At Random

At Random

Hi There!

Seems an odd title for January's posts

but they are all chosen at random so

what else could I call it? ..........Haha!

The reason for "At Random" is that with

the JANUARY SALE going strong it

is the ideas for the projects that count

rather than individual projects, after all

a stamp is a stamp is a ...........

Or is it?  You decide!

Craftyfield is going to start us off

with a simple card:

"After all that Christmas crafting and 

lots of relaxing over the Holidays, 

a CAS card is great to 

kickstart my mojo again...

 I selected the Quirky bird to make 

a Get well card. 

I stamped the image with yellow

 Versafine Clair for a no line-colouring 

technique and used watercolour

 pencils and a brush to colour it.

Next, I stamped rain drops all over my bird,

 using the Craft Emotions stamp set

 with a blue Distress ink. 

If your ink, like mine is a bit dark, use

 second or even third generation 

stamping by stamping off on a 

scrap piece of paper.

 With a wet brush I pull the Distress ink

 off the stamped image.

 Then, I give the bird a bit of ground

 to stand on, using watercolour 

pencils and splatters.

Finally I used the printer for the sentiment.

I hope I have encouraged you 

to have a go, this is a very easy

 card to make!"

Thank you Craftyfield for

starting us off with a simple

card.  I'm sure it would bring

a smile to any patient's face!

For all specific products and colours 

have been mentioned here, do 

remember that any product can be

used to achieve a similar result!

Take a look at the SALE to see what

you can find to make a cheery

Get Well Soon card

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Crafty Emotions

Crafty Emotions

Hi There!

We have an anniversary card

from Hazel Harler today and

again, not a hint of you know

when in sight!

So sit back and prepare to

enjoy................

"Hi everyone, today I have an Anniversary 

card to share with you.

I used this lovely Crafty Emotions bird stamp set.

I stamped the two birds onto white card

 using black Archival ink.

I used watercolour paints to colour the background.

The birds were masked before I used a stencil

 and picked raspberry distress ink 

on the background.

 I used some watercolour paint on the edges

 and let it run a little then I added some 

blue splatters.

I removed the masks and coloured the birds 

with the watercolour paints.

The front of a card blank was stencilled with 

picked raspberry distress ink

I stamped, painted and cut out the

 Honey Doo flowers and flourish.

I glued the topper to the card blank and

 added some ribbon, the flowers and 

some blue gems to the centre of the flowers."

Supplies:

Card blank.

White card.

Crafty Emotions stamps.

Water colours.

Stencil.

Distress ink.

Honey Doo Craft stamps.

Ribbon and Gems

Beautiful card Hazel, thank you

very much

The flowers give the card that

little bit of a lift from ordinary

to interesting, don't you think?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Find It

Find It

Hi There!

You may wonder what you

are being asked to find.......

Worry not Find It is the name

of a die cut company, new to

us but some of you may be

familiar with them.

We thought we'd give them a

whirl this week and here is

Jane Castle to start us off:

"Well time is marching on at a pace

 and if you have not made all of your 

Christmas cards yet here's a 

fairly quick idea that can be 

changed with a different centre piece

 so as to not get boring in the making.

To begin with I did all of the die cutting

 using a fab set from Find-It Media 

called 'Christmas Card Set'.

This set is great value for money,

cuts and embosses beautifully and

 some elements can be used all year round. 

Below I've added a photo of a piece

 I cut, embossed and then stamped whilst

 the card was still in the die. 

This leaves a very fine clean edge all the way 

round rather than cutting after stamping.

Whoops, back to the job in hand!

Next I stamped the crate image from a 

Craft Emotions stamp set onto white card

 and kraft card. The kraft card was then

 cut so as to form the outside of the crate.

Both images were heat embossed with clear 

embossing powder. Colour was added using 

Distress Markers and Jelly Roll pens.

The card blank had DI in old paper added 

to the edges and then using the same ink 

stamped the zig-zag lines from Jofy 07. 

These were then brushed with Perfect Pearls.

A tag was stamped using Jofy 47 stamp set

 and this was attached to the crate with some

 ribbon before fixing to the card.

A little Treasure Gold was rubbed onto the 

die cut mounts after lightly sanding. 

The gorgeous holly die-cuts were then

 slightly shaped and curled as I prefer things 

not completely flat.

Stickles were added to the berries and 

Pewter Liquid Pearls added to the crate

 to enhance the nails.

It's a long while since I made any traditional 

red/green Christmas cards and they do have 

that magical feel to them, I wonder if it will catch on!!

Enjoy your Christmas card making X"

Items Used:

Find-it Media Dies

Craft Emotions Stamps

Jofy Christmas Stamps

Distress Markers

Distress Inks

Ranger Perfect Pearls

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Jelly-Roll Pens

Core-Color Card

Kraft Card

Treasure Gold

Stickles

Many thanks Jane, a super

project to start us off

At the rate I'm going it doesn't

look like I shall be sending any

cards this year! Better get 

my skates on......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx