Quick Card Share from Mike Deakin

Hi Everyone - Mike here with a couple of quick A6 card shares for you today using two of the fantastic new release stamp sets.

The first is the "Drive Fast" stamp set teamed up with the older but very versatile "Script" stamp set with some cogs and gears for decoration borrowed from the "Fly High" stamp set also featured in the card below. The backgrounds were created using "Vodka Martini" & "Kingfisher Blue" acrylic metallic paints applied by hand with a piece of "Phat Foam".

All images were stamped using Jet Black Archival Ink. The "Script" stamp was stamped in the background using "Sepia" Archival Ink.

They're very quick and simple one layer cards but with the metallic paints in the background, it gives them some real depth with that lovely metallic lustre shining from the back!

Hope you like them!

A water-colour card for any occasion

Hello everybody,

Emmy here today with a new creation to share. This month we are focusing on florals at IndigoBlu blog and since IndigoBlu has so many fantastic stamps featuring flowers, it was very difficult to choose one to use.

This card is quick and simple and all you need is white cardstock, a rubber stamp, white embossing powder and distress crayons.

Cut a 21 x 15 cm for the card base and fold it in two. Cut two more panels from the white carstock, slightly smaller than the card base. Colour the edge of one of them using Indigoblu Artist's Acrylic Paint Vodka Martini (Metallic Silver 60ml). Allow it to dry.

Stamp the image from the Indigoblu Summer Lovin Red Rubber Stamp using embossing ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Colour the image using Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set #5, Set #3 and  Set #1.

Once everything has dried add Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue and Self-adhesive Rhinestones.

I hope you enjoyed my post today!

Come back soon for more inspirational floral projects from our design team.

Emmy

Family Canvas

Hello and welcome, Kay M here to share the canvas I made for this month's seasonal theme of bonfires and fireworks.   

November has a few annual family gatherings involving food, bonfires and fireworks and where there's a gathering there's the group photo!   I've used one from the  Lost Family paper stack as the main image.

A 20cm x 25cm canvas was painted with Gee-Sso-Good black, when dry,  a Sleeping Beauty wash was painted over and more black sponged around the edges to frame the canvas.

Unicorn Sparkles was mixed with Super Thick Slap-It-On and used through the Starburst Stencil three times on the canvas and left to dry.   Pink Luscious was then added to the mixture and this was used through the Weird Science Stencil into the centre of the Starbursts.  This same mix was watered down and splattered over the canvas,  when dry,  white paint splatters and lines were added.

The elements were prepared. 
I used fine texture paste through the Laurel stencil and fussy cut them out when dry, they were painted with a Emerald City and Pheasant Bronze mix and then dusted with Gold Luscious.   Wooden sentiments were painted with Gee-Sso-Good black then dry brushed with Vodka Martini and a little Hot Cocoa and backed with white card.   The family were fussy cut and a black pen run over the cut edges. 

To finish, the family group was attached with silicon glue and the laurel leaves adhered horizontally behind and in front of them.  The sentiments placed as shown.

I love how the Unicorn Sparkles work with the Starburst stencil to look like an exploding firework.  I do hope you have enjoyed this canvas.

Take care until next time,  Kay M x