Emboss resist background with vellum poinsettias card

This card is using the Emboss resist technique once again, I am going to stamp poinsettias and mistletoe stamps on half of a front card panel with White embossing powder and also some of the largest poinsettia flowers onto vellum.  I cut these out with the matching full petal die. I then blended red distress ink over the stamped panel, going from dark at the outside edge and then lightening the blending towards the middle of the card panel.  

Once I have the blending finished I can trim the panel to fit my card base.  I then stamped the sentiment towards the bottom and to the right of the card, leaving enough space for the vellum poinsettias. 

I had intended to just use the single petals of the poinsettia, but they were a bit lost on the background, so I went with using two layers of the vellum petals, and liked that much better.  I finished off by putting a trio of white flatback pearls into each of the centres to finish the card off.  

Here is a video on how I made the card

The supplies I have used for this card are

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Filigree Poinsettia additions stamp set

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson  Poinsettia additions die set (kindly provided by http://www.fatcatscardcorner.com.au/store)

Joy crafts Banner Sentiment stamp set

Kaisercraft Mistletoe stamp set

Versamark watermark ink

Ranger white embossing powder

Card base 5" x 7"

Ranger Water colour card front panel

Vellum

double sided tape

Heat tool

Candied Apple Distress ink

Ranger mini blending tool

Ebosser

White 5mm flat back pearls

Cosmic Shimmer Glue

Quilled precision glue bottle

This card can be done with other Christmas stamps instead of the poinsettias, and is not necessarily a Christmas card only, you could use other flower stamps and make any other kind of card.  I hope it has given you some inspiration.

Happy card making

Silver and white poinsettia Christmas card

Another card for my Christmas 2016 series.

This one is an elegant poinsettia card using just silver and white.  I love these simpler colour schemes for Christmas. This card I did for Fat Cats Card Corner back in August, they kindly provided the Sue Wilson Poinsettia additions die set, but I thought it would be a good card to have as part of my Christmas series.

The card front and top panel were both cut out with the stitched frames from the Sue Wilson Lattice frame die set, using the largest and the 3rd size in the set.  

I used the Kaisercraft 'Yuletide' stamp set for the sentiment done in Silver embossing powder.  The top panel was then put onto the card base with fun foam.  

The poinsettias were made with the Sue Wilson Poinsettia Additions die set which has solid dies and outline dies.  So I cut out 1 large and 2 small of the full petal dies with silver glitter card, and then 1 large and 2 small of the outlines dies in each silver mirror card and white card.  I shaped the petals slightly and then glued the mirror die cut onto the silver glitter die and then finally the white on top and finished it off with a silver dazzler gem for each of the flowers.  

The pine bough is an Impression Obsession die and I cut 5 out of them, and then trimmed them down a little.  

Here is a video showing how I made the card

The materials I used for this card are

The supplies I used are:

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Lattice Frame die set

Card base cut to the same size as the larges of the frames from the frame set

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Poinsettiea additions die set

Impression obsession Pine bough die

Kaisercraft Yuletide stamp set

Ranger Silver embossing powder

Versamark watermark ink

Heat gun

Fun foam

Ebosser

double sided tape

Silver glitter card

Silver mirror card

White card

Silver dazzler gems 

Cosmic Shimmer glue

Quilled precision glue bottle

I hope this inspired you to look at your poinsettia dies a little differently and maybe to use different types of card together with beautiful results. 

Rudolf and Santa's list Christmas Card

This is the first card in my Christmas 2016 series and I have kept this one fairly simple

The stamp is from Wild Rose studio and is just called Santa and Rudolf.  I have stamped it, in alcohol marker friendly ink, and then coloured it with the copics I have and some of the Reno Art markers to fill in the gaps of my very small copic collection.  

The sentiment is from a Kaisercraft stamp set called 'Mistletoe' 

Once all the stamping and colouring was done I used the Simon Says Stamp 'falling snow' stencil and with some Ranger texture paste made a snowy background but masked the santa and rudolf off, as I didn't want snow on them.  While the texture paste was still wet, I sprinkled it with some polysparkle embossing powder, and then set it aside to dry completely before heating the embossing powder with my heat tool.

This was then trimmed down and mounted with fun foam onto a card base.

I have a  video on how I made the card.

The supplies I used are:

Rudolf and Santa stamp by Wild Rose Studio

Momento tuxedo black ink

Misti

Kaisercraft Mistletoe stamp set

Ranger texture paste

Simon Says stamps Falling snow stencil

Ranger polysparkle embossing powder

Heat gun

5 x 7 card base

double sided tape

Alcohol markers: Browns Renoart 246, Copics E11, E35, E37, E55

Reds Copics R22, R35, R46 & Renoart 159

Green Renoart 13 & 27

Greys Renoart 259, 260, 261, 270, 271, 272

Blues Copics B00, B02

Purples Renoart 192, 195

Yellow Renoart 225

Skin Copics E00, E02, E11

White jelly roll pen

I hope this card inspired you to get started on your Christmas cards, its always a great excuse to make some cute cards. 

Emboss resist blended Persian Motif Card

There's something almost magical about the emboss resist technique, the way the design appears when you do ink blending over it. It reminds me of the magic paint books I got as a child, where you painted on water, and then a picture magically appeared. 

This card I have used the Altenew Persian Motif stamp set to stamp an all over design in two triangular patterns on the top and bottom of the card, leaving a strip in the middle where I am to put the sentiment. 

I stamped two of the flowers from the stamp set with versamark ink and then embossed it with white embossing powder.

The ink blending I used Distress inks in pretty jewel colours and then stamped a sentiment which would go with my die cut 'thanks' sentiment. I trimmed the panel down, so it would leave a little strip on the left hand side, to do a strip of black and white washi tape. 

I have made a video on how I made the card, although it is a very simple card, depending on what colours you use, the effects are really lovely.

The materials I used to make the card

Card base 5 x 7 inches

Panel also same size

Washi tape

Altenew Persian Motif stamp set

Versamark watermark ink

Ranger white embossing powder

EK success powder tool

Heat tool

Ranger mini blending tool

Distress inks wilted violet, picked raspberry, salty ocean & blueprint sketch

Poppystamps Fancy thanks die

paper xtra sentiment stamp

double sided tape

Misti

Versafine onyx black ink

Clear embossing powder

Yet another way to use any stamps you might have in a different way.
I hope I have given you some inspiration, happy card making

Graciellie Designs Fall Fest Blog Hop and giveaways

I have made another card for Graciellie Designs as a guest designer.  This time it is for their Fall Fest Blog Hop.  This month they have got a 3 day extravaganza with giveaways, sales and inspiration!  Each day you have a chance to win a lovely digital stamp sets of your choice from the Graciellie Design's shop by following their blog hops.  All of the designers have prepared some beautiful projects for your crafty inspiration so we invite you to join in the fun!

Welcome to day 2 of the fall fest blog hop, if you missed day 1, make sure to visit Graciellie Designs blog from the start here, and all the other hops along the way, leave a comment on each of the hops and be into win a digital stamp set of your choice. 

Graciellie Design

Barbara

Autumn

Gloria

The digital stamp I am using is

This is the card I have made.

I reduced the size of the digital image on the computer to fit the Spellbinder labels 4 die I wanted to use, and printed it out onto water colour paper.

I used my Stabilo 68 water colour pens to paint the image and then attached it with foam tape to my die cut background which I had mounted onto mauve glitter paper. 

The sentiment I cut out with a fancy tag die and finished the card off with a bow I had hand dyed the ribbon for and some flat back pearls. 

Continue with the hop and remember to leave a comment to be in the draw.

The next hop is Karen at Kaleidoscopic Sparkles and visit Graciellie Design on Facebook to have an extra entry by liking, sharing and leaving a comment on today's post.

Please come back tomorrow starting at Graciellie designs where you will get the next hop participants. Please visit the Graciellie Digital shop to see the sales that are going on during Fall Fest.

Winners will be announced on Graciellie Design's Facebook page on October 29th. 

Small flower from Beautiful Day stamp set Thank you card

This card turned out to be a wee cutie, I wanted to 'hero' one of the smaller stamps in the Altenew Beautiful day stamp set, and so I made this card.

I stamped the Thank you sentiment first onto a scrap of water colour paper, and then stamped the little sprig of flowers from the stamp set, all around it with versafine onyx black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I then set to and coloured the flowers and leaves with my Stabilo 68 water colour pens.

I cut a frame with the Memory box stitched square dies and raised it up with some fun foam.  A sprinkling of sequins and it was done.

A really quick card, and a great one if you like sitting down and colouring.  

A video on how I made the card

The materials I used were

Altenew Beautiful day stamp set

Ranger water colour paper

No 4 paint brush

Versafine Onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Heat tool

Stabilo 68 watercolour markers

Joy crafts Banner sentiment stamp set

Fun foam

White linen card

double sided tape

Sequins

 Another way to use the smaller stamps in your stamp sets that get a bit forgotten.

A quick way to make a very sweet card.

Happy Card making

Floral blooms watercolour background card.

Recently I bought an Australian simply cards magazine and with it was a free set of floral blooms.  There was a stencil, border embossing folder and some clear stamps.
I am making a background with the outline flower and outline leaf from this set

I have stamped these onto some watercolour paper with versamark watermark ink and then embossed it with white embossing powder.

I have then coloured the flowers firstly with distress inks wilted violet, salty ocean, squeezed lemonade (I went back and darkened this a little with mustard seed and picked raspberry. Then the leaves with twisted citron.  Then painted in the background with a spun sugar reinker.
I was going to leave the painting quite light, but decided once it was dried, that it was a bit washed out, so I went back and did another layer of all the colours to brighten it up a little.

Lastly I made a sentiment on a strip of vellum, and folded it over my water coloured panel, cut it out with a stitched rectangle. I then stuck the outside frame to a card base and trimmed it to size, then raised the stitched rectangle panel with some foam tape. 
 

The materials I have used for this card are:

Floral blooms stamp set from Australian Simply Cards magazine August 2016

Water colour paper
Versamark watermark ink
Ranger white embossing powder

Distress inks wilted violet, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, picked raspberry and salty ocean, twisted citron
Spun sugar distress re-inker

No 4 paint brush

Vellum

3M Scotch Foam sided tape
Tape runner

White card base 
Mix of clear and pink clear sequins

This is another way to use any of your flower stamps, especially if they are quite detailed or outline stamps.
I hope this has given you some inspiration
Happy Cardmaking