Wednesday 30 October 2013

Warmest Wishes Stepper Card

A vintage style Christmas card for you today.


The base of the card is a piece of Foundations Milk Card, which has been stamped using the new Heartfelt Creations Delicate Holly Swirls Pre Cut stamp set and a clear Perfect Medium pad. Cosmic Shimmer Detail Gold Embossing Powder was added and heat set. 

The leaves were coloured in using a Forest Moss Distress Ink Pad and a water brush. Cosmic Shimmer Berry Red Pearlescent PVA was then added to the stamped berries. The card base was then left overnight for the "berries" to dry. The next day the card was scored to form the steps and Forest Moss Distress Ink was blended around all of the edges.



The two circular elements were made by stamping some of the stamps in the Heartfelt Creations Christmas Sentiment Circles Pre Cut stamp set (gosh, that was a bit of a mouthful!). The same Milk card was used as before and the Forest Moss Distress Ink was blended through circle dies used to cut out the stamped images. The two circle toppers were then mounted onto the decorative red mats, which were die cut using the Spellbinders Picot Edge die set. 


The die cut tree was made using the Heartfelt Creations Banner & Trees die set.


The bow was tied using a piece of two-tone red ribbon. The holly swirl was cut using the Heartfelt Creations Ornamental Add On die set. The poinsettias were stamped using the Heartfelt Creations Christmas Poinsettia Pre Cut stamp set and die cut using the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur die. 


Happy crafting!


Monday 28 October 2013

Star Book

This is a Star Book of Inspirations and Techniques. 


It was the sample made for a recent workshop. The idea was to try various techniques and go away with a reference book.

This picture shows the book when closed, together with a few of the pages included.


The front and back covers were made by using a small embossing folder and then extending the design.


The techniques used on these three pages were (i) die cutting and decoupaging the die cuts with different coloured card, (ii) stamping with Cosmic Shimmer Flake & Glitter Glue and adding Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter and (iii) rubber stamping and using matching dies plus heat embossing and using Distress Inks.


The techniques used on these pages were (i) using embossing folders and adding Distress Ink as well as inking through a die with Distress Ink and using Polished Silk Glitters with a stamp, (ii) changing the colour of metal embellishments using embossing powder, using Polished Silk Glitters with self adhesive sheets and die cuts, and embossing with a border mask, (iii) using gilding wax with an embossed image and using texture paste through a mask.

I hope this book inspires you to try something different.

Happy crafting!






Sunday 27 October 2013

Blog Candy winner

Hi everyone.

As the blog candy wasn't claimed by Mandy, I have done a re-draw and the lucky winner is . . . . . . . Lesley Thomas!

Please email me Lesley at tenderlovingcrafts@gmail.com with your postal address so I can send out your prize.

Right, I need to blog a new card so off to choose something interesting for you all!

Back soon!

Tuesday 15 October 2013

A bouquet of Drawing Inks

Something a bit different today. I recently had to find a way of displaying the different colour choices in the Cosmic Shimmer Drawing Inks range.


There are some really pretty colours available. Some sets contain mica and some are matt colours. 

The "petals" are the Creative Expressions Blossom Heart stamp from the Singles range. The stamp comes pre cut and cushion mounted. This particular design also comes with a sentiment - Warmest Wishes. The heart design was stamped using clear Perfect Medium and then heat embossed using the Cosmic Shimmer Detail Black embossing powder. Each heart uses a different set of Cosmic Shimmer Drawing Inks. The hearts have then been glued to the embossed background to form the two flower shapes. The centres of the flowers are the Creative Expressions Large Circle Dazzlers. 

Happy crafting!

Sunday 13 October 2013

Sun Kissed Fleur in Blue

A blue colour theme, using my favourite range of stamps, the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur stamp sets and matching die.



Coconut white card was used for all layers. The base layer was a plain rectangle mat. The second layer was edged using the Cosmic Shimmer Summer Blue Pearlescent PVA to make the faux pearls. The third layer was stamped around the outside edge using the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur Border & Corner Pre Cut set and an Olive Archival ink pad.

For the top layer, a sentiment from the Creative Expressions Garden Sayings stamp set was stamped in the centre of a rectangle of coconut white card, using an Olive Archival ink pad. This was die cut with a grand rectangle die and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink was sponged around the die. The corner stamp from the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur Border & Corner Pre Cut set was then stamped in the bottom left corner using the Olive Archival ink pad. 

The corner design was then coloured in using Tumbled Glass, Crushed Olive and Mustard Seed Distress Markers.


More flowers and leaves were stamped and then die cut using the matching Sun Kissed Fleur Pre Cut stamp set and Die. These were coloured, as before, and then layered up in opposite corners (as shown).


Happy crafting!





Blog Candy

The blog candy prize remains unclaimed. I emailed Mandy a week ago so if anyone knows her please ask that she gets back to me. In case Mandy is on holiday, I will leave it another week. If I don't hear anything by next Sunday, I will do a re-draw. 

Friday 11 October 2013

Striped Sun Kissed Fleur

Today's card is a clean and simple style, using the Heartfelt Creations Striped Sun Kissed Fleur Pre Cut stamp with the matching Sun Kissed Fleur die.



The base is a square of blush coloured card. The second layer of blush card has been pierced around all four sides using the Creative Expressions Piercing Ruler and a needle tool. The third layer of blush card has been die cut in the centre using the Spellbinders Stateley Circles die set, to form an aperture. Behind the aperture a smaller piece of which card has been placed, with a sentiment stamped using the Creative Expressions Natures Sentiments stamp set and a Coffee Archival ink pad. 


The flowers were stamped on blush card using the Striped Sun Kissed Fleur Pre Cut stamp and clear Perfect Medium. This was then heat embossed using the Cosmic Shimmer Iced Blush Lustre embossing powder. The flowers were then die cut using the matching Sun Kissed Fleur die.

To finish the card, Creative Expressions White Self Adhesive pearls were glued to the flower centres, with a large Creative Expressions Fancy Pearl Embellishment being added to the centre of the largest flower.

Happy crafting!

Wednesday 9 October 2013

Sun Kissed Fleur in Pink

Today's card has been made using the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur range of stamps and die. It is one of the prettiest sets I have seen for a while and I have made a few different cards.

There are six packs of stamps and one die in this range, all of which are beautiful. 

For this card I have used the Sun Kissed Fleur Background stamp, the Sun Kissed Fleur Tags & Basket stamp set and the Sun Kissed Fleur Pre Cut Set. i have also used the Sun Kissed Fleur die. This is one large die, which cuts out ten flowers and two sets of leaves, in various sizes. The die has also been made to line up exactly with some of the stamp sets in the range, so you can stamp a whole set of flowers with one stamp and then die cut them using one die. 


The base of the card was cut using the Spellbinders Grand Labels Twenty Three die set and blush coloured card. I then inked through the die using a Milled Lavender Distress Ink pad.

The second layer was a piece of coconut white card which I stamped using the Sun Kissed Fleur Background stamp. I coloured the background flowers using a Milled Lavender Distress Marker and a water brush. I then coloured the leaves using a Crushed Olive Distress Marker and a water brush. This piece of card was then die cut using a large rectangle die and I inked through the die using a Milled Lavender Distress Ink pad. I then wrapped a piece of white crochet lace around the background, as shown.

The top layer was made using a piece of coconut white card and the Sun Kissed Fleur Tags & Basket stamp set. I stamped using clear Perfect Medium and then heat embossed using the Cosmic Shimmer Detail Gold embossing powder. This was then die cut using the Spellbinders Labels Ten die set and a slightly larger mat was also cut from this set using blush coloured card. I inked through both dies with the Milled Lavender Distress Ink pad.

The sentiment comes from the Creative Expressions Garden Sayings stamp set and was stamped using an Aged Mahogany Distress Ink pad. 


The extra flower embellishments were made by stamping the Sun Kissed Fleur Pre Cut stamp set and cutting it out with the matching Sun Kissed Fleur die. The flowers were coloured using Milled Lavender and Aged Mahogany Distress Markers and then layered up, as shown. A faux pearl was put in the centres using the Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Plum Pearl PVA. 



Quite a long post today as I used a lot of products.

Happy crafting!






Sunday 6 October 2013

Congratulations to Mandy!

Thank you to all of you for supporting my blog and we have now reached over 100 followers. I have therefore picked a name at random to win the blog candy and the winner is Mandy! Congratulations Mandy, I have sent you an email. Tracey x