Showing posts with label greeting card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greeting card. Show all posts

Monday, 1 October 2018

Quick Dandelion Wishes with Torn Edge Detail.

Don't you just love the greetings from this Dandelion Wishes stamp set? I think the variety in the fonts is beautiful and works so well with the images.
Today's card is a quick one - easy to create with maximum impact through the strong background colour contrasting with the white embossed image.


I've used a technique I call Double Embossing on this card, but first I'll tell you about the background. It is created by inking up a clear Stampin' Up! block with Highland Heather, then rock 'n' rolling it around the edges with Blackberry Bliss ink. Next you heavily spritz the block with a mix of water and alcohol (water alone is fine but will take longer to dry). Press it quickly onto the A4 Thick Whisper White card and hold in position until you see that most of the ink has transferred to the paper. A few seconds is fine for this.
Assist drying with a heat tool.
The next step is to liberally dust the background with  and Embossing Buddy, stamp the image with Versamark ink and pour Clear Embossing powder over the image. Heat set.
Repeat the process of Versamark and embossing powder using White Embossing powder - stamping slightly to the side of the first image. Heat set.
Add your greeting across the base of this image.


To achieve the torn edge I just tore the paper along the edge of a steel ruler. This was then loosely adhered to Blackberry Bliss card.
This was a popular  card with my classes as it is quite quick and easy to create. 
If you would like further information you may contact me  and if you'd like to try this yourself you can purchase the products from my On-line store by selecting the images below
Until next time,
Happy Stamping



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Sunday, 30 September 2018

Dandelion Wishes Card with Embossing and Sponging


 Dandelion Wishes by Stampin' Up! is such a gorgeous set and it lends itself to a variety of techniques.

For today's card I have used lots of techniques:
Heat Embossing
Sponging 
 Stamping.


I heat embossed the white Dandelion then sponged the area with Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Highland  Heather. 
Next I stamped the same image using Blackberry Bliss ink. This section was trimmed, matted with Bermuda Bay card stock and wrapped with White Bakers Twine.

The background of the card was stamped randomly with Highland Heather and Bermuda Bay.
The greeting is stamped with Blackberry Bliss and matted with Bermuda Bay card.

 The finished card!
 There are  endless techniques that you can use with this stamp set so if you would like to try them you can order your own products via my On-line store
For a full list of the Stampin' Up! products I used, just scroll down. If you wish, you can purchase any of these products by clicking on them.

Until next time, when I will return with another sample using  this beautiful stamp set.
Happy Stamping,

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Saturday, 24 February 2018

A Magical Day with Watercolour backgrounds and Brusho.

This Magical Day stamp set is so cute, I can't stop playing with it. And, because the Brusho water colour powders give you such whimsical results, you'll find the results totally enchanting.


This card was made by creating the back ground first, using Brusho powder sprinkled onto Thick Whisper White A4 card that was then liberally spritzed with water. While still quite wet, crinkled cling wrap was laid over the wet surface and allowed to dry for about 1/2 and hour. The cling wrap will start to lift as it dries. It will be tempting to play and rearrange the wrap but try to desist as that will compromise the patterning that is being achieved.


I had some left over powder that had "escaped" from my card so I used up that pigment, making a palette on a clear block. I used the smaller Aqua Painter to paint the dragon and love how he turned out. The dragon was stamped with Archival Black ink onto Shimmery White card and as you can see in the next photo, he has a lovely shimmer to his scales. 


The Magical Day set comes with matching framelits, so cutting out the dragon was quite easy. I did need to do a little fussy cutting around the intricate bits, but it was really quick and easy after the shape had been cut. 

Finally I heat embossed one of the greetings from the Magical Day set directly onto the background.
The finished card looked a little dark so I matted the stamped area onto a thin white mat and then onto a thicker Gold Foil mat. The gold really lifts the card and shows up much better in real life. The card base is Night of Navy. 




I hope you like my little fire breathing dragon. All the images in this set are fun to use.
If you'd like to purchase any of the products you can do so by either selecting the product below or go directly to my store where you can browse catalogues on-line and order your goods. They will be mailed directly to you. 

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Until Next Time
Stay Crafty!

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