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| The Beautiful Day flower was coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and then fussy cut |
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Stephanie
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Showing posts with label Adjusting a die cut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adjusting a die cut. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Beautiful Day in Garden Lane
Making "thank you" cards is serving a dual purpose for me at the moment. As well as creating cards to thank my friends and family for their support, I'm creating an "attitude of gratitude" around myself which I'm finding very helpful.
I coloured the Beautiful Day flower with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and cut it out. The greeting is stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink and cut out with one of the Merry Christmas dies before edging with a bit more of the Gorgeous Grape ink. The tag was too long for the greeting, so I made it a bit shorter by using this method.
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Stephanie
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Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie
Product List - All products used in this project are available for purchase from my online store
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Mercury Glass #Elfie - Holiday Catalogue 2019 Sneak Peek
Not long now ... the new Holiday Catalogue takes effect from 4 September! And it's AWESOME!!
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| Mercury Glass Acetate makes a great snowy background for this #Elfie Christmas card |
I just love versatile products that can be used in lots of ways and this catalogue is chock full of versatile wonders!
For example - the glorious Mercury Glass Acetate that I've used over Basic Black cardstock for this background. There are two patterns in the pack and 2 12"x 12" sheets of each. They arrive with a protective coating on one side that is easy to peel off when you're ready to use a piece - and it's easy to trim to the size you want.
The #Elfie images are great to colour and are also versatile. I've trimmed away part of the image so that this little elf can lean against the striped ribbon that is doubling for a pole.
I coloured the image with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.
Having torn the top edge, I added a Whisper White panel to represent a snowy foreground and added some shadows with a light gray alcohol marker.
I cut the greeting using a die from the Ornate Frames die set and then sponged on an edge of Silvery Shimmer ink. I couldn't decide with frame I liked best, so I made another card!
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| This Ornate Frame has been shortened using this method |
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Stephanie
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Friday, 13 October 2017
Falling Flowers Sympathy Card
For quite some time I've been admiring the graceful curves and pretty flowers in the Falling Flowers stamp set ... and finally treated myself! Fortunately, I don't have need of a sympathy card at the moment - which I find is the best time to make one.
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| Falling Flowers images with a watercoloured background |
Planning to use a watery technique, I started out with a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and stamped the flower with Basic Black Archival ink. I then masked the flower and added the gorgeous flourish.
Once the black ink was completely dry (I admit that I was impatient and used the heat tool!) I made the entire piece of cardstock really wet. I use a good quality mop brush for this purpose.
Using the same mop brush, I picked up some Dapper Denim ink and added it to the wet cardstock. I mainly concentrated on the area to the left of the image but I did bring a little across to the other side of the card too. I then repeated the process with Crumb Cake ink, concentrating on the right side of the card. I like to use drops of ink from the reinker but you could also use ink from the pad - probably best to tap a good amount of ink onto a non-porous surface that can act as a palette.
Once I was happy with the coverage, and while the card was still fairly damp, I used the wood grain image in the Timeless Textures stamp set to add more of the inks. One area had was not quite damp enough for the stamped ink to bleed, so I ran my damp mop brush over it again.
When the card was completely dry, I added colour to the stamped image using Crumb Cake and Dapper Denim inks with just a hint of Whisper White Craft Ink for highlights. I also added some loose hints of shadows.
The greeting is from the Better Together stamp set and the label layers are Crumb Cake, Dapper Denim and Basic Black. All the ends are trimmed with a Lots of Labels die. Visit here for an idea of how I achieved that. The difference is that the labels on today's card were narrower than the die I used for the ends.
The base card is Crumb Cake and the mat is Basic Black. To give a lift to the sombre colour scheme, I added some of the gorgeous copper sequins in the Metallics Sequin Assortment.
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Stephanie
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