November

Joanna Sheen Card Swap Card - Theme House and Home

 

I made this card after I had been to a charity event at BJ Crafts near Kings Lynn.

 

I was pleased with my brick wall - Kraft Card Embossed with a brick effect stencil.  Coloured through the stencil with distress inks (Butterscotch, milled lavender, metallic brass and antiqued bronze).  Stencil removed and Imagination Craft Sparkle Mediumapplied with a brayer - great colour and texture effect.  Little Claire stamps used.  The embellishment is plated raffia.

 

NB Background paper picked first and then image coloured to tie in with it.

 

Female Birthday

 

Variation on a craft class project.  The same rose in two different sizes from Clarity Stamp, repeated stamped and masked, before being coloured in.  Large female head from Indigoblu - the face does not have that "checked" pattern over it.

 

 

 

For the girl who likes holidays in the sun sipping cocktails.  Stamps from a Dimension Stamps club project set.

 

October

Swap Card

Break out the glitter!  The Magnolia stamp is from Just Ink Lined and the background card is from a set of pattern card and paper that I have had for a while.  You get the same designs in plain version and an all over glittered version.

Male Birthday

A set of stamps from Tabby Kat that I have finally got round to using. 



 

 

The background paper was created by ironing screwed up waxed paper onto ordinary paper and then inking over with a dye based ink pad.

 

 

Used something new on this card - the large bubble stencil from Clarity Stamp.  Inspired by something that I saw Barbara do with the same stencil and the gelli plate.  I did not use the gelli plate, I inked the stencil and "stamped" with it to created the stencil.  All the stamps used are from Clarity except the round birthday greeting stamp.

August

These card were inspired by a card I had seen at the Indigo Blu New Premises Open Day.  Bird is from Indigo Blu.  Have proved very useful for male birthdays.

 

 

Houses from Inkylicious.

July

I did not take these pictures with my own camera and so ended up with dates on the images, a personal bug bear of mine.  The teenager these cards were made for are twins.  I like these images from Dimension Fourth (now Dimension stamps).  These stamps are being discontinued and were, last I looked in the sale/discount bin on that website.

 

 

June

Well I was able to satisfy the criteria for two swaps with this card.  The monthly Joanna Sheen Forum Card Swap (Theme butterflies or dragonflies) and a monthly private swap (theme make a card using this stamp).

 

The stamp is from Imagination Crafts.  Another tone on tone card.  The background paper panel is from Helidot - I like the small patterns you get in the packs of paper.  The packs come in different colours, but the patterns in the pack are the same whatever colour you choose.

 

Birthday Card

 

Birthday card for a friend.

 

 

 

May's Card

A special card for a friend at work - pram and bottle from Dimension Stamps and Letters from the Clarity Letter box set. I even used some peel-offs which I have not done for a while. Pink buttons also worked well. Coloured in the bottle and pram with paper piecing and promarkers.

Liked the effect of the card I did last month for a swap - regretted giving it away. So I had a go at a different image. Could not get the card right for the tile topper, so I framed it instead. Stamps are all from Clarity. Painted the frame of a boot sale photo frame.

April Card Swap

Joanna Sheen Card Swap for April - Theme Spring Flowers

Stamps used from Clarity stamp. Backing card and paper from one of my scrap boxes.