'Without Darkness' Card

  Hello!

This week I decided to create a card without really knowing where it was going to lead...

1) I decided to choose my first colour by just reaching for the first bottle of distress oxide spray that I came to and it was Candied Apple.  I sprayed it on one main area of a piece of watercolour cardstock then dried it...

2) As the first colour was red I decided to then repeat the process using Wild Honey and next Squeezed Lemonade...

3) As the colours were quite fiery and the spray reminded me of the sun or a planet I let that guide my choice of stencil and colour.  I went for one of the texture discs and Black Soot distress ink...

4) As the card was now developing a celestial feel I chose the La Luna stamp set and added some of the elements using black archival ink...

5) I wanted some contrast so added some white gel pen dots.  However this did take on some of the distress oxide colour from underneath, but I quite liked the effect.  Then to create more of a frame I blended some more Black Soot distress inks around the edges...

6) Finally I stamped out one of the sentiments and after edging it with more black adhered it straight to the front of the card.  I then decided to add a few more of the stamped images to the card blank before adding the decorated piece to the front...

Here are the products used:

* Distress Oxide Sprays

* Texture Discs

* Distress Inkpads

* La Luna Stamp Set

* Moons and Stars Sentiments Stamp Set

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Birthday Butterflies

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This week I have created a birthday card ready for the year ahead...

1) I started with a piece of distress watercolour cardstock.  I scribbled Ecoline markers onto a circle slim acrylic block then after spritzing with water printed onto the card.  I did this a number of times until I was happy with the result...

2) Next I used the leafy vine from the Butterfly Doodle Art set and stamped in green.  Then I added some of the star flowers from the same set in pink and orange.  I coloured the leaves in with a green pen then added a little bit of white highlighting...

3) Then I stamped out the butterfly from the set 3 times and cut them out leaving a slight border around them...

4) After I had matted the card onto black, I stuck the butterflies down...

5) Finally I added the card to a 7" x 5" card blank then stamped out a sentiment from Everyday Sentiments 2 which was added to the card front...

Here are links to the products used:

* Doodle Art Stamps - Butterfly 

* Wordage Stamps - Everyday Sentiments 2

* Ecoline Markers

* Acrylic Slims

* Distress Watercolour Cardstock

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Wishing You Happiness

  Hello!

Happy new year to you all and for my project this week I have created a card to wish you all happiness for 2022...

1) First I stamped the scribble background across a piece of card using embossing ink then heat embossed in white.  Next I used distress inks in mustard seed, tumbled glass and kitsch flamingo to create some colour and wiped any excess off of the embossing...

2) Using pens I then coloured in a few of the areas to create a bit more contrast...

3) Using embossing ink and white powder again I embossed and cut out the three circles from the Journaling Elements 2 set and then coloured them with tumbled glass distress ink.

Next I used some more of the stamps from the Journal Elements set with black archival ink to create some foliage before sticking on the circles...

4) Finally I stamped out one of the sentiments from Everyday Sentiments 2 before matting and layering all the parts together...

Here are the products that were used:

* Art Stamps - Art Backgrounds 2

* Art Stamps - Journal Art Elements

* Art Stamps - Journal Art Elements 2

* Wordage - Everyday Sentiments 2

* Distress Ink Pads

* Embossing Powder

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx