Fast & Fabulous

I borrowed this set from a Karen a fellow demonstrator when we got together for a stamping morning and came up with these three quick cards.  Must have been a Razzleberry and White day!

I made the brads for this one by punching out 1/4 inch circles and putting a dab of Crystal Effects on them.

The Bracket edge is from the Curly Lable punch, just make a pencil mark on the underside of the punch for where you want to line up the cardstock and you can then get a nice straight edge.

I've added a tiny bit of bling with a few stick on rhinestones which actually cover up a little touch of ink that got stuck on the edge of the stamp.  I must trim the edges on that stamp!

Amour!

I'm in a swap with a few friends and this month we had to use a new stamp set that we were able to pre order from the new Ideas Book and Catalogue 2010/11 so I went for Artistic Etchings with lots of stamping and embossing.

Background 1 - Sahara Sand CS and Ink using Sanded and En Francois background stamps.

Background 2 - Basic Black CS and Versamark ink using I {heart} Hearts, Simply Said and Priceless Clear embossed the images.

The rest is pretty easy, using a 1cm circle punch, I turned it upside down and used the markings in side to snip a corner out of the layers......stamped the Eiffle Tower with versamark tapped on black ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder (this is much easier and less messier than using black embossing powder)

The heart is punched out in Whisper White and Black and layered showing a tiny edge at the top in black.  sponged Riding Hood Red on the edges and used a Riding Hood Red ribbon to add a touch more colour.

More Top Note!

I just love this top note die, here I've cut it out three times then cut each one into varying strips which are then layered on another top note, quite effective I think.  I stamped the leaves flourish from Vintage Vogue by stamping it off first to get a softer image.  The sentiment is from A Beautiful Thing set.

The flower is made using the Scallop Circle punch and scoring each of the scallops across the whole circle, then cut one scallop down to the centre of the circle and accordian fold the scores, three of these glued together then a brad in the centre and you're done!

Birthday wishes for a dear friend

rThis is a card I made recently for a dear friend who is in Canberra, yes it is prety much a copy of ones I've made previously using the rubbing alcohol technique but the finished look of this card is just sensational.  This time....shock....you will not see purple anywhere near the card!  I've used reds and yellows which are more her colours.

Hope it inspires you to create.

Rock n Roll

I've just completed my first customers newsletter and included a techniques corner here's the completed project using the Rock n Roll technique of rolling your inked up stamp in a second colour.

Sorry about the cutting mat background!  I've used More Mustard and Rich Razzleberry on a Whisper White base.  The Butterfly is from Garden Whimsy and the text is from the Level 2 Hostess Only set Asian Artistry from the current Mini Catalogue.

Till next time.

Happy stampin'

Market goodies

I've been quite busy lately making up some goodies for the market stall.  I've made tonns of gift card holders and these cute little mini pizza boxes with 6 little 3 x 3 gift cards inside. I've got 8 sets made, I hope that I sell a few!

I'm hoping to find some more time this week to make a few individual cards for sale as well, but I'm back at work this week so I don't like my chances of having much time.  Might have to do a bit of a production line!

Blake's School Music Night

Just had to post this pic of my grandson Blake, very nonchalant on stage at his school music night.  He's becomming quite an accomplished guitarist although heavy metal is his first choice he'll play other genres. 

He gets his musical talent from his mother who plays guitar, piano/keyboard, flute and drums while his grandmother (that's me) plays the guitar badly but I play the stereo really well!!!

Frosted Rose

Ok so I also tried the same effect with Silver embossing powder and love it just as much as the Gilded Rose!

I've added a splash of bright colour with the red.  Hope you enjoy trying this for yourselves

Cheers for now

Kasey

Gilded Rose

I thought I'd try my hand at embossing the embossed!

I was a bit disappointed to see that the embossing powder stuck to the petals even though I know there was no versamark there and I'd dusted the cardstock with the embossing buddy, well I decided to heat it anyway and I'm thrilled with the effect.  What do you think?

Vintage Look

I've been experimenting with making a background using versamark and glitter enfused clear embossing powder, I've gone a little overboard as I've covered the flowers with this as well.  Every girl loves Bling!  At least that's my excuse.

I've taken this pic with the light hitting one side to show off shine on the background, although you can't really see the glitter.  I used the rock n roll technique with versamark and Elegant Eggplant the colour of Almost Amethyst deepens with the versamark.  So there you have another creation to inspire you.  Yes I'm using up the purples while I still have them!!!

More reinkers and rubbing alcohol

I was showing this technique to a friend and used Bashfull Blue and Sage Shadow on Glossy White card stock, we both turned out such different effects, so it really depends on how wet your cotton ball is with rubbing alcohol and how many drops of each colour you use. 

I ran my piece through the Big Shot using the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and then lightly inked the raised edges in Bashfull Blue using a ink dauber.  Then I traced the outside line and drew another line about a 1/4 inch away and cut so have the blue shadow behind the image.  I then lay a strip of white grosgrain ribbon across the Sage Shadow inkpad and sponged it, it turned out much darker than I expected but I really love the colour.  I'm going to miss Sage Shadow.......*sigh*

It hasn't shown up well in the photo, but the edges of the salutation have been sponged in Sage Shadow to deepen the colour to match the ribbon, it is really close but doesn't look it in the pic.  Oh well, you get the idea anyway.

Tri Fold Shutter Card

This is one very easy card to make and has that special look.  This tri fold shutter card stands freely when opened, making it ideal for display.

The tutorial can be found in the resources section on the splitcoaststampers site. 

I've used the largest oval from the Original Dies Ovals then using the corner rounder, I've scalloped the edge, the next size down oval fits snugly inside the scallops.  I've used the Echos of Kindness words,  Cottage Garden stamp set and the Cottage Wall DSP with Rich Razzleberry and textured Going Grey 12 x 12 sheet for the card base as it's a 5'1/2" x 12" base so you need to use 12 x 12.

Always

I CASED this card months ago from Split coast stampers and unfortunately I can't remember who orginally did it.  My apologies.

It's using Purely Pommegranate one of last year's In Colours, white embossing powder and versamark and Purely Pommegranate ink with clear embossing powder to get the coloured heart.

I have to really push myself to use these murky greens they are not the first colours I reach for, usually I'm a purple/pink/blue-green sort of girl and the yellow-greens, yellow's and oranges etc get left alone.  

I'm really so sad that most of our lovely purples and blues and greens are being removed from the colours available.  I might be wrong here but I think the new colour choices are pretty heavy on the earthy tones, there doesn't seem to be crisp clean bright colours coming into the range.  Maybe the incolour ranges will include those sorts of cololurs.

Anyway enough of my ranting!  Here is my green effort.  Yes, a touch of Rich Razzleberry to keep me in my comfort zone.

Sweet Treats Sunflower

Hello again, I finally caved in and bought the bird punch, I'm not big on using animals in my cards, not sure why, but this little wing can double as flower petals so I created this Sunflower using the Sweet Treats Cups and Summer Sun (wing) petals, I inked the edges with Pumpkin Pie and layered the bottom layer as is then cut a small piece out of the bottom of the top layers so they fit snugly against the cup.  I filled the cup with little seed beads in Orange, Yellow and Copper to make the centre of the flower.  The sentiment is embossed with clear embossing powder with a dash of Dazzling Diamonds through it.

I cut a small strip from the front of the card and put a small strip of Haiku Designer Series Paper.  I love how this turned out. 

 Next Idecided to try actually making a bird card, I do try to challenge myself now and then to step outside of my comfort zone!!!

 I"ve used Soft Suede, Whisper White and Kraft along with some polka dot Soft Suede ribbon and a few Vintage Brads.  Add a little label and it's all done!




I was also playing around with a few bits left over from other projects and turned out this little card, I'd been testing out the Polka Dot embossing folder and thought the Flower Punch would work nicely with it.  Pretty happy with the result.

 Cheers for now, I'll be back to post some others soon.


Kasey