Being inky and creating pretty stuff
This time I went for a theme to the set of coins I made.
I love this pointsetta stamp so decided to use it three ways!
Two with a splatter background, one using the green and red and one keeping to the reds. The final one is white on red with some shading added to the background.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Thankful that I had prepared blog posts in advance since the last few weeks have been pretty horrific. Unfortunately, through the teenagers attendance at school, the hubby and I also contracted Covid and we got pretty poorly. Grateful that neither of us had problems with our breathing, however both have felt pretty unwell. We are both on the road to recovery now but energy is low and so fortunate to have most of the blog posts prepped in advance.
Today another three coins to share with you from the advent coins I made for the swap.
This time there are a few new styles to share…
The first one is an ink smooshed background and an embossed reindeer and bold black numbers.
The next is using the pointsetta stamp but against a splattered background. I embossed it and then used distress oxide and a water brush to add colour.
The final one is using fresco finish paints and a stencil for the background. Then I added the white embossing.
See you in another few days with the next set of coins.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Three more of my advent coins to share with you today…
The green one is a duplicate of the one I made for day 1. And the blue one is similar to the one I made for day 3 although I changed the snowflake stamp and colour of the embossing.
Number 5 I took a different technique on. I used ink smooshing and some background stamping before adding the focal image of the pointsetta on either side of the coin. I like the bright white against the rustic red colour and the contrast of the embossed number in dark red.
Check back in a few more days to see the next set I created.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Hello! Happy Sunday everyone!
Today I had another play with the Peace and Joy stamp and die set, this time to create a postcard for the UK stampers forum swap. It is similar in theme to the tag I made and shared a few weeks ago.
I actually did start making this at the same time using my favourite technique… mop up! I used glossy photo paper to mop up the watery distress oxides… this creates an awesome and very quick and easy background! When you polish away the oxidisation element it stains the glossy paper and gives a lovely marble effect.
Then I added the stamping … again this stains the paper and leaves it still shiny! I created the stamping in a circle around where I knew I would place the die cut. I think this is the first project I’ve used the “star” stamp… love how funky it looks… need to use that again!
Next I added the die cut…
… and the little sentiment strips. Then I added the panel to the black cardstock postcard.
Love this shiny postcard. Nice and seasonal and another way of using the fabulous Peace and Joy stamp and die set! Just love this set!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
I thought I would make a seasonal tag for my UK Stampers Forum swap this month and grabbed for … yup my favourite stamp set of season… peace and joy.
I decided to emboss the Joy stamp in the background using white embossing and then played with the distress oxide inks in green to give a nice blended water colour background.
I then stamped and fussy cut out the leaves. I used the same distress oxide green colours to keep the colour scheme the same.
Next I stamped and embossed the sentiment onto grey cardstock and added that to the front of the tag with the leaves coming out of it. I used coloured staples to add an extra embellishment.
Then I did cut the Joy from the lime green cardstock twice and layered it up for dimension and added the white background die.
I finished off the tag with some green dotty ribbon from the stash and the gems.
Love how it ended up… fresh but festive!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Today I have a tag I made for the UK Stampers Forum swap group… although currently just a virtual swap.
I used an old background I had made and added some roses using a Craft stamper magazine stamp onto bookprint. I inked up the edge to the panel and them cut a backing.
I then added the brad and the ribbons to finish off!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Today is my Dad’s birthday so I made the following card using gelli prints and a Creative Stamping magazine.
I printed the background pieces on to a textured paper which I love the effect it gives. I then added some enamel dots and the sentiment panel.
Hope my dad likes the relaxing scene.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Happy fathers day to my dad!
It’s always a bit weird celebrating fathers day as it’s so close to my dad’s birthday… So he gets all his days in one go! Ah well! He knows he’s loved all year, doesn’t need a special day for it really!
Here is the card I made for him.
I used the gelli plate to add distress inks and then a little bit of stencilling and the boat image stamped. I then found some sentiments to create the little word labels.
Next I made some paper that matched for the mount and added this to the dark jade cardstock with the little gems as accents.
Love how peaceful the card is.
I made a similar style of card for the hubby too… but a different focal image.
Love this fun VW camper stamp.
Love to all the dad’s out there.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
So this card was made ages ago and I forgot to blog about it… it’s a card I made for my cousin’s son, James, whose birthday was in February.
I decided to do something fairly simple but hopefully fun and a bit funky.
I masked off the card to leave a square and inked the square using my clarity stencil brushes. Then I used some old stamps from the stash to stamp the robot, stars and dots.
I then removed the mask and stamped the sentiment and added the black outline.
I decided even if it was a boy card a bit of sparkle wouldn’t be amiss so carefully added wink of Stella to the robot.
So my cute robot card for James!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Today I’ve got a tag I made for the UK stampers forum swap. I actually created this using the basket goodies I have been sharing the cards I made.
I started by using the gelli plate mop up as a background start. I then started adding some stamping using some old stamps and the Badass artchick number background stamp.
I added some torn bookprint down one side. Then I added more ink using a blending tool.
Next I worked on the focal point. A stamped fabric piece, a frame I painted and stamped. Then I added the butterfly embellishment to which I had added paint and embossing powder to.
Quite a grungy tag and a bit different from my usual style.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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