My card tonight uses the Stag die from within the Snowflake Wreath die set from John Lockwood. It has been die cut in Black and twice more on white card, then glued together. This is a good idea if you want to add some dimension but the image is too intricate for adding foam pads. The frame and the letters were die cut from cardstock I had inked with Oxides and water. Take your chosen colours, in this case Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet, dab some onto a mat and then spritz with water. Turn your cardstock onto right side and press into ink and swoosh around until you are happy. Heating in between and then adding more ink, creates a more oxidized effect. I stamped the Let it snow in Black ink across the bottom of the stitched rectangle from Presscut.
Framed Poinsettia
Framed Poinsettia
My class today was based around Distress Oxides . There has been a release of new colours and I wanted to show three different ways to use these wonderful ink pads.
Today’s card uses the Framed Poinsettia stamp from Woodware . I have used Candied Apple , Mowed Lawn and Tea Dye (last two are from the latest release) Oxides and coloured with a water brush on Watercolour card. The image has been stamped with Black Versafine ink. The side panel has been created using a Versamark ink and the stamp. The sentiment comes in pack .
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Let it Snow
Let it Snow
Creative Expressions Mini Stencils and Glitter Kisses paste with acetate
Hi there , hopefully you got some crafting in today because it was horrible weather outside. This is my last card from my acetate class using Creative Expressions Glitter Kisses Midnight Sparkle .
The stencil is also from Creative Expressions and is from their mini range. Very simple and easy to do and Glitter Kisses dries quicker than texture paste , which is why I use it in class.
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John Lockwood Snowflake Wreath
Today’s card is the second from my acetate class. It uses the John Lockwood Snowflake Wreath. I have coloured the die cut with some Ice Blue Shimmer Shakers by Creative Expressions. I die cut the large circle in the set and then cut a smaller circle in the centre . A piece of acetate was attached at the back. The stag die is part of the die set and has been die cut from Silver Mirror card . The sentiment is from Lisa Horton Christmas Mixer Sentiments stamp set and has been stamped onto the background acetate with Black Stazon Ink. Finished off with some gems in the centres of snowflakes and my favourite Itty Bitty Creative Expressions bow. Instead of attaching to a square card base I die cut another large circle and made it into a circle card. Tip: take a little off the bottom of the back circle to stop it wobbling when standing .
Hope you are having a great weekend and I will be back tomorrow with the last card from this class.
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Acetate class
Good evening, today’s card is the first from my class last week using acetate. There are several types/thickness of acetate. Just make sure if you want to use embossing powder on some it’s heat resistant ( it should say on package ). This acetate was quite thick and I wanted to emboss it with a embossing folder. It worked really well, the folder was Falling Snow from Creative Expressions and it’s 8”x8” so you need an A4 machine . Crafts too do a smaller Snow embossing folder if you don’t have a big machine.
The Poinsettia was made using the John Lockwood Poinsettia stamp and die set. It has been stamped on White card and embossed with Silver Sparkle Wow powder. The leaves are from Creative Expressions and are called Christmas Stems but I can see them being used all year. I die cut them in White card and coloured with Oxide Bundled Sage and Peeled Paint Ink, using a dauber so as not to rip the leaves. The circle frame has been cut with Presscut Stitched Circles on Silver Mirror card. Finished off with a sentiment die from Creative Expressions die cut several times to add dimension and I added some glitter drops on the leaves using Cosmic Shimmer glitter PVA ( which I made the night before and added when hard)
Hope you like the colour scheme, thought it would make a change from Red Poinsettias. Back tomorrow night with another idea for using acetate.
Have a great weekend
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Stylish Reindeer part 3
Here is my third card using the Woodware Stylish Reindeer stamp from Woodware.
It’s my take on a card my friend Gill designed . I used the Woodware Wood Panel stamp in the background using Versamark ink on Grey card, I stamped in twice to make a bigger piece as the card size is 7”x 5” . Then I used Wow White Embossing powder to hear emboss the Reindeer which has been stamped in my Wow ink or you could use Versamark ink. Once heat set it has been cut out using my Presscut Stitched Oval die. Finished off with Creative Expressions Itty Bitty bow die in some patterned card from Hobby House and I stamped the sentiment in Grey ink and added a gem.
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Stylish Reindeer part 2
Today I have my second card to share using the Stylish Reindeer stamp by Woodware.
This time I made a background using Shimmer shaker Denim Dash. I then stamped the reindeer with Black Archival ink. I made a frame using Presscut Stitched Circle dies and I used the left over bits from my Shimmer Shaker piece if card to create the snowflakes . These are from Dovecraft, but you can use any from your stash. The sentiment is included in the stamp set and I finished off with some gems.
Back tomorrow with the third card.
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One stamp three ways
One Stamp Three Ways
I am sharing one of three cards I made using the Stylish Reindeer stamp from Woodware. This card is completely flat besides the sentiment. I stamped the Reindeer in Walnut Stain ink, the foliage stamps are inked with Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Candied Peel and Walnut stain Oxide inks. I created a box with a pencil and then lined post it notes and when it was completed I went over it again with a Brown fine liner pen.
The sentiment comes in the stamp set and is inked with Candied Peel Oxide and mounted onto a scrap of Brown card. I finished off with some Diamond Stickles.
Back tomorrow with the second card
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John Lockwood New Release Stencil
Todays card using his new Snow stencil from Johns new collection . It has been inked through with Versacolor White ink. The tree, from his Winter tree stamp set from last year, has been embossed with Silver Sparkles from Wow. The Oval die is from Presscut and the snow drift at the bottom has been created using the Sue Wilson Hills and Clouds die set.
Don’t forget the sale is now on 20% off everything. Bookings also being taken for the Spellbinders Glimmer machine with the fabulous Christine Emberson on Saturday the 15th September. You can choose morning or afternoon times and the cost is £15.00. Here is a link to a little Facebook video she did of the machine. This is a great chance to have a lesson from the UK Spellbinders Ambassador and get to use this wonderful new machine before buying.
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John Lockwood New Release
Hi there, what a miserable bank holiday we are having !! hopefully the bad weather has given you an excuse to do some crafting.
My card today uses the new release Poinsettia stamp and die , together with the Holly Quilt stencil by John Lockwood .
The stamp gives you a sheet of flowers and the die matches them exactly so instead of stamping and die cutting individual flowers you can do them all in one go through the machine. I needed some foliage so I used the new Sue Wilson Christmas Stems die and I embossed the stencil and added some Creative Expressions Berry Red PVA. I finished off with Mark Richards Gold nailhead.
Apologies, wordpress wont let me upload photo, here is a link to our FB where I have posted the photo.
https://www.facebook.com/CraftPlusUK/
