Hello

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a couple of little hello cards, all made with left overs and i loved them.

I had the images coloured and cut out from a previous project and the little frames too.

Approx size 5x3.5".  I first stamped my images and coloured with inktense pencils and cut them out. My little rabbit here as glitter on his tail.  My frame was cut from white linen card, i then folded white linen card and cut to size for my base card.  I splashed on dots of ink in the same colours as my image to add just a little interest to the background and soften all the white. 

I added foam tape to the back of the scalloped frame and added to the middle of the cardbase.  I took the middle panel that comes out of the frame and coloured it with the same inks as the rabbit and slotted it back into the frame.  I then took a 2nd piece that comes out of the middle of the frames - (i have several left over from just using the frames on other projects)  

And after deciding where i would place my rabbit i stamped the greeting, this is using 2 different stamps, one is the happy thoughts and the hello is from a different set - this panel i attached at a angle.

I then gently shaped my rabbit and attached with glue gel.  Little gems added to finish.

Version 2 with a little piggie - this time i didn't add a coloured panel.  After stamping the greeting i attached that panel back in the middle of the frame.  Glossy accents added to the eye and again little gems to finish. 

Hopefully my little cards made the recipients smile a little as they did me while making them.

Items Used:

Katzelkraft farm animal stamps

Stitched scallop frame die

Simon Says stamps - circle sayings

Hello sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

Derwent Inktense pencils

CraftUk ltd white linen card.

Thank you all for stopping by once again and hello to those reading this at home - all my email followers👋😸  I hope you are all doing ok.  Stay safe.  Hugs Emmax

Blue Dragonfly

Good Morning everyone, i hope you are having a good week and keeping cool. 

When i saw the Sue Wilson triple layer dragonfly die it flew straight into my basket😀.  This is its first outing.  Id made the dragonfly up from little snippets of paper and card to make sure the dies cut ok and he was sat on the side for many weeks.  I then joined in a sketch challenge with friends and decided it was time he got a new home.

5x7" Ivory cardbase. I finally found some patterned papers that toned in with the blue/green of my dragonfly.  I layered the papers up onto navy cardstock. On all the panels i rounded all the corners except the top left one - just for interest.  I stamped the sentiment onto ivory paper and die cut into a circle.  I cut the fishtail banner from a piece of the inked card i used for the dragonfly.  Blue gems to finish.

A close up on the dragonfly, the bottom layer i cut from blue glitter card, the middle layer from navy blue pearl card and the top layer from some card i had previously inked with distress oxide inks in salty ocean, evergreen bough & lucky clover. 

Items Used:

Sue Wilson triple layer dragonfly die set

Simon says sentiment stamp

MFT fishtail banner die set

Spellbinders circle dies

WRMK corner chomper punch

Poundland paper pad - 

B&M glitter card

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks

Blue self adhesive gems

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week and have a great weekend.  Emmax

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Marbling Fun

Good Morning everyone.

I recently lost my mojo, so i decided to have a play with a technique thats been on my to try list for eons - yes im well behind the times.  Shaving foam marbling.  So after finally finding the right shaving foam i dug out the aqua tints and really old mica sprays to have a play.  

Well what a mess, i was covered, the carpet was covered and so was the cat, actually it reminded me of my first outing with brusho's where the kitchen lino was red and looked like id got blood everywhere - they went to the back of the cupboard then for many many months until a craft friend convinced me to try them again and now i love them so i wasn't going to be so easily put off this time and coming up with a plan tried again the following day to slightly less mess. 

I cut white card to A6 size (4x6") so easier to handle.  Spray a layer of shaving foam onto a wipeable surface, even out with a spatula, then add your chosen ink colours and swirl around into a pattern.  Place your white card onto the surface and gently push into the foam, you only need to touch the surface, peel off and scrap off the foam.  You are left with a marbled pattern on your card.  Magic really.  You can keep using the foam, as the colour fades add in more ink and swirl again.  

2 Simple cards to start with.  I had some not so great looking marble which i decided to die cut into these leaves and its amazing the difference die cutting can make.  I picked a piece of marble for the background which used the same colours as the one i die cut the leaves from.  Attached it to a white DL cardblank.  

I added the leaves to 3 die cut stitched squares which i attached to the base with foam tape.  I die cut the sentiment from the same card i die cut the leaves from.

A blue/purple version.  I only added glue down the centres of the leaves and gently curled up both sides to add interest and dimension. 

Just a few of my marbled papers.  Like all new techniques to us, we learn each time and hopefully improve.  I need to find something better to scrape the foam off so its easier.   LIke die cutting up the not so nice pieces, even if the whole piece isn't so good if you look you can usually find part of it that you like so cut that piece into a square or rectangle.  I tend to use a view finder like you do if you are painting a picture/landscape. If you fancy a play all you need is cheap shaving foam not the gel and a liquid colour medium - reinkers, sprays, food colouring, liquid paints.

Items used:

Concord & Ninth layered leaves die

Wonky stitched square dies

Simon says sentiment dies

Spectrum Noir aquatints

Cosmic shimmer mica sprays

H2O's radiant rain inks

Cheap Shaving Foam

CraftUk Ltd smooth white card

Thank you once again for stopping by and all your amazing comments.  I hope you all have a good weekend. Emma