Buildings

Buildings

Hi There!

All wrapped and warm?

Pretty chilly here..........

A little gentle crafting might

just help to get the blood

flowing................!

Here's Angela Radford with

one stamp and lots of buildings:

 Started by stamping the Carabelle London buildings stamp 

on the right hand side of a kraft card blank.

Next I stamped the buildings on the left side with

a second generation application 

and the London sign along the top of the card, 

then started highlighting the building with a white pen.

As I couldn't decide on the colour for the focal image at this stage, 

I stamped the building several times onto different coloured 

left-over sprayed card and embossed them.

 Now I stamped the buildings again, 

this time onto white card and heat embossed it. 

These are great stamps with very clear images as I'm sure you will agree.

Now cut out sections from the stamped images on the coloured card, 

more than one if you are feeling adventurous. 

Attach the coloured pieces to the main stamped image 

on the white card and then cut out mats from your chosen card

 and layer these together.

 I also stamped a sentiment on the bottom right.

And here we have the finished card! 

All mounted up and some matching gems from my stash 

to complete the design.

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Supplies:

Carabelle Studio Stamps : London
Tim Holtz sentiment stamp.
Craft Card blank.
White stamping card.
Black Archival Ink.
Spray inks.
White Pen.
Clear embossing powder.

Fabulous card Angela; thank you

very much for the inspiration

I will have to get that stamp

I couldn't make up my mind which

town I wanted...........

but now I know I have to have

at least London and Paris......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buildings

Hallo everyone!

We continue with our buildings

theme today and Jane Castle has

brought in a super greetings card

for us:

"For this card I began by making the background 

using various Distress Stains. 

As I wanted an area of sky and an area of 

greeny browns for the ground it was worked 

as 2 separate halves

For the sky I started with Blueprint Sketch, 

Tumbled Glass and Picket Fence, 

the ground area was just Forest Moss. 

The stains were dabbed onto a craft mat, 

sprayed with a little water and t

he card swished back and forth through the inks 

mixing as it goes.

This was then left to dry for about 5 mins 

before adding more layers.

This now had more of the stains mentioned above 

with the addition of Bundled Sage and Hickory Smoke to the bottom. 

This was left for an hour or so before starting the stamping

 to avoid any smudges.

As the background was larger than needed 

for the 15cm x 15cm card blank I was able to choose 

where the stamped images would look their best.

For the sun I added some Fossilized Amber Distress Ink 

using a make-up sponge before stamping 

the single flower stamp from Zinouk du Jardin. 

The London scene was then stamped using 

Versafine Onyx Black lightly stamping onto 

scrap paper to remove excess ink and

 then I inked the stamp again with Archival Sepia. 

Why I hear you ask? - I didnt want a flat black image 

or an all brown one and had tried various 

other shades but couldn't find just what I had in my head!

Once completely dry I then began to add some 

touches of colour to various buildings. 

This was done using a very fine paint brush and 

the translucent paints from the PaperArtsy Fresco range.

This was then left over night to thoroughly dry; 

the paint was not absorbed into the card 

as it was well coated in ink. 

Watered down Vintage Photo ink was painted 

to the base of the buildings before being trimmed to size.

The word London was stamped at the top 

in VersaMagic Pumkin Spice. 

The edges were first hi-lighted with a 

black marker pen and then the whole scene 

was stitched onto a piece of Tim Holtz Idea-ology card.

The words Travel, Explore and Discover from 

Crafty Individuals 221 were stamped onto a piece 

of background  trimmings, edged with the black pen 

and stuck on the right-hand side.

This London scene by Carabelle Studio is a 

very intricate design and stamps with such detail 

that it really doesn't need too much adding to it

Depending on the angle of the light various parts stand out

 more than others as the paint has sat ontop of the Distress Stains."

Materials Used:

Carabelle Studio Stamps

Ranger Distress Stains

Crafty Individuals Stamps

Ranger Distress Inks

VersaMagic Inks

Archival Ink

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint

Thank you Jane this would make a

beautiful card for the men in our lives

not to mention anyone else.........

Love these stamps - they are quite

detailed but stamp really well 

'till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buldings

Hi Everyone!

Pinch and a punch its the 

first of the month...........

Expect you all remember

that one from your schooldays!

We start the month with a new

theme and Claire Jackson has

a fabulous project for us:

Cut a piece of white card 4”x6”. 

Stamp and emboss the image with black detail embossing powder

Stamp the image on a sticky note or masking paper 

and cut out to make a mask.

Don’t forget to cut away under the bridge and inside the wheel. 

Cover the image with the mask.

Starting an inch from the bottom colour with Distress Ink in

 barn door, wild honey, scattered straw, peacock feathers and faded jeans.

Leave the paper mask in place. 

Tape in place the concentric circles stencil and 

gently dab white acrylic paint through the holes. 

Remove the stencil and paper mask gently and 

dry the paint with a heat tool. 

Wipe any excess paint from the paper mask and put back in place. 

Clean the stencil and put back. 

It doesn’t matter if the stencil is a millimetre out 

as some of the white will show through 

which helps to lift the background

With the stencil in place rub red cherry, mango, banana and margarita mix 

Gelatos over the holes and blend in with a baby wipe. 

Carefully lift off the stencil and the mask

Add shading with faded jeans ink to the edges. 

Stamp, cut out and mount the wording.

With a pale grey marker add a shadow along the base 

of the buildings and in some of the recesses between buildings. 

Highlight some of the windows with red, orange or yellow marker

I have a lot of family and friends living overseas 

and this would make a great greetings card; 

however in this case this card is destined to contain 

theatre tickets for an evening out in town.

Supplies:

White card

Carabelle Studio cling rubber stamp: London

Carabelle Studio template: concentric circles

Versafine ink: onyx black

Black embossing powder:

Distress Ink: wild honey, scattered straw, peacock feathers, faded jeans

PaperArtsy Fresco finish paint: snowflake

Faber-Castell Gelatos

Promarkers

What a fabulous card to present

as a Gift Card?!  Thank you Claire

for starting the month off with a bang....

or should I be saying punch? ........!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx