Monday, November 2, 2020

Totally Techniques - Stamping with Embossing Folders


Welcome back to another Totally Techniques international blog hop. I have been very tardy with this group this past 6 months and hope to redeem myself this month.

This is my card:
I love textures, distressing and layers in my cards so this technique really appeals to me. I am also conscious that people are looking for ideas for Christmas so I know that this card layout will come in handy with say a poinsettia flower arrangement or holly and pine cones. . .
These are the materials used:-

Tasteful Touches Stamp Set
Textured Essentials Stamp Set
Basic Black Cardstock
Crumb Cake Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Copper Foil Card
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Crumb Cake Classic Ink
Soft Suede Classic Ink
Versamark Ink
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder
Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder
Retired Heirloom Frames 3D Embossing Folders
Gold Hoop Embellishments
Champagne Rhinestones
Scalloped Lacetrim
Poinsettia Dies (from the Holiday Cattie)
Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends
Dark Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends
Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends
The card is a square card in basic black, mounted with a square of crumb cake card which is stamped using the "pinewood planks embossing folder" in crumb cake ink. I also stamped the little square texture stamp from the Textured Essentials stamp set in soft suede ink for some added vintage appeal.

The copper foil sheet was embossed using the tin tile embossing folder. I distressed the edges and then added some oxidisation with soft suede ink around the edges to give an aged look. I added the lace trim to the back as I wanted the card to have a feminine feel. The heirloom frame was embossed and fussy cut from whisper white and I sponged the edges with soft suede ink to marry into the vintage frame.
The flowers are stamped in memento ink on whisper white and coloured with the Stampin' Blends listed above. I cut the little black leaves with the Poinsettia Dies in basic black card. The rhinestone and hoop add the extra bit of luxe!

This was a really quick card and I hope it still has wow factor. I plan to use it for my daughter's 16th birthday next week but I will copy the layout for Christmas cards for the season.

Until next time,
Shanni xx





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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Fancy Folds - Square Fold Cards


Welcome back to another month of hopping with the Fancy Folds Design Team - this month we are doing Square Folds. I hope you are joining me from my good friend Gina's beautiful blog. 

This is my first "square fold" following the easy to understand tutorial from Stamp With Nellie:

The materials used were:

Thick Whisper White Cardstock
Poinsettia Place Designer Series Papers
Old Olive Cardstock 
Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Real Red Classic Ink
Wonderful Gems
Stitched Circles Framelits
Layered Circle Framelits
Shimmery Crystal Effects

Base card is Thick Whisper White card, mounted with a square of old olive on the back of the card and two triangles on the front and then mounted with coordinating Poinsettia Place DSP.
The poinsettia image was fussy cut from the Poinsettia Place DSP, once situated on the card I coated it with Shimmery Crystal Effects. The black and red berries were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Real Red Ink using the two step stamps from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set. The sentiment was stamped from the same set in Real Red.
The card is really simple and easy to make and it would be an impressive card to receive as it looks a little more complicated than it is. An easy Christmas card to impress.

My second "square card" is a little more complicated:
This is a square card with a double fold inside. The materials used included:

Thick Whisper White Cardstock
Poinsettia Place Designer Series Papers
Old Olive Cardstock
Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set
Real Red Classic Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Timeless Label Punch
Dark and Light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blend
Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend
Dark and Light Old Olive Stampin' Blend
Beaded Pearls
Pearls

This is the pattern for the card. The base card is Thick Whisper White cardstock.

I mounted the Poinsettia Place DSP directly onto the front of the card. 
The poinsettia image is from the Poinsettia Petals Stamp set, stamped in Memento Black and coloured using the Stampin' Blends mentioned above. I then fussy cut the petals and glued them together. The centre of the flower is the beaded pearl embellishment, the leaves were also fussy cut; I used the flower petals and coloured them with dark and light Old Olive Blends.
This is what the inside of the card looks like, the sentiment from the same set stamped in Real Red.
And the base area also contains another sentiment from the same set stamped in Real Red.
My final "square fold" card, looks a little complicated but is very easy:
This is a square card with a double fold inside. The materials used included:

Thick Whisper White Cardstock
Poinsettia Place Designer Series Papers
Old Olive Cardstock
Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set
Real Red Classic Ink
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Timeless Label Punch
Dark and Light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blend
Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend
Dark and Light Old Olive Stampin' Blend
Wonderful Gems

This is the pattern I used. The case card is Thick Whisper White, you can make this card in any size simply make sure your base card is square.
Score the card in quarters and then on the 45 degree. Fold and burnish all the score lines. I mounted the base card with a square of the Poinsettia Place DSP.
The poinsettia is stamped in Memento Black and coloured using the same colours described above. Again I fussy cut the petals and leaves. The centre of the flower on this occasion is three of the gold Wonderfull Gems.
The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in Real Red. I simply cut the banner to size. 
The inside of thee card folds like a piece of origami but is very effective and looks fancy! Simple and sensational.

Don't leave us just yet as my friend Astrid has the most amazing project! 

I hope that you give these a try. They are fun and easy and very satisfying.

Until next time, stay glittery!

Cheers 

Shanni xx



Order of the October Hop

Aude Barbara (France)

Gina Connor (United Kingdom)

Shannean Moncrieff (Australia) that's me!

Astrid Hofmann (Austria)

Stephanie Nash (Canada)

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Fancy Folds - Triple Cube Pop Up Card

Welcome back to another Fancy Folds Design Team Blog Hop - this month we are a few demos short but those who are here have pulled out all the stops. We are highlighting Triple Cube Pup Up Cards this month. You may have just been visiting my beautiful friend Gina in Northern Ireland. I love Gina's project - this woman is sooooo creative!

Here is my project:
I followed the very detailed YouTube tutorial from The Artful Inker, but then I came up wit my own measurements. Basically you use a standard base size card and score it in four equal areas so that you can make the cube. Yu then select two more pieces that are exactly half of the card height to make the two smaller cubes on the left and right - make sure you score these lengths in four places too. You will get the gist of it from the YouTube presentation; don't be afraid to use your own card sizes, just keep them uniform!
For the project today I used Basic Black as my card base and coupled this with the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper - I love the natural timber and stone look and thought they would go well with the images from the Tasteful Touches stamp set.
I love the contrast between the woodgrain DSP and the solid coloured flowers. And I wanted to position my flowers off the edges of the DSP to give it a more random but balanced look.
The flower stamp from the Tasteful Touches is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Whisper White card and coloured using the Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler, Light Poppy Parade and Dark Mango Melody Stampin' Blends:



I stamped a heap of them so that I would have enough for the project. I wasn't too concerned about going outside the lines because I knew I was going to fussy cut the flowers for the project. I am pretty hit and miss on how I colour but this stamp is so forgiving.
I stamped directly on the DSP with the leaf sprig in Mossy Meadow. I love the filigree style of the leaf stamp and think that it balances the vintage feel of the flower images.
The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on a piece of Whisper White. the card was 2.5cm wide and I used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch to clip the ends.
I wanted the card to be able to close and look just as good as when it's open so that the recipient enjoyed the visual impact of the bright flowers on the dramatic background.
 Dimensionals mean that the centre flower sits above the outer two.
The card feels really light and can be send in a standard 6" x 6" envelope which is always an importnt consideration.
This is what the card looks like from above. The DSP is so gorgeous! I think this is my favourite suite in the new cattie.
Side view to show that the flower inside the bottom left cube sits perfectly when the card is folded.

I hope you have felt a little inspired to try this card it is seriously easy with a great impact. I am going to make some other projects using the same fold!
Don't leave us just yet.  Mary Kay has been so creative, despite being busy with her family this summer! Mary Kay has an awesome project this month! I love MK's style!

Until next time, stay sparkly!

Shanni xx


Order of June Blog Hop

Gina Connor (United Kingdom)
Shannean Moncrieff (Australia) that's me!
Mary Ann Rossiter (United States)
Astrid Hofmann (Austria)
Stephanie Nash (Canada)

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Fancy Folds - Corner Flip Card

Welcome back to another month blog hopping with the Fancy Folds Design Team, this month we are featuring Corner Flip Folds. I hope you loved Gina's project as much as I did!

I followed the easy to understand tutorial by Dawn O! This is my card this month:
Featuring the Forever Fern stamp set, I have made a rectangular card as per the measurement details of Dawn's video out of WhisperWhite Thick Card.
I texturised the card with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder after I had cut the fold into the front of the card. I then lined the inside and the top half of the the card with a rectangle and square of the Perfect Peacock card and then mounted that with Whisper White card.
On the front I mounted the square with leaves cut using Pretty Peacock, Vellum Card and Whisper White Card cut using the Forever Fern Dies. I stamped the leaves stamp in Mossy Meadow x 4 on Whisper White, cut them with the matching die, and daubered the plain white card with Pretty Peacock ink to make it pop a little.
I layered the leaves around the gold hoop embellishment and stamped the fly poo stamp from the Forever Fern set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I stamped the sentiment in versamark and heat emboss white on Basic Black and hand cut the small rectangle. I adhered everything with dimensionals and tombow glue.
For a final touch I coloured some Rhinestone Jewels with the Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blend and adhered them randomly where they balanced the layout.

I hope you feel inspired by this months hop, thanks for stopping by! Don't leave us just yet - Mary Ann has a fabulous project for you to see!
Until next time, stay glittery!

Shanni xx

Order of June Blog Hop

Nadine Schweda (Germany)
Aude Barbara (France)
Fiona Carson (New Zealand)
Gina Connor (United Kingdom)
Shannean Moncrieff (Australia) that's me!
Mary Ann Rossiter (United States)
Astrid Hofmann (Austria)
Stephanie Nash (Canada)


Saturday, May 30, 2020

Totally Techniques - Water Colouring


We are back for another Totally Techniques Design Team blog hop and this month we are featuring water colouring!

This is a great technique and is particularly popular with backgrounds but because I thought others on the hop might feature that I wanted to try my hand at a few different styles of water colouring. These are very clean styles - not my usual layering at all.

My first card is simple stamping with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (in this case on Whisper White card) and straight forward colouring using our classic ink pads and an aqua painter.
Jacque Williams' stamp set Beautiful Moments truly lends itself to water colour painting. I used Perfect Peacock, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pool Party, Soft Suede and Daffodil Delight.
I finished with a bit of highlighting using the clear Wink of Stella. Th sentiment is from the For the Love of Felt, stamped in Memento on Whisper White and punched out with the Timeless Label Punch.
The shimmer adds a touch of bling to the images and ties in the colours in the foreground and bak ground.

Next I thought I would share a technique many stampers are using which is water colouring direct on to card then cutting the colour washed area wit a framelit to complement an image. This is my second card:
So I used the Botanical Tags Dies to cut out the images you see on the front of this card. I made the ombre shades using Rococo Rose, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive ink pads and an aqua painter on Whisper White card. The tip is to have plenty of water through the brush.
Once you have washed the card with the ink colours of your choice, you wait for it to dry then cut out the die image. I fussy cut the edges of the leaves and the flowers because the die is actually a tag shape and the flower usually marries direct onto the tag area. The background was embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Embossing Folder.
The sentiment was heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss on Basic Black card and cut out using the Timeless Label Punch.

My third and final card was standard no line water colouring:
I stamped To a Wild Rose in Crumb Cake on Whisper White and coloured the flower in Cherry Cobbler and the leaves in Mossy Meadow and Old Olive.
I used an aqua painter with the classic ink pads. I wanted to keep the image plain and simple.
Once the water colours had dried I came back in and added some extra detail with the Cherry  Cobbler ink pad to create more shadow. It was very relaxing to colour. The sentiment is the same used in the other cards, stamped in Memento Ink.

I hope yo have enjoyed my projects and have found some inspiration ~ I now that rest of the team have some truly awesome cards to share.

Until next time,

Shanni xx
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