Sweet Poppy Poinsettia and Starlights........

Good morning everyone,

Boy hasn't the weather changed in the last week, brrrrrrr!

I really don't like the cold and was gutted to give up my flip flops but chilblains are not a good look really are they???....... lol!

I do hope that you are all keeping yourselves wrapped up and warm, I even have a hot water bottle in my studio with me whilst I am crafting!

Anyway on to more crafty things........

So today I thought that I would show you a make that I did last week using the gorgeous Starlight Paints along with some other mediums that I will list in a moment. I apologise as I meant to do a tutorial on this but got so carried away with making the card that I forgot to take the photos in between!!

Here is a list of what I used:

Leanne Creatief - 3D Pine Cones

Leanne Creatief - Holly Leaves and Pine Branches

Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson - Holly Sprays Die

Card-io Stamps - Pointy Baubles Sentiment

Imagination Crafts - Starlights - Antique Gold, Bright Gold, Orange Oxidized and Topaz

Imagination Crafts - Mica Powders Starlight

Sweet Poppy - Poinsettia Stencil

Sweet Poppy -  Dimensional Paste Pearlescent

Viva Décor Inka Gold - Gold

So this is where it began......

I started by adding some Pearlescent Dimensional Paste through my Sweet Poppy metal stencil on to black card. (I have to say this is a gorgeous stencil and I love the way that you can use it flat to create a background or you can cut the poinsettias away and create these amazing flowers.)

Now this next technique is fab and I first saw by buddy Sue doing it with Sparkle Gel over at Imagination Crafts and then the lovely Lou from Sweet Poppy and I loved both results.....

I then used a large flat brush to pick up some mica, I used the gold and bronze colours and sprinkled them liberally on to the wet paste ( once you take off the stencil ). Then take a heat gun and heat the card from below first and then above and watch the paste bubble and form a fantastic texture whilst melting in the mica to the paste, it is just so fabulous to watch and gives such a great effect each time.

Just a little tip that I picked up from Lou DON'T use her Translucent Paste, it doesn't work but you can do it with all the others White, Pearlescent and Black.......

I put this aside to totally dry whilst I then went about my die cutting. I used my Grand and Standard Spellbinder Nestability Circles and die cut a large aperture that I then embossed with a folder from my stash ( we all have lots I am sure ), then a circle that fitted inside the aperture in black and then a white circle to go on top.

Next I die cut a set of holly from my Sue Wilson Holly Sprays Die, one set of cones form my Leanne Creatief 3D Pine Cones and three Pine Branches. Next I started to paint them with the Starlight's. I painted the holly in antique gold with orange oxidized berries, I did the spruce with orange oxidized and then the pine cone with topaz tipped with orange oxidized. At this point the colours were really coming together nicely with the poinsettia......

I painted the aperture circle with the bright gold Starlight's and then I decided to tone it down my rubbing over it once it was dry with a little Inca Gold- Gold and it looked lovely. Now I was ready to start to do some placement on my card with my pieces.......

 I took my 7" square white card and laid the circle pieces on to the card slightly to the top right to give enough room for my die cut pieces. Next I cut out my three poinsettias from the black card and cut a little in between them so that I could add shape and dimension to them. I then arranged all the pieces on to the card until I was happy where they were going to go and then attached them with Cosmic Shimmer Glue.....

It just needed a little sentiment so I stamped the Noel on to a piece of white card with Versafine Black Onyx and matted it on black card and then attached it to the card. Lastly I added a little Gold Stickles around the sentiment and the centre of the poinsettias to add a little bling and I was done.......

I apologise for the shadow in the photo, it was getting a little late when I took it. This card really does look lovely in the flesh and will be at the Christmas Party Class next week. The mica and Starlight's look amazing in the light.......

Well that is all from me for now, I am really busy getting all the preparation's done for the party class next week, we have a lot in store for you???

I hope you like my little make and I will be back next week with some more.....

Until then, have a great week.....

Big hugs Lisa B xx


       

   

               

              

Textured Wedding

 

Hi Crafters, hope you are all well.  I'm actually still on holiday at the moment, well not at work anyway :o)  Shame the weather has turned a bit rubbish, still enjoying the relaxation time though.

 

This weeks card has a wedding theme but still with a hint of the texture we learned at the July workshop.

