Meandering Meadows to brighten a dull dreary day

 

Hey Crafty Friends welcome to the October Totally Techniques blog hop. We are sharing the Bordered Sentiment technique.  It's very simple. All you need to do is create a mask across your design layer and then stamp above and below or if you do it vertically to the left and the right. 

For my mask I used some masking paper and first stamped the wheel barrow above the mask.  I adjusted my mask to then stamp below it allowing the mask to stop any part of the stamp image I didn't want to show.  If you look carefully you'll see I used the wheelbarrow stamp upside down to just stamp the flowers on my card.  Both images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and coloured with alcohol markers.

I used a strip of white card to go over the area originally masked.  I didn't quite get my initial wheelbarrow stamp to drive right on the line of this piece so stamped the wheels and cut the card to make the partial image connect with the full wheelbarrow.  A mishap recovered.   I finished by stamping my sentiment which is part of a new online exclusive stamp set and suite of products launching on 7 November called Meandering Meadows.  

I added a matt layer of Lemon Lime Twist card and some gold brushed dragonflies which are in this new suite and some gold thread to highlight the sentiment add on piece ie border it. 

It's been a busy week here with lots of local flooding. Thankfully we only had a small issue which pumped out quickly and is drying, but our thoughts are with those more badly hit.  

Take care all and keep stamping.  

Zoe x

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Lemon Lime Twist card

Stampin Blends - Alcohol Markers

Gold and Silver trim

More Wishes to celebrate the season

 I recently saw someone stamp Happy several times and add birthday for a fun trendy birthday card and thought I would try similar with a festive, non traditional handmade Christmas card.  

I used a stamp positioned to stamp the Christmas alternately with pink and purple along with a sprig of holly from the Sending Cheer stamp set.  I used rhinestones for the berries because I love bling and die cut the Happy from silver foil card.  TOP TIP add double sided adhesive sheet to your piece of foil card before die cutting as it makes it much easier to adhere to your project and removes sticky smudge risk on the foil. 

I matted my stamped layer on to some patterned paper (DSP) before adding to my base card, and a simple quick design was made.  My customers have enjoyed making this card at the Christmas Card Buffet sessions also as they love the speed but the wow factor.  It would look great in traditional festive colours too don't you think? 

Keep dry all, it's raining all day here and one of those dirty days.  My thoughts are with customers and local folk who have been flooded recently.  We got off lightly so are very grateful.  I hope everyone is able to keep as dry as possible. 

Take card and keep crafting it is good for the soul. 

Hugs Zoe x

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Wanted to say dies

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Subtles DSP

Easy to make pouch tutorial

Since sharing my one sheet wonder post I've had lots of requests for a tutorial for making the pouch that held the cards made as a result of using the OSW.  Therefore I've made a short youtube video to show how easy it really is.  I hope you find it useful.  

The pouch will take at least 3 handmade cards and envelopes and also tasty chocolates like Hotel Chocolat selector packs.  

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Happy stamping

Zoe x

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Smooshing technique - Christmas Card Club

 Happy Sunday dear crafty friends.  Another Christmas  Card Club share today and our theme is Anything Goes which worked perfectly for me with this card I made this week to use the 'smooshing' technique and some fabulous star dies and I have been wanting to use this fun sentiment.  

So smooshing if you haven't tried it is fun and depending upon the colour or colours you use can create so many different backgrounds or papers for die cutting stars like this.  I used a combination of Balmy Blue and Misty Moonlight re inkers and put drop over a new cutting plate from my die cutting machine, but you could use your Stamparatus plates, a glass matt or even a page protecter from a lever arch type folder.  

Drop ink drops onto your chosen base and then add some water using a spritzer.  Then take a piece of watercolour paper and pick up some of the ink with different places of the paper.  You can mop off any excess and use a heat tool to dry it.  Keep repeating this process until you've covered as much of your paper as you want to and of course repeat on some parts already done to get different amounts of colour.  

Leave the paper to dry while you do the same with a new piece of paper if ink remains or clean up before you do anything else or you'll find you get in a mess! 

Once your sheet is dry you can die cut whatever shapes you want.  I used the Stitched Star dies and as you can see they came out with a sort of denim look in various wash shades.  I also die cut some stars all from the same pack of dies using gold metallic specialty paper which I put double sided adhesive sheet on the back before die cutting.  You'll want to run these through your die cutting machine possibly a few times to be sure they are cut or add shims.  The adhesive sheets are great when you have narrow lines that you could get too much glue on with out them.  It makes for easy adhering.  

Enjoy your Sunday we are about to put up some lights and get the dec boxes out of the loft.  This is our last CCC for 2021.  We'll be back in the new year.  Be sure to visit the other lovely crafters in our club for more inspiration for your Christmas makes.  

Keep safe and keep stamping

Hugs Zoe x

Supplies Used

Stitched Star Dies

Stars Are Shining stamp set

now 50% off

Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper

Re inkers  - lots of colours

Fluid 100 watercolour paper

Watercoloring with Stampin' Up! watercolour pencils

Another month has passed and so I'm pleased to welcome you to our Totally Techniques blog hop of international Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  We are sharing ideas for using the Stampin' Up! water colour pencils. 

I have gone for a very simple approach. I stamped the wild flower stamp from Dragonfly Garden stamp set in black Staz On ink.  I used the pencils to add some colour roughly to each part of the image.  

I then used one of my water painter brushes to move the colour around each part of the image to add light and shade by dragging the colour with the wet brush to where I wanted it.   I'm not the best at colouring in so this technique is very forgiving.  I stamped the mini dragonflies again with black Staz On and added some pencil colour, but this time to drag it across each part of the image I used the Wink of Stella brush so that the sparkly solution mixed with the colour to give the effect of iridescent wings. 

I also added a layer of Pool Party card matted under an embossed layer of vellum to create a frame.  To the right hand side I also added a Highland Heather torn layered edge.  I used a blending brush to add some Balmy Blue ink to tone it down a little and make it blend with the coloured image.  

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and is embossed in white with a simple twine bow.  

I'm sure you will find lots of inpso from the others in the team so do visit all of them. 

Keep safe and keep stamping

Hugs Zoe x

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Winter Mini - Did you get one yet?

I'm so excited that the Stampin' Up! Winter mini catalogue has launched and in particular because there are lots of new goodies to share with you, but some favourite returners meaning you'll get a second chance to see lots of beautiful projects using these sets and some of the papers that you loved last winter. I loved and love the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Papers and the coordinating Christmas Gleaming stamp sets and Gleaming Ornaments punch pack.  With the cards above, (a throwback to designs last winter) I used blends to colour the holly or an aqua painter which is now replaced this year with the water painters giving more flexibility with three different brush tips.  The Hammered Metal embossing folder is in the annual catalogue (AC) along with the stitched layered label dies.  

The only thing missing is the ribbon below, but there are just as gorgeous replacements and accessories to choose from. 

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Christmas Gleaming             Christmas Gleaming              Gleaming Ornaments

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Keep safe and happy crafting 

Zoe x