Foamiran Rose Card

Morning, I am back again with a little inspiration using the wonderful Foamiran from 14 Craft Bar. Today I have used the roses to decorate a beautiful decoupage card from Reddy. They make beautiful decoupage cards and what would be better to embellish it, but with some matching Foamiran roses. They really add that finishing touch.

You will Need:

White Foamiran (001)

Scissors

Hot Glue Gun

Blue Oil Pastel

Centura Pearl Precious Metal

Blue Card

Centura Pearl White/Silver Card

Reddy Decoupage

Tacky Glue

3D Glue Gel

Tonic Flourishes Die

Weathered Wood Distress Ink

Stamping Card.

Step 1: Cut out your mat and layers, this will depend on the image or decoupage you have chosen to use. I have picked the colours for this to match the colours in my image.

Step 2: Mount the design onto the first layer with Tacky glue.

Step 3: Add the other layers, then add your decoupage layers with 3D Glue gel.

Step 4: I added another layer to my card and then mounted it onto a Centura Pearl base as I wanted a larger finished card.

Step 5: Cut the flourishes from white stamping card, blend a little Weathered Wood Distress Ink to match the image. I have also used a Sakura gold pen, here and there, again to match the image.

Step 6: From 2.5 cm & 3 cm Foamiran squares cut your petal shapes.

Step 7: Take 4 or 5 petals at a time and edge them with the oil pastel, try to choose a colour to match your image.

Step 8: Warm the Foamiran on an iron, concertina fold and twist back and to. Shape the petals and roll some of the petals outwards. See the video below for the simple white rose.

Step 9: Create your roses, layering the petals and securing with the hot glue.

Step 10: Add the roses to your project. I have used 3D glue gel rather than hot glue as it gives you a longer working time to make sure you are happy with positioning.

Here is the finished card:

Thank you so much for joining me again today. I do hope I have given you a little inspiration, maybe another way of using your beautiful Foamiran flowers. Another thing, here is a 30% off voucher to use on your first order (anything) from Hochanda, use code FEY5JBP7.

I do hope you will join me again very soon, to see what else I have to share with you. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xxx

Butterfly Bonanza

Morning, Today I have another new card that I have made using the new stamp collection from Leonie, That launched on Hochanda on May 18th.

To start, I made some marbled background card using a selection of ink sprays. I used a mixture of Blue, Purple and red and set aside to dry.

When dry, I stamped all of the butterflies from Leonie's collection onto the card with Black Archival ink.

Then cut out by hand, using scissors. They are beautiful butterflies, even so they are very easy to cut out.

To create the background, I took a sheet of tissue paper and a selection of Leonie's stamps along with a text background stamp. I used 3 different ink pads for this, Black and Cobalt Archival in and Blueprint Sketch Distress ink. I started with the background text, rolled up the stamp sheet, coated with the ink and stamped away, turning to get a random look, Next I took Leonie's Swirly Butterfly background and repeated the technique. I did the same with the other stamps to built up the background.

I then took a piece of card measuring 8'' square and coated it in PVA which I had let down with water about 1 to 1. I scrunched up my tissue and unravelled it, then applied to the card, making sure that the creases and folds remained for added texture. I then carefully coated with Mat Glue Seal and Glaze from Creative Expressions and set aside to dry.

Here is a photo of it dry before any further work.Do not trim the excess tissue away from the project until it is fully dry.

While it was drying I assembled a Hyacinth decoupage from Reddy. I wanted this to stand out a little bit but not too much, so lightened an area of the background using Picket Fence Distress ink. Then I added some blending elsewhere on my design and highlighted the folds and creases to enhance the texture, for this I used Shaded Lilac and Blueprint Sketch Distress ink.

I stamped out a sentiment from Leonie's collection and used a basic die to cut it out. I then used the background swirl stamp to add interest around the sentiment using Shaded Lilac Distress ink, i used the same ink to blend around the edges. Then I cut out a mat for it in white card, which I edged using Mediterranean Blue  Gilding paste from Creative Expressions.

Finally I added my decoupage and the sentiment. Shaped and arranged the butterflies onto my project and secured using 3D glue gel. I backed the project onto a mat of plain white card which I had also edged with the same gilding paste. Lastly I used glossy accents on the butterflies and my card was complete.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit today, I hope you have enjoyed the step by step and the card I have shared today. Hopefully you will stop by again very soon. Take care xxx