Kanban Christmas

Had a lovely day yesterday just making cards for me and trying to get a head start on Christmas. As I was around a friends and she had the Kanban Christmas stamp collection from QVC delivered that week I got the chance to play with them.  I have also had these GoKreate dies sitting in my trolley so I combined the two and came up with this large 8x8 scalloped card.

Products used:

Stamps: Kanban,Waltzingmouse sentiment, Inkadinkado snowflakes
Papers: Not Quite Navy by Stampin'Up and some matt foiled card from stash
Dies: GoKreate XXL frilly 7 squares
Inks: Versafine Black, Distress Inks Stormy Skies, Tumbled Glass
Embellishments: Mark richards silver nailheads, glittered twine from stash, diamond range flowersoft
Card: Scalloped set from QVC

The scene and the reindeer are from one set, I stamped the scene first cut aorund the inside edge, sponged it with distress inks and attached foam pads on the back. Then I riped some cardstock and very lightly sponged the edges across the card to give it some depth and then added the trees and the stars...which were on other sets within the collection. Then I stick the frame on top and with some pva glue, sprinkled flowersoft to give the illusion of snow. The white die was cut and embossed and then left inside the die whilst I sponged some more ink through it, then I stamped the snowflakes randomly where you would see them. Stamped the sentiment and wrapped some twine around the bottom part and attached to back with double sided tape. Mat and layered twice more and finally added some nailheads.

Enjoy whats left of the Bank holiday!

Daisy

I thought I would have a go at a larger 8x8 card, I love this stamp called daisy from Sugar Nellie. I did have a bit of a sort out of all my cute stamps but she one of my favourites and great for colouring.  I made the border in the coral cardstock with an Ek Success punch and left the outer edge attached.  I have had the Marianne corners dies for months and not used them so I popped them on as well, great for hiding untidy corners! I ruffled some seam binding to go across the middle and used a Lili of the valley sentiment punched out with a nestie.  The card itself was from a QVC tsv months ago but you can buy scalloped 8x8 prescrored card packs quite easily now. As she is quite a dimensional card I made a box to send her in.

Products used:

Stamps: Sugar Nellie Daisy and Lili of the Valley round sentiment
Papers: Bazzill and Basic Grey Olivia
Dies/punches: Marianne Corner 1, Nestabilities Lacey circles, Ek Success Dotted scallop edge punch. Leone Em punch {foilage}
Colouring: Copics
Inks: Mementos Black
Ribbon: Seam binding from Stampin'Up
Embellishments: flowers from stash, Pebbles inc candy for centres

Hope you have a lovely BH weekend....hopefully it will be better weather than we are having at the moment!!

Paul texting

This is one of the images that the ladies coloured in during yesterdays promarker class.  Last night I made it into a card using some nesties.  The star was cut on the cricut and then I stuck it onto some chipboard to strengthen it and punched 2 tiny holes in the middle to thread the bakers twine through it. I egdged the nestie with some grey chalk to distress it lightly and then as I could not use flowers I stuck 3 metal grey brads in the corner.

products used:

Stamps: Paul texting Mo Manning, sentiment Hobbyarts
Cardstock: Basic grey Oliver
Punches/dies: Martha Stewart Zig Zag and Nestabilities labels 21
Promarkers: Lime Green, Marsh Green, Warm Grey 1 and 2, Cool Grey 4, Pastel Beige, Umber, Blender Pen.
Embellishments: Bakers twine and brads from stash.
Inks: Mementos Black and London Fog

Snowy cuddles

Today I taught a promarkers class for begginers and one of the stamp sets we used was Penny Johnson "Snowy cuddles".  I promised I would post the card I made using a few more steps than they ladies did today and also giving my flexi markers an outing as I have hardly used them yet. They should be in the shops some time in september, the paler colours that are not in the standard PM range will come in very handy. The cardstock is from my old stash, that I have had a couple of years but the ribbon and the punches/nesties are still available. I am making an effort to record all the PM & FM{flexi markers} colours whenever I colour an image now and I will post the colours I have used.

Products used:

Stamps: Penny Johnson "snowy cuddles", sentiment Paula Pascual Christmas mesages
Cardstock: Embossed silver, Pebbles inc patterened and Stampin Up Not Quite Navy cardstock
Pens: FM honeydew and pale blossom, PM's Soft green, marine, coole grey 4, warm grey 2 and 3, pastel blue, black , blender
Dies: Nestabilities Beaded squares
Punches: snowflakes x cut, ek success and dovecraft
Embellishments: Ribbon: dovecraft and bling stones from stash.

I have another snowy cuddles to make up into a card from today together with a image great for teenage boys called Pauls texting.

Distress class

Double whammy today this morning distress card class and then this afternoon scrapbooking! Distress class was quite full on as I wanted to get some different techniques in.

First card was made with a fab stamp set from Andy Skinner....relatively new to the crafting scene, if you like anything by Tim Holtz you will love his stamps. As soon as I saw these stamps I was whisked back to life at home as a child and watching my mum dressmake.  Style, butterick and is she was pushing the boat out a vogue patterns all over the place. So I decided to stamp the pattern on tissue paper, then attach to a piece of cardstock for stability.  The tape measure was stamped onto some canvas and then bent into shape. I added a nestabilitie die for the doily and I pricked a row of dots all around the outside edge.

Products used:

Stamps : Andy Skinner A Stitch in time
Cardstock: My Minds Eye lost and found
Dies: Spellbinders Doily accents
Inks: Mementos Rich Cocoa and Distress ink Tea Dye
Extras: Personal Impressions canvas

The next card is a Christmas one, using some of the stamps from the current Docraft promotion.  The Santa was stamped onto white cardstock then his hat and jacket were stamped again onto Basic Grey red cardstock. I used flowersoft for his beard, jacket trimming and top of boots. The tag was embossed with tiny snowflakes with clear embossing powder and then Distress ink rubbed all over it.  The embossed areas resist the ink so they pop through. The larger Kraft square was stamped with the Noel stamp and then I wiped some Boss Gloss ink around the sides and scattered some Frantage White chunky embossing powder all over it and heated.  Love the effect this gives....its great for snow.  Stampendous have a great new range of embossing powders, Mica flakes and glass glitter all under the Frantage name so keep your eye out in the shop.

Products used:

Stamps: Do Crafts 5x5 Urban Stamps - Noel (9pcs) Postage Stamps, 8x8 Urban Stamps - Noel (23pcs) Christmas Wishes

Cardstock: Basic Grey Jovial, Kraft
Dies:  Cricut George cart for the tag
Embossing powders: clear and frantage chunky white
Extras: Gloss boss , Distress ink Peeled Paint, Black Soot and Adirondak Red Pepper, ribbon and Diamond flower soft.

Finally the last cards...something for the men as I promised I would!  A vintage nautical feel...with a great stamp set from Artemio.  The back layer is coredinations cardstock that was been distressed all around the edges and then inked. The script stamp just stamped onto white cardstock and inked with Distress ink Old Paper.  The boat is done the same but then inked with tumbled glass and faded jeans. The horn was inked, distressed and punched out with a 1" circle punch. To finish some hemp cord.....love this stuff and its comes in a great selection of colours.

Products used:

Stamps: Artemio Vintage Travel college, Personal Impression Paula Pascual Sentiment
Cardstock: Coredinations Argos, Basic Grey
Inks: Distress Faded jeans, tumbled glass and Old Paper
Extras: hemp cord
Enjoy whats left of the weekend



Monochromatic class

Todays class was making 3 monochromatic cards, lots of heat embossing and of course glitter!!

First card, love this stamp set from Kanban, the words are all included in the set.  I would love a bath like that..lol!!



Products used:

Stamps: Kanban Mocha Boudoir stamp set

Dies: Spellbinders Mega Shapeabilities - Floral Doily Motifs
Ink: Black Pigment, Versamark and Mementos
Extras: Clearing embossing powder
Cardstock: Black pearl

Second card, uses my favourite Hero Arts stamp at moment Dotty Flowers, again these were embossed with clear powder.

Products used:

Stamps: Hero Art Dotty Flowers & Woodware salutations
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug swiss dots
Buttons: Papermania
Inks: Black pigment and Mementos
Extras: clear embossing powder, Black ribbon

Lastly one for Christmas using a great Clarity stamp and Stamp and Bond.  This is great for using with glitter...use Versamrk to ink up your stamp, dust with Stamp and bond and heat until clear.  Now it is sticky, dust with glitter and tap off the excess.  Give another little heat to bond powder with glitter...great effect! These snowflakes are brilliant, they come in a little box with 9 different designs, we painted them with a Ranger paint dauber....I used pearl but you could also use snow cap.

Products used:

Stamps: Clarity Treescape and Personal Impressions Christmas Messages
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug snowflakes
Marianne: Snowflake die
Cardstock: Black
Extras: Stampedous Stamp and Bond, Ultra fine glitter, silver cord, wooden snowflakes and acrylic paint, gem stones, Crimper machine.
Inks: Versamark and Mementos
Paint: Ranger daubers Pearl or snow cap.

Wedding couple

I wanted to spend some time this week doing some colouring and one of the images I wanted to use was from the Lili of the Valley stamp range.  I have used Copics to colour and I made a box for the card to go in, inside I added a few borders with a Martha Stewart punch and a sentiment.

Products used:

Stamps: Lili of the Valley wedding couple and circular sentiments, Stampendous sentiment inside
Papers: Making Memories
Pens: Copics { sorry I have lost the list...when I find it I will update blog}
Dies: Marianne Design Creatables Stencil - Swirl Flower, Nestabilities labels 8

Punches: Circles
Embellishments: Buckle from stash, pearls sprays, Prima flowers, Stampin'up white ribbon

This card is for sale on Ebay, follow the link on the side bar.