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Hallo There!

Whoop! Whoop!  It's Friday!!

Hope your day is going well

and you've time to take a moment

to sit back and relax with a nice

cool drink and see what

Helen Chilton has brought us

"I love using the Cover a Card stamps. 

In these two projects I'm going to show how 

to build up different stamps in layers.

Working on glossy card, cut a mask for

 the moon and stamp the Metal background 

in Broken China and Picked Raspberry 

Distress inkpads.

Turn card around, reink and stamp again.

While the ink's still wet, rub round the edges

Remove mask and lightly colour moon with

 Squeezed Lemonade, then stamp the 

Birds on Trees in black.

Then stamp and emboss a corner of the Spiders Web 

in Stampendous Ice Blue embossing enamel

Decorate with a few sequins and layer 

onto coloured card. 

Now for the second card:

Working on glossy card again, stamp part of 

Geologic in Broken China and Shabby Shutters.

Stamp part of the Stones stamp in

Hickory Smoke and black

Stamp part of the Tree Line stamp in black.

Next stamp over the tree with 

Distress Oxide Walnut Stain.

When that's dry, rub on some 

Distress Oxide Peeled Paint.

Rub in a bit of Distress inkpads Pumice Stone 

and Hickory Smoke to the stone wall

Then finish off as you wish.

These stamps are really very versatile 

and mix well together."

Stamps used:

IO Cover a Card: Metal, Birds on Trees, Spiders Web, Geologic, Stones, Tree Line

Other materials:

Distress inkpads: Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Picked Rasberry, Squeezed Lemonade
Distress Oxides: Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain
Ranger Archival: Jet Black
Glossy cardstock
Stampendous embossing enamel: Ice Blue

Fabulous project Helen, thank you

I really enjoyed that didn't you?

It will be fun to make up a few

cards to have ready for when 

needed - Oh my!  That almost

sounds as though I'm being 

organised ...............!!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx  

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Hallo Everyone

We have another card for

you today - this time we

are by the sea wth

Louise Thomson

"Hi there!

I seem to have gone down a very 

'beachy' route recently without realising

 it - must be in need of a holiday!

Anyway, it is hard to resist the lovely beach

 themed stamps from Impression Obsession...

I stamped this tranquil scene using 

archival ink so that the detail would remain

 when using watercolours. 

It is coloured with inktense pencils which 

are another current favourite of mine.

 

The pencils work fine on their own 

but adding water to them really brings them to life.

 I ran the archival pad around the edge

 of the card to give it a border. 

I masked most of the picture and then sprayed 

with colour bloom for a bit of sheen, 

added more archival ink and some scribbley bits

 with the inktense pencils to give the whole thing 

a slightly antique look.

Next to mount it on to my background. 

It is my first time playing with a cover a card stamp 

so naturally there had to be a bit of experimentation

 before I committed to anything too serious

Take one - inked up with brushos, spritzed with water, 

with a paintbrush dragged across for good measure

 Take two - inked with pale blue VersaMagic pad - 

no good in this instance but I think it would 

have been fine if I had chosen a darker shade of blue

Take three - using Fresco paints applied with cut n dry foam.

Take four - Using distress oxides applied to wet paper. 

Plenty of options to choose from but I went 

with the Frescos this time as I liked the way

 the paint colours blended.

I inked it twice to cover this long thin card. 

If you want a more subtle join you can avoid 

inking all the way to the straight edge, 

however it didn't really matter to me as

 the join was going to be covered up. 

I also gave the card a border using more Fresco paint 

applied directly with a sponge.

I laid out a few scraps of paper from my stash which 

had nice textures to them.

Using an Impression Obsession die I cut a couple

 of nautical shapes and coated them in alchemy wax...

...and layered them all up together.

I added a couple more die cuts and a few 

enamel accents to finish it all off.

Naturally it only seemed right to make the 

card insert and envelope match as well - 

partially inking the cover a card stamp 

worked really well for this."

Materials list:

Impression Obsession stamp – Gary Robertson designs, Seaside Scene

Cover a card stamp - clouds

Archival ink- potting soil

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Impression obsession die - seabirds

Impression obsession die -mini nautical

Fresco paints- turquoise, antarctic, nougat

Color bloom spray – Sorbet

Alchemy wax – Inca gold

Distress oxides- faded jeans, broken china

Cut n dry foam and scraps of 

textured paper from stash

Thank you Louise - loved your

experimentation with the

different colouring mediums.

A great idea to make the

insert and the envelope to match

Think I will carry on the experimentation

this evening - I am particularly impressed

with the Oxides and the Brushos!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Hi Everyone

Are you familiar with the

Cover-a-Card stamps? 

 

I guess we might just be

speaking to the converted

however, if you haven't seen

these before you might 

join the converted by the

end of the week.............

Today we have Jane Castle

with us:

"For my project today I decided to make 

a variation of a toddlers bithday card 

as I thought it might be fun to have 

something to hang on the wall of a 

nursery or playroom.

I began by giving my heart base a coat of

 Titanium White paint on both the front and back.

Then once dry made 2 holes at the top ready 

for hanging. 

Next I built up layers of blue and white paint

 using pieces of Cut & Dry foam.

Once I was happy with my background 

I stamped the Birthday Words in Versa-Mark ink 

and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

 I then cut a piece of white card the same 

shape as the heart and stamped Happy Birthday 

on it before attaching to the back. 

This was done so that the finished piece 

could then have a written message on.

The image was then die cut from various 

odds and ends of patterned card and felt.

 I was amazed at how well the tiny steel 

parts of this creature cut the felt, 

but really like the difference in texture 

to using all card. 

I built up the image first before attaching it

 to the heart as I wasn't quite sure 

of the positioning.

Next onto the 3 balloons --- these are from the 

Tando Mini series. 

They were coloured by dabbing ink straight from 

the ink pads and then heat embossed using 

clear embossing powder.

The ribbon was threaded through the holes before 

assembling the gator and balloons. 

His hands/paws were glued in position after 

attaching the balloon strings.

I have to say I had lots of fun putting 

this together and even now give a little smile

 when I look at the finished piece."

Items Used

Impression Obsession Cover a Card Stamp Birthday Words 

Impression Obsession Die 422-N Patchwork Gator

Tando Creative Large Heart

Tando Creative Mini Balloons

Deco-Art Titanium White Acrylic Paint

PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Lake Wanaka Paint

Stampendous Detail White & Detail Clear Embossing Powder

Brilliance Pearlescent Thyme Ink

Brilliance Rocket Red Ink

Versa-Magic Mango Madness Ink

From Craft-Room Stash:

Off cuts of patterned card

Off cuts of felt

Sewing thread for balloons

Length of ribbon

Thank you Jane - that is a

really nice idea; a card you

can hang on the wall.

Wouldn't mind receiving one

of those myself - it would make

me smile every time I looked

at it too!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Twelve Month Challenge Winner

Twelve Month Challenge Winner

Hi Everyone!

Just a quickie to announce

the winner of this month's

Month Challenge.

Just nine of you too part this

month - Mr Random Generator

has done his thing - clicking,

whirring and juddering......

........................and with a

loud thumping noise .......

he has chosen 

No 9

Will Jane please step forward

to claim her prize!!

Congratulations Jane

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

is who you need to contact.

To everyone else, hearty commiserations

and thank you so much for taking part 

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx