A JOFY Inspired MDF Ink Rack - Funky Flowers in Bloom!

Good morning all!

I am finally getting around to decorating some of the MDF storage dotted around my room, and with my latest ink rack I decided to go 'JOFY'. 

The basic rack is from Clevercut (Stamps Away) and came flat-packed. I assembled the rack and then base coated the edges with some pale blue paint. I then took a large sheet of watercolour card and measured 4 panels to size (sides, back and top). Using some Distress Oxides, I started to layer the colour and added some detail with Distress Inks and Tim Holtz Stencils. I also added some subtle painted flowers with a beige colour and a JOFY stencil. Once the background was started, I used a stronger colour (Forest Moss Distress Ink) to stencil some PaperArtsy leafy stems. 

Now to add the focal points - the JOFY flowers. I stamped each flower into the position I wanted on my panels. I then stamped parts of them again onto book paper and painted card. After cutting all my pieces out I assembled them and adhered to the backgrounds. Where there were some 'odd' spaces, I stamped some more flowers, leaves or drew in some leaves etc.

On the back panel I painted some card, stamped some more flowers onto this and arranged in one corner. I then used the word 'Bloom' from a JOFY stencil, stencilled in black to create a shadow and then stencilled over it with Fushia Sparkle Medium. To make the paint work 'less perfect' I applied some Silver Alchemy Wax randomly all over the project with my finger.

The only problem is...I need another rack now for all the new colours coming out!

Martina

xxx

A Christmas Wreath Card, or 4?

Good morning all!

The Autumn chill is in the air for the school runs, but the sun is shining, so it's all good! I have a card over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, using the Nellie Snellen Wreath Stamp. If you would like to see more detail on how it was made, please pop over!

Love

Martina

xxxx

P.S. If anyone is going to the Ally Pally show on Saturday - I will see you  there!!

A Christmas Wreath Card with a Sepia Twist

Good morning all! It feels like Autumn here, even though I know it is technically not yet! With Christmas fast approaching, it was time to start some card making in the Lisa B. Designs classes, so this month I am working with a Nellie Snellen Wreath Stamp. If you would like to see how the card below came about, please visit me over on Lisa's Blog!

Love

Martina

xxx

There are Always Flowers...

Good morning crafty people!

It's nearly the end of the holidays and I am relieved! Trying to please 4 children from 13 years old to a 1 year old has been very testing. Combine this with a limited budget and limited use of a car...holiday, anyone? Adults only though please!

Anyway, I have the card below over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, please pop over a take a look if you would like to see how it came together (mistakes and all!)

Much love,

Martina

xx

Card-io Stamps: Bugs and Wild Flowers!

Good morning crafty peeps!

I have a post using some Card-io Stamps over on the Lisa B. Designs blog today, please pop over and take a look if you would like to see a step-by-step for the card below.

Love

Martina

xx

Imagination Crafts meets the Artistic Stamper - Pretty Florals and Butterflies

Good morning all! I have a post over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, featuring a step-by-step for the card below. Please pop over and take a peek!

Love

Martina

xxx

A Rebellious Hare: MDF Altered Art with PaperArtsy Products

Good morning all!

I have a post over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, taking you through how I created the MDF upright tag below. Pop over to take a peek and find a full product list!

Thank you,

Martina

xxx

Colourful Daisy Days!

Good morning all!

I have a post using some of the fabulous Polkadoodles stamps over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, so please pop over to see how I made the card below!

Lots of love,

Martina

xxx

Time to Relax - Vintage Steampunk

Good morning all!

I have a post over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today - this week I have gone with a masculine card, but added some sparkle! Pop over to say hi, see a step-by-step guide and product list!

Thank you,

Martina

xxx

Vintage Pretty: Layers, Lace and Flowers

Good morning all!

I have a post on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today featuring a step-by-step guide on how to make the card below - please pop by and take a look!

Lots of love

Martina

xx

Imagination Craft's Art Stamps - Take Time and Time to Celebrate!

Good morning all!

I am using Imagination Craft's Art Stamps over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog this month, below is my first card. Please pop over and take a look to see step-by-step how it was made!

Love

Martina

xxx

A Spring Make - Snowdrops and Butterflies!

Good morning all! I have a card over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog today, with a step-by-step guide showing how to make it. Please pop along and see what you think - whilst you're there check out Lisa's shop for some amazing bargains and her NEW WORKSHOPS!!!

Love

Martina

xxx

A Hare Amongst the Wilderness!

Good morning! My final card featuring the Hobby Art March Hares Stamp Set this week over on the Lisa B. Designs Blog. A simple card, but I like it! Maybe if you change the lavender for the wheat it could be for a man too? Pop over to Lisa's blog to see how it was made!

