Up The Wall

Up The Wall

Hallo everyone!

Hope your week continues well

Expect you're looking forward 

to the weekend - well, here's a

fun project for you from

Louise Thomson

"I started with a watercolour card tag and 

blended distress inks over it in scattered straw 

and fossilized amber.

Next I taped down my brick stencil and 

blended over fired brick and pumice stone inks.

With the stencil removed I added in a selection 

of plants from Card-io’s backyard blooms stamp set, 

all stamped in mowed lawn distress ink.

I added the spiders web in amongst the plants 

using black versa colour ink, 

then used a black fineliner to join up the

 loose ends of the web.

I die cut a strip of grass and then trimmed 

the off cut so I could use that too, 

to make two different grassy outlines. 

One piece I coated in mowed lawn ink, 

the other I left the original green. 

These were then added to the bottom of the tag. 

I also added in a few creepy crawlies… 

(see how many you can spot…!)

Finally I edged the tag by running the f

ired brick ink pad directly around the edge 

of it and finished off with a few 

coordinating ribbons from my stash."

Materials used;

Watercolour tag

Distress inks  (scattered straw, fossilized amber, fired brick, pumice stone, mowed lawn)

Low tack adhesive

Kaisercraft 12x12 mini mix stencil

Card-io Backyard blooms

Grass border die

Black fine-liner

Green paper and ribbons (from stash)

Great tag Louise, thank you

Such fun with all the little critters


'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-i-o

Hallo, nice to see you

Have a card today from

Karen Gist, who's theme

is new baby

Take a look:

I have chosen to make a new baby card as a close friend 

is having a baby boy soon!

Card-I-O stamps are lovely to use in building up a picture. 

They are small and detailed and a brilliant addition to your stamp collection. 

Versamagic inks are chalky so you can get a very delicate feel to your project, though it is harder to photograph!

Firstly I made a background on white card. 

I dabbed some ink onto my craftmat and sprtized with water, 

then swiped the paper over it. 

Because of the nature of the ink you get a lovely soft marble effect.

I cut a circular aperture out of the centre of a square white card blank.

Then I set to with the stamps using the branch from the Oriental Blossom set first stamped with Aquatic Splash and Wheat. 

Then I added a few flowers using Aegean Blue and butterflies 

and leaves using Wheat.

 From the Pitter Patter set I stamped the hearts in Perfect Plumeria

From the Pitter Patter set stamp the babygro in Wheat 

and the rabbits (how cute are they?) in Aegean Blue. 

When they are dry add the teensy clothes pegs in the blue 

and Perfect Plumeria as shown. 

I also 2nd stamped the hearts onto the babygro. 

When dry cut out and glue the pegs to a piece of cord.

Make two holes either side of the aperture and tie the cord in place

 so that it looks like a clothes line. 

Attach some of the marbled card to the inside back of the card. 

Stamp a sentiment onto it so that it shows just below the babygro. 

Add some dots of stickles to add a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:

Card-i-o Stamps

White Card

Card Blanks

Versamagic Ink

Stickles

Thank you Karen - such a cute card

Be good to have a small stock
of these in different colours


'Till tomorrow - stay warm

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hallo everyone

More stamping fun today

from Helen Chilton:

Hi there, Helen here. 

This time I've made a fairly wintry card 

using Card-i-o stamps and VersaMagic ink pads

Using a circle stencil, rub Sea Breeze directly onto card, blending as you go

Leave centre white.

Stamp branches round circle in Eggplant

while still wet, sprinkle on some Shabby White embossing powder and heat.

Stamp the pine branch in Turquoise Gem.

Then add the needle sprig in Aloe Vera,

the pine cone in Hint of Pesto,

and the same colour for the robins

Finally add flowers in Perfect Plumeria and Persimmon

Finish off with a tiny word and some Stickles glitter.

The finished card

Stamps used: Card-i-o: Tall Trees, Festive Tweets, Festive Fircones

Other materials:

VersaMagic inkpads
Stampendous Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel
Stickles: Stardust

Beautiful card Helen, thank you.

These stamps really do bring out

the artistic designer in us all

Think I will have to keep my Versamagic 

Ink Pads on my desk - they are so easy

to use - need to use them more..........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hi there!

Can you believe we are half way

through the first month of the

New Year?

Time just goes whizzing on.......

Except here, where we aim to

help you rest and relax for a moment

Today, Claire Jackson has an idea

for to take away the "difficult" from

those difficult men's cards.....

 "It’s often difficult to think of designs for men 

but Card-io stamps are very versatile and combine together 

to create an endless variety of scenes, 

which can instantly become more masculine 

with different colour inks. 

Cut a 5” square of white card. 

Stamp the buildings in the foreground in eggplant.

Mask the foreground buildings off and stamp the church 

and a small building in perfect plumeria

Leave the masks in place and use a 

torn piece of card to create a hill line. 

Using a sponge add Spanish olive to create hills and grass

 Stamp the branch around the top in jumbo java,

 repeat each time before reinking to get second and third impressions. 

This helps to add depth. 

Add a row of bottles at the bottom

Cover over the bottles with a piece of card 

so that the bottom edge lines up with the base of the bottles. 

Stamp the leaf in different colours to create a shelf. 

Add the glass and bottle opener

Stamp the leaves and hops over the branches in different colours, 

each time stamping two or three times before inking the stamp again

With a sponge gently add diffuse green ink over the leaves and branches 

and around the edge of the card to create a border. 

Add a sentiment around the edge.

These stamps are great for quickly making batches of cards. 

Play around with different colours for different seasonal effects.

Materials used: 

White card
VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink: Spanish olive, hint of pesto, eggplant, perfect plumeria, jumbo java
Card-io Majestix Clear Peg Stamps: last orders
Card-io Clear Stamps: greenery 1
Card-io Clear Stamps: Christmas scenery 3
Sponge dauber

Thank you Claire for a super card

with a masculine feel.  Normally

so hard to do 

'Till tomorrow everyone

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hallo Everyone!

We have a new theme this week:

Card-I-O stamps 

The DT have been keen to show

what they make of these stamps - 

and it is all good..............

We start off with

Louise Thomson

One of the lovely things about versa magic ink pads 

compared with others is that they maintain their colour 

when stamped on dark card. 

I wanted to make the most of this quality for my project 

and so worked with a black base card for a bit of a change.

Start by inking up a branch stamp with clear embossing ink. 

Sprinkle with white embossing powder, 

tap off the excess and heat to set. 

I used branches from two different Card-i-o sets stamped several times, 

but one would do fine. 

Stamp the small flower from the sakura blooms set using spring pansy ink 

Stamp the side-on flower in pink petunia. 

Add more flowers using purple hydrangea. 

Finally add in some leaves using Aloe Vera. 

Now for the slightly nerve wracking bit... 

line up two nesting square dies 

and cut your image in to three squares. 

Mount each square on a piece of white card with a narrow border. 

Layer them up together and stick down with double sided tape.

Add finishing touches with a stamped butterfly 

and dots of stickles glitter in the centres of the flowers."

Materials used

Black card

White smooth finish card

Clear Embossing ink

White embossing powder

Card-io Stamps: Summer wreath, Sakura blooms, Pleasant Pastures

Versamagic inks in spring pansy, pink petunia, purple hydrangea and aloe vera Nesting square dies

Stickles – diamond

Double sided tape 

Lovely project Louise.  Thank you.

Makes me think that Spring is not so

very far away......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx