New Home

New Home

Hallo There!

I read somewhere that

the school holidays are

becoming the time to 

move house.  It seems

that nowadays pupils

should live in the

right catchment area

Fitting the move in

with the family summer

holiday must take a bit

of juggling...........

Here's Hazel Harler with a

super tutorial for us

"Hi there, today I'm sharing with you a 

New Home card and gift tag using a 

Riley and Company Mushroom Lane stamp.

First I stamped the image onto white card

 using black Archival ink.

The image was coloured with watercolour pencils

 and a water brush.

I coloured a piece of white card with 

fossilized amber distress oxide.

I stamped some dots round the edge using a

 Paperartsy/Lin Brown stamp and

 fired brick distress oxide.

I then matted the background onto some

 red card and then onto a yellow card blank

 - if you haven't got a yellow card blank 

colour the edges of a white one with

 fossilized amber distress oxide ink.

I matted the image onto some red card

 leaving the bottom a little longer than the image.

 I wrapped some yellow ribbon round the bottom

 and then I attached it to the card blank. 

I attached the sentiment [stamp unknown], 

some tiny flowers and ladybirds

 that I found in my stash.

Now for the key fob:

I stamped the image onto shrink plastic 

with black Stazon ink.....

 ....then coloured the image with watercolour

 pencils but didn't use any water. 

I punched a hole at the top and used 

a corner punch to round the corners.

I made a tag to match the card and 

heated the shrink plastic with my 

heat gun to shrink it then 

I attached a key ring.

I punched a hole at the top of the tag 

and attached the key ring with some ribbon.

 I added a few flowers and a ladybird.

The finished card and tag."

Items used:

Card blank.
Red and white card.
Riley and Company Mushroom Lane stamp.
Black Archival ink.
Watercolour pencils.
Water brush.
Distress Oxide ink pads - fossilized amber and fired brick.
Paperartsy/Lin Brown stamp.
Shrink Plastic.
Black Stazon.
Key Ring.
Hole punch.
Corner Punch.
Double sided tape.
Flowers, ladybirds and sentiment stamp.

Thank you for a lovely card

and gift tutorial Hazel

I rather like the key fob -

might also go well in a

Christmas cracker..........

Oh my goodness!  I've used

the C word - I'd better go

before anyone notices.....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx