Friendship Bookmark

Hello! My first share today is a Bookmark and ATC I made using a 

fun background I'm calling Dauber and Lace.

Friendship Bookmark

Friendship Bookmark, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

The  Friendship sentiment is from Quietfire Design

Seahorse Dance ATC

I  received these bits of lace as gifts from my ATC trades and I have to say it is very cool looking!

For a quick and fun background I used the Lace as a stencil and simply dabbed the ink on with a Dauber. Then made a scalloped edge by continuing along both sides of the lace.

I love this Peacock stamp it is the perfect size for a bookmark.
The Dance to your own music stamp is also from Inkadinkado.

DIY Designer cardstock - Mountain Ash Leaves

To do Leaf printing you must first find some leaves.

I chose Mountain Ash Leaves for this one.

 

This can be a bit messy so cover your work surface with paper.

I found brayering the ink (Gumball green)onto leaves worked best.

Carefully pick up leaves turn them and place ink side down 

onto white cardstock. 

Now lay a piece of scratch paper on top of the 

leaves and pat paper as if smoothing it out over top of the leaves. 

Lift paper then leaves and viola 

your leaf print is done.

Repeat print as many times as needed to fill your page.

For finishing my designer cardstock I added some  lighter green (Pear pizzazz )along stems.

Then spritzed some Gold Smootch all over.

Then I scrunched up a scrap of terry towel to randomly daub a variety of colour.

(Early espresso, Chocolate chip, Cajun craze & More mustard)

To complete I edged it with the Gumball green and then again lightly

in Cajun craze.

Experiment with other colours or shapes. Let me know how it works for you.

Thanks for your visit!

Basic Gray Birthday

Basic Gray Birthday, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

I like how grey and pink work together and I'm loving this duo tone ribbon.

Supplies used;
Stampin Up!
Stamp -Perfectly penned
Paper -CS Blushing bride, DSP Twitterpated
Ink -Blushing bride, Basic gray
Ribbon -Basic gray
Dies/ Punch -Window framelits, ticket corner
Fun foam stamp from Lacy brocade embossing folder

Misc -Silver Sharpie marker, Clear embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by! :)

DIY - Fun foam BG stamp

DIY - Fun foam BG stamp, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

More fun with fun foam!

Here I'm using fun foam to create a background stamp.
I like that the impression is a bit distressed looking. It lasts for a long time too, this one has been around since february.

To make the FF Stamp I put the fun foam in the Lacy Brocade EF by Stampin Up! and ran it through my Big Shot as I would cardstock.

Now use FF stamp as you would any other unmounted stamp.
If using dye inks, clean up is as easy as holding it under running water.

I'll post the card that I'm making soon.
Thanks for stopping by!

Create to share ATC

Create to share ATC - For trade, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

This ATC is my entry to the 150 years of Photography challenge on ATC from Canada.

I used watercolour crayons in a spiral pattern on Ranger canvas stock then sprayed it with Ranger silver pearls and let it move the colour a bit then dried it with tissue and finally ironed it to flatten and dry it.

When completely dry I adhered it to cardstock backing.

Stamped Say cheese bella from Stamping Bella (My prize from Die Cut Divas in Feb.)

To complete I added glitter gel pen to sides and misc. words.

Baby Boy Card

Baby Boy Card, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

My friend phoned Monday with the news that she has a new Grandson! Yay for her and for me too, since  I've been itching to play with the Spring colour pallet and some new rubber from a recent order.

Used the Tile background technique. Stamped on White CS in each colour then cut the four Tiles to size.Ink around each Tile in Bashful Blue assemble and adhere to White CS to stiffen and mat. Distress edges of mat.

CS (Bashful Blue), Inks(Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse) and Ribbon (Bashful Blue) SU!
BG-Argyle from Beyond Plaid Stamp set and Sentiment-Stacks of Wishes Stamp set SU!
Decorative Lable Punch SU!
Scallop Punch EK Success
Pram Stamp -Michaels Craft
Misc. White CS and Butcher Twine

Entered in April Challenge at http://www.flickr.com/groups/lovehandmadecards/discuss/72157633169494985/

Thanks for stopping by today!

Mosaic turned punchella ATC

Mosaic turned punchella ATC - For Trade, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

I started with a piece of card stock ATC sized (2.5"x3.5").

Drew on a basic shape and then ran it through my Zyron.

I then punched out many 1/4" circles from 2 sided paper.

Starting from the a centre line out apply circles alternating colours to fill in shape.

When completely filled add fine glitter to fill in the blank spots.

As a final step I sealed the whole top to keep the glitter coralled.

Gotta love that glitter!

I wish you a sparkly day too, thanks for stopping by!

Background Tutorial 3 -Found Objects

Background Tutorial 3 -Found Objects, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

Another Background using found objects.
Stampin Up dye inks in Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight & Pear Pizzaz on Basic Grey Paper.

Background Tutorial 2 -Foil

Background Tutorial 2 -Foil, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

Click on photo to see photo's on how I made embellishments for my Grunge ATC's.

Background Tutorial 1 - Bubble Wrap

Tutorial - Bubble Wrap Back Ground 1, a photo by jmcraftygal on Flickr.

To achieve this super quick background;
I used Ranger distress inks in, Evergreen boughs, Barn Door and Wild Honey.
Ink up three different sizes of bubble wrap, one colour each and stamp 1st , 2nd & 3rd gen. imprints at random on Whisper White Card stock.