Rare Earth new flower stamps

The Rare Earth flower stamps come in sections so you can layer them and get different effects. I love the way the new sets of stamps come with a set of sentiments, including the names of the flowers in a beautiful flowing script. I also like the outlines that allow you to try a number of different effects. The stamps give beautiful water-colour effects and could be used for a variety of cards.

I used pearlescent water colour paint to stamp the cornflower onto a background paper created with the Rare Earth inks. The card shape was made with Tattered Lace book dies.

The cornflower was stamped onto a water-colour wash and mounted onto a bag. The background paper was created using a gelli plate and a  mixture of  Rare Earth and distress inks.

The cornflowers were die cut and mounted onto an oval shutter card by Tattered Lace. The lovely Best Wishes stamp is one of the Rare Earth sentiments.

I love foxgloves. They are one of my favourite flowers because of the wonderful shapes pf the flowers and leaves. having grown up near the New Forest they delighted me as a child; and still do now. Pixie powders were used to create the background. The  flower embellishments were created with Tattered Lace dies.

The foxgloves were stamped with a mixture of pearlescent water colour paint and water colour marker colour pens, which were lightly sprayed before stamping.

The background was created with the Rare Earth harlequin background stamp. \You can see that the layered stamps allow you to build up a depth of colour.  The frame was cut using  the Holly craft a card collection by Tattered Lace.

The peony was stamped using water colour marker pens onto an orange background I had already created.

The stamped peony was mounted on the diamond shutter card, by Tattered lace. The side panels were from one of the Tattered Lace embossing folders, highlighted with gilding wax.

Butterick sewing machine

I am looking forward to the launch of the Butterick sewing machine with Debbie Shore on Create and Craft tomorrow. With Debbie Shore being involved with the design the sewing machine is bound to have lots of excellent features.

Father`s Day

I know Father`s Day has gone but I think every day should be Father`s Day. They are special people.
I am enclosing some of the designs I made this year.

The kingfisher is by Clare Tarling and the dies came from a die set called freshwater Friends by Practical Publishing International Ltd

My father in law had travelled so I used the x-cut travel mini dies on this card. 

I used Joanna Sheen`s sports dies on this card.

I used pictures from My Craft Studio to make this card  and the one below.

I decoupaged the picture to make the card more dimensional

Crafting Live

Crafting Live at Doncaster Racecourse looks to be an excellent day out for Craft enthusiasts with over 30 exhibitors and free make and take sessions. I know when I have attended previous similar events I learned new ideas and went back home enthused and full of ideas and techniques I wanted to try. I also stock up on crafting stash and you can get good deals at the shows. I am looking forward to going there.

Rare Earth Christmas Stamps

The new water-colour Rare Earth Christmas stamps come in  several parts to make it easier to add the different colours when you stamp them. They give a water-colour effect and work well with water colour markers.

I made the background paper by scrunching some paper and then flattening it and rubbing distress inks over the top. I think the holly is very effective when stamped.

I used some of the wreath stamps on the tag with one of the sentiments that comes with the set. I made the poinsettia flowers using Tattered Lace dies.

This diamond shutter card was made using the Rare Earth wreath stamps. you can mix the colours on the stamps before stamping them. 

I layered the poinsettia to give it more depth.

The wreath comes in pats so you can build it your self to your own design.

when you stamp. They give a water-colour effect and work well with water colour marker pens.

This is the Christmas Hellebore stamp. You can see how easy it is to stamp the flower and the foliage with different colours to get the water colour effect.  The stamps can make some really unique Christmas  cards.

Rare Earth watercolour flower stamps

The new Rare Earth watercolour flower stamps give the effect of watercolour painting without all the hard work. They come in two parts with the flower and foliage separate so it is easier to use different colours. The stamps have a dotted image which simulate a watercolour effect.

You can blend the colours on the stamps before stamping them or stamp with one colour and then stamp again over the top with another colour. I added a second colour around the edges of the flower to achieve this blended effect.

I stamped with gelatos to achieve this effect.

I used Tattered lace watercolour paper to make the background. I coloured the background with gelatos. The gelatos were lightly sprayed with water and blended together with my fingers. I then put the paper through an embossing folder and lightly rubbed over the top with a distress ink pad.

I used the stamps on watercolour paper and distressed it with my inks.

I used the Tattered Lace oval create a card dies to make this card.

The background was created with watercolour paper, gelatos and was embossed. The embossed area was then coloured with gelatos,

I tried stamping on a variety of cards and for this one  I used stamping card, which was very effective.

I was able to stamp over a background I created on the paper with distress inks.

I thought it would be fun to use the stamps to decorate a party bag.

You can used the same inks to create the background, stamp with and to create the embellishments so everything matches on the cards. I am keen to experiment  more with these stamps to see what effects I can achieve.

Absolutely Gorjuss!

I love the Gorjuss characters by Santoro and have been making a few cards. The first card was made using decoupage sheets from the A4 ultimate and die paper pack. This pack has a variety of the characters, tags, alphabets, borders, pockets and tags. The kit is beautifully presented and even the lovely packaging can be used.

This second card was made from the kit adding some hearts, buttons and some flowers and leaves. I shaped the decoupage to make the Gorjuss girl more dimensional.

I used the Tattered Lace charisma frames dies to make this easel card. 

The characters are die cut and pop-out quite easily.

I used flowers as stoppers for the easel cards.

Using my own stash helps the kit to go further, although there are a lot of elements in the pack.

The next few cards are made using a Gorjuss stamp.

I made the rocker card using the Tattered Lace half circles.

I coloured the Gorjuss girl using promarkers.

I used the Tattered Lace cut and tuck flowers to decorate the card.

The sentiment is a Tattered Lace stamp.