Sunday 23 August 2009
Blooms and hand drawn flowers
I really enjoyed making these and if you come to my stand at Ally Pally, I'll show you how to do them.
A new Calligraphy flower design
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Dare you too
Products used:
1 base card 14cm x 14cm when folded.
I stamp from the Glamour Girls sheet
Pin up stamp from the same sheet as the glamour girls.
Stazon Ink pad in Stone Grey
9mm pink ribbon ribbon with white spots
Silver card
Pink bloom
Pink button 3d foam pads
Double sided tape.
Monday 29 June 2009
The Pink Elephant Challenge #21
Friday 26 June 2009
Dare you to, Digi Stamp Challenge 13
I must admit that th ephotography is not the best but the light is poor today and it was the best that I could do.
The stamp is Hopeful Harry and he is just in today. Let's hope that you get him before he sells out.
Happy crafting,
Yvonne
Monday 22 June 2009
Daring Cardmakers Missing You Challenge
The stamp is one of the ones that I used for the Ismaki challenge but I have used it quite simply here with a mst of silver and lilac card. It's from the Cartes Postal sheet of stamps.
The ribbon is 16mm lilac satin edged chiffon.
The stamp was inked up with the Zig kuretake pens.
Happy crafting
Yvonne
Sunday 21 June 2009
Tiger Turner, Friday Sketch 56
I've made the card with one of the fabulous stamps from I Brake for Stamps which we sell on the Craft Fairy web site.
Click here to see this and the other amazing senior stamps.
Happy crafting,
Yvonne
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Dutch Dare Challenge #52: A Charity Card
She is stamped with one of the stamps from the wonderful Kids sheet by The Merry Stamper.
Here it is:
I hope that this will cheer any child up!!!
Happy crafting.
Ismaki Sketch Challenge
If you want to make anything like this you will need:
Blooms from our lovely new range.
The Cartes Postal sheet of rubber stamps.
The leaf stamp from out new Florals and Leaves rubber stamp sheet.
Art and graphic pens to colour the stamps. I used 56, 50, 60, 49 and 110
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Daisy Silhouette
What you need to use:
Flowers and Leaves stamps sheet from 'I Brake for Stamps'
Yellow gingham ribbon, 9mm wide.
Art and Graphic pens from Zig, Kuretake in colours, dark olive (57), yellow (1), and fawn (49).
Yellow buttons
Green paper
White base card and card to stamp out the image.
What you will need to do:
- Stick a piece of green paper to the base card, leaving a small border of white showing.
- Tie a knot in the ribbon and stick it to the green paper by tucking it behind the paper and sticking it to the back. Trim the edges.
- Colour up the stamp as seen and stamp it onto a piece of white card. Trim and mount with green paper.
- Stick to the base card as seen.
- Add the buttons and stamp on a sentiment and your card si finished.
Happy crafting.
Saturday 28 March 2009
Lilac Flowers
1 base card in white linen 14cm x 14cm when folded.
What I did:
I cut four squares from the spare piece of white card and drew four flowers with the calligraphy pens. I did them slightly off centre. I used the green Art and Graphics to draw stems and leaves.
I used 3d foam pads to stick them to the piece of lilac card and made sure to leave a border all around the squares.
I then stuck this lilac card to the base card.
I drew around the base card with a dot and a dash line .
I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the card.
I wonder what will come next. I won't commit myself as I need to see what mood I'm in.
A Medly of Calligraphy Pen Projects
The first little card is using the blue set of pens and a small scrap of card. I did three different flowers to give the card a bit of an edge.
This second card is made with the pens again but this time I drew lots of different flowers with each of them at different heights.
Next I made a simple tag with the technique that I call 'shaky hand'. This is very quick as it is only one flower and little else.
My final piece is this gift bag which is the one that I made in my workshop.
I hope that you like them too.
Monday 23 March 2009
Sunshine Flowers
To make this card you will need:
The Kids sheet of unmounted stamps from The Merry Stamper
9mm Swiss dot ribbon in hot pink
Pink blooms
TuT pens from Kuretake to colour the image
Crayon Kid Alphabet Rubber Stamps
Pink buttons
White and pink card
Most of the working for this card is fairly self evident. The printing of the word 'Julia' needs a little explanation.
Stick the letters to the mounting block, remembering to put them on in reverse order, otherwise the word will be the wrong way around when you print it. I didn't put the letters in a straight line as I believe that the harder you try to get perfection the harder it is to attain it.
Colour each letter with the TuT pens and vary the pinks to get a more interesting word. Print randomly over the base of the card as seen.
Monday 16 March 2009
Hydrangeas
To make it:
1. You colour the hydrangea stamps with the Art and Graphic Pens from Kuretake and you stamped it twice, colouring up between stamping.
2. You then used the H2O water brush to move the paint a little and added some extra colour where you think that the shadows should be.
3. Cut the images out and then got on with the rest of the card.
4. Cut a base card 10.5cm x 28cm. Score this at the 14cm point to make a card 10.5cm x 14cm when folded.
5. Cut a piece of pink card and scored it and then cut it to fit over the join in the base card.
6. Stamp the message, which is from the Inspirational sayings plate, on a piece of card and cut it out to leavea a small border. Mounted this on to a piece of pink card. This is then stuck to the base card.
7. Stick the hydrangea images slightly overlapping on to the card with a mixture of adhesive and foam pade. The adhesive was for the bottom hydrangea and the foam pads for the upper image.
Decorate the lower part of the card with a broken line of green. One of the greens that was used on the stamp.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Spots it is.
Light Pink
English Lavender
- You will need a base card. I used an A5 card scored and folded in half.
- A piece of thin lavender card and another thin piece of white card to layer over the lavender card.
- Use the fat end of the Dottariffic pens to make random dots over top two thirds of the piece of white card. I made them different sizes. You can do this easily by pressing heavier of lighter with the pen.
- I then used the thick and thin end of both colours to draw lines over the bottom third of the card as seen. I didn't use a ruler, I just drew them freehand. I think that the lines look a bit like an old fashion set of pyjamas.
- Use a bow shaper to tie a bow in a piece of 7cm lilac grosgrain ribbon, and don't cut the bow off the ribbon. Stick it to the card to cover the join between the spots and the lines.
- Now stemp your chosen sentiment on a piece of white card and stick it behind the white frame. I used ed foam pads from Stix2 to do this. I also coloured the edges of the frame with the lavender dottariffic.
- Mount the decotated card onto lilac card and then trim it and stick it to the base card and you're finished.
You can make this card yourself with the pens and the sentiment from the fantastic set of sentiment stamps below.
Happy craftingFriday 27 February 2009
What I did and used.
1. First fold a sheet of A4 card in half to make an A5 size card.
2. Then put green dots where you want the flowers to be placed and load the light pink calligraphy pen with a little of the medium pink and get to work on those flowers. It really is easy. All you need to do is small fan shapes around the dot that you placed on the card. Sometimes I made them bigger, sometimes smaller. On others I held the dark tint to the outside. It's up to you. There are no hard and fast rules.
3. Now draw in the stems in and add a few buds.
4. To make the border across the bottom of the card cut a strip of pink card with a scollop scissors of a template. Cue a strip of white card slightly thinner so that when the white is placed on top of the pink, the pink can be seen.
5. Use the thick end of the Dottariffics in pale green to draw lines on the white strip.
6. Tie a knot in some pink ribbon and tape in place behind the strip of border card, Now stick the border card to the base card.
7. Stamp out a sentiment and stick it to the base card with 3d foam pads.
use 3d foam pads to add the dragonfly.
8. Draw a dotty border around the edge of the card and hey presto your card is finished.