Showing posts with label Stickles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stickles. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 December 2016

Special Delivery!


Hello and welcome!
Jennie here today sharing my second project this month.


I decided to go back to basics for a quick Christmas card again using some non-Christmas stamps.



I started with a piece of cream cardstock and stamped it with the Tim Holtz Mesh stamp using Antique Linen Distress Ink.


I then overstamped with my absolute favourite stamps. I have used Vintage Photo Distress Ink but stamped off onto a piece of paper first so the stamping is not too dark.


I decided on a couple of simple embellishments. The letter box was fussy cut and layered up with foam pads. The holly leaves were dabbed with Peeled Paint Distress Ink. All very basic!


I then layered everything up onto a card base and added a couple of small flowers. Finally I worked some Stickles on the postbox, flowers and holly leaves to add a bit of dimension and a Christmassy feel.


A fairly quick and simple card but which was much appreciated by the person who received it.

Thank you for joining me today and I'll take this opportunity of wishing you all a happy and peaceful Christmas.

Jennie x



Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Stencil, Paint, Doodle

Today I thought I would have a bit of fun with paint, stencils and some drawing. I started with a canvas - this one is 8inches square.
Some paints - I used a combination of PaperArtsy Fresco and Cosmic shimmer matt paints, some sponges and stencils - I used Tim Holtz layering stencils.
Start by randomly stencilling areas of the canvas with different coloured paints - I use a sponge (not too much paint as you don't want it to seep through). Keep going until you are happy - it does not need to be perfect as you going to cover most of it up!
Then the scary bit - I drew onto the canvas using a promarker. I did make a little sketch first to get an idea of where to put my flowers.
Badly photographed sketch on paper
If you are doing in a journal or on a harder surface you could stamp your images - or if using a canvas like me - stamp on tissue paper and glue to the surface - but it's fun to try and draw occasionally! (Whatever you draw or stamp with make sure it is not water based as I now add more paint.)

Next I took another colour of paint and covered all areas except the flowers. I used a translucent paint but you could use a watered down version of a non translucent paint - this allows some of the background to show through. I also rubbed some away in places with a cloth.
Once dry I took my black and white journalling pens and doodled around my flowers and highlighted the swirls I had originally drawn.
Finally I took some stickles and went around my flowers to add a little sparkle!
Thanks for stopping by
Nikki


Tuesday, 20 October 2015

The night before Christmas


Hi Everyone, it's Brenda here today with an old fashioned Christmas card for you and
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made with mostly patterned papers and ephemera.


The Father Christmas image was mounted on off-cuts of left over patterned papers and the number 25 was die-cut in red and all edges inked with ground espresso distress ink.


The stars were punched from glitter paper that I seem to have had in a box on a shelf for years. No stamping, masking or paints involved in this one - just a bit of stickles to give some extra sparkle on the stars.


Please see the list of main supplies used for the card that Susan sells. Sometimes things are out of stock, but just give her a ring to find out when they will be back in the shop.

Enjoy your Christmas card making.

hugs Brenda xxx




Friday, 26 December 2014

A Christmas notebook

Morning everyone!

My make today was a simple Christmas gift sent over to a lovely and generous friend in the USA.  As usual it comprises a mixture of brands and was a lot of fun to create…


Here are the photographic steps to make it:
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  


  


Front top:

Front bottom:

Back top:

Back bottom:

Embellishment:

Done:

You can make any version of this you care to and for any occasion!  If you're reading this Terry, HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!)

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful Boxing Day!

Chris xxx