 

 

This one took a while as I made quite a few little flowers and layered elements to get the affect.

 

First I took a 7 x 7 card and rounded off the corners then layered some silver paper from my stash.  For the background I embossed a piece of card with an embossing folder also from my stash.  I then took some wedding silhouette figures, in both black and white and embossed one white between two sheets of copy paper to stop the silhouettes from cracking.  (Lisa has these  silhouettes at the workshops if they didn't sell out at the Extravaganza day of course)  I then cut away the male figure in black and stuck it over the white then stuck that onto another white set to give dimension.   (At this point I went around the edges of the male where you could see the white and coloured it with a fine black marker)

 

 

I then set about making a few little flowers either by quilling or die cutting, I also die cut a few hearts in various sizes.   I made the larger flowers with the Sue Wilson Classic Rose die, (unfortunately sold out on the website) 

 

Here are the elements:

 

 

I placed the elements on the card, deciding as I went along what I would use, as you can see by the final card that I didn't use them all :o)

 

 

When they were all glued into place I die cut a sentiment and stuck that in place before painting the whole thing with white Gesso.  (I kept the figures separate and just painted the female with the Gesso)

 

Once that was all dry I decided I would use Mica Powders to give the card some bling, although I do think that the Inka Gold Silver or Gold would have worked even better especially as you can paint with them too.  I then stuck the figures in place and matted the card together.  Here are a couple of close ups and the final card again.  The Mica's do give a very delicate colouring which for me is just right, I know some of you like more colour and the Inka Gold's will do that for you :o)

 

 

 

 Thanks for dropping by to see my post today.  Look forward to seeing you at the class on

7th August.  Love Jan -x-

 

 

Woodware Clear Magic Wheat Stamp

*This post is part of the February promotion fortnight. Remember to leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.*

 

Good evening, apologies for the lateness of this post, after our late return from the trade show in Birmingham last night everything has fallen behind. As Lisa wasn't able to post today I'm showing another of my class samples from last week & again it's a card made with the

Woodware Clear Magic 'Wheat' stamp...............

 

 

 

The background was a mix of Cool Peri & Pool Adirondack inks, (40% off in the Mega Sale) with water flicked on top. I applied Sunset Orange Adirondack ink through the blocks element of the

Designs by Georgina Blocks & Curves stencil...............

 

 

I stamped the Wheat stamp firstly with embossing ink & applied a dark blue mica powder from the Starlight set by Imagination Crafts..........

 

 

I stamped again with Onyx Black Versafine & dried with a heat tool..........

 

 

 

 

Then I used a Versamark embossing pen to apply ink to certain areas of the focal image & heat set those with WOW Clear Sparkle EP....................

 

 

 I added a sentiment, a few gold sequins, used a fine line pen to add a dotty border, then matted & layered onto a 7x7 white card blank...........

 

 

 

 

 

                               

 

Thanks for visiting the blog. Until next time, happy crafting.

 

Kirsten

Sunflowers on a Grey Day

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 in the giveaway.*

 

 Good morning, Kirsten here.  I used the Hobby Art Sunflowers stamp set for today's card & once again, it couldn't be simpler...........

 

 

 

I mixed Mango Inkadinks with gold mica powder & water in a mini spray bottle & spritzed two pieces of watercolour card..............

 

When they were dry I stamped one piece with the single sunflower, cutting off a piece for the sentiment, (from HA Anna's Collection - Just For You) & the other with the sunflower head, using Onyx Black Versafine ink & heat setting with clear embossing powder...............

I edged the watercolour card with a gold Krylon pen & backed each piece with black card........ 

 

I used kraft card, black card & orange core'dinations card for matting & layering, stuck everything to a 7x7 white card blank & added adhesive pearls.

                                 

Thanks for visiting the blog today & if this is your first visit, feel free to look around. If you want to enter the giveaway all the details can be found by clicking the link at the top of this post. And don't want to visit the Lisa B Designs website, where the MEGA SALE is in full swing - items are being added most days, so it's well worth keeping an eye on.

 

And finally, Lisa has started a blog to showcase the projects she creates that aren't connected to the business. If you want to see what she's up to, you'll find her at No Creative Boundaries.

See you next time.

Kirsten