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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Fractured!!

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My title refers to the technique I have used - it's called a fractured card!
This was the challenge for my small swap group that I belong to here in NZ.


I started with and inky panel that was on my desk, and I embossed it.
I then went hunting for a specific floral image that I wanted to use, but it eluded me - I tried another small floral, but that was a big fail, as I tried to use watercolour stamping... 


I eventually found this face image, stamped it in Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink, (after more fails at the watercolour stamping) and added some red to the lips, and blue to her eyes, and then mounted her onto cream card. 


The sentiment was also stamped with the same ink on cream cardstock layered over some of the same 
Cranberry coloured card that I used for the 'fracture' lines and base.
A few gold faceted gems and I called the front of the card done.


The inner lining was cream, and I added a strip of the background card to the edge of it


I decorated the edge of the envelope with off  the edge, repeated  stamping of the image


The card and envelope together.

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Thank you for visiting, and hanging in this long - it's taken me hours to do this post, as part way through my trusty mouse once more dropped off the arm of the chair, and this time the 'right click' function died... and i had to learn how to use my mouse pad - thanks to my daughters expertise,  I can now use it, albeit slowly!


Friday, March 8, 2024

China Anniversary

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I made it!! I have had my surgery, and am temporarily typing with one hand... 
I made this card in January..
The background was stamped with a large SSS Love Is stamp in Memento London Fog ink.  
I machine stitched around the panel, then sat and thought.... and did sone research, and found that
The 20th Anniversary is the 'China' one, Platinum is the metal and emerald green the colour...


The hearts were die cut from Emerald green glitter card, and adhered to look like steam rising.


I die cut the cup (Stamp Simply Tea or Coffee) from DP, then brushed ink around it. and the number of the anniversary was cut from silver  and adhered to the cup.  


The sentiment was embossed in platimum ep.
The cup was 'grounded' with some washi tape, just the top part of the design.


The internal panel was also stitched around.


Saturday, February 24, 2024

A Textural Swap Card

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Once more time is moving faster than me - not hard for it to do at the moment, thanks to an ambush by a ceramic pig - it fell from a cupboard, skinned my shin and now I am sitting with my leg up... the pig survived unscathed!!  The ultimate irony. 

Today's card was for the small swap group I am in, and the challenge this month was to use three textures... I think I managed... 


I started with a piece of card that I had stamped off a back ground text stamp, then smooshed in 'overspray' of mica powders and paints on my work surface... 
(the faint stamping has not shown in the photos, but it is there :)


I used an old NBUS stencil to stencil the butterflies with gold paint mixed with iridescent medium, but it was not satisfactory at all,  I then sprinkled over sparkly gold embossing powder and heated it - which made the butterflies bubble and puff up - a bonus texture


The flower started as a snippet of white copy paper, brushed with red, orange and yellow inks, die cut and pleated before being drawn up into the flower head.  I used a button for the centre of the flower. The stem was some green cord, with a flat green ribbon twisted around it - the leaves were trimmed out of a snippet of green card


The sentiment was silver embossed onto a snippet of metallic blue card, torn down one edge, then mounted over burlap (ribbon), trimmed to fit.


The final detail was the torn corrugated card with some lace layered over it across the base of the featured panel - the panel was then mounted over a deep green base


The inside was stencilled with the same butterfly stencil using the residual green ink on my 'green' brush.


The envelope was stamped with an old wood mounted stamp, using a kaleidoscope ink pad.
I padded the card front with bubble wrap cut to fit around the flower - I just hope it arrived without being too squashed!


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Snippets used were copy paper (flower), blue sentiment panel and green leaves


Sunday, February 18, 2024

Romance is in the air - still

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Thank you for visiting - I am very quiet at the moment as there is a lot going on behind the scenes here, and creativity is somewhat lacking... 

This is my card for the mid-month reminder for We Love Stamping where the theme this month is Romance, and what is more romantic than a newly engaged couple?


I had fun colouring this couple using my Polychromo pencils, and was pleased with the result.
I love her giant 'diamond' on her paw :) (This is one of my very early stamps, think over 20 yrs)


The sentiment is a positively ancient one, that was very cheap - one of my first stamp purchases, and here I have gold embossed it


After colouring I masked off the bears and stamped the hearts (an equally old stamp) with Versa mark ink, the brushed pink perfect pearls over them


A dab of Glossy Accents on their noses for a wee bit of shine - can't let the ring take all the glory


A stipe of gold tape down the inside, to match the gold layering behind the feature panel


And a matching gold stripe on the envelope.



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Sunday, February 4, 2024

Romance...

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The theme this month at We Love Stamping is Romance (there is also an Anything Goes option)


I don't have many heart stamps - three in total, and a few with a heart included, one of the later features on my card today.


I started with a square card - one of a handful and blanks and envelopes I found when unpacking, which worked in my favour when it came to stamping, as I could simply rotate the card to stamp the rose image, and thus form a circle.  I used Memento London Fog ink, and a rose stamp from Stamp Simply


The central image I stamped and embossed, and coloured the central heart with some red paint.
This is a very old stamp (over 20 years) and still one I enjoy using




The inside was simply decorated using some red striped Washi tap



Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Farm Yard Chat

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I have managed to make a card this week - hopefully I will get another one tomorrow. :)

I wanted to send a card to a friend, and this is what I came up with...


I started with a stamped  image that I was gifted some years ago, and  added some colour in selected spots with my polychromo pencils - 
I darkened the neck feathers so they look like the Sussex breed of hens.


The sentiment saw it's first outing - it's part of a wee set I purchased some years ago by Paper Tray Ink.
I embossed it in white, using an off cut of the red card.  I only had the one piece of red card, so I die cut the layer for the image out of the centre of it, and also the sentiment strip... 



The patterned background is a paper napkin, glued to a white panel.
I used a glue stick, and because of the heat, some came off in lumps, and would not smooth out, so I ran it through the Cuttlebug and it worked wonders!

I coated the tail feathers of the rooster with Wink of Stella, and I think I caught the sparkle in this photo


I finished the inside with some washi tape


And layered two strips of the same washi tape on the envelope.


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Monday, January 29, 2024

Colouring Cards

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Just a quick post today - I have been lacking in mojo for some time now.  and while unpacking recently I found a box of small colouring cards, and today I relaxed and coloured... 
then mounted the cards.
The mounts have a small stand on the back so they can stand up on a desk or cabinet


these were fun to colour and mount


My polychromo pencils had a good 'workout' - pencil has become on of my favourite colouring mediums


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