Mother's Day the Sequel

Mother's Day the Sequel

Hi There!

Yes, I'll admit.  I had a brainstorm

(before anyone goes all pc on me

that is a technical term) and for all

I had created some articles specifically

for Mother's Day; I omitted to post

them...............Duh!

You don't have to be crazy to

live my life but it does help.....

As you will see, each card lends

itself to more than one

occasion all that is required is

to change the greeting 

I have three such projects for you;

the first is from Hazel Harler

and it goes like this:

 "For the background I placed a stencil 

on some white card and sprinkled it with

 Cosmic Shimmer Pixie dust and then

 sprayed it with water. 

I dried the card with a heat gun and 

stamped the Paperartsy Hot Picks flower 

and coloured it with a felt tip pen. 

I then edged the card with a black pen and

 added the ribbon then adhered the 

decorated card to a card blank.

I stamped a butterfly onto card 

that I'd coloured with Pixie dust, cut it out 

and adhered it to the card and then

 finished with the sentiment and some sequins."

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The next card is from Jane Castle and it

goes like this:

"Here is a fairly quick and easy card to help

 with any ideas if you are struggling with 

what to make.

"For my base card I used a linen textured card 

and cut a paper heart template to work my

 Gelatos off to form my outline.

Then using the blending tool worked around

 the heart before removing the template

and added buttons following the 

shape of the heart.  There's lots of

lovely buttons on the Craft Barn website

if you need to stock up

Some I added thread to for added interest. 

Then using the same 3 colours of Gelatos

 coloured a piece of card and added a die 

cut Mum, a couple of Tim Holtz die cut wild 

flowers at the bottom and finally some 

Ranger Liquid Pearls to enhance the 

shape on the outside."

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and finally, here is a card from

Claire Jackson

My card uses water soluble pastels 

(Gelatos or Distress Crayons) and

 embossing folders.

First I scribbled on two pieces of card

 and blended the colours with a damp 

baby wipe.

Then I coloured an embossing folder using 

the lighter colour first. I did both sides 

and then spritzed lightly with water. 

I put my coloured card pieces back

 to back in the folder so that I could emboss

 both at the same time, ending up with 

one side embossed and one side debossed.

There was still some colour on the folder

 so I spritzed again and ran two 

pieces of white card through.

Using a different folder I embossed and

 die cut some flowers.

 I had enough pieces for two cards

Thank you Hazel, Jane and Claire

for a lovely set of cards

Some good techniques here too

and I really liked the tip from

Claire on using two pieces of

card in an embossing folder.

There's always something to 

be learned isn't there?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hallo There!

How are you?  Feeling chirpy?

Hope so, I have a really nice

project to show you today by

Hazel Harler.

She has brought Spring

with her. take a look at this:

"Hi everyone, I have a decorated papier

 mache box to share with you today.

I started by giving the box a coat

 of white gesso, then I stencilled some 

script using a Carabelle Studio stencil 

and some modelling paste.

 I crumpled some tissue paper and 

adhered it to the spine then I painted 

it with some plum Fresco paint. 

I painted the rest of the box with taupe, 

plum and captain peacock Fresco paints, 

I also added some plum splatters.

Using my finger I lightly added some

 Imagination Crafts white gold 

Starlight paint.

 I adhered some patterned tissue paper that

 I found in my stash to the sides of the 

box and stamped some Paperartsy leaves

 with apple green Starlight paint.

I decorated the box with a wooden 

leaf spray, Forever In Time burlap daisies 

and some pearls, I also tore some

 birds out of the tissue paper and 

adhered it to the box."

I will have to make this one Hazel

It is a good design and I love the

techniques and colours you have

used.  Thank you very much

I'm sure you will agree that this

is an awesome project

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Random

Random

Hi There!

So we're coming up for

MOTHERING SUNDAY

which means that EASTER

won't be far behind and

there's always someone

with a BIRTHDAY or who

might need a THANK YOU

or a GET WELL SOON.

Greeting cards need

to be made.......

Hazel Harler has brought in

a beautifully simple card

to set you off for any occasion...

 "Hi all, I have a simple card to share

 with you today using just one small

stamp set, archival ink and

watercolour paints.

 I stamped and embossed the 

Woodware vase and flowers.

 I watercoloured the image then 

I masked of the flowers and vase and 

splattered some watercolour.

 I adhered the image onto some 

coordinating card and then onto a 

cream DL card blank."

Thank you Hazel for reminding us

that we don't need a huge amount

of stash to make a beautiful card

A set of these cards with

different coloured flowers

would make a useful gift too...

