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Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Poppy Garden with framed die cut background - Mothers Day Card


A new stamp I have purchased recently is the Poppy Garden stamp.  I love the Altenew outline stamps for colouring.  This stamp set has the individual flowers and leaves to make your own arrangement, but comes with a couple of ready made arrangements, I really like that.  

I stamped out the two ready made arrangements and went ahead and coloured them in, one in reds for a traditional poppy and the other I did in Mauves, as my Mum likes purple and these are going to be Mother's day cards.

I fussy cut them out and then set to making a background to put on the main part of the card.  I used a cover plate die to cut out a rectangle pattern and then cut out a frame using a couple of stitched rectangles.  I stuck this down over the pattern and then trimmed around the surplus to make a framed pattern.  For one card I stuck this down directly onto the card base.  For the other I made a coloured background by blending some Cosmic shimmer opal polish onto a piece of card and then mounted another frame with foam tape onto this and then cut out the surplus. This was then stuck down onto another card base. 





I stuck the flower directly onto a corner of the card with the framed background stuck directly onto the card base, and the other, I glued the central part and then mounted the overhang with some foam tape.  The opal polish gives a lovely pearlised background that has a lovely interferance of mauve and pink.  Really lovely in true life. 




The sentiments for both I kept simple with some word stamps from the Honey Bee Mother's day stamp set on black card with white embossing powder, which was cut into a strip.



I have a video of making the card.


If you would prefer to see it in full HD then hop over to my You Tube channel here.

The materials I used to make the card are:
Card base 5“ x 7” X 2
Scrap black card
Spare card for the cover plate & frame and stamping 


Altenew Poppy Garden Stamp

----- http://shrsl.com/260p6 -----{Altenew}


Honey Bee Mothers Day stamp


Versafine Onyx black ink



Versamark watermark ink



Ranger white embossing powder



Double sided tape

Gina K foam tape



Nuvo deluxe adhesive


Cutter Bee Scissors


Taylored expression circle plate die
Transparacy Grid - Download the printable pdf from https://www.mysweetpetunia.com/category-s/116.htm or buy from Simon Says Stamp https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Accessories-MISTI-GRID-TRANSPARENCY-mistigt-mistigtsss

Simon says stitched rectangle dies
Copics: reds R22, R35, RV46, Greens YG00, YG03, YG63, Yellow Y15, Y02
Metal ruler
Craft knife
Scissor

This card could be done with any cover plate, I have just purchased the lovely new cover plate by Altenew and so that would have been great to have used, but decided to use an older one I already have for this card.  You can just use any that you might have.  


DISCLOSURE


All the products used in my videos are purchased on my own for my own use.  I however am affiliated with several companies and show the links to these for your own convenience at no cost to you.  I do make a small commission when you shop using those links.  I do not work for any companies for money, and am not paid to make my videos.  I try really hard to bring you quality videos based on my own personal experience. I choose to make these videos as I would like to pass on my knowledge of about 20 years of crafting and card making and feel we can all learn from each other.  Thank you for watching my videos.  



Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Glitter Gliz background - Pandemic Thank you card

This card is one of a few I am making to send out as thank yous to all the wonderful workers working through the Pandemic to keep us safe, and to provide us with necessary supplies

My daughter and her partner were incouraged to come back home when the Virus was starting to ramp up, as they were in the UK.

Unfortunately the process of flying home, they contracted the virus, and although they were unwell for some time, they didn't get a very serious case of it. However because they were in our home we became quarantined as a precaution, so although New Zealand were in complete lockdown, households could still go out and get their supplies.  We weren't allowed to do this, and so had to rely on companies to deliver to us, which proved to be very difficult.  

So I wanted to send a card to the grocers that would deliver to us, because even though we were registerd as a 'prioriy case' we still couldn't get a slot in the delivery service timetable to get groceries delivered and the two main supermarkets, so this one company that would deliver to us was an absolute godsend!  

We also had some pretty dedicated nurses/doctors that kept an eye on our daughter and her partner, and also us, by phone making sure we were ok, so I wanted to send them a big thank you too.  

So the card was one of a few I made for this purpose.



This one I started with stencilling a stencil with the glimmer glitz that I coloured with yellow distress ink and pink distress ink re-inker.  

I spread this over the stencil in patches, and then put aside to dry.  I have found that this glitter glitz does rinkle the paper quite a bit, so I had to press it under some weights as soon as it was dry.  



The flowers I wanted to colour and put on the card were from three different Altenew stamp sets.  The daisy sprigs and some leaves and one flower is from the Poppy Garden stamp set.  I used the daisy cluster from the Simple Beauty stamp set, and a flower and some leaves from the Beautiful Peony stamp set.  I think if you mix and match the flowers you put in an arrangement on your cards always look more natural if they are mixed.  

I coloured them with copics and then fussy cut them all out.



I also cut out 2 white and 1 black thanks die cut and layered them up with glue  



I cut down the glitter background and mounted it onto my card base, and then went about making an arrangement of the flowers and leaves that would look nice at the bottom left of the glitter rectangle.  

Finally the die cut thanks went on the card towards the top of the card.  

I have a video of making the card.


If you would prefer to see it in full HD then hop over to my You Tube channel here.

----- SUPPLIES -----

These are the main supplies I have used in making this card. The affiliate links of some of these supplies or something similar, may be used at no cost to you.  Product disclosure below.  I will also have the links on my blog https://handcraftedbyhelen.blogspot.com

Card base 5“ x 7”

Stencil - aliexpress

Altenew Simple Beauty stamp
----- http://shrsl.com/260p3 -----{Altenew}

Altenew Beautiful Peony stamp
----- http://shrsl.com/260pb -----{Altenew}

Altenew Poppy Garden Stamp
----- http://shrsl.com/260p6 -----{Altenew}

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Nuvo deluxe adhesive

Gina K Glitz glitter gel – White

Cutter Bee Scissors

Double sided tape

Scotch foam tape or alternative is Gina K foam tape

Plastic palette knife

Deco foil stencil pal

Craft knife - substitute

Ranger Water color Paper

Aleene’s Tacky Glue

Original Misti

Copic alcohol markers: YG63, YG17, YG03, RV10, RV13, RV21, Yo2, Y15, C3, C5
Painters tape
Ruler


DISCLOSURE

All the products used in my videos are purchased on my own for my own use.  I however am affiliated with several companies and show the links to these for your own convenience at no cost to you.  I do make a small commission when you shop using those links.  I do not work for any companies for money, and am not paid to make my videos.  I try really hard to bring you quality videos based on my own personal experience. I choose to make these videos as I would like to pass on my knowledge of about 20 years of crafting and card making and feel we can all learn from each other.  Thank you for watching my videos.  



Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Ombre emboss resist - water bottle inspiration.

This card was to show that you can get inspiration for card in all sorts of places.
My daughter recently bought this water bottle and I looked at the flower design on it and the ombre effect and thought I could make a card like this!


So I got a piece of Strathmore Smooth water colour paper a bit bigger than my card base, and I stamped some flowers and leaves all over it with versamark ink and white embossing powder.  I then did some 'filler' lines and small 'daisy' flowers with an embossing pen, so that I got an all over stamped effect, like the bottle has.  Once I had heat set all of the embossing, I used some Aquatini ink to ink blend from the bottom and fade it out towards the top, to give the ombre effect.  


I then stamped a sentiment onto a scrap of white card, cut a strip of silver card to use as a banner for a sentiment.  The final touch was another single flower stamped out, and then coloured in with alcohol markers.  I also stuck a pretty pink posh clear droplet into the centre of the flower.



For a simpler version of this card, I stamped a strip rather than doing the whole card front.  I stuck that down onto my card base and then stuck a sentiment I had stamped and embossed then fussy cut out, onto the card part way across the panel with foam tape. Three clear droplets arranged above the sentiment finished it off.  


So I guess what I am trying to show here, is there is inspiration to be found in all sorts of places.  In nature, in other products such as the water bottle.  I have a coffee mug with a lovely oriental look to it, that I have been wanting to do in a card at some stage, so just keep your eyes and imagination open to possibilities.

I have a video of making the card.


If you would prefer to see it in full HD then hop over to my You Tube channel here.

The materials I used to make the card and affiliate links of same or similar are:


Card base 5“ x 7”

Two pieces of Bristol Strathmore smooth water colour card
Strathmore Bristol smooth card


Altenew Perfectly Perfect stamp

---- http://shrsl.com/260pf ----{altenew}

Altenew Peony Scrolls

----- http://shrsl.com/2620f -----{Altenew}

Altenew Birthday greeting stamp

----- http://shrsl.com/260py -----{Altenew}

Catherine Pooler ink pads,
Minis – Life of the party - Aquatini

Catherine Pooler Ink pad – Aquatini


Versafine Onyx black ink

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink


Ranger white embossing powder


Ranger clear fine embossing powder


WOW Heat tool

 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Couture creations Goodbye static pad


Cutter Bee Scissors


Gina K foam tape



Double sided tape



Pretty Pink Posh 6mm clear droplets
Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear droplets




Simon says stamp sending and wishing stamp set
Ruler
Craft knife
Acrylic block
Scissors


DISCLOSURE


All the products used in my videos and on my blog are purchased on my own for my own use.  I however am affiliated with several companies and show the links to these for your own convenience at no cost to you.  I do make a small commission when you shop using those links.  I do not work for any companies for money, and am not paid to make my videos.  I try really hard to bring you quality videos based on my own personal experience. I choose to make these videos as I would like to pass on my knowledge of about 20 years of crafting and card making and feel we can all learn from each other.  Thank you for watching my videos or visiting my blog.  





Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Floating Frame Technique - 2 cards

This year I am trying some techniques I haven't tried before. I did the eclipse technique for a valentine's day card, and this one today is one I hadn't tried before. 

Its called the Floating frame technique. You stamp a series of stamps of whatever you want, then arrange them on a card panel.  Then you cut out a rectangle from the middle, so that you have an outside frame shape and an inside rectangle that you can use on another card.  You raise the stamp pieces with foam tape and stick them on the front of your card, which forms a 'floating frame'

This challenged me a little.  I found once I got the frame cut out, it wasn't easy to position the pieces back onto your card panel and get it all straight!


I used the Altenew Garden Treasures stamp set and stamped the main flower out in pinks and the daisy flower out in mauves, and did some masking so that I could stamp some leaves 'behind' each of the flowers.  I then fussy cut them out and arranged them on my card panel. 

The next thing to do is put a piece of Glad Press and Seal on the top of them so that they stick to the press and seal so that they stay in place while you cut out a rectangle in the middle with a die. 

You then need to flip the frame over and put foam tape onto the backs of all the flowers and leaves, peel the backing paper off the tape, then flip it back over and place it carefully onto your card panel.  This is where it all went wrong for me, but i was able to trim the card panel back a little to straighten the frame.  


I stamped a sentiment into the middle of the frame, and then attached it all to my card base.  

The second card was made with the rectangle you cut out for the frame. I mounted this onto a card base, then made a 'frame' by using two rectangle frames, one slightly bigger than the other.  This I put some foam tape on the back so it stood out around the centre 'floating' flowers.  This idea for this frame came from Jennifer McGuire who did a video of this technique a couple of years ago.  


I then stamped a sentiment onto some hot pink card and stuck that over the frame and flowers.  


Two cards out of one process, great!



I am really happy with how the colours and flowers look on this card.  You can do this technique with a variety of stamps, they don't have to be flowers.  I have seen a few done on Pinterest that were done with shells.

I have a video of making the card.


If you would prefer to see it in full HD then hop over to my You Tube channel here.


Supplies and affiliate links 

Card base 5“ x 7” and a card panel

Spare piece of card for the frame and some hot pink card for sentiment

Altenew Garden treasure stamp 
------ {Krafters Cart NZ}

Ranger letter it clear stamp - Birthday
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Altenew Birthday greeting stamp
 ---- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Altenew crisp ink cubes
Cotton candy (Four scoops)
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Coral Berry, Ruby Red 
Red Cosmos
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Firefly & Grass fields
Green Valley
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Soft lilac, Lavender fields, Deep Iris
Shades of Purple
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Frayed leaf & Forest glades
Green Fields
----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Versafine Onyx black ink
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Ranger fine clear embossing powder 
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Original Misti
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Nuvo deluxe adhesive
 ----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Cutter Bee Scissors
----- {Krafters Cart NZ}

Any rectangle dies for initial frame centre and then two, one slightly bigger than the other to make the frame for second card.

Heat tool
Sizzix big shot
Foam tape
Ruler
Craft knife
Scissors
Double sided tape



I hope you will give this technique a go, although a challenge to make, the end result looks amazing, very effective.  It is a technique I will certainly be trying again with some other types of stamps.