Bee's Dancing Daisy

Morning. I am sharing a nice little 3D plaque today. You could use it as either a card, wall-hanging or just a nice piece for a shelf or mantelpiece. For this project, I have used an embossing folder and stamps from Leonie Pujol's new launch on Hochanda. I have also used words from Leonie's Heart Die Collection.

To start with I cut my card to size, approximately 5 x 7''. I used Whitewash Coredinations  card with a green core from Crafters Companion. I ran it through my machine with Leonie's  'Forever Swirls' embossing folder. I used my sanding block to highlight the pattern and let the core colour show through. I wiped over the card with my magic cloth from Crafters Companion, it makes a real difference to your embossing.

I then cut out the heart in the middle of the embossed card.

I took my backing board which was the same size and placed my embossed card over it to mark out where my design needed to be. I stamped the flowers with black Memento ink so they would show through the heart aperture.

On a piece of velvet card I stamped the flowers as I wanted them to decoupage on my design. I stamped quite a few as I wanted the design to be quite deep.

I took the backing image and coloured it with a selection of alcohol markers and did the same with the flowers for the decoupage. I masked of the flowers in my background and coloured the sky with Memento Ink 'Summer Sky'

On black pearl card, I cut out the words 'My Friend' from Leonie's die collection. Then stamped and coloured 3 of the Bees with alcohol markers.

I layered up my decoupage using 3D glue gel, secured a bee to the background, I secured the last 2 bees with spiralled coloured wire, to give the effect of flight.

Finally I added foam on a roll to secure my embossed front, I used four layers of 2 mm foam because of the depth of the decoupage.

I hope you like the project today along with the step by step. Thank you for visiting and I hope that you will visit again. Take care xxx

Flowery Dream Cushion Cover

Morning, Here is today's project, Something little bit different again using Leonie's Die Collection. I have also used stamps from the Brand New Launch from Leonie on Hochanda. When the new dies were launched, I had quite a few e-mails asking if the dies worked with fabric and if I had tried. I hadn't so I decided I would use this as the project for this post.

I started by cutting the material for the cushion cover, The width of the fabric needs to be approximately an inch or so wider than the cushion pad. This was to be a very simple envelope cover so The fabric needs to start at 2/3 the way down the cushion pad, right round to the front and overlap by approximately 1/2 to 2/3 again.

To colour my fabric I wet the material thoroughly and wrung it out, I wanted to keep as many creases as possible for colouring to add to the effect. I then took a selection of Brusho's, Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue and Violet. I hung the dripping wet fabric up and sprinkles in patches with the Brusho's, spritzed with more water and let the colour spread through the fabric. I then turned the fabric and repeated the process until I was happy with the result. I then left this to dry.

I selected 2 fabrics for the design, a plain black cotton and  a Downton Pattern fabric from the Lady Mary Collection and ironed on some Heat n Bond. I cut out three of the 'Folk Heart Base' in both colours and two of the fine outlines in black. I also cut a stem and leaf from the black cotton. In addition I cut out the word 'Love' in both colours and added them to the opposite hearts.

To pin the cushion cover I placed the material (wrong side) around the cushion pad and pinned one side in place, being careful not to pin to the cushion. Then I slipped it out, pinned the other side and sewed down both sides with a very close straight stitch. I turned it the right side out and pressed.

Then I arranged my flowers design using the die cut fabrics and ironed with a very hot iron (no steam). Either side of the main design I added and pressed the fine heart outline and stamped a word in each of them from Leonie's collection.

I hope you like this project, it's nice to do something a little different and answer the questions that were asked at the same time. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit today and I hope you will come again. Take care xxx

Dance In The Rain

Morning, I hope you enjoyed my last post. Today I am sharing another post using the beautiful Stamps Drawn by Sam from Bee Crafty that were launched on Hochanda on 24th June. If you missed the shows, you can visit the TV Schedule on Hochanda's website and view the shows, they are available for 2 weeks after the show. For this project, I have used the BEAUtanicals 'Tree and Branch' Set along with the Fables and Fantasy 'Ladies Profile' and the 4'' Inkables template 'Oak'. I chose to use the 'Life and Rain' sentiment.

Firstly I stamped out the ladies profile onto copier paper. I needed both the inside and outside of the profile for later.

I stamped the profile onto a piece of super smooth card measuring 8'' square. Then placed a cloud mask in position. I stamped part of the branch stamp onto her face to make her look like 'Mother Nature'.

Then I added colour using a blending tool and Shaded Lilac Distress Ink. I started on the mask, brushing down towards the face gently building up the colour.

I then built up the clouds using the same and colour technique. I used the inner profile mask to avoid lines on her face. I continued until I was happy.

Next I added the tree and also the branch as a smaller tree, using Black Archival Ink. Taking into account I wanted to add grassland.

Using a torn piece of copier paper or mask I added the hills in the foreground using a blending tool and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink, making sure I grounded the trees.

I drew some simple wind blowing from 'Mother Natures' mouth. Stamped my sentiment in place using Archival black ink. Then I used the Oak frame to create 3 trees made with Shaded Lilac Distress ink, each slightly different in depth to add perspective.Place over the sentiment.

Lastly using the outer mask I had made for the ladies profile, I used some distress ink to add colour around the edges of her face to make it look more rounded. To finish the card I layered it onto Navy Cardstock.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I really hope you like the card and the step by step I have shared with you today. I hope you will come back and see my next project. More from Leonie Pujol's new launch tomorrow.Take care xx

A Little Bird Told Me

Morning, Here is another one of the cards I made for the launch of Leonie's New Stamps and Embossing Folders on Hochanda. I have called this one 'A little Bird Told Me', as it has been bringing along the greeting in the hearts word by word.

