Sunday, 15 June 2014

24 June Spotlightstamps

General 
 colour just the small
die cut image. Put 3d foam pads on
then line up with the full image.



Rose 
 marsh green, hot pink or
magenta or 499. Black soot ink or chalk to edges.




Paint brushes 
Bright orange and berry red, sunflower or canary, 542 or umber,
7170 or china blue, cornflower, lime zest, spice,
 sandstone, chestnut, marsh green chalk to edges.



Zentangle flower 
 forest green, heatwave, sunflower, bluebell, vanilla,
 pastel blue or powder blue. Sakura
clear pen.



Purple flowers 
marsh green, 559 or amethyst or orchid and 491 or plum preserve
and fresh bloom or pale grape and blender pen.



Trees 
 blue chalk sky, marsh green
and umber, bundled sage ink or chalk
to edges, sakura clear pen to tree leaves.

Monday, 9 June 2014

17 June Backgrounds

 

Gold flowers
Gold embossing powder, platinum stickles, brushed corduroy ink to edges.




Green leaves
Bundled sage ink through stencil be careful to mask the leaves not being used.
Wipe the stencil with kitchen roll after each use. Tattered rose ink to flower edges.




Boat
'Bubbles strip' faded jeans dusty concord and picked raspberry ink. Boat outside twilight sky, inside pineapple crush, sails berry red, sunflower, satin. Mast and birds ice grey 3 or 2. Clouds icicle or ice grey 1, sky and sea chalk. Waves fluffy stuff. Edges shaded lilac ink then chalk on top.



Cottages
Chalk sky and road. Windows cool aqua or pastel blue then sakura pen on top. Roofs cocoa, grey squirrel, cool grey 4, umber. Cottage walls sunflower, denim blue, laurel green whisper pen, star fish, sandstone, berry red and heatwave for brick accents and doors. chimneys spice. Greenery forest green. Edges black soot ink or chalk.


Black anniversary
Stamp onto black card with versa-mark clear ink and white embossing powder.

Sunday, 1 June 2014

10 June glittered die cut cards

Glittered die cuts

Stick the acetate to the back of the die cut shape, ensure you have covered the area to be glittered. On the back of die cut, fill the area to be glittered with glitter glue (or cosmic shimmer glue) on the back on top of acetate.. Sprinkle glitter over the glue, using forceps tip off excess glitter and leave to dry. When dry the glitter will be visible from the front.


Blue flower
Glitter corners as above with blue glitter. Flower is 7170 or china blue pen. Chalk to edges.



Mustard flower
Glitter the areas adjacent to the sentiment as above with dark green glitter. Flower sunflower or cadmium yellow and 544 or raw sienna promarker. Leaves marsh green. Pearl cosmic shimmer dots to decorate. 3d foam pads under flower and platinum stickles to centre. Black soot ink to edges of largest layer. Scattered straw ink or chalk to other edges. Stick backing paper to largest die then trim to fit. Prick holes around edge of largest layer with 'holey' ruler and poky tool.



Pink flowers
Apply acetate and pink glitter to second layer. Stick the lattice frame under largest die trim to fit then put lilac paper under lattice and trim to fit. Pink flowers need to be creased along the embossed lines. Leaves cut out and coloured with marsh green then glued under the pink flowers add pearl gem to centres. Other gems to top 2 layers.



Orange flower
Put the die cut shape with the 4 corners on inside the next size frame. Apply acetate and glitter as above with orange glitter. Flower amber and honeycomb, leaves marsh green. 3D foam pads under flower. Stick the backing paper to die then trim to fit.



Bird
Leaves marsh green, caterpillar pastel beige, branch umber, hat and bow tie berry red, bird legs and hat band henna. Breast ice grey 3, collar spice or sepia, wings and head walnut or burnt sienna. Chalk sky, edges frayed burlap ink or chalk.

3 June Stamped cards

  
Blue flowers

Stamp onto shiny side of tissue paper. Leave to dry for a few minutes. Glue to card then colour. Leaves marsh green flowers bluebell. Be careful not to tear the tissue paper with the promarker pens. Crystal stickles to flower centres.



 

Church

Stamp with black versa-fine ink then dry with heat tool. Window frames twilight sky, glass sunflower and sakura clear pen. Doors and spire ice grey 2, edges of tower tawny owl, grey squirrel to church, sandstone to porch side and side of tower, walls around windows lavender, brick edges cocoa, bush meadow green, chalk sky and greenery.





Cupcakes
If you want to do different colours I have other backing card. Cake stand cornflower. Cake cases sunflower or canary. Hearts berry red. Other colours used sky blue, forest green, peony and lilac. Edges mustard seed ink or chalk.



Burgundy flowers in rectangle
Leaves marsh green flowers cardinal red and orchid. Sakura clear pen. Edges milled lavender ink or chalk.




Pink tissue flower
Stamp 6 flowers with olympia green ink. Cut out the flowers and screw up 5. Flatten out and put the uncreased flower on the top. Stick small white circle to bottom of flower. Put brad through the middle. Stamp green flourishes onto to text paper, make sure text is right way up. Colour in centre of flourishes with apple promarker. Edges coloured with shaded lilac and picked raspberry ink (be careful as pink ink is strong colour).