Champagne and Dancing!

I really enjoyed making this card - something a little different and very striking!

I've used my freebie stamps again - from Creative Stamping Magazine.  It has the most gorgeous lace corner stamp that you can stamp four times to make this beautiful lacy motif.  I've stamped the whole card using Versafine Satin Red ink.  Once I had stamped the lacy motif I cut it out and then cut out a white mount and used a Martha Stewart punch on the corners.  I cut out a circle shape using a die - just big enough to fit in the fabulous saying.  The main motif was mounted onto a red border which really highlights those decorative corner.  finally the 6x6" card blank was stamped with the rose motif using the same inkpad.  As you can see I often start from the top of my design and work backwards as I find that then you can make sure your background perfectly matches the type of motif you are laying onto it.

Why not try yourself some monotone stamping... pick a colour and carry it through the design.  I would love to see your creations - please comment with your blog to share!

Have a lovely Sunday and I hope you get to fit in some crafting time!

happy crafting

Jane
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Delicate Snowdrops

Todays project has been created using the Chocolate Baroque Snowdrop Script Stamp.  I started by inking a C6 cardblank using Distress Ink - Peeled Paint and then sprayed water into my hand and flicked it over the top and then used a tissue to remove the droplets to give the mottled effect.

I then cut out a fancy square shape using a die from a dictionary page.  I then stamped my snowdrop using Vintage Sepia Versafine Ink and also stamped the greeting in the same colour.  I watercoloured the leaves with some watercolour pencils, and added a little grey shading to the flowers with watercolour pencils too.  I cut a mount to size and inked around the edge with the sepia inkpad - you will see this is a technique I use a lot for two reasons - firstly you always get a background that will match your stamped image, secondly it saves me having to have huge quantities of different coloured cardstock to hand when I am crafting on the go!

I mounted it all together just adding some ink around the edge of my greeting to give it some definition before mounting it onto the card. 

I like the feel of this card.. all as delicate as the snowdrops!

happy crafting

Jane

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Simple Rocking Horse

I've had fun playing around with these stamps.  They are the free stamps that come with Creative Stamping magazine (a few copies still left - £5.99).  This rocking horse is so detailed - I was really impressed with how good the quality of the stamps are!  I started by stamping my horse in black VersaFine and then cut him out with an oval nestabilities die and then a border with the matching scallop edge oval die.  I edged around the scallop oval with a Pear Green Promarker.

I stamped my lace border along the edge of some card - twice - using VersaFine Spanish Moss.  I cut around the edge of the lace and then stuck to each side of my 5x7" card.  I stamped my greeting from the same sheet of stamps and edged the border with the ink and mounted onto my card.

You'll see more to come from this set of stamps... I had great fun playing around with them!

Oh.. and I've finally got round to setting up my Folksy shop - there will be new products added gradually but at the moment you can buy some of my blog cards and jewellery and some crafting supplies... have a look when you get a mo!  http://folksy.com/shops/AldridgeCrafts


happy crafting
Jane

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