Another St Patrick's Day card

Hello,

I think I caught Irish fever, I've got another St Patrick's Day card for you today.

Materials used:

• Black card base, white card and silver glitter paper
• Distress ink in mowed lawn
• 'Drink me' embossing folder (Couture Creations)
• Green pigment ink and versamark ink
• Clear and silver embossing powder (Ranger)
• Heart (Rosie's Studio), candle (Couture Creations) and 'celebrate' (Rosie's Studio) sentiment stamps
• Inverted corner frame nesting dies (Couture Creations)
• Sequins, gems and pearls

I inked the background piece with the mowed lawn masking off stripes with tape.  I then embossed it and trimmed it down.

To stamp the shamrock, I used the heart stamp three times and masked off half the candle and stamped it to make the stem.  I embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Underneath the shamrock I stamped and embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder.  I die cut this piece using the inverted corner die and also a piece of the silver glitter paper with the next size up.

I adhered the background piece to the card base and the sentiment to the glitter paper using foam tape.  I added a few sequins, pearls and gems to finish off the card.

That's it for today!

Till next time

Stacey

St Patrick's Day card

Hello!

I'm back, my computer is mostly fixed now.  Today I have a St Patrick's Day card for you.  I recently got a new die from Couture Creations called 'Fancy Frame' and I thought it would look striking die cut from glitter paper over black card.  How true that turned out to be!

Materials used:

• Fancy Frame die (Couture Creations)
• Circle nesting dies (Couture Creations)
• Black card, gold dot paper, and green glitter paper
• 'Best Wishes' stamp (Rosie's Studio)
• Versamark ink
• Gold embossing powder (Ranger)
• Green and gold sequins, and a shamrock embellishment

The card base is 13cm x 13cm which is slightly bigger than the fancy frame die cut.  I adhered the die cut with multi medium in matte.

I cut a circle from black card and the next size up circle from the gold paper.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment on to the black circle then adhered it to the gold circle with foam tape.

After adhering the sentiment to the card I added the shamrock and sequins to finish the card.

Truthfully, the die cut does all the work for this card.

Till next time,

Stacey

Thinking of you bunny

Hello

Sorry this post is a day late, yesterday I was busy at the Armageddon expo.  Today's card I made for a friend who is currently in hospital recovering from surgery.

Materials used:

• White card, patterned paper
• Bunny stamp and 'thinking of you' sentiment stamp
• Brown pigment ink
• Black ink
• Clear embossing powder
• String
• Sequins
• Black gel pen
• Distress inks
• Heart shaped brad
• Corner rounding punch

I began by stamping and embossing the bunny image.  I then used the distress inks to water colour the piece.  I trimmed it down, punched a hole in the top, and rounded the corners.  I added the string through the hole.  The dash lines were added with the black gel pen.

The sentiment was stamped in black onto an additional white strip of card and the ends were trimmed into a banner.  The patterned paper was cut to leave a small border and adhered on to the card base.  Both the bunny image and sentiment were added with dimensional foam tape.  For a final touch I added a few sequins and the heart brad to the bunny as his nose.

That's it for this week, not sure there will be a post next week as my computer needs repairs.

Stacey

Galaxy Card 1

Hello

Today I have a 'galaxy' card for you.  It's actually a nebula not a galaxy hence the quotations.  I've found that using metallic and plain acrylic paints with a sponge is a great way to make space backgrounds.

Materials used:

• White and navy card
• Black, metallic blue, metallic purple, gold, silver, and white acrylic paint
• Sliver shimmer spray
• Nesting circle dies
• Black embossing powder (Ranger)
• Blue, black, purple and green glitter 
• Versamark ink
• 'Dare to dream big' sentiment stamp (Kaisercraft)
• Black gel pen
• Star confetti 

I made the 'galaxy' piece using the paints with sponges to dab on the colour.  Beginning with a layer of black and adding on the colours randomly over the piece.  Once all the colour is down I lightly sprayed the piece with my homemade shimmer spray to give the whole thing a shimmer.  I then watered down the white paint and splattered some 'stars' across not only the piece but everything on my desk too.  I also added a few crosses for bigger stars and the extra dot here and there.

I die cut a circle large enough for my sentiment and created my own 'galaxy' embossing powder by combining the glitter with the black embossing powder in another little container.  I then stamped and embossed the sentiment and added dash lines with a black gel pen.

I adhered the galaxy piece to a navy card base with the sentiment circle on top using foam tape.  For the final touch I added a few small star confetti pieces with multi medium in matte.

That's it for today's card.  See you next week!

Stacey

Sympathy Card

Hello

While this isn't the first sympathy card I've made, it was the first sympathy card I've had to write in and send.  I thought making sympathy cards was hard but I certainly struggled more with what to say inside.  I find it is a delicate balance between 'soft and meaningful' and 'pretty and elegant' when making sympathy cards but writing in them requires significant thought and a careful selection of words.

Materials used:

• Purple card base, purple and white card, brown patterned with flowers paper
• 'With Sympathy' stamp (Rosie's Studio)
• Purple ink
• Distress inks in dusty concord, spun sugar and shaded lilac
• Pink sequins and self adhesive pearls
• Sliver shimmer spray

I began by painting over the flowers on the patterned paper with a small amount of the shimmer spray to give them a subtle shine.  While that was drying I smooshed the distress inks on a block and painted them onto a strip of white card.  After it was dry I stamped the sentiment in a purple pigment ink and created a banner end.

I cut a strip of purple card and also gave it a banner end.  I adhered the patterned paper to the card base then both the strips over the top.  The final touch was adding the sequins with multi medium matte.

There you have it, one sympathy card.

Till next time,
Stacey

Sending sunshine and smiles

Hello

I made this card to send to my Nana.  She likes the colour green and I had this lovely patterned paper in my stash that I have no idea where it came from that I knew she would like.  It happened to be a bit of a cloudy and wet day when I was making it so naturally I chose the sentiment that said 'sending sunshine and smiles'.

Materials used:

• Yellow card base, green and brown patterned papers, pearl shimmer paper
• 'sending sunshine and smiles' stamp (Rosie's Studio)
• Green ink (Archival Library Green)
• Nesting circle dies (Couture Creations)
• Green sequins and self adhesive pearls

I first die cut the pearl and brown patterned papers and stamped the sentiment onto the pearl paper.  I cut the green paper 1cm shorter in length and width than the card base.  I trimmed a strip of the brown paper to a width of 2cm.

I assembled the card by adhering the green paper flat to the base then the brown strip and circle.  The sentiment was adhered with foam tape and the sequins added with multi medium in matte.

I've added this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "All things bright and beautiful".

That's it for today's card.
Till next time.
Stacey

I love you Valentine card

Hello

This is going to be my last Valentine card for the year.  I brought a lovely stamp set by Kaisercraft called 'XO' last weekend.  I've got so many ideas for cards from it but I've limited myself to just one more Valentine (though there is plenty of ways to use the stamp set for non-Valentine cards).  I pulled out my water colours and created a rather satisfying card.

Materials used:

• White card base, white card
• Water colours in red, red/orange and white
• XO stamp set
• Versamark ink
• Clear embossing powder (Ranger)
• Stencil (Memory Box)
• Homemade texture paste coloured dark grey
• Corner rounding punch (Fiskars)

I first stamped the 'I love you' sentiment and the hearts on to a piece of white card and heat embossed them.  I took my water colours and mixed them with a small amount of water so that the colour would be quite vibrant.  I covered the piece with clean water and then taking the colours I made a diagonal stripe through the middle with one colour then added another on either side and a third to cover the corners.

While I let the water colour piece dry I took my stencil and texture paste and applied it to the card base making sure to mask off the back of the card.  Once everything was dry I rounded the corners of the water colour piece and adhered it on top with foam tape.

This card has been added to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes".

That's it for today's card.

Till next time,

Stacey.