Friday 30 September 2016

Make Christmas Special with Dreamweaver Metallic FX


Materials used:-
JGS459 Traditional Tree
JGS109 Skating Snowmen
JWS028 Winter Wishes
Metallic FX:-
Purple Satin, Wedgewood, Glacier Lake, Moonstone,
Versamark
Mark Richards Clusters Crystal Stars
300mm white organza ribbon
7 x 7 white card blank
silver pearl & mauve card for layering
All available from:-
                                             Your local Exmouth Woodware stockist is:-
                                                               Liberty Craft
33 Exeter Road
Exmouth EX8 1PT
01395 273238
libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk


Metallic FX  mica powders from Dreamweaver create some lovely pearly effects & are usually used with Dreamweaver stencils & embossing paste. I wanted to give them a different treatment & have used them to paint with & to dust onto Versamark (or any watermark pad). To create the forest background I've used the smaller of the trees from the Traditional tree set & have masked the pot & some of the lower tree branches (to make it appear smaller) with a Post It note before stamping with Versamark. After stamping dust lightly with the powders (purple & blue) & the powder will cling to the sticky ink. Remove excess powder with a cottonwool ball. For the snowmen I've stamped onto a spare piece of card & painted with the powders which I've mixed with a little water in a palette. When dry cut out  & mount on top of the background with 3D foam pads. As you can see I've added a little shading to the snowy background with the paint too. To complete the design I've mounted onto the mauve & silver card & added the ribbon & bow to the top of the card which is a tent fold. The sentiment has been stamped onto the main image & to finish I've snipped the Star Cluster into small pieces & added to each corner. 

Saturday 24 September 2016

A "Pop" of Colour


Materials used:-
JGS470 Whimsical Flower Mary Jane
JGS483 Butterflies
Sakura Koi waterbrush pens
black & white spotty organza ribbon
5 x 7 card blank
all available from:-
                                     Your local Exmouth Woodware stockist is:-
                                                                Liberty Craft
33 Exeter Road
Exmouth EX8 1PT
01395 273238
libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk


A design with a "pop" of colour is usually a monochromatic effect to which has been added just a dash of bright colour. Here we have one of the new "Whimsicals" from Jane Gill & fast becoming one of my favourites. I've stamped with black ink & coloured the flower & leaves with 2 shades of grey. The butterflies have been stamped onto some spare card, colored & cut out before adding to the design to add the "pop". I've added some spotty ribbon before mounting onto black card & attaching to the card blank which has had the sentiment from the set stamped onto it.  

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Stix2 Mount n Stamp Foam

Here's a great way to make your own stamps from your favourite dies using a fab product from Stix2 called Mount & Stamp Foam. It's designed  for use on unmounted rubber stamps but if you run it through your die cutting system using a fairly solid die you can create your own stamps very easily. Here I've used the platform die from the Sizzix Bigshot Plus starter kit & the foam cuts very easily. You will find that there is a "cling" side to the foam, which is the side which will attach to your acrylic block & a very sticky side which is the side you will stamp with. To remove the sticky just wipe with Stix2 Adhesive remover. For the designs below I've stamped onto a gingham background using Memento inkpads.




Products used:
Stix2
S57244 A4 Mount & Stamp Foam
S57319 Adhesive remover
Stix2 Ivory A5 card blank
Stix2 white 6 x 6 card blank
Stix2 Pink & Lemon Gingham card
Stix2 Tinted Black & Kraft card

Other
Woodware "hand Drawn Greetings"
Memento inkpads
Sizzix Bigshot Starter kit


Monday 12 September 2016

The Time of Mists & Mellow Fruitfulness


Materials used:-
JGS479 Bubble Bloom Linda
Sakura Koi water brush pens
Regular maple leaf punch (peach)
Glossy Accents
cream vellum
7 x 7 cream card blank
Dk red card
All available from:-
www.woodware.co.uk
Your local Exmouth Woodware stockist is:-
Liberty Craft
33 Exeter Road
Exmouth EX8 1PT
01395 273238
libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk
September is the time of "mists & mellow fruitfulness" as summer is drawing to a close & the hedges are full of berries waiting to be harvested. I thought of berries when I looked at the new Bubble Bloom "Linda" from Jane Gill. I've stamped the image at each corner of the card & randomly coloured with the Koi pens & then covered each "berry" with Glossy Accents. You could achieve the same effect by using Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pens & letting the colours bleed into each other while still wet. I've printed the sentiment which comes with the set onto a piece of torn vellum to try to create a misty look across the centre. I've inked a spare piece of card with autumn colours & punched some maple leaves to add to the design before mounting onto red card & attaching to the card blank which has been edged with some green ink. 

Tuesday 6 September 2016

Sketch Challenge 54


Materials used;-
JGS482 The Post Box
Craftwork Cards 8 x 8 paper pad "Christmas Cheer"
Christmas card Candis
A5 cream card blank
Red card
Koi water brush pens
Dk green card for layering.
All available from:-
Your local Exmouth Woodware stockist is:-
Liberty Craft
33 Exeter Road
Exmouth EX8 1PT
01395 273238
libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk
It's sketch challenge time from Woodware so I've chosen this new one from Jane Gill which could just as well be used for a new home card or even someone going on their travels! I've stamped the post box on some red card & cut it out but I also stamped the signs on the front of the box onto some parchment paper. The sketch background is made up of the gorgeous papers from the Christmas Cheer pad. The greeting & the letters come from the stamp set too & to finish I 've added some Christmas Card Candi. 
Here's the sketch:-