Celebrate Wordage Stamps on Coral and Amber

Everyone needs some word stamps and these from Colourific are just what you need.  You don’t even need a picture on these cards as this next one shows.

Here’s what you will need:

A5 Dark Red Card Blank

White Stamping Card

Black card for mounting

Distress Oxide inks - Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber

Blending mat or glass mat

Red Harmony Ink pad

Red and yellow fineliner

Onyx Black Versafine

Peach and yellow Nuvo drops

Gold gilding wax

Here’s how I made it:

1. Stamp the Distress Oxides onto the stamping mat, spritz with water and swish the stamping card through the ink. Dry the ink off and repeat until you are happy with your background.
2. Make sure the ink is completely dry before you stamp the Celebrate stamp onto the middle if the card in the red harmony ink. Colour in the gaps of the word with the red fineliner and the flourish and the stars in the yellow fineliner - see picture.
3. Stamp the Congratulations and your special occasion in black versafine.
4. Distress the edges with the Gilding wax.
5. Mount onto black card, then into the dark red card blank.
6. Distress the edges if the card blank with gold gilding wax - I use Pebeo gilding wax.
7. Finish off by adding co-ordinating Nuvo drops in the corners of the dark red card and the inky background.

This is a stunning card which doesn't show up well in the photograph - messy and fun to do. Just remember to make sure all the inks are dry before moving to the next stage.

See you soon for the next tutorial

Maria x

Blue Hibiscus Bloom

Hi everybody, it's Maria here with my Friday Colourific post.

Today we have the A5 Hibiscus stamp which is available from the Colourific website for only £12.99, Which I have coloured in blues and greens.

Here's what you will need:

A5 Hibiscus stamp set

Blues/Greens/Yellows - spray inks (I used Pearlywinks vibes)

Light Blue/Dark Blue/Green ink pads - I used Harmony ink pads

White Stamping card

Embossing folder (I used a Crafters Companion Sheena one)

White card blank 8 x 8"

Black card for mounting 

3D Foam Pads

3D Glue gel

Pokey tool

Blu tac

Silver Ribbon

Brads

Tacky Glue

Here's how to make the card

1. Emboss a piece of white card 7.5 x 7.5" square and glue to the centre of the 8x8 card blank.
2. Stamp out three of the large blooms in a light blue ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
3. Stamp out 3 medium sized blooms in green ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
4. Stamp out 3 small sized blooms in dark blue ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
5. Spray the Blue/Green/Yellow inks onto a blending mat and spritz with a little water - then swoosh a piece of stamping card approx. 5.5 x 5.5" into the inks and swirl it around.
6. Once dried, lightly spritz the same colours over the backing sheet to leave the speckles.  Leave this to dry naturally if possible.
7. Layer up the blooms and place on a ball of blu tac - then push your pokey tool through the middle for your brad to fit through.
8. Put one of the brads through the hole in each of the flower heads.
9. Using the large stamen stamp, stamp four stems as per the photo.
10. Attach 3D foam pads to the flower heads and place them on the top of the stems.
11. Mount the topper onto a piece of slightly larger black card and then mount this onto the embossed card on the card blank.
12. Tie a piece of silver ribbon into a bow  and attach to topper using 3D glue gel.

Hope you enjoy making your card, watch out for more next week.

A Nod to Andy

Hello everybody, it's Maria here and for today's post I have been influenced by the style of Andy Warhol in making a picture made from the Campervan stamp set from Colourific.

To make this 8x8" picture you will need:

Colourific Campervan Stamp set

Stamping white card

Masking paper or fluid

Clear Embossing Powder

Coloured ink pads 

(I used Spectrum Noir Harmony ink pads in Lemon Tonic, Ocean Blue, Grasshopper and Fushia)

Versa Fine Onyx ink pad

Silver gel pen

Paintbrush

Brayer and Gelli plate or just blend the colour with a blending brush or sponge

Double sided tape.

Here is how I made it:

1. Firstly cut four pieces of stamping card cut to 4" x 4" and stamp the Campervan image in the centre of each of the cards.
2. Emboss these with clear embossing powder.
3. Mask off the windscreen and the lights with masking paper or masking fluid and let it dry.
4. Colour each of the full cards with the inks. (I used a brayer and Gelli plate)
5. If you want to add texture to the inks, add a splash of water and dry with heat gun.
6. Take off the masking paper or rub off the gum and colour with the inks in a corresponding colour.
7. Using a paint brush add more of the same colour to the flowers of the campervan to make them stand out more.
8. Once dry, attach double sided tape to the back of each of the cards and stick them to a piece of 8" x 8" card.
9. Frame - I bought this one for a pound in the Poundshop.

There you go, all done.  This makes a great picture for a teenagers bedroom wall, or wherever you want really.

Bye for now

Maria