Hi everyone, today's card is another one for Pixie's Snippets Playground #214 as I have used a snippet of blue foil card, a snippet of glitter card and a snippet of white card (all used for the sentiment layers), it is almost a one layer card - depending on whether you call the sentiment another layer.
I wanted to try an ombré effect with the only stencil I have managed to cut successfully on my machine. I must practice more, because my dear friend Loll - Stamping With Loll - has had great success and she very kindly sent me four that she had generously cut for me - which is what has prompted my to try again (but until you get the pressure correct, the blade depth right, the tackiness of the mat perfect and the speed just right, you waste an awful lot of material)
Anywho, I purchased the stencil file from 'Fred She Said' and stencilled three shades of ink, darkest at the bottom, a slightly lighter one for the middle and the lightest at the top and finished it off with the layered sentiment and some of the home made 'enamel dots' that I blogged about the other day!
Here are the pictures
Thank you for popping by today and for any comments you leave, I do appreciate them and reciprocate where possible. Have a lovely day! Hazel xx
Hi my crafty friends! WOW! The first month of the year, gone, already! That means that this is a new start to the second month of 2016 and another CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers CAS
This month it is Embossing Folder Stamping, and again, HLS are sponsoring this challenge!
This is my card
I used an X-Cut 'Parquet Floor' EF for the stamping and some soft pink pigment inks. First I took the ink pads straight to the embossing folder and spread a little around, softened the edges a bit with a baby wipe and sprayed lightly with a mist of water.
Next, I lay the panel face down on to the inked EF and pressed on the back of the card-stock - I find it easier to control where the image goes that way - spritzed again lightly with some pearlised mist spray then put it aside to dry. Whilst it was drying I die cut my butterfly layers out of a 'smooshed' piece of card and plain white card and layered them together.
When my piece was dry, I die cut it with one of my favourite layer dies, WPlus9 'Sunshine Layers' and adhered it to my base card. Then I added my butterfly and my sentiment with foam tape and to tie in the pop of black I added some black 'enamel' dots.
Why not pop on over to HLS and see what my fellow design team members have come up with for your inspiration this month and join in this fun challenge. Please remember to keep your entries CAS.
I can't wait to see what you all come up with. Have a wonderful month of crafting bliss! Hazel xx
The past couple of days has seen me getting mucky and having fun! I dug out some alcohol inks from when I first started out in card making and I had forgotten how much fun they could be! I took some snippets of glossy photographic card, sprayed with water and started dropping drops of the ink onto the wet paper and watching in awe as they rippled out into these pools of vibrant, fiery colours.
I only have three of these Adirondack inks and four snippets of glossy paper, so I made four, small background pieces. Because of the snippets I am linking again to Pixie's Snippets Playground #214 and I am also linking to Freshly Made Sketches #221 following the wonderfully open sketch by Karren
As I was late making last years Christmas cards, I am going to try to spread them out this year, so it isn't such a rush. I thought this one would make a change from the usual type of Christmas cards that I usually make and so I used a Christmas sentiment.
Details below photos.
First I ran a plain, white base card through a WRMK embossing folder 'Gemstone', then I drew a thin border around one of the small background pieces with a gold metallic marker, I spritzed with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (more old stock from around the same time as the Adirondacks). Then, after letting it dry completely, I heat embossed the sentiment - Clearly Besotted 'Brushed Greetings' in white embossing powder and finished off with three - yes, you guessed it - old 'gems' from stash!
Unfortunately the Glimmer Mist didn't photograph very well and it just looks like dirt, but in real life, it shimmers a stunning copper colour!
Thank you for visiting today and I will visit you in return! Have a lovely week! Hazel xx
