Pennant style craft room sign

Hello there. 

Today I am sharing a pennant style craft room sign I made using dies and some scrap bits of paper.

I used the Summertime Pennant die set and Caring Thoughts 6 x 6 paper pad from Crafter’s Companion. The alphabet dies are by Lisa Horton.

The idea behind this project was not just to brighten up a plain white door but also to use up some of my paper in order to make room for some new goodies I’m expecting to arrive any day (more about this another time!). It was really simple to make, just die cut all the pieces and assemble together in order.

 I did use an adhesive foam pad on the back of the centre circle to add a bit of dimension.

I do love this paper pad as the colours are so pretty, I think they have a sort of shabby chic look.

It’s been a lovely warm day here in South Yorkshire today. Wherever you are in the world, I hope you had some sunshine in your life today too.

Thank you for reading xxx

Shaving foam technique with watercolour inks

 Hello and thank you for joining me on my blog.

Today I’m sharing how I make my inky backgrounds, like the one on this card I recently made for JMC Designs using the Woodland Tots collection.

It is a really easy technique to do but it can be a bit messy! First I spray shaving foam into a container with sides. It doesn’t need to be any particular shaving foam (I just use a supermarket own brand) or any particular container (I use a foil roasting tray, just because that’s what I have to hand), it is better if it has sides though so the foam doesn’t go everywhere! 

I smooth off the surface a little and then drop the watercolour ink in. I use Cosmic Shimmer pearlescent watercolour inks which have a handy dropper attached to the lid.

I use a poky tool to ‘swirl’ the ink around, going up and down to create a marbled effect and then place a piece of watercolour card face down into the foam.

I gently press the card down so that every part of it makes contact with the foam then carefully lift the paper out. This is where it can get messy so I make sure I have kitchen roll or a cloth to hand! I then use a metal ruler to scrape the foam away from the card.

Once it is all off I end up with a beautiful ‘marbled’ piece of card stock, I leave it to dry for a little while before I use it on my project.

I hope this gives you some inspiration to try this technique. If you do try it, I’d love to hear how you get on. If you are an old hand at it, maybe you have some tips of your own to share? 

Thank you so much for reading xxx

Time for Tea Designs - Butterflies birthday card

 Good morning and thank you for visiting my blog.

Today I’m sharing my first ever card made using the ‘Butterflies’ stamps and die sets from Time For Tea Designs

First I stamped out the cute girl and butterfly using alcohol proof ink, coloured them with alcohol markers and added highlights using a white Gelly Roll pen.

I then used the small heart stamp to create the background, coloured them all in with alcohol markers and made a faux stitched edge using a black artliner pen. I layered this background onto a piece of orange card stock which I again created the faux stitching on and then onto a black card stock mat.

I stamped the grass border and sentiment stamps directly onto the die cut circle, coloured with alcohol markers and added a pale blue background using opaque pigment ink. I then layered this onto scalloped nested die cut circles. 

I then assembled the card together using some foam pads for dimension and added a ribbon bow and flower gems.

The alcohol markers I used are Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Brushes. The colours I used are;

Skin - FS6, FS7, FS8

Cheeks - PP3

Hair - EB1, EB2

Dress - BP5, BP6

Butterfly - BO3, BO4, BP4

Background hearts - BP5

Thank you so much for reading xxx

JMC Designs - Woodland Critters

 Hello and thank you for visiting my blog.

Today I’m sharing a 5 x 5 inch card I made using JMC Designs Woodland Critters stamp set.

 I started by stamping the ‘With Love’ sentiment numerous times on white card stock to create a background which I then matted onto plain black card stock.

Next I used alcohol proof ink to stamp the cute little frog and coloured him in with Spectrum Noir Tri Blend brushes - I couldn’t resist adding some googly eyes which I have had in my stash for ages and not had chance to use!

I then used a stitched circle die to shape the beautiful Toadstool Tots paper and stamped the border image from Splats and Ladders. I rounded all the edges with a notch and corner punch before assembling the finished card.

Here are the colours I used in the Tri Blend Brushes;

Greens - LG1, LG3, LG5

Blues - TB3, TB5, TB7

Pinks - PP3, PP5

Thank you so much for reading xxx

Crafter’s Companion - flower birthday card using Gemini Mini

 Good morning, I hope you had a lovely Easter filled with all your favourite things. 

Today I am sharing a 6 x 4 inch birthday card I made using mostly Crafter’s Companion products. I am in no way affiliated with Crafter’s Companion but I love their products so where I can I will provide links to what I have used so that you can more easily find them should you wish to.

For this card I used one of the flowers from the Butterfly Meadow die set. Sadly, I don’t think this is still available to buy but you may already have it or be able to find something similar.

To start with I cut out the flower die twice, once in green card stock and once in pink card stock (actually I cut four, two each in case of mishap, but luckily I didn’t need them!).

Next I lightly covered the stem of the green one with Spectrum Noir Harmony Opaque Pigment ink Spring Meadow and then went over that with Spectrum Noir Tri Blend brush pen in light green (LG1, LG3, LG5), taking care to add a little shadow for dimension.

I used the same technique to colour the pink die cut. This time I used Opaque Pigment Pink Tulip ink pad and Pale Pink blend Tri Blend brush (PP1, PP4, PP6). 

Once the die cuts were dry, I fussy cut the flowers off the pink one and stuck them onto the green one using Collall All Purpose glue. I then added a gem in the centre of each flower from Chloe’s Creative Cards Spring Collection Bling Box.

Next I cut a piece of pink card stock to 3.5 x 5.5 inches and a piece of Dancing Dragonfly luxury foiled card to 3.25 x 5.25 inches for the mat and layer. I inked the edges of the foiled card with the Pink Tulip Opaque Pigment Ink pad.

I used a sentiment from Say It With Style, threaded it with cream ribbon that has little pink hearts on before assembling the finished card.

Thank you so much for reading xxx

JMC Designs - ‘Oh Snap!’

Hello and welcome!

Today I would like to share a 5 x 5 inch card I made using the ‘Oh Snap!’ stamp set from JMC Designs.

I began by creating the stencilled background using Spectrum Noir Opaque Pigment ink - Oasis and stamping the sentiment using a black ink pad.

Next I stamped the camera and film rolls onto Neenah card using Spectrum Noir Alcohol Proof ink and coloured them with Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Brush pens.

I created mats and layers with yellow and black card and drew faux stitching using white Sakura Gelly Roll 10 and black Spectrum Noir Art Liner pens. I rounded the edges of the card using a notch and corner punch before assembling the finished card.

Here are the colours I used in the Tri Blend Brushes;

Camera

 IG10, IG7, IG6, IG3

BT5, BT3, BT2

DR7, DR4, DR1

LY3, LY2, LY1

LG5, LG3, LG1

Films

IG1, IG3, IG6

DR1

GY1, GY3, GY5

LY1, LY2, LY3

Thank you so much for reading xxx