Big Fish Wish Double Pop up

For my final day on the blog, I have created a double pop up card. The outside has been made with Penny Black Mix and Match Cardstock Forest Glen 07-001, 07-003, Hook, Line and Sinker Wood mounted stamp 3777H, Zen Slapstick 40-051and a rub on for the sentiment.

The following Copic markers were used to colour the outside:
Water B93, C1, BG10 and BG15
Hedgehog Prickles E43, E57 and E49
Hedgehog Hands and Face E00, R11 & R20
Hedgehog Cheeks R22
Grass YG03, YG05 and YG17
Bank Y21, Y23 and E33
Fish BG15, BG10 and B02
Basket Y23, YR12, YR15 and E37

The inside was stamped using Penny Black Fish are Jumpin 2062K and coloured using the same Copic markers as the outside. The sky was created by masking the clouds and tumbled glass distress ink added.
The Sentiment is from Birthday Wish 3669F, I only inked the top part of the sentiment and then reinked just the letters 'ish' to form the word fish with a hand drawn 'F'.

Thanks for joining me this week and for all your lovely comments here and on the Penny Black Blog, they mean so much to me.

A Gift Inside & Out

My daughter was shopping with a friend and they came across a cute address book, my daughter's friend was about to buy one, when my daughter said not to as her mum could make a better one! I feel so honoured that my daughter appreciates my home made gifts enough to suggest it to her friend.

So I was tasked to create a cute address book with her friend's favourite colours! The cuteness factor was increased by stamping each of the page dividers. Details of materials used can be found on the Penny Black Blog Here.

The outside Cover was stamped with zen and clear embossed onto thin card and glued onto greyboard, Main image stamped onto white card cut using spellbinders Labels 20, masked and the background airbrushed with Copics,  the main image then coloured with Copics.  The Alphabet stamped and cut out and mounted.


Inside, each page divider was printed and then stamped with various cute characters, they were then coloured with Copics to give a monochromatic effect. Notice the mouse has lost his cake and gained a hand drawn envelope.
The whole project was then bound using the Zutter Bind it All.

Thank you for joining me today, I hope this inspires you to enter the Penny Black challenge this week.

Wobbly Insides

Today I want to share on the Penny Black Blog how to make a wobble card, if you want to see how it moves you can watch the video. Don't forget to hop on over to check out this weeks challenge.

Here is a picture of the front of the card, it was created using Penny Black Summer Sun mix and match card stock 17-002, Jungle Fever Stickeroo 10-096 and Enjoy Life 30-032.

The Summer Sun card was printed with the sentiment using the computer, it has then been scored and folded so that the white side is on the outside, this has then been distressed with Tumbled Glass for the sky and Antique Linen, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey for the ground.  The grass (from the enjoy life clear set) was then stamped with antique linen and then over stamped with Versamagic Sahara Sand.  The Leopard sticker was then placed centrally and burnished down.

Inside of card with wobble, for instructions on how to make wobble see video.

The Lion has been coloured using the front of the stamp as a guide using the following Copic pens; YR07, Y15, R29, Y17, E57, E49, E71, E08. I have also added some distress ink to the edges of the card to add to the wild look.

Thanks for visiting, come back tomorrow for a gift idea.

Interesting Insides

Hi, you can view all my projects today and next week over on the Penny Black Blog Here, also don't forget to also check out Jills PB&J video feature yesterday too!

This week, I wanted to focus on inside the card/project, as this is often an area that I neglect with just a quick sentiment and message. Today I have created a reverse pop out card using Posy Petals 4151K, can you also spot the other stamp that I have used, look closely at the inside? (you can see if you guessed correctly at the end of this post.)

The outside has been created using the same stamp and Penny Black mix and Match card stock Summer Sun 17-003

The outside was created by inking up only the flower part of the Posy Petals stamp, this has then been coloured with Copics; RV02, RV17 & RV29 for the flower, C03, C05, R29 & R59 for the ladybug and G21 & YG17 for the leaves. The petals and leaves were then masked and Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass Distress ink were added to create the background. The petals were then over coloured with a Versamark pen and  Berry Twist Perfect Pearls added to give them a shimmer. The Spots on the ladybug were given added dimension with Black Enamel Accents. A tiny tag has been punched out and hand written to finish off the card.

Inside
This is so easy to do, take a second piece of card the same size as the outside, score into quarters and fold so that you have a mountain fold in the centre and two valley folds on each side. Stamp the image in the centre of the card and colour the same as front image (mask as in the outside to create the background).
The Copics used for the girl are as follows:
Face E51 & E53 ; Cheeks R83
Dress YR15, YR16 & YR07; the spots on her dress were created by using the 00 colourless blender pen.
The centre of the card was then cut out to create an arch. The inside of the main card was then coloured with distress inks by stamping and masking off the bee, butterfly and clouds.
The folded panel was then lined up to the outside edges of the card and the two outer quarters of the card stuck down (do not stick the middle down). To neaten off the edges, I have added a strip of scalloped card created with a border punch.

Did you guess what stamp I used for the butterfly and bee? It was Magical Mimi 4150K, you can see the full stamp here.

Thanks for joining me today, do check back next week as I have a video for you! Thank you for all your encouraging comments, they really make me smile.

Slapstick Blog Host

I am so excited as I am hosting the blog today over at Penny Black, all week our incredibly talented design team have been working with Slapstick Cling Stamps; if you have not tried them yet; they give you the quality of stamping with rubber without the bulk of a wood mount - great space savers!

My first card uses this adorable little girl and having found my crochet hook, I just had to give her dress a lace border!

Materials:  Penny Black - Flower Girl 40-056, Circular Design 40-046, To You 30-067, Mix & Match Card Stock Sea Breeze 08-002, 08-003. 

Other: Copics -Hair E49, E47, E43 & E42 Dress BG10, BG23, BG09, V06, RV00 & RV10 Face E50, E51 & Cheeks R20.

Spellbinders dies; Labels 20 & Labels 8, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Memories Soft Pool Ink & Teal Dye ink. Glossy Accents, White Crochet Cotton, Making Memories Patterned Paper, Purple Wool & Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas.

I started with the girl's dress and some patterned paper, having cut out the top layer I then crocheted the bottom of her dress. (Pierced holes along the bottom - not to close to edge otherwise paper will tear when you crochet. put a loop through the first hole and did a slip stitch and then 3 chain stitches, then a slip stitch into the same hole, then slip stitch next hole and then 3 chain stitches again ...repeating process all the way along the edge) Paper pieced the rest of the dress adding shading with copics. Stamped head of girl and coloured with copics. 

Stamped flower on sticky back canvas coloured with copics and outlined edges with black pen to add definition then added to main image, added glossy accents to flowers on her sleeve and in her hair and leaves alternate parts of leaves again to add extra dimension. Stamped Circular design onto card stock and cut out using spellbinders dies, stitched round edges, mounted top frame with dimensional foam and then die cut and stamped patterned paper.

I wanted to show how versatile the circular background is and try out the only two Letraset Aqua Markers I own! 

Materials: Penny Black - Circular Design 40-046, To you 30-067; Mix & Match Card Stock Periwinkle 11-003.

Other: Letraset Aqua Markers in Citrus & Mauve, Ink Potion No.9, Lavender Lace Liquid Pearls, Versafine Imperial Purple ink, Lime Green & Mauve Chalks, Dimensional Pads, Pearls, Quickkutz Dies, Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers Butterflies, BV04 Copic & Twine.

Coloured circular design with aqua markers, spritzed with ink potion no 9 and then stamped onto white card. Coloured large white spaces with chalk and then pierced circles around each shape. Cut out centres of circles with small flower die and then added liquid pearls to outside edges of circles. Mounted onto card with dimensional foam pads. Cut out Butterflies and edged with Copics added bows and pearls and attached to card. Sprayed ink potion no.9 onto stamp again without re-inking and stamped onto white card, this gave a fainter second generation image, stamped sentiment with Versafine ink and then cut out with die. Mounted onto card.


Thank you so much for all your lovely comments and support, please do hop on over to the Penny Black Blog and leave some love for my fellow design team members this week, their projects are awesome!

Happy Birthday Sophie

It is my daughter's birthday today and even at 19, she is still very demanding! So much so that she was very exact in the design of her birthday card, this is what she wanted.

The background is created with alcohol inks, dropped onto glossy card and sprayed with air (normally used for airbrushing). The numbers are cut using the Cricut and then embossed with WOW glitter embossing powder.

The inside is created using Penny Black Sweet Surprise 4162K and Design Spotter  40-050. I cut off the cake and used a piece of acetate to attach the peel off sentiment.  I then stamped an extra leg to replace the one cut off with the shopping bags.  The pop up mechanism was made invisible by using acetate.

Salt "Rocks"

I spotted some Rock Salt in the supermarket this week and knew I had to buy it and see the effects you can get with distress stains.

The background to this card was created this way.

It is so easy to do.......
just add distress stain liberally to your card, I used forrest moss and then sprayed water over to give a wetter finish. I then sprinkled rock salt over the area and left to dry. When it was dry, I brushed off the rock salt and then to lighten slightly and add shimmer I brushed over the whole area with gold Perfect Pearls. 
The Pin-Striped flowers were stamped onto white card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copics, after cutting out, the flowers were then mounted onto background using dimensional Pinflair glue and a twine bow added. The panel was then mounted onto black card and then onto white card blank.