Hello everyone, I have been a bit quiet on the blogging front recently due to the fact I have had terrible flu. It put me out of action for a good two weeks, but I’m feeling fine now and hope to get lots of blogging done over the coming week.
I got to choose the theme this fortnight for Craft-Room Challenge, and as it’s getting to ‘That’ time of year again I have chosen ‘Anything Christmas’. So feel free to add as much Bling or Glitz as you wish on your cards, gifts or decorations.
I got my inspiration this time from the fabulous Andy Skinner stamps that I have just received in the Craft-Room Shop. As soon as I saw the angel I new my colour theme would be cream and gold with a touch of red. Here’s how I made the card.
A 34cm x 16cm piece of ivory card scored at 13.5 and cm,29.5cm. The front of the card was covered with some Coredinations cream embossed card from my stash, and sanded to give it a vintage look. An aperature was cut from the largest Nesties labels set, and a frame cut in gold mirror board from the two largest Nesties. I used a magnetic plate this time to put both the dies on, and I must say this proved a real succuess, no more tape to try and stop the dies from moving, I can really recommend this. On the waste piece of mirror card that was left when I cut the frame, I stamped twice with the script stamp from the set using Versamark, sprinkled with gold embossing powder and heated. I must say I was a bit dubious as to how the script stamps would emboss as the writing is quite small, but it was brilliant, and none of the detail was lost, great stamps Andy. The angel was stamped and embossed with gold onto ivory card, coloured with Antique Linen, and Vintage Photo DI and a touch of Fired Brick was added to the wings. Finally a 4cm x 16cm piece of mirror board was run through a TH embossing folder and attached to the flap and the Peace sentiment was stamped and embossed in gold again and mounted onto an offcut of the mirror board.
Products Used
Andy Skinner Stamps – Simply Angelic
Distress Ink Pads
Versamark
Gold Embossing Powder
Gold Mirror Card
Tim Holtz Embossing Folder
Magnetic Plate
Nesties