Showing posts with label stampin up handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stampin up handmade. Show all posts

Sunday 10 January 2021

Treasures of life


This image is not really my cup of tea. I think it's because of the words on the heart.  I would prefer it without the words. I just don't think it needs them, the image says it all.   
Despite this stamp not being to my taste I decided to try it out.  I think it has turned out okay.
 In my experience I've found  the cards I make and really like, others don't like and the ones I hate others love. So I am sure there is somebody out there that will love this one.
Oh I almost forgot to say this stamp is in the set called  "Treasures of Life"   and it's in the new spring summer catalogue 2021.

Friday 21 August 2020

A nice anniversary card..... I think


This is a fairly quick and easy one to make.  It would have been quicker if I hadn't over inked my "craft" ink pad   (which Is a Slow drying ink) I had to wait for ages for the ink to dry, but it took so long I resorted to using the heat gun to finish it off.
This is a 6x4 inch card. I started by brushing ink in a  semi random way over the card stock. I brushed in a couple hills in the distance then  splattered some water over the card and waited for a about 30 seconds before blotting  off the excess water and the ink it lifted.


 I wanted the splatter marks to be a little brighter, so with an aqua painter  filled with bleach I added  tiny drops of bleach to each splatter and let it sit until the splatters where almost white then blotted off the excess.

  I stamped the silhouettes,  sponged  in the foreground and left it to dry.
  It was essential the ink was completely dry before I did the gold heating embossing.
 The  couple  are from the retired  stamps set Silhouette Scenes . The floral silhouette wild flowers  and willow are from Lavinia stamps.


 This is a long skinny card  at  3x7  inches.
 The stamps used on this are Pocket silhouettes, 
Silhouette scenes.
 and the over hanging willow stamp is from Lavinia stamps.

Sunday 13 May 2018

Pretty Pastels ...Wedding / Party favours




I was trying to achieve a simple shabby Chic look with these favours and buntings. Not sure I have achieved that but the colour combination is very pretty.
The bunting was an experiment to see if it would be suitable for a table plan.
 It would certainly look more professional if the names were printed out and then punched out and stuck on the bunting rather than my scrawl.