17 April general cards

Sport

Stitches on rugby ball fine brown pen. Racket handles berry red. Golf clubs ice grey 2 and reef blue. Foam pads under large balls.

Houses

Chalk sky and ground. 1^st house left mustard walls sandstone roof. windows satin and sakura clear pen, chimneys burnt umber (brown). 2nd from left heatwave (orange) walls and henna roof, 3^rd house winter spruce (green) roof and raw sienna, 4^th sunflower yellow walls and caramel roof, 5^th rock pool blue walls and henna brown roof, thatched roof  sandstone and raw sienna walls, shrubs marsh green, Edges peeled paint green oxide ink. Foam pads under houses and sentiment. Peel off strip to cover edge of spotty paper.

Blue hexagon

Versamark ink to centre hexagon add silver pearl and blue embossing powder. Corner stamp with faded jeans oxide ink applied with foam pad. Flower worn lipstick oxide ink + pearl paint. Gem to flower centre and foam pads under sentiment and edges worn lipstick ink.

Corner flowers

Paint leaves with bundles sage oxide ink, large flowers worn lipstick and sakura clear pen, small flowers shaded lilac oxide. Gems to little flowers and peel off dots to large flowers. Foam pads under sentiment.

20 March general cards

Wheelbarrow

Stamp corners with green embossing powder. Foam pads under wheelbarrow. Sakura pen to greenery. Edges peeled paint oxide ink.

Shirt card

Stamp background with bundled sage oxide ink. Edges vintage photo oxide ink. Foam pads under tie and sentiment. Add pencil line to tie for a knot.

 Blue flowers

Colour flowers with broken chine distress ink or promarkers, shape on mouse mat. On thin black card pick up oxide ink from craft mat faded jeans, broken china and peeled paint.

Wine

Wine glasses, 1 bottle and menu berry red and red sweater or cardinal read. Wine bottle pressed leaf (green) and satin labels. Sleigh bell (yellow) for gold bottle top main is forest green. Menu frosty sky colour cloud. Sakura pen to decorate. Foam pads under everything

13 March General cards

Apron

Veg marsh green, berry red and satin. Glue bottoms of seed packets only. Tools ice grey 2 and heatwave (orange) gloves heatwave and terracotta, separate gloves. String for apron ties. Foam pads under apron and flower pot.

Thinking of you

Edges of sentiment iced spruce. Foam pads under sentiment. Stick back some of the leaves.

Boats

Sky chalk.  Lighthouse sandstone, ground marsh green leaves and tawny owl. Boats 542(brown) berry red and china blue. Sakura clear pen to lighthouse top, railings and masts. Colour waves with faded jeans OXIDE and bundled sage OXIDE ink. For waves apply tiny bits of fluffy stuff  and heat then scrape off with a knife. Pencil birds in the sky.

Burgundy borders

Stamp borders with claret embossing powder. Green paper under die cut panel.

6 March General cards

OWL

Marsh green, wings ears and feet firewood or umber (brown) Tail and nose walnut. Body sandstone.  Plaster pastel blue. Edges candid apple red ink.

Square blue flowers

Gems to flower centres.

Cogs

On whit embossed card use rusty hinge, walnut stain, black soot and forest moss ink. Apply gold gilding wax with glove.

Pink and blue flowers

Stick double sided sticky to die cut hexagon and add glitter. Apply green gilding polish to pale green card. Stick just centre of flowers and lift petals. Peel off to centre of flowers.

27 February General Cards

Cross

Shape flowers and cut greenery in half to spread under the flowers.

Heart

Stamp sentiment frame with silver embossing powder. Gems to corners and heart swirls.

Yellow flower

Background on plain white sheet add faded jeans oxide ink with a brush using scrap frame to build up edge colour. Remove scrap frame then stamp black swirls using stamp platform and black ink. Then add clear sakura pen to swirls. Shape flowers and colour edges with spiced marmalade oxide ink, with a damp sponge apply pearl paint to petals and leaves.

Map

Chalk to map. Cut out boots and colour edges with promarker. Cut tops off railings to make fencing. Foam pads under boots, compass and signpost.

20 February General Cards + Easter

Yellow flower

Background, fossilised amber and faded jeans oxide ink, add ‘splatters’ from ink on craft mat. Edges top faded jeans and bottom half fossilised amber ink. Colour flowers with sunflower promarker and bundled sage oxide ink. Plain navy card under butterfly and trim to fit. Stamp sentiment or use peel offs. Foam pads under sentiment.

Stitched cards

Follow stitch pattern for cross, shape flowers on mouse mat.

Stitched cards

Follow stitch pattern for cross, shape flowers on mouse mat.

Purple hearts

Glitter to glasses. Edges milled lavender ink. Peel off dots for bubbles.

Green Easel

Glitter centre of white die cut. Peel off dots to flowers. When sticking layers make sure it fits in envelope. Foam pads under sentiment to make a stop for smaller die cut.

6 February General cards

Under the clouds

Mask off top part of card, then stamp and emboss in silver. Cut out clouds and put foam pads under. Stardust stickles. Edges faded jeans distress ink.

Mallards

See bird book for colours. Frame weathered wood ink then edges with black pen. Far duck colour all over with ice grey 1. Head holly, beak mustard yellow, breast and wing dark brown, reef blue.

Near duck all over with sandstone,, reef blue wing, body umber brown + raw sienna and bright orange. Reeds marsh green, flowers sleigh bell yellow. Text background pastel beige (with greens). Pattern down edge 414 pale green.

Poppy heart

Leaves marsh green, poppies  berry red, other flowers china blue. Foam pads under black heart.

Orange flower

Stamp and emboss flower with tequila powder, cut out flowers and between petals to shape. Edge of sentiment vintage photo oxide ink or a promarker. Gems to die cut pattern and larger one to flower.