Moments

This card was made with using new stamps I brought at the weekend and had to have a go with them.I love Black and Ivory together. The Ivory is much softer than white. All i used to create the background was to sprinkle Brusho's Green Moss onto some card that I lightly spritzed with some water. Here is what I used to make this card:

A4 Black card.

A5 Black 

A4 Ivory card 

A5 Ivory Card

Versafine Clair Warm Breeze.

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Creative Expressions Mini Smoothies

Brusho Moss Green

Brusho Vermilion

Brusho SprinkIt Iridescent Flash

White pen

Clear glitter pen

Cosmic Shimmer Pastel PVA Glue Ivory

Scoreboard (I use the Hunkydory Adorable Scoreboard.)

Lavinia Stamp Moment like these

Lavinia Stamp Group of Poppies

Lavinia Stamp Large Poppy

With both Ivory card spritz it with some water and sprinkle the Brusho's Green Moss over the card. Spritz it more if needed to get the colour activated. I then used some kitchen roll to soak up the colour as I wanted a gentle background. This photo shows the difference between them. The left side is where I used the Kitchen roll and you can see the difference. Used a heat gun to help dry the and put it to one side.

Take you black card and cut it to size. You want it 9 3/4" x 7".

With the 9 3/4" at the top you want to score it at 2 1/2" and 3 5/8". Flip your card over and score at the other side at the same measurements. ( Or see photo.)

With the A4 background you just made, you will need to cut:

2 pieces  2 2/8" x 6 3/4"

2 pieces  7/8" x 6 3/4"

1 piece 2 1/4" x 6 3/4"

You will need to cut a circle at 5" diameter on the A5 black card.

Do a slightly smaller circle on you A5 background card you did earlier.

With the two pieces measuring  2 2/8" x 6 3/4". Place the poppy in the middle and stamp with Versafine Clair Nocturne and repeat on the other one. Then with Versafine Clair Twilight, blend around the edges.

Stamp the fairy on the circle and then to ground her by blending Warm Breeze and a strip of paper to create a landscape. With a small piece of paper that will just cover her wing(mask her wing.) Stamp another poppy over the wing and stamp more poppies around the circle. Cut another circle for the moon/ sun and blend to create the sun/ moon. Like we did when we grounded her.

Glue the everything in place and ground the Poppies. Mix a small amount of SprinkleIt with some water and paint some onto her wings to give some sparkle. Paint the Poppies with the Brusho Vermilion. Use a white pen to do some highlights and use the glitter pen to draw around the moon/sun. The use the Cosmic Shimmer Glue to create some little dimensional dots around the card.

I hope this was easy to follow

and

Thank you for popping by ,again.

Hope to see you again.

Bye, for now.

Ellie

xx

Jaylar and the Glow Flowers

Jaylar and the Glow Flowers.

Created this card as a bit of an experiment. I brought a new Brusho colour called Sunburst Lemon. Which is a very bright yellow, so I made a few background with it experimenting with colour and this background I loved as it was a grey background with water marks and this bright yellow in the middles. I also brought some Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles which is a Glitter Glue with a nozzle. So I wanted to see how they were and the glow flowers were perfect for using the glitter glue, plus I used some on the Spanish Moss hanging down. To make this card I used the following:

A5 card blank.

5"X 7" card blank.

White card for Matting.

A5 Black Card.

5" x 7" Gel Press

Speed-ball Brayer

Colorbox Storm

Brusho Sunburst Lemon.

Fan shaped watercolour brush

Lavinia Stamp Jaylar

Lavinia Stamp Glow Flower

Lavinia Stamps Glow flowers set

Lavinia Stamps Willow

Lavinia Stamp Wild Vines

Lavinia Stamp Spanish Moss

Lavinia Stamps See a fairy

Versafine Clair Twilight 

Versafine Clair Nocturne used on Jaylar

Creative Expression Mini Smoothies.

Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Star Twinkles

White Uni-Ball Signo pen. 

Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter pen.

The background was done using those products. I loaded up the brayer with ink from the Colorbox Ink Pad and and rolled it onto the gel press. I then flicked some water onto the gel press with the fan shaped brush. Mixed some Brusho Sunburst Lemon with some water and flicked that onto the Gel Press before I placed my card blank on top. With the cardstock on the Gel Press, I gave the back a rub to get the print of the Gel Press. When done I peeled off my cardstock Giving me my background for the card.

Before I stamp. I get the main stamps I want to use and peel them off from the sheet and lay them onto the card so it gives me an idea of how things are going to look. I also put my mask for the moon/sun down with the stamp sheets. Nothing worse than stamping and then realising you don't like it. When you are happy with it you then can start to stamp.

I always do my Moon/Sun first. I used Twilight and a smoothie to blend outwards from the disc. Giving me a nice shadow for the moon.

Now you can see the Moon/sun. Now to start creating my scene. With the single,large Glow Flower I stamped First then stamped Jaylar on top of the flower. I used the large Glow Flower from the set of two to stamp next to the Glow Flower. I used the Willow as Grass. Used the large one and used a second generation of stamping. ( Stamp it first onto some scrap paper then stamp it onto your cardstock to get a softer stamped image, so it looks like it's in the distance.) I then used the small one and stamped it at the bottom as soon as it was loaded with ink.

Stamped The Wild Vines at the top a then used the thin Spanish Moss with the Second generation of stamping. Did second generation of stamping for when I stamped the verse at the side of the moon as I didn't it so dark. I used the smoothie and blended around the edge with Twilight.

