Techniques

Hello everyone,

Today I have the pleasure in being part of a special celebratory video blog hop, celebrating the birthday of Love From Lizi.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LFL!

This September, Lizi is relaunching her website, and soon it will have all the bell and whistle, with a shiny new feel. There will be even more products (including Heffy Doodle!!) and there will be an affiliate program and discounts for kit subscribers and so much more!

Let’s get cracking on this video hop!:-)

First things first – there is a chance to WIN BIG on this one, guys! Lizi has got loads of prizes lined up (visit her blog for the full list) but the GRAND prize is a FULL YEARS subscription to the Love From Lizi monthly card kit!! Talk about the gift that keeps on giving! It is worth over $550 in value, and not only to you get the kit, but you also get to join the Love From Lizi group and get so much inspiration from the whole gang.

All you need to do is LIKE and COMMENT on the YouTube videos that are part of the video hop. Entries are open until 18th September and the winner will be announced in Lizi’s video on 19th September where she showcases the kit for October. and yes – it is open worldwide! YAY!

So let’s take a look at some photos of the card that I have made.

Lizi sent us a gorgeous Sizzix die in the shape of a peacock feather – after all, a peacock feather is her logo, so it was the perfect choice really! I decided that I would reach for my Faber Castell gelatos for today’s project, because I hadn’t used them in so long, and i fancied making something a bit more artsy fartsy.

I cut 5 feathers from watercolour cardstock, and then squiggled the gelato on top. I decided to go for bright colours like yellow, orange and pink – I guess I am not quite ready to let go of summer! 🙂

I used a wet paintbrush to blend the colours together, but i wasn’t being fussy – I went quick and let the artistic freedom flow. I wanted to make each one a bit different, so i trimmed them down to a slightly smaller size and gave them a little variation. I used gold embossing powder and some black washi tape to add some extra touches to my feathers.

I decided to go with the flow and add some splatters to my 5.5″ x 4″ background using black watercolour paint, and then added a strip of black card and strip of gold embossed card on the edge. I also added some black dotty washi tape to the folded notecard.

Before sticking my top panel in place, I stuck down the feathers with a glue gun. I guess i was channelling my inner Wilna Furstenburg. I kinda liked being free and easy and going with the flow.

I stuck on a piece of folded vellum and a piece of twin, before adhering the top panel to my notecard with some foam tape. To finish the card, I added a die cut HELLO from Honey Bee Stamps, cut from black craft foam, and a few black pearl embellishments.

All done!

Don’t forget to check out the next person on the list, and leave a like and a comment on the YouTube video for each project in the video blog hop.

Good Luck!

 

 

Hello crafty kiddies!

On this Friday’s CCWM LIVE stream, I gave the viewers a choice – either a few Clean & Simple cards, or watch me alter stamped images for Halloween use. It seemed that the CAS option won!

The full streamed video is above but here’s a look at all three cards!

Note – this is a LIVE stream, so not an edited video. Therefore it is a long video- feel free to watch in chunks, skip through it, or put on in the background whilst you are crafting.

 

First off, i made a rainbow inked card, but used a dry embossed background. At the last minute I made this into a chibitronics light up card as one of my new viewers wanted to see Chibitronics in action.

I used the Unbearable Without You stamp set from Heffy Doodle to add the bear and the thought bubbles, and the little PULL ME tab (and heart) is from Heffy Doodle Interactively Yours stamp set.

I used a red chibitronics LED behind the heart. The ‘I love you, i mean it’ stamp is from My Favorite Things.

On the inside I added this perfect little sentiment form Technique Tuesday – i think it works great because of both the bright colours on the front as well as the light up element!

I was not yet finished playing with my rainbow inks. So here’s the next card

I used two stencils for this one, and just layered them up. You get a lot more mileage out of your stencils if you try this- and such awesome results. By the way, I am giving away one of these stencils (a new unused one) in my giveaway. Check out my previous post for details.

I used the Mama Elephant stitched landscape trio for the clouds and added some holographic embossing powder for a little glitzy shimmer, and this sentiment was perfect – also from Mama Elephant – its from the Unicorns and Rainbows stamp set.

I shared on my stream that i FINALLY got some ZIG clean color real brush markers. this was my first attempt, on some bristol smooth card. Practise makes perfect, but I think this Lawn Fawn unicorn turned out alright for a first try!

Next up, I wanted to use some of the gifts that I got for my birthday. The tulle was sent to me by Snow (@marblemine) and the butterflies by Dennice (watts-she-making.com) – THANKS GUYS! I also got an awesome stamp set from Maria (@mycraftwaytohappiness) but I will have to use it another time. <3

I also just got the outside in Lawn Fawn scallop rectangles from Lawn Fawn. Ohhhh they are so PWETTY! Also the Hooray is from Mama Elephant – both purchased with a gift card from Seven Hills Crafts.

To finish off I added the Congratulations from MFT and added some black pearls from Couture Creations and some dew drops from Honey Bee Stamps.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope that you will take a look at the video stream and perhaps join us for another Come Craft With Me LIVE session another time – Friday’s 9pm BST.

NOTE – no CCWM next week as I will be in Orlando hosting live workshops for Aladine and Art Deco. I might do some LIVE IG and FB videos, so keep your eyes peeled!

 

HAPPY CRAFTING!