Funky Inky Stencils!

Changing the style now, and back to some more craft class makes with Lisa Baker!
These cards were both made using the Imagination Crafts Diamonds stencil and various Distress Ink colours. The card to my left was made by using the stencil on top of a piece of plain card and applying the inks liberally all over. Unbelievably, the large Woodware flowers were then stamped on top of the design and then embossed. At this point we took some household bleach and an old paintbrush and bleached all the areas inside the flowers. Once the bleach was dry the ink in the flowers became very pale. We then used similar Promarker colours to put the colour back into the petals. The sentiment is from Indigoblu's Live, Laugh, Love plate and has been stamped and embossed onto a piece of card coloured lightly with the same colours of ink used previously. To do this I replaced my stencil over the card to align it and find where I wanted to place it. I then placed a piece of card underneath, inked it, removed it and cut it out at funny angles before matting it onto the card. Funky and fun I think!

The card to my right uses the same stencil, but only covers a section of the card.  We then added some random black gesso drips for a modern twist. The flowers are from Indigoblu again and have been stamped, inked using the same colours again, and then 'fussy cut' out. The flowers have then been arranged along the border of the stencil in a flowing motion. We got to keep the stencil, so no doubt it will feature again...!

A Birthday Fairy Shaker Card

This was an 8x8 card made for my daughter's 10th birthday. She had previously said how much she liked shaker cards and she is mad about fairies, (can't think where that comes from!) so here it is!
The main die set is the Tonic Moonglade Wish set. I have used a sheet from the First Edition Dreamcatcher pad for the background paper and layered lilac paper on top of this. The main centre panel was a large square cut in purple paper, with the inner die sections only used to cut the shape and 'leave it in' the card. A piece of acetate was used behind the cut section to seal it. This centre panel was then mounted on foam to raise it up and create a space for the shaker glitter and sparkles to be added. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and has been cut and mounted onto a Spellbinders Lacey Circles die. The butterflies have been cut using a die from the Tonic Butterfly Purse corners set and some ink has been used through the die to highlight the embossing. Pearls to finish and done!

A Box of Friendship

This project came about after I was asked to make a box to hold a present for someone. My brief was to make a box with some friendship quotes on it. The cogs starting whirring and I decided I might have a go with my new Cricut Mini Books cartridge on my Expression machine. Whilst looking through I noticed an exploding box and the rest is history!














I chose purple colours and papers from the First Edition pad 'Dreamcatcher'. The Cricut worked out all the layer sizes for each part and all I had to do score and cut the right bits with the right colours! Each inner tab had a flower on it with several layers behind it. Although not obvious here, each layer then had a friendship 'quote' on it. There were different quotes for each layer. The quote theme continued on the outside of the box, with matching flowers on the lid. All the flowers were stamped using Versafine and were from the Heartfelt Creations Sunkissed Fleur plate. The matching die was then used to cut them out and purple Distress Inks were applied for some shading. The green foliage was cut using the Tattered Lace Ornate Leaves die and the pearls were from a Hobby House pinwheel set. Once all finished the gift was added to the centre all ready for the box to explode with quotes! I am glad to say the recipient liked it.

Friendship with Elizabeth Bennett

I love Jane Austen's works and sometimes it is lovely to get lost in novel such as Pride and Prejudice, no matter how many times you have read it! IndigoBlu made this beautiful portrait stamp of Elizabeth, and it is a pleasure to work with. I decided that I wanted to work with only one 'colour' and shade parts of images with lighter and darker tones. I have stamped and embossed Elizabeth with detail powder and then used Spellbinder Opulent Ovals to cut her out and to provide a background shape behind her. The floral panel has been made using a Creata stamp, again embossed with detail powder. The paint is a Cosmic Shimmer H2O colour. The sentiment is also from IndigoBlu and is part of the 'Enjoy Life' plate. The pearl swirls are from Creative Expressions.