Crafty Emotions

Crafty Emotions

Hi There!

Everything is gearing towards

the end of next month and all

the happy crafters are beavering

away with seasonal items .....

Well what about all the other

life events that take place

even at this time of the year?

Here's Helen Chilton to start us

off with a small selection of

CAS cards that have nothing

to do with Christmas......

"These are clean and simple cards using

 Craft Emotions clear stamp set: Branches. 

They're all made in the same way 

with a few little tweaks here and there. 

Start off by cutting some masks using 

punches or dies. They need to fit

 a 4"x 4" card blank.

Stick your mask down with masking tape 

and choose your colours - I'm using 

Distress Oxides but dye inks are just as good.

Rub on your colours through the mask, 

blending as you go.

 Leave the mask in place and start 

stamping the flowers in black. 

 Build them up.... 

...and then remove the mask.

 And that's it, your basic card.

You can vary them by adding embellishments 

- here I've dotted some Ranger Enamels.

You can also stamp in the background with

 the mask on (Kaisercraft Texture stamp: Script)

 and bring out a couple of the flowers onto 

the white cardstock.

 Then I've added a greeting 

You can stencil the background with the mask

 in place and then double stamp the greeting.

You can change the shape of your mask

and stencil in the background. 

Finish with Stickles.

You can quickly stamp a border.

As these are Distress inks, you could 

splatter the background and add a

 doodled border.

The possibilities are endless ......."

Materials:

Craft Emotions Clear stamps: 

Distress Oxides: 

Ranger Archival inkpad: 

Cards and envelopes: 

Thanks Helen, that is quite a

comprehensive card set there

to suit many occasions

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx