Rice Paper

Rice Paper

Hallo Everyone!

Loving the lighter evenings now

although there's still time for

crafting............

Louise Thomson is with us

today to start the new theme 

with a useful door hanger 

"Today I’ve been having a play with beautiful rice paper. 

It’s so versatile, you can add it to pretty much 

any alterable item to make a beautiful gift.

Start with an alterable door hanger

and give it a coat of white gesso

front and back

Next gild the edges with green gilding wax applied with a soft cloth

I chose a garden print rice paper and 

selected some of my favourite parts to 

start decoupaging together.

Don’t worry about having overhanging edges – 

these can be tidied up once you’re happy with the arrangement. 

I found little bits of foliage and flowers could be used

 to soften the edges between joins.  

Fix the paper down with a decoupage glue, 

or alternatively use a 50/50 mix of pva and water. 

Once it is really dry, sand the edges in 

downward strokes to get a neat finish. 

There happened to be a wodge of sandpaper 

on my desk but a sanding block would be the

 ideal tool for this

Blend a selection of distress inks on to 

smooth finish card. 

I used bundled sage and pumice stone. 

From this, die cut the lettering you require.

Paint a little fresco paint on to your door hanger in patches 

where you wish to add your lettering. 

I used nougat which has a lovely opaque finish 

but you can still see some of the print through the paint. 

Once dry, glue on the lettering.

Stencil on some more distress ink to tie the whole theme together.

Here is the finished front....

..... and the back"

Project materials:

MDF door hanger

White Gesso

Rice paper

Fresco paints

Adhesive

Distress inks

White smooth finish card

Sandpaper/Sanding block

Alphabet letter dies

Green gilding wax

Stencil

Thank you Louise - such a useful way 

to let the family know where to find you

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buildings

Hi There!

All wrapped and warm?

Pretty chilly here..........

A little gentle crafting might

just help to get the blood

flowing................!

Here's Angela Radford with

one stamp and lots of buildings:

 Started by stamping the Carabelle London buildings stamp 

on the right hand side of a kraft card blank.

Next I stamped the buildings on the left side with

a second generation application 

and the London sign along the top of the card, 

then started highlighting the building with a white pen.

As I couldn't decide on the colour for the focal image at this stage, 

I stamped the building several times onto different coloured 

left-over sprayed card and embossed them.

 Now I stamped the buildings again, 

this time onto white card and heat embossed it. 

These are great stamps with very clear images as I'm sure you will agree.

Now cut out sections from the stamped images on the coloured card, 

more than one if you are feeling adventurous. 

Attach the coloured pieces to the main stamped image 

on the white card and then cut out mats from your chosen card

 and layer these together.

 I also stamped a sentiment on the bottom right.

And here we have the finished card! 

All mounted up and some matching gems from my stash 

to complete the design.

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Supplies:

Carabelle Studio Stamps : London
Tim Holtz sentiment stamp.
Craft Card blank.
White stamping card.
Black Archival Ink.
Spray inks.
White Pen.
Clear embossing powder.

Fabulous card Angela; thank you

very much for the inspiration

I will have to get that stamp

I couldn't make up my mind which

town I wanted...........

but now I know I have to have

at least London and Paris......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers

Hallo Everyone!

Finished all those lovely Christmas

goodies?  The chocs, the cakes,

the biscuits?.................

Wardrobe Gremlins shrunk

your clothes?

...........Time for the New Year Diet

then................Good Luck

Here is Louise Thomson with a

beautiful card to take your mind

off the D word! ......

I started by blending spun sugar distress ink 

all over some smooth finish white card and then added

 highlights using the candied apple ink.

I stamped the Honeydoo Floral Corner Flourish three times 

to create a cascade effect across the page.

In the background I stamped parts of the stamp again

in spun sugar to create a light textured look. 

I then painted the flowers using Fresco Finish paints

 in Pixie dust and Nougat.

I stamped the image again, then painted 

and cut out the flowers. 

Using the Nougat Fresco Finish paint I added little hearts 

around the border, then joined them up using 

a white gelly roll pen.

I inked up a spare bit of smooth finish card 

using the same inks as before. 

Using the gelly roll pen I added a message and doodled border.

Finally I assembled everything and added 

wink of stella to the flowers for a bit of shimmer.

Products used;

Distress inks – Spun sugar and candied apple

Honeydoo floral corner flourish stamp

Fresco paints – Pixie dust and Nougat

White smooth finish card

Double sided tape

Wink of Stella

Sakura gelly roll pen

Beautiful card Louise and you have

managed to show us the shimmer you

get from the Wink of Stella ...... lovely!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hallo Everyone!

We have a new theme this week:

Card-I-O stamps 

The DT have been keen to show

what they make of these stamps - 

and it is all good..............

We start off with

Louise Thomson

One of the lovely things about versa magic ink pads 

compared with others is that they maintain their colour 

when stamped on dark card. 

I wanted to make the most of this quality for my project 

and so worked with a black base card for a bit of a change.

Start by inking up a branch stamp with clear embossing ink. 

Sprinkle with white embossing powder, 

tap off the excess and heat to set. 

I used branches from two different Card-i-o sets stamped several times, 

but one would do fine. 

Stamp the small flower from the sakura blooms set using spring pansy ink 

Stamp the side-on flower in pink petunia. 

Add more flowers using purple hydrangea. 

Finally add in some leaves using Aloe Vera. 

Now for the slightly nerve wracking bit... 

line up two nesting square dies 

and cut your image in to three squares. 

Mount each square on a piece of white card with a narrow border. 

Layer them up together and stick down with double sided tape.

Add finishing touches with a stamped butterfly 

and dots of stickles glitter in the centres of the flowers."

Materials used

Black card

White smooth finish card

Clear Embossing ink

White embossing powder

Card-io Stamps: Summer wreath, Sakura blooms, Pleasant Pastures

Versamagic inks in spring pansy, pink petunia, purple hydrangea and aloe vera Nesting square dies

Stickles – diamond

Double sided tape 

Lovely project Louise.  Thank you.

Makes me think that Spring is not so

very far away......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx