Vintage Chic

Vintage Chic

Hi There!

Hope the week is treating you

kindly and the work not piling

up around you...............

I'm thinking it might be nice

to at least catch sight of my desk

for a change.....................of

course, this means I shall have

to do a spot of housekeeping, or

should I be calling it "craft keeping"?

While I start on that,  I'll leave

you with Jane Castle who has a

beautiful project to share with you

"Great topic and these new stamps from

 Blue Fern Studios fit the bill so well. 

For the vintage feel I wanted to create a 

postcard with the feeling of something 

that had been in a shop window for a

 couple of years and been bleached 

by the sun------ 

I hope you think I was successful!

I began by stamping the postcard part first 
so as to gauge how everything else 
would fit together. 

Postcard was stamped in Vintage Photo 
Distress Oxide ink and spritzed with water. 

The main image was from Blue Fern Studios 
Country Garden stamp set, this was inked in 
Archival Cornflower Blue, then parts were wiped 
with a new baby wipe and then re-inked in 
Starlight Silver and Pearlescent Olive.

I then added a little bit of colour with Antique Linen

 and Old Paper Distress Ink. 

The old postage stamp was attached and

 the edges torn and distressed.

Next I coloured my background card

 with Dark Brown Brushos which were 

activated by painting on a layer of 

PaperArtsy Satin Glaze. 

Once dry I then lightly sprinkled on some 

Turquoise Brushos and spritzed with water, 

after about 10secs dabbed with kitchen paper.

 Finally this was randomly stamped with second

 generation Vintage Photo ink using one of the small 

stamps from PaperArtsy ESC03.

Then onto the honeycomb frame work ---- 

This was achieved by using a die from 

Tim Holtz Mixed Media Thinlits set and 

cutting the 4 corners.

 Although this overlapped in a couple of places 

it doesn't matter as the centre is discarded.

The edges were stamped with the smaller 

of the 2 stamps from Blue Fern Studios Ornamentals 

in Versa-Mark and heat embossed with Aged Ivory EE.

The centre was cut away and the postcard

 was slotted into place.

The banner/bunting was cut from card that had 
been coloured with Brushos and painted with Satin Glaze.

The flowers were from an old pack of paper 
flowers that I found in my stash.  
I sprinkled them with the Dark Brown Brushos
 and then sprayed with Prima Color Bloom. 

These were paired up and attached with metal brads. 
A few leaves were die cut  to go under the flowers.

A couple of twists made from some jewelry wire
 and finally a shrink plastic clock for the top.

This brand of clear stamps were new to me 
and I have to say I've been very pleased 
with them. One feature I really like is that 
on the larger stamps where there is more
 than one image they are easy to utilise and 
mix and match."

Item List

Blue Fern Studios Ornamentals & Country Garden

Brushos in Dark Brown, Turquoise, Orange and Scarlet

PaperArtsy Satin Glaze

Prima Color Bloom Tea Stain

PaperArtsy ESC03 Rubber Stamp Set

Archival Ink Pads

Versa-Mark Ink Pad

Stampendous Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel

Distress Inks

Distress Oxides

Shrink Plastic

Tim Holtz Mixed Media Thinlits Die

Prima Flowers

Postcard Stamp from Crafty Individuals 239

Craft Wire

Memory Box Die Gentle Leaf & Simple Banner

Thank you Jane, I think you've captured that
been in the window too long
look very well.

What do you guys think?  

Nice to have a card with a vintage feel to it.
Once I've found my desk I might make a
card or two in this vein .........

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hi there!

It is the start of the first

holiday of the year - how

fabulous is that?  

Since you have time on

your hands best enjoy it

with some serious crafting.

Speaking of which, just

look at what Louise Thomson

has done with those Cubbies

from Tando Creative

"For this project I started by making 

myself a base board. 

I smeared distress oxide ink over my 

non stick mat and spritzed with water 

before pressing my card down in to it. 

I repeated several times until the layers 

of colour were well developed. 

I then stencilled and blended more inks 

on top until I was happy. 

I stamped the ‘seaside memories’ stamp twice

on to the base card using embossing ink and

embossed in white.

I also did an impression using faded jeans distress oxide ink.

I painted onto the blue stamped image

using Fresco Nougat and White Fire

Setting those aside for later, 

I coated the cubbeys in gesso,

 then painted using fresco paints. 

I assembled the cubbeys after I

painted them, but I think it may have been

better the other way around

(something to test out another day!)

Now for the really fun part… 

I chopped up my base board in various ways

 and started playing around with the different 

possible layouts. 

I threw a bit of vellum and a die cut of bubbles 

in to the mix for good measure too!

For these I used 3D foam mount pads 

to create lots of layers at different depths.

Once I was roughly happy with the arrangements 

I put all the cubbeys together. 

I also added texture sand paste to the 

base of them and left to dry.

With the paste dry, I smooshed a bit of 

fossilized amber distress ink on to my 

mat and used a wet paintbrush to pick 

up the colour. 

I painted it on to the sand paste giving 

the look of sand. 

Finally I added a few beads and tiny shells 

from my stash to finish it all off.

Here is the final finished assembly"

Materials list;

Tando cubbeys

Sizzix die – bright bubbles

Crafty individuals stencil

Blue fern studios stamp – seaside memories

Embossing ink – clear

Texture sand paste

Distress oxides 

(spiced marmalade, fossilized amber, 

faded jeans, broken china, iced spruce)

Non-stick craft mat

Blending tool

Paint brush

Mister spray

Double sided tape

White smooth finish card

Vellum

Fresco paints (Antarctic, Nougat, Turquoise, White fire)

Color bloom spray – Sorbet

White embossing powder

White Gesso

A fabulous project Louise

Thank you very much

Think I might have a play with

these this evening - I'm beginning

to become more and more inspired

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buildings

Hi There!

All wrapped and warm?

Pretty chilly here..........

A little gentle crafting might

just help to get the blood

flowing................!

Here's Angela Radford with

one stamp and lots of buildings:

 Started by stamping the Carabelle London buildings stamp 

on the right hand side of a kraft card blank.

Next I stamped the buildings on the left side with

a second generation application 

and the London sign along the top of the card, 

then started highlighting the building with a white pen.

As I couldn't decide on the colour for the focal image at this stage, 

I stamped the building several times onto different coloured 

left-over sprayed card and embossed them.

 Now I stamped the buildings again, 

this time onto white card and heat embossed it. 

These are great stamps with very clear images as I'm sure you will agree.

Now cut out sections from the stamped images on the coloured card, 

more than one if you are feeling adventurous. 

Attach the coloured pieces to the main stamped image 

on the white card and then cut out mats from your chosen card

 and layer these together.

 I also stamped a sentiment on the bottom right.

And here we have the finished card! 

All mounted up and some matching gems from my stash 

to complete the design.

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Supplies:

Carabelle Studio Stamps : London
Tim Holtz sentiment stamp.
Craft Card blank.
White stamping card.
Black Archival Ink.
Spray inks.
White Pen.
Clear embossing powder.

Fabulous card Angela; thank you

very much for the inspiration

I will have to get that stamp

I couldn't make up my mind which

town I wanted...........

but now I know I have to have

at least London and Paris......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

3D Bloom and Texture

3D Bloom and Texture

Hallo Everyone!

How're you today? 

Still enjoying the holiday?

Or are you back to the grind and the

holiday rapidly becoming a dim 

and distant memory

Never mind, here is Craftyfield

with a project that is sure to

set the mojo going

 I started with the Weft and Fabric Numbers stencil by Carabelle 

and Memory inks and obtained a lovely soft effect. 

I carried on stencilling with the Chicken wire Reversed Stencil.

For the next step I used sprays with the Shedded stencil (DecoArt), 

in Cobalt blue and Precious Stone.

Time for the pastes, here I used black gesso 

with the same Carabelle stencil having 

obliterated my previous stencilling with the spray! 

I also used Grunge paste with Pixillated.

As a project progresses I reassess the balance of colours 

and, if I find something not working, I try and change it. 

I didn't like the white in the background so 

I knocked it back with Distress inks. 

I then added Grunge paste through the Inspiration stencil. 

You'll see that the "Inspire" has also changed colour 

in the final photo, simply because it was hard to see 

against the background

My focal point is a Tando frame against that Inspire word 

and I painted it with Imagination Crafts Starlight Paints 

(Dark Orchid, Mint and Platinum)

3 Butterflies of different sizes provide the finishing touches.

 They are from a Crafty Individuals set, and I used 

both line and solid versions of the images, 

line with black ink and solid with blue and oranges dye inks.

In this picture you get an idea of how much shine the

 Starlight paint gives when hit by direct sunlight.

Supplies:

Carabelle Studio Stencil: Weft Fabric and Numbers:
The Crafters Workshop template - Chickenwire reversed:
Color Bloom Sprays (Cobalt, Sorbet, Precious Stone):
Andy Skinner 12x3 Masks: Shedded:
Grunge paste:
Black Gesso:
DecoArt Mixed Media Stencil: Pixelated:
DecoArt Mixed Media Stencil: Inspiration:
Memento inks: 

Such an inspiring project Craftyfield 

thank you very much for helping us back into the

creative zone

'Till tomorrow 

Mickie xx