Thursday 18 November 2010
Calligraphy Daisy Card
What I have shown you here is how to use the drawings to create a card.
The daisies are drawn on a piece of card which was 7 cm x 9 cm approx.
I used Butter and Rose to draw the flowers and Olive Green 56 in Art and Graphic pens to draw the stems and the leaves.
The daisy in the middle was drawn first when the second colour was at its strongest and the two others were then drawn. The lighter colour on the two flowers either side give some appearance of recession.
The card was then edged in the gold metalic calligraphy pen to make it look as if it had a border.
Finally I added someof the new 16 mm satin ribbon in willow to give the card some texture and luxury and a saying to finish it off.
Friday 12 November 2010
Read My Lips Lucille
What you will need:
1 base card, 140mm x 140mm
Contrasting card for layering
Read my Lips Lucille stamp
Zig Kuretake tut pens in colours: 207 (for skin), 56, 23, 49
A button for the corner
A saying.
Feel free to copy the one that I've used. I printed it out on the computer, cut it out and layered it up.
16mm scarlet satin ribbon for the centre of the card.
I really didn't think that this lady needed my usual pinks so I went for no nonsense colours, but because it is nearly Christmas I added some reds too.
Thursday 21 October 2010
Super fun Christmas
Are you all getting ready for Christmas? If you are then here’s a rather different card for you to make this month. It’s a funny one for a change.
You will need: 1 base card 140mm x 140mm,
I used white linen card.
1 piece of white card 1 piece of red card
1 piece of doodlebugs jolly holly paper
1 length of 9mm red saddle stitch ribbon
1 sentiment and the package lady stamp from the 'Censorship' sheet of unmounted rubber stamps.
Stazon in Stone Gray
A selection of pens to colour the image.
H2O waterbrush from Kuretake.
paper glue 3d foam pads.
To make the card Stamp the image onto a piece of white linen card. Colour it in and trim the card to leave a fairly generous border around the image. Stick the image card to the red card and trim to leave a thin border. Stamp the sentiment onto another piece of white card and mount onto red card and trim to leave a similar size border. Cut a piece of jolly holly paper to cover about a 1/3rd of the card and stick to the base card. Tie a knot in the ribbon and use it to cover the join. Stick the images to the card with 3d foam pads.
Sunday 14 February 2010
Fennel Seed Head Card
I am often asked for cards for men and it is always difficult to come up with anything for them. So much of the stuff in the shops is covered with beer mugs that I decided to go for something refreshing and natural. Flowers are out for most men but seeds and weeds seem to be fine. This is what you get in this card.
What you will need:
Fennel Seed Head from Stampinback
Pieces of waste card from when you've been learning to use a brayer
or some nice paper
Stazon in Stone Grey
Sentiment stamp from I Brake for Stamps
Light duck egg blue ribbon from Craft Fairy
Toning background paper for the base of the card
Happy crafting
Saturday 6 February 2010
Ribbon Flower Tutorial 2
So above, is the finished flower and now I'm sure that you all want to see how I made it.
First you will need to assemble your ingredients:
On my table I had:
4 strips of hot pink satin swiss dot ribbon each measuring 15 cm.
A few buttons. I hadn't yet decided which ones to use. You will need one bigger than the other though.
Cotton
A needle. Use a sharp one.
Start your flower by putting some glue on one end of the ribbon:
Fold it to the centre add glue to the other end and fold that to the centre too. Your ribbon should overlap and form a loop that the glue holds together in the centre.
Once you've done this you can layer up the pieces as seen in the picture below and now you're almost ready to sew them together.
I played around with the buttons that I had on the table and I finally chose a pink and a green button as I liked the way that they looked.
You need to be aware that you are sewing a lot of layers of ribbon together so that's why you will need a sharp needle. I started by sewing just two pieces together to get the position right.
Now layer up the pieces and sew together. Add your buttons and sew together and your flower is ready to go...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Ribbon Flower Tutorial
Gingham Ribbon flower:
- You will need a 10 inch length of ribbon. I used this black and white gingham. You will need at least 23 mm ribbon for this to work. Ribbon available from Craft Fairy.
- Thread in your chosen colour. I used white but red would be quite nice if you have red on your card or page.
- Two buttons, one slightly bigger than the other.
Now comes the fun part:
Thread your needle and with small stitches, stich along one edge of the ribbon.
When you get to the end of the ribbon, pull the thread to make the ribbon into the sort of cartwheel shape that you can see in the picckie.
Sew the ribbon together at the back... No one wants to see tacking stitches.
There we are, ready to be used.
Monday 18 January 2010
Fairy, but with a twist
Saturday 16 January 2010
Stained Glass window card
I wanted to be the first to enter. I really get a kick out of that. So silly, I know but indulge me.
Now, don't be fooled into thinking that I've put on any stitching. It's dots made with the pen. Quick and simple. Makes up for the age that I took to colour in the stamped image.
I know that you are going to want to buy it immediately so go to Craft Fairy now to get it. It's the beautiful Stained Glass Flower stamp.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
And now for a gift bag
The beautiful hot pink gingham ribbon is just in and just £1.50 for 3 metres.
Friday 8 January 2010
Gardening Fairy
The ribbon is from Craft Fairy naturally. It's a beautiful 9mm baby blue gingham.
The digital images are almost ready to go on the web site. Only a couple of glitches to iron out and they will be for sale.
Monday 14 December 2009
Little Presents
So wonderfully, the challenge this week on the Stamp with Fun site is for little presents so instead of making a card I decided to make a bag similar to the blue one that I made before.
This cute little bag is embellished with a scalloped edged piece of card front and back and layered up with brown paper that I had in my stash. The little perfume bottle is from Savvy Stamps and is on special offer at the moment on the Craft Fairy site.
The brown dotty ribbon is here, and the pink dotty ribbon is here.
Poinsettia Card for Christmas
Saturday 12 December 2009
Champagne Pearl
Wednesday 18 November 2009
My Time to Craft Challenge 'Under My Umbrella'
The image is created with the mouse and Umbrella stamp from Stampinback and you can get one just like it by clicking here.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Snowman card from our new stamps
To make this card you will need the snowman stamp which at only £3 is a super bargain.
Some of our dotty red satin ribbon.
I also used Doodlebug paper from my stash and Kuretake pens to colour up the stamp.
Sunday 15 November 2009
Thank You Card for Pink Elephant Challenge
This card is made with a stamp from the Cartes Postal sheet that I love so much.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Ribbon Picture
Give ma a little time and i'll give you the instructions too.
Saturday 19 September 2009
Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge #50
1 base card 14cm x 14cm when folded.
I stamp from the Glamour Girls sheet
Stazon Ink pad in Stone Grey
Silver card Pin up stamp from the same sheet as the glamour girls.
Pink button
3d foam pads
Double sided tape.
Thanks for looking and, if you like anything that you see, please leave a comment.
Allsorts Challenge 19, 'Stars'
I used:
The carol singer stamp from the Variety sheet from I Brake For Stamps
I piece of Night Sky Glitter Card
I base card 10.5 cm x 15cm when folded
1 piece of navy blue saddle stitch ribbon
1 tag
Oval shape
3d foam pads
What I did:
I cut a piece of the night time glitter card to cover the top half of the card while still leaving a small border around the top. Stick to the base card.
Stamp the image onto the oval card and colour with shades of blue, yellow and a little red and brown.
Tie a knot in the ribbon and adhere it over the join between the glitter card and the base card.
Write a nessage on the tag and stick it to the card along with the image.
Now that's a fairly quick card.
Friday 18 September 2009
My Favourite Colour
The fabulous tulip image is on sale here at the Craft Fairy site
The beautiful pink stitched ribbon is also available here.