There is Beauty in Simpicity

Good Morning

Alice here with my Monday morning Blog.

Materials Used:

A5 Peony Stamp Set
Black Memento Ink
Copic Markers
White Card

• To make the gift bag, I cut the card into the appropriate sizes and scored and folded where appropriate.
• Before assembling the bag, I stamped the Peony flower 3 times across the top of the front and back of the gift bag using a masking technique.
• I coloured with copic markers then fussy cut out along the top edge of the card, keeping the remainder of the flowers attached.
• I felt the front of the bag was very plain, so I embossed a sheet of white card and stuck it on before I did the next step.
• I stamped I stamped 5 more Peonies and coloured them in with copics and fussy cut them out.  I also stamped and coloured an assortment of leaves and fussy cut.
• I joined all the pieces of the gift back together and made it up.  
• I punched  2 holes in the front and back of the gift back to attach the ribbon.
• I arranged the 4 of the remaining coloured peonies along the front of the back raising them with foam pads.  Evenly attached the leaves evenly around the raised peonies with some glue.
• Finally cut out a die shaped tag, embossed it with the same embossing folder.  Coloured the tag with Oxide Ink, the stamped a sentiment from my stash.  Added the final Peony to the front of the tag.  Finally punched a hole, threaded some ribbon through and attached to the bag.

Live The Dream

Good Morning

Alice here, it's hard to believe we are in September now, where do the weeks and months disappear to!  Here is my project for this week.  Decided to have a play with the A5 Peony Stamp Set, you can find this and many more fabulous stamps here.Quite like the way this one turned out.

Materials use:

A5 Peony Stamp Set

6 x 6 Brown Card Blank

4.75 x 4.75 Brown Mat

5.75 x 5.75 Kraft Card Mat

4.5 x 4.5 Kraft Card Mat

Versamark Ink Pad

White Embossing Powder

Copic Pens

Sentiment Stamp

2 sizes of circle dies

•   Take the 5.75 and the 4.5 pieces of Kraft card.  Using a small piece of double
  
          sided tape centre the smaller one on top of larger one.
•    Using Versamark Ink pad, randomly stamp the Peony flowers and leaves over the         card, making sure to overlap the small square onto the larger square. 
•    Emboss the images with white embossing powder.  When this is done colour in the       flowers and leaves with copic markers.
•    If you wish you can go over the images with a sparkle pen as I did, but this is not         necessary.
•    Carefully remove the smaller Kraft Card from the larger one.
•    Mat the larger card onto the 6 x 6 brown card blank.
•    Mat the smaller Kraft square onto the 4.75 x 4.75 Brown Mat
•    Apply the smaller mat to the card ensuring the images match up.
•    Cut one large circle from Brown card and a smaller one from Kraft Card.  Stamp the     Live the Dream sentiment in the middle of the smaller circle and emboss with gold       embossing powder.  Mat the 2 circles together and attach to card.
•    Finish off with some gold gems randomly scattered over card

Thank you for joining me.

Unicorn Shaker Card - A6 Flying Unicorn Stamp Set

Good Morning everyone,

How quickly are the weeks flying past.  My DT Blog for today is using the following stamp sets:-

A6 Flying Unicorn
A6 Season Text Background

I started by using a 6x6 blank card.  I cut a out a 5.75 square mat out of floral backing paper and attached it to card.  I stamped the Seasons Text Background and the Flying Unicorn onto a piece of white card and embossed it using sparkle embossing powder.  Using a guillotine I cut the background into small squares and matted them onto slightly larger pink squares, then attached them evenly to the card.  I used the same pink card to cut out a frame using some dies from my stash.  Using the larger of the 2 dies, I also cut out a piece of acetate and adhered it to the wrong side of the frame using red liner tape.  I also used this die to cut out a piece of contrasting paper to add to the back of the shaker.  To make the shaker piece, I used Pinflair Gel all the way round the frame, then added some sparkles to the centre of the frame, making sure they didn't stick to the gel.  I added the backing piece on top of the pinflair gel and left it to dry.  While the shaker was drying, I coloured the unicorn and also stamped some of the little flowers that come with the stamp set.  Once the shaker was dry, I attached the unicorn and its horn to the front of the shaker then glued it to the card. To finish off I stamped and embossed a  "Happy Birthday" sentiment, layered it onto pink card and attached to the card.  Hopefully you can see the shaker part a little better in this photograph.

Thank you for stopping by.  See you next week.

Alice x

Cars and Stars - A6 Sports Car Stamp Set

Good Morning Everyone

Alice here with my Monday morning blog.  I made this little Card and Artist Trading Coin using the Colourific A6 Sports Car set.  This is a great little set for those often difficult to make "Male" cards and you can find it by clicking here

Materials Used:  Black Card, White Card, Silver Glitter Card and 2 sheets of background paper.  Black and Red Glitter Pens and some Copic Pens.

I embossed a piece of white card with a star embossing folder and matted this onto a piece of black card and attached both to the card base.  I cut the background papers at an angle and overlapped them onto the bottom of the card.

I Cut out 1 large star on white card and added the cogs for the background, then mounted in onto a Silver Glitter Card Star.  I added 2 smaller black stars to each side of the larger star and place a silver glitter star in the centre.  

I coloured in the car with the various pens ad added Glossy Accent to the windows.  I also used a white pen to add some light shadows to the car.  I curled it slightly and placed it over the stars with some sticky pads.

Finally, I stamped and cut the the "Life in the Fast Lane" sentiment and cut up the words and attached to the card.  I used a "Happy Birthday" stamp from my stash.  Had no "Dad" stamps so that was handwritten.

To use up the extra papers, I made an Artist Trading Coin, and used the "Life in the Fast Lane" sentiment again.  I had a rosette in my stash and used this and added a cog on top of it.

Hope you like them 
See you next time
Alice xx

Father's Day Sports Cars - A6 Sports Car Stamp Set

Hello Everyone

Alice here with my usual Monday Morning Blog.  Father's Day is approaching soon, so I thought I would get out the Colourific A6 Sports Car stamps to make a little card.  You can find this stamp set on the Colourific Website here

Materials:  Blank DL Card, 2 sheets background paper, A6 Sports Card stamps, Glitter Pens and Copics.  Peel Off borders.  Also used some die cut sentiments and a set of alphabets from my stash.

Measured each square of background paper 2in in from each corner and cut it diagonally. Glued the darker piece in place first, then added the 2 corners and added some peel off borders to set it off.

Stamped the cars, and cut one in half. Coloured all 3 pieces using copics and glitter pens and added Glossy Accents to the windows.  Placed the full car in the centre and raised with sticky pads.  The cut cars were placed at either side of the card.  Stamped the Triangle Warning 3 times and added the word Dad to it.  The sentiments are die cut works

Thank you for looking.
See you next week
Alice xx

Life in the Fast Lane - A6 Sports Car Stamp Set

Good Morning All

Welcome to my first blog as Design Team Member for Colourific.  I have used the A6 Sports Car stamp set for my first card.  

·         I used a stencil to ink through the corners of a background paper and matted it onto a piece of navy card.  

·         Stamped the wheels/cogs from the same stamp set to make the little background panel and a very old background map stamp from my stash (I have no idea where it came from) for the other panel.  These were both matted onto navy card.

·          The  car was stamped and coloured with copic markers and fussy cut.  I used Glossy Accents in the windows and along the trim and round the wheels of the car.

·          Used some glitter card and matted it onto navy card for the border.

·          Finally I stamped the “Life in the Fast Lane” stamp from this set onto white card and embossed and matted onto navy card.

Here is a link to the website, where you can find all the stamps :- 

https://colourific.co.uk/shop?olsPage=products&page=1

Holiday cards! ~ Design Team Member Karen

I have the sweetest images to share with you today - all from the new holiday stamp sets from Colourific:

I'm all about bright colours & papers... and these images had me grabbing these bold patterns, and I love the aqua added in with the traditional red & green.

I stamped and coloured the snowmen from the Mr & Mrs Snow set with Copic markers, and started building my snowy scene... and felt like it needed a little glimmer.  So I ran the pole and striped scarf through my Minc machine, adding red foil to them, and I made the snowflakes silver.

 I finished off my card with some die cut snowflakes and some zigzag stitching with my sewing machine.

 There are actually three sweet birds that come in the Singing Robins stamp set, but I decided to just feature one, sitting on a branch with the snowy sky behind him.  There's a little shimmer on this card also, as I foiled the sentiment in silver as well:

Be sure to check out all of the new holiday sets that are available on the Colourific website here!  Happy stamping!

