Hot Off the Press!! - Mini Flower Pot Pocket Card Tute

After flat camera batteries & a few computer battles, I have managed to put together a tute for a mini flower pot like my JAI entry (here).

I've used the current SU SAB ribbon & brad goodies with my tute sample:-

 

If you would like a copy of the tute, please drop me a note in the comments (of either post) & I'll forward it to you.  

Please make sure you leave your email address if you are commenting via blogger, thanks.  :)

Helen  :)

 

Just Add Ink #105 - Mini Flower Pot

Hi folks, thought I might try something new & give you a snippet of my project before you get to see the whole thing.  :)

This week the lovely ladies at JAI have a colour challenge & they have provided these pretty, pastel colours to whet your crafting appetite:-

Do you remember the flower pot cards that were all the rage a while ago?  Well, I decided to make a mini version, using these sweet colours & the petal cone die from SU.

Here's my little flower pot (with magnetic strips attached to the back of the pot, so the recipient can display it on their fridge/filing cabinet):-

The flowers are all attached to the card insert, & it looks like this once it's opened:-

I am in the process of making up a PDF tute on how to make these, so if you would like a copy once it's ready, please drop me a note in the comments & I'll forward it to you.  Please make sure you leave your email address if you are commenting via blogger, thanks.  :)

Here is an upscaled version I made for the lovely Bronwyn Eastley, who is the "Queen of Easel Cards":-

 

Card Components (All SU)
Cardstock:  Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Sentiments (just for you), Texture Jumbo Wheel
Ink:  Pool Party, Crumb Cake
Other:  Petal Cone Die, Blossom Party Die, Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Jewellery Tag Punch, Clear Bitty Buttons, Circle Punch from Bitty Punches, 1.3/8" Circle Punch, Wisteria Ruffled Ribbon

Pike's Playground Challenge - Coloured Clown

There's a sketch challenge over at Pike's Playground & here's my entry:-

& here's the sketch:-

I have lots of Dustin's awesome images, & this one was already printed, crying out to be coloured.  I've used Prismacolor pencils with gamsol to blend, then he's been fussy cut & popped up on dimensionals.  His balloons & nose have been coated with Crystal Effects & his buttons & toe-caps have been clear glazed.

Funny thing is, the neon pink balloon was a dark magenta colour before it was "affected" by Crystal Effects???!!!

Card Components
Cardstock:  Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight (both SU)
Papers:  Kaiser 6x6 pads
Stamps:  Digital Clown by Dustin Pike, SU Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Other:  Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, SU Scallop Border Punch, Crystal Effects, Clear Glaze Pen, SU Decorative Label Punch (trimmed straight), Dimensionals

JAI #103 - Marianne Designs Butterfly Die

This week's challenge from the team at JAI is to Just Add Red & White.  I've gone with a very simple design to showcase this stunning butterfly die:-

I've used the die two ways, both as a cut out & an embossed background on the base card.

Here's a shot of the components before I assembled the card:-

I embossed the butterfly on Xpress It cardstock (which is actually for Copic colouring, but it is a nice heavyweight paper).  I sprayed the paper with Isocol before I embossed, to give a nice deep impression & then sprayed the sheet with a white shimmer paint/alcohol mix to give the lovely sparkle.  Here's a tip for you - I taped the embossed sheet to the back of my cutting mat while it was drying to stretch it out & prevent it from warping too much.

Here's the card before I attached the die-cut butterfly:-

& the completed card from above, so you can see both butterflies:-

A big thank you to the lovely Bronwyn Eastley for sharing her love of butterflies & "enabling" me with this purchase, lol!

Card Components
Cardstock:  SU Real Red, Xpress It
Stamps:  SU Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Ink:  SU Real Red
Other:  SU White Shimmer Paint, Isocol, Marianne Designs Butterfly Die, Kaiser Grosgrain Ribbon

Freshly Made Sketches #19 - Miss Anya

This week I have managed to squeeze in an entry at the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge, where you can find this fabulous sketch by Jen:-

I have rotated the sketch anticlockwise by 90 degrees & come up with this:-

 

 

I've used a cute Miss Anya image which I orginally stamped on watercolour paper so I could colour her with my stamp pad inks & an aquapainter.  Anyway, while I was away camping over the Australia Day weekend, I coloured her with prismacolor pencils instead.  Here's a close-up:-

 

I did the colouring without any regard for cardstock colours, but really like the somewhat unusual combination of SU's peach parfait, perfect plum, white shimmer & razzleberry satin ribbon.  Definitely not colours I normally would pull out to use together!  

Miss Anya is fussy cut & popped up on dimensionals & the matted shimmer panel is also raised on dimensionals:-

 

This image was lots of fun to colour, as were her two sisters who might make an appearance some time soon.  :)

The Freshly Made Design Team have some great inspiration pieces & there are some fabulous entries that you can check out at the FMS blog here.

Card Components  (all SU except as noted)

Cardstock:  Peach Parfait, Perfect Plum, Shimmer White, Watercolour Paper

Stamps:  Vintage Labels (retired)

Other:  Jewellery Tag Punch, Razzleberry Ribbon, Pearls, Dimensionals, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

Non SU:  Prismacolor pencils, Miss Anya stamp (by the Greeting Farm), Forever Jet Black Archival Ink

Faux Silk

Hi there, unfortunately no challenge entries happening here this week, so I thought I might share a simple sympathy/support card with you:-

This one uses the easy, but very effective, faux silk technique.  Here's a close up of the lovely texture it creates:-

It also allowed me to reverse the image, as you can see from the envelope.

All supplies except the tissue paper & string are SU.  Please drop me a line if you'd like more details.

Hope you all enjoy your Australia Day celebrations tomorrow!

JAI #100 - Just Add Crowns

After a nice long break, I thought I might try my hand at the challenge at Just Add Ink this week, to "just add crowns".  So that's what I did (21 of them!)

Here's my card:-

I've made the background paper by versamark stamping & then black embossing the crown from SU's Artistic Etchings.  It looks great when the light hits it:-

I have used the decorative label punch under the oval sentiment panel, but wanted to remove the spikey points.  Here's how I did that:-

Make sure you go check out all the fabulous DT projects - JAI have put together a fun blog hop to celebrate their #100 Challenge milestone.  Congratulations Ladies!

Card Components  (all SU) 
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Poppy Parade
Stamps:  Artistic Etchings, Tiny Tags, Afterthoughts (retired)
Inks:  Versamark
Other:  Decorative Label, Wide Oval & 1.3/8" Circle Punches, Black Embossing Powder, Silver Embossing Powder, Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals