St. David's Day Artist Trading Coin (Lavinia Stamps)

The 1st of March is Saint David's Day (the Patron Saint for Wales).  So I made an Artist Trading Coin to commemorate the day.

I've used Distress Oxide Inks for the background (Tumbled Glass for the sky and Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover for the grass.

Using Versafine "Smokey Grey" shade of ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Skeleton Tree Scene".  I then stamped the "Small Dragon" in Versafin Clair "Tulip Red" ink.  

I then created the landscape at the base of the coin, using a mask and Distress Ink in the shade of "Peeled Paint".  Finally I added letters for the word "Cymru" which is the Welsh work for Wales and I inked the edges of the coin.

Sympathy Card (Stampin' Up Hopeful Thoughts)

Today I received some sad news.  A good friend of my parents passed away yesterday.  My parents are both dead, but hearing the news of the friend passing brought to mind all the fun times they had throughout their friendship.

I quickly put this card together, so that I could catch the first post. I've used a Stampin' Up set called "Hopeful Thoughts" stamped in Versafine Nocturne.  I added some small pale blue gem stones to the middle of the flowers to lift the image a little.

Girls Birthday Card

I fancied making a bright card, suitable for a young lady who will be celebrating her birthday today.

I decided to stamp flowers from the Hobby Arts Ltd, stamp set called "Abstract Flowers", stamped in a raspberry shade of Adirondack Ink.  I then coloured the flowers with a yellow Promarker.

I stamped the Apple Blossom Banner sentiment in the same Raspberry coloured ink and die cut it using the Apple Blossom die.

Camper Van Card using the Black Ice Technique (Creative Stamping Issue 54)

I have continued my play with the Black Ice technique.  If you're not familiar with this technique watch this youtube.

The camper van stamp was a free gift with issue 54 of Creative Stamping magazine.  The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink from thier "Stylish Sentiments" set.

I used three shades of StazOn ink for this card - Black, Azure and Teal.

The Black Ice "Green Man" Card #laviniastamps

While I had the inks and everything out for the first "Black Ice" project, I thought I would make another but add another colour.  

Unfortunately, I'm still picking up reflections in the mirror card, so apologies for the quality of the photography.  I've tried different angles and lights, but none of them are great.

I've watched a youtube tutorial on how to do it.  I've used a piece of silver mirror/foil card and inked it with black StazOn, dragging it from top to bottom to get a streaked look.  I've then rotated it twice to then ink from what was the bottom to the top that is now the bottom, if you get what I mean.  I repeated the technique using an "Azure" shade of StazOn ink to get the blue areas.

I then stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Green Man" in black StazOn ink.  I dragged a Versamark ink pad across the surface (again top to bottom) to get a streaked look, then coated with clear embossing powder and heated with a heat gun.  Finally, I mounted it onto black and blue card.

Male Birthday Card using "Black Ice" Technique (Papercraft Essentials Issue 61)

I had heard about a technique called "Black Ice", so I 
Googled it and found out how to do it.  The best demonstration I found for it is this one.  It is clear and easy to follow.

I thought the look of the black ice, leant itself to a male card, so that is the direction I took.  I used a stamp and embossing folder Apple Blossom set which came free with issue 61 of Papercraft Essentials magazine.

I started by embossing a piece of black card and mounted it to a white card blank.

Using a piece of mirror/foil card, I dragged a black StazOn ink across the surface, from top to bottom.  I then rotated it and dragged it in the opposite direction so that there was equal amount of ink at both the top and the bottom of the foil card.

Using the stamps from the magazine I mentioned earlier, I stamped the sentiment and beer glasses, also in Black StazOn ink.

Using a Versamark clear ink embossing pad, I dragged it across the surface, in the same direction as earlier, from top and bottom, I didn't want total coverage, but more of a streaked effect.  I then coated it with clear embossing powder and heated till raised.

I finished the card, by mounting the foil section onto a piece of black card and then mounting that with foam pads for elevation onto the embossed surface already prepared.

I do like the look of this technique, but it is very hard to get decent photographs as I seem to pick up the colours on mirror card from around me.

Week 09 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2019

The prompt for Week 9 is:  "One Word"

For my tag, I opted for the word "Simplicity" this is reflected in the minimal look of this tag.  I used my "Brother" label maker to create the word and then stamped the flowers, which are from the Hobby Art "Abstract Flowers" set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.

Here is my second tag with slightly more decoration.

I kept my tag deliberately clear of colour other than the band the word sits on, so that the eye is drawn to the word. 

For this tag, I used two stamps from the Stampin' Up set called "Gorgeous Grunge" . I stamped the coloured stripe in a Versafine Clair ink, in a shade called "Glamorous".  The rest was stamped in Versafine "Black Onyx" shade of ink.

I drew the circles through a D'Inkables stencil from Bee Crafty.  For the "Simplicity" word, I used my Brother lable maker.

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You can find more details about the tag challenge here, including a list of the previous prompts.

There is also a Facebook Group for this challenge.  Feel free to pop over and join the other members uploading images of their creations to the weekly albums.  Hope to see you soon.  Sam x