Repeat Stamping

Hey there creative friends!

Today, I'm sharing two cards using repeat stamping WITHOUT any re-inking! 

You need a fairly juicy ink pad for best results. (I used VersaFine Onyx Black for the first card and Warm Breeze for the second card.) The technique is quick and easy to do, but has quite an impact.

If you try this technique out, my top tip is NOT to stamp all the way to the very top of your card . . . it looks out of balance (ask me how I know)! Leave that bit of white space near the top well alone!

Quite contemporary don't you think? 

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day.

Masculine Birthday Card

Hi there creative friends!

Today's card is a masculine one . . . come and see! 

The outside

The inside

• I started off with a bit of stencilling using green and blue Distress Inks and an Aall & Create stencil.
• Next, I stamped the SU grid stamp over the top and added a few splatters from SU Gorgeous Grunge as well as a sentiment.
• It still needed something else . . . so I decided on the white die cut cog wheels.
• I usually add a paper insert, but felt like a change, so, instead I stamped, stencilled, matted and layered the inside!

The CASE of the Marvellous Eileen Godwin

Hey there creative friends

Today I have unashamedly CASEd a card.

I was watching one of the uber talented and wonderful Eileen Godwin's You Tube videos and after seeing THIS ONE I went right ahead and made one for myself!

Very pleased with it . . . so THANKS very much Eileen . . . it was fun to make.

Wishing you a happy and creative day.

A New Home Card

Hello there creative friends

I was commissioned to make a new home card, and this is what I came up with:

I used a stitched circle die from The Works to cut out a gelli print for the background. Next, I stamped the vase of flowers (by Kay Carley) onto white card and used a smaller stitched circle to cut it out. I used Tombow marker pens to colour the flowers and ground the vase. Finally, I stamped the sentiment using VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze ink.

As this is a monochrome card, I'm joining in again with the current STAMPING SENSATIONS challenge.

Thanks for visiting today . . . it was lovely to see you!

60th Birthday Card

Hi there creative friends

I first saw this type of card on Sandy's blog HERE. I followed the link she gave to Splitcoast Stampers HERE, and proceeded to make the card below:

                                    

The decorated inside . . . 

                                   

I used SCS's instructions - which are great and worked out first time as it's pretty straightforward.

For ease of reference, the details are below:

BASE CARD

Piece of card measuring 5.5" x 11", scored down from the long edge at 1.75", 5.5" and 9.75".

Fold in half at 5.5" score line, then fold both flaps over. One flap goes over the top of the other.

PATTERNED PAPER (You only need ONE piece of 6" x 6" paper)

5.25" x 3.5" (adhere to main area of card front)

5.25" x 1.5" (adhere to largest front flap)

5.25" x 1.0" (adhere to smallest front flap)

CARD WRAP 

11" x 1" piece of card.

Wrap this around whole card and adhere the overlapping ends. Decorate with die-cuts or punched items and a sentiment, as desired.

I had a lot of fun making this card, and if you have a go, I hope you enjoy making one too.

HAPPY CRAFTING

Happy PALentine's Day!

Happy PALentine's Day! Wait, WHAT?

Yes, that's right, apparently Valentine's Day now appears to include PALentine's and GALentine's Day versions.

However, I'm willing to play along this year because we all need a bit of extra love and appreciation at present don't we? So, I'm sending all my Blog Pals a hug with the card below . . . to let you know I appreciate all your visits and comments. THANKS peeps . . . here's a card just for you:

The How To:

• First I took a piece of white card and stamped the Snoopy image in VersaFine  Claire (VFC) Twilight ink and stuck a mask over the top. 
• Then, using a home-made circle stencil, I applied SU Rose Red ink through the circle with a brush.
• Next I took my trusty Tim Holtz Flourish stencil and continued to brush the same ink through it with the circle stencil still in place.
• Once happy with the background inking, I removed the Snoopy mask and stamped the sentiment (made up from 2 different stamp sets) with VFC Twilight ink.
• Finally I die-cut the image using a Heffy Doodle stitched rectangle and matted it onto some Rose Red cardstock.

21st Birthday Card

Hello fellow crafters

I have a 6" square card to share with you today, commissioned by a friend of mine. 

I stamped the two separate Uniko birthday sentiments in Versafine Claire Twilight ink then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

At the top of the card, I drew a curved line in pencil first, then went over it with a black pen to create the banner string.

Next, I die-cut the numbers and punched out the banner pieces from a couple of pink gelli print snippets. Self-adhesive black gems were added at each end of the banner, plus little pearl ones in the flower centres.

Green & Black Snippets

Hi there . . . do you wan't to see what I've been up to in my craft room? 

Of course you do! Here's an inky A6-size card with uses up a few snippets.

The card plus the snippets that made it!

HOW TO:

I inked up a tall, thin acrylic block with green dye ink, spritzed it with water, then stamped it onto the card front. The card base is made from 300gsm white card (from an A4 pack bought from Hobby Craft), so it takes wet stuff well!

I clapped wet hands over the card (once the ink had dried) and mopped up the splatters with blotting paper. 

I die-cut the flowers from a snippet of black card and glued them to the inky panel. For the little tab, I used an Itty Bitty circle punch by Stampin' Up! on another snippet and shaped it to make "SarnCandi". It was adhered to the tab with a foam dot for dimension.

MATERIALS:
Acrylic block
Green ink
Modern flower die from a French Company I can't remember the name of.
Itty Bitty circle punch by SU (retired)
Various snippets of card for die cutting

Foxy!

Hello!

Today I have a recycled card to show you.

I die-cut the fox from a shop-bought birthday card and matted it onto a snippet of orange card. I stencilled a background using brown and orange inks. Unfortunately, the orange came out yellow! Believe it or not, the stamped circles are the exact same orange ink pad as the yellow stencilling! I must remember that when brushing ink through stencils using an OLD ink pad, it comes out a significantly lighter colour than usual!

MATERIALS:

• Aall & Create A4 hexagon stencil
• Micro dots stencil
• Carabelle circle stamp
• SU Chocolate Chip ink
• Wild Honey Distress Ink
• Fox image recycled from a birthday card