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All That Jazz

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Visible Image’s new musical themed release is perfect for any music lovers out there and ideal for those tricky masculine makes.   There are 4 stamps and 3 stencils which you can mix and match and they also team well with the older designs, as I’ve done here. To begin, I taped the Bauhaus and  Sax It Up stencils together and blended Lumberjack Plaid and Villainous Potion Distress Oxides through to create the background. Next, I stamped and clear heat-embossed the saxophonist, music and sentiments from All That Jazz using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. Using Versafine Clair Morning Mist, I stamped the circles and stars onto the background using 2 nd generation stamping as I didn’t want them too dark, just a bit of interest. I then used alcohol markers to colour in the musician, giving him a very jazzy red jacket! For a proper gold saxophone, I used gold metallic watercolour paint to colour the saxophone and also added a few splatters over the panel too. To finish...
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Leftover Love

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I glanced down at my desk recently and it was awash with bits of card leftover from previous projects.   To kill two birds with one stone, I thought I’d use a couple which would also tidy up a bit – not something that happens often in my craft room! These backgrounds were from my Greetings Earthling card and were made by using Distress Spritz sprays on black card. Using Visible Image’s Grunge Birthday Words, I white heat embossed the stamp onto the backgrounds.   I love this stamp for quick cards! To mat the panel, I used up a failed bokeh background that just didn’t look right for a background but was perfect for just a peek of colour. I tore a strip of vellum and gold heat-embossed “celebrate” from Best Birthdays Ever on it.   To attach it, I folded around the edge of the mat and secured on the back. The sentiment was gold heat-embossed on an offcut of the mat, backed with black card and attached using foam tape.
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Location: Fareham, UK
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Fabric Fun

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Our DT theme this week is Hearts & Flowers so I’ve taken the opportunity to use one of the new stamps from the Floral Life release.   My brief was for a non-card project so I thought I’d try out making my own printed fabric.   If you don’t sew, this can be an eco-wrapping - just wrap and tie with a piece of ribbon - or used for a sewing project.   I’m making a simple reusable drawstring gift bag with my fabric but with the colourful theme, it’d be perfect for a pencil or make-up case. To make my bag, I started with two pieces of thin white cotton fabric 19” x 27” which I’d folded in half along the long side and pressed well.   Using a Frixon pen (which is erased with heat from the iron), I marked 3” from each end of one of the pieces, which would be the liner. The next step was to stamp the small flower and one of the sentiments from Colourful Life .   I covered all of one piece but just at the ends to the 3” line on the other.   Before I cut my...
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Location: Fareham, UK
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More Than Chips!

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Mr L and I have just celebrated our 10 th wedding anniversary.  I wanted to make him an extra special card for the day so it had to be a fun-fold.   A few years ago, I made a twist ‘n’ pop card from Sam Calcott’s YouTube tutorial so I decided another one of those would be perfect.   I had lots of requests for a video tutorial for my last card so I finally got around to making one to go with this; you can find it here or watch it at the bottom of this post.   This mechanism works for a vertical pop panel in a standard card style or a horizontal pop panel in a tent fold card, like I made here . I started by making a proforma that I could keep for a future reminder of the process and I wrote my notes inside too.   If making the actual card, decorate the pop panel before assembling as it doesn’t lie flat afterwards.   I used a 5¾” square card blank, although a 6” one will also work if that’s what you have.   The other two pieces of card required ar...
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Location: Fareham, UK
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