Hello again. I have a card created to share with you:
I wanted to use a layering stencil set from Waffle Flower. This background is the ‘Postage Collage Spring Breeze’ and has five layers to it. I chose the colours from Pinkfresh Studio inks and set to it.
Once the background was finished, I added it direct to a card base.
I then used the ‘Butterfly Focal’ die and cut it in white, then cut it in vellum, layering the two together, adding an extra body to the top so I was able to secure the vellum easily.
The sentiment is in blue foil, and from a Pinkfresh Studio product suite ‘Butterflies in a Cloche’, previously created when I had a foiling session. This was die cut with the matching dies, and a couple more layers added for stability.
I also added some irridescent gems for extra interest.
Hubby and I are out tonight with some friends to celebrate our 38th wedding anniversary – time sure does fly….
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Stencil Fun – stencils, option of butterflies taken
Hello once again. Craft time has produced the following card:
Following the current colours at Color Hues, I used Waffle Flower products.
I first die cut the collage panel out of white, then used the layering stencils for the roses. I inked the florals themselves in a lighter yellow, then used a darker yellow in smaller areas to create some dimension.
The leaves were ink blended with a light grey. The sentiment is white foiling.
This panel was adhered to a black panel, then adhered to a card base.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Color Hues – yellow and black – certain neutrals allowed
Hello there. I had the need for quite a few ‘thank you’ cards. Having recently retired from the NHS after over 40 years, I had a small leaving meal last Saturday. There was the nurse practitioner team I first started 26 years ago – now a team of 8 people. There were consultants there who I did clinics with up until my final day – who actually paid for the whole thing…….to say I was emotional is putting it lightly. Such a lovely gesture….
Anyhoo – I wanted to batch make some thank you cards for them, and decided to go down the route of complicated. These cards actually took me over 3 hours to make – why did I go with heat embossing and ink blending? Well – I enjoyed the process – but I don’t usually like to make the same card more than once. Here are the cards:
The stamp, die, and stencil set called ‘Chirpy Mithu‘, is from Pinkfresh Studio, and was part of their Create & Connect event in February this year. I hadn’t played with them yet, so I though it was time to bring them out.
I began by stamping and heat embossing the image in gold, then colouring with the provided layering stencils. Pinkfresh Studio inks were used for this. As there were seven images, and there were 6 stencil layers – this took quite a while, especially as I used different ink colours on some of the stencils.
Once coloured, I then used the die to cut them out, cutting out an extra white layer to make the image a little more sturdy.
I then used a couple of the sentiments from that same event, heat embossed those in gold, then die cut them, also adding an extra white layer.
For the background, I used a over plate to create the stitch details in two colours of card stock – just for a little variety.
The background was adhered directly onto the card base, after cutting down slightly to create a white edge. The image was added with 3D foam – another fiddly job of cutting pieces to fit – and then the sentiment was glued down.
The final touch was to add some gold gems.
I shall probably pop in and give them out one day this week.
Hello again. I have been crafting a lot these past few days, mainly because it has been so hot in the UK, and my craft room has air con…..Here is a card created following inspiration from the colour board at AAA Colourful:
For this card I used a new product suite – to me, anyway – from Hero Arts. This couple of items includes a Letterpress Plate and ;layering stencil set.
I first used the press plate to dry emboss the image onto white card stock, then used the layering stencils and Pinkfresh Studio inks to ink blend.
This panel was then cut down slightly and adhered with 3D foam to a card base.
For the sentiment, I used a Time 4 Tea Designs die, the shadow being cut out of white, and the word die cut once I had used an ink pad to colour a piece of white card, as I wanted a blue from the same colour family as the two other blue tones used on the background.
This was adhered, then some blue gems added for interest.
Hi everyone. I am here with a card to share following the inspiration theme from As You See It, and using some layering stencils to enter the Stencil Fun challenge:
The theme for As You See It is ‘Beach Combing‘, and I knew I had plenty of shell ‘stuff’ in my stash, so I searched through the CML app and found this background die from Waffle Flower. The die is called ‘Seashell Texture‘ and comes with a layering stencil to colour the images in.
I used Neenah card stock, die cut the panel, then used Pinkfresh Studio inks in pastel or more muted colours for the shells. Some of the shells had layers with the stencils, but with the other smaller shells, I added my own bit of darker shading for a little dimension.
I searched again in the CML app for suitable sentiments – wanting a bigger and bolder look – but couldn’t find anything big enough. So – I used a Pinkfresh Studio alphabet die set ‘Kelly Alpha‘ and die cut the letters to create this word out of Concord & 9th ‘Blueberry‘ card stock.
The little hearts on each letter actually stayed in the die cut – so I left them there, and die cut each of the letters two more times and layered them together to create a make them thicker and more sturdy.
As the letters weren’t all the same height, and instead of placing them all on the same line – I went a little quirky and put the smaller three letters in the middle of the height of the larger letters.
Hello. A little crafty playtime – and lots of die cutting – to create this card:
For some reason, I was obviously in a purple and pink mood today, using Concord & 9th card stock – Grape Soda & Briar Rose. It may be because Grape Soda is one of the colours they are retiring and it was on my mind.
I die cut the [post box and all it’s layers, assembling together, then die cutting the floral elements and two white envelopes, choosing to keep to the two colours instead of adding any extra.
I used a Spellbinders stencil set to create the ‘air mail’ look around the outside of a white panel, and the matching inks to the card stock.
Once this panel was placed onto the ‘air mail’ panel, I thought it looked a little plain, so I used an old (very old) Darice embossing folder of small flowers to emboss it.
The sentiment was stamped then die cut with the matching die, layered with a couple more of the die cuts for dimension.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Tic Tac Toe – middle column – die cut/punch & emboss wet or dry & layers
Hello once again. I have a card to share for the new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge. Billie A is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of:
Yellow Flowers
Here is my card:
The floral images are from a stencil set from Gina K Designs and their ‘12 Days of Christmas‘ box called ‘Magnificent Magnolias‘.
The layering stencil is 6 x 6 inches, and I ink blended onto a square piece of white card stock using Pinkfresh Studio inks. Once blended. I used a Master Layouts die to cut out the are I wanted, then matted with black and green card stock, before adhering to a card base.
The sentiment is also from the same Christmas box, stamped and die cut with the matching die, attached to the card, then some small black gems also stuck down.
I love the abstract look to these flowers, and I can see that I will be playing with this stencil set in various colours in the future.
I hope you can come and join us with your ‘yellow flowers’ creations. xx
Hello everyone. A new challenge has started at Cardz 4 Galz, with the theme of ‘a splash of green‘ hosted by Pamela:
The centre image is from Pinkfresh Studio ‘Garden Tapestry’ and consists of a stamp, die, stencil, and hot foil plate. I didn’t use the hot foil plate this time round, and chose the stamp and gold heat emboss the main image.
Once heat embossed, I used the layering stencils to colour the image, choosing softer colours, then use the matching die to cut it out.
The background panel was created using some light green card stock and running it through with a Spellbinders embossing folder ‘branching out’, cutting it down slightly and attached to a white card base.
The die cut image was added with 3D foam, then the foiled sentiment attached.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. xx
I shall be entering the following challenges:
CYHTP – embossing folder – option of sewing/sewing related not taken
Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of vine/vinery
Hello everyone. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. This time the host is Billie A, and she has chosen the theme of :
add pink flowers
Here is my card:
I first stamped the Altenew images then used the matching layering stencils to colour them in. I added slightly more ink towards the centre of the flowers and the base of the leaves to create more dimension, die cutting them with the matching die set. This set also has an embossing folder to add details to the florals, but I didn’t use that this time.
To highlight the florals and the colours, I chose to use a mid grey coloured card stock, and embossed using an older We R Memory Keepers 3D embossing folder with the basket weave pattern.
The sentiment is gold foiled, and some gold gems were also added.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme.
Hello everyone. I was able to create a shaker card using an older product suite from Pinkfresh Studio:
I first stamped in black then clear heat embossed the image. I find that no matter what black ink I use – and I have several – and if I just heat set the ink, I still get some bleeding around the outlines. The heat embossing solved that problem for me.
I then used the layering stencils to colour on the image, different colours on each stencil to get more variety, but I wanted a bright little village so used the brighter colour tones.
Once coloured, I used a notched fram3e die to cut it down a little, then hunted out my Toni Studios shaker pouches – stored ‘safely’ but found none-the-less.
I created the pouch, added some colours of sequins which I felt matched some of the colours of the image, sealed the pouch, then attached to a white card base.
The sentiment is gold foiling.
These Tonic pouches really do make shaker cards so very easy – the hardest part was selecting which colours of sequins to use.
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