Grandads birthday present

Have really got into using shadow box frames recently. Here is the latest edition.........

 

My Grandad loves his garden so thought the theme was apt. I used a combination of inkylicious stamps and indigoblu stamps with distress markers.

I started with plain white watercolour card and then used a variety of distress inks to build up the picture, mainly rusty hinge, antique linen, vintage photo, scattered straw and brushed corduroy.

Another Lakehouse!

I have been crafting but not put anything up for a while so I'm uploading some of the back log today!

This is the Kaisercraft stamp again but this time using the broken china, tumbled glass and peacock feathers distress inks to colour in. Love these colours!

Summer Challenge - Spectrum Noir

I made this card for couple of reasons, 1 for my Grandads birthday and 2 for the spectrum noir summer challenge.

I used a Michael Powell Harbourside stamp from Docrafts and my spectrum noirs.

I used the following colours:
Sand - CT1 and CT3
Wall - GB10 and EB7
Boats - TB1, TB4 and TB6
Sea - JG1 and BT3
Buidings - IB1/2, HB1/2, TN1/2 and IG1/2
Grass - DG2, 3 and 4.
Sky - GG1

I then mounted the image on dark blue card and stamped with love at the bottom (from the simply said sentiments collection at inkylicious).

The Lake House - Kaisercraft

A while back I watched Mel Heaton on create and craft with these papers and stamps but didn't buy them. A few weeks later temptation set in and I purchased them! I wanted to make a card for my mum so pulled them out.
I started with a dark green 8x8 card blank and selected a paper from the first edition up and away pink pad (the stripey one). I went round the edges with Tim Holtz Peacock distress ink pad and the floral border from the lake house stamp set. I mounted this on the card and then selected one of the kaisercraft papers. I used the petal pink liquid pearls to highlight key points on the roses. I left this to dry.
For the main image I then stamped the water fountain onto watercolour paper with black archival. I then used my distress markers to colour in the image. The centre of the flowers is using the petal pink liquid pearls again!. I took the floral border and stamped round the edge of the card. I then mounted this on a pink background (also stampled) and then a grey back ground. This was then attached to the card. Using the lake house transfer sheet I then added the swallow and some additional flowers.

To create the mother sentiment I also took this from the transfer sheet and mounted on pink and grey with use of the floral border again. To complete the card I used teal silk crush ribbon (which I got from creative studios) to create a bow.
After all this I decided not to keep as a card and placed into a white shadowbox frame from Ikea (approx £5) and it will then be a keep sake.