Paper Pierced Mr Frosty

Hi there crafters, another little Christmassy card for you again today.

 



So as usual I started with the 7" x 7" white card blank.

Then cut several pieces of card in lilac and white for matting, layering and embellishing as follows:

 

6 ½ x 6 ½  Lilac Bazzil Basics Card

6 ¼ x 6 ¼ Plain White Card

6 ¼ x 2 Lilac Strip

6 ¼ x 1 ¾ White Strip

6 ¼ x 1 ½ Lilac Strip

 

Then cut a piece of lilac card 4 ½ x 4 ½ then a piece of white card 4 x 4 for the image.

 

 

I then stamped the Woodware Mr Frosty stamp onto the 4 x 4 white card with a little sentiment then again on to some scrap, this is going to be for colouring and cutting out.

 

 

I tipped out a tiny amount of the Starlights Lilac Mist onto a tile and added a very small amount of water and carefully painted in the scarf and hat on the second snowman and painted the stars and hat band with Silver Starlights.

 

On the main image I decided to paint the snowman's body with some Blanc Rusty Patina and before it dried I sprinkled some glitter on him to give more texture.  I also coloured in his carrot nose with water colour paints.  Then cut out the hat, scarf and stars from the second image.

 

 

Next was to put the card together, before that I wanted to add some texture to the background, so using the Hobby Art Winter Snowflakes stamps and the Press to Impress platform I randomly stamped some snowflakes using Versamark and Wow Bright White Embossing Powder.

 

 

 

Then I layered up the white onto the lilac, then place the largest strip down in the centre first before matting the white then the next piece of lilac.

 

 

 

I then 3D foamed the back of the main image and placed that in the centre of the card.

 

Just as an embellishment I used one of the larger snowflakes from the Tando Mini Snowflakes and painted it with Rusty Patina again then covered it glitter, keeping the little start in the centre of the snowflake so I could place a little gem there.

 

I then wanted a bit more interest and just added a few random lilac gems to finish.

 

Here's the completed card again

 

 

Thank you for dropping by the blog again today,  hopefully will see you soon.

 

Love Jan -x-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Woodware Snowman

Hi there crafters, sorry it's been such a long time since I last blogged.

Today's little card is a quick and easy one which I used the Woodware Mr Frosty stamp and the Hobby Art Snowflakes stamps, I thought they complimented each other

I started with a 7" x 7" white card blank and cut three pieces of silver mirri and three pieces of white card as follows:

Mirri = 6" x 6"

5.1/4" x 5.1/4"

3.3/4" x 3.3/4"

White Card = 5.3/4" x 5 3/4"

5" x 5"

3.1/2" x 3.1/2"

On the largest piece of white card I used the Hobby Art Snowflakes and randomly stamped the largest of the snowflakes all over the card using the Press to Impress Stamping Tool and Versa Colour Baby Blue

I carried on the same way with the second largest piece of card until I was happy they had enough snowflakes

On the smallest piece of white card I stamped the Woodware Mr Frosty Image using Versamark and Wow Bright White Embossing Powder, I know it looks a bit pale but the card does look good in the flesh :o)

The next thing was to stamp the same image on some Woodware Mask-it to create a mask for me to continue with the snowflake stamping without going over the snowman.

Once I removed the mask I wanted to give the snowman a little colour, so using my water colour pens I coloured in his hat, scarf and nose, then used a silver Gel pen to colour in the Stars.

Then all that had to be done was assemble all the elements together by simply matting all the layers together.  I flat matted the first two layers then 3D the snowman image for dimension.  I stamped one of the little sentiments on top of the card and then added a few die cut snowflakes I already had in my stash.  Because I had used 3D foam on the snowflakes and they were and open pattern you could see the pad behind the snowflake so just put a little glitter in the centre of each snowflake to hide the pad.

Here's the card again.

Thanks for dropping by the blog today, and hope you enjoyed it, maybe try using black Versafine for the snowman I'm sure he will look just as jolly :o)

Love Jan -x-



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Birdy Tower

Good morning, Kirsten here with another post to show you some of my recent Lisa B Designs samples, I hope you had a nice weekend.

I've got four cards today, all using the Woodware Clear Magic Birdy Tower stamp and all very quick and easy.............

These two were stamped onto watercolour card with Onyx Black Versafine and heat set with WOW! Clear Gloss embossing powder.

I then coloured them with various Distress inks, used as watercolours. I am a very poor watercolourist, but I think I'm improving slightly, I managed to get just a few nicely blended areas!

Time for some paper piecing, using the Teresa Collins' 8x8 patterned paper pad. I don't use patterned papers these days, but these papers are great for smaller images, because the patterns are also small and they look great with kraft card.

This was the one time I wished I had a bag of googly eyes, because I had to stamp the birds onto white card, then cut out the eyes and beaks. Very fiddly, but worth it when I'd stuck them to the patterned paper and added Glossy Accents to the eyes.............

Finally, I could not use this stamp without making a Christmas card. I've just realised this is the original photo. I didn't have a Christmas sentiment small enough to fit the top right hand corner, so after I put the card together I borrowed one of Lisa's. I'll try to update this photo at some point.

As before, I used Distress inks and added a bit of stamping to the background with the snowflake.

The next Grove Green workshop is on Sunday, October 15 and it's all about Imagination Crafts' fabulous Rusty Patina. Click for info and booking details.

                  

        

Thanks for visiting the blog today, see you next time.

Kirsten

A Sparkly Wreath for Christmas

Good morning all! Martina here with a sparkly take on the Christmas Wreath Stamp by Nellie Snellen. How many Christmas cards have you made already? My daughter has already made her 'special ones', written them and put them in envelopes (this was actually all done by August!). If only I was a bit more prepared...

This week I have gone all sparkly with embossing powders for my card. I hadn't really 'twigged' that using this stamp and its layers would be perfect for creating an embossed design!! Coupled with the use of a stamp press and you are 'cooking on gas'...

Now my excuse for the lack of photos here is simply that, well, I kind of forgot. It is such a simple card to do, it really doesn't need them anyway, you'll see what I mean...

Using some black card, I cut a topper and put in my stamp press. I placed the first wreath layer (greenery) into position and then stamped onto the card with Versamark. Removing the card, I applied some green Embossing Powder. The next layer was the cones/twigs layer, so I repeated the same process again with brown powder. The final layer is the red berries, bow and flowers. Now at this point I had a slight 'poo' moment, (!) as when I added the powder and heat embossed, you could hardly see the detail. The reason for this was that I had used some very old (12 years) red embossing powder that I bought very cheaply... The solution here was to simply put the card back in the press and repeat the stamping over the top and add more powder. This effectively meant that I was 'double embossing'. Still not happy, I then 'triple embossed' and then, well, what ever the next one would be...(quadruple embossed? Is that a thing?) Eventually I got there folks! (I then chucked my powder away...)

 The sentiment from the Hobby Art Christmas Frosting Set was added in the same way, this time with Wow White Powder. 

All layered onto a card blank, some white dashes and all done. I think it would have taken half the time if I had had some decent powder...lesson learnt!

The next Grove Green workshop is on Sunday, October 15 and it's all about Imagination Crafts' fabulous Rusty Patina. Click for info and booking details.

See you soon,

Martina

xxx