More Christmas cards using the mixed media background.

 Well over the last few days, I've made up three more cards using some of the mixed media masterboard I made. 

I had used Gina K Master Layout 2 to cut the panel.  I then used some texture paste through a star stencil and sprinkled with some Diamond Dust glitter.  Matted it with the dark green card and added the gold die cut sentiment (minus the shadow layer) and some gold dots. 

Next I used a square panel of the background 

Matted the square panel with the dark green (looks black in my photo) and used a strip to add my red die cut sentiment.  Added some little red star embellishments.   A very quick card. 

And the last for today 

This panel was a smaller one cut with one of the dies and matting layer dies from Gina K Master Layouts 2.  The background panel is a white embossed panel (Christmas words) matted onto a white layer and added to the top folding dark green card base.   Added the panel to the base layers and then used a Hero Arts stamp and die set called Holly Jolly to make the leaves.  Used Catherine Pooler inks - Eucalyptus and Green Tea.   Stamped the sentiment from the Hero Arts set in Altenew Forest Green Crisp Dye ink and used a circle from Pinkfresh Studio's Mini slimline Essentials die set.  Added the die cut circle over the Holly leaves and finished with some dark green dots. 

Still two pieces of the background to make into cards.  

Mixed media Christmas background - Inspired by Ardyth

We have had a very relaxing weekend at our friends in Mangawhai.   Went up on Friday evening and came back this afternoon.   Got home at 3.00pm so after unpacking I heading into my craft room.   I had watched Ardyth Percy-Robb video (see it here) yesterday where she made one large panel of watercoloured and mixed media background using some powders to make her watercolours.  I really love how she managed to get such a gorgeous background and made 16 cards!   I definitely didn't get that many made!   

I used a sheet of Bristol smooth 250gsm card.  I taped it to my glass matt and went to town!  Used  Nuvo Shimmer powders in Blue Blitz, Cherry Bomb and Atlantis Burst and Pixie Powder in Lava Red.  I did stripes of colour vertically along the long side - then white paint stenciling, gold paint stenciling, used the blue and red paints to stencil as well.  Water splatters, gold paint splatters, spritzed with white shimmer spray and Fossilized Amber Distress spritz.  I forgot to photograph the panel before I chopped it up.  

I made one panel into a card this afternoon. 

I trimmed the panel to 3.25" x 4.5" and ran it through an embossing folder - Holly and used Catherine Pooler Eucalyptus ink to highlight the raised areas.   I matted it onto some dark green card and added to a white base.   For my sentiment I used a new to me die set - cut the words with the dark green and shadow layer from vellum.  Made some dark green enamel dots by adding some clear packing tape over a scrap of the dark green card and used a dotty die to cut the dots, 

And here are the other panels still to use

 so will be making some more cards so I can get my Christmas cards in the post by the end of this month. 

Red for Remembrance at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

 Time to share my card for Sweet Stampin' Challenge.  Our theme this fortnight is Red for Remembrance.   We'd love to see you join us with your RED projects. 

I did a bit of mixed media for my background.   I'm enjoying trying out this technique at the moment. 

My background is some linen like cardstock and I did ink smooshing, and stenciling with some Altenew Coral Bliss ink, some stamping and stenciling using Altenew Cloudy Night and Silver Lake.  Used two different Kaisercraft inks.   Added some little bits of a napkin and added some stenciling with Nuvo Shimmer Paste for some texture.  For my flowers I used two dies... the flowerheads are Altenew Petite Mountain Aven Layering dies cut from red card and the stems from Birch Press Peony Duo Contour layers cut from green card.  I added some Altenew dark purple ink for the flowers shadow areas.   I added the flowers to the card and added a pre-printed sentiment.  Finished with some gold splatters of watered down Slippery when Wet Lunar paste.  

More mixed media inspired by Stress Free Cardmaking Summit

 Hi.  I have enjoyed trying some more mixed media on my cards inspired by both Erin Reed and Juliana Michaels.   Today I used Erin's butterflies and her design elements... but on a bit of a mixed media background. 

On Sunday Grace and I did some backgrounds using watercolour paints and some chunky Himalayan salt.  Some worked really well, some not quite so good.   Grace took home 4 backgrounds and I did 3.  My first background was light colours and I added some fine table salt with some of the chunky salt.  The fine salt didn't really work but did stick to the card which gave it a bit more texture.   It was this one I used for my background.

To enhance the background I used some Lindy's Starburst sprays - Clam Bake Beige and Whale Watch Blue. Used TCW Multi stencil, Circle stencil and Mini Geometric Art Lyrs with a variety of inks including black. Added some white shimmer spray splatters.   Stamped part of a Couture Creations sentiment with Altenew Cloudy Night ink.  Added the strips of black and purple together on the card and added the fussy cut butterfly.   Finished with some of my homemade enamel dots.  

