Showing posts with label Moving Along With The Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moving Along With The Times. Show all posts

Thursday, 7 September 2017

Pop-up Unicorn


Grá O'Neill - Paper Learning Curve - Pop Up Card - Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After; The Greeting Farm Magical Friends; Paper Smooches Spectrum; Concord & 9th Sophisticated Script; Papermania Numbers, Tim Holtz Handwritten Celebrate; Lawn Fawn Hearts; Spellbinders Stars

I've been playing along with Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker for the 30 Day Colouring Challenge and wanted to put some of my pieces together on a card. This is one of my favourite types of card. I love pop-ups, how they change from the flat 2D envelope form to their glorious 3D box shape. I've watercoloured all the stamps, shapes and diecuts with distress markers and heat embossed Elodie and the number two in gold. Acetate strips anchor all the elements in place and provide a little movement to the card.

Grá O'Neill - Paper Learning Curve - Pop Up Card - Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After; The Greeting Farm Magical Friends; Paper Smooches Spectrum; Concord & 9th Sophisticated Script; Papermania Numbers, Tim Holtz Handwritten Celebrate; Lawn Fawn Hearts; Spellbinders Stars


A special card for a special niece to celebrate her 2nd birthday. Here's hoping her birthday is all rainbows and unicorns! 

Challenges:



Supplies:
Distress Markers
Gold Embossing Powder
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After; The Greeting Farm Magical Friends; Paper Smooches Spectrum; Concord & 9th Sophisticated Script; Papermania Numbers
Dies: Tim Holtz Handwritten Celebrate; Lawn Fawn Hearts; Spellbinders Stars
Gold Pen, Stickles







Thursday, 3 August 2017

Inking Dylusions


Grá O'Neill - Paper Learning Curve - Dylusions Cat Among the Pigeons, Lawn Fawn Year Two; THMS070; Dylusions Large Arrow Border; Finnabair Stars, Dots&Stripes; Ranger Archival & distress ink

Local Craft Clubs are a great way to give yourself the time, opportunity and encouragement to get crafty. One of the girls was in a Dylusions mood, so I tried to put into practice what I had learned from Dyan Reaveley. However as our time was nearly up and the raffle was ongoing I rushed it a bit. Making the best of it, I decided my arrows were meant to be in the foreground and the thicker than required application of distress paint through the stencil was the desired effect. 

I started this background in the same way as my last project, but then hand splattered some water and with a splatter brush straight from the bottle some Dylusions white linen ink. I stamped the Cat and Pigeons in jet black archival ink and watercoloured with distress crayons. In order to get truer colours, I removed some of the background ink with a waterbrush first. 

When I got home I finished by doodling with a white paint pen and a black ink pen and edged the card with distress crayon and distress ink. Never one to know when to stop, I felt the card needed something else so stencilled stars with hickory smoke distress ink.

Grá O'Neill - Paper Learning Curve - Dylusions Cat Among the Pigeons, Lawn Fawn Year Two; THMS070; Dylusions Large Arrow Border; Finnabair Stars, Dots&Stripes; Ranger Archival & distress ink


Another fun inky time was had, but I did have some cleaning up to do. Thankfully the inks and paints were all water based so a quick wipe and the club didn't lose their damage deposit!

Happy Inking! 

Challenges: 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #tttc009 (diagonal: one layer, distress inks, all things round- lots of dots & spots)





Supplies:
Archival Ink Jet Black
Distress Inks
Distress Crayons
Distress Paint
Dylusions Sprays
Primary Elements Powder
Stamps: Dylusions Cat Among the Pigeons, Lawn Fawn Year Two
Stencils: THMS070; Dylusions Large Arrow Border; Finnabair Stars, Dots&Stripes
Paint Pen, Ink Pen


Monday, 16 March 2015

Pig Day


Grá O'Neill- Paper Learning Curve: Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals stamps & dies, Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil

A birthday card for a pig mad sister. When I saw this pig I had to use it to make a card for my sister, who adores pigs. This little pig looks like he's about to take flight aided by his helium balloon. Lucky pig!

Grá O'Neill- Paper Learning Curve: Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals stamps & dies, Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil

I've used translucent embossing paste through Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil and everything is coloured with distress markers. The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Liquid Platinum.

Challenges:


Supplies
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil, Farm Animals die.

Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Walnut Stain.
Paper: White card from stash
Colouring: Distress Markers- Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers, Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry,Victorian Velvet, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade.
Highlights: wink of stella, stickles, white gel pen, translucent embossing paste, Liquid Plaitinum embossing powder, glossy accents, Doodlebug green glossy sprinkles circle gems.

Happy Birthday Sinéad!
Hope you've enjoyed you're visit and you'll stop back again soon!




Sunday, 15 March 2015

Butterfly Mums


Grá O'Neill- Paper Learning Curve: Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, Home Sweet Home, Home Sweet Home Dies, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly punch

In memory of two very special Mums, who meant the world to us. Butterflies, symbols of metamorphism, but I've used them because they're pretty! I've layered silver card, washi tape and vellum butterflies topped with pearls and twine antennae.

Grá O'Neill- Paper Learning Curve: Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, Home Sweet Home, Home Sweet Home Dies, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly punch

I've kept a monochrome colour palette, silver diecut happy and clear embossed black sentiment on vellum.


Grá O'Neill- Paper Learning Curve: Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, Home Sweet Home, Home Sweet Home Dies, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly punch

This makes me happy!

Challenges:
Moving Along With the Times: Three In A Row- BINGO [Top Row: Die, Washi Tape, Punch]
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Things That Fly
Virginia's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed


http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/three-in-row-bingo.html

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Bloghttp://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.ie/2015/03/virginias-view-challenge-13_1.html




Supplies
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, Home Sweet Home
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly punch

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black.
Paper: White & silver card and vellum from stash
Highlights: washi tape, clear embossing powder, twine, pearls

Happy Mothers' Day! Hope to see you again soon.