Watercolour Village Mens Card

This clear unmounted stamp is made by Art Impressions and is called AI Clear - English Countryside Garden set 2 I stamped the row of houses with distress inks then set to with a paintbrush, it was quite fun painting my own trees as I didn't really know for sure how it would turn out but I have to say I quite like the results.

Floral Craft Large Rose Gift

I made this Floral Punch Craft Rose from a tree punch it was a bit of a challenge as the tree punch is very very large and as it is so big the rose would be too big to go on a card but is perfect to incorporate as a gift.

It took 13 tree shapes to make the rose.

I punched out the shapes from pink light pink coloured paper then sponged cranberry ink onto each shape then using the shape forming tool I pressed downward whilst dragging the tool over each shape.

Then I used the pointed tweezers to curl the edges of the shapes to form the petals.

A close up shot of the rose.

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This shot of the floral punch craft rose is took from the side as I wanted to try to show you that each petal was sponged with the matching ink

The gift is inside the glass, a shower gel and body lotion.

This is the Super Giant Tree by Leone Em that I used for the petals of the rose

Wine Stamp Card

Using the Rollagraph wheel and the script stamp I rolled it into the versamark ink and rolled over my base card several times to create a watermark background pattern on the card.

the wine stamp was inked with Adirondack cranberry ink then using a damp brush I moved the ink around on the image until I got the effect I wanted. I tore along both the top and bottom of the image then embossed along the top tear line with gold detail power.

Again using the cranberry Adirondack ink I sponged around the rest of the edges to create a distressed effect.

I used the trio ribbon tags by spellbinders and stamped Thinking of You on top of is and attached it with a white ribbon.

I finished the card by edging it with a gold pen.

This shot is to show you a close up image of the card base and the effect you get by using the Rollagraph wheel with versamark onto a dark coloured card.

JustRite Stampers Card

I bought a couple of JustRite Ensemble stamp sets, this is one of the Oval baby sets, some really cute designs in them I also bought the Devine oval set with the wooden stamper.

I thought I should get into practice of making baby cards again in light of Lauren (daughter) expecting a little one in July.

Stamped Beach Scene Card

Simply stamped an shaded with a little watercolour, the edges were distressed then inked with the ocean tides ink by PTI, I found some raffia in my craft stash and plaited it and adheared it to the card,

I Punched out a couple ofstar fish with craft punches and coloured with watercolour pencils the compass is from the Father knows best Stamp set by PTI.

Floral Craft Sunflower

Hand made Floral Punch Craft card, the flower was made with a mega daisy punch by Punch Bunch a 5 corner Flower by Punch Bunch and a small Sakura Punch made by Carla.

I started by using the rubber stamp set Spiral Bouquet by Papertrey Ink and stamping the base card using Palette Inks I used the Nestabilities to cut out the scalloped and plain circles then layered them together.

I made up the sunflower and added the leaves after painting them, the craft punch leaves are Dusty Miller, Ivy and Leone Em's Ash leaves

Busy, Busy, Busy....

I'm scheduled to be on Create and Craft on Tuesday 13th January at 9am with the full range of Remember When Decoupage. I found out on Thursday so lots and lots of demonstration preporation to get done. I know they are going to be great prices so try not to miss it, Sky Chanel 671 or 344 on freeview it is chanel 22.

Right back to work now I've had my 10 minute break.

Flippn' Men Cards

Just a few more examples of the Flippin' Men by La Pashe

With these cards I covered the specially designed triple fold aperture cards with scrapbooking paper. The reason the Flippin Men Cards are different is not only the large size, they have a spine down either side of the aperture, the reason for the spine is so that the inside of the decoupage won't get crushed.

More Flippin' Men cards

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