25 September General cards

Silver tree

Apply ink through circle stencil with shaded lilac ink, leave the centre very pale. Stamp and emboss tree in silver.

Falling leaves

Ink smallest black die cut with versamark ink, apply Verdigris, gold and black embossing powder and heat on top, while still hot add more powder and heat again. Edges of black sentiment gold gilding wax. Tips of large leaf add one of the brown distress inks and  sakura clear pen.

Cream flower

Rub a white wax crayon over embossed layer, colour with frosty sky colour cloud and bundled sage oxide ink. Buff with kitchen roll to remove excess ink. Emboss veins on leaves. Edges of sentiment bundled sage distress ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

Window

Stamp leaves on window box, edges of window and brick wall antique linen ink. Stick acetate to window then blind and wallpaper. Boots cornflower and tulip promarkers. Peel off for dog lead.

18 September General cards

Fuchsia

Marsh green leaves, flowers maroon and lavender. Sakura pen to stamen, seedless preserve distress ink to edges. Peel off dots to white flowers.

Men’s Jacket

Edges of clothes gathered twigs or other brown ink. Stitch or glue buttons on. Foam pads under shirt collar, jacket, tie and bow ties.

Dress

Lay paper strips from outer edges and place middle one on top.

Hearts

Milled Lavender ink to edges of white layer. Stamp and emboss flowers with grape crush. Cut out and fix with brad.

11 September

Hexagonal flowers

Make sure the card will stand up before sticking it together!

Mustard flowers

Outer frame oasis promarker, tulip yellow on decorative bits, sakura clear pen to frame edges.

Hearts

Brayer cloudy blue Adirondack ink, foam pads under 2 largest hearts and sentiment.

Gold watch on blue

Sponge background of faded jeans, broken china, hickory smoke, peeled paint, bundled sage and fossilised amber oxide inks.

Stamp map and text 2^nd and 3^rd generation. Stamp and emboss VERY lightly the watch and emboss with gold. Edges of sentiment weathered wood distress ink.

19 June General cards

Born to shop

Edges of bags and letters red promarker or ink. Stick handles to inside and tissue.

Garden

Tree trunks, shed roof, door frame and shelves firewood or umber (brown). Leaves marsh green. Tool handles and roses berry red. Tool bases ice grey 2. Terracotta for flower pots, bird box and trellis. Flowers sunflower yellow, trick or treat pink, china blue and cardinal red. Lawn apple green. Path and pebbles grey squirrel, bird bath sandstone, glass panes icicle, watering can holly green, shed pastel beige. Birds cocoa or henna.

Silver roses

Stamp roses with bilbury crush embossing powder. Sentiment is sea turtle powder. Edges of card and sentiment iced spruce oxide

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Blue Flower

Using toilet roll apply white and pink acrylic paint, then add touches of faded jeans and peacock feathers oxide ink. Foam pads under centre.

12 June General Cards

Centre step

Marsh green leaves, maroon flowers and powder blue swirls. Apply glue with nib  to flower centres and dark glitter. Glue and light glitter to dots. Edge of picture maroon promarker.

Motorbike

Chalk to stamped image. Stick black motorbike then add blue and silver bits. Edges iced spruce oxide ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

Flower pots

Edges rusty hinge ink. Foam pads under centre of pots, watering can, flower heads and sentiment. Peel off dots to flowers.

Black and grey

Apply hickory smoke oxide through stencil, then stamp bubbles with black ink. Mask off and stamp black swirls, flowers with pearlescent ice blue ink. Stick random blobs. Stardust stickles to dots in centre and sakura pen to flowers. Edges berry red promarker , foam pads under sentiment.

5 June General Cards

Deep purple

Mix slap it on with silver mica and glitter apply through stencil to corner. Tips of flowers shaded lilac oxide ink.

                                                                 Coloured rectangles

Picked raspberry and faded jeans oxide inks through stencil. Stamp flowers then sakura clear pen to petals and star dust stickles flower centres. Edges Frosty sky colour cloud ink.

Heart

Ink heart with versamark and ultra-thick emboss  then add gold mica powder. Stamp corners with fossilised amber ink.

Tools

Ice grey 2, berry red, screws and text on glue tube sleigh bell yellow, hammer handle firewood or umber brown. Pencil and super glue pear green. Edges Gathered twigs ink or any brown. Hooks for hammer and saw are black gems.

22 May General Cards