Thanks for visiting and see you soon!

Love

Martina

xx

A March Hare in February!

Good morning all!

I made a Spring birthday card this week, using the Hobby Art March Hares stamp set and Distress Inks as watercolours. 'Hop on' over to the Lisa B. Designs Blog to see how it was created step-by-step!

Love

Martina

xx

A Butterfly Acetate Card with Sparkle Medium

Good morning all!

My first post for the Imagination Crafts Blog today! I explain how to make the card below, so please pop on over to see more!

Love

Martina

xxx

Art Stamps used for a Vintage Christmas Card

A trip down memory lane for me this week, all inspired from some old sheet music! Here is a sneak peek - click HERE to see the full card and 'how-to' on the Lisa B. Design's Blog.

A Winter's Scene - Frosted!

A quick post from me today, a card that I had a picture of in my head, but it was not the same picture as what I eventually created!! I started with some very plain background paper (it had a blue wash) and then stamped some of the snowflakes from the Hobby Art Winter's Snowflakes set. I stamped in Tumbled Glass, Denim and Vintage Photo Distress ink, using the first and second generations of ink. I also stamped some snowflakes in Versamark and heat embossed with white detail powder to add some variation and texture. Using the same ink colours, I distressed the outside edges of the paper to bring the eye in. To create the 'land' area at the front of the card, I tore a piece of the same backing paper as before and distressed the top torn edge to make it stand out. I also added a few snowflakes and stamped a sentiment from the Hobby Art Christmas Frosting Set.

Next came the scene arrangement. I die-cut some trees from craft card and added some Vintage Photo highlights. Using the waste as a stencil, I added some trees to the background of my scene giving some depth. The sleigh and the deer are both Sue Wilson dies, both cut using craft card once again with added highlights (I added some cream card on the reverse of the deer).

To add some 'frosting' to my card as my sentiment says, I used my finger to apply some Diamond Sparkle Medium onto the sleigh, trees, ground and deer. There are also a few tiny pearls in the centre of some snowflakes.

Voila!

Hobby Art's Daryl the Quirky Turkey!

My first post back from maternity leave over on the Lisa B. Design's Blog today! I am using Hobby Art's Daryl the Quirky Turkey stamps all this month, here is a sneak peek of some of the stages of my 1st card... Click HERE to see the whole post!

Back from a Crafty Blogging Break!

It has been a while since I have blogged, I know! There are two reasons for this really: I had my 4th baby in March and prior to that I have been posting each week on the Lisa B. Design's Blog! So, I have been busy, really! Along with all this I have managed to retreat into the crafty nook (otherwise known as my study) occasionally, and have made cards as often as I can! Here are a few things I have played with...

Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners dies and stamps, Distress Inks, Imagination Crafts stencil...

A card with an acetate front, Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium, Tattered Lace Dies, Just Rite stamps, Spellbinders Dies and a Sue Wilson Border

Various Card-io Stamps, Versafine Inks

Polkadoodles stamps, watercolours, Distress Ink, Card-io stamps

Inkylicious stamps, Memento Inks, Clarity Stamps

I am still part of the Lisa B. Design's Design Team, so I will be posting a new project each week over there, each time explaining the products and methods used. Click HERE to see the blog and regular posts from the team!

Bluebells for Dad!

A little late blogging this card; to be honest I had forgotten that I had made it in between my other projects!
I made this card for my husband on Father's Day. I started with a 7x7 craft card blank from Anne Marie Designs. I have created the main topper using a large square of stamping card and then added layers of ink and stamps. The first layer was added using Pumice Stone and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink lightly across the whole panel. To darken the corners I have added Faded Jeans to the edges. I have then used the 2nd generation of Pumice Stone ink to stamp a script stamp across the whole panel. Using the 3rd generation of ink this time and Versacolour Blue Lagoon ink, I have stamped an Indigoblu flourish randomly across the whole panel as well.

Focusing on the top layers now, I have used the same Indigoblu flourish along the edges of the card, stamped this with Versafine and then heat embossed with gold superfine powder.
The painted bluebells were created with Sheena Douglass' Perfect Partners stamps. I have stamped the leaves with Colorbox Evergreen ink and the flower heads in Versafine Blue Lagoon directly onto the background card. Using inks in the same tones (Bundled Sage and Faded Jeans Distress Ink) this time from a tile, I have 'painted' the bluebell heads and leaves to give the image some substance.
The bluebells at the front of the card have been stamped onto white card and die cut using Sheena's matching Perfect Partners' Dies. I have cut three sets of bluebells and used the same inks as before to colour-in. The sentiment has been cut using Spellbinders Fancy Labels 8 and embossed on the edges with the same gold powder as before. The sentiment itself is from Clarity Stamps.