Matt the card onto the white card blank with the size you like. I used a Perfect Layer Ruler to do my matt for my card. Glued the black card onto the blank A5 card. Then Glued the Stamped card into position. Then I used the Sakura glitter pen for her wings by doing random dots on her wings and to go round the moon.With the Twinkles (Glitter Glue that gives dimension when dried.) I used it on the Glow flowers and on the Spanish moss as shown on the photo above. The white pen to add some white dots on the Spanish Moss and to highlight Jaylar.

Put it away laying flat so that the Glitter Glue had time to dry as it takes a while to dry.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hope to see you again.

Love Ellie.

xx

Sketch Challenge

Made those two cards for a sketch challenge where we were given a sketch to use. It was a landscape sketch but I knew it wouldn't work so I did it portrait position. Sketches are like a blueprint to follow but great to get your mojo back or to try a different style.Each layer was layered with foam pads. Stamps are from Lavinia Stamps.

The backing paper on this card was done by stamping the verse was stamped several times to cover the edge of the card. The main background was done with using a Gel Press and used Colorbox Storm for the colour then flicked Grey and Orange Brusho's onto the Gel press before placing my card over to get the print. I then stamped Winifred using Versafine Clair Nocturne. The with a circle and a strip of card I blended around the circle to create a moon and the strip was to ground the fairy. Then stamped the flower flourish in Versafine Clair Twilight. Then at the top of the card I used Versafine Clair Warm Breeze to stamp the wild vines. For the border I Used a brayer and used Colorbox Storm to gently colour the border before I stamped the stars in three different colours, those being Versafine Clair Warm Breeze and Twilight. Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade. I used the same three colours to do the words and the blending around the words. Matt and layered with black and white card and foam pads for each layer.  

The background card was done by my new stamp. A background script,Stamped that four times to cover the card. Then I used my gel Press with a brayer and the colour I used was Colorbox Storm. I then flicked some water onto the Gel Press, before using a white piece of card to get the print of the Gel Press. I stamped the house in Versafine Clair Nocturne then placed a paper mask over the house to protect whilst I carried on stamping. Did the blending around a circle for the moon and did a bit of grounded for the house. Stamped the large path in Nocturne. The lavender was stamped in two colours the flower part was in Versafine Clair Purple Delight and the stem Nocturne. Stamped the seed heads in the bottom left corner with Nocturne. Stamped the leaves several times in Versafine Clair Nocturne. For the Border I used cluster of hearts in second generation of Versafine Clair Warm Breeze and Purple Delights. Then used the heart stamp with Versafine Clair Monarch, the deep purple hearts.I did the words and  part of the home phrase in the same colours I did the hearts in and blended the edges as well. I used Brusho grey, Yellow and purple to paint the house with and for the path. Matt and layered using black and white card and foam pads to layer the layers with. Once finished I then used a white pen for some highlights on the house and a Sakura Clear Glitter pen on the windows. Cosmic Shimmer Black  Pearl and Ivory pva Glue for the seed heads, around the leaves and some on the border to give a bit of dimension.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hope to see you again.

Ellie xx 

Hello and welcome to my new blog.

Hello and welcome to my new blog. 

This is all new to me, so please be kind to me as I learn more about Blogging. 
I have been crafting for a while, but stamping is my passion. I love to be able to create something the way I want to. 
You're probably wondering why am I starting a blog? Well, I don't do YouTube and have had a lot of people asking me is there a tutorial for the cards I have made. Sadly, the answer has been "Sorry, but no." So I've been sitting on this fence wondering whether or not to do one. Then a friend said you can do one as a digital library as in; what you used, how you did it and what materials I used.. Now, why didn't I think of that?And so, here I am.

I hope you enjoy my blog and come on a journey with me as we travel along this road together.
This blog will be based on my crafty journey and maybe the odd photos of my dog, who I adopted when she was weeks old and now is aged four.

Thank you for reading this and stopping by.

Ellie xx

Lavinia Stamps - Home

I have forgotten how lovely this house stamp was. It's from a set of two houses from Lavinia Stamps called Bellas House.

I created the background on a gel press. By using a brayer and a ink pad from Colorbox called storm and rolled it onto the Gell Press. With some bubble wrap I dabbed the gel press to give some interest to the background.


I then stamped the house using Versafine Clair Nocturne to stamp with and then applied a paper mask over it so that I could continue in stamping the card. I then stamped lavender using Versamark Clair Purple Delight for the flower and Nocturne for the stem of the lavender. I cut a circle out for the moon and used a strip of card to ground the house. With using a Smoothie I then blended around the moon and the ground.

On the right side of the card I stamped Fairy Words on a second generation of ink ( stamping it first onto scrap paper and then stamping it again onto the card, so the words were softer)all the way down repeating the stamp a few times. I then stamped Home is where the heart is on my stamping platform with Versafine Clair Nocturne then I used  clear embossing powder to heat emboss.

Randomly I stamped the cluster of mini hearts with Versafine Clair Purple delights and used clear embossing powder to heat emboss. Then I did some in second generation. And some in Versafine Clair Twilight in second generation, too.
I then used Brusho's to paint the house with. The colours were Purple, Grey and Yellow. Used a glitter pen for the windows and a white pen to do some highlights on the house.

I then stamped some mini berries in the corner of the card and used Cosmic Shimmer Black Pearl PVA glue to give some texture to them.

I then used Distress Oxide Black Soot to gently blend around the edge of the card before I matt and layered it onto black and white card.