Wedding Card inspired by Joanne Wardle for PaperArtsy

 Hiya my lovelies!

Over at PaperArtsy blog the lovely Joanne Wardle is guest designer.

I love her no fuss, simple style... Which is a little weird as I'm usually a grungy, distressed, vintagey kinda gal!

You can find the project that inspired me here.

 Joanne made Halloween projects & as I don't do Halloween I thought I could use the inspiration elsewhere!

My dearest Friend Sandra is getting married this Friday & I wanted to make her card a little differently...

 

Joanne used paints & stamps... I used Serif Craft Artist!

 

White background, used a thick brush in lilac & used a sentiment saved in weddings.

I used an embellishment from the Table Plans digikit & changed the colour to suit. I copy & pasted so I could Decoupage it. Printed it onto white card & cut it to fit my card. Cut the extra heart out, swiped a layer of Matte Medium on it & dipped it in iridescent glitter. ( The only glitter I own!) Then I used sticky pads to adhere it on top of the original heart. I finished it off by doodling lines & hearts around the edge with White Posca Pen.

 

It's the cleanest card I've ever made! lol!

 

 

It's not my usual style but I'm very happy with it!

I hope she likes it too!

I'd like to enter it into the PaperArtsy Challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

 

DT Project for SDD - Perfect Companions

 

Hiya crafty peeps!

It's time for this weeks DT project for Stamping Dragons Designs.

 

I painted the canvas with Sky & Beach Hut Fresco paints.

I then printed out photos of my mums doggies & tore the edges. I glued them onto the canvas

with Matte Medium. I then went over with Little Black Dress through some sequin waste. I added the names in little wooden letters that I painted Black.

I printed out this weeks Digi Stamp available here onto card & cut it out.

I triple embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. I then fixed it to the canvas with sticky pads.

Voila!

 

 I hope you like it!
 

You can join the SDD Facebook page here.

I host it on Saturdays & would love to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!
Crafty Hugs
Sez x

 

 

 



Stamping Dragons Design DT Project - Friends

Hiya crafty peeps!

This is my first project for Stamping Dragon Designs DT!

Over on the SDD FB Group some ladies were discussing  The Gelli Plate.

I decided to use a very similar technique for my inspiration make.

 

I don't own a Gelli Plate. I use a glass worktop saver/cutting board.

You could use a piece of acetate or a laminated placemat etc.

As long as its a wipeable, smooth surface! Please don't use it for food once it's been used for craft... We don't want poorly peeps!

You will also need a speedball brayer & acrylic paint.

 

 

 

I used Fresco Paints in opaque colours: Pansy, Sky, Rose & Cheesecake.

 

 

I squirted them onto my glass board & then used my speedball brayer to smooth the paint all

over the board.

 

 

I then used sequin waste, stencils & stamped into the paint.

 

 

I also used an old washi tape roll!

 

 

Voila! Background complete!

 

 

I would usually stamp onto my background with inks & stamps but this time I used

Friends digi stamp by Stamping Dragon Designs.

How did I do it?

Well once dry, I put my background paper through my printer.

I then went over it with a quickie glue pen & heat embossed it with Black Embossing Powder.

I then filled the flower & leaves in with Translucent Frescos: Beach Hut & Hey Pesto. I also used some Wild Plum Paint Dabber.

 

 

I then coiled some copper wire for the centre of the flower.

I finished it off by gliding Peacock Feathers Distress ink around the edge & drew dashes of copper pen to look like a sewn edge. I mounted it onto craft card.

 

I hope you like it!

Thanks for Stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

 

 

Paperartsy #3up Challenge. 10th Birthday Edition!

Hiya crafty peeps!

 

PaperArtsy are celebrating their 10th birthday by holding another #3up #patwits challenge! I feel very privileged to have been included again. Thanks Leandra!

We were all sent a package containing numerous items including stamps, a substrate & embellishments. We were also sent a colour palette...

My colours were Very Berry, Rose, Toad Hall & Sage.

As soon as I saw it I knew what I was going to do!

Don't you just love it when that happens?!

Here's how it turned out....

 To see it on the PaperArtsy Blog click HERE.

 

Front page

 

 

 

Can you help the Princess find the key to the Book of Wisdom?

 

 

Is it under the banner?

 

 

Have you asked Queen Dragon?

Queen Dragon tells you that you must say

 a magic word to open the magic doorway & open the Book of Wisdom!

 

Clue: Check the walls...

Back page

 

Inside the magic doorway..

 

Inside the Book of Wisdom. 

 

Close ups...

 

 

From Hinge stamp to Dragon's Head...

Hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

Tag book inspired by Kirsten Sheridan at Lisa B Designs.

 

Hiya Lovelies!

2nd post today is a tag book that was inspired by my twitter chum Kirsten Sheridan.

See her fab project for Lisa B Designs HERE.

 

I didn't incorporate all different techniques like Kirsten did.

 I wanted to make this for the Monthly Challenge over at

Lisa B Designs.

 

 

I started with some mini tags. I inked them with some watered down Dylusions ink sprays in

Vibrant Turquiose, Bubblegum Pink & Lemon Zest. I then inked round the edges with

Pumice Stone distress ink.

 

 

I stamped onto paper that I had stained with a teabag ( Yes you read right, I still do it!) using Archival ink in black. I love these stamps from Crafty Individuals.

I coloured them using my Promarkers & cut them up.

I used some stamps from Sheena Douglass Aging Beautifully set & Indigo Blu Sarah's Choice

 (which is one of my faves!) & Discover Your Passion sets. I added Sets. I then put it all together & secured it with Copper Mini Brads & string. I also added some Sepia Accents onto the heart on the front.

 

Here's the finished tag book.

 

 

I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x 

Quick card using Serif

Hiya Lovelies!

 

Just a quick post to share a quick card I made for my Stepdaughter.

 

 

I used the Avairy Exotic digikit for Serif Craft Artist.

I made my background & fussy cut an extra hummingbird so that I could decoupage it.

I used some check washi tape as a frame on the card & layered my background on top.

I added some iridescent glitter on the hummingbird to finish.

Voila!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

Heart Tag

 

Hiya Lovelies!

I know I must be on a roll!

This is my third & last post today.

 

I wanted to share my version of France's heart tag.

 

 

You can find her project for PaperArtsy HERE. 

 

I would like to enter this for the PaperArtsy challenge & for the Lisa B Designs Vintage Challenge.

 

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x