Chill with music

 Lockdown can be a really stressful time - I like to chill out in my craft room with my inks and paints - some like to listen to music - why not do both?

Here’s my Chill card made using one of Picket Fence Studios Beautiful Girls stamp and the Chill sentiment from Sunshine Bee Designs.

I stamped the girl on a small piece of card using black onyx Versafine and coloured in with watercolours. I then fussy cut it out.

Using Distress Oxides I made 2 backgrounds, one in hickory smoke, the other in the denim blue.   

To give the background depth, I second generation stamped an old music score stamp out of my stash randomly on the blue background using Smokey Grey Versafine, randomly.

I cut this layer to fit nicely inside the grey background and applied silver Gilding wax around the outside, then mounted onto a black layer.

Next glue the Beautiful Girl onto the bottom Left corner.

Stamp the Chill stamp using Black Versafine onto the blue background.

Attach all the layers together and add to an A5 card blank.

All done - hope you enjoy using these techniques.

Bye for now

Maria 

Live Life

Hi everybody,

This weeks card is called Live Life, this card features a stamp set from Visible Image called Tomorrow Doesn't Exist.

This stamp is available from The Little Paper Tree Shop - just follow the link.  Don't forget to use discount code gail10 for 10% off your order.

Here's what you will need:

A4 White Stamping Card
Distress Oxide Inks - Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry
Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Black Soot
Spectrum Noir Harmony ink Midnight (dark blue)
Versafine - Onyx Black
Versamark
Ranger White Embossing Powder
White Gesso
3D Foam
Sequins
Black Card for mounting
A5 Card Blank

Here's how I made it:

1. Stamped the Distress Oxides and the Salty Ocean Distress Ink onto a blending mat, spritzed it with water and swooshed the stamping card through it until you are happy with the effect.
2. Dry thoroughly with a heat gun.
3. Stamp the main image with Versamark and emboss with White Embossing Powder.
4. Add a bit of water to the White Gesso and splash all over the topper.  Let this dry.
5. Blend the edges firstly with the Dark Blue ink then the Black Soot Distress Ink.
6. Stamp the words onto a separate piece of white card, cut out and stick to the card using 3D Foam pads. 
7. Attach the odd sequin randomly.
8. Mount onto black card before attaching to the A5 card blank.

Hope you enjoy making my card.  If so, let me know.

Bye for now - more on Friday.

Maria

I need a holiday - thank you card for Teacher

Good morning,
It’s getting near the end of term at school - anyone want ideas for a thank you card for a Teacher. Here is mine:

What you need:

Card base - I used a 7x7 card base but you can easily change the backing papers to fit whatever size you choose 

Silver card

Patterned backing papers from your stash

Stamping card 

Distress Oxides - I used 3 in pinks and purples but you can choose your own preference

Versafine black ink pad

Robot stamp is one of Doodlins by Donna - available on her Etsy site

Border stamp from the set of bee stamps from Bee Crafty

Small button die or buttons

Double sided Tape - tacky glue

Paintbrush

Foam pads

White gel

Tiny gems

Here’s what I did:

Firstly I stamped the robot image into stamping card and  used my oxides to colour him in, then detail cut him out (apart from the antenna).

Next, I took my three oxides, stamped them into my blending mat and spritzed them with water.  I then swiped and dabbed a piece of stamping card A6 sized  through it.  Dry this off thoroughly with your heat gun or leave to dry naturally.  Once dry, I splatted the same colours onto the top using a brush and dried it off again.

 I stamped the Robot again, using the Versafine pad, onto the middle of the background and using the darkest oxide randomly stamped some of the background images from Donnas stamps onto the background and stamped one of the Bee Crafty Borders round the outside if this card.

Next, glue the already cut out robot over the top of the stamped background card so that the antennas are in the correct place.  I then used my white gel pen and gems to highlight areas of the Robot.

Finally, layer up the patterned paper and silver card on a jaunty angle (I used double sided tape) and put your robot on top. Add the die cut buttons to the corners and stamp, mat and layer a sentiment to finish off your card.

I hope that made sense, please let me know how you go on! 

See ya l8r

Maria