Hello!
I'm sorry to announce that there will be no card this week, or next week, or the week after that. I'm taking a short break from updating the blog as I have a dissertation to finish. Once that is all done and dusted I will be back with bells on, updating on Wednesday's and if I get myself organised enough I may do a second update every week with Christmas cards. Posts will start again on the 16th of October, so come back and check the blog then. In the meantime, feel free to follow me on pinterest where I find a large amount of my inspiration. http://www.pinterest.com/rorystar/boards/
Till next time
Rorystar
Thursday 19 September 2013
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Flower Pot
Hello!
Today's card is one I made with my mother for my grandmother. It took us over an hour to do, but I suspect that was mostly due to two people making decisions rather than one.
What you need:
Today's card is one I made with my mother for my grandmother. It took us over an hour to do, but I suspect that was mostly due to two people making decisions rather than one.
- several pieces of pink and purple papers
- a piece of pale brown and a piece of green paper
- embossing powder (gold)
- vellum
- embossing folder
- flower dies and a flower punch
- different coloured brads or gemstones
Making the card:
- Using the embossing folder, emboss a pattern onto the brown paper. Cut out a flower pot shape and set aside.
- Using the flower dies and punch, create a selection of flowers from the pink and purple papers. Taking two or three of the flowers, adhere them together using the brads. Cut out some leaves from the green paper and set it all aside.
- Emboss a 'happy birthday' sentiment onto the vellum with gold embossing powder.
- Assembly: adhere the pot directly to the surface of the card, adhere the two largest flowers with foam tape and the smallest in the front on double foam tape. Stick the leaves on around the flowers and the vellum banner across the bottom of the pot.
There you go!
Till next time
Rorystar
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Falling Roses Card
Hello!
Today I feature a card that I have made for my Grandmother. At the time I was making this card I had just received my first ever selection of embossing powders, so I went a little embossing happy.......
A while back I watched a youtube video by Kristina Werner where she used embossing powder on vellum and then coloured it with felt pens to create a stained glass effect. Ever since seeing this video I desperately wanted to try it for myself, so when I got the embossing powder it was the first thing I did with it. There are some differences between our cards, namely I used gold embossing powder and she used white, I also used different stamps and a different coloured card base, but essentially they are much the same which is why I am providing a link to her video and saying that I did NOT come up with this card design.
Here is a link to her video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdsnWOT61h8
And here is my card:
You can't really tell from the picture, but there is a white ribbon above the happy birthday.
So yea, this is really an example of how you can take someones card design and recreate it using what you have. I don't have white embossing powder so I used gold instead, I also don't have copic markers so I just used some felt pens, I don't have any kraft coloured paper either so I put it on a white base. I still have much the same effect going on even though it isn't exactly the same.
Till next time,
Rorystar
Today I feature a card that I have made for my Grandmother. At the time I was making this card I had just received my first ever selection of embossing powders, so I went a little embossing happy.......
A while back I watched a youtube video by Kristina Werner where she used embossing powder on vellum and then coloured it with felt pens to create a stained glass effect. Ever since seeing this video I desperately wanted to try it for myself, so when I got the embossing powder it was the first thing I did with it. There are some differences between our cards, namely I used gold embossing powder and she used white, I also used different stamps and a different coloured card base, but essentially they are much the same which is why I am providing a link to her video and saying that I did NOT come up with this card design.
Here is a link to her video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdsnWOT61h8
And here is my card:
So yea, this is really an example of how you can take someones card design and recreate it using what you have. I don't have white embossing powder so I used gold instead, I also don't have copic markers so I just used some felt pens, I don't have any kraft coloured paper either so I put it on a white base. I still have much the same effect going on even though it isn't exactly the same.
Till next time,
Rorystar
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