Woodware - Dawn Heald

Helloooo,

Happy Weekend everyone,

Can't believe it is here again, where

are the weeks going....

May tomorrow, that's scary.

This week we are featuring the

fabulous Woodware stamps.

Today is Dawn's turn,

This is what Dawn has to say.... 

Hi crafty friends,

I've made some bookmarks this week,

 thought they would go with the recipe

 book made a few weeks ago. I've used

 the same stamp but in a difference

 way by cutting up the elements. This

 is what I love about Woodware stamps,

 each stamp can be used multiple ways

 and they really are quality clear stamps and

 affordable. So do check them out.

To make the main bookmark pieces.

 On

 A4 card, use distress inks to colour all over.

Then take the Liquid Pearls and squeeze

 some on a brayer and roll onto the inked card. 

Repeat all over card with both colours. Then

 brayer over this with a light layer of

 white gesso. Let dry then repeat with

 Liquid Pearls as before. Let dry.

Cut into strips to make bookmarks.

Next use the Sequin Waste Mask and

 the orange from Neon Ink set to

 stencil parts of the bookmarks.

Then using the little Happy wording from

 Flowers In A Row stamp set, stamp with

 red Stazon ink across the bookmarks. Edge

 the bookmarks with green pen.

Mount the bookmarks onto a larger

 pieces of Orange card.

Next using the Woodware Baking

 Sampler Stamp,

 stamp the whole image once and then just

 the word part another five times.

 

Colour in with alcohol pens. Then

 cut out each section.

Stick the coloured images to the bookmarks.

 Then finish with dots of white gesso and the

 wrong end of a paint brush around

 the bookmarks.

Wow, thank you Dawn, these

are so colourful!  I think these would

make a lovely gift!

If you want to have a go,

this is what Dawn used -

Woodware Stamp - Baking Sampler

Woodware  Stamp - Flowers In A Row 

Tando Mask - Sequin Waste

Radiant Neon Quartet - Warm Colours

Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted

 Citron, Marigold.

Liquid Pearls - Daffodil, Key Lime 

White Gesso

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Stazon Ink - Blazing Red

Brayer

Copic Pens

300g Cardstock - White and Orange

That's all for today,

I'll be back with......

Challenge Day!

Jane x

Woodware - Jane Collman

Good Morning all,

It's Friday, nearly the weekend already

and our second post featuring 

Woodware stamps.

Today it is me again.

I'm sorry, I couldn't help it, 

I picked the Dragonfly stamp.

You know me and dragonflies!!

This has got to be one of my all time

favourite stamps....I've used it many 

times and in many ways.  It is great

got using hot glue.....but that is coming

in another post haha!!

I started off by stamping....

Copics for colouring....

Cut out the extra bits you need....

Layer up some contrasting card.

Add some shadow to your dragonfly....

Colour the flowers....

(I kept them pale as I wanted the dragonfly

to stand out)

Colour, using same pens, around the 

outside edge of image.

Add the cut out wings using hot glue,

this keeps the required shape and cools

quickly!

To finish add a little sparkle to 

the wings...

This is a reasonably quick and easy card,

with the extra dimension, looks really

pretty!!

This is what I used -

Woodware Stamp - Dragonfly

White Stamping Card

Copics

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Contrasting Cardstock

Iridescent Glitter

I'll be back tomorrow with more

Woodware!

Jane x

Triplets - Dawn Heald

Happy Weekend,

It's Saturday again and I hope you have 

a nice weekend planned!

Not sure what we are expecting weatherwise

but I'm sure its bound to involve

some of the wet stuff!

This is our last post of the week and

today Dawn is here to show you 

what she has been doing....

Dawn says.....

Hello how's everyone doing? For our topic

 this week I decided to make a set of

 ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) as it's been

 ages since I last made any. I also had

 a play with some of the new Liquid Pearls in stock.

