Card-io Autumn & Christmas

Good morning blog visitors, hope you had a nice weekend. Thanks once again to everyone who joined us for Friday's classes in Maidstone, it was great to see you. I'd like to show you three of my Card-io cards today & I've got a brief step by step too.

 

Although this month is supposed to be all about Christmas scenes, I started by making two autumn cards. Scene building is not my strong suit, so I kept everything very simple. For this first card I kept to Distress inks & stamping the images with Jet Black Stazon. I made the background with Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean, Ripe Persimmon & Squeezed Lemonade. These are all very vibrant colours so I applied very little to the blending foams.

(Links to individual colours at the end of this blog post)

I stamped the Tall Trees stamps with Gathered Twigs, Brushed Corduroy & Vintage Photo Distress inks, sometimes applying two or three of the inks to the same stamp. I used second & third generation stamping too.

 

The focal images are from the Card-io Combinations set; Christmas Scenery 1 & 

Christmas Scenery 2. The birds are Lavinia Stamps Birds stamp & the greeting is 

the Grunge Birthday stamp from Stampendous.

For the second card, I also used Christmas Scenery 1 & Tall Trees, as well as the Woodland Walks set & Lavinia Stamps Ducks stamp............

I masked off a section of the Pronty Waves 1 stencil & placed it over a piece of white Super Smooth card, then applied Evergreen Bough Distress ink through the stencil.........

I lifted off the stencil, moved it slightly down, replaced it & applied Gathered Twigs Distress ink through it...........

For the sky I used Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers & Ripe Persimmon........

 Time to stamp the focal images..............

I wanted the deer to be behind the trees, so I stamped the trees with Cocoa & Brown Versacolor inks, applied WOW Clear Gloss embossing powder & heat set. Then I used a dark brown alcohol ink pen to try to hide the deer a little more.............

I finished the card with the Lavinia Stamps Ducks stamp & the sentiment & grasses from the 

Hobby Art Wildflowers set.................

I liked this card so made another one the same way, this time as a Christmas card. I used Seedless Preserves & Shaded Lilac Distress inks & WOW Metallic Silver embossing powder..........

 

                                                       

That's it from me for this week. Stay tuned for more blog posts this week, from Lisa, Martina & Jan. The new blog challenge began yesterday. The theme is 'Stamped Christmas Scenes' & if you use Card-io stamps on your project, you get a second entry.

Have a great week.

Kirsten

Card-io Christmas Classes - The Review

 

Good afternoon, blog visitors. Kirsten here with my second post of the day, a review of Friday's Card-io Christmas classes in Maidstone.

There was the usual array of goodies to tempt everyone & LOTS of samples with the Card-io Combinations stamps. Lisa, Jan, Martina & I all agreed that we had really enjoyed using these stamps..................

 

By the end of the day, most of the stamp sets had sold. The rest are back on the website & Lisa will ordering more next week. They're likely to be popular, so if you would like to reserve some, send Lisa an email; lisabaker1@btinternet.com............

 Christmas cutting dies & stamps.............

Paints continue to be very popular, especially the Starlight Metallic Paints from Imagination Crafts - many thanks to Sue & Harvey for sending out the new order so quickly...........

 

We brought the older Christmas stock with us too. It's all on sale & proved very popular.............

Time to get to work. Lisa's in there somewhere, demoing the first card...........
 

There she is..............!!

 

The hall was a hive of actvity all afternoon.........

 

A few of the first card, made using Distress inks & the Woodland Walks set of Card-io stamps..........

 After a brief break & a tidy up, it was time to do it all again in the evening class...........

 The second card, made with Distress inks again & stamps from various Card-io sets...............

 

  

Before we knew it, the second class was over & it was time to pack everything away. Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday, it was great to see you & we hope you enjoyed your day. If we inspired you to make more scenic Christmas cards, we would love to see them. You can upload photos to the Lisa B Designs Facebook page & you can also enter two projects into the new blog challenge - all the information can be found on the Challenge page.

I cannot end without thanking the fantastic team of Jo, Kate, Rose, Jan & Julie for their hard work throughout the day. Thank you also to Martina & Jan for their gorgeous Card-io samples, which the rest of you will see here on the blog in the next few weeks.  Thank you to Lisa's OH, Paul, who helps us unload & reload the van & to Donna, who stays behind each month to help us pack everything away.

With the ninth class of the year over, it's time to start thinking about the November & December classes. The projects are not finalised yet, but I can tell you that the November 6th class will be based on Starlights paints & you will need a brayer. There are a few places left in both the afternoon & the evening class. 

We're also taking bookings for the Christmas Party classes on December 4th. These classes usually fill very quickly, so if you're interested in joining us for either a November or December class, please contact Lisa as soon as possible.............. 

Email - lisabaker1@btinternet.com

Telephone - 01622 675078

Or message the Lisa B Designs Facebook page.

I'm going to add the rest of Friday's card makes to an album on the Facebook page now, so if you would like to see more that's where they will be. Thanks for visiting the blog today, enjoy the rest of your weekend. I will be back tomorrow with the first of my Card-io card samples.

Kirsten

 

 

September's Blog Challenge Winner

Good morning, happy Sunday, hope you're all having a nice weekend. The new challenge is now on the Challenge page.

Thank you to those who entered the September challenge,we really enjoyed seeing your painted backgrounds.

   The entrants were..........

Via inlinkz:

Liz 1

Linda 2
Dawn Louise 3
Karen P 4
Craftyfield 5
Karen P 6

Via email/Facebook:

Laura Longley 7

Laura Longley 8

Yvonne Lambert 9

Julie Emmett 10

Julie Emmett 11

Julie Hatcher 12

Julie Hatcher 13
Lisa Ingram 14
Lisa Ingram  15
Sarah Clayton 16
Sarah Clayton 17
Eileen Yarnton 18
Eileen Yarnton 19
Sue Temple 20
Sue Temple 21

 As always, random.org chose the winner.............

Sue Temple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Sue!  Please contact Lisa - lisabaker1@btinternet.com - and she will send you your e-voucher code.

  Please note the £20 prize does not include P+P.

The website was updated yesterday, so there are lots of new items to choose from. Have fun spending!

Thanks again to everyone for supporting the challenge, it was great to see so many of the ladies who attend Lisa's classes take part.  We hope to see you enter the new challenge too & if you've got any crafting friends, please spread the word. 

I'll be back later with a review of Friday's classes.

                                                                                   Kirsten

Card-io Christmas Classes Today!

 

Good morning blog visitors, Kirsten here with a quick blog post to tell you about today's classes in Fant Hall, Maidstone & show you a few snaeak peeks of some of my card samples.

 

We'll be using Card-io Combinations stamps, along with Distress inks & masking to create two Christmas scenes.

 There are lots of Card-io Combinations stamp sets available to buy, along with other new products.

 The Imagination Crafts Starlights paints are back in stock & for those of you waiting for Silver & Diamond Sparkle Medium, they are also back in stock.

If you find yourself with free time today & you fancy joining a class, please phone Lisa - 01622 675078 - before midday.

The shop will be open to everyone from 2.30 until 9.30 tonight.

Looking forward to seeing everyone later.................

Kirsten

Dylusional Fairies and a Sweet Poppy Mushroom Dwelling!

Good morning! October already and my last post focusing on Dylusions Paints!

 My favourite time of the year; I love this season, sunny days for walking that are not too hot and lots of leaves to rustle... Best thing though? Mushroom spotting! There are some fab areas for this, and where there are mushrooms, there are fairies!

With this in mind, for my project I have chosen to use Sweet Poppy Dimensional Paste through their Mushroom Dwelling Stencil for my card, starting off by creating a funky masterboard again...

Using Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Card Stock (300 gsm) as a base layer, I have applied Lemon Zest and London Blue Dylusions Paint using a brayer. As the colours were quite intense, I have also brayered White Linen Dylusions Paint over the top. This allowed me to add more layers to the piece that can be easily distinguished. Once all these layers were dry, I have used the Imagination Crafts Bubble Background Stencil and applied the Lemon Zest paint though this with a Tim Holtz Blending Tool. Once the bubbles were dry I have used the top from a spritz bottle dipped in the London Blue paint and 'stamped' this all over the page.

My next step was to cut a section from my masterboard, sized to fit my card blank and the Mushroom Dwelling Stencil. I have then taped this down using Stencil Tape and applied Sweet Poppy Dimensional Paste through this with a Spreader. I have done the same with the sentiment, which is another Sweet Poppy Stencil. 

Onto the card blank itself, I have used some stamps from the Hobby Art Decorative Backgrounds set, stamping them with Versafine Black Onyx Ink and heat embossing with clear detail powder. I have also used some of the same stamps on the main panel to tie it all in. Once all stuck together with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue, the final touch was to give the mushrooms some occupants, so I have used some Small Lavinia Fairies, stamping and embossing in the same way.

Quite a busy card, but I like the texture of the paste and the stark contrast with the background. I hope you like it; remember to have a play yourself and enter our blog challenge, as there are only 2 days left and you could win £20 worth of goodies!!

Love

Martina

xx