thank you

In a few weeks time I'm going to be demonstrating at a local craft group and thought I'd share here what we will be doing. It makes a good record for myself and also means the group can prepare what they might like to bring with them on the day. The request was to use Clearly Besotted Stamps happy everything set along with some alcohol markers. I have both Promarkers and Copic markers but in the UK the former are more available so I used those in my first card.

This is a CASE of a card I did not long ago, I liked the layout and thought it would go well with this image. The flowers were stamped in Versamark ink onto Neenah solar white card and heat embossed with Hero Arts white embossing powder. I coloured with Promarkers (see supply list below for specific colours) and fussy cut out before mounting with foam adhesive onto a Lil' Inker Designs notebook die cut from Neenah solar white card and stamped with the sentiment in Versafine smoky gray. The notebook page was clipped to a sahara sand panel stamped in Hero Arts memories unicorn white ink with Hero Arts tweed pattern and foam mounted onto a Neenah solar white card base. Finally the blossom image was embellished with some Stickles rock candy on the leaves, some Stickles star dust on the stamens and a few pink sequins.

For my second card I thought we could have a look at a different colouring technique and so I had another go with my Inktense pencils onto watercolour card.

I find using a quality watercolour card makes a huge difference to the end result. I used some from Simon Says Stamp I picked up in a recent order and I am so impressed with the quality. Again the image was stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts white embossing powder. Then I used a wet paintbrush to prime the paper before taking pigment from the Inktense pencils with a wet paint brush and building up the depth of colour. The panel was mounted with foam adhesive onto a kraft card base stamped in Versamark with Hero Arts designer woodgrain. I wrapped some twine around the card and tied in a bow. This is a thick twine from my stash I think I got it from Hobbycraft in the UK many moons ago. It has the texture of a garden twine and I thought it went quite well with the feel to this image. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine smoky gray onto a scrap of watercolour card, cut into a banner and tucked under the bow with foam adhesive. Finally a sprinkling of pearls to finish.

Supplies thank you blossom card:
Stamps – Clearly Besotted Stamps happy everything, Hero Arts tweed pattern

Inks – Versamark, Versafine smokey gray, Hero Arts memories unicorn white

Card – Neenah solar white, Stampin’ Up sahara sand

Die – Lil’ Inker Designs notebook

Clip – Stampin’ Up clips assortment

Embossing Powder – Hero Arts white

Accents – Ranger Distress Stickles rock candy, Ranger Stickles star dust, sequins

Promarkers – blender, almond, dusty pink, antique pink, mustard, lime test, pear green, olive green, caramel, umber

Supplies for you card:

Stamps – Clearly Besotted Stamps happy everything, Hero Arts designer woodgrain

Inks – Versamark, Versafine smoky gray

Pencils – Derwent inktense pencils

Card – kraft/Stampin’ Up crumb cake, Simon Says Stamp water-color card

Twine

Embossing Powder – Hero Arts white

Pearls - Stampin' Up

case study challenge 132

Judging from the entries last week you are all really enjoying having Julie Ebersole as our CASE Study muse this month! Seeing as we are on a roll, here's this week's card :)

by Julie Ebersole

I was happy clapping when I saw this card - I do love a bit of negative die cutting :) Here's my card and then I will tell you a bit more about it.

The new Simple Numbers dies from Simon Says Stamp come attached together with those little nubs so that the numbers appear as a block. It's easy to break the nubs and use the numbers individually but I wanted to take advantage of the lovely even placing of the numbers while they were still attached to each other. I die cut them from a white panel and backed with some patterned paper. Oh and I must say I love the clean lines of these numbers and they are the perfect size for cards :)

The splatters from Julie's card transformed into enamel dots on my card and I added a little butterfly on there too as a nod to the original inspiration :) Here's the links for the rest of the crew to see what they made:

Muse: Julie Ebersole

Guest Designer: Brandi from Yankee Belle Stamper
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Christina MacLaren
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes - me!
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - The Boss
Jean Martin
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Plut
Teneale Williams

Edited to add: Forgot to mention that I'm sending this one over to Moxie Fab World's Emphasise the Negative challenge :)

Supplies: Stamps - Simon Says Stamp handwritten sentiments, Clearly Besotted Stamps butterfly wishes additions; Inks - Versafine smokey gray, Versacolor laurel leaf; Paper - My Mind's Eye collectable memorable 6x6; Dies - Simon Says Stamp simple numbers, Clearly Besotted Stamps buttefly wishes; Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye the sweetest thing bluebell smile #st1084, honey love #st1055

gratitude

I thought I'd pop a quick card in for this week's Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger: Elegant Emerald :) I took a very clean approach using this absolute stunner of a card by Maile as a jumping off point. How does that girl do it every single time!

The sentiment is from the newly released Many Thanks set from Clearly Besotted stamps paired with the woodgrain image from their Background Builder II set. I bought in a couple of gold sequins to represent the gold vine around her waist which you can see in the inspiration photo.

Quick post today. Lots to do!

Supplies: Stamps Clearly Besotted Stamps many thanks, background builder II; Inks - Versamark, Versafine onyx black; Card - Bazzill card shoppe rainbow; Die - Papertrey Ink fillable frame 7; sequins

so sweet!

I had time this morning to just sit and play with some new goodies. Love when that happens! So I pulled out the jar image from Clearly Besotted Stamps spring blooms set and paired it with the new Simon Says Stamps tilted banner dies and matching tilted banner sayings :)

I was inspired by a piece of patterned paper from the Dear Lizzie range that was highlighted on Moxie Fab World yesterday. See the one 9 down called 'dream catcher' - beautiful!

I inked up the back of my jar stamp with Hero Arts soft leaf and stamped to create a shadow effect, then I added the outline in Hero Arts forever green. Finally I used the matching jar die cut to create a mask and stamped some polka dots from Clearly Besotted Stamps building blocks set; first stamping off onto scratch paper so the pattern within the jar was subtle. I dressed up the jar with a bit of twine and some enamel dots. Finally I added the banner from Simon Says Stamps tilted banner die and the 'so sweet!' sentiment from tilted banner sayings. I've not had a dimensional banner like this before and I love what it adds to the card :)

Well that's me for today, I'm recovering from a crazy busy few days; Mother's Day was Sunday here in the UK and we celebrated my son's birthday too. Lots of fun was had charging around the zoo with his friends and he actually squeaked when he opened the card saying he could have a pet of his own! My heart was full to see him so delighted :)

Supplies: Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps spring blooms, building blocks, Simon Says Stamp tilted banner sayings; Inks - Hero Arts soft leaf, forever green, Versafine smokey gray; Card - Papertrey Ink vintage cream, kraft; Dies - Clearly Besotted Stamps spring blooms, Simon Says Stamp tilted banner; Twine - Hemptique harvest; Enamel dots - My Mind's Eye the sweetest thing bluebell smile, honey love