Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Sketchy Doodle Flower

 
 
Hello. I'm always surprised with the different effects and results that Brusho powders give.
These cards are made the same way, with the same stamps, powders card and they look different the way the powder has spread when water is added.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by
Debbie

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Four Doodle Flower Cards

 
 
A couple of cards from me today.
 
I started by stamping the flowers from Sketchy Doodle Landscapes many times onto a piece of
A4 white card. I love these flowers, they are really funky. I outlined the flowers with a charcoal pencil and smudged slightly, this gives them a bit of depth.
 
 
 
I admit I started colouring the flowers and after two nights of colouring gave up and changed to Alcohol pens which has been much quicker.
 
 
I managed to make four cards from the one piece of stamped and coloured card.
A square, two DL and a note card.
 
 
 Changing the colour of the matting card picks out the different colours.
 



Thanks for visiting
and
Happy stamping
Debbie
 
 

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Anniverary frame with a bit of sparkle

Last weekend while out shopping I spotted a bright pink plastic frame that my daughter fell in love with and the crafter in me thought 'what can I do with this.'


 
 
 
The frame only cost 99p so wasn't to worried if it all went wrong and ended up in the bin.
I started by covering the frame with white Gesso and when dry painted. I didn't want to use the glass in the frame so covered the backing with art basics 3D Gloss Gel and laid hessian on. When dry I covered with art basics Gesso and then used the soft matt gel through a stencil and while still wet sprinkled glitter on. I sprayed the flowers and the hessian dark pink and shimmer spray. I die cut a card heart and covered with paper that has a key on and put Glossy Accents on. The embellishments are from my precious stash that I'm slowly using because I love them sooooo much. The 25 signifies it'll be our 25th wedding anniversary this year.

I've had real fun making this and intend making a few more for around my craftroom.
 
Thanks for stopping by
Debbie

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Love is in the air

 
 
Good morning. We take inspiration from many different places and my card today
was inspired by our Design Team member Doreen. She has made a couple of cards using her Gelli Plate and it prompted me to find mine and have a play.
 
 
 
I like to use Adirondack dye ink pads as the ink doesn't puddle on the Gelli Plate.
I inked the plate with a brayer using Stream coloured ink pad then place the heart stamp from Fluttering Hearts onto it. Each time I cleaned the stamp with kitchen paper to remove the ink.
 When I had filled the plate I laid the card onto it, taking a print. The advantage of using the ink is that the plate is much easier to clean.
The topper is stamped with Black Memento ink and coloured with alcohol pens. I love the blue and red together so matted onto red card.
 
At the end of last year I attended a journal class. I decided I would use it for techniques that I love
 and would be able to catalogue my favourite bits and bobs.
The background for these pages was a sheet of card that I had sprayed inks and shimmer sprays.
I glued it into my journal ready to add to at a later date.
I stamped the hearts with red ink and stencilled onto the pages.
The words are from Artistic Expressions and I think they fit well with the Rose and Punky Heart which were stamped onto card, coloured then cut out and glued onto the pages
 
 
Thanks for visiting
Debbie

Saturday, 17 January 2015

Heart Themed cards

 
 
Three heart cards from me today with a love theme.
 
It was a pleasure to use a different coloured embossing powder to my usual black. The heart stamp shows how detailed it is as the powder isn't very fine. I cut it out and fixed with pads then stamped the 'I love you' from Party Words and Birds 
I drew the border freehand and matted with red before attaching to the base card.
 
 
 
I thought the three heart drop would look good on it's own.
I think if a bride is batch making cards they need to be simple and easy to repeat many times.
The hearts would lend to any colour. I stamped them a second time and cut out
 to decoupage the larger hearts the smaller was fixed to the 'e' from Save the Date.
 Party Words and Birds is are clear stamps that are a great go to set.
 
 
 
 
My third card uses the heart button from Fluttering Hearts.
I love bunting and I think this stamp will be used often on my cards.


 
 
Many Thanks for visiting
Debbie

 





Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Purple Punky Rose

 
 
Happy New Year from me.
I love clean, quick to make cards although a lot of thought went into the colours I wanted to use.
I made the background for this card approximately five times as the splashes didn't fall quite
where I wanted them.
I used Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserve spray stains, dripping them with a pipette.
 
 
 
For the rose from Punky Hearts I stamped and embossed with black powder then water coloured with distress inks. (seedless preserve and crushed olive)
The edges were softened with Broken China ink and it was matted onto black card.
The Punky Hearts and Fluttering Hearts have certainly helped kick my mojo into gear
for the new year.
 
 
Thanks for visiting
Debbie
 
 
 

Thursday, 1 January 2015

Happy New Year

'Happy New Year' to all. I hope this year will be a good one and health and happiness are with you all year long. Last year was ok for us and I am keeping my fingers crossed this one is a little better.
We have two big events this year, my hubby has put up with me for 25 years and it's his 50th birthday.

All the best
Debbie xx