Better & Better

Better & Better

Hi There!

Today's Get Well card uses

the Clean and Simple (CAS)

technique 

......all it takes is some

accurate stamping...........!

Here's Craftyfield to show

us how it is done:

For this particular card I wanted to send,

 there was no ready made card and no 

sentiment stamp that could express 

the exact feeling.... 

I had to make my own and use 

a printed sentiment instead.

I should say that the image has nothing

 to do with the message, but I like it 

and I know the recipient will like it too!

Apart from the printer and the small brad,

 these are the supplies I used, and all I did

 was stamp this gorgeous Imagination Crafts Art

 image with the Kaleidacolor inkpad on

 white cardstock.

Really simple and quick! 


If you think the elephants are cute 

have a peek at the owls, cats and 

fox cub stamps.... I want them all!"

Supplies:

Imagination Crafts Stamp:
Kaleidacolor Vineyard inkpad:
Brad:

Thank you Craftyfield; this card

would surely bring a smile to

any poorly person's day!

I love the combination of these

stamps and those ink pads -

versatile or what?!

'Till tomorrow,

Mickie xx

Rainbow

Rainbow

Hi there!

Interesting the snippets of information

that can be gleaned from a calendar when

we take the time to read it!  I generally 

just look to see if I have any commitments

that day - breathe a sigh of relief if not or

get my headless chicken head on otherwise!

However, today for some reason the small

print caught my eye and I see that it is

specifically St Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland

according to my calendar.  Wonder if it is also

St Patrick's Day day elsewhere in the world?

I know St Patrick's day is a big event in 

other countries too....... 

Today we have Helen Chilton with one of

the new Lynne Perella stamp sets and the

main image on this set is ......... read on.....

"Stamp the image onto glossy cardstock with StazOn ink.

Colour in with the Spectrum KaleidaColor inkpad

Colour the fine details with a coton bud. 

Here I've used the yellow from the Bouquet inkpad.

Add highlights with a white pen 

Stamp the column block 3 times in black and 

colour/highlight as before

Run the Bouquet inkpad directly along 

the edge of some glossy cardstock. 

Turn the card and repeat along shorter edge, 

turn card again and repeat etc.

Quickly blend inks with paper towel 

Using the border stamp, stamp all over 

background with Bouquet inkpad

 ink up border in black and stamp part of it 

round edge of background"

  

Materials used: 

PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella Collection ELP037

KaleidaColor inkpads: Spectrum, Bouquet 

Ranger Archival inkpad: Jet Black 

Glossy cardstock 

White highlighter pen

Thank you Helen for a

lovely project and a super 

background technique

No, definitely not St Patrick,

he's obviously Prince Charming..............isn't he?

Or could he be St Valentine?......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Rainbow

Rainbow

Hallo Everyone!

Here we go with day two of

the Rainbow topic and here

is Craftyfield with an

array of butterflies

"I have been very late to the party with the 

Kaleidacolor inkpads, even though I have 

known about them for years.

 I had seen people brayering with them

 and producing the most beautiful scenes but, 

somehow, I only got around to get my first pad

 only last year. And then, I fell in love... 

I now have several pads, and plan to buy more!

Today, I am using Kaleidacolor inks in 2 ways,

 for brayering of course, and also to ink my stamps. 

I am using glossy paper because this shows off the 

vibrant colours I chose to their best effect.

 I inked 3 butterflies of different sizes with the 

Kaleidacolor - Autumn Leaves inkpad and stamped

 them on glossy cardstock. 

I also stamped the butterflies on a spare 

piece of paper to create masks. 

Before the next step, I placed the masks 

over the stamped butterflies to protect them

Using a piece of Cut & Dry I applied Versamark through the

 Pixelated stencil as a resist.

 I ink the brayer by rolling it over the inkpad several times 

and roll it on a craft sheet to ensure a smooth distribution

 of the ink. 

Some people use a piece of paper for that but 

I hate wasting all that ink, this way I can come back and

 pick the ink up from the craft sheet.

I brayered from the bottom of the card and 

then from the top placing the lighter colours

 in the middle of the card.

Now I use my stamp positioner to place my 

butterfly outlines on top of the solid shapes 

I stamped previously. 

I am using black for the outline.

 My sentiment is stamped with Versamark and embossed with white powder.

A closer look at one of the butterflies..."

Supplies:

Glossy paper:
Kaleidacolor inks:
Butterflies stamps:
Versamark ink:
Stencil:
Speedball brayer:
Stamp positioner:
Memento black ink:
Kaisercraft sentiment:
White embossing powder:

Thank you for another super project

Craftyfield It'll soon be butterfly

time again!

These inks are really nice to use and

if you follow the guidelines you will

never get mud and so the pads will 

be useable for so much longer

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Rainbow

Rainbow

Hi there!

A new week and a new theme

How exciting is that?  Anything

to take our minds off the wind

and the rain

So to start the Rainbow off

here's Jane Castle with a beautiful 

flower heart

"Today I'd like to share with you a Mother's Day 

card that I made using a Kaleidacolor rainbow ink pad 

to colour all my flowers, leaves and die cuts.

Using my Caribbean Sea ink pad I began to

colour various different types of paper and card

This was done by swiping the ink pad across

each piece but always going in the same direction.

For this I used old dictionary pages, watercolour paper, 

300gsm white card, Grunge paper and 

T.H. Ideaology Kraft Resist. 

For some I had the raised pads separate and 

for others I slid the pads together

Next I selected various flower stamps I thought I might like to use, 

a list will be added at the bottom of the page.

The flowers were either stamped in black ink and then 

heat embossed with clear powder 

or stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed 

with white powder. 

These were cut out by hand and a few were then passed 

through an embossing folder and the detail hi-lighted 

using some Treasure Gold Wax.

Next I made a paper stencil of the heart shape 

I wanted to form on my card with my flowers 

and using this lightly inked through to 

give an outline to follow. 

The leaves were then stamped using the 

Caribbean Sea ink pad and a trailing leaf stamp from PaperArtsy.

The cut out leaves were shaped over a pokey tool 

and stuck onto the card with Pinflair glue

Then it was a case of layering the flowers and 

trying out the design before attaching anything permently. 

For the centres I used a mix of brads, buttons 

and pearl beads. 

A few loops of matching ribbon were also added

The word wonderful was stamped in black onto an off-cut 

and then mounted onto a darker coloured scrap. 

The letters MUM were cut using Memory Box 

Parker Upper case die and more of the off-cuts. 

The final touch was a small heart shaped button 

in the bottom righthand corner.

I love the richness of the colour palette from 

this ink pad and the coverage is very good 

on even the most absorbant of surfaces. 

The added bonus of being able to separate the 

different colours means not only can you use 

one colour for stamping a small image or sentiment

 but also they don't bleed into each other."

Items Used

Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea Ink Pad

PaperArtsy Flora and Fauna 6

Lavinia Zen Flower 2

Jofy 12

Studio 490 - Live and Make Art

Kaisercraft CS912 Flowers

Heartfelt Creations 3533

Treasure Gold Wax in Olive Bronze

White and Clear Embossing Powder

Memory Box Parker Upper Case Die

Buttons and Brads

Craft Concepts Budding Vine Embossing Folder

Thank you Jane.  A lovely card for someone you love

and with Mother's Day coming up (in the UK) really

special indeed.

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx