Favourite Songbook

Favourite Songbook

Hallo everyone!

We've reached the last week of November

how scary is that?  Have you even started

your Christmas Cards, bought those

presents, ordered the food............

Here to take your mind off it all with

her Favourite Songbook is

Crafty Field:

Today I am showing a card inspired by the 

Roaring Twenties and Charleston. 

This card is fairly simple to make and there 

aren't many techniques to show you step by step. 

However, I thought you might like to see 

my stamp positioner in action.

I resisted for a long time getting one but 

now I couldn't live without it. 

A stamp positioner comes with a thin 

acrylic sheet and a right angle block. 

With the sheet abutted to the right angle, 

stamp your motif on the sheet so that the

 edge of your wooden or acrylic block 

touches the bottom and left edges of the block.

You can now find the perfect position for your stamp 

by moving the transparent sheet over your page.

When you have the placement, get the 

right angle tool back around the transparent sheet 

as shown in the picture.

Take away the sheet being careful not to move 

the right angle block and stamp the motif on your card

This is how I stamped the flower all around the card 

for an Art Deco feel as well as the ladies!

I coloured the flowers with a red marker 

and a gold gel pen.

For the ladies I used Inktense pencils.

Supplies:

Stamp Positioner

Stamps

red marker 

gold gel pen 

Watercolour pencils 

Thank you for showing us the

Stamp Positioner .............

Maybe another one for the

Christmas Stocking?........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Wax, Paper & Acetate

Wax, Paper & Acetate

Hi there!

A new week and a new theme.  

We're going to explore Wax, Paper and Acetate

and to start us off on our journey here is

Louise: 

I love this stamp from Carabelle Studios, 

it reminds me of the Devon hedgerows around where I live 

with so many beautiful, wild plants all jostling for a space. 

I wanted to create a feeling of depth and so chose to use 

acetate to give the project several visible layers.

Ink up your background using distress inks in different greens. 

I used lucky clover, evergreen bough and twisted citrus. 

You’ll notice in the photos I also snuck in some 

tumbled glass blue at a later stage!

Stamp the Carabelle Studio Wild Nature stamp twice, 

once in bundled sage distress ink, and then again, 

slightly below, in evergreen bough.

Spritz with Color Bloom in sultry shimmer sorbet 

to give it a beautiful sheen.

Work in to the picture using Sakura Gelly Roll pens 

to add highlights and detailing to the stamping.

Gild the edges in Inca Gold Alchemy Wax. 

This is easiest done by blobbing a little of the wax

 on to a non-stick craft mat first and then

dipping a dry, clean cloth into it and dabbing it on.

At this stage I also stamped in some little butterflies 

from Crafty individuals using wilted violet distress ink.

Stamp Carabelle’s Wild Nature stamp twice more, 

this time on to acetate. 

Stamp it once using jet black Staz-On 

and a second time using Versacolor evergreen. 

Sprinkle the green image with clear embossing powder, 

tap off the excess and heat it to emboss

Use a guillotine to cut the black print in to a thin strip. 

Do the same with the green print but 

leave about 5cm of clear acetate underneath it 

so that when the two bottom edges are lined up 

the green print sits higher than the black one

Fold one end of the acetates and stick in place 

behind the printed card panel using double sided tape 

Place a strip of double sided tape along the edge 

of the acetate with the green stamping and 

stick the front piece of acetate to it, 

leaving an overlap of about 1cm. 

(Trust me, that sounds more complicated than it is!)

Finally, tape both pieces of the acetate to 

the back of your printed card panel, 

causing the card to form a curve. 

This will enable it to stand easily as a 3D picture.

Materials used:

White smooth finish card

Carabelle Wild Nature stamp 

Crafty individuals – Build a spring flower garden

Staz on ink – Jet Black

Blending tool

Color bloom spray – Sorbet

Alchemy wax – Inca gold

Double sided tape

Acetate

Distress inks– in bundled sage, twisted citrus, evergreen bough, lucky clover, tumbled glass, wilted violet

Versa colour ink pad – Evergreen

Embossing powder - clear

Sakura gelly roll pen

Thank you for your lovely project Louise

 Starts the week off beautifully

See you all again tomorrow

Mickie xx