My papercraft and card making projects

Tuesday 24 July 2012

f. e. linus esq


another little card using stampendous stamp 'f.e.linus esq'
i just received some of the brand new frantage enamels from the stamp man this morning so i added a little of the aged teal and aged scarlet to the frantage mix!
the new colours are fabulous!!

Monday 23 July 2012

3 cards




just a quick post
3 cards i made this weekend using stampendous, andy skinner, inkylicious and tim holtz stamps
lots of frantage on each

Wednesday 18 July 2012

inkylicious







firstly my apologies for my dreadful camera work ... i must find a way of photographing my cards so they are at least not wonky!! lol!

recently i discovered inkylicious stamps and products

see their website HERE

i bought some of their [hard to get hold of] art silk card, some of the ink 'dusters' and quite a few stamps which have some lovely sentiments on them.
the backgrounds are mainly using holtz seasonal distress ink with the dusters. its very easy and gives a lovely blended effect.
after my recent 'public appearance' i realised that people liked the simple cards too so with that in mind i have been making as many as i can [often in multiples of same design] so that i can raise more money for my charity.
these are far removed my my usual holtz-distress style but i am enjoying doing something different for a while.
i really like the simplicity of these cards, the designs of which i borrowed from their website - except this 'time flies' card which is all my own design! with lots of frantage and perfect pearls. this stamp is from the stamp man.


sorry i have not been blogging much recently but i have been a bit busy
i still regularly read all my blog list and love the work that everyone does -- it really inspires me.


Sunday 8 July 2012

3 cards with face stamp



these 3 cards are again very similar both in their own design and embracing the format i have been making recently.
i have used  a face stamp from inkylicious as the focal image, which i embossed then tinted the lips and cheeks with cut n dry nibs.   again adding graduated ink with their dusters and using embossing folders on each tag.  i added various 'tag toppers' cut with on the edge dies.
lots more frantage yumminess on each card
this face stamp is quite striking i think and stamps really well.
the top card has a background of paperartsy crackly tissue cut with vintage doily edge die


Saturday 7 July 2012

tags with sentiments




after my recent sell-out performance at the sussex beacon [lol]
i needed to make a few more cards to replace all the ones sold
the design i used for these cards seemed very popular so why fix it if it aint broke.....

while reading my blog list a couple of days ago i read a really good idea from tammy tutterow to add a topper to a tag where the non embossed part is.
unfortunately i cant find that post, but this is my version [hers is far superior!!]
so thanks to tammy for the idea.

i just purchased some ink dusters from inkylicious and had a bash at colouring with them.  i love the blending you can easily achieve, using the summer distress colours.
i used the honeycomb texture fade with the diffuser on the first tag and the bookplate on the second one.  the sentiments are also from inkylicious which i embossed.
both tags were edged with aged copper frantage then mounted on a trimmed piece of kraft card [papermania kraftstax] which had some craft mesh and crumpled and inked paperartsy crackly tissue adhered to it.
i finished them off with some frantage powders and glued some glitters and mica flakes to both.
i wish i had more spare time to produce more cards ..... they sell so well and every penny counts!  i will try my hardest to make some more, even if i have to re-produce some of the ones i have previously made.

sorry about the appalling photography ... its not my forte.

Monday 2 July 2012

london 2012


i made a couple of cards like this at my recent charity event and they sold instantly [i had to warn that the glue was still wet!! lol]
so i thought i could make a few more as the time fast approaches for the london olympics
the london stamp is from stampendous coloured with promarkers [i only have a few of these]
the flower is a new paperartsy stamp with a creative expressions dazzler in the centre
the numbers are cut from wordplay and embossed with black tinsel powder.
i edged the base in aged black frantage and spritzed the whole thing with tourquoise perfect pearl