Vintage Thank you.

 

I am still re visiting my old stamp sets and  combining some of them with new sets. The flower on this card is from the "Prized Peony" Set.  I think this stamp works well on vintage cards.

  To be honest this card was created out of a disaster. I had stamped and coloured the Paeony by stamping it in dark red ink, then using a little water and a paintbrush, I pulled the colour from the more heavily inked areas of the flower to the uninked petals. I added some green ink to the leaves. I was not worried about the red in the leaves as there is usually red in the leaves of the Paeony plant.  Just take a look at the underside of the leaves if you're in doubt. ha ha.

 I messed up the background big time on this panel.... Not wanting to waste all my efforts colouring the flower, I decided to cut it out and adhere it to a new background.  The new background was stamped on vanilla card stock using Early Espresso ink.  I used the retired En Francais and Bliss stamp sets to stamp the background. I also used a blending brush with a small amount of ink to soften and darken the edges. I am happy with the way this one turned out...eventually.

The sentiment is from the Kindness and Compassion stamp set.

Bird House Card.

  I  made this card for my sister who has just moved house.  There is quite a lot of cutting in the making of this card and it reminded me of why I don't do decoupage. I hated fussy cutting all those tiny flowers and leaves.  Fortunately the background on the DSP I cut these flowers from,  has a white background, so when it came to cutting out those pencil line branches, I cut them out leaving a white 1mm edge either side, then coloured the white edges the same colour as my background so the edges disappear when adhered to the project.

To make this card  I cut out two pentagons. One |Blue and one white. The white one is slightly smaller than the blue one.

 Using the birch background stamp and a smoky slate ink pad  I stamped the image on the white pentagon. I inked up the birch stamp again this time with Seaside spray  blue ink and stamped it on scrap paper before stamping  the white pentagon again (without re inking the stamp). This is called second generation stamping and it gives a lighter, less intense shade of the colour.

I cut the holes in both pentagons using two circle dies slightly different sizes to create a framed aperture when  the two are adhered together. Behind the aperture I glued a piece of smoky slate card stock about 2 inches square, which I had stamped using the birch stamp and smoky slate ink.

Next I cut a strip of card 3/4 inch wide by  about 8 inches long and punched the lacy scalloped edge.      I cut the strip in half and mitred it in the middle to create the roof trim.

The bird was stamped using the free as a bird stamp set.

I coloured the image with Copic markers using a googled  photo of a blue tit as a rough guide as to where to put the colours. I then cut him out. Yes , I cut off his legs.

The next step was to  arrange, assemble and adhere all the elements on a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 sheet of DSP. 

The bird and the roof edging were attached with 1/8th of an inch thick foam strips for more dimension.

I added a post and a hand written New Home  greeting. Surprisingly,  I don't have any greeting stamps suitable for this occasion so I decided to hand write the greeting. All that's left for me to do is write my message and address the envelope and get it in the post. This one really tested my patience so I hope my sister likes it.

 

More LOTV

 This post contains the rest of the LOTV cards I made last week but didn't post because I was so tired  I was falling asleep over the pc. So these few have had to wait until now. 

On these cards I was playing with background stamps. I keep forgetting I have background stamps and tend to use spotty or striped papers instead .  Lockdown has meant I have time to go through the stamps in my craft room and refresh my memory as to what I have and start using some of it.

 Here I have used the crackled paint stamp and an ink in a similar colour but a darker shade.

 I really like the extra interest it's created.

 On the card below I went much darker, I am not displeased with this  effect either.

 The lace stamp below maybe an unusual choice  to put with this image, but I think it works quite well.
This card would be good for a couple moving house or a  non girlie girl's birthday.  I haven't put a sentiment on it yet.    I am leaving that until I decide to use it.    Maybe it will read  "smile" or "you moved"

 On these cards I used the embossing folder.   "Birds and Swirls" seemed fitting for this card.
Half the embossing is on the front and half on the back.  I opened out the base card and placed the fold of the card in the middle of the embossing folder  and ran it through the machine sideways rather than the  sealed edge first.

 I love the cable knit sweater look on this embossing folder....mind you I have a thing for cable knit sweaters too. I think this would be a great folder to use on a cricket themed card. But today I have used it with the boy on the rope swing.
 I am trying to create cards using only the images I have coloured over the years and not used, plus scrap card.

New floral embossing folder card.

This card was made with a new embossing folder from S.U .  

( I think it was a Saleabration  gift.)  It was made a couple of weeks ago but I haven't really had much time to post my creations of late for one reason or another.

 I inked up the inside of the folder with Tip Top Taupe ink using a brayer before placing the card inside. I then ran the folder and card through the bigshot to emboss the card and  transfer  the ink at the same time.

I added some sparkles to the center of the flowers, partly to cover some of the ink that had got into the flower centers making them look a little too  messy for my liking.

Experimenting with Gilding Waxes.

Another of my purchases from the the show this weekend  was three pots of gilding was. 

My only experience of gilding was is the  Rub and Buff stuff you apply to furniture etc.  

Which I have applied to cards in the past with varying results. 

So when I saw these  Pebeo  gilding waxes at the show on a buy two get third free offer, I couldn't resist.

Today I had try them out.  

 I cut some black card and embossed them using a variety of embossing folders. Then applied the gilding waxes. 

Silver on the cobweb  and a mix of gold and copper on the other two.