Street Art

Street Art

Hallo Everyone!

Well it is March 1st today -

time continues to fly by 

at an alarming rate........

......that means we are all

busy people............enjoy!

Angela Radford is with us

today to start the new theme

with a fantastic card for

the star in your life......

"Hi all, I'm back to show you what I've been up to 

with these gorgeous Seth Apter stamps. 

To start the Masterboard for this project I began 

by brayering paint onto an A3 sheet of card.

You can see from this photo that you must be prepared 

to make some mess so make sure you have your 

workplace well protected.....or is it just me that's messy!?

I continued to apply the paint until satisfied with the coverage. 

I used a set designed by PaperArtsy for Seth Apter. 

I also mixed some of these colours to increase the range available

 Next I started stamping. 

It's important when stamping with acrylics to 

spread the paint evenly across the palette otherwise 

it will be too thick and you will not get a clear image

More stamping fun and here we are with the completed Masterboard.

 When I do projects like this I hate wasting the paint 

and I found myself with too much of the Mahogany 

on my palette so thought I would stamp it 

onto a clean sheet of card........

well this just changed my original idea for this card!

So to put all this together I began by creating a 
Z-fold card.

Cut all the pieces to size including some 

deep red card for matting and we're ready to go!

Started layering the pieces together, not bad for some waste paint!

 I completed this by adding some red brad stars 

from my stash and the TIME AFTER TIME stamp image 

from the same Seth Apter set. 

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz stamped with Mahogany distress ink. 

Hope you enjoyed watching me make this card. 

Happy crafting, Angela"

Products used:

Seth Apter Stamps - Time After Time.    Solar System.

White Card.

White Card Blanks.

Seth Apter Paint Set.

Tim Holtz Sentiment Stamps.

Red Card.

Yes, we did enjoy you making this card Angela

Just love it when you show us your change of

mind and the thought process behind it - just

goes to show there is no need to waste a thing

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Rice Paper

Rice Paper

Hi there!

Today is the last day

in the Rice Paper set.

Hope you have enjoyed these

projects as much as I have

Today's project will take

your breath away...........

Here is Hazel Harler to

talk you through her

gorgeous project:

" I needed to make a thank you card for a neighbour

 and thought it would be nice to make a tea light card.

I searched the internet for a template and

 found one made by Crafters Companion. 

I cut the card and box from green card

I covered the card and box with a some pretty rice paper

 and attached some ribbon and lining to the inside of the card, 

then I die cut a window in the top of the box.

I glued a piece of acetate insideof the window 

and glued the box to the card 

leaving the opening for the tealights at the top

I lightly dry brushed some white acrylic paint 

on the front of the card being careful 

not to cover the birds. 

The two flowers were stamped onto tissue 

paper with black archival ink

I stamped some script onto the cover and then 

cut out the flowers and glued them to the card.

I coloured a tag with watercolour and stamped the flower. 

I'm going to write a note on this for my neighbour.

 The box was filled with tea lights."

Supplies:

Card
Rice Paper.
Acetate
Ribbon
Acrylic Paint
Tissue paper.
Archival Ink
Double sided tape.
Cosmic Shimmer glue.
Honey Doo Stamps - lilies.
Tag.
Watercolour.

Many thanks Hazel.  I'm sure your neighbour

was delighted to receive such a lovely Thank You

This would make a really nice card/present

for every occasion.  

'Till tomorrow

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

Bokeh

Bokeh 

Hi there!

How're you doing?  Trust all

is going to plan in your corner

of the universe .....................

To round off the week's bokeh

techniques we have Angela Radford

to show us how she goes about it

Get comfy and prepare to enjoy:

"This is an official name for a specific photographic  effect.

It comes from the Japanese word for 

haze : 'boke'  and blur: Boke-aji.

It is basically the aesthetic quality of images 

out-of-focus in a photograph. 

Crafters have found ways of reproducing this effect without a camera.

There are various ways of achieving this effect 

with both wet and dry techniques. 

The one I am using today is probably the most messy 

but I know that my crafting friends out there don't mind 

getting their hands dirty! 

So here goes.

For this technique you are best using watercolour paper 

as we are going to be getting it nice and wet.

So first you will need to attach the paper to a craft mat 

with masking tape as the paper is likely to warp when wet.

Next cover it thoroughly with water,

lots of it as you need the paint to spread. 

I have started adding colour here and it shows quite well 

that the paper is very wet.

I have used Paper Artsy fresco paints for this 

and you need to add enough water to them 

so they are more like a wash 

then apply them around the paper  

allowing them to blend slightly.

It may look a little dark at this stage 

but remember it will go lighter when dry. 

You can blot it if you wish to remove some of the colour. 

Remove the masking tape and dry it by either 

leaving it to dry naturally or use your heat gun

It should now look something like this:

If the paper has distorted I place it under my craft mat 

for a couple of  hours which will flatten it out again

Now you can start to add the dotty images 

though actually you could use any shape you like 

but I like dots as they are easy to find in different sizes. 

You can use a stencil or dabbers for this. 

I used a white pigment ink at different intensities 

until I was satisfied with the coverage.

And it's time to decide how you will use the Masterboard.

But before I do that I have another practice piece that I tried 

to see how this technique would look with coloured dots too 

and here is part of the Masterboard I made but what do you think?

These would make great background papers for all kinds of projects.                                                                                        

I decided to use sections from both Masterboards to make a card

I needed a background so decided to try the technique 

on a black card blank and I really like the effect.

I played around with the layout for a while before making 

a decision about the design. 

It was during this stage that I decided to use both Masterboards.

I used small dew drops from my stash 

to finish the card which just adds that 

little bit of sparkle which is so perfect 

for this technique.

Hope you enjoyed watching me make this. 

Give it a go, it's great fun to do.

Happy crafting,

 Angela x"

Materials used:

Fresco Finish Acrylic paints by Paper Artsy.

Watercolour Paper

Black card.

Stencils.

Dies.

Stamps.

Distress Inks.

White Ink.

Dabbers.

Smoothies.

Masking tape.

Heat gun.

Echo that Angela!  

Many thanks for a super project.

I'm off to make some master boards 

So very useful to have in your stash, 

especially if you have limited time

or, like me, an awful memory.....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx