Rainbow

Rainbow

Hallo Everyone!

What a beautiful morning it is....

.....well, it is here, so sending

warm smiles your way.....

Today's take on the Rainbow theme

is by Hazel Harler so take a minute

to rest, relax and see how she did:

"Today I'm sharing a card with you that I decorated 

with Jofy stamps and Kaleidacolor inks

 I stamped the images and masked the flowers

I wanted to carry the grass along the bottom 

so I masked the flowers on the stamp 

so that they wouldn't be inked

 I stamped the rest of the grass and decided 

it needed a butterfly. 

The butterfly and leaves were masked along with the flowers

I used an Impression Obsession stamp to stamp the background

 with Kaleidacolor inks.

 I flicked some water on the card and removed the masks

The images were water coloured with Kaleidacolor ink.

 I distressed the edges and edged them with 

picked raspberry distress ink.

I attached it to a card blank with double sided tape, 

I doodled some lines round the edge and glued 

some dew drops th the card"

Supplies:

White card blank.
White card.
Black Archival ink.
Paperartsy/Jofy stamp.
Kaleidacolor ink.
Masks.
Impression Obsession stamp.
Sentiment stamp.
Black marker pen.
Dew drop embellishments.
Double sided tape.

A beautiful cheery card Hazel

Thank you.

Been thinking, I have a friend in

hospital - this would look great

on her bedside locker so

Thinking of You or Get Well Soon

will be my greeting

I do like a card that can be used

for different reasons, don't you?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Street Art

Street Art

Hallo Everyone!

Well it is March 1st today -

time continues to fly by 

at an alarming rate........

......that means we are all

busy people............enjoy!

Angela Radford is with us

today to start the new theme

with a fantastic card for

the star in your life......

"Hi all, I'm back to show you what I've been up to 

with these gorgeous Seth Apter stamps. 

To start the Masterboard for this project I began 

by brayering paint onto an A3 sheet of card.

You can see from this photo that you must be prepared 

to make some mess so make sure you have your 

workplace well protected.....or is it just me that's messy!?

I continued to apply the paint until satisfied with the coverage. 

I used a set designed by PaperArtsy for Seth Apter. 

I also mixed some of these colours to increase the range available

 Next I started stamping. 

It's important when stamping with acrylics to 

spread the paint evenly across the palette otherwise 

it will be too thick and you will not get a clear image

More stamping fun and here we are with the completed Masterboard.

 When I do projects like this I hate wasting the paint 

and I found myself with too much of the Mahogany 

on my palette so thought I would stamp it 

onto a clean sheet of card........

well this just changed my original idea for this card!

So to put all this together I began by creating a 
Z-fold card.

Cut all the pieces to size including some 

deep red card for matting and we're ready to go!

Started layering the pieces together, not bad for some waste paint!

 I completed this by adding some red brad stars 

from my stash and the TIME AFTER TIME stamp image 

from the same Seth Apter set. 

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz stamped with Mahogany distress ink. 

Hope you enjoyed watching me make this card. 

Happy crafting, Angela"

Products used:

Seth Apter Stamps - Time After Time.    Solar System.

White Card.

White Card Blanks.

Seth Apter Paint Set.

Tim Holtz Sentiment Stamps.

Red Card.

Yes, we did enjoy you making this card Angela

Just love it when you show us your change of

mind and the thought process behind it - just

goes to show there is no need to waste a thing

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buldings

Hi Everyone!

Pinch and a punch its the 

first of the month...........

Expect you all remember

that one from your schooldays!

We start the month with a new

theme and Claire Jackson has

a fabulous project for us:

Cut a piece of white card 4”x6”. 

Stamp and emboss the image with black detail embossing powder

Stamp the image on a sticky note or masking paper 

and cut out to make a mask.

Don’t forget to cut away under the bridge and inside the wheel. 

Cover the image with the mask.

Starting an inch from the bottom colour with Distress Ink in

 barn door, wild honey, scattered straw, peacock feathers and faded jeans.

Leave the paper mask in place. 

Tape in place the concentric circles stencil and 

gently dab white acrylic paint through the holes. 

Remove the stencil and paper mask gently and 

dry the paint with a heat tool. 

Wipe any excess paint from the paper mask and put back in place. 

Clean the stencil and put back. 

It doesn’t matter if the stencil is a millimetre out 

as some of the white will show through 

which helps to lift the background

With the stencil in place rub red cherry, mango, banana and margarita mix 

Gelatos over the holes and blend in with a baby wipe. 

Carefully lift off the stencil and the mask

Add shading with faded jeans ink to the edges. 

Stamp, cut out and mount the wording.

With a pale grey marker add a shadow along the base 

of the buildings and in some of the recesses between buildings. 

Highlight some of the windows with red, orange or yellow marker

I have a lot of family and friends living overseas 

and this would make a great greetings card; 

however in this case this card is destined to contain 

theatre tickets for an evening out in town.

Supplies:

White card

Carabelle Studio cling rubber stamp: London

Carabelle Studio template: concentric circles

Versafine ink: onyx black

Black embossing powder:

Distress Ink: wild honey, scattered straw, peacock feathers, faded jeans

PaperArtsy Fresco finish paint: snowflake

Faber-Castell Gelatos

Promarkers

What a fabulous card to present

as a Gift Card?!  Thank you Claire

for starting the month off with a bang....

or should I be saying punch? ........!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hi there!

Can you believe we are half way

through the first month of the

New Year?

Time just goes whizzing on.......

Except here, where we aim to

help you rest and relax for a moment

Today, Claire Jackson has an idea

for to take away the "difficult" from

those difficult men's cards.....

 "It’s often difficult to think of designs for men 

but Card-io stamps are very versatile and combine together 

to create an endless variety of scenes, 

which can instantly become more masculine 

with different colour inks. 

Cut a 5” square of white card. 

Stamp the buildings in the foreground in eggplant.

Mask the foreground buildings off and stamp the church 

and a small building in perfect plumeria

Leave the masks in place and use a 

torn piece of card to create a hill line. 

Using a sponge add Spanish olive to create hills and grass

 Stamp the branch around the top in jumbo java,

 repeat each time before reinking to get second and third impressions. 

This helps to add depth. 

Add a row of bottles at the bottom

Cover over the bottles with a piece of card 

so that the bottom edge lines up with the base of the bottles. 

Stamp the leaf in different colours to create a shelf. 

Add the glass and bottle opener

Stamp the leaves and hops over the branches in different colours, 

each time stamping two or three times before inking the stamp again

With a sponge gently add diffuse green ink over the leaves and branches 

and around the edge of the card to create a border. 

Add a sentiment around the edge.

These stamps are great for quickly making batches of cards. 

Play around with different colours for different seasonal effects.

Materials used: 

White card
VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink: Spanish olive, hint of pesto, eggplant, perfect plumeria, jumbo java
Card-io Majestix Clear Peg Stamps: last orders
Card-io Clear Stamps: greenery 1
Card-io Clear Stamps: Christmas scenery 3
Sponge dauber

Thank you Claire for a super card

with a masculine feel.  Normally

so hard to do 

'Till tomorrow everyone

Mickie xx