Santa's Sleigh ~ Design Team Member Karen

It's Karen here today - and I'm so excited to be sharing the new Colourific holiday stamps!  You can find the entire selection on the Colourific website here... but I am using Santa's Sleigh today:

 When I'm colouring images with my Copic markers, the starting point is always my patterned paper.  I picked this coordinating pack from Echo Park, and pulled out the colours to use on my images.  I used a subtle dusty aqua snowflake pattern as my sky, and die cut a snowy hillside, adding a few die cut snowflakes randomly as well.  After colouring the sleigh, bear & gifts, I fussy cut them all out, and glued them together so that they appear to be stacked in the sleigh.  I attached pop dots all over the back of the image to attach it to my base, and did the same to my sentiment.

 This Santa is such a cute, happy guy - I just love him!  All of the images were stamped separately, coloured with Copics and fussy cut out.  Like my first card, I created an evening sky, then some snowy banks, and attached both Santa and the sentiment with pop dots.  I glued the toys behind the sack, and attached it all to the base.  You can check out all the newest stamps on the Colourific site, and get them ordered asap to get going on your holiday cards.

 Happy stamping!

Spread Your Wings and Fly ~ Design Team Member Karen

Hello everyone!  It's Karen with you today, sharing two cards using the lovely Spread Your Wings and Fly set, along with the Alphabet & Numbers:

 Now, you're going to have to forgive my photography... no matter how I edited my photo, the butterfly came out with a distinct red tone!  It's much more of a wine colour like the photo below.  I coloured the butterflies with Copic markers - so many possibilities and different ways they could be coloured!  I fussy cut around them, and then scored down either side of the body, so that the wings bend upwards.  For both cards, I used my sewing machine to zigzag the black patterned paper onto the base.  The teal circle on the "Fly" card is adhered with pop dots for a little dimension.

 The Alphabets & Numbers set is such a great font!  Really easy to fussy cut/paper piece like I've done here.

I was going to use the sentiments that come with the Spread Your Wings and Fly set on the front of the card... but they were busy enough already, so I mounted them on some teal paper, stamped a few butterflies in black ink, and added them to the inside of the cards.

A lot of butterfly papers are light & pastel-ish, so I love the dark, rich colours of these papers for a change.

You can find all of the Colourific stamps on the website here, or just click on the links above.

Happy stamping!

Dream ~ Karen

Hello everyone!  It's Karen with you today, and I have a simple card using 3 different stamp sets to share:

 I started by die cutting a circle shape from a piece of scrap paper to create a mask, then I taped it down on my cardstock and created an ombre/sunset effect using three colours of Distress Oxide Inks (Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick & Candied Apple).  After removing the mask, I stamped the two flowers from the Moderne Flowers set, the leaves and butterfly from the Leaves stamp set, and added the Dream sentiment from Unicorns & Chasing Rainbows - all in Black Versafine ink.  I drew in the stems with a fine black marker.

I used my sewing machine to stitch the panel down to some black cardstock, and popped the whole piece up with some pop dots before adhering it to my patterned paper.  I added a few white sequins to finish it off.  You can find all of the stamp sets on the Colourific website here... or click on the stamp names above to go directly to them on the site.  Happy stamping!

Unicorn Eating Cake on a Rainbow ~ Karen

Hello!  It's Karen here with you today, and I am so happy to be here, doing my first post for Colourific!  I am using the smaller unicorn image from Unicorns & Chasing Rainbows, along with sentiments from Unicorn Text:

I started creating my background by blending four colours of Distress Oxide Ink to provide a soft halo of colour.  Then I used my sewing machine to stitch around the panel before adhering it to the base. I've coloured the unicorn and flowers with Copic markers, and fussy cut them all out.

The unicorn and a couple of the smaller flowers are attached with pop dots for a little added dimension, and a few sequins provided some sparkle!

I used another one of the sentiments from Unicorn Text on the inside, along with the small flower spray:

We are just getting this party started here on the Colourific Stamps blog - be sure to visit regularly to see what our fabulous design team has to share.  You can also find Colourific on facebook here, and you'll want to join our Colourific Stamps Fan Group here, where you can share your creations as well.

Champagne & Cocktails or too much to drink - Can not decide

I had fun making this wedding card. First time using Copic markers to colour

anything in detail. This was the third bottle I coloured in.

This card was made using stamp set A5 Champagne & Cocktails

plus my own sentiment with a red ribbon down 

left hand side to finish. This was a very challenging card to make

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