Butterflies

Good Morning everyone

Todays 2 cards are using a lovely stamp set from uniko that i was lucky enough to win in a blog challenge, we got to pick the stamp set we would like and i had a difficult time deciding, so many lovely stamp sets that although this is my first set of stamps from uniko it certainly won't be my last😀 

The lovely verse in the set reads

'Butterflies drift in the gentle breeze, in an English country garden'

Ive made rare for me one layer cards with just the one stamp set.  In the last couple of weeks with the sunshine i saw quite a few butterflies which was lovely.

5.5" square base card.  For my first outing with the stamps i stamped the small solid butterfly onto the base with a red/orange ombre ink using the 2nd generation of ink too.  As its a textured hammer card it didn't stamp perfectly in places.  I then stamped the small details butterfly with grey archival ink and stamped the butterfly quote with black ink. 

I stamped 1 large and 2 small detailed butterflies onto white card and cut them out, gently curved their wings and added to the card with glue gel. I then added lots of gold gems to finish.

 

and take 2.  5.5" white linen cardbase.  This time i stamped with a blue/green ombre inkpad - ive had these ink pads years and they are brilliant for this kind of stamping.  I stamped the background the same as the first card.  

I then stamped the detailed butterflies & verse onto vellum.  The butterflies I coloured on the back with alcohol markers and then attached to white paper with just a little tacky pva down the middle of the bodies, once the glue was dry i cut around the vellum & paper at the same time.  This meant the paper was the same size as the butterfly but without the detailed stamping so that a nice clean paper was behind the vellum to really let the colours show.....i had tried the vellum butterflies direct on the background but the blue made them look muddy and layering onto a stamped version on white didnt look as crisp either. 

The butterfly verse i trimmed the vellum onto a strip and a matching size strip from white paper, i glued the white version to the card and then added the vellum version on top with a small line of glue on either side which i then hid under gems.  I also added gems to the butterfly bodies to finish. 

Hopefully this angle makes sense of how i made the butterflies, you can see the plain white paper versions under the vellum.

Items Used:

Uniko Stamps - English Country Garden - butterflies

Kaleidacolor inkpads - desert heat & Caribbean sea

Alcohol markers

Vellum

  

Thank you all for stopping by. Emmax

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-spring-challenge.html

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https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-233-things-with-wings.html

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Snails

Good Morning all.

Today im sharing a little simple one layer card for a friend having a hard time, i used my new snail stamps from Lavinia and an ombre ink pad - hopefully it gives my friend a little smile.

DL cardblank (approx 4x8") - After folding my card i die cut a scalloped border from the end to just add a little interest.  Using my stamp platform i simply stamped as many snails along the card as i could, i did the back for the card too.  I then took 3 small sentiments and stamped along the bottom - hugs&love, hang in there & sending good vibes.  I then stamped a little dragonfly and sun.  A little touch of glitter glue to finish.

Just showing how i did the back of the card too

and my insert using the 2nd snail in the stamp set and a nice big hugs stamp

Items Used:

Lavinia Snails & dragonfly stamps

Carabelle sun stamp - zinouk in jardin

Katzelkraft hugs stamp

little sentiment stamps

MFT scalloped edge die

ink pad - kaleidacolor 'carribean sea'

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a good day.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2020/07/challenge-491-use-real-stamp-no-digis.html

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http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2020/07/july-challenge-in-garden.html

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In the garden

Good Morning everyone, i hope you had a good weekend - boy did it rain!

DL card (approx 4x8")  I cut a scalloped edge (yep its not very even/straight - i blame the heat when making it😀) I then got stamping with my paperartsy flower stamps & carabelle Zinouk in the garden to create a scene.  I added a little water colour and doodled in some ground for them to stand on.  I wanted the middle sunflower to have a longer stem to when i stamped it i didn't ink the very end of the stem so i then took a fine liner pen to extend it to make a nice tall sunflower.  I stamped some dragonflies.  

I splashed some of the inks i used to colour my images onto the background too - i know im doing that alot at the moment but for me personally it just softens all the white without having too busy a background.

I then stamped the flower heads and zinouk onto white card, i then watercoloured the heads with wink of stella pens so they have a lovely shimmer.  I then cut the coloured flower heads out, using a craft knife to cut around the inside design part, i then used glue gel to decoupage them over the ones on the main panel.

I cut Zinouk out and left her uncoloured so she stands out in a bright colourful garden, i gently curved her to add shape and attached with glue gel.  I did give her more of a smile with a fine liner pen as she is a bit moody otherwise😀

You can see the depth on my flowers better here, i added a piece of paper similar colours to those on the front to the inside after cutting it with the scalloped edge die.

Items Used:

Paperartsy stamps Zinskiart ZA38

Carabelle Stamps SA60158 'Zinouk du jardin'

Lavinia dragonfly stamps

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

MFT scalloped edge die

Wink of stella pens

CraftUK smooth white card

Ombre pattern paper

Thank you for all stopping by once again.  I hope its a good week for you. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/challenge-189.html

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Funky Flowers

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a little DL card, a friends challenge was to use red, yellow & sky blue on a floral card, wanting to try out my new paperartsy stamps this was the outcome, a nice bright cheerful card. 

DL white card (approx 8x4")  I stamped the flowers direct onto the card front and doodled in some ground for them with a black fine line.  I stamped the flowers again onto white card and coloured them in simply with oxide inks and cut out the flower heads.  On the base card i splashed on some of the same inks to add interest to the background.  I coloured the leaves with green distress inks and the ground too.  I mounted the flower heads with foam tape to add dimension.  

Stamped sentiment to finish.  I went with Dream as i love nothing better than taking 10mins out of the day to sit in the garden and day dream, just listening to the life of the garden - a kind of meditation i guess.  I love listening to the garden birds but in my case its the screech of the Cornish Seagulls here😁

Just a little close up on my flowers, i added touches of glitter glue. 

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinskiart stamps 'ZA38'

Crafters companion sentiment stamp

Oxide inks - candied apple, lemonade, tumbled glass, salty ocean

Diskress inks - pistachio, twisted citron

Diamond stickles

CraftUk ltd white smooth 300gsm card

Thank you all for stopping by once again, i do hope you have a good week.  Ive had toothache all last week so of to the dentist today.....will be good to get off soft food and onto something with crunch!  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/week-554-say-it-with-flowers.html

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http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-413-new-stash.html  - my flower stamps are new

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http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-114-for-january-winners-of.html - my stamps are new

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https://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-2020-creative-challenge.html

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Thank you

Good Morning Everyone

Today im sharing a small set of one layer CAS stamped thank you cards.  I used my ombre ink pads - i decided before chrismtas i need to use them much more as they are years old and they are so effective. 

5x5 White linen cardblank. Using the ink pad ive stamped the crazy cat stamps and their accessories randomly over the card and then stamped the sentiment - learning from this first card i stamped the sentiment first on the next one to get it more central - for this first card i had orginally planned to stamp the greeting seperately and die cut into a shape but after stamping the cats i thought it would be a shame to hide them. 

2nd version using the crazy dogs.

and 3rd version using Hobbyart linocut hare stamps and the cappuccino inkpad. I also doodled in a stitched border with a co-ordinating fine liner pen.  Was pleased how effective the inkpad was on a more solid design than the crazy cats/dogs.

These are the ink pads, looking at the open one, the little tab to the left you slide and it slides the different ink colours together so that you get a seamless join inking up stamps, then you slide them apart for storage so they don't seep into the colour beside.  Im not sure why i haven't used them more but this year that is changing!

Items Used:

Tim Holtz crazy cats & dogs mini stamps

Hobbyart 'lino cut hares' stamp set

Stampin up 'sassy salutations' sentiment stamp

Kaleidacolour ink pads - caribbean sea & cappuccino

CraftUK ltd white linen cardstock

Brown fine liner pen

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.  Emma

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january-challenge-something-new-or- old   - ive used something old - the ink pads

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http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-favourite-stamps.html - my fav stamps are the tim holtz crazy cats & dogs

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One Layer Card

 Good Morning everyone.  

Today im sharing a very rare one layer card for me.  So again i dug out the inks, stencils and a couple of stamps.

I first folded a piece of CraftUk ltd smooth white card in half for my base.  I stamped the flower stamp to the left side and masked them with pebeo drawing gum.  I then inked up the background with original distress inks in tones of greens, i then splashed with water and dabbed dry with tissue.  I then stenciled over the top with Oxide inks in the same greens. I splashed some ink over the white section just to tie it all together.  I then removed the masking gum to reveal the white untouched flowers.  I coloured these with Clear wink of stella pen so they glitter in the light.

I then stamped my 2 lavinia hares, i used my stamp platform and over stamped them a few times to get them a nice solid black.  I then doodled in some ground for the flower & hares with a black fine liner pen.  I then lightly stamped in grey a dictionary stamp for the ground.   

A close up. When i took the photo i hadn't decided on a sentiment but then a friend had a little accident so sent it to her to give her a smile hopefully.  

Hopefully you can just make out the shimmery glitter of the clear wink of stella pen i added to the flowers. 

Items Used:

Honeydoo flower stamp

Lavinia Hare stamps

Stampin up Dictionary stamp

Altenew Stencil

Distress Inks Evergreen bough, twisted citron, peacock feathers

Distress oxide inks Evergreen bough, twisted citron, peacock feathers

CraftUk ltd smooth white card

Clear wink of stella pen

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a brilliant week, maybe we will see some sunshine😊.  Emmax

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Pet Sympathy card

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a sad card to make, for a good friend who had to say goodbye to her furbaby. 

6x6 white linen cardbase.  I first stenciled the heart pawprints onto the card base using original distress inks in grey and black.  I die cut a heart that was big enough to cover the large paw print to the right and stenciled the large paw print with red ink and then the rest with grey.  

I then die cut the paw prints across the middle of the heart keeping all the little 'waste' bits.  I added a piece of patterned paper to the inside of the card.  I then closed the card and piece by piece and alot of patience i glued all the paw prints pieces back into place, so that they are glued to the inside of the card but when closed line up with the original die cuts on the front of the card - photo below will make more sense hopefully.  I had to close the card and glue them in through the paw print die cut so that i could line it all up.

I then lined the die cut heart up in place on the front.  I then stamped the crazy dog stamp twice and coloured him in, this is the stamp that looked the most like a little westie dog.  I then fussy cut him out and added to the card front.  Stamped sentiment to finish. 

Hopefully you can see the heart behind the dog better here

a close up and this shows better the paw print apertures

And the inside. I picked a piece of sea patterned paper as the little man used to love his daily walks along the sea front.  I added the second stamped dog here.  Hopefully this photo helps make sense of how i glued the paw prints back into place so that when the card is closed they line up on the front of the card with the stenciled heart. 

Items Used:

Elizabeth crafts paw print die

Paw print heart stencil

Heart die

Tim Holtz crazy dog stamp

Distress inks hickory smoke, black soot, fired brick 

Bobunny paper

Justrite sentiment stamp

Thank you all for stopping by as always.  I hope you all have a brilliant week. 

Id love to enter the following:

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craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-51 - anything goes

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crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/218  - stenciled my own background

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craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-26 - anything goes with an animal

Black Cats

Good Morning everyone.  

Today im sharing a Male birthday card i made for my parents elderly neighbour Harry.  He eats his evening meal each day with my parents and joins in alot of family gatherings so is sort of an 'adopted' grandad to us.

Harry has a black cat that was dumped on the farm as a kitten, the cat is also called Harry, Harry the man is very eccentric and all his cats have been called Harry too, so this cat now is Harry the 6th or some such.  My parents also have male black cats, one rescued at 1 yr old after it was abandoned.  Anyway Harry's cat spends his life patrolling the perimeter to keep all others at bay.  My parents cat just ignores him.  So for this  card for Harry the man i went with a black cat theme for a change.  

Unusually for me this is a one layer card, i wanted to cut the paw prints into the base card so it peeked through into the insert.  

6x6 white cardblank.  I first stenciled the paw print, but as my stencil is a heart shape and i didn't think that was apt for Harry i also used a circle die to cut a circle out of a piece of scrap card for a mask.  I taped down the heart stencil on the base card and then placed the circle aperture piece over the top and then brushed on my oxide inks.  This meant i kept the paw prints in a circle shape.  I then removed the stencils, replaced the circle mask and lightly inked around the outside edge of the circle.  Hope that makes sense?

I then used my 2nd paw print stencil to add some paw prints around the outside edge of the cardblank and then again lightly inked around the outside with the same oxide inks. I then die cut the paw print die into the middle of the card.  I stamped the greeting.

I then stamped two of the crazy cats onto white card and coloured with grey & black distress inks.  I used green oxide ink for their eyes.  I then fussy cut them out, after gently shaping their bodies i attached them to the card front with glue gel.  

I used some black patterned paper for my card insert so that where it shows through the paw print apertures you see the black paw prints.  I added a little strip/off cut down the left hand edge of the card front to tie it together a bit. 

A close up, trying to show peeking through the paw prints into the inside of the card and my black paper insert.  I use a beautiful double sided paper from the 2019 range of paper pads at B&M - so recommend them for quality.  Ideal for boxes and envelopes too.

This shows the 2 plastic paw print stencils and the circle mask i made to turn the heart into a circle.  Of course you can use this method to turn any stencil into a circle shape if you only want part of a stencil.  Or try die cutting another shape. 

Items Used:

Tim Holtz Crazy cats mini stamps

Elizabeth Crafts 'hearts & paws prints' die '1563'

Paw print stencils

Circle die

Stampin up sentiment stamsp 'curly cute'

Oxide Distress inks - twisted citron, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers

Crafts You Create papers (B&M) 12x12 paper  'B&W'

CraftUk Ltd, white card

Thank you all for stopping by and waving hello to all my followers via email, thank you to all of you who sent me beautiful Easter cards, all unique creations. I hope you enjoy the weekend whatever you get upto.  Hugs Emma

Id love to enter the following challenges please:

showusyourpussies/2019/04/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-41 

craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-25 

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themaleroomchallengeblog2019/04/challenge-109-  one layer