Showing posts with label woodgrain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodgrain. Show all posts

Friday, 24 July 2015

a rustic card....









Hi there,

last week i received wonderful new Sizzix stuff...

Look at the great new Cutting Pads - isn't this color cool?
(also available: Watermelone and Grape)

And those cool tribal hearts - you know i love hearts.... Aren't they perfect?



















Time to make a a card with this great things...














Materials:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Tribal Hearts
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint)
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Woodgrain #3
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Rose Vines & Trellis Set


















Have a wonderful weekend, Stephanie


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Hallo Ihr Lieben,

letzte Woche habe ich tolles neues Material von Sizzix erhalten...

Mint-farbene Cutting Pads - ist diese Farbe nicht genial?
(Gibt es übrigens auch in Watermelon und Grape)

Und diese zauberhaften Tribal Hearts - ihr wisst ich liebe Herzen....sind sie nicht perfekt?

Zeit eine schicke Karte damit zu machen...

Material:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Tribal Hearts
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint)
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Woodgrain #3
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Rose Vines & Trellis Set

Habt ein schönes Wochenende, Steffi

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Little animal!


Leo is a little animal! He is the eldest son (almost five) of one of my best friends and since he was born I have called him 'Leo the lion'. when we meet, rather than exchange pleasantries we both bare our claws and growl at each other which is swiftly followed by a fight to the death (I always lose).

For his birthday this year I have bought him a lion watch but what I really needed was something cool to wrap it in which brings me neatly to this weeks blog post.

As you are all probably aware by new Sizzix have unveiled the Big Shot Plus which is the same as your beloved Big Shot but in A4 format. You can use all your existing library of Sizzix dies but now you can also use larger format dies and embossing folders. 

It also comes as a starter kit which has everything you could ever wish for to set you on your creative journey including a fabulous Thinlits box die and I know that there will be many more box dies released in the near future.

For my project I needed to cut two cream coloured boxes from a good heavy weight card, I know that the illustration below shows a box cut from kraft card but I used this because it photographs better! As you can see, the die both cuts and creases the box which is all one piece with a hinged lid....Ingenious!!!


I took one of the cream boxes and added some Distress Ink in a random fashion (Tea Dye and Wild Honey). I flipped the box over and labelled the parts before cutting it up along the crease lines using a craft knife.


I started with the top of the box which I cut into 3 separate strips. Next I placed them into the new wood grain folder designed by Doodlebug and debossed the wood grain texture.


I darkened the edges of each strip slightly using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and applied a rubber stamp which comes from a set called Sentiment Circles by Autumn Leaves. I attached the three strips to the top of the other assembled cream box. Next, I applied the same treatment to the front and sides of the lid before working my way around the whole box.


After popping the watch into the box on a bed of paper straw I applied the finishing touches. Firstly a length of chain from a piece of old costume jewellery wrapped twice around the box to secure the lid. Secondly, a mini padlock charm and finally a tiny tag printed with my PC. I love the overall effect and I hope both you and Leo do too?




Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Ahoy shipmates!



It's almost impossible to even read the title of this blog without effecting a cod Hollywood Cornish accent in a 'Long John Silver' Style  with it's accompanying facial contortions and for that I apologise.

Everywhere you look on the high street these days whether it be fashion, home décor, gift wrap Kids clothes the nautical theme is everywhere. I wanted to pay homage to that using my trusty Framelits circle dies and a couple of products from Tim Holtz' May releases.

For the record the dies/folders used are:
I started by embossing two rectangles of Kraft card using the woodgrain folder, next I cut them into strips (or planks if you prefer?) of varying length and width. I coloured the planks using pale green acrylic, I used a dry brush technique allowing the base colour to show through. 
Once dry, I used a brayer to apply magnolia emulsion and yes folks, that is a match pot paint sample from a DIY shop in the background, handy stuff and very cost effective too. 
Finally, to add a little weathered effect I watered down some brown acrylic and gently splattered the paint onto the planks.

If you have never used acrylic paints then a great place to start is with Tim Holtz' Disterss Paint daubers, they are a fabulous range of colours and really easy to use.

Next, I needed a Lifebuoy so I turned to my old faithful Framelits Circles and placed them face up onto my cutting mat placed over my magnetic platform which is a brilliant piece of kit if you need to get perfect registration with your wafer thin dies. I cut through two layers of kraft card at the same time ensuring I got two identical rings.

I used my brayer to thinly apply the magnolia emulsion allowing the base colour to show through slightly. I then used the same technique to apply red acrylic closely followed by orange. 

The great thing about these techniques is that they are completely random and always look great even if you have little experience you will get great results every time.

Once dry, I cut the red/orange ring in quarters attaching two of them to the white ring. Next I wrapped a length of hemp string four times around the ring where the red and white quarters meet and repeated at each junction . Finally, I attached another length of string to the rear with my glue gun.

I attached the planks to an ivory base card (17 x 13cm) using double sided tape and 3D foam pads as shown below.

Firstly, I have to say how much I LOVE this alphabet die, it's hitting the shops as we speak so get them while they're hot! I die cut the letters from kraft card and coloured them with the brayer using the magnolia acrylic in a really thin layer. I darkened the edges using the Walnut Stain Distress Ink pad applied with a foam blending tool and attached them to the base card using tiny pieces of 3D foam pad.
Here is the finished card, you can almost smell the sea!

I love using the wood texture folders in this way, and it's just one of many ways of getting the best from your embossing folders, a theme which I'm sure I will be returning to time and again!