Rainbow

Rainbow

Hi there!

A new week and a new theme

How exciting is that?  Anything

to take our minds off the wind

and the rain

So to start the Rainbow off

here's Jane Castle with a beautiful 

flower heart

"Today I'd like to share with you a Mother's Day 

card that I made using a Kaleidacolor rainbow ink pad 

to colour all my flowers, leaves and die cuts.

Using my Caribbean Sea ink pad I began to

colour various different types of paper and card

This was done by swiping the ink pad across

each piece but always going in the same direction.

For this I used old dictionary pages, watercolour paper, 

300gsm white card, Grunge paper and 

T.H. Ideaology Kraft Resist. 

For some I had the raised pads separate and 

for others I slid the pads together

Next I selected various flower stamps I thought I might like to use, 

a list will be added at the bottom of the page.

The flowers were either stamped in black ink and then 

heat embossed with clear powder 

or stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed 

with white powder. 

These were cut out by hand and a few were then passed 

through an embossing folder and the detail hi-lighted 

using some Treasure Gold Wax.

Next I made a paper stencil of the heart shape 

I wanted to form on my card with my flowers 

and using this lightly inked through to 

give an outline to follow. 

The leaves were then stamped using the 

Caribbean Sea ink pad and a trailing leaf stamp from PaperArtsy.

The cut out leaves were shaped over a pokey tool 

and stuck onto the card with Pinflair glue

Then it was a case of layering the flowers and 

trying out the design before attaching anything permently. 

For the centres I used a mix of brads, buttons 

and pearl beads. 

A few loops of matching ribbon were also added

The word wonderful was stamped in black onto an off-cut 

and then mounted onto a darker coloured scrap. 

The letters MUM were cut using Memory Box 

Parker Upper case die and more of the off-cuts. 

The final touch was a small heart shaped button 

in the bottom righthand corner.

I love the richness of the colour palette from 

this ink pad and the coverage is very good 

on even the most absorbant of surfaces. 

The added bonus of being able to separate the 

different colours means not only can you use 

one colour for stamping a small image or sentiment

 but also they don't bleed into each other."

Items Used

Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea Ink Pad

PaperArtsy Flora and Fauna 6

Lavinia Zen Flower 2

Jofy 12

Studio 490 - Live and Make Art

Kaisercraft CS912 Flowers

Heartfelt Creations 3533

Treasure Gold Wax in Olive Bronze

White and Clear Embossing Powder

Memory Box Parker Upper Case Die

Buttons and Brads

Craft Concepts Budding Vine Embossing Folder

Thank you Jane.  A lovely card for someone you love

and with Mother's Day coming up (in the UK) really

special indeed.

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Wax, Paper & Acetate

Wax, Paper & Acetate

Hi there!

Fancy a little break from the
festivities?  A moment for yourself?

Here's a project from Craftyfield:

Acetate is a sure way of introducing something different

 in your card making and there are plenty of ways to play

 with the transparent aspect of it but 

today I chose to use it as my card base.

 To cut the base card I folded my A4 sheet of acetate 

in 2 and placed the fold within the cutting line of the square die. 

To hold it in place I use Removable tape.

I wanted to emboss the sides of the card and used 

a narrow embossing mat with a wall texture embossing folder 

I cut this one from a large size embossing mat 

and I have found useful to have small mats in 

different shapes to do partial embossing such as this

Another fun technique with embossing folders 

is using them with Wax paper.

 I embossed a wood texture in the wax paper. 

The photo is showing that I am 

wrapping the paper inside a folded A4 sheet of standard paper. 

This is because wax paper is very thin and will tear if embossed on its own. 

If you wish, you can use a single piece of cardstock instead 

and save it for another project

Next I created a sandwich with from bottom up:

The card for the project

The wax paper

A spare piece of cardstock

I wrapped the sandwich in greaseproof paper 

(or baking sheets) to protect my iron. 

Since I only wanted the design on the edges, 

I used a scrap piece of paper as a mask,

 identifiable in the photo by the green blob. 

I then ironed the sandwich using a cotton setting but NO STEAM. 

It only takes 30 seconds for the wax to melt onto the paper

With the mask still in place I applied 

Distress inks over the melted wax design.

I used a piece of plastic packaging as additional 

protection chosen because it is see-through.

With the borders inked, I proceeded to the stamping 

of the Dandelions, not with ink but with Judikins Micro Glaze 

which is a paraffin wax (i.e petroleum jelly). 

This will resist any waterbased mediums applied later.

I used my finger to apply the wax, be sure to go lightly to catch only the top of the stamp for a reasonably defined design

 I sprayed water on my cardstock and started sprinkling 

Brushos in black and blue around the Dandelions heads. 

I kept adding powder and water until I was happy the 

Dandelions were “revealed”

Next I assembled the card. For a perfect finish I needed 

3 additional pieces of cardstock, 

all the same size as the decorated panel. 

This way there is no glue showing and 

of course there is somewhere to write the message!

Clockwise I glued the decorated panel with 

double sided tape to avoid any glue 

spoiling the front of the card.

The second piece is easy to place by gluing it 

on the back of the decorated panel (not shown).

For the third piece (the message panel), I

 used removable tape to temporarily 

adhere on top of my second piece. 

I applied the glue 

(I used liquid just to give myself a bit more working time), 

closed the card on top of the panel. 

When the glue has dried open the card and 

remove the temporary adhesive by 

rubbing with your fingers or an eraser

Finally the fourth and last panel is glued to the back. 

It can be left bare for additional writing space or decorated as well.

A closer look at the Dandelions

Materials:

Acetate

Removable tape

Wax Paper

Walnut Distress inkpad and Antique Linen inkpad

Lavinia Dandelions

Brushos Starter pack 12 set

Double sided tape

Stix2 Tape pen removable adhesive

Tacky glue liquid adhesive

Embossing Folders

Hmmm.......... I had wondered what an iron was for! Haha!

Thank you Craftyfield that is a super card
with just the right amount of crispness for a
cold winter's day

See you all tomorrow folks...

Mickie xx

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas

Hallo Everyone!

Here's a versatile wreath you can keep

from one year to the next or make as

a gift.  Brought to us by

Louise Thomson

Well it really isn’t long until Christmas will be upon us

 and so I wanted to share a project that

 could be used as a card or a decoration. 

Start by smooshing a selection of distress inks

 across a non -stick craft mat. 

I used ripe persimmon, fired brick and seedless preserves. 

Spritz this all over with water.

Press a sheet of white 12”x12”paper in to the ink

 and repeat a few times as desired to get a 

good coverage and colour on your paper.

Use the tattered florals die to cut as many flowers 

from your sheet as possible. 

With a bit of jiggery pokery you should be able to get quite a few!

Spritz the flowers with colour bloom to give them a lovely gold shimmer.

Use alchemy wax applied with your finger to add more gold highlights.

Place each floral component in the palm of your hand

and run the back of your thumbnail along each petal 

to give them a slight curve. 

Layer them together in twos or threes, 

fixing them with 3D foam mount pads

Arrange the flowers in to a wreath and stick down. 

Coat a piece of white card in antique linen distress ink 

and add highlights using tattered rose. 

Run the card through a die cutting machine 

with a woodgrain effect embossing folder 

then add a layer of ground espresso ink 

to highlight the texture. 

On a rectangle of white card, stamp and emboss 

a Chirstmas greeting using gold embossing powder. 

Ink up with more antique linen distress ink

 then stamp the vine around the edge in 

antique linen to give subtle detailing.

 Layer the components together and finish

 with a dot of gold stickles glitter in the centre of each flower.

Happy Christmas!

Materials used;

Non-stick craft mat

Distress inks– ripe persimmon, fired brick, seedless preserves

Mister spray

Tattered florals die

Stickles – gold

Alchemy wax – Inca gold

Color bloom spray – Sorbet

Embossing powder - gold

White smooth finish card

Woodware ‘wishing you’ stamp

Heartfelt creations ‘celebrate the season’ stamp set

Textures woodgrain embossing folder

A lovely wreath Louise and the flowers

and sentiment would also make a lovely card.  

Thank you very much

That's me off to make my wreath

See you all tomorrow

Mickie xx