Harlequin Poppy PanPastel Card

I'm just off to the Post Office to post my Clarity samples for next weekend's shows. I can't wait to share what I've made and see what everyone else has done with the fab new stamps.

Don't forget that you have until 8pm on the 30th April to enter the "In The Garden" challenge over on the Clarity Stamp Challenge Blog. The winner, chosen by random, gets a £50 Claritystamp voucher so it's well worth a go.

This is a card I made for a friend's birthday. The main poppy/harlequin stamp is from the Butterfly Poppy Collage stamp sheet by Chocolate Baroque. I've had it for years but I think it's the first time that I've used that particular stamp.

I used a selection of red, yellow, and orange PanPastels to colour the background then I stamped some text and the harlequin part of the stamp in Watermark Resist ink by Ranger. I dusted that with orange and red PanPastels to reveal the image.  The rest of the stamping is done with black Archival.

For last month's Clarity Stamp Challenge Hellen made a beautiful card where she used PanPastels for the background and then erased the colour from the stamped image so that she could colour it in with ProMarkers. I bought one of the Jakar battery erasers from Amazon and had a go at that on the poppies. It's really easy to do and I was able to get a nice green colour to the poppies without having to worry about masking them.

Clarity Stamps Used 

What is This Life Verse

Diamond Strip

Chocolate Baroque Stamps Used

Poppy from the Butterfly Collage Sheet - A4

Text from the Paisley Elephant Sheet - A4

Each Day is a Gift from Birthday Words Sheet - A5

Lynne

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Spring ATC

Here's my Spring ATC. Mum and Dad bought me the Best of the Classroom set at Harrogate and I thought they would be perfect to use on this.

First, I stamped the Blooming Corner stamps around the edge and coloured them in with my ProMarkers. I went around the edge of all of the flowers with a Pastel Blue ProMarker to give them a bit of shadow,  then cut out the middle to create a frame.  Edging it in black made it stand out.

I created the scene as I would a large picture but had to make a special little mini mask to create the clouds. So cute!

The tree was made to blossom with my Sweet Pea Flower Soft which gives it a bit of interest and texture.

I finished it off by sticking the frame on, as it has a bit of dimension it helps to protect the Flower Soft.

That's my vision of a perfect spring day but when I look out of my window today, although I can see the cherry trees along my road coming into blossom, it's pouring down with rain. Last night we even had a hailstorm!

Stamps Used

Spring from the Remountable Seasons Set

Tree and Blooming Corner Frame from the Best of The Classroom Set

Sheep from the Remountable Farm Set

Lynne

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Gelli Print Card on Kraft Card

This was me experimenting with my Gelli plate again.

Mum's birthday was coming up and she said she didn't mind if I used the making of her card as Gelli plate practise, so that's what I did. Thanks Mum.

I cut myself a butterfly mask out of Doeflex with my Silhouette Cameo.

I used that along with bubble wrap, sequin waste, and a letter stencil to create the texture on the base layer.

To start with, I printed onto white card but wasn't too keen on the result - it was a bit bright and I wanted a more muted effect.

So I switched to kraft card. The butterfly background is the second print that you get when you've removed the stencil.

They both have a base print where I used beige paint and the bubble wrap etc. to create the texture. The  butterflies are the first print with the stencil still in place.

I then cut out the middle with a Scalloped Nestabilitie and did the stamping. I got the idea for the butterfly circle from The Stamp Man's Jill Tuck when I was watching her on Create and Craft. I think it's a lovely idea and one I plan to use on my IndigoBlu clock kit, if I ever get the time to make it!

The border that the ribbon is threaded through and the mat for the Nestabilitie were cut on my Silhouette Cameo. The stamping is all done with Black Archival.

Stamps Used

Meadow Dance - I think you've probably noticed, but I love this stamp!

Butterfly from Remountable Best of the Classroom Set

Today Verse

Lynne

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Sending You Sunshine Gelli Print

These cards were made for a couple of my crafty friends who've been having a tough time of it lately. Hopefully these and the other cards they received put a smile on their faces and let them know that people care.

