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DT Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge

01 Dec 201701 Dec 2017 Catherine

Well hello! And happy start of advent. I have a very non-christmas card to share today that I made for my contribution to Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge. I actually stuck the video on to record the process… you can check this out here.

And here is the card I made…

I love these funky papers and the contrast with the delicate butterfly from Watercolour wings. Adorable.

So now off to see what others have got up to with their stash of patterned paper over on the blog.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Brushos, Watercolor wings

Brusho butterfly

19 Oct 201719 Oct 2017 Catherine

This card is the finished card from the crafting session I held a few weeks ago. I used versamark to stamp the base of the butterfly and then sprinkled on the brusho trying to keep it only on the versamark area before spritzing it lightly.

Once it was dry I then stamped on the rest of the parts and patterns of the butterfly. To finish I added stickles and a layer of black cardstock to mount it. I love the movement created by the brushos. And love these colours.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Swirly Scribble thinlits, Watercolor wings

Swirly scribble framelit card

17 Oct 201717 Oct 2017 Catherine

I saw an idea on Pintrest that I wanted to have a go at using the swirly scribbles framelits to peep through a white card to a colourful background. Of course I now can’t find the original inspiration pin. But thanks for the inspiration whoever came up with the idea.

I created a background using a couple of inks colours and some water. Then I layered up the white cardstock and cut two panels to the same size (larger than the final die I used to cut them out).

Then I took the white panel and die cut the swirls. I then sat the main die back in place and then adhered the two side pieces onto the background. I then adhered each section back into the gaps before I then took out the die cut.

I then die cut the panel into a card topper.

I love how this came out and then added the butterfly from Watercolour wings and edged the panel with the same pink ink.

Finally added the little glitter gems to embellish

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Brushos, Gelli Plate, Happy Celebrations, Serene Silhouettes, Swirly Scribble thinlits, Watercolor wash, Watercolor wings, Watercolor words

Wow with Watercolour class

03 Oct 201703 Oct 2017 Catherine

Tonight friends will be gathering at mine for a crafting session where the theme I chose was watercolour! Now given I am not an art teacher nor do I know how to watercolour in the way you might be thinking…. I instead chose to add colour in a watery way… or use stamps designed to give a water colour appearance.

So here is what I have got prepped…

Watercolour wings with brushos and some embossing.

Watercolour words with some inky circles using a gelli plate.

Watercolour wash background stamp with a silhouette.

And finally…

A scrapbook page just for a change. Using the gelli plate to add the inky large circles and the circles from Happy Celebrations set which I applied ink to using the Stampin Write markers to keep with the sketchy look.

Hopefully we will get through these projects in no time at all… or at least get most of them done! Regardless I am sure we will have fun!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Beautiful You, Distress oxide ink, Ribbons, Watercolor wings

Black tag butterfly time

02 Sep 201702 Sep 2017 Catherine

Today I have a tag I made for a swap to share. I grabbed a black tag from Ranger and started adding distress oxides onto it. As they are slightly opaque they can be used on darker cardstock… just don’t expect the colours to be the same as when on light cardstock.

So I started with a base of frayed burlap and layered up a few layers before then starting with the stencilling and stamping.

I added some dots from the Watercolour wings set and then stencilled some dots too. Then I stamped the main butterfly image with three colours of oxide. This created a subtle but beautiful feature. I then took a sentiment from Beautiful you and embossed it in white and doodles round some of the dots too.

I decided the butterfly needed more emphasis… so out came the white gel pen again…

Love how this came out.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Distress oxide ink, Masks/Stencils, Watercolor wings

Postcard swap number 2!

27 Mar 201727 Mar 2017 Catherine

I’ve gotten myself into another swap… and it’s another postcard swap!

This time the theme is things with Wings. I have plenty of winged thing stamps so didn’t think much of it at the beginning as I knew I would come up with something so instead I jaunt let myself play!

I chose a postcard which I had already mopped up some ink on and then adhered this Tim Holtz tissue wrap to it using Matt medium. Then I started layering up distress oxide inks.

Just love how easy these inks make layering colour to projects. Ranger really have come up with an amazing product.

Next it was time to add texture… I decided to use some abandoned coral distress stain to colour the modelling paste and then use a Tim Holtz stencil.

This was it when it was still drying.

Once it was dry I chose to add a Watercolour wings butterfly I made in one of the distress oxide videos. That became my thing with Wings.

I added this with gel medium and left it to dry for the rest of the day. The next day I then added some doodling with pen and the title of the art.

I used Faber-Castell pens to add some shading too which makes the butterfly pop more.

Really really happy with this final look. It came together so nicely and was good to feel like I was just playing.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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More distress oxide playing

15 Mar 201715 Mar 2017 Catherine

And another YouTube video done!

Feeling more confident with the app to edit the video now and hopefully this makes sense.

And here are pics of what I made at the end of the video…

Not quite got round to sticking the last one down yet and think it needs a layer of something before I do.

Anyways … check out the video to see how I made these and if you enjoy it, give it a thumbs up!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Brushos, Butterfly basics, Gelatos, Faber Castell, Masks/Stencils, Papillion Potpourri, Swallowtail, Watercolor wings

Mixed media card class… flutterbys

24 May 201602 May 2016 Catherine

Tonight it is time to make cards with my friends and this time I decided to make a whole load of butterfly cards. I gathered four stamp sets with butterflies and used different medium and techniques to make the samples. Wonder how the gang will get on with them?

Love how varied they are and how lovely they all are.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Brushos, Masks/Stencils, Ribbons, Watercolor wings

My mother’s day card to my Mum

02 Mar 201602 Mar 2016 Catherine

Yes I know it’s not quite mothers day yet but mine has to be posted early to reach Spain in time. Plus Mum doesn’t read my blog as far as I am aware so unlikely to see it!

Here is what I made for my Mum….

I used some patterned vellum that I bought a couple of years ago. Through this I punched the ribbon edge punch and threaded the tangerine tango ribbon.

I then took some mixed media paper and a stencil that had swirls like the vellum. I sprayed the paper with water through the stencil and tapped Brusho powders in reds, oranges and yellows onto it. This meant it kept the stencil pattern but was still a Brusho bit of magic. I love the way that the crystals mix together. I left this panel to dry.

I then worked on the butterfly from the Watercolor wings set. I do love these butterflies. I used reds, yellows and oranges to create the butterfly and then cut it out. I adhered the butterfly to the Brusho panel and layered it all up. Finally I added some stickles for a bit of bling and to balance it with the vellum.

Love how this came out! Bright and beautiful for my lovely Mum!

The sentiment I stamped from alpha stamps in the Riding Hood Red ink.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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One sheet wonder … errrm three sheets

15 Jan 201615 Jan 2016 Catherine

Part of the Use them or Lose them challenge of the year is to use some of the paper I have stashed. I have been trying to use stuff from the scraps box where possible to try and work through that but there is also the mountain of uncut 12 x 12 sheets of dsp so I decided to do a one sheet wonder type project… although ended up using three sheets of DSP so I could get some variety.

I didn’t follow a osw cutting guide, instead headed over to Mojo Monday and followed a load of sketches from November and October 2015 to design the cards and cut everything up. I added two sheets of Primrose Petals cardstock, one crumb cake and one wild wasabi plus a few bits and pieces of scrap cardstock that were hanging around the desk.