Floral Collage and Tea

Good Morning,

I'm looking forward very much to Lisa's class day today.

Her and Kirsten work so hard to bring us these super classes full of inspiration, fun with a large group of lovely crafty ladies.

We will be having tea and eating cake which is quite appropriate for the theme of my card today.

I had in mind afternoon tea, Vintage style..

 

I've used a gatefold card to begin

Using a sheet of paper from this Theresa Collins Designer Pad 

I stamped the main floral image from Imagination Crafts Clematis Elements by Lisa B Designs

and the single flower elements with Versafine Onyx Black.

I also stamped the single floral elements onto a torn book page so that I could cut these out and layer therm onto the main image.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from another of these Floral Collage sets, Pimpernel Elements.

I then tore around the stamped pieces.        

   The edges of the torn paper is tea stained which I'll come to next.

Taking two regular paper doilies and a used teabag I cut and tore the doilies to use as a backing for the torn papers.

I stained the doilies all over and did the same to the edges of the torn papers.

These were then all glued to the card but just in the center so they didn't just sit flat on the card.

Next I punched holes for a narrow ribbon to thread through.

I rooted through my ribbon box and was so surprised to find a piece almost the exact match to the paper I'd used.

How lucky was that!

You will see how this works below, the insert paper covers the ribbon where it has been taped.

Finishing by tying the ribbons in a bow at the front.

So I'll leave you today while I craft and take tea.
I may well see some of you later but, whatever you do have a lovelyday.

Thanks so much for reading today.

 Crafty Hugs xKx


   

Pimpernel & Honeycomb

 

Good morning, happy Monday & happy bank holiday Monday, if it's a holiday where you are. As I write this on Sunday night, the weather doesn't look being all that great for us in Kent, so I hope you have lots of sunshine today. I made a card to show you today, using the Pimpernel Elements stamp set, the Honeycomb stencil & the stencil paints, all from Imagination Crafts.........

 

 

I applied the paints - Mallow, Rose, Bluebell, Vanillla - through the stencil with a

domed stencil brush, onto white Super Smooth card, using small amounts of paint & working them into the brush first by swirling it on my craft mat.

 

Then I stamped the Pimpernel, the greeting & the bubbles stamps from the Poppy Collage set on top with Onyx Black Versafine.

 

 

I added a few gold sequins from my stash for a little bit of bling.

 

Thanks for looking & don't forget, our current blog challenge is all about the Botanical Collage collection. There's plenty of time left to enter, you can find all the details HERE.

 

The June class - Sweet Poppy stencils & dimensional pastes - is fast approaching & there are a few places left on the July workshop - Inka Gold metallic paints. If you're interested in attending either, please email Lisa asap for details - lisabaker1@btinternet.com

 

Have a great week, see you next time.

 

Kirsten

 

 

Botanical Collage Coasters Set

Good morning, Kirsten here. I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Between crafting, gardening & housework I completely forgot about this blog post, so apologies for the late posting. I'll make it short & sweet. Today's project is the set of square MDF coasters from Candy Box Crafts, decorated with stamps from the Botanical Collage collection, designed by Lisa for Imagination Crafts.......

 

 

 

 

I prepared all the pieces by painting them a few times with white gesso, sanded that down slightly when completely dry, then painted the pieces with a few coats of matte acrylic paint & applied gesso through the Imagination Crafts Honeycomb stencil with a stencil brush.

 

Using Onyx Black Versafine ink, I stamped one side of each coaster with the Poppy Elements stamps........

 

 

And the other side with stamps from the Pimpernel Elements set........

 

 

 

 

 I stamped the holder pieces with stamps from the Clematis Collage set...........

 

 

 

 All the images were coloured with Spectrum Aqua pens from the Floral set & I painted all the edges with Bronze Brocade Silkies paint............

 

 

 

 

 And that's it. These coasters are great. It's very easy to put  the holder together - I used

Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue - and I think they'd make a nice gift, or a cute addition to your craft table.

 

Just remember; if you want to put a hot cup on the coasters, you'd have to seal them with a heat-proof sealant first.

 

I'm delighted to say that we've had some entries in the new blog challenge already, here's hoping for lots more.

 

Thanks for visiting the blog today & have a great week.

 

Kirsten