Rainbow Flamingo

Good Morning everyone.

This fantastic flamingo stamp from Katzelkraft has been on my wish list since i first saw it - one of those i had to have!  Anyway stock finally arrived and she came into my hands just before lockdown. 

This is essentially A5 in size but the 2 parts make it the full A5.  So first i stamped my flamingo 5 times in black using my stamp platform and stamped the sentiment.  I then coloured them with oxide inks, adding extra detail with fine liner pens in the same colours to their wings and headdress. I cut to size and stamped some dots around the outside edge with the same inks, rounded the corners and matted onto black.

For the base card its approx 6x6 in size. To the sections that would be seen - the top and bottom edges i added the same inks used to colour the flamingos, then i stamped just the beautiful part of the sentiment all over in grey archival ink.  To finish i mounted the topper panel onto the base. 

Glossy accents to their eyes and glitter highlights & a black iridescent gems to the centre of their head dress and by the sentiment to finish.

Side on - you can see how the topper panel overlaps the base card - almost like an artists easel set up.  This came about as once id stamped 5 flamingos that panel was as wide as an A5 card and i wanted to add a colourful background.  Unusually for me not a single die used!

Items Used:

Katzelkraft flamingo stamp

Katzelkraft sentiment stamps

Stampin up Gorgeous grunge stamps

Oxide inks  - picked raspberry, ripe presimmon, twisted citron, peacock feathers, blueprint

Coloured fine liner pens

CraftUK white linen cardstock

black cardstock.

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you are all doing ok.  Stay safe. Hugs Emmaxx

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Inky Typewriter

Good Morning everyone.

I often write to an elderly male family member who doesn't do technology so i keep in touch via the good old postal system, keeping him upto date with all the family gossip etc.  So I made this little card for him.  

6x6 Black cardbase. I first die cut my typewriter from black glossy cardstock snippet.  I then just dry embossed the typewriter die onto silver mirror card snippet, i then cut around the outside of this and glued behind the black version.  Embossing the die makes it easier to cut around the outside but also means the details like the 'keys' are more pronounced.  

I die cut a square of white linen card.  I used my much loved stampin up gorgeous grunge ink splat stamps with distress oxide inks, concentrating in the area i wanted the typewriter to be.  I then sponged on gold acrylic paint through a circle stencil.  Added some pale grey diamonds with a stencil and then using grey ink and alphabet stamps added some random letters. 

To my typewriter i added a little scrap of card to act as the paper and stamped a little sentiment. This photo shows the gold paint circles nicely, they help to draw the eye into the focal point.  

Could easily be turned into a card for any occasion, just add happy birthday or get well to the typewriter.  

Items Used:

Docrafts Xcut Vintage Icon die set (typewriter)

Stampin Up Gorgeous grunge stamps

Wooden alphabet peg stamps

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Stencils - circles, diamonds, 

Distress Oxide inks - salty ocean, evergreen

Gold Imagination craft Starlights paint

White linen card - craftUK ltd

Black card - payper box

Silver & black mirri card

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a good end to the week and weekend, hopefully the weather will settle a bit.  On the plus side with the wild weather its good to stay in the dry and craft.  Emmax

Easter Fun - Hipster animals

Good Morning everyone, i hope you had a good weekend and not too much snow.  

Its a new challenge at Make My Monday   The theme this time is 

EASTER FUN

I decided to have fun with the Tim Holtz hipster animals and my wink of stella pens.

6x6 Teal cardblank.  I stamped the chic chick in black and coloured in with a mix of alchol pens for his outfit and then wink of stella for his feathers.  Glossy accents on his glasses.  Die cut into a wonky stitched circle.  Then mounted onto a teal card circle.  For the background i first computer printed the sentiment & then die cut into a square, embossed a larger wonky circle die so that it will frame the topper.  Then using ink splat stamps with distress ink i lightly stamped in a diagonal across the front just to add interest.  

A little 'primrose' flower made up from yellow, lightly inked the centre in orange and a little glue dot centre.  A couple of die cut leaves to finish. 

A close up of the chick, you can just about see the sparkle of the wink of stella pens. 

A second version, this uses a little artistic license as you don't normally get ostrich's at Easter but i decided to colour her yellow and she could be a chick, duckling or maybe even a gosling or a hybrid!😀.

Made the same way as the first one just using a square topper instead. 

Items Used:

Tim Holtz Hipster Animals stamps

Stampin up Gorgeous grunge stamps

Peacock distress ink

Wink of stella pens

Wonky Stitched circle and square dies

Sizzix flower dies

So please do pop over to MMM and see what the rest of the team came up with and also to see all the entries, always very inspiring. 

I hope you all have a good week, thank you for stopping by. Emma

Make My Monday Challenge #40 - Love Birds

Good Morning all, and welcome to another week. 

 Today is rather exciting for me as im sharing my first design team creation for

 Make My Monday challenge blog.  

The theme this time is BIRDS so if you fancy joining in pop over click here! for more details and to see the other team member gorgeous projects. 

Ive been itching to use the crazy bird stamps i got for Christmas, so when i saw it was birds i knew what i wanted to do.  I had earlier found these feathers in the back of my craftdrobe so thought they would add the perfect touch.  So my love birds were started.

A5 card size.  First i stamped the birds using blue ink and simply coloured with blue and yellow inks, glossy accents on the eyes.  I then glued on blue and yellow feathers for the tails and wings.  I added the yellow to break up the colour.  For the background, I first die cut a heart to use as a stencil (see below), i then stamped the woodgrain through the heart onto my background using the same blue ink. Gently edged the heart with the yellow ink.  I then stamped the grunge stamps across the panel in blue, just to add interest.  Edged with yellow ink.  Mounted onto navy cardstock to frame and white base card. 

Showing close up detail, the birds are very dimensional and the background completely flat.  The 'love' came from a 'with love' stamp, i just inked up the love part, then die cut into a small heart and covered with glossy accents. 

This is showing the stencil i made and stamped through.  You can easily use any shape you fancy.

Thank you Caz and all at Make My Monday for inviting me to join the team.  I look forward to the 

challenge. 

Products used:  Tim Holtz 'crazy birds' stamps CMS212

Stampin up 'Hardwood' stamp 

Stampin up 'Gorgeous grunge' stamps

Tim Holtz distress inks, tumbled glass, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, dried marigold & squeezed lemonade

Archival ink - colbalt blue

Thank you all for popping by to take a peek.  Wishing you all a lovely week.  Emma 

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