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

Silhouettes

Silhouettes 

Hallo there!

We're nearly a quarter of

the way through the year!

Spring is sprung and the

grass is riz................

So with faeries in mind

here is Angela Radford:

"Hi all, Angela here to show you how I've used 

these gorgeous stamps with my Gelli Plate. 

To begin with I used distress ink with a brayer 

to cover the Gelli Plate. 

I know what you're thinking, 

where is the ink but just wait and see

Place the card over the plate and smooth 

with your hands or a clean roller

 And here is what it should look like

Next cut a circle by hand or with a die and place it in position. 

Brayer over this with your next colour and place the card 

over this and smooth again to transfer the ink

You may wish to turn the Gelli print before stamping 

to get the moon in the position you prefer which I did here.

 Now it's time to stamp.

I continued stamping with coloured distress inks 

until I was satisfied with the coverage 

and then inked the edge by going over it 

with a blending tool

Now I added the Silhouette stamps. 

For these I used a black ink pad, 

first and second generation stamping for 

the flowers.

Rip a piece of paper to cover the bottom section 

to create an area for the fairy and toadstool to stand on 

otherwise they will look as though they are floating. 

Go over this area with Archival ink using a blending tool

I completed the card by stamping with silver ink 

onto a black card blank and added touches of white highlights 

and Stickles Glitter Glue to the stamped images 

before matting and layering

 I couldn't resist adding a little stamping inside. 

Hope you enjoyed watching me make this card. 

I so love Lavinia stamps and I'm sure you will too. 

Happy Crafting

Angela xXx"

Products used:

Lavinia stamps :

Fairyweb

Toadstool

Bluebells

Freya

Zen Single Grasses

Fairy Orbs

White card.

Green card.

Card blank.

Distress Inks.

Black Ink.

Silver Ink.

White pen.

Stickles Glitter Glue.

Thank you Angela for a

lovely card

I do like a bit of magic.............

speaking of which, I wonder where

the winter faeries go in springtime?

Anyone?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-i-o

Hallo, nice to see you

Have a card today from

Karen Gist, who's theme

is new baby

Take a look:

I have chosen to make a new baby card as a close friend 

is having a baby boy soon!

Card-I-O stamps are lovely to use in building up a picture. 

They are small and detailed and a brilliant addition to your stamp collection. 

Versamagic inks are chalky so you can get a very delicate feel to your project, though it is harder to photograph!

Firstly I made a background on white card. 

I dabbed some ink onto my craftmat and sprtized with water, 

then swiped the paper over it. 

Because of the nature of the ink you get a lovely soft marble effect.

I cut a circular aperture out of the centre of a square white card blank.

Then I set to with the stamps using the branch from the Oriental Blossom set first stamped with Aquatic Splash and Wheat. 

Then I added a few flowers using Aegean Blue and butterflies 

and leaves using Wheat.

 From the Pitter Patter set I stamped the hearts in Perfect Plumeria

From the Pitter Patter set stamp the babygro in Wheat 

and the rabbits (how cute are they?) in Aegean Blue. 

When they are dry add the teensy clothes pegs in the blue 

and Perfect Plumeria as shown. 

I also 2nd stamped the hearts onto the babygro. 

When dry cut out and glue the pegs to a piece of cord.

Make two holes either side of the aperture and tie the cord in place

 so that it looks like a clothes line. 

Attach some of the marbled card to the inside back of the card. 

Stamp a sentiment onto it so that it shows just below the babygro. 

Add some dots of stickles to add a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:

Card-i-o Stamps

White Card

Card Blanks

Versamagic Ink

Stickles

Thank you Karen - such a cute card

Be good to have a small stock
of these in different colours


'Till tomorrow - stay warm

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hallo everyone

More stamping fun today

from Helen Chilton:

Hi there, Helen here. 

This time I've made a fairly wintry card 

using Card-i-o stamps and VersaMagic ink pads

Using a circle stencil, rub Sea Breeze directly onto card, blending as you go

Leave centre white.

Stamp branches round circle in Eggplant

while still wet, sprinkle on some Shabby White embossing powder and heat.

Stamp the pine branch in Turquoise Gem.

Then add the needle sprig in Aloe Vera,

the pine cone in Hint of Pesto,

and the same colour for the robins

Finally add flowers in Perfect Plumeria and Persimmon

Finish off with a tiny word and some Stickles glitter.

The finished card

Stamps used: Card-i-o: Tall Trees, Festive Tweets, Festive Fircones

Other materials:

VersaMagic inkpads
Stampendous Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel
Stickles: Stardust

Beautiful card Helen, thank you.

These stamps really do bring out

the artistic designer in us all

Think I will have to keep my Versamagic 

Ink Pads on my desk - they are so easy

to use - need to use them more..........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hallo Everyone!

We have a new theme this week:

Card-I-O stamps 

The DT have been keen to show

what they make of these stamps - 

and it is all good..............

We start off with

Louise Thomson

One of the lovely things about versa magic ink pads 

compared with others is that they maintain their colour 

when stamped on dark card. 

I wanted to make the most of this quality for my project 

and so worked with a black base card for a bit of a change.

Start by inking up a branch stamp with clear embossing ink. 

Sprinkle with white embossing powder, 

tap off the excess and heat to set. 

I used branches from two different Card-i-o sets stamped several times, 

but one would do fine. 

Stamp the small flower from the sakura blooms set using spring pansy ink 

Stamp the side-on flower in pink petunia. 

Add more flowers using purple hydrangea. 

Finally add in some leaves using Aloe Vera. 

Now for the slightly nerve wracking bit... 

line up two nesting square dies 

and cut your image in to three squares. 

Mount each square on a piece of white card with a narrow border. 

Layer them up together and stick down with double sided tape.

Add finishing touches with a stamped butterfly 

and dots of stickles glitter in the centres of the flowers."

Materials used

Black card

White smooth finish card

Clear Embossing ink

White embossing powder

Card-io Stamps: Summer wreath, Sakura blooms, Pleasant Pastures

Versamagic inks in spring pansy, pink petunia, purple hydrangea and aloe vera Nesting square dies

Stickles – diamond

Double sided tape 

Lovely project Louise.  Thank you.

Makes me think that Spring is not so

very far away......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx