Category Archives: Happy Moments

More gelli plate cards

Gelli Plate, Happy Moments

Hi

Today I have two of the cards I’ve finished off from the massive gelli plate play session I had! 

I decided to use the two that were the Happy Moments stamps to do these two birthday cards.
For both of them I chose papers that I felt worked with the colours in the inky background. I also chose to add more colour to the actual pictures to give them more of a fun look. I did this using my fine waterbrush and some Stampin Write markers. 

I embellished both with the punchinella and one of them I also added some thread to add a little bit of extra texture. I then went over both images with Wink of Stella to add some shimmer.

Love how cute these are. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine

Gelli plate background cards

Badass Chick, Claritystamps, Dylusions, Gelli Plate, Happy Moments, Lacy Brocade, Oh So Lovely

Hello. Today and over the next few days I have a lot of cards I made using similar techniques because I made a lot of backgrounds during a crafting session with friends (and whilst tidying up afterwards too!). 

Here are the backgrounds I made using distress inks and the gelli plate. The first photo shows the cards I made that night too and three I had started off.

I love how this fun technique provides lots of different panels and they are all unique and organic in the way they come together. 

The next step was to choose some stamps to start the decorating. Some of these I didn’t do a brilliant job of stamping… either I rocked the stamp or I dropped it so created some shadow… but given I have this many panels to work with it’s not a big deal if they don’t all end up being used in the end! 

For all of them I used black versatile ink for the stamping and in some cases I masked the edges off so I could preserve the edge of the panels.

Ok so from this point on I needed to cut them all into panels…

… choose card colours for mounts…

… die cut ATCs from the mount card stock… 

… and layer them up! 

The six I am going to focus on today were all done using the Wildflowers stamps by Tim Holtz.  I love these silhouette stamps .. they are so effective and simple to use. I chose to make both birthday and thank you cards.

I started very simple. Some added gems and a heat embossed sentiment on the same colour cardstock as the mount and raised on foam tape to give dimension. I also went over the flower image with Wink of Stella to give it lovely shimmer! 

The next one I chose a crumb cake card for the base and added some patterned paper. 

I kept the embellishment simole with just a heat embossed sentiment and then used glossy accents on the flower to give it texture and dimension. 

The next card I added a embossed piece of ombre cardstock.  For the main feature I cut the panel down a tiny amount so there was less of a frame and added a black outline. I stamped the sentiment directly on the panel and added gems and wink of Stella again for the shimmery finish on the flower.

Next up I took some more of the patterned paper and added a strip to the card blank. Again I kept the panel simple with some gems and a heat embossed sentiment.

The next one I decided on a little bit of doodling and a panel of Lemon lime Twist cardstock. Again gems and wink of Stella added sparkle.

The final one I used crumb cake cardstock for the base again. The turquoise panel is the same ombre cardstock I used earlier and the sentiment is cut from a part that is slightly lighter. I heat embossed the sentiment, added gems and of course some wink of Stella to the flower again! 

So that’s 6 cards made… quite a few left to go but enjoying the challenge of turning these mini panels into something pretty and fun! 

I will share the other finished cards as I get to them over the next few days!

Happy crafting!

Catherine 

Let them eat cake postcard 

Digital stamps, Distress oxide ink, Happy Moments

The theme for September in the Facebook postcard art swap group I am part of was “Let them eat cake, or bread” or “Marie Antoinette”.  So I had to use the fabulous Marie Antoinette Octopode Factory digital stamp! 

Of course it is very unlikely that Marie Antoinette uttered the infamous phrase “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” herself… in fact no proof at all that this was attributed to her… and that was why I went with the title I did for my postcard. 

I printed her off on the linen cardstock and then coloured her using distress oxides and my waterbrush.  I then diecut a frame from another piece of the cardstock and sandwiched them together with glue. This was she looks like she it looking out of a frame. I added a little ink to the edges with a waterbrush to add some soft definition. 

Next I added a cake that I stamped and cut out from the Happy Moments stamp set. I did cut the candles off though and then added colour using the distress oxides and a waterbrush again.  Next I added the hand stamped sentiment and edged that with the same colour ink as the frame. 

I then added the topper to a piece of Berry Burst cardstock that went well with the Seedless preserve distress oxide ink I had been using.

Finally a little wink of Stella for Marie Antoinette’s crown and the cake flowers and stand to add that little bit of sparkle! 

Love it! And hopefully so will Sally-Ann, the recipient of the postcard. 

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Masterboard card class

Emma Godfrey, Finnabair, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Gorjuss, Happy Moments, Kim Dellow, Masks/Stencils

Tonight some friends are popping over to mine to make some cards using a masterboard as the basis. 

Here is the masterboard I created for the basis of the samples.

I used Paperartsy fresco finish paints and a mixture of stencils and stamps.

Here are the samples … but obviously the end products may be very different due to the unique nature of creating a masterboard. 

Card one I used Kim Dellow stamps to create the flowers and added a doily to separate the bright blooms from the background. In all except one card the feature image is watercoloured using SU inks and a waterbrush.

Card two uses the finnabair stamp to add the feature stamped onto the same yellow cardstock as the mount to the panel and sentiment.

Card three I decided to jazz up the panel by die cutting a section out. I also added some shimmer ink on top of the watercoloured presents to add some additional shine.

Card four uses the cut out from card three to add interest behind the Gorjuss Girl image.

All in all a fun set of cards made with one piece of 6 x 12 cardstock for the masterboard.

Love this method of making cards.

Happy crafting!

Catherine 

Birthday cards for the twins! Playing with my stencil brushes

Darcy, Happy Moments, Masks/Stencils, Spectrum noir pencils

Today is the birthday of two of the princess’ friends… Hannah and Matthew! Happy birthday to them both.  So I decided to make them both cards that had a similar theme… Using my new love… clarity stencil brushes.  They are fabulous to use.  Nice muted effects and are making me use those lovely stencils in different ways. 

First up… Hannah’s card…

 Using the Happy Moments stamp set from SU for the facial image, then masked it off and used Spun sugar for the base coming out from the mask.  Then added the leaf mask and used worn lipstick and milled lavender.  Finished the edge with some more milled lavender.  Really enjoying using the distress inks as they blend so nicely.  Still pref SU inks for stamping though.  Coloured the flowers on the cake with SU markers and then added a dot of stickes to the centre for a bit of bling. 

Next up is Matthew’s card…

 

This time I used the stencil first… Yes the clarity stencil that I love so much at the moment.  This time I used shabby shutters and cracked pistachio for the bubbles.  Then I stamped the bear and the border stamp (one of Darcy Eclectica stamps) in black Versafine.  Then I used the Spectrum Noir pencils to colour the bear and add colour to the border. I then blended a little bit of black soot around the edge of the card before sticking it to the card blank. I also added the sentiment from the happy moments set as it worked with the bear. 

Pleased with how they both came out.  Hope that the kids did too! 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine