Blue Lantern

 Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all well.

Today's card is made up of bits and pieces I started ages ago but then did not do anything with!! For example I had embossed the Cherry Blossom onto acetate and painted then put away, it was a trial thing! I did the same with three hanging lanterns and the ripple card I had painted and embossed just to see what it looked like then put that aside to use at a later date so yesterday I decided to put them together to make my own version of one of Sheena Douglass cards.

I cut a piece of Black card and embossed it with Sheena Douglass Little Bit Oriental-Sakura Silhouette then just around the edge (as the rest would be covered) I added some Creative Expressions Gilding Wax, first Spring Green then on top of that I used Cast Copper. This gave a lovely oldie look to the card it was a shame it was being covered up!!!

With some Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Silver card I had lightly washed over it with Tim Holtz Distress Inks Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac then ran it through Sheena Douglass Little Bit Oriental Embossing Folder Water Ripple, I inked round the edge slightly with Tumbled Glass. 

As I had said earlier I had stamped the Cherry Blossom from  S.D  L.B.O Sakura stamps onto Crafters Companion Heat Resistant Acetate using my Versamark Stamp Pad and embossed with Papermania Embossing Powder Black Sparkle then painted the back of it with Reeves Acrylic Paints; Crimson Red and Titanium White.

On more Acetate I stamped one of the Lanterns from S.D L.B.O. Lanterns stamps as above but painted it in with Reeves Acrylic Paint Ultramarine.  

I then decided to stamp onto the left of the card, using the silhouette blossom and Chinese writing from S.D L.B.O. Sakura stamps with T.H Black Soot to fill in the bare space.

I attached the Cherry Blossom and Lantern with Pinflare Silicone Glue, I did not add a sentiment so it left the card open for any occasion. 

There you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking , Jacquie xxx

The Lily Pond

Morning Crafters, today I have my interpretation of a Sheena Douglass' card.

I first cut to size a piece of Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card-Gold. On my glass cutting board I placed some ink from Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac, with a damp paintbrush I picked up the ink from each of these colours and washed over the card so I had the Blue & Green tones at the bottom with the Lilac at the top, then I left this to dry.




Once dry I stamped Sheena Douglass Little Bit Orient - Koi & Waterlilies towards the bottom of the card, using more ink I painted the waterlilies in certain areas to add tone. I added two more lily pads further up the card, though wish I hadn't but once done could not change it! With my Versamark Stamp Pad I stamped the lilies from the same set on top of a few lily pads and heat embossed them with Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder Tropic Pearl Lustre & Tropic Yellow Lustre and painted these in using Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Victorian Velvet & Squeezed Lemonade.

Using Sheenas' Little Bit Oriental - Sakura I stamped the blossom at the top of the card with Shaded Lilac then using Reeves Acrylic Paints Crimson & Titanium White I painted in the blossom. Once this was dry I used the Sakura stamp with my Versamark Stamp Pad and stamped over the painted blossom then heat embossed with Papermania Embossing Powder Black Sparkle, I did miss a couple of places but it does not seem to matter. I painted the branches with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

Using a piece of Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card I stamped my sentiment from JustRite Large Fancy Sentiments using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot and die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Majestic Elements Exquisite Circles, still in the die I inked with Victorian Velvet. I stuck this onto some Black card and cut around the edge leaving a boarder.

With my main focal image dry I matted & layered onto Black card then onto Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card Pastel (Pink), then once more onto Black card before attaching it to my 8 x 8 base card.

To finish the card off I placed my sentiment in the middle of the card on the left.

Thank you for looking, I hope you like it? Jacquie xxx

Cherry Blossom

Morning crafters, Thought I would try out one of Sheena Douglass techniques, though it did not turn out as well as I had hoped it was not too bad so I turned it into a card anyway.

I started with my usual 8 x 8 Base White Scalloped card, with some Crafters Companion centura White card-Silver I ran it through Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder - Sakura, trimmed to size and attached it to my base card.

With a piece of Crafters Companion Heat Resistant Acetate I stamped Sheena Douglass Little Bit Orient Stamps- Sakura using my Versamark Ink Pad, I covered it with Heat it Up Embossing powder-Black Sparkle, turning the acetate over I scribbled on the back with Letraset Pro markers-Pink Lobster, Tequila Sunrise, Island Lagoon and Amethyst, with some Creative Expression Solvent Blending Solution on a pan scourer I dabbed this over the ink so they blended into one another, this is where it did not work too well as though I had used the brightest, boldest colours they faded quite quickly, so next time I shall try with Spectrum Noir pens. I heated it a little just to dry it off then attached this to some Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card-Pastels (Gold) using Some flower brads from Papermania, I then matted this onto some more of Centura card-Pastel but this time in a shade of Pink.

With another piece of pastel card I embossed using Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-lites -Petite Lables One and cut round the very edge, with some more Centura Pearl card I stamped my sentiment from Sheena Douglass Little Bit Orient-Sakura using Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Black Soot, I die cut using the same die from Petite Lables One and matted & layered these together, I then attached them to the front  of the card as seen with some foam pads.

There you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx