Smeared & Creased

Friday, November 10, 2017

Stencils - June DT Project

Hello!

Our fun theme this month sees us playing with stencils. I own a number of stencils but have not used these great tools as often as I should, so I have really been looking forward to this month!

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 1/2" to make a top folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I took a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and taped it onto my work surface to prevent it from moving and placed the My Favorite Things Stencil - Waves onto the lower half of the piece and taped it in position also. I then swiped Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Turquoise Sea ink over the stencil with a Ranger Blending Tool, creating an ombre effect as I applied the ink more softly towards the bottom of the piece.

I removed the stencil and then did the same with the Tim Holtz Rays Layering Stencil on the top half of the card, this time using Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber and Scattered Straw Distress Ink. I die cut this piece with the stitched rectangle die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 using a Sizzix Bigshot Machine.

Using Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White cardstock, I die cut the larger sized Lawn Fawn Say Cheese, Again polaroid frame and cut another frame with Turquoise Sea cardstock from the Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Island Dream collection. This gave me the blue I needed to place inside the frame. Before cutting the Turquoise Sea cardstock however, I used the My Favorite Things Stencil Waves once again. After taping in place, I used Thermoweb iCraft Decofoil Transfer Gel, smearing it over the stencil with a small craft spatula and placed aside to dry. Once dry, I foiled the piece using Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Fancy Foils Turquoise Sea with my Heidi Swapp Minc Machine. As my background had a distressed feel, I decided to distress the foil a little too with a Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Scratcher.

I stamped My Favorite Things Seaside Seagulls with a Misti stamping tool in Memento Black ink onto Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White cardstock, diecut and coloured the images with Copic Markers. I stamped the sentiment onto the polaroid frame from the same set using Hero Arts Black dye ink.

To assemble the card, I adhered the stitched rectangle diecut background onto a slightly larger rectangle piece cut from Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Turquoise Sea cardstock with a paper trimmer using Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller. I adhered a slightly smaller piece of scrap cardstock behind the polaroid frame and placed the Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Turquoise Sea cardstock square insert foiled piece to this within the frame and stuck the frame to the background piece using 3M Scotch Foam Tape. I popped the seagulls into position and finished off the card with some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins in 4mm and 6mm, adhered with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper

My Favorite Things Stencil - Waves

Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Turquoise Sea ink
Ranger Blending Tool
Tim Holtz Rays Layering Stencil
Distress Ink - Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Scattered Straw
My Favorite Things Blueprints 13
Sizzix Bigshot Machine
Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White cardstock
Lawn Fawn Say Cheese, Again
Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Island Dream collection
Thermoweb iCraft Decofoil Transfer Gel
Craft spatula
Gina K. Designs*Thermoweb Fancy Foils - Turquoise Sea
Heidi Swapp Minc Machine
Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Scratcher
My Favorite Things Seaside Seagulls
Misti stamping tool
Memento Black ink
Copic Markers - C4, C6, Y18, YR15, R20, E33, E35
Hero Arts Black dye ink
Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller
3M Scotch Foam Tape
Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Mother's Day - May DT Project 2

Hello Everyone!

Mother's Day may now be behind us for 2017, but we can honour and celebrate mums every day and any day!

I cut the cloud dies from Mama Elephant Stitched Sky with the Sizzix Big Shot Machine to create a background on the base of the card with Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock. I adhered them to the card using Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller and then used scissors to cut the over hanging areas of cloud from the card base.

I coloured a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper using Colourcraft Brusho Colours in Ultramarine. I first sprayed the piece with water from a Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer and then sprinkled the Brusho powder over the wet paper. The colour spread across the piece beautifully and I then proceeded to dry the paper with a Wagner Heat Tool. Once dry, I die cut the stars circle using both dies from My Favorite Things Starry Circle and adhered a piece of gold glitter cardstock behind the piece to create shiny bright stars. I added some colour around the outside of the circle using Tim Holtz BluePrint Sketch Distress Ink with a Ranger Ink Blending Tool and Foam I placed this onto a larger die cut circle from Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Circles and adhered it onto the card front with the Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller.

I stamped the sentiment with My Favorite Things Black Licorice Hybrid Ink from Mama Elephant Tiny Heroes onto an extra die cut cloud and popped it in place with doubled-up 3M Scotch Foam Tape for dimension. I love this sentiment, even if the word 'favourite' is spelt incorrectly! ;)

The focal image for this card is also from Mama Elephant Tiny Heroes, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Ink and cut with the co-ordinating dies, Mama Elephant Tiny Heroes Creative Cuts. She is coloured with Copic markers and adhered with foam tape also. I added a splash of Zig A Wink of Stella, Clear and dropped a tiny dollop of Ranger Glossy Accents over the star on her chest.

I then added MUM to the card using dies from Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, completing the card.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder
Mama Elephant Stitched Sky
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper
Colourcraft Brusho Colours in Ultramarine

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

Wagner Heat Tool

My Favorite Things Starry Circle

Gold glitter cardstock
Tim Holtz BluePrint Sketch Distress Ink
Ranger Ink Blending Tool and Foam

Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Circles

Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller

My Favorite Things Black Licorice Hybrid Ink

Mama Elephant Tiny Heroes

Mama Elephant Tiny Heroes Creative Cuts

Copic markers

BG11, BG13, E00, E11, E43, E44, E47, E95,

N0, N4, N7, R20, RV25, Y26

Memento Tuxedo Ink Pad

3M Scotch Foam Tape

Zig Wink of Stella, Clear

Ranger Glossy Accents

Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs

Mother's Day - May DT Project

Hello Everyone!

Today I am sharing a cheerful card for Mother's Day, our theme for the month of May.

I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Circle Doodle Background in Versamark Ink onto a piece of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Strathmore Bristol Cardstock after using the EK Tools Powder Tool to guard against stray embossing powder. I then covered the stamped background with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder and heat set the powder with a Wagner Heat Tool.

I then chose colours of the rainbow from my collection of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and painted the rings of the circles on the card in ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) order and I threw pink in there too, for good measure! I lay down a small amount of each colour in a ring and then blended out the colour using a Zig Wink of Stella Brush Marker which created a shimmer all over the card. The shine of the embossing powder and shimmer on the colour looks beautiful, but difficult to capture in a photograph.

I die cut butterflies using Pretty Pink Posh Blissful Butterflies Coordinating Dies from the coloured cardstock, once it had dried and with the same die I also cut some butterflies from a black foam sheet using the Sizzix Big Shot Machine. I allowed the foam cut butterflies sit over night to allow them to bounce back into shape after being compressed in the Bigshot Machine before adhering them to the bottom of the coloured butterflies with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

I cut a triangle away from the coloured piece and adhered it with Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller to the bottom of the left hand side of the card front and cut a strip of Simon Says Stamp Cardstock in Doll Pink and two thin black cardstock strips to run down the length of the triangle. On to the pink strip, I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted Message Me in Versamark Ink and embossed it with Ranger Embossing Powder, White and placed the three strips on to the card front using Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I placed Auzz Trinklets N Crafts Dew Drops 6mm on either side of the sentiment, again using Ranger Multi Medium Matte, which is not at all visible under the clear domes once it has dried. The foam-raised butterflies were then placed onto the card front.

To complete the card, I cut black cardstock into a card front-sized rectangle from My Favorite Things Blueprints 16 with the Sizzix Bigshot and then lay the rectangle die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 13, ensuring it was centred onto the larger die cut rectangle and ran it through the Bigshot once again. This left me with a narrow frame which I glued onto the card as a finishing touch.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder
Simon Says Stamp Circle Doodle Background
Versamark Ink
Strathmore Bristol Cardstock
EK Tools Powder Tool
Ranger Embossing Powder, Clear
Wagner Heat Tool
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, 60 pack
No. 022 Carmine Red
No. 070 Orange
No. 050 Yellow
No. 041 Light Green
No. 031 Cobalt Blue
No. 030 Blue
No. 081 Light Violet
No. 025 Pink
Zig Wink of Stella Brush Marker
Pretty Pink Posh Blissful Butterflies Coordinating Dies
Black foam sheet
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller, Permanent
Simon Says Stamp Cardstock, Doll Pink
Black Cardstock
Clearly Besotted Message Me
Ranger Embossing Powder, White
Auzz Trinklets N Crafts Dew Drops, 6mm
My Favorite Things Blueprints 16
My Favorite Things Blueprints 13

Shabby Chic 2 - April DT Project 2

Hello!

I have another shabby chic project to share with you today, catching up now!

I used the scalloped frame from My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 to place on the card base, moving it slightly above the fold of the card to create a top folding scalloped base card once it was run through the Sizzix Bigshot. I then used the same frame die to cut a piece from Simon Says Stamp cardstock in Audrey Blue and adhered this to the partially scalloped card base. This covered the top fold of the card base - as the frame die was moved above the card base before cutting to retain the fold, the edge was flat. Using the coloured cardstock allowed the opportunity for a complete scalloped card front. Using Versamark Ink, I stamped a floral image from The Ton Fresh Cut Dahlias stamp set numerous times onto the card, providing a subtle background.

I used Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock and stamped various images from Hero arts Color Layering Bird and Branch and WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals to create my own patterned cardstock piece. Altenew Inks provided a wonderful feminine, pastel pallet using Frosty Pink, Buttercream, Frayed Leaf and Peach Perfect. From this I cut a teapot, teapot lid and teacup from My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party and placed aside.

I then die cut multiple (7-8) tea pots, lids, teacups and (42-48) sugar cubes with the dies from plain white cardstock and adhered the pieces together using Ranger Multi Medium Matte to make sturdy embellishments. Before adding the top stamped piece of the tea pot lid and tea cup I cut away a small area of the plain adhered pieces with my Tim Holtz scissors to allow the pieces to sit flush over the top of the teapot. I then added the top piece and glued the teapot, lid, cup and sugar cubes into place using Ranger Ink Multi Medium Matte.

After brushing over the area to be stamped with an EK Tools powder tool, the sentiment stamp from My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs was cut apart and stamped in Versamark Ink with my MISTI stamping tool. I used Hero Arts white embossing powder for a stand out sentiment, paired with a Wagner Heat Tool.

I die cut a spoon with My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party from a silver foiled piece a had previously made from Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil using a Heidi Swapp Minc Machine. I cut away the lower half of the spoon and placed the handle section against the top of the teacup, adhering it to the card base and giving the illusion of it sitting inside the cup.

The sugar cubes were then swiped with the wonderful Zig Wink of Stella in Clear to provide a shimmer and a sparkle! Finally, I placed some lovely fabric flowers onto the teapot. An elegant, feminine card is the result and would make a great Mother's Day card also.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder

My Favorite Things Blueprints 20

Sizzix Bigshot Machine

Simon Says Stamp cardstock in Audrey Blue

Versamark Ink

The Ton Fresh Cut Dahlias

Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Hero Arts Color Layering Bird and Branch

WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals

Altenew Ink Frosty Pink

Altenew Ink Buttercream

Altenew Ink Frayed Leaf

Altenew Ink Peach Perfect

My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Tonic Scissors by Tim Holtz

EK Tools powder tool

My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs

MISTI stamping tool

Ranger white embossing powder

Wagner Heat Tool

Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil in Silver

Heidi Swapp Minc Machine

Zig Wink of Stella in Clear

Fabric flowers

Shabby Chic - April DT Project

Hello!

I want to apologise for not sharing my April projects with you until now. The month was a difficult one for my family as my beautiful mother-in-law sadly passed away, suddenly, and it was not possible to find the time, inclination or energy to craft.

The project I am sharing today is very different from my usual creations. I found myself looking through the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store for products that hit me with their shabby chic-ness.

I took a 20cm x 20cm canvas and covered it with Ranger/Dina Wakley Media Gesso in white and allowed it to dry. I have not tried napkin art before, but was keen to give it a go and found the perfect napkin for a shabby chic project - a parisian themed ballerina displayed with a music manuscript - perfect! I separated the layers of the napkin and kept only the top sheet with the image to use on the canvas. I tore away the section of the napkin that I wished to use and carefully cut around the ballerina's legs. I used a PVA glue to adhere the napkin, brushing the glue directly onto the canvas and on top of the image. I would thoroughly recommend using a decoupage glue, as it designed specifically for this and I plan to use this in the future. The PVA seemed not quite right for such a delicate paper. Again, I allowed this to dry before continuing with my project.

I love The Crafter's Workshop stencil Mini Cherry Blossoms and I paired this with Ranger Texture Paste, coloured with a few drops of Ranger Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio. I placed the stencil in the bottom left corner of the canvas and applied the coloured texture paste to bottom half of the stencil. I removed the stencil, cleaned it off with a baby wipe and then moved it to the top right of the canvas and applied more texture paste to the area. Although the stencil is smaller than the canvas, once the middle of the canvas is covered with other items, it gives the illusion that the stencilled image is continuous. This also was given time to dry. (Yes, I needed to be very patient creating this canvas!)

I cut up some small pieces of Burlap Fringe in Sand and adhered these to the canvas with my favourite adhesive, Ranger Multi Medium Matte. My favourite, as it dries clear and leaves no evidence of its presence; no shine, so it doesn't matter if it happens to ooze out from the sides of the object you are adhering.

I then arranged paper flowers onto the canvas that have been in my stash for a considerable length of time, so this was a great opportunity to use them. You can find a beautiful range of flowers in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store here.

The butterfly wings and Eiffel Tower embellishments were from my stash, as was the frame sticker around the lovely sentiment which comes from the Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz stamp set, Urban Chic.

To complete the canvas, I took a sponge finger dauber and applied Tsukineko Golden Glitz ink to the entire canvas, apart from the inside of the framed sentiment.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products used:

Canvas 20cm x 20 cm
Ranger Ink/Dina Wakley Media Gesso (white)
Napkin - Ballet Paris
PVA glue
Sospeso Transparente - Decoupage Glue (recommended)
The Crafter's Workshop stencil - Mini Cherry Blossoms
Ranger Ink Texture Paste
Ranger Ink Distress Ink - Cracked Pistachio
Burlap Fringe - Sand
Ranger Ink Multi Medium Matte
Paper Flowers
Embellishments - butterfly wings, Eiffel Tower, frame sticker
Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz stamp set - Urban Chic
Tsukineko Sponge Finger Dauber
Tsukineko Golden Glitz ink pad

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Shades of Green 2 - March DT Project 2

Hi There!

(This blog post was shared on the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog in March).

The year is already flying by with school holidays almost upon us. First term is almost over and Easter is around the corner!

With that in mind, today I am sharing a card to celebrate Easter in Shades of Green, which is our theme for March here on the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 4 1/4" to make a top folding card of 4 1/4" x 4 1/4".

The stamp set featured is Easter Friends from Pretty Pink Posh. I stamped the images in Ranger Archival Ink, a great ink to use for watercolouring as it doesn't bleed. I stamped the patterned eggs numerous times so I could use them in the shaker card as seen above. I used Strathmore Bristol Paper as it is excellent when using Zig Clean Color Brush Markers as a colouring medium. After colouring the girl, basket and eggs, I used the Pretty Pink Posh Easter Friends Coordinating Dies to cut the images. I die cut a frame using the larger frame from Pretty Pink Posh Scallop Circles Dies out of Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Cardstock and then cut two frames from a foam sheet using the same die with my Sizzix Bigshot Machine. I then took a similar sized circle die from Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies and cut a piece of acetate and adhered it to the back of the green frame with Ranger Multi Medium Matte. The foam frames were glued together and placed behind the acetate, creating a little bed for all the shaker pieces - the eggs and the sequins - which I placed inside, ensuring all the eggs were put face down onto the back of the acetate piece.

I stamped the My Favorite Things Lined Up Dots Background onto a separate sheet of cardstock with the new Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink. This ink gives a wonderful solid impression, it is great for stamping images! I again used a circle die from the Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies and cut the stamped background to place behind the frame and foam. I then stamped the Happy Easter sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Easter Friends and adhered the easter basket onto the stamped circle piece and secured the shaker pieces within the frame. I adhered the entire piece onto the card base and glued the little girl with bunny ears to the front and the card was complete.

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets n Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder

Pretty Pink Posh Easter Friends

Pretty Pink Posh Easter Friends Coordinating Dies

Ranger Archival Ink

Strathmore Bristol Paper

Zig Clean Color Brush Markers 60/pkg

Pretty Pink Posh Scallop Circles Dies