To start with I stamped out my garden bird in Memento Black ink, the bird is by Clarity Stamps. I masked off the bird and stamped a small heart in it's beak.

Next I took one of the graduated swirl stamps from the collection and stamped around the page to create a border/frame.

Once I had decided on where my landscape was to be I stamped six hearts across the page. I used a mask so I could overlap the hearts without them being overstamped.

Next I added a mask to each of the hearts so I could continue adding my background design.

I added the hills using Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and a very small amount of Peeled Paint on the first level. I made the greens deeper at the tops blending the colour to a very pale shade where they joined to add the feeling of distance.

I masked the sun off with a  circle mask and added the colour using Stonewashed Adirondack and Memento Summer Sky. I removed the masks from the sun and added some Scattered Straw Distress Ink, dragging it a little into the sky to give a hazy appearance. You have to be careful here to avoid and green tones.

I added the trees and bushes, using a medium tree from Clarity Stamps, turned on it's side for the bushes. To complete the picture, I stamped the words in the hearts to make up the phrase.

Lastly I coloured my Bird, with alcohol markers, here a selection of blues. I layered the design onto a slate grey pearl card with Cosmic Shimmer glue.

Thank you so much for visiting today, I hope you like what I have shared today including the step by step. I hope that you will pop back again soon. I do want to say thank you again, for all of the lovely messages that you leave, I really do enjoy reading them.

Loves Bubbles

Morning, Today's card is made using a selection of Leonie's new stamps and embossing folders. Both were launched on Hochanda. If you missed the shows or would like to watch them for inspiration, They are available on the Hochanda website via the TV Schedule.

I used the 'Bubble Explosion' embossing folder for this card. Embossing folders can be so versatile. especially if you use them in other ways. I embossed this onto white Velvet cardstock and tinted all of the raised areas in Black. I wanted a very sharp line for this project, so I used an alcohol marker rather than the letter press technique.

I then coloured these using a selection of blue alcohol markers to add a different dimension.

Next I took my card, approximately 7 x 6'' and cut an aperture using Leonie's Funky Heart Base Die.

I stamped one of the heart stamps over my card using Memento Black ink. Then took another heart stamp from the collection and overstamped some of the hearts using a mask cut from copier paper. I then took the word 'Sweetheart' and stamp on the front before applying Pebeo Drawing Gum to the hearts.

I used Colour Chemistry inks from Oak House Studios to colour the background, using French Wine and Vintage Blue. I had mixed this with water in a spritzer bottle.

To finish, I coloured the hearts, using a couple of red alcohol markers. I secured the front to my embossed card using Cosmic Shimmer Glue and layered my project onto Blue Centura Pearl from the brights collection. Finally I added a frame to the heart which I had cut from black card using the Funky Heart Base die and secured in place with Cosmic Shimmer Glue.

I hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared with you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and for your continued support. I hope you will stop by again very soon. Take care xx

Fridge Magnet Fun

Morning. A little bit of a fun project to share with you today. I had stamped out the words from Leonie's New Collection, playing around with phrases and the idea came along. It reminds me of the magnetic words you can buy for the freezer, so I thought it might make a fun wall hanging.

Firstly I drew a fridge Freezer. It's actually fairly simple, just straight lines with a ruler and a few rounded corners. I did it on to copier paper first to get it right and then transferred it to my card. I needed to keep the rough copy as it would act as a mask later on.

I backed my project onto greyboard and cut out the rough shape of the freezer, so I could recess the magnetic sheet behind the image. I then added a ribbon hanger to the back before adding some plain cardstock to cover up the back, I secured this with Cosmic Shimmer Glue from Creative Expressions.

I shaded the freezer with a selection of grey alcohol markers. Then covered it up with my copier paper mask, securing it with Stick n Spray from Crafters Companion. To colour the background I used Colour Chemistry Inks from Oak House Studios, French Lavender and French Wine which I had mixed with water and applied through a spritzer bottle.

I stamped the words fairly close together (so not to waste the magnetic sheet) on a piece of card in black ink. I stuck the piece to the magnetic sheet with Cosmic Shimmer Glue, allowed to dry and cut out. Then I arranged them on the freezer some of them in a phrase. They can all be rearranged.

To complete the design, I stamped one of the flowers onto the background to look like wallpaper. Then using a waterbrush I pulled out the colour from the background to colour the flowers.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you have enjoyed this fun piece and will visit again very soon. There's more coming up tomorrow. Take care and bye for now xxx

Leonie Launch Previews Part Two

Good Morning. I hope you got to see the Launch of Leonie's New Stamp and Embossing folder collections last night on Hochanda. It was a brilliant show (As Always). Did you get to see some of my preview samples, if not I did post them last night, do take a look.

If you did miss last nights show, it will be available on the Hochanda Website for two weeks. You can find it via the TV schedule and select the day.

I've really enjoyed using the embossing folders and love the new range of stamps too. They really work well with anything you have already. Once again they are really versatile.

Please take the time to visit the rest of Leonie Pujol's design team. They all do some wonderful work and I love being part of the team with them. We all do such different projects and have many different ideas. They are:

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk

Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk &

Katrina - Cornishkat.blogspot.co.uk 

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit today. I really hope you have enjoyed the sneek peeks of the things I will be sharing in more detail. From tomorrow, I will be showcasing them individually along with step by steps. I love reading your comments, Thank you so much to you all for the support and encouragement you give me. Take care xxx