Flower Foam

A few more cards decorated with flower foam ready for my demo day in early April. This foam colours easily with mist inks and one lot I have sprayed with Spray and Gilt from Imagination Crafts.

3D Stencils

For today’s post I have used the same stencil and different mediums.  My first card is using Distressed Oxides and my second card uses Imagination Crafts Starlight paint. They are quite different but I like than both equally. What do you think do you have a preference ?

Versamagic Inks

My challenge for today was to create samples using Versamagic inks. So here are my samples so far.  sample one used an Embossing folder and used the inks direct to paper. The flowers are from one of Darcy Wilkinson stamp sets for Paperartsy.

Sample number two used the stamp from the above set plus some Woodward stamps

Hope you like my ideas.

Sparkle pens

I think I have been converted to the use of these pens having watched several demos showing their different uses here are a few of my ideas

Step by step 3D Stencils

I have been asked to do a step by step plan for using the Sheena Douglass stencils, so here goes.

Step one - tape down stencil no 1 and apply lightest colour to stencil. Remove and clean stencil

Step two - tape down stencil no 2 and apply mid tone colour, I always hold the stencil as well as taping down. Now remove and clean this stencil.

Step three - tape down stencil no 3, now either use your darker colour or use a texture paste or similar medium through the stencil. Now remove the clean stencil.

Step four - you can now take the masks included in th package and place over the main images and apply stamping and colour around the edges.

I love the effect these stencils give. They work fabulously on canvases and bags etc.

Flower Foam and Kay Carley Stamps

I have spent quite a bit of time playing with Flower Foam it has lots of applications. For this card I made a background using Distressed Oxides (new colours) stamped using Kay Carley stamps for Paperartsy and then die cut tiny little flowers to decorated, a bit fiddly but worth it.

More Flower Foam

This time I have used Oxides again and Paperartsy stamps, this set is one of Jo Firth Young's from a while back but still a favourite. Looking forward to seeing the new ones at Stitches.