Colour Block with a touch of tartan

Easel cards always impress and are so simple!

I have sort of cheated and not used single colours but I thought that my 8 x 8 Contemporary Tartan Pad would be perfect for this.

The idea I got from a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers called star burst background if you follow the link you will find the tutorial. Cut strips of the card or paper that you want to use mine ranged between 1 and 2 inches. then cut them in half on the diagonal. The ends get trimmed and hidden so they do not have to be perfect. I have used black card to stick my tartan strips to, leave spaces between the strips, and then trim the card so that it doesn't have a black border. I then layered it on white and black card. I have used the 12 x 12 Textura Card.

I wanted something pearly so I have used a card cut from the Stampendous Fitted Frames and embossed it all over with Stampendous Ice Blue Pearl Embossing Powder and then stamped the words

and embossed with Wild Plum powder. The stamp is one from the Francoise Collection You Are Clear Magic stamp.

I love the way that the front has turned out.

I have used my Brilliant Bowmaker with my black twine.

I have made to multi bows that are the same size, don't think I could manage that with out this handy little tool.

The Happy Birthday is a Woodware Just Words stamp I have edges the layers with the same 2 embossing powders.

I have made it an easel card, I love this they look so effective with out very much work! and here is the inside.

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Cluster of Houses

For my card I have used the Clear Magic Three Houses designed by Jane Gill

yes it is just 3 houses, but I go a bit carried away. The card is 12 x 6 inches I used the black and white Textura Card.

I have paper pieced the houses with papers from the Perfect Prints 6 x 6 pad Lavender Mist.

then I fussy cut the houses, and inked the edges with a Blue Dye ink and a stencil brush.

don't they look pretty?

then I inked the white layer and scuffed the edges with the Woodware scuffer.

then got  the sewing machine out and stitched it with wobbly stitches. On my machine I can vary the length of the stitch as a sew and it is fun to do that , and to make the lines wobble.

then I added the houses to the card

I attached them from either end so that the pale one in the middle stands out.

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Floral Bunting

Who says bunting has to be flag shaped?

I have made some girlie bunting, but I have used Chippies for my bunting, I think that this would be good for a 21st birthday.

I have used the Handbag Chippies and stamped them with Jane's Clear Magic Ranunculus then water coloured them with inks.

These two have been stamped with the Stampendous Perfectly Clear Fronds set.

The 21 is the number chippies and I have

Coloured them with Mixed Media pigment ink in Wisteria and then Frantaged them with a mix of Chunky White powder and a selection of bits from my mix jar, with extra shaved ice!

I stamped the Ranunculus on card die cut with the Stampendous fitted frame dies. then coloured with the wisteria pad.

once I had finished I decided that the background had to be darker so that the numbers stood out so I coloured it all with a stencil brush.

I think that it looks effective layered on the green card.

I have edged all of the handbags with green ink.

The hardest part of the project was getting the ribbon to be the same length between the bags!

I have used a touch of double sided tape and jump ring I also knotted the ribbon so that it would not go through the jump ring.

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Woodware's Whimsical Flower Sally Anne - Take 3

Here we are with Whimsical Flower Sally Anne again this time from Jane the Flower Girl the stamp designer. 

Jane has added a hand drawn border around the flower and on one of the layers that she has used for mounting, with a Sakura Micron Pen.

The colouring has been done with Sakura Colouring Pencils and Jane has blended several colours to give depth to the image. 

While it is surprising that three of the team have chosen the same stamp to use, I just love that it shows how a stamp is just a tool to unlock your creativity!

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Woodware's - Whimsical Flower - Sally Anne - Take 2

Today we have a card from Kim.

using Jane's Whimsical Flower -  Sally Anne it has been one of the most popular stamps in this release.

Kim has stamped on to some background paper from her stash that gives it a great distressed look. 

The words are from the same stamp set, I like the way that Kim has stamped the words and then chopped them so that she could add them in random positions. Kim has used silicone to attach the words. 

I love the way that Kim has coloured the image and her placement of them on the card, it is quite a large stamp and I love the way that Kim has decided not to use just the one image, as I probably would have.

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Woodware's Whimsical Flower - Sally Anne

Today we are looking at Jane's Whimsical Flower - Sally Anne.

This card is by Crafty Debs and as well as using  Whimsical Flower - Sally Anne Debs has also used the Happy Birthday is from the Just Words range. In the back ground Crafty Debs has stamped the Francoise Collection Old Letter.

Crafty Debs has coloured the flower with Crafters inks from Colorbox, this is a great ink for all sorts of surfaces!

The Old Letter has been stamped with Barn Brown Crafters on Craft Canvas.

Crafty Debs has got full details of the products and how she has made the card over on her blog so pop over for more information.

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Mr and Mrs Cat

Jane the Flower Girl today, and Jane is definitely a cat girl.

and again we have some doodling. The cats are Mr and Mrs Cat a Clear Magic set designed by Jane.

the cats a plain, and it looks as if Jane has had fun giving them both interesting patterns with a Sakura Micron Pen. Jane then got carried on and doodled all around the card and turned some of the doodles into flowers, the colour comes from Sakura Stardust pens which adds a touch of sparkle.

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