Leonie's Mixed Media and Stamps

Good Morning Folks,

I am so excited to be part of Leonie Pujol's Design team and would like to thank my fellow team members for making me feel so welcome.  As I am still very new to the world of blogging, I am learning as I go and trying to balance my time between crafting and adding to this blog.  I will continue to add tweaks until it is a bit more ship-shape and I would like to thank Katrina who has been so encouraging and supportive.

Now on to some exciting stuff that is happening today.  On Hochanda there is a fabulous deal on a 'One Day Special' for some of Leonie's previously released products which launched last night at 9pm.  So far there has been two live shows with 3 more still to go at 12pm, 4pm and 7pm today.

Here are a couple of samples I have made for these shows. 

Using From The Heart stamp set I have stamped the big heart in red Versafine ink, heat embossed with clear powder, cut it out and overlaid it on a couple of die cuts from the Mixed Media Collection, Bark Texture.  Added heart embellishments are die cut in fabric and Kraft card and they are from Lots of Love Mixed Media die collection. Finally I have added a sentiment from the Hey There Dreamer stamp set.

 

On the following card I have used one of Leonie's embossing folders from a previous show to create a background by inking it with Versamark and running it through my die cutting machine with a piece of black card and while the ink was still wet covering the card with a black holographic embossing powder and heating.  The flowers are from the Beautiful Bloom stamp set.  I have stamped them, heat embossed with black powder, painted with metallic watercolour paints, cut out and mounted on to the background.

That's it for today.
 
Thanks for visiting my blog

Anne
x

Poppies

Good Morning Folks,


This isn't what I had originally planned for today but I thought poppies would still be appropriate, even though it is a birthday card.




I have continued with the Clean And Simple style and have embossed a couple of strips on either side of a piece of stamping card to frame the main image, which is a stamp from Hobby Art Stamps called Bordered Poppies. These I have coloured with alcohol markers and stamped a greeting also from Hobby Art.


That's it for today but I will be back soon with some more samples, maybe something from my stash or perhaps something new.


Thanks for visiting,
Bye for now
Anne
x

Let's Do Lunch

Good Morning Folks!

Continuing my theme for this week, here is another Clean and Simple card in pastel colours using stamps from my stash.

There's not much to say about how I've made this card as it is pretty much a case of stamping and then colouring with watercolour pencils and layering using stitched rectangle dies.

After today I think I'll post one more like this and then move on to something completely different.

Thank you for visiting today.
Bye for now
Anne
  x

Hedgehogs in Springtime

Good Morning Folks!

I hope you had a lovely weekend with plenty of time for crafting.
 
This week I think I will run a few oldies on my blog  with a theme of Clean and Simple in pastel colours.

My post for today is to remind me of Springtime,  as I must admit I am not a big fan of the grey winter months, although I shouldn't grumble because when it's cold and miserable outside it does give me an excuse to sit next to the radiator in my craft room and play!

So here are hedgehogs and flowers using stamps from my stash.

 

Bye for now
Anne
   x

Teasel

Hi Folks,


At last I'm back with another card to share with you.

This one is made using the Teasel stamp set from Bee Crafty. The rich blue of the cardstock does not really show up very well in the picture which is a bit of a pity as it is a good contrast with the white.

I have stamped the images and text using a clear embossing ink and then heat embossed using detail white embossing powder.

I always like to finish my cards with an insert that reflects the image on the front.  However, I rarely bother to photograph them, but this time I made an effort to do so, as I rather like the theme of blue and white being reversed.

That's it for now but I hope you'll come back and visit my blog again as I now hope to post on a much more regular basis.

Bye for now
Anne
x 

Knowledge

Good Morning Folks,

I must get my thinking cap on and design a card for a young friend who has a birthday in a couple of weeks time. He is a very clever young chap with a lively interest in many things - so what will I choose for my subject?  So far, I haven't come up with a satisfactory idea but when I do, I will post the card here for you to see - after his birthday of course!  It is only fair he should see it first!

In the interim here is a card I made for him previously.  As I said, he is a bright young thing, so the academic theme seemed appropriate.

The background has been stamped on brown card and heat embossed using clear powder.  The stamp I used for this is from Impression Obsession and is called Bookshelves - no surprise there then!  The main elements are from a Sheena Douglass stamp set from her Little Bit Magical range called Knowledge.  I have stamped onto Sheena White Stamping Card, blended a bit of distress ink around the edges and also across the card.  I have then splashed a few drops of water and blotted.  Images are coloured with a variety of watercolours and finally I have sprinkled on some Stampendous Frantage Aged Green embossing enamel and heated.

Duke's Gang

Good Morning Crafters,


I thought  I would have a bit of fun today with a couple of cards using stamps from Indigo Blu, titled Duke's Gang .

There isn't a great deal to say about how they have been made as they are pretty simple.  Stamp, colour, cut out and mount onto a piece of white card. Add a caption, then mount on to a black background and finally on to white A6 card blank.

 

The second card has the addition of some glitter,  musical notes from a sheet of peel-offs and stars punched from the waste of another sheet of glitzy peel-offs.