52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
Can you believe we're now in July? I have no idea where this year has gone to.
As it's the first of the month, it is time for a new "Anything Goes" challenge on the "Love To Craft Challenge Blog". This is the card I have made as a member of the Design Team. If you have a spare moment, please do pop over and take a look at the fab makes by my fellow colleagues.
Here's a photo of the main items I used to make this card.
I started this card by tearing a page out of an old book and sticking a panel to the middle of the card blank.
I made a water wash with a Distress Oxide Ink in a pale green shade called "Cracked Pistachio" and then brushed it across the text section.
Using a stamp from a Stampers Anonymous set, I stamped the cirles horizontally across the middle of the card using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" shade of ink.
Using the same ink, I also stamped some vertical lines using a Stampin' Up stamp set called "Gorgeous Grunge".
Using diluted white Gesso, using a brush, I painted around the edges of the torn page and out to the edges of the card. I deliberately went over the edges of the torn paper so that the Gesso helped to stick any stray raised pieces that had not stuck previously.
Once this was dry, I used a foam blending tool to add a subtle shade of pale pink to the background using a Distress Oxide in the shade of "Spun Sugar". I then stamped more of the circles to create an image from edge to edge of the card.
I also stamped some hexagon images using Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink.
On a plain piece of card, I stamped two butterfly (Stampers Anonymous "Perspective" stamp set) images, again using the Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink. I cut one out and stuck it onto the card. With the second one, I only cut the upper wings out. I used a small blob of "Silicon Glue" to adhere these. This gave the upper wings a more 3D look.
Finally, I added the "Celebrate" sentiment using a stamp from a Stampin' Up set called "Endless Birthday Wishes". I added some sticky backed pearls to add a little more interest.
Every month, Lavinia Stamps holds a monthly challenge. The challenge theme for July is "Midnight Blue With An Orange Hue".
This is the second of three pieces that I have made as part of the Lavinia Stamps Design Team to promote this challenge.
I made the first stage of the background for this card some weeks ago. Using a gelli plate with Colorbox Inks and Brusho paint sprinkled on top.
For the second stage, I used the "Printing With A Stencil" technique, I shared with you a couple of weeks back. In this instance, I used two shades of ink to make the grid appearance by using Distress Oxide Inks in "Faded Jeans" and "Carved Pumpkin" colours.
Once the Distress Oxide grid was dry, using the Versafine Clair "Twilight" ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Indian Flourish" feather. Using the same ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Wild Vines" around the edge of the card.
I decided that the edges needed to be darker, so I used the Distress Oxide ink in the shade of "Faded Jeans" and then the Versafine Clair ink in the "Twilight" shade to make the very edge of the card darker.
Every month Lavinia Stamps have a monthly challenge, where the winning name drawn will receive £40 of vouchers to spend on lovely Lavinia goodies.
This is a card I have made as part of the Lavinia Stamps Design Team to promote the July challenge with a theme of "Midnight Blue With An Orange Hue".
I created the coloured background by using Dylusion spray inks in the shades of: London Blue, Crushed Grape and Fresh Lime.
Once the background colours were dry, I started stamping the image. First I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Spring Trees" in Versafine "Stormy Grey" shade of ink.
I then stamps the "Horse and Foal" image in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" shade of ink.
I created the landscape, by tearing a piece of card into a landscape shape and rubbing Distress Inks across the surface.
I then cut the card down to the size I wanted, added the moon using Memento Luxe "Wedding Dress" shade of ink. I added the stars using a white Posca pen.
Finally, I stamped the "Mini Slender Mushrooms" also in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink and then added white highlights to them and the back of the horses by using a white Signo Pen.
The prompt for Week 27 is "Purple".
To create the coloured background of the tag, I used a Distress Oxide Spray called "Picked Raspberry for the top part of the tag. On the lower area, I sprayed a Dylusion Ink Spray called "Crushed Grape".
I spritzed a Clarity stencil called "Orbit" with water and then flipped it on top of the tag. The area where the stencil met the tag makes a bleached effect giving a different shade of colour which adds interest to the base.
Using Versafine Clair Ink in the shade of "Fantasia" I stamped the hands and sentiments, all part of a Visible Image stamp set called "You Are Not Alone".
Using a Distress Oxide ink in the shade of "Wilted violet" through a small diamond stencil, I created a relief pattern.
Using the Versafine Clair "Fantasia" ink again, I added the detail around the edge using a stamp from another Visible Image stamp set called "Ahead Of Our Time" and "Somewhere In Time".
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There is a Facebook Group for this challenge, where members can upload thier creations to the weekly prompt albums and chat to others taking part. You are welcome to join in, the more the merrier. Sam x
It's time for another challenge on the "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog" which has a theme of "Seaside" for challenge #400.
If you have a moment, please do pop across to the blog to see the other fab makes by my fellow Design Team members.
I decided to do something a bit different for this make by using lots of little bits and bobs I had floating around my work desk.
I had a piece of stamped card with a woodgrain effect, which I had given a grey wash to make it look like weathered wood, so decided to use that as a base.
I knew the colours that I wanted for the sea, so used Distress Oxide Inks in the shades of: Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Broken China and Salty Ocean and roughly applied it to card, filling the white areas using a paint brush.
Once it was dry, I ran it through a Crafters Companion embossing folder which gave a nice wave look texture. I ran a clear embossing ink pad across the surface then covered with a white/silver embossing glitter so that the raised areas sparkle like the sun catching the raised waves, then heat set.
In my embellishment stash, I found a balsa wood sentiment saying "Sun, Shells & Sand" so decided to colour the sea weed and star fish using my Arteza brush pens and then added some Stickles glitter glue to give it a bit of sparkle.
I tore a piece of cardboard box to add a colour and texture like wet sand.
Finally, I assembled all the components and added little pearl like beads to the sand and small shells, I also added a handful of clear sequins to the card to give added sparkle.
In my previous post, I explained that when cleaning your stencil to pop it onto a piece of card and to use a wet wipe.
The remaining colour that you have used on your project gets wiped into the "cut out area" of the stencil and creates a totally different background that you can use at a later date. The background to this card is the additional background from my previous post.
I cut the stencilled image to the desired size and mounted it on grey and yellow card.
I then die cut the grey intricate background shape behind the sentiment using a Spellbinders die set called "Renaissance Jubilee - Tags".
I then typed and printed the sentiment of "On Your Wedding Day" and die cut it using the inner section of the above mentioned die set.
An easy and quick wedding card which I think look quite classy.
Today I had the ideal reason to craft, my regional electricity supllier was doing work in the area so there was no power from 9am till just after 4pm.
I made this new simple new home card using a stencilled background. I started using a blending tool, covering the whole card with a Distress Oxide ink in the shade of "Fired Brick". (This has to be one of my least used colours, but it's actually fab).
A little tip when doing the blending, you need to have a very light touch, almost like you are tickling the surface of the card with the blending foam and I work in a circular motion. I start from the edge and work my way towards the middle. I also use a clean piece of card or paper to hold the card down, that way I don't get finger prints or grease marks don't get transferred.
Positioning the stencil - I like to have a little bit of the card showing on all sides of the stencil. I place the card base on a piece of copy paper and position the stencil. I then use some low tack masking tape on all sides covering the stencil edge, the thin edge of the card and then secured on to the copy paper.
I decided to use a Funky Fossil Stencil called "Bold Damask". I can now start to create the pattern. Through the stencil I used another Distress Oxide Ink, this time in the shade of "Wild Honey", which I applied with a foam blending tool. Again, I work from the edges towards the centre in a circling motion.
Once done, you can very gently remove the masking tape. Even though it is low tack, sometimes it can still rip into your lovingly prepared background, so take it slowly and gently.
I really like the subtle pattern that this colourway has created, it has a lovely warmth to it.
A Little Tip - Don't forget to clean your stencil before storing it. I place the stencil on an off-cut of plain card and then use a wet wipe to clean the stencil. You will find that the "cut out areas" of the stencil will fill with a lighter tone of the colour you have used earlier.
In this instance, the image on the right is my cleaning the stencil pattern, so you now how two stencilled backgrounds for the effort of one. One to use and one to go in your pile of backgrounds to be used.
To create the rest of the card, I die cut three house shapes using a Papertrey Ink set called "Love Lives Here". I stuck the first one in the middle of the card and used a rular to align the bases of the other two house shapes.
The "Welcome To Your New Home" sentiment is part of a Hobby Art Ltd stamp set called "General Greetings" which I stamped in Versafine Clair "Chianti" shade of ink. I then stuck the whole image onto a white card blank.
