Easter Egg

Easter Egg

Hi There!

The daffodils are out, 

the crocus and hyacinth

bulbs bursting forth, birds

singing their little heads

off  Spring must be on the

way.  Wonderful. 

Here is an Easter Card for you

today from Angela Radford

 "Hi all I'm here to show you how 

I've made this Easter card using one 

of the Jofy stamps Jofy53 by Paper Artsy. 

As you can see I have only stamped

 the flower section of this stamp and 

not the stem. 

I used Versafine Black Archival and

 then embossed with clear powder.

 I know they are not meant to be eggs 

but I'm sure you'll agree they do look 

like them. 

I coloured these with brush tip

 ink pens and added highlights

 with a white pen

 Before completing this card I splattered 

Distress ink onto the card blank. 

Just smooth some ink onto a craft mat 

and add a little water then use a brush

 to flick it onto the card. 

I played around with the eggs and 

decided to use just three and

 also added the little birds from 

Kim Dellow stamp EKD02 stamping a

 little towards the back of the card.

 I coloured these yellow so they looked

 like little chicks.

The background was made by applying 

Distress Oxides straight to the card ,

 one colour at a time, spritz, drip and dry.

 The large sentiment stamp is by 

Woodware and the Easter text is one

 from my stash. 

I stamped around the edge with a 

stamp from a Lin Brown set ELB33 and

 completed the card with a few coloured sequins. 

The lines around the edge were drawn 

free hand with a black felt tip pen and

 that's it, all done. 

Have a lovely Easter, Angela xXx"

And you have a lovely Easter too

Angela.  Thank you for the

beautiful card too.  

So bright a colourful - really brings a

smile don't you think? 

Of course, if you don't celebrate

Easter then this card could be used

for any other celebration - just use

the "eggs" the other way up and

they become Balloons!  

Finally add a greeting appropriate

to the occasion.  

I'll leave you with that 

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Happy Day

Happy Day

Hallo There!

How're you today?  Hope

you're only being affected

by this Mad Marchness in

a good way .........  I've

always wondered why the

eggs are brought by hares

or rabbits (depending where

you are in the world).....

Angela Radford has popped

by today with a really cute

project that has nothing to

do with madness, March or

Hares ..... just Spring...

 Hi all, Angela here to show you how I 

used this door hanger to create a 

really nice gift.

 Cut out the tiny butterflies and

 attach to the hanger.

Next I applied some crinkled tissue paper 

and then covered the whole thing 

with a good coat of Gesso and don't 

forget the sides and back.

Now you can start to add the colour, 

(Fresco Finish acrylics by Paper Artsy)

 I like to layer this adding the lightest colours

 first, dry it and then add more colour. 

When that's complete, rub over everything

 gently with Treasure Gold gilding wax. 

At this stage I also made some larger butterflies

 using a Woodware mould and coloured those too.

To complete the hanger I used a text stamp

 randomly, attached a sentiment, positioned the

 butterflies and added some gems. 

It's a good idea to seal the paint when

 finished with Glaze or varnish.

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Oh Angela, that is seriously good

Thank you very much.  

I particularly like the colours - not really

in my comfort range so I think I will

have a go at this technique myself but

on a book cover .................

'Till tomorrow 

Mickie xx

Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hallo Everyone!

Looks like March is going

to race away like an express

train too ......... all I can say

is we should all make the

most of it! .........

We have a lovely piece of

home decor today and this

is from Angela Radford

"Hi all. I'm here today to show you how

 I've used one of these sweet little

Paper Mache Houses.

 I started by applying gel Medium through a

 Tim Holtz stencil and left it to dry.

Next I added the colour and some 

Fresco Crackle Glaze. 

Finished this with Treasure Gold Wax 

to bring out the detail.

The roof was made using corrugated card. 

The wooden pieces were Kaisercraft Flourish. 

The door knob and the bottle were Tim Holtz. 

The Butterflies, IO dies 'Butterfly Set' and

 I completed it with Stickles Glitter Glue 

and metal embellishments.

 Hope you like it. 

Happy crafting, Angela xXx"

This is really cute Angela -

thank you very much for sharing

You know, this has given me an

idea for a beach hut ...........

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Random

Random

Hallo There!

As crafters, we tend not to

throw much away and often

have more than one use for

something which we take

for granted.

Angela Radford is with us

today with a beautiful card

"Hi all. 

I wonder how many of you use kitchen rolls 

to mop up your inks and paints, 

if the answer is yes then you'll like this. 

Don't throw them away just glue them 

to a piece of card and brush over a thin coat

 of white Gesso to blend the pieces together 

then stamp on Tim Holtz balloons.

Next, die cut these.

Use the same stamps to decorate

 a white card Blank. 

The black card uses the same stamps

 and was a piece I had left over

 from another project. 

Mount onto the card and arrange the diecuts. 

I used an embossing tool to shape the central

 balloon and completed the design with 

Stickles glitter glue and matching gems.

Finally I used the same stamps to embellish

 the inner page and the sentiment stamps 

are all Woodware. 

Happy creative week, Angela xXx"

Thank you for another of your

wonderful cards Angela.  You make

it all seem so simple and such a good 

idea to re-use the kitchen roll

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Random

Random

Hallo there!

So, that's it for Valentines

now we are back to the 

nitty gritty of birthdays....

Angela Radford has brought

us a birthday card that I think

would make a charming

Valentine card too....... Yes, I

do mean without the sentiment

 "Hi, back again with a quick card made with

 some left-over die-cut paper.

 I seem to keep so much left-overs so decided 

it was time to use it up. 

This could be made with any shape you happen

 to have made. 

The stitched edge can be done with stamping

 or drawn by hand.

The stamps used on the card blank are

 Penny Black and Carabelle and I've used 

sequins dotted around too.

 The technique used for colouring the paper

 used Distress Oxides which I applied

 direct to the surface.

Spray this with water and let the colours blend. 

Allow this to dry naturally or my personal favourite

 is to place another piece of card over the top 

and blot which will give you a second piece of

 card to work with later. 

Back soon and happy stamping everyone, 

Angela xXx"

This really is an innovative card

Angela, thank you very much.

I rather like the colour combo too

I shall be saving my die cut paper

as well now............  just as well

I don't do all that much die cutting.

I love the shapes left behind though

and such a quick card idea too

'Til tomorrow 

Mickie xx

Random

Random

Hi There!

How're you?  Hope you

are managing to just chill out

and re-charge those batteries

ready for another busy week

Actually it is Valentine's week

and to start us off, here is

Angela Radford with a gorgeous

card.......

 "Hi all. We can't say goodbye to February

 without some Valentine's cards so this is 

the one I've made for you

I thought for once that I would work 

directly onto the card blank with stamping 

and stencilling.

This is not part of the card but thought you

 might like to see what I did with the spare ink 

on the Stencil and stamp. 

"Waste not, Want not" as they say. 

Not sure what I will do with this but I like it!

Decided to add a red key so stamped 

and embossed the same key and then

 cut it out and attached it slightly offset from

 the black one to give a shadow effect.

The main focal image is a stamped heart

 by Kim Dellow (PapperArtsy) which I stamped 

on the card blank then onto seperate sheets of card, 

embossed, coloured, cut them out and 

layered them up, 

attaching some red ribbon to the card before

 adding the heart.

I completed the card by adding brads and

 Stickles glitter glue.

All the stamps used are by PaperArtsy and the

 stencil is The Crafters Workshop.

Happy crafty week, Angela xXx

Thank you for a beautiful card Angela, your

treatment of the key part of the design is

indeed, a masterstroke.

I am inspired by your stamping off paper

to do something similar in an art journal

Oooh!  I do like this card and I have been

racking my brains as to what I should do

for a Valentine's card - well, I worry no

more.......

'Till Tomorrow

Mickie xx