Inks: black memento ink
Stamps: Karens doodles Thrill of the grill (digital stamp)
Card: white card, brown textured card and a coloured background card
Other: large brad (the background is blue which matches the blue in the card but doesn’t show here), prisma pencils and sansodor to colour
I have been playing with my brayer again today as I need the practice. As you can see I have used a grubby old piece of card for this one and made a few mistakes too. Maybe I really shouldn’t show you my mistakes but I hope you won’t make the same ones as I did. The tree on the right is too big and not well positioned or stamped well. Some of the foreground stamped images look squished – that is because I put too much pressure on the acrylic stamp and the ink pad was quite juicy. I thought I would give it a light spray with water to give a nice effect in the sky but only sprayed it after I had taken the masking tape off so the colour bled out. The left hand side looks too black. The flock of birds are positioned too high. Having said all of that I still quite like it even though it was a different flock of birds stamp that I had intended to use. I will try and save it somehow.
Inks: Versafine onyx black and Imperial purple, Stampin up Pale plum and Bashful blue, Memento London fog.
Card: white silk card
Stamps: Lavinia stamps bridge , flowers and foliage, Stampin up trees, Encaustic art tree, birds stamp from an Oriental collection
Other: spritz of water, glitter pen just over the stream
This design I found on you tube by stampwithtami – I wanted to see how other people used their brayer so I had a go at this one.
When I went straight down with the yellow colour on my brayer my sun mask shape rolled down too to give a very slight moon underneath but I think I covered it well enough. The red looked a bit stripy so I turned it to landscape and rolled it from the small edge inwards rather than down from the top in portrait orientation. This looked a lot smoother.
Inks: Versafine onyx black, Stampin up More mustard, Adirondack Expresso and Red pepper
Card: White card, mustard card, red card
Stamps: Lavinia foliage and birds (found it!) , Judikins bamboo,
Other: punched hole mask
Today I have finally had time to play with my new Lavinia stamps that I bought ages ago. I have mixed them up with other stamps which I think go really well together. Although I have added my copyright to this image I did get the original idea from some of the cards in the gallery over at Lavinia stamps. Check out her secret garden cards they are lovely. In fact they are all beautiful and my wish list just keeps getting longer.
This card will be winging it’s way to the Greek islands to Lizzie, my fabulous friend, who will be on holiday on her birthday.
Inks: Versafine archival onyx black, Stampin up Mellow moss, Certainly celery and Pale plum, Adirondack Woodlands
Card: white silk card, ivory card, black card
Stamps: Lavinia stamps, R.S. Tapestry stamps, Basic grey flourish corners
Other: pearl embellishments, Distress stickles Rock candy, Broken china and Peeled paint
Yet again the photo does not do this card justice. I made this for my dad, who is not having the best of times health wise, to go with his new Tattersall shirt. Dad had a mini stroke back in March and he is making very slow progress. Just when he starts feeling better he is struck down with something else. He has always liked these shirts as they are soft and cosy and even though it is summer time it should help keep him warm.
The background paper is just made up of lines in 3 colours (wine, green and blue) printed onto an ivory/cream paper and edged with aged mahogany.
Inks: Brilliance graphite black, Distress inks: Aged mahogany and Forest moss
Card: cream card, cream textured card, tag,
Stamps: father’s day stamp free with craft stamper mag a while ago
Other: Cosmo cricket chip board heart ribbon slider, ribbon, buttons, photo corners, darning thread
Inks: Black document ink, Distress inks; Forest moss and Shabby shutters
Card: Ivory card, tissue paper, black card
Stamps: Elusive images Diamond art, Invokearts Art tickets, Stampers anonymous Mini muse
Other: mod podge, gold embossing powder, Memory frame and fragment, Tim Holtz cogs, brad and spinners, crackle glaze, Cosmo cricket white rub-ons
It will soon be Harry’s mum’s birthday so I have made her this window box card full of colourful flowers. I did find it a little tricky to mask all the right bits but I got there in the end. To make it a little touchy-feely I added some flower-soft and distress stickles to some of the plants and corners. Thanks for the link Pauline – this is my first effort with the stamps.
Inks: Black document ink, Stampin up Old olive, Adirondack Lettuce
Card: white card, pale pinky/lilac card
Stamps: Flower-soft Country window, Stampin up Oval all (greeting from Papertreyink Out on a limb sentiments), Elusive images Spring (corners), a couple of leafy stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Other: I drew in the curtains, watercolour pencils, stickles, flower-soft (heather mix I think).
Callum’s birthday card: I am trying to get him interested in growing his own herbs as he loves cooking. I bought him a herb garden growing kit so you never know – he might just get the bug. Ok so he got cash too just in case the herbs are just not his thing! The images are clipart on photo card matted onto green patterned paper. Hope you have a fab birthday Callum!
Earlier this week it was our great friend’s Fraser and Carey’s wedding anniversary!
I love Lavinia stamps especially the fairies and wildlife silhouettes, they are very delicate and detailed. Guess what – I have just gone and bought some more!!
Inks: black document ink, Stampin up old olive and Mellow moss, Distress ink Aged mahogany
Card: white card, glossy white card, black card, patterned paper, black vellum
Stamps: Lavinia stamps fairy couple and mushrooms, Basic grey Flourish corners, RS Tapestry clear ferns and foliage
Other: Marvy pens to colour, maidenhair fern punch, Prima Camelot rose, pink stickles, Stampin up oval and scalloped punch, black half pearls
I haven’t been in the mood for much crafting recently but I did make a couple of cards. Here is one I made for Cameron (my godson) who had an awful crash while on a speed trial. Good news: he has made a remarkable recover! I do hope the others involved also recover well.
Harry recently had another birthday so I used my new Meercat stamp set and a bit of brayering for his card.
Inks: black document ink, Stampin up Bashful blue, Not quite navy, More mustard and So saffron
Card: glossy white and matte white card, more mustard card
Stamps: Jayne Netley Mayhew Meercats Stampin up Pocket silhouettes
Other: Marvy pens to colour
Inspiration for this card came from the CBC forum birthday challenge where the challenge was to create a card using only one colour. Some people made classy all white cards that I really liked for not only the simplicity but also the elegance of the effect. For Chris and Grace’s wedding anniversary this year I made this using only ivory (with gold on the greeting). The photo however adds a slightly strange colour to the ivory ribbon.
Inks: versamark embossing ink with gold powder
Card: ivory card, cotton white broderie (which looks more ivory than white), ivory card (through embossing folder)
Stamp: Stampin up Cheer and wishes
Other: ivory ribbon (wired), Prima flowers Innocence collection, Cuttlebug embossing folder Textile