Saturated Canary

Last night I had my first evening class at Forget Me Not learning how to use Promarkers.

We are bringing in the fabulous stamps from Saturated Canary, great for colouring and if you are looking for an alternative to the Magnolia/Molly Bloom stamps these are great. Lovely designs that are abit more sassy and modern and great for older "teens" as well as younger/olders ones.

First Up is Liliana

 

products used:

 

Stamps: Saturated Canary Liliana, Woodware sentiment

Pens: Promarkers

Dies/punches: Spellbinders Ovals, Martha Stewart Branch punch, Nellie Snellen Flowers

Papers: Glitz

 

 

Second one uses Fairy Wishes...she will make a great Christmas card { sorry for mentioning the "c" word} Its not showing in the pic but her wings/star have glitter on them.

 

Products Used:

 

Stamps: Saturated Canary Fairy Wishes, Justrite Fancy sentiments

Pens: Promarkers

Dies: Sizzix Framelits and Stamps Lovely Flowers by Paula Pascal

Embellishment's: Gems from stash and Mark Richards Nailheads, Stickles Glitter Glue

Papers: Glitz Pretty In Pink

 

Everything can be brought or ordered from Sharon

 

 

 

 

Brayered cards

A couple of cards to share today done for a class I took today using a brayer. Barbara Grey I am not but using a splodge mat certainly helps.

First up uses some Woodware and Inkylicious stamps.

 

Inks: Adirondack Butterscotch, Mountain Rose, Watermelon, Black and Lettuce

Stamps: Woodware Leafy Accents, sentiment Woodware The Hedgerow and Inkylicious Meadow Breeze

Die: Stampin'Up Finishing Touches

 

 

Inks: Distress Ink Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord and Black

Stamps: Woodware Going to Seed, Sentiment Imagine that papercrafts Happy Birthday

Die: Spellbinders

Stampin'Up Bakers Twine

 

 

 

 

Pan Pastel class

Had my first class today at Forget Me Not craft shop using Pan Pastels.

First card is just using 3 shades of Magenta Pan Pastels....Magenta Tint, Magenta and Magenta shade. The stamps were inked and stamped with versamark ink and then using the sponges 3 Magenta pans were blended over the top, the same technique with the lattice stamp. I then took a battery operated rubber and took away some of the pastels to highlight areas.

 

Products used:

 

Stamps: Indigo Blu Anenome corner, Inkylicious sentiment and Lattice background

Mediums: Pan Pastels

Inks: Versamark pad and Black dye ink

Extras: Black satin ribbon, battery operated rubber

 

 

The second card uses Pan Pastels through a mask...you can use any mask you may have, this is a 6" square one from Crafters Workshop. The butterflies were stamped on a piece of card with 2 colour of Pan Pastels blended on them and then stamped with a brown ink and cut out. The mask was laid across the tag and using the knifes with socks tool gently apply Pan Pastels through the mask. The little flourish stamps are from the sentiment stamp set.

 



 

Products Used:

 

Stamps: Artemio Manuscript Background & Floral Butterflies, Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments

Mask: Crafters Workshop Mini Flower Frenzy

Mediums: Pan Pastels Turquoise, Bright Yellow Green

Ink: Archival Coffee

Embellishments: Gems/ribbon

 

 

Ideally, these cards need to be sealed, I used cheap hairspray or you could use the Crafters Companion sprays.

 

 

All the products used in the class can be brought from here Forget Me Not crafts ,details of my other classes here are on my side bar and can be booked through the shop on 01702 547833.

 



 

 

Pan Pastels

I have been having a play with these fabulous new mediums, I only have a few of the 80 colours available but they are addictive. I have a class this week using them but after the cards were made I carried on and made a few extras to put in my card box.

Today is my friend Carols birthday and this is the card I made for her, its uses some of my Inkylicious stamps which have been neglected for far too long in my stamp draw.

 

Products used:

 

Stamps: Inkylicious Meadow Breeze & Lattice,  Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments

Pan Pastels: Turquoise and Bright Yellow Green

Dies: Spellbinders Labels 18

Embellishments: Stampin'Up ribbon and gems from stash 

 

I used a nestie to die cut some white card and then leaving the die in the card, blended some pan pastels inside and then gently lifted the die off. This leaves you with a white border which I quite like. I then stamped the image inside and for a more striking image I used black ink. The background is just a piece of card with the same colour pans blended over and then the lattice stamp inked with black again stamped over the coloured card and cut to size and the corners rounded with a corner rounder punch and matted on black cardstock. The sentiment is again stamped with black ink on an off cut I had from the card I had coloured for the background. Finished off with some ribbon and gems. I have been sealing my images with cheap hair spray but after seeing Andy's fabulous demo yesterday as Pinnacles you could use Crafters Companion glitter or gloss sprays to seal...which of course ended up in my basket for use in future cards !!!

 

Have a great Sunday, weathers looking good here shame theres nothing for me to do in the garden so a day in the craft room it is...other than keeping the tea coming for hubby whilst he paints the fence!!

 

 

 



With sympathy

Not the cards you want to make and its with sadness I have had to make two in the past few weeks for friends that have lost loved ones.

The first one

 

uses a Memory Box die Wild Blooms and a Die-namics die Dainty Bows. The papers are from a Craftwork Cards 8x8 pad and are in very muted/neutral colours which I thought was appropriate and a change from Black and White sympathy cards. The sentiment is from Imaginethatpapercrafts. I did some simply scoring with my scoring board down the side.

 

The second one uses the same papers and an new background stamp from Inkylicious called Lattice and the butterlies are from a Paula Pascual set of dies and stamps from Sizzix called Butterflies #4. I used Stampin'Up Sahara Sand and Early Espresso inks.

 



Easter goodies and a card

Heres the card I made for my mum and dad this Easter. I used the Clearly Besotted stamps and dies from the Spring Bloom collection

 

Sorry the photo is not great but its was taken at night. I used some left over Bo Bunny papers and a Stampin'Up border punch and bakers twine.

 



As we had our monthly crop on Easter Saturday I made some little chocolate bags to give out. Its a design I have done before and is simply circle and oval punches or cut on a cricut. The textured stamp on the brown is from the Stampin'Up Oh Hello set. The green wrapper is a Nestabilties die labels 18 and then embossed with Couture Creations All Tied Up embossing folder.

 

Enjoy whats left of the Easter break, back tomorrow with a birthday card.

 

 

Happy Easter

I have spent the last few days making some Easter cards, finally I can grab some time to post them on here.

Today I will show you the cute ones I made with a Docrafts Bunny stamp, its not from this current promo, they did some small stamps from the Country Companions range. They are very reasonably priced and stamp very well. I grabbed this bunny as I thought it would make some great Easter cards but you could just as easily use it and adapt to other occassions.

For a change I used pencils and Sansador with paper stumps to blend, I had forgotten what a lovely effect they make.

I made two cards for my son and daughter and other halves but the one for my son I keep a bit more plainer and just added some buttons.

I paper pierced the jumpers using the papers from the Basic Grey lemonade collection and I simply punched an oval using a Stampin'Up punch and stamped the sentiment using an old Penny Black stamp. The first card also uses the Hexagon die from Die-namics.

Back tomorrow with another card and the Easter goodies bags I gave out yesterday at my crop. I hope you all have a lovely Easter...I have a house full for dinner tonight so best I start tidying up..lol!

Happy Mothers Day

to all Mummys out there who are celebrating their Mothers day today!

Here is the card I made my Mum, I had a route around my flowers stamps and this Kanban stamp called me. So I die cut some card with a Nestabilitie labels die , left it on afterwards to sponge some ink inside and that way it leaves a white edge. The flowers were stamped afterwards and made a frame with the other sizes in the set and cut again with double sided sticky paper. Accent beads were sprinkled on top, love the effect this gives. The frame was then attached with foam pads.The lattice die is simply cut for the background and SO much easier with a metal adaptor plate....if you dont have one and love intricate dies ....get yourself one. They come in 2 sizes to fit either a cuttlebug or a Big shot. A piece of ribbon and hat pin to finish and the sentiment punched out with a word window punch.

Closer look at the frame

 

products used:

 

Stamps: Kanban Spring Meadow, sentiment Stampin'Up! Teeny Tiny Wishes

Dies: Nestabilities labels 22, Shapeablities Expandable Lattice fancy

Punch: Stampin'Up Word Window

Card: Stampin'Up Elegant Eggplant

Creative Expressions: Accent beads, Hat pins

Inks: Distress Ink Milled Lavender/Dusty Concord

 

Its going to be a quite one for me everyones working so just a nice roast at home with my mum and dad tonight and afterwards Dancing on Ice final on the telly. Rest of the day in the craft room ....enjoy yourselfs whatever you are doing today.

 

 

 

 

Steampunk Tag

Not a card but a tag today, the last thing we made at a recent Steampunk class. The cogs were made with some silver sticky DIY tape I buy at alidi's or lidl's. I just cut off what you need, peel off the backing and attach to some card to give it some support and put through your die cutting machine. It also embosses really well.

 

products used:

 

Cardstock: Ranger tags kraft #8, corrigated cardboard

Stamps: Creative Expressions Timeless Journey, Celebration Tickets

Embossing folders: Tim Holtz steampunk set

Dies: Tim Holtz movers and shapers cogs die set

Extras: Crafts Too Washi tape

Inks: Distress Inks

 

 

 

Steampunk card 2

Completely forgot that I had not posted the rest of my Steampunk cards....I blame the stinking cold I have at moment ;( Anyway here it is, I used alchol inks to make the background. I used to love using these inks when I first started making cards. I wanted to do a Steampunk card with a femine theme and this Sam Poole stamp worked a treat.

 

Products used:

 

Ranger Alchol inks: Cranberry, Lettuce, Stonewashed, Silver, Blending solution

Stamps: Creative Expressions Dreams

Card: Black, white glossy and silver mirror

Ink: Black Stazon and Silver pigment

 

 

Always use glossy card with alchol inks and I sponged some of the silver ink around the edges. I used Stazon but have found out since the Archival inks have been reformulated to use on alchol inks, so that might work better. I also used some blending solution on the felt to soften the colours into something a bit more muted.

 

I am also taking bookings for an all day workshop with myself and Emma from Imaginethat papercraft in Upminister . Deatils are on the side bar and booking is now open, so if you fancy a day away from house work to play with glue, paper, paint and wood let me know!!

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



Happy 50th Lynne

Today is my friend Lynnes birthday and she like quite a few of my crafty friends....inc me :( ...hit the big....saying it quietly... 50 this year. Before Christmas I was very lucky enough to receive a some stamps and dies from Paula Pascual herself, as you know if you follow my blog,  I love love her stamps and have used them for along time. Under the Sizzix brand name Paula is now designing her own range of stamps and matching dies. So I took a day just to "play" for me and I absolutely adore them, so easy to use and the quality of the stamps are supberb and stamp out beautifully everytime. My style for my own cards is clean and simple and I know Lynnes a fan of this trend and this is how her card turned out.

 

 

Products used:

 

Stamps and Dies:Paula Pascual All Year Round { circle} and Sizzix Butterflies stamp and die set

 Stamps: Stampin'Up { discontinued} sentiment, Imagine that Papercrafts numbers

Punches: Circle punches and Martha Stewart Border punch Zig Zag

Cardstock/Inks: Stampin'Up Lucky Limeade and Primrose Petals and Black

Embellishments: Mark Richards Silver Nail Heads

Tools: Stampin'Up scoring board

 

 

I had such a fun day playing and made more cards in one day than I can remember for a long time. There are more stamp and die sets coming, one collection is out very shortly and another later in the year. To follow Paula click on my favourite blogs to follow link on right hand side, I already have a wish list..lol!