I am really excited to be sharing a video with you today.
I know, I know…it has been far too long, and I hope that it won’t be months before the next one….Actually, I promise it won’t be….
I made this card a few months back for a lady at Craig’s work, and I have been saving it because I knew that I would eventually share a tutorial on how I made my own gems to embellish the card. It’s so easy, and a great way to save those pennies but still have pretty glamorous projects!
HI there everyone, and welcome to another Miss You Monday post. I had lots of fun making this weeks card for Sarah. It started because I wanted to use up some of my scraps, and then I got so swept away in inspiration I ended up doing a little stamping, a little sewing, a little homemade-embellishment-making, a little distressing, and a little video-making!!
A few people have asked me what markers I use to colour the stamped images on my cards. I know that copic markers are all the rage right now, but i havent had the pleasure of playing with them yet (maybe when the bank balance allows). But I usually don’t use markers, but instead use my distress inks to colour in stamped images. As I had a few questions in relation to this, what better way to answer them than to show you in a little video…
So here it is: a video showing you a fun technique on how you can colour in stamped images with distress inks and a watercolour brush pen – that I have just discovered is called Aquaflo. These pens are likely the best £4 I have ever spent because i use them ALL the time!! Definitely a must-have tool in your crafting arsenal!
This card was actually inspired by a pack of napkins I saw at Tesco. I thought they looked very cool, and i kinda regret not buying them, rather than settling for a sneaking iPhone pic. They would be perfect for all those summery Barbecues.
Aren’t they cool!? Love it!
So, once again, I had apples on the brain. Seriously…once i started, i just couldn’t stop, there were so many ideas!! Let me share with you the technique that I used to create these little apple shapes.
I used a 1 inch circle paper punch to punch out a number of green and red circles. Next i stacked two or three on top of each other, and using a pair of scissors i cut a curved area out of the top and the bottom of the circle, making one bigger than the other. This resulted in a distinctively apple shape!! Yeay! For the leaves, I used a teeny tiny clear stamp from Studio G, and the stalks are simply little lines drawn with a fine liner pen.
The bow, i made using ribbon and I inked this using distress ink to give it a green tint – for more details on how to do this, check out my video —> here!
Thanks for popping by. More teacher cards tomorrow! Leave me a comment here.
