Crafty As L

  Hello and welcome to my DT make for our focus on “Keeping It Simple”.   I used the Live In The Moment stamp set, as those dragonflies are so detailed that they need little else to complete a card, together with two ink pads. To begin, I used a shorter panel than usual, as that was what I had in my drawer of cut pieces and decided to see how to make that work.   Using a green ink pad, I stamped the circles using first and second generation stamping to give some variation of colour.   I also second generation stamped the two small dragonflies to give the impression that they were in the distance. To stamp the dragonfly and sentiment, I used Versafine Onyx Black as I think that it’s the best pad for finely detailed stamps.   I added Wow! superfine clear embossing powder over and heat set.  The heat-embossing is an optional extra and if you want an even quicker make, skip it! The panel was mounted on a green rectangle to match the ink.   Since...

For this week’s post, I used a new stamp and die set that I purchased from Craftstash last month called On The Farm and features Shaun the Sheep.   There are lots of sheepy puns in the set and also some pigs.   I bought them as I think they’ll be very versatile and can be used for cards for men and women.   I’ve gone for CAS style (Clean & Simple) for these cards and didn’t bother with the dies this time.   They were really quite straight forward and quick to make.   First, I stamped the images using Versafine, added clear embossing powder and heat set. Then it was just a case of quick colouring.   I used Copic markers C-1 and C-3 for the sheep and R85 and RV13 together with 0, the Colourless Blender, for the pigs.   The panels were backed with black card and then mounted on DL card blanks.  

You may recall that I mentioned that I retired a few weeks ago and my card this week is the one I sent my workmates to thank them for their generous gifts. For the decorative elements, I used Visible Image’s Cocktails & Dreams stamps and dies, together with the ‘CHEERS’ from Bring On The Beers.   The cocktails were stamped and clear heat embossed. I like to clear heat emboss as it gives me options of how to colour the images and I chose alcohol markers.   My collection of markers is a mixed bunch, consisting of Copic, Spectrum Noir, Prism and Nuvo and I just mix and match.   After colouring, I die-cut using the coordinating dies, although I had to do the martini with partial die-cutting as I’d stamped the olives in the glass. For some glassy effect on the cocktail glasses, after adhering the decorations, I covered the whole glass with Glossy Accents and set aside to dry. Whilst the glasses were drying, I made the background panel by lightly blending Salty...