I used the same design for them both, as I thought it was perfect for the occasion,

but being Gelli prints they are both slightly different.

I sized the stencil to fit the card and cut it out of parchment paper on my Cameo (it's a Loni Stevens design from the Silhouette Store). Parchment cuts really crisply and as it's thin it's easy to get a good print from it. It's also a really cheap way to get a stencil for a specific project.

I started off the printing by brayering yellow and orange paint onto my Gelli plate. I then used a variety of items to add texture to it (bubble wrap, a letter stencil, and sequin waste) before taking a print off it. This gave me the base layer.

Then I covered the Gelli plate in orange paint. I added a little bit of texture to this, using bubble wrap, before placing my sun stencil on top and taking another print on top of the first. The two together make the sun.

Out came my favourite Meadow Dance stamp to add the characters down the bottom. They look like they are having fun and bring joy to any card. The sentiment is perfect as that is what I wanted to do.

To make it into a card I added a thin black mat with my 1/16th Perfect Layers ruler (although I don't always mention this, I think I must use it on nearly every card I make) and then did a yellow and orange Gelli print straight onto the card for the base layer.

Stamps Used

Meadow Dance

Sending You Sunshine

I hope I've brought you a little sunshine today too.

Lynne

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Delft Tile Style Windmill Card

I love windmills. I see one across the fields every day when I walk Maya. There is also a gorgeous one that I drive past on my way back from the supermarket. The cap of that one has been replaced with an octagonal room that has large glass windows on each side. It must have fantastic views and I would love to live there. How fab would a craft room up there be!

Anyway, despite all of that, when I saw the new windmill stamp I decided to go to Holland (well, not literally but you know what I mean) and create a Delft tile scene.

I think it probably came into my mind thanks to the little clog ornament that I have. They can't remember how it came into their possession but Mum and Dad have had it since I was a kid. Somehow it's ended up in one of the drawers of my Welsh dresser, so I dug it out and set about creating my own little piece of "Delft".

I cut two circle masks on my Cameo - Using the smaller one I inked through the aperture to create the scene, then I used the larger circle to mask off the scene and create a small white border between the two.

Stamps Used

Windmill and Reeds Set - Lesson 16

Large Ornate Corner

Small Birds In Flight

Lynne

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Hunstanton Postcard

I grew up on the Norfolk coast, so when I saw the new Coast stamp I had the idea of making a Hunstanton postcard.

Hunstanton has distinctive white chalk, red chalk, and carstone cliffs which I've coloured in with a sponge and Distress Inks.

I used my PanPastels to create the Wash. I used a bit of artistic licence here - it looks more like a tropical ocean than the Wash but grey wouldn't have looked so pretty!

The shells are coloured in with ProMarkers.

I finished it off by writing on the back, as if I was sending a real postcard. Barbara was obviously intrigued by this as her and Dave took a trip there when they were at Peterborough. Reading the New Design Club newsletter it sounds like they had a good time. I wish I'd known they were going though as I'd have told them that the pretty bits of the coast start at Old Hunstanton - the walk through the RSPB Bird Reserve at Titchwell to the beach is one of my favourites. It's dog friendly too!

Stamps Used

Larger Shell Corner

Walk Along The Sea Verse

Coast

Letter Box Set

Rectangle Stampstamp

Postcard

Address

Seagull - There's lots of these in Hunstanton!

Lynne

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Music, Douglas, Please

I thought that Doulas had the look of a conductor about him, so I decided to make a musical themed card. My initial idea was to Gelli print onto some sheet music. Unfortunately I hadn't received it by the time I needed to make the card, so I had to improvise.

The music is a printable download from the Silhouette Store. I cut out a mask with a Petite Oval Spellbinders die and inked around it to make a frame for Douglas - I think it looks a bit like a spotlight. I stamped and coloured him onto some plain card so he didn't have the music running through him.

The Shatter and quote were heat embossed with Black Detail Powder. I coloured the shatter in green to match Douglas's bow tie and jacket lining. He's a very stylish fellow!

Stamps Used

Douglas

Shatter

Be The Change Quote

Lynne
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