You're Such A Joker

Morning friends & Crafters. Here's to a wonderful day for all of us. Touch wood, so far everything seems to be going really well, so it's a far cry from yesterday. Today I am sharing a fun card using my 'Media Medley' collection. I very rarely use red, but for this project I thought it would be the perfect colour, keeping it red and black matching the playing cards.

You Will Need:

Craftascope 'Media Medley' Full Collection or

Craftascope 'ATC Card & Envelope' Die Set

Craftascope 'All The 8's' Media Stencil

Craftascope ' ATC Antics' Media Stamp Set

Craftascope 'Such a Card' Media Stamp Set

Versafine Black Ink Pad

Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Black Fine Liner Pen

Centura Pearl 8 x 8 Card Blank

White Stamping Card 7 3/4" Square & 6" Square

Black Card 7 3/4'' Square Gutted with a 6 1/4" Square Die and then gut this with a 4 3/4" Square Die. This will provide all of  your mats.

Tacky Glue

3D Glue Gel

Step 1: cut 3 cards using the ATC card die. Take one and mask off  approximately 1/4" around the edge. Stamp Xander or your chosen face. Remove the mask and using a ruler and fine liner create a box around the design. Then use stamps to create the King & Queen playing cards. Edge all of the cards with the Candied Apple Distress Oxide.

Step 2: Take the smallest square of stamping card and stencil through. Rotate the stencil and repeat, this time using only the ink remaining on the stencil as you want this to be a lot paler than the first.

Step 3: With the larger piece, stencil through, this time only around the edge as this is all that will be seen. The colour on this layer will need to be strong.

Step 4: Mount your black card centrally and secure with Tacky glue and then add your next layer. Add your black mat behind this and then secure to your base card.

Step 5: To finish your card, add your black center panel. Then use  some 3D Glue Gel to add the card topper. Stamp your sentiment onto white card, cut to size, edge with the same Oxide ink and mat onto black card. Secure these to your card using the Glue Gel.

For this project I decided to leave the face black & white. There are so many variations of this style of card. Why not use a different colour combination to give you a totally different look to suit.

One of the members of my Design Team (Natalie) coloured the Joker for one of her samples on the show, it really would make an amazing topper for a variation of this card.

Brilliant to be with you again today, I hope you have enjoyed the post today and that you will join me again very soon for some more inspiration. I hope you all have the most wonderful day. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Morning my Wonderful Friends and Crafters

Morning to all of my Wonderful Friends and Crafters. I have a full day of rest ahead of me at last today. Not that I haven't totally enjoyed every minute of it, all of the orders are checked, packed and either already received or in the hands of the Post office, winging their way to you. I really cant wait to see what you all make with them, I really want you all to have fun. Here is the first Hochanda Show with Charlie, I wanted to add it for you, so it is still available after rewind has gone.

I really want to say a massive thank you to each and every one of you for the support, trust and faith you have put in me. Without you buying the collections and giving me your support, I wouldn't be able to invest in bringing more Different and Unique products to you. You all know by now, the time and effort I put into my range and the quality I supply. If you do have the time I would really appreciate some feedback once the Feefo mails come your way for the products you have bought.

As I said on the show, every range I bring out will form a wonderful Library of amazing tools to create a range of projects to suit any person or occasion, everything from ATC's, Card Making, Journalling and Scrapbooking. Absolutely anything you would like to create. My Design team and I will be sharing inspiration over time, so please keep checking back for ideas.

I do have some of the items available on my Etsy Shop, for those of you who would like them, There is a link at the top of my Blog Page.

My next 2 collections will be arriving next week, so we will all have plenty of time to create for the next shows on Hochanda. These will be very special and so I hope you will be looking forward to adding to your collections as well. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx