Crafty Emotions

Crafty Emotions

Hi There!

We have an anniversary card

from Hazel Harler today and

again, not a hint of you know

when in sight!

So sit back and prepare to

enjoy................

"Hi everyone, today I have an Anniversary 

card to share with you.

I used this lovely Crafty Emotions bird stamp set.

I stamped the two birds onto white card

 using black Archival ink.

I used watercolour paints to colour the background.

The birds were masked before I used a stencil

 and picked raspberry distress ink 

on the background.

 I used some watercolour paint on the edges

 and let it run a little then I added some 

blue splatters.

I removed the masks and coloured the birds 

with the watercolour paints.

The front of a card blank was stencilled with 

picked raspberry distress ink

I stamped, painted and cut out the

 Honey Doo flowers and flourish.

I glued the topper to the card blank and

 added some ribbon, the flowers and 

some blue gems to the centre of the flowers."

Supplies:

Card blank.

White card.

Crafty Emotions stamps.

Water colours.

Stencil.

Distress ink.

Honey Doo Craft stamps.

Ribbon and Gems

Beautiful card Hazel, thank you

very much

The flowers give the card that

little bit of a lift from ordinary

to interesting, don't you think?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Gifted

Gifted

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are sitting

comfortably and ready for 

the first of this week's

fantastic makes

Today Hazel Harler is

going to show us how to

manipulate a die so you

only cut part of it......

If that doesn't make sense

it will do, just read on.....

 "My latest project is a pop up gift card holder, 

I made one for a birthday but they are a great idea 

for Christmas - it'll be here before we know it........

I used a piece of card 12" x 6", 

the card was scored down the middle and 

an inch each side of the middle. 

You can also use a card blank, 

just score 1" each side of the fold.

To cut a slot for the gift card I folded 

the card in half and used only part of a die.

As well as cutting the slot I used the 

die to cut out a whole piece.

Put some glue either side fo the slot, 

after I put the card together I realised 

that I should have put a line of glue just on 

the edge of the folds to stop the gift card

 going all the way through.

The finished fold.

I used a Honey Doo Crafts stamp set to 

stamp some flowers onto white card.

 I coloured some card by putting some 

Distress Oxide onto a craft mat, 

spraying it with water and smooshing 

the card through the ink.

 I used a stencil with worn lipstick Distress Oxide

 - I'm very sorry about the state of my stencil,

 it's very old and been used a lot.

 I cut the card into three and stamped the 

Honey Doo flowers, I used a water brush and 

Distress Oxide to colour the flowers

I used double sided tape to stick the

 card and the die cut to the inside of 

the card blank.

I cut out the flowers and coloured them 

and some ribbon with Distress Oxide ink.

I added the ribbon and glued the flowers 

to the card, I finished the flowers off with

 some dewdrops in their centres.

The last thing to do was to put 

the gift card into the slot."

Supplies:

Card 12" x 6" or a card blank.
Die.
Honey Doo Craft stamps.
Distress Oxide.
Stencil.
Archival ink for stamping.
Ribbon.
Wet glue.
Double sided tape.
Dew Drops or gems.
Sentiment stamp.

Hazel that is a lovely 

Gift Card Holder and

thank you for showing how 

to die cut a slot.

I really am hopeless when it

comes to die cutting just a a

little of the die - it always seems

so simple and having followed

Hazel's pictures I have

actually managed it........

There's hope for all of us yet!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Hi There!

We continue our celebration

of Van Gogh today with

Louise Thomson, who has

been inspired by the Sunflowers

.........indeed, thanks to the

art posters in our classrooms

we were all probably 

influenced by them.....

"It's quite a tall order to try

 and replicate the style of one of 

the world's most recognised artists, 

but when I think van Gogh, 

I think sunflowers, 

which just so happen to be 

one of my favourite flowers. So...

I made a background using distress oxides

Added some stencilling

And stamped my own version of sunflowers, 

which I think are actually daisies from

 a PaperArtsy set.

Some fresco paint helped bring out the 

sunflower look a little more. 

I also added some gold alchemy wax 

around the edge as though to frame it.

I stamped parts of a honeydoo stamp 

to give it a bit of greenery.

 Then to help the flowers stand out, 

I blended green distress ink

 around them.

Using the stencil again I added texture 

paste and once dry I guilded it using 

alchemy wax.

I have been tempted many times to 

start an art journal and so decided to 

make this the front cover of one. 

I just stitched together a wadge of 

 thick white paper and mounted my own

 'Van Gogh' to the front.

Who knows, maybe you'll be seeing some 

art journal pages from me shortly?!"

Materials:

Honeydoo floral corner flourish stamp

Paperartsy E3 Tracey Scottstamps 06 

Non-stick craft mat

Acrylic block

Blending tool

Mister spray

Distress inks

Distress oxides

Kaisercraft 12x12 mini mix stencil

Fresco paints

Alchemy wax – Inca gold

Grunge paste

Thank you Louise, super project

and what a good idea to make

your own art journal........

Think we would all be

interested to see some 

art journal pages.....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Fond Farewell

Fond Farewell

Hallo Everyone,

Our subject today is the

final farewell and probably

the hardest one to say

Craftyfield is here with

a beautifully simple card

"Bereavement is one of these difficult 

card occasions and it is best 

to be prepared with a ready made card. 

Failing that, this quick and easy CAS 

card should come in handy if you 

need a Sympathy card at short notice.

For subject matters, I err on the side 

of caution and only use flowers, 

these are not times to try out

 the weird, funny or grungy...

I selected this beautiful flower, using

 only the one stem because a single

bloom has a poignancy that a 

(cheerful) bouquet doesn't.

This design will work with pretty much

 any flowers, including all the lovely 

Honeydoo flower stamps.

For a quick card and a CAS design 

dot the cardstock with paints 

and run a palette knife or gift card 

(used up of course!) to spread the paint.

 No need to fuss but I tried to keep 

the surface smooth since I intended

 to stamp on top.

The Fresco paints I used dry quickly and

 do not buckle the card if applied

 sparingly as I did.

 I inked the flower in pink first and 

added some violet towards the 

bottom of the flower. 

With the smaller pads this mixing colours

 on the stamp is a lot easier than with the 

regular Archival pads!

Because the Fresco paints are matt 

there's no need to heat set the inks, 

but to make sure everything is dry 

before handling a quick blast with the 

heat gun is a good idea.

Before sticking to my base card I 

die-cut the cardstock with a simple

 rectangular shape.

As I finished the card, I got commissioned 

to make a tag to for a remembrance,

 which needed to be water resistant, 

since it would be outside (on a flower pot).

 I used the same Archival inks and against 

the white you get a better idea of how 

deep and vibrant the colours are. 

After stamping, I applied gel medium on 

both sides and now my tag will be waterproof.

Supplies:

Fresco paints
Honeydoo flower
Archival mini inkpads
Archival black inkpad

Sentiment from my own collection."

Thank you Craftyfield

for a beautiful project

and a very handy tip

for waterproofing a

tag

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx