Oxidised

Oxidised

Hallo Everyone!

We have Craftyfield with us

today.  So sit back and relax

as she takes us step by step

through the making of this

very lovely greeting card:

 "Everything I heard about the New 

Distress Oxides inks had me excited. 

Would they live up to my expectations? 

Wonder no more the results are in...

My first test of the inks was with a black tag. 

Since Distress Oxides are opaque I wanted

 to know HOW opaque they really are.

 Although the tag above could be worked 

on for an Aurora Borealis night sky, the inks 

I chose weren't light enough to get me the 

intended results. 

(Note to self: get lighter colours next time!). 

Change of plan then...

On cream card the colours show beautifully. 

I did a test with water sprayed through a stencil, 

and the result, whilst delicate 

(I didn't apply enough ink for a dramatic effect), 

is beautiful.

 I stamped the flower with Distress Oxide to 

see how defined the stamping would be. 

Yes the ink stamps perfectly, like a 

pigment ink with an added bonus...

 I'm showing the IO stamp after stamping 

with the Distress Oxide. 

See how much ink is left on the stamp? 

Good thing to know, they give a very 

good 2nd generation stamping. 

Also note how detailed the original impression is. 

In the final piece the image is blurry but that is intentional!

 I sprayed some water on the stamp (without re-inking)

 to see how the ink would behave, as they are water reactive. 

I loved the results, really good for a faded background 

stamping and fairly defined in comparison to stamping

 with the Original Distress Inks and water.

Remember water reactive... 

I HAD to test this on paper too and sprayed 

my beautiful background! 

The water first blurred all the stamping and

 spread some of the blue all over the card. 

Another fabulous effect for a background paper.

I still need to do more testing, with more colours, 

but so far I am really happy with those inks 

which are rather versatile compared to either 

dye or pigment inks."

Supplies: 

Distress Oxides (Fossilized Amber and Faded Jeans) 
Carabelle Studio Stencil 
Impression Obession CAC 
Honey doo Lilies stamp 
Paper Artsy ELB33
From my stash, black lace, flower and brad.

Thank you Craftyfield, such a 

luxurious card.  

Wonder what it would look like in a frame?

Don't you agree Everyone?  Sometimes

you get a card that you want to keep

on display....................

Please tell me I'm not the only one.........!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Bag It

Bag It

Hallo everyone!

Today's project would make

a really special gift bag and

here is Louise Thomson to

tell you how she made it

"Start by applying a couple of coats of the 

base colour – Green Apple So Soft fabric paint, 

to a canvas wine bottle bag. 

I wanted a fairly natural look with rough edges 

and plenty of the canvas still showing

Mix the green apple paint with a tiny bit of 

‘So Soft’ tangerine to get a terracotta colour 

and apply through a stencil. 

I used two different designs of the same 

Kaisercraft mini mix stencil

Once completely dry, stamp the Honey Doo 

Floral Chaos design repeatedly on to the canvas. 

My ink pad was running low and I ended up 

re – stamping the image several times.

 I thought it was going to be a disaster and 

need ditching but I should have had faith – 

there is no project that can’t be rescued!

Using tangerine and dark burgundy So Soft paints, 

paint in the flower heads, mixing them to create a variety of tones

Once you are happy with the paint and 

have allowed it to dry, go over the stems in a 

sakura gelly roll pen. 

Add in dots of bisque liquid pearls around the 

stems and also to add centres to the flowers

Finally, bag a bottle!

 I tied the bag with the hessian style chord provided

 and added three coordinating paper flowers 

which rather handily were in a Craft Barn 

goody box I purchased recently!"

Materials used-

Canvas bottle bag

So soft paints in green apple, tangerine and dark burgundy

Kaisercraft 12x12 mini mix stencil

Paint brush

Honey doo floral chaos stamp

Staz on ink – Jet Black

Sakura gelly roll pen – metallic emerald

Liquid pearl - Bisque

Paper flowers (from stash)

Thank you Louise - a super project.

Didn't I tell you it would be special?

I'm sure you agree this is a beautiful

way of presenting a bottle be it a

full bodied red or a bottle of blackcurrant juice!

The So Soft paints, by DecoArt, are really nice to 

use too and come in a good range of colours

'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

Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Have a bit of a confession to

make today - I didn't notice I

was a project short for the week

until this afternoon.  Oooops!

Bit late in the day to approach

the DT I thought ............. 

Searched through my stash and

found I had some Honey Doo Stamps

so without further ado I put together

a quick and simple card to share

with you 

I masked off a strip on the bottom

third of the card using Post-It Notes

and taking a Smoothie and Abandoned Coral

Distress Ink I coloured the strip

The next stage was to stamp the main image 

in Black Archival ink

So far, so good!

Time to colour in the image and

I just swooshed some Abandoned Coral

and Cracked Pistachio on my cutting

mat, add a little water to get the colours

moving and a paint brush

Then I stamped a few hearts

along the "ribbon" using the

Abandoned Coral Distress Ink

and added a greeting

I'm afraid I have no idea

who the greeting is by - it has been

on my desk since way back when.

Likewise, the heart is also anonymous

Materials:

Card Blanks

Honey Doo Stamps

Archival Ink

Distress Ink

I do admit to have secretely enjoyed

making this card for you.........

 although I am sure you will greet the

Design Team with open arms

when they come back next week

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers

Hallo Everyone!

Today we have another card

project from Hazel Harler so

sit back and prepare to be

totally inspired

For my card I used a Honey Doo Crafts stamp and a Carabelle Studio mask

On a piece of white card sponge distress ink through the mask. 

I used picked raspberry and scattered straw.

Stamp the image onto the stencilled card and onto white card

Colour the images, I used my Inktense pencils to do this

Cut out the pieces on the white card to 3D the image

Use silicone glue to glue the petals and leaves

 I matted the topper to some black card 

and then glued it to a card blank that I'd made out of a piece pink card. 

I added a heart charm, some dew drops and stamped the sentiment..

 A close up of the flower.

Supplies:

Card blank.
White card and black card.
Honey Doo Crafts stamp.
Carabelle studio mask.
Distress ink.
Black Archival ink.
Coloured pencils.
Silicone glue.
Heart charm, dewdrops or gems.
Sentiment stamp.

A gorgeous card Hazel

thank you

 I will have to sit down

this afternoon and make a

start on the year's birthday cards

now that inspiration is tapping on

my shoulder......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx