Spellbinders die first and then I stamped the images onto a piece of card and then on the right side of the parchment outlined the flower and foliage with a white pen. Worked from the wrong side using colouring and parchment tools to create my piece. I made a card from a Tonic Layering die which has a really small "deckle". In the oval set of 14 dies alternate die are plain. I used the next size down from the white to cut the plain oval. Think it all works well together..............

Designs by Ryn stamp " Gerbera"

 

 

Todays card uses a lovely Stamp from Ryn @ designsbyryn.com

 

 

 I used a hexagonal shape as the base and inked through mask for the background. Coloured the flower and then decoupaged with the leaves and added extra matt and layering to finish.

 

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My Workshop Cards

 

 

Had another great workshop with Eileen on Saturday and these are the cards I made............

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A beautiful  card cut from a set of hexagonal dies.
and matt and layered with hexagonal cuts. Distress inks through
a mask and then stamped the poppy and also stamped to decoupage.

Details below on this card using Distress Inks



All are my favourites this time from the Workshop  eileenscraftyzone.com  .
The thistle stamp was super and the card was based on a
spritz and flick technique from Tim Holtz.  Find further details on his site
but I think it may have been posted on YouTube.
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A simple quick make card
using a stamp from Heartfelt creations
and a flourish die.



Decorative Diamond from Oak House Studio

 

 

Have reposted this card due to a technical hitch!

 

 

three stamps from Oak House Studio on this card. Rose background stamp ( not showing up too well in the photo ) Decorative Diamond and Butterfly Charm. Mounted onto a Spellbinders Die cut.

 

Used decorative diamond and butterfly charm from Oak House Studio for the card I have made today. The rose cluster was used to form the background which I heat embossed. A Spellbinders mattt and layering to finish. The few small white nad pink flowers were from J and C  Creations

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Oak House Studio and Tonic Die

 

 

todays card has a Tonic Die Cut for the base and a backing paper showing through to link the colour of the Sakura Stamp from Oak House Studio

 



Decoupaged  3 of the flowers from the stamp and added a few sprigs cut from a Martha Stewart punch.

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Wild Rose Studio Die

A simple card today................

 

 

Spellbinder's oval  which I distressed. Cut the rose die and firs used the aperture to stencil through with Worn Lipstick onto the oval. Distressed the rose and added Stickles Iced Diamond for glitter effect. Matt and layered with LOV papers.
thanks for looking and have a good day all.................

 

 

Cardio Stamps

 

Mondays card

 

 

 

Random generation stamping using Cardio stamps. Framed off a rectangle in the centre for the banner placement.

 

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Leaf trail and stamping with Versamark

 

 

Leaf trail Stamp with Bees

 

 

Morning all!

My card again uses the leaf trail stamp set - a lovely vine and 3 flowers in the set from Lavinia @ laviniastamps.co.uk Distressed the background and stamped leaves with heat EP. Stamped the flowers onto the card and highlighted each centre with a  tiny pearl of Liquid Pearls. Stamped the bees and coloured with squeezed lemonade. Sentiment added and the mat and layered with Spellbinders circle set.

 

Lavinia Stamp Leaf Trail

 

 

I used the leaf trail for my card today:

 

 

 

used a mask for the background and then stamped the leaf trail in green and the flowers in squeezed lemonade from the Distress Ink range. A pearl in the centre of each flower. What a pretty set from Lavinia and I thought quite appropriate for a Spring theme
Spellbinders for mat and layering to finish
I am entering this card into this month's Challenge Blog from Lavinia

 

 

 

 

 

http://laviniastamps.com/blog/lavinia-stamps-challenge-4-spring-colours/

Baby Card

 

 

New Baby Card

 

A quick card for a Baby arrival. Punch 4 squares, 2 plain and 2 coloured. Stamped 2 baby with a suitable sentiment and on the 2 coloured placed the lettering. Mat and  layered onto gingham paper. Stamped sentiment inside to complete the card.

 

 



Rose Vine from Embossalicious Folders

 

Rose embossing folder is the main subject of my card today................

 

 

 

 

This is my new  8" x 8" Embossalicious Folders  - Rose Vine  purchased from jandccreations.co.uk. Embossed first and then lightly brayered over perfect medium or similar. Used clear heat embossing powder. Lightly coloured after heating using worn lipstick Distress Ink. The colour is taken up on the card on the bits that do not have EP powder on them. A beautiful Folder for special occasion cards and you do not always need  a lot else . Simple sentiment and a flower embellishment to finish.

 

 

that's it today as I am getting ready  for my Demo day at Excel.

 

 

 

 

 

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Generation Stamping and a Butterfly from Oak House Studio

 

Masked a band off across the page and distress inked. Drew a thicker line with a ProMarker to highlight

Than I used the pretty rose cluster as a background stamp and decoupaged the Charm Butterfly. That's it apart from a few pearls and some mat and layering.

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