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Random

Random 

Hallo Everyone,

We have a tag for you

today - a rather nice

door hanger

I just say, when I first

saw these hangers I wondered

why..........?  However, once

I'd hung one on a door I

saw their significance in

adding a bright spot to an

otherwise mundane object

and am now working my 

way up to one for each

season and festivity not

to mention the ubiquitous 

KEEP OUT when the

occasion demands....

Hazel Harler has brought

us a beautiful door tag:

"Hi all, today I have a decorated 

door hanger to share with you.

 I painted a Tando door hanger with gesso

 and then coloured it with Gelatos. 

I spread some modelling paste

 over a Tim Holtz stencil.

 I added more colour, then I mixed some

 water with some cocoa Dreamweaver Metalic F/X 

and painted it over the whole hanger.

I decorated the hanger by adding some

 book pages, hesian and buttons,

 and dyed some white material with Distress ink,

 when it was dry I stamped the 

Paperartsy/Lin Brown tulip on the fabric.

I also stamped it three times 

onto white card and then

I coloured the tulips and cut them out. 

The leaves were stapled together

 and I 3D the flower."

Thank you Hazel I love all

the stages in the making

of this beautiful door hanger

Did I mention that Tando Creative

and PaperArtsy are in the SALE?

'Til tomorrow 

Mickie xx

At Random

At Random

Hallo There!

It is always nice to meet up

with an old friend and today

is a bit of an exception as

not one, but two old friends!

The one is Hazel Harler and

the other is Crafty Individuals

who have got together to

make a beautiful project

 which could also double

as a very acceptable 

greeting card:

"Hi everyone, I have a decorated

 notebook to share with you today.

I covered a notebook with a sheet of

 Imagination Crafts rice paper.

Fresco Finish paints were lightly 

brayered over the cover.

I stamped some gold Imagination Starlight

 paint with a Seth Apter stamp, then I 

glued a torn piece of a gelli print and some

 gold thread to the front of the notebook.

The next thing I did was to brayer the 

paints onto a piece of white card and then

 I stamped the Crafty Individuals image

 with black Archival ink.

I coloured the image with pencils, cut it out 

and glued it to the cover, and then

embellished the cover with lace, buttons,

 rub ons and some word stickers."

Thank you Hazel for a beautiful

design.

A combination of Crafty Individuals

and Seth Apter stamps......WoW!

Who would have thought it......

possible? ........ probable?

The January Sale continues - don't

forget to take a look at the

Crafty Individuals stamps on

offer.........!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

At Random

At Random

Hi There!

It's the weekend again.  Comes

round so fast don't you agree?

Hazel Harler has reminded me

of a technique I had forgotten

and such a useful technique too!

Especially if you have a really

quick card to make...........!

"My project today is a simple spotlight card.

I stamped the Woodware image twice and 

coloured three of the flowers on one image.

I matted the main image onto black and

 green card and and then onto a white card blank.

I die cut a circle from the coloured flowers 

and adhered it over the main image matching

 the lines exactly. 

I embellished the card with some dewdrops."

Thank you Hazel, it s beautiful,

So glad you reminded us of 

this super easy technique

All you need is one stamp, a

few bits of card and an ink pad

If you're thinking about making a 

spotlight card yourself, then have

a look in the SALE and see if there

isn't something there for you.........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Design Team Greetings

Design Team Greetings

Wishing you all a Wonderful Christmas 

and a very Happy, Healthy and Crafty New Year.

 xxx Hazel.

Mechanical Greetings

Mechanical Greetings

 

Hello Everyone!

We have another fun card

for you today.  Hazel Harler

is here to stun and amaze 

you with her take on this

theme:

 "Hi everyone, I've a Kinetic Swing Card

 to share with you today.

 I brayered some Fresco Finish paint

 over the inside of my card blank.

Then I stamped some snowflakes with

 a Jofy stamp and metalic glaze.

These are the paints, glaze and 

stamp that I used.

This photo shows the fold lines and cut out 

on the front of the card.

This photo shows the card folded and standing.

 This is the template and measurements

 for the card.

 I decided to colour the front of the card.

I used a mixture of Zinski and Jofy stamps 

to stamp inside the card and onto white card.

 I used felt tips to colour the images.

The snowmen were matted onto blue card 

before attaching it to the front and back 

of the square cut out, I also added some

 small punched snowflakes.

I cut out the baubles and glued them

 inside the card together with the sentiment.

The front of the finished card

The inside of the finnished card."

Supplies:

White card blank.

Fresco Finish paint and metalic glaze.

Brayer and a sharp cutting knife.

Zinski and Jofi stamps.

White card.

Black Archival ink.

Felt tips.

Small snowflake punch and card.

Double sided tape and glue.

Thank you Hazel - a jolly card to 

cheer anybody's day.  Many thanks

Well Everyone, now you know as

much about kinetic cards as I do!  

Aren't they fun?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx