So, the first visit to the workshops I did on Monday (before I do another one on Saturday!!).
I visited Exmouth for a day organised by Janet who runs Japonica down there.
There were 3 workshops through the day, each with a different designer.
My first session was with Janet herself.
We used the Woodware Bethlehem stamp to make 2 cards.
This is the first DL card. We inked a piece of card with 3 versamagic inks, including the very scrummy sounding pumpkin spice and gingerbread.
Then we stamped and heat embossed the image (the words are part of the stamp too) and coloured some of the image with pencils and shaded some of the background too.
The next stage was then to clear emboss the entire piece and add some frantage to the corners.
The card base received some of the same inky treatment before a strip of card with ribbon attached was added and decorated with stars.
A gem to finish this one off!
The second card is a 5x7" with half the front panel cut off.
Again we have stamped the image but this time on watercolour paper and added a wash over it using brilliance ink pads. I could of added a bit more colour and know to be braver next time!
The stars are a stamp that was used a few times on the background before the image was mounted and layered on the card (with a couple more gems).
A not very well tied bow was also added - I could of spent hours trying to get this right but just stuck it on in the end.
Thanks for popping past - another project tomorrow!
Off out again so a peek at the Anniversary card I made for my brother and his wife today.
I have seen lots of 'fishy' examples like this on Stampin' Up sites - this particular one was very heavily cased from Jenny from a card she bought to one of our SU days.
The fish themselves are made using the now discontinued bauble stamp and punch set - such a fab idea. I used my winning melon mambo ink for the pink fish too!
Hearts used for mouth and flower punch petals used for the fins, a selection of circles for the eyes.
Sentiment from a passing stamp set, punched out and layered on another SU punch with pricking for added effect.
All layered on a cuttlebug embossed swirl using sparkly paper, added to dark card and finished with some yummy card candi.
Well, I have barely been home for 3 days which isn't conducive to doing much at all it turns out!
Managed to not get caught in any rain whilst watching a bike race yesterday which was very surprising (although it was sooo cold), today I have completed 3 crafty workshops in Exmouth - pictures and tales to follow!
After that teaser I just have a card that I delivered on the way back from Exmouth today to my niece in Taunton.
As you can tell Gemma was 4 today. The background of this was inspired by a post from Jenny at Stampingmoments last week. The tree and animals are die cuts from the Papermania Woodland Folk range. I've punched a few leaves and added peel offs for the name and age.
Happy Birthday is an SU sentiment, punched out with SU punch and mounted on foam pads.
A lovely day at the cheese festival today. Lots of fab cheese to try obviously but lots of other food products and a craft tent, combined with a visit to a couple of the great shops in Sturminster Newton that had some discounts today - and the rained held off with just a few spots as we left the car park.
Back to crafting and last week when I had my 'mad moment' I had a couple of wedding cards to sort and today's post contains the 'other' card.
It's been a few weeks but, yes, it's another box card!!
I made one with a picture of a friends dog in a couple of months ago and it was spotted by another friend that requested one. The picture of Buster the dog led to it being a landscape card.
This is the outside:
Some layers added and topped with paw card and SU sentiment and punches with some great paw print ribbon attached too.
This is the inside:
The picture is loaded in to DOCrafts Digital Designer which makes a pyramage (lots of layers) of the picture which lends itself well to this style of card as you don't have to worry about the depth of the layers. The punched border is an EK Success punch.
I also made a box as its 'envelope' and it went down very well.
Well, Mr Blogger won't play ball with pics today so I think I'll pop to bed and try again tomorrow.
Only when I've had a day out at Sturminster Newton Cheese Fair though!
Have a good weekend and fingers crossed for the weather.
Jill
We had a Crafty Bunch meeting tonight but I forgot to take a pic of my sample cards in the light today so will have to wait a couple of days before posting those!
Instead, a quick post of another card made this week.
Using another of the Woodware huge words I have just stamped this 'Happy Birthday' and coloured with an array of copics - outlining them in a funky orange too.
Base card is covered in paper from the stash with the sentiment layered on black card on top.
A few little 6's added for the recipient!
A bright card but for a very sad occasion today unfortunately.
If you are local you will have read about a teenager who tragically was killed in a car accident recently. His Dad works in my department at work so we are having a collection for the family's chosen charity and all signing a piece of paper which was to be added to a card. Of course, I volunteered to make one.
I did a bit of research as I knew he was very much in to football which was the chosen theme as people were encouraged to wear football shirts for the funeral.
No surprises that it got a bit complicated as 3 football teams were suggested.
Anyway, this is the finished card. The background has the football club logos in faint print, some paper strips from an Anna Marie pack in matching colours also added.
The footballers are from a Papermania stamp set, the middle one is cut out separately and added with 3D pads. All of them are coloured with Copics.
Sentiment from Stampin' Up and punched out with SU punches.
All very sad but I am pleased with the finished result.
