Bird House

Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all safe and well, thank you for visiting me today, its much appreciated, I do read all your lovely comments and view your blogs if you have one, please leave a link to your blog if you do have one then I can return the favour.

This was another little mixed media card I did, the base card is using the 'leather' card, this is matted and layered using designer paper and Peacock papers, in-between those I have placed a doily. I have added two corners on top of the Peacock paper.

The top layer is designer paper again that has been embossed with the Lattice mask then inked with Vintage Photo through a Brick work Stencil before being painted over with a thick layer of Crackle Glaze, this does not crackle as much as I would like it too and I do not think it shows up on these images too well either, sorry.

The Bird house stamp was a free gift along with some Art products I ordered from Paper Artsy, I stamped it with Vintage Photo then heat embossed with Copper embossing powder then inked over with Rusty Hinge, cut it out a stuck to the front of the card with foam pads.

I stamped the Bird from Anne Marie Birdcage set on top of the bird house then added two dragonflies from DM Flutterby stamps using Black Archival Ink.

A little card which did not take too long to make, I have left the sentiment off until I decied a use for it lol!

Items Used:

Printable Heaven Leather Card Cream

Anne Marie Floral Bird Cage Stamps 

Debbie Moore Flutterby Stamps- Dragonflies (free with magazine)

Theresa Collins Designer Paper Pad

Heartfelt Creations Peacock 12 X 12 Paper Pad

Do Crafts Paper Doilies

Sue Wilson Configurations Dainty Lace Edger

White Card

Ranger Dina Wakley Mixed Media Stencil

Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask Lattice

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo & Rusty Hinge

Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint

Paper Artsy Bird House Stamp

Papermania Embossing Powder Copper

Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Birthday Wish

Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all well, lots of hugs to those who don't.

Its my Sisters birthday today so I wish her a very Happy Day, she lives in France so no doubt shes arranged a day out somewhere with friends.

Today's post is not her Birthday card but one I did a while ago  and have not got round to putting it on here as I was not 'that' happy about it but I thought why waste all the time making it and not showing it lol!!

I started with my base card, this was one sheet of A4 Leather Look Cream card folded in half, along the bottom I scored it to add some interest.

I cut to size a piece of Black card and stenciled through the  wood grain mask using Copper metallic paint. On top of this I layered some card I had distressed with Forest Moss then another piece of card I distressed with Peacock Feathers and Abandoned Coral.

In two corners I added some modeling paste through a metal grid and left to dry.

In the center I placed half a doily that I had distressed with Forest Moss and stamped the word 'WISH' in the middle using Vintage Photo, on top of these layers I stamped the little bird and the gargoyle.

I found some bunting triangles so I placed them on top and added the letters to say 'Birthday'. Using modelling clay I made a frame and heat embossed it with Aged Aqua embossing enamel, In the center I added an old photo of a Family that I had printed of the internet.

I die cut a branch and some leaves, placed them around the frame but positioning the branch so it was under the bird, then added some tiny flowers either side of the frame after I had added some Diamond Snow to the petals.

To finish the card I added dots of glue around the dried paste circles and sprinkled some tiny beads over the top.

Items Used:

Printable Heaven Leather Look Card Cream

Black Card

White Card

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Peacock Feathers, Forest Moss, Abandoned Coral & Vintage Photo

Do Crafts Paper Doilies

Metallic Acrylic Paint Copper

Katy Sue Designs Fancy Frame

Stampendous Embossing Enamel Aged Aqua

7 Gypsies 5 Piece Cling Stamp Bird & WISH

Sheena Douglass Little Bit Magical Angels Amongst Us Gargoyle

Do Crafts Bunting

Tattered Lace Alphabet Die

Buckwell Craft Supplies Flowers

Creative Expressions Diamond Snow

Spellbinders Corner Sprigs

Spellbinders Cherry Blossom

Archival Ink Black

Metal Grid

I am entering this into http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/mid-post-ch-88-old-vintage-shabby-chic.html

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Christmas Rose

Morning my crafting friends hope you are all fine today? Thank you for visiting me I love to have you here.

Remember our Sheena is back tomorrow .Sheena Douglass is back on Create and Craft on Thursday 25 June at 8.00 & 11.00 a.m. and 2.00, 4.00, and 7.00 p.m with some NEW Christmas stamps and embossing folders. 
  
There are some fabulous stamps and folders and lots and lots of great inspiration from the DT and of course the lovely Sheena, the more inspiration the better right lol! 

I made a quick and simple card showing one of Sheena's folders 'The Christmas Rose' trying to keep it CAS. I wished I had embossed it again and cut the flowers out to place over the top of the others but we can all see in hindsight can't we lol!

I wanted to keep the flowers very soft so I painted them using AquaTints, just the outlines.

I printed my sentiment on the PC then die cut with Austrian Collection Corners, Boarders & Tags, placed this up in the top corner and there is the finished card.

Items Used:

Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Christmas Rose
Spectrum Noir AquaTints 
Create and Craft hammered card White
Sue Wilson Austrian Collection Corners, Boarders & Tags

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Silver Bells

Hello my crafting friends, hope this finds you all safe and well, if not hugs all round.

Now, most of you know now that I was extremely lucky to be invited onto Sheena Douglass DT  well not long  now  .....Sheena Douglass is back on Create and Craft on Thursday 25 June at 8.00 & 11.00 a.m. and 2.00, 4.00, and 7.00 p.m with some NEW Christmas stamps and embossing folders.  My cards won't feature on this one but there are some Fantastic examples from the other DT please do look in on the shows, you will not be disappointed.

I have done this little example of a new stamp entitled 'Silver Bells'.

I used two kinds of Hammered card on this, White & Blue matted and layered. On top I have letterpress embossed with the Ancient Arches Embossing folder and Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

I stamped the Bells onto White card and painted with AquaTints then cut out and placed on top of the embossed card.

I stamped the sentiment that comes with the stamp set onto White card and made a ribbon out of it matting it onto Blue Hammered card and placed this across the bottom of the card trying not to cover up too much of the embossed card.

There you have the finished card, dimensions are 7"X5".

Items Used:

Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Ancient Arches
Sheena Douglass Stamps Silver Bells
Spectrum Noir AquaTints 08; 22; 42; 74 & 99
Create and Craft Hammered Card White
Printable Heaven Hammered Card Blue
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pumice Stone
Archival Ink Black


If you love all Sheena then please do watch the shows for all the great inspirations from Sheena and the Design Team.

I am entering this into http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/challenge-267-always-anything-goes.html


Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Happy Father's Day Card

Hello my crafting friends, good to see you here, hope you are all well, plenty of hugs going for those of you who need them.

Thank you all so much for all your wonderful comments of late I really do appreciate them. I am still up in cloud 9 with joining Sheena's Design Team, the others have been extremely welcoming, a lovely team so full of talent. Maureen please feel free to use any technique I put on here, we are all crafters and crafters share right?

Now today's post is the Father's Day card I have made for my FIL, I know its early to show it but hey!!! I knew I wanted a Photography theme as he used to do quite a bit of photography and still does bits now from time to time. I wanted an old looking Photography theme, hopefully I have achieved it?

 

I first used a sheet of Kraft card and folded it in half to form the base. Using some White Hammer card I put it through the Movie Theme embossing folder twice to extend the pattern, I lightly inked over  the top of the embossed part with Black Soot to show up the film reels.

I had the idea of incorporating old pictures of my hubby & his brother when they were small children so after putting them onto Photoshop I inverted each image to turn them into a negative.

Using the film die I die cut some Black card so it looked like a negative and carefully glued the images behind, I did not have much space to glue as obviously I did not want the images to cover the film cog holes down the side of the negative, once attached I added a strip of Black card to the back to strengthen it up a little, I attached these to the embossed film part on the right side of the card to try and make it look like it was part of the film. Not sure I achieved this but I am sure you can see what I mean lol!.

Using some Kraft card cut to size I stamped some images  with Vintage Photo then  inked round the edge of the card to make it look darker and more sepia toned. On more Kraft card I stamped the sentiments and made them look like little tags, I inked round the edge of these, tied some twine through and put them to one side. I re stamped the small film strips twice and the camera using my Versamark ink pad and heat embossed them with Black embossing powder, I placed these over the original stamps on the Kraft card using foam tape, I felt this made them stand out a bit more. I attached this onto my base card at an angle along with the sentiment tags as seen.

I typed various words on the PC including 'Happy Father's Day' and printed them off, cut them out and placed them in the spare space on my card, there you have the finished card, hopefully my FIL will like it!

Items Used:

Create and Craft Kraft Card

Darice Embossing Folder Movie Theme

Creative Expressions Sam Poole Stamps Vintage Photography

Marianne Designs Collectables-COL 1390 (Film strip die)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Vintage Photo & Black Soot

Black Card

Papermania Embossing Powder Black

Versamark Ink Pad

Family Photos scanned in and inverted on Photoshop

Sentiment word typed up on the PC

I would like to enter this into http://anythingbutcutechallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/06/challenge-2-june-make-it-masculine.html
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/ch-88-old-vintage-shabby-chic.html
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/week-316-use-stamp.html 

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx