Sunday 27 February 2011

Birthday time.

We have 4 family birthdays in 9 days starting with Gary on 25 February, then Stef, Jackie and finally Gary on 5 March. I have been making the cards gradually over the last few weeks and got them finished in time. The 2 for the boys are a decoupage and a pyramage. I had the diecuts tucked away and the subjects are good for the boys.

 

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The girls ones are a bit different. The pink one is for Stef (she is such a pink girl) and is a double stamped technique. You need a stamp with open areas, ink up a stamp with fine detail ( mine is tiny script) using a Versamark, ink up the main stamp (mine is poppies) with Versamark, stamp the fine detail directly onto the other stamp then stamp the other (poppies) onto the card. Cover with embossing powder, heat and watch the magic. I then coloured the flowers and stems using distress inks and Cut n' Dry™ Nibs.

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Jackie’s card is a resist technique, the background stamp is embossed with clear embossing powder over Versamark then distress inks over the top. The butterfly is embossed with pale blue embossing powder and flies off the page.

Thursday 3 February 2011

That Calendar

OK so it took a while but I have finally got to take the photos and bind it together so it has pride of place in my craft room.

Stand by for all the months, some look a little pale but they work IRL.





















There you go! The December page was one we had free range on. I used the resist technique on the borders, with a musical stave background stamp. The I filled the gaps wither side of the month with a Christmas stamp using Versamark and Perfect Pearls.