To make a background, squeeze some 

Liquid Pearls onto a craft mat and use a 

brayer to apply to white card. Repeat for

 each colour in turn, building up layers.

Finish with a light layer of white gesso 

applied with a brayer.

Cut black card into three pieces measuring

 3.5" × 2.5"

When background is dry cut off a section

 to be used for the ATC's.

Add some stencilling and Stamping

 to build up flat layers.

Cut into three pieces slightly smaller

 than the black pieces of card and glue

 each to the black card.

Stamp, colour and cut out three owls.

Attach owls with foam pads.

Print or stamp twit twoo and stick under  owls.

Add some white paint dots around cards.

The liquid pearls does make

 a great paint and the sheen on it is lovely.

 The white paint layer brings it together well. 

Hope you like!

Yes we do like Dawn, thank you!
What do you think?
I'd never thought of using Liquid Pearls
like that.

Products Dawn used -

PaperArtsy Lin Brown stamps ELB17

Liquid Pearls - various colours

Kaisercraft - Floral Quarters Stencil

Stazon Inks - Violet, Grey, Cherry Pink

White Acrylic Paint

Copic Pens

Brayer

Black Card

White Card

So that is another week gone,
I'll be back with the Weekly Challenge
tomorrow! 
Now, what shall we have this time?

Jane x

Halloween Week - Dawn Heald

Happy Weekend everyone,

What are you all up to I wonder??

Getting ready for Half Term?

Can't believe that has come around 

so soon!

Is it tonight the clocks go back??

Yay an extra hour in bed!

Ok, our last post of the week is from

Dawn.  This is an amazing card

for you!!

Dawn says....

I've made a diamond top fold card. 

These are simpler to make than at first look.

 Once you've made one it's easy going. 

I've included a photo of how to and tried

 to explain best I can. So do have a go.

 It's one of my favourites to make

 and little equipment needed.

You can mark with pencil lines but just

 scoring lines from measurements

 is sufficient.

Take A4 piece of card. (21cm across)

Position with short edge at

 top in portrait position.

Across top and bottom short edge 

measure 10.5cm and join up lines

 with ruler and scorer.

From top measure down 10.5cm on 

each long edge. Join up marks

From the last mark made on both long 

edges.  Measure down 7.6cm and mark.

Next, go to your score lines where they 

meet like a cross shape and from this 

point measure down the centre line and 

mark 3.5cm.

Next place one end of your ruler on

 the 7.5cm mark and swing it up to the

 3.5cm mark and score line between

 the two marks. 

The picture shows the way to fold. But 

basically the cross shape  is mountain folds

 and the slanted V shape are valley folds.

 To make card you then push up from 

the bottom and fold the top over 

this as you push.

Stamp and colour Wiz stamp. Die cut 

spiders and Web and attaching card.

 Add some black glitter on webs to finish.

Wow, love this, it's a long time

since i made one of these shaped cards...

must do it again as it looks so nice!!

Products used -

Stamping Bella Wiz Stamp

Impression Obsession - Spider and Web die

Lavinia Stamps - Mini Leaf 

Stickles - Black Glitter

Alcohol Pens

Black and White Card

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Thank you Dawn,

I'll be back tomorrow with 

our new challenge!

See you then,

Jane x

Stamping Bella - Dawn Heald

Helloooo,

It's Friday and the weekend is nearly

here.  It's also the first Saturday of the month

tomorrow so that means it is Inspiration
 Day at the shop!

Tomorrow you will find 

Darcy Wilkinson and Helen Chilton

encouraging you to get messy with them!!

Do come and see what they are up to....

you will not be disappointed!

Ok, well today we gave our DT 

Stamping Bella

to play with.  These are a lovely range 

of stamps, there is something for everyone

and you can find them here.

Today we have Dawn to show you

what she has been up to -

Hi crafty friends, this week our topic of 

Stamping Bella is right up my street. I

 love sitting down and colouring losing time

 so quickly. And what I really like about

 Stamping Bella is the range of stamps.

 So do check them out and treat yourself, 

they stamp beautifully. My card

 is quite clean and simple for me. Hope you

 like it. Oh and I've used Copic Markers

 for this, first time I've used them and what

 a treat!

So to make this card - 

Cut a square of white smooth card and stamp,

 using black Memento ink, Stamping Bella -

  The Way You Move in the bottom right 

corner. Colour with markers.

 

For her hair

 I coloured with little dots to try out a

 curly frizzy style hair do.

Use two light grey pens at the end to colour

 around the image. Darker grey in 

shadow areas.

Stamp "Hello Friend" greeting from the Kaisercraft

 Shine Bright set in top left corner and 

small arrows in bottom right corner.

Then using the Neon Inks, stamp around the

 image with the two patterned circle stamps.

 Run black ink pad around square edge.

Finish with some black and clear gems.

 Fix to card blank.

Products used -

Stamping Bella Stamp - The Way You Move

Kaisercraft Stamp Set - Shine Bright

Radiant Neon Ink Pads - Warm Colours, Cool Colours

Copics

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

White card

Clear and black gems

Square Card Blank

Thank you Dawn, this may have been

your first time using Copics but you have 

certainly done very well with them!

Ok, I'll be back tomorrow so see you then!

Jane x

House Mouse - Jane Collman

Morning all,

Welcome to a new week on the blog, projects wise 

that is.  

I've given Neil the week off as we are featuring 

House Mouse

and that really isn't his 'thing' haha!!

So hopefully he will be back with us next week 

and I'm afraid you will have to put up with me instead!!

Well I love House Mouse and I'm so glad

we have got them back in the shop again and they

are perfect for a nice afternoon sitting colouring-in!!

What could be better??

So today I have picked a Christmassy stamp although

it could be used for birthdays etc.

Ok, so for this project we are going to use Copics.

Don't forget to use the right card and ink.

I do find Memento ink best as it dries quickly and doesn't

bleed with your alcohol markers.

Begin by colouring in the mouse, I have shown you the

colours that I have used. Start with the lighter colours and

add the darker, blending with your lighter shade.

There is not a lot of blending to do on the mouse! 

I decided to make my parcels red and green.

Again, start with the lighter shades and build up with the 

darker, in the shadows but then blend with the

 lighter colour.  On my classes I am often asked where

do I put the shade? On these stamps it is easy, you

find they have lots of little dots in certain

areas, that is where your shade is.  They have done it 

for you so all you have to do is colour those areas 

with your darker shades!

Keep going with your parcels, working on one 

at a time.

Finish colouring in your parcels, you will see there

are a couple of areas where I have gone over the lines!!

It happens......everyone does it!

This is when you use your blender pen to 'push' 

the offending bit of ink back into your parcel.

Darker colours are always a little harder and may take

a couple of goes leaving it to dry in between.

When you are done, it is time to start your

 background.

This is where your greys are so useful.

I really love the greys, I use them all the time, on

this project I used the W's, warm greys as my

red and green parcels were warm colours as 

opposed to cool...blues.

I've used the W4 next to the image and then 

blended it out using the lighter greys and

a blender pen if required.  

Mount on to red and green card before attaching to a base

card.  Finish by adding a little Stickles

to the snowy base and parcels to highlight them!

Finished!

Sit back and admire your colouring.

I haven't added a greeting to this card but it would 

be easy to add a stamp or peel-off of your choice.

If you want to have a go, this is what

you'll need.....

House Mouse Stamp - Gifts Galore

A4 White Stamping Card

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Copics -

E0000,01,93,95,97,99

R21,22,24,27,29

G14,16,17

W00,0,4

BG10,11

A4 Red Card

A 4 Green Card

White Base Card

Stickles - Star Dust

Well that's all for today, 

I'll be back again tomorrow with another project.

Jane x