Sketched Lady Gelli Print Card

This is the second of my Sketched Lady cards from Maria Simms' Clarity Take 2 show.

I made it (with Mum's help) back in June after we'd been to see Barbara at the Stamp Magic show in Doncaster. I was still very new at Gelli printing and keen to watch Barbara's demos. We went straight to the Clarity stand to watch Barbara in action. I had already realised that I had been using too much paint and watching her demo confirmed this.

After we'd been around the show we went back to say goodbye and Barbara was just starting another Gelli demo. I found myself mesmerised again and it was some time before we left!

I was so inspired that I got my Gelli plate out as soon as I got home. Mum was my coach telling me when I wasn't doing what Barbara did and what I should be doing! Anyway, it was a lot of fun and we ended up with this.

One of the things that Barbara said was how she likes the white border that gives it the printed look when you use the 6 x 6" plate. I have the larger 8 x 10" one so I cut myself an aperture that I could print through and create the same look.

Once I'd created the main print the lady needed a fab outfit to match.......

......so I created a co-ordinating print to cut her clothes from.

Très chic!

Stamps Used

Large Sketched Lady

Eiffel Tower

Lynne

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Sketched Lady Gatefold Card

There's not long left to enter the "Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" challenge on the Clarity Stamp Challenge Blog. Entry closes at 8pm on the 31st July. There's a £50 Claritystamp voucher for the winner, who is chosen at random, so it's well worth entering.

I've just written my blog post for the next challenge which starts on Thursday and I look forward to sharing it with you. Until then I have two cards using the Large Sketched Lady stamp that were on Maria Simms' Clarity Take 2 show.

This is the first one.

Part of the kit on Create and Craft was a mask for the stamp and its mirror image. I made this card to show off that feature.

I stamped the lady onto Theuva card with second generation ink and then used the Splodge Away mat to create the mirror image. I then cut them out with a scalloped Spellbinders die and masked off the ladies.

The background pattern is made with a Butterfly Garden Spellbinders Impressibilities. I placed it on top of the card, with the scalloped die still in place, and sponged Adirondack Mountain Rose ink through it.

The ladies' skin is coloured in with ProMarkers. Her clothes are stamped onto coloured paper, cut out and stuck on. The pattern on her dress is made with the same corner stamp I've used on the card.

I used the same technique inside.

The Large Sketched Lady was the first Clarity stamp I bought about 4 years ago and I still love it. It's a great stamp that you can do a lot with.

Stamps Used

Large Sketched Lady

What Is This Life

Victorian Corner

Lynne

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Colourful Hot Air Ballon Card and ATC

Like everyone, sometimes I struggle for ideas for my cards.

I had a friend's birthday card to make and I just couldn't think of what to do. Luckily I also had an ATC to make and it then gave me the idea for this card. The ATC theme was "Colour", so I got out all of my Memento ink pads and created a colourful patchwork. It took me quite a while to do but once I'd finished it I wasn't that keen on it, so I started again.

I love making scenes with the ballon stamps and thought a grey background with a rainbow coloured balloon would fit the theme.

I was really pleased with how it turned out and thought it would also make a lovely card for my friend. Problem solved!

This is the patchwork one. It made me laugh as I sent them both off for the swap and I think the recipient preferred this one! Which one is your favourite?

Stamps Used

Small Hot Air Balloon

Medium Hot Air Balloon

Large Hot Air Balloon

Be The Change

Sprucescape

Remountable Haberdashery Set

Lynne

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I Saw 3 Ships Gelli Print Christmas Card

There's just over a week to go until the next weekend of Clarity shows.

Meanwhile, here's my final card from this month's.

My favourite part of this is the Gelli print. I was so pleased at how it turned out.

It doesn't show up that well in the photo, but if you compare the two images you might be able to see that it has a lovely sheen to it as I added a final layer of silver to it through the Dotty Wave stencil.

The print itself was taken on some printed paper that I downloaded from the Silhouette Store. I rather liked the wave effect and thought it would make a good background.

The ships are stamped in Black Archival ink and I added some Black Soot Distress ink underneath them. I then highlighted some of the waves with a Sakura Stardust and some White Twinkle Wow! embossing powder.

Stamps Used

3 Ships

I Saw 3 Ships Music

Stencils Used

Ocean Swirl

Dotty Wave

Lynne

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May All Your Dreams Come True Gelli Print Card

Next month's stamps have arrived and I'm about to start playing with those - but I still have two cards left to show you from this month...

The background pattern is a ghost (second) print that I made using the Gelli plate. Then I added a layer of gold paint and used the Dotty Wave stencil to create a pattern before printing a second layer. I didn't cover the whole of the first print with the dots, just a few random areas.

To make the stamping stand out I heat embossed it. The Leafy Swirl is done in Detail Gold and the words in Detail Black.

It is finished off with a thin black mat cut with my Pefect Layers ruler.

Stamps Used

Small Leafy Swirl

Large Leafy Swirl

May All Your Dreams Come True

Stencil

Leafy Swirl 7" x 7"

Lynne

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Wedding Anniversary Cards

My last post was an anniversary card that I'd made as a Clarity sample but it was actually my 24th wedding anniversary earlier in the week, so I thought I'd share the card I made for that too.

I loved seeing all of the "Mr & Mrs" cards on the Clarity Stamp Challenge Blog last month, especially the Lovebird ones as I knew I was going to use that stamp for my anniversary card. Pauline Margaret had placed them in the Leafy Bough stamp. I thought it looked fab so I just had to buy that for mine too.

The words inside are from a card by Carol Gilfoy which I also loved.

Thank you for the inspiration ladies. x

For mine I had the idea of creating an aperture in the card and placing the birds behind it.

When it's closed it just looks like they are part of the Leafy Bough stamp.

When it's stood up you can see them through the aperture. So cute!

The images are coloured in with ProMarkers and I have created a cloudy sky for the background. I always use Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for this. It looks really pretty in real life but it never seems to show up very well in my photos.

My Mum also loves stamping and I thought you might like to see the gorgeous card that she made us.

I was particularly impressed with her clouds. They look fab and they've photographed better than mine do.  I asked her what she used and she thinks it was Summer Sky Memento ink. What a perfect name! I will have to try it myself next time.

I think the swans are old Joanna Sheen stamps but the rest are Clarity. 

Thanks Mum.  x

As is often the case with Army life, Hubby was away for our anniversary but he's back home today. I think he will be in need of some TLC as he's just walked 100 miles over 4 days. That's one time that I'm glad I wasn't with him!

Stamps Used In My Card

Lovebirds

Leafy Bough

Happy Anniversary - Happy Words Set

Letter Box Set

Lynne

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We Make The Perfect Pear Anniversary Card

I thought I'd take a break from the Christmas cards and move on to this anniversary one.

The Pear Tree is a beautiful Christmas stamp but I couldn't resist using it to make a cheesy anniversary card instead. I always like it when Christmas stamps can be used for other things.

The Pear Tree is stamped onto Theuva card and coloured in with ProMarkers. It's then matted on some co-ordinating card that I cut with a Scalloped Oval Spellbinders die. That is then stuck onto some card that I chose to co-ordinate with the ribbon. I love those three colours together.

I typed the "Perfect Pear" line on my computer and sized it to fit the space, before printing it out onto the mauve card. After I'd done this I realised that it was a pretty similar size to the Letterbox stamps and I could have just stamped it. Silly me! 

It's a bit of a fun card but it appeals to my sense of humour! I hope you like it too.

Stamps Used

Christmas Pear Tree

Happy Anniversary from the Happy Words Set

Lynne

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