It can be any metallic, so I chose gold, and my one other colour is red.
A very CAS card - I stamped and heat embossed in gold, bordered with gold metallic cs, and mounted on fun foam on a red card base.
Monday, 15 April 2019
Metallic Nativity with Red
It can be any metallic, so I chose gold, and my one other colour is red.
A very CAS card - I stamped and heat embossed in gold, bordered with gold metallic cs, and mounted on fun foam on a red card base.
Saturday, 13 April 2019
Spring Birds and New Leaves
The Male Room is asking what spring brings to mind - whether it's the return of the birds, trees greening up, gardening, etc.
For me, it's definitely hearing the birds singing and the plants and trees all coming back to life. So I combined those things for my card:
I stamped and watercoloured the bird and framed it with a circular frame I made from two circle dies. I bordered my sentiment with the same green as the frame. I stenciled some leaves in a pale spring green in the empty space at the upper right.
I stamped and watercoloured the bird and framed it with a circular frame I made from two circle dies. I bordered my sentiment with the same green as the frame. I stenciled some leaves in a pale spring green in the empty space at the upper right.
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Brightly Lit Windows
I'm sneaking in under the wire for the Less is More challenge:
I went with a Christmas card and electric light, showing all the windows in the houses lit up with light on a cold winter's evening.
My sky was created by putting gesso through a snowflake stencil to create a resist and then using a variety of blue, pink, and mauve sprays to create a wintry sky. Unfortunately the gesso absorbed some of the colour.
I then die cut the village and taped it over the sky panel, and then used a white card base with stamped sentiment. As a final touch, I went over the windows with a gold gel pen as if all their lights were on.
I went with a Christmas card and electric light, showing all the windows in the houses lit up with light on a cold winter's evening.
My sky was created by putting gesso through a snowflake stencil to create a resist and then using a variety of blue, pink, and mauve sprays to create a wintry sky. Unfortunately the gesso absorbed some of the colour.
I then die cut the village and taped it over the sky panel, and then used a white card base with stamped sentiment. As a final touch, I went over the windows with a gold gel pen as if all their lights were on.
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Guest Designing for Twofer
I was thrilled to win the February Twofer Challenge with this card, and was then invited to be their Guest Designer for the April challenge:
In case you're not familiar with the Twofer challenge, here are the basic rules:
I don't have any zoo animal stamps so my friend, Christine, kindly lent me some of hers. I chose a very unusual elephant and came up with this Twofer:
In case you're not familiar with the Twofer challenge, here are the basic rules:
I don't have any zoo animal stamps so my friend, Christine, kindly lent me some of hers. I chose a very unusual elephant and came up with this Twofer:
First up is a Christmas card where the silly elephant has really overindulged in the Christmas festivities:
He looks pretty miserable, doesn't he?
First step was to create the sentiment on the computer and then print it off on a lightweight cs. I then put it in my MISTI and laid a piece of scrap acetate over it so that I could get my elephant lined up perfectly between the sections of the sentiment - by stamping onto the acetate, I can see where the image is going to end up. Then removed the acetate and stamped onto the cs.
I then coloured the elephant with coloured pencils and Gamsol. The Santa hat from the Tim Holtz Crazy Birds' accesories stamps seemed about the right size so I stamped, coloured, and fussy cut it. Bordered with red cs and it was done.
My second card is a get well card. I have more sympathy for the elephant in this one as he really does look ill (whereas the Christmas elephant brought his misery upon himself!).
I had a scrap of coated cs that I'd sprinkled Bisters on (probably the green). It had a perfect dark brown spot that fit the elephant's eye! I stamped him with Staz-on and then fussy-cut him.
Using a chintz-patterned dp, I stamped and heat embossed the Poppy Stamps Hayward Sofa, then fussy cut it. Poor elephant didn't quite fit so he needed a pile of cushions to rest his head on. The sofa stamp has a cushion in one corner so I stamped, heat embossed, and fussy cut it three times, and stuck them on under his head. I added a bit of "ground" with coloured pencils, and bordered the panel with the same dp as I used for the sofa. The sentiment is stamped on a fussy cut label stamp.
I hope you are inspired to get out a zoo animal stamp, die, or stencil and create a Twofer for the challenge. There's lots more inspiration from the Design Team here. You have until March 24th to enter.
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