Keep a look out for another mixed media card coming up on Saturday.  

 

Mixed media card

 Well it's been a while. I have made a couple of cards.... and done some sewing.  Had a lovely day looking after Grace on Monday and then three very long and busy days at work.

Today I'm sharing a card I made about 10 days ago... was looking for something in my storage cupboard and came across some Tim Holtz tissue paper.  Of course I decided I need to do something with it! 

Started by adding some Oxide ink blending onto a white panel and then took some gladwrap and used it to iron the tissue onto the panel.  I used a Gina K Master Layout die to cut out the panel.   I took some Prismacolor pencils and added colour to the butterflies, added some white gel pen dots and finished with a die cut sentiment and vellum layer.   Added a black mat and layered on to a card base.   

Here's a picture of the sewing I did on Sunday ....

These are little fabric baskets - made with some heavy weight curtain fabric and some cotton for the lining.  I'm going to using them for making a little goodie bags for my daughter and her family when they come.   The little blue one will be for the boys and I'll include some Minion toothpaste and some toothbrushes for them, little faceclothes. etc and in Emma's I'll add hand cream and washes,etc. 

Off to a Craft Fair on Saturday.  It's about 2 hours drive south of here, so I'm taking my friend Suna, and we are making a day of it... including visiting a friend who lives near where the fair is.   Should be fun and a good run for the car.  

Quick Card and a Mixed Media Card...

 Hi.  Two cards to share from the last few days.   I've been busy crafting after work and over the weekend. 

Quick card....

This one came about when I was supposed to be tidying up!  Came across my Pink Fresh Studio Washi (Artistic Dahlia) and of course, I just had to make a card. 

I just love this washi - stuck it to some white card stock and then using the matching dies, cut out all the pieces - still even more pieces for future use.  I found the purple panel which I think might be watercolour powders as it's very shimmery.  I used a Gina K Master Layouts die to cut it.  The sentiment is from the Artistic Dahila stamp set.  Added the floral image and added a few pearls.  

My second card is a bit of mixed media.  

I started with some white card and brayered on some silver acrylic paint down one side, added a few different 49th & Market rub-ons and some metallic inks around the edges and around some of the images. Used the best tool ever - my finger!!!   Messed up the rub-on sentiment - but it's handmade!

I also made two more cards today (Sunday) but ran out of time to take photos.  

Mixed media textured card

 Our local swap group has a fun challenge this month. Touchy-Feely - include at least three different textures/surfaces on your card.  

I sent to Maxine and she let me know it had arrived. 

So my textures - Simon Hurley's Lunar paste (Minty Fresh) through a stencil, some netting, a die cut and embossed heart with some gold paste on it and .  The bow is some glitter card - that was sent to me by a friend,  Lastly I added a hand made 3D flower with a touch of glitter paste on it.  Even the sentiment has some texture being embossed with gold powder and two layers thick.  

WWC314 - Dawn's Challenge: All About Occasions

 Hi there.  Time for a new challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.  I'm the hostess for this challenge with an All About Occasions.  

I had fun making this Birthday card.  I made the background by sponging Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks onto my white panel.  I then took a Kasiercraft stamp called Botanical and a Delicata 4 metallic ink pad to add the stamp.  I used all 4 of the colours on the ink pad.  I then took the Gorgeous Gardenia Outline die from Memory Box to make the roses.  The pink (Altenew Magenta) was sponged onto some card and added behind the outline.  I messed up the leaves, so had to cut them separately and add to the roses.   I stamped the sentiment from a Hero Arts Hello There stamp and die set. A few gold sequins finished up the card. 

Come and join in the fun at  Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and check out the project from the other designers.  Then take our challenge and link up your project to the challenge post.    We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday 3rd of May at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 11.00 am NZ time ) to link up your project 

More Weekend crafting

 It's Easter Monday here in NZ and today we will be heading back home later today.  I managed some more crafting yesterday and another trip to the beach for a swim.  This morning it's a bit cooler and cloudy so before packing up I did another card for homework on my class - Creative Colouring with Erum.

I tried out the splatter watercolour look.  Didn't work out as well as I wanted as I didn't have a spray water bottle and had to just use a big brush.  However I was really happy with the card I made. 

I used a mixture of Woodless Watercolour pencils and the 36-pan set of watercolours. My flowers are from Nature's Blossom set and the leaves from Leaf Canopy set. I added some depth with Prismacolor pencils- a technique that Erum uses.  I used the Woodless Watercolour pencils for the background.  The sentiment is from a Gina K Wreath Builder set. 

Yesterday I played with the Wreath Builder stencil and stamps.  I had forgotten to bring my normal MISTI and only had my mini one and thought I might not be able to use it.... but managed it 

The edge hung out but it worked well. 

I did a few more cards yesterday but will share them over the next few days.   Take care all

Make your own background

It was my turned to chose our technique challenge at my NZ swap group.   I has seen a video at Splitcoaststampers - about making your own mixed media/collage backgrounds so that's what I chose for us to challenge ourselves to do. 

Mine wasn't quite the same as the video, but I started with a panel I had made using the Gelli plate.  I had been inspired by the amazing Jennifer McGuire to use die cuts when making my prints (see her video HERE) and had used some green oxide inks and some butterfly die cuts. 

Over top of the two green inks I added another layer of green blended through a Paper Roses Studio Spring Floral stencil.  Next came some selected stamping with an edging stamp in some grey ink.  I stamped the Altenew sentiment (from Spider Mum set) and then added the fussy cut flower.  It is an unbranded stamp that I stamped onto some Bristol paper and used Zig Markers to colour.  

I had fun making my own background paper and was really happy with my outcome.  

My first week of work has finished... it felt very long and tiring.  It's been quite warm here this past week so too hot to go our walking after work so feeling a bit out of sorts not doing much exercise.  Planning a good long walk tomorrow morning. 

Take care everyone.  Keep safe. 

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Journals/Albums/Frames/Keepsakes

Welcome to another challenge at Sweet Stampin' this week.

Our theme this weeks is Journals/Albums/Frames/Keepsakes - a real challenge for me as I don't do much of this type of papercrafting .


I have an art Journal but only have done a few pages.  I often use it to roll off paint from my brayer when I'm doing Gelli plate.  So have a number of pages that have some background paint.  I decided to do a page to celebrate 2020

 
My page had the blue paint.  I added some washi down one side, and some blue Nuvo embellishment mousse through an Altenew Plaid stencil.  Once that dried I added some Tim Holtz stamps from the Perspective stamp set and Hero Arts Happy New Year Stamp and Cut set.  I added some cut up strips of an Altenew Sentiment strip. 

Do come and join us at Sweet Stampin' Challenge and share your Journals/Albums/Frames/Keepsakes projects.  

March Birthdays

There are a few birthday's in March that I've made cards for.

First up, my great-niece turns 10 on the 15th March. 

 

I used a cute little Tiddly Inks digi image.  I added a few extra hearts die cut with a Simon Says Stamps heart dies.   The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  

My second card is for a guy I work with.

My colleague is a fun guy and I'm sure he'll appreciate the idea behind this one.  I CASE'd a card from Linda Lucas (here)  Love the design and colours she used, so I've copied them.  I used my computer to type the sentiment.    Inside it says "Happy Birthday to you"

and number three is for a friend with a birthday later in the month. 

This is another one using Stamp of Approval dies and stamps and my handmade plaid.    

thanks for stopping by today. 

National Scrapbook Day Weekend Blog Hop

Happy NSD all!  We are totally excited that you’ve joined us this weekend for this extra special blog hop.  SpiegelMom Scraps and the Southern Girls Challenge Blog owners and Design Teams have united and are aspiring to inspire YOU!  This hop has such wide variety of paper crafting styles and media being used that it’s sure to knock your socks off.   Jody Spiegelhoff, owns SpiegelMom Scraps! And one of her lovely Design Team Sparklers, Louise is an owner of the Southern Girls Challenge Blog.  Louise and Jody thought having their Design Teams join forces for this weekend would rock! I think they are right :-)

 
So, it’s time to grab your favourite beverage (depending on the time of day where you live), a yummy treat and get ready to click & scroll your way to some fabulous inspiration! 

You should have arrived here from SpiegelMom Scraps! blog. If you came here by chance be sure to head over to SpiegelMom Scraps for a list of the hop participants.  

Here is my project to inspire you....

I started by covering canvas with Tim Holtz tissue paper.  Next added a layer of gesso.   When this dried I added some Tim Holtz paints.  I used a technique I saw Vicky Papaioannou use... to smear the paint with a damp baby wipe.  I painted the doily with paint in the same way.  The cork corners, were painted with gesso and then yellow and blue paints.   The sentiment was stamped and then clear embossed.  It is from Stamp-It, an Australian company who has their business in Perth.  I got this set when I was there last June.  My butterfly is a Tim Holtz one that was embossed onto vellum and then coloured on the reverse with Copics.  I also randomly stamped parts of the butterfly and another Stamp-It stamp around the edges.   Added some washi tape. Cut a leaf die from some Kaisercraft PP and added some Prima mini roses.  You can purchase the cork chevron's, washi tape and doilies from SpiegelMom Scraps!

Next, I’m sending you over to Julie Blakeman!  Get ready for some beautiful paper crafting!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day

Papaioannou

Papaioannou