Feathery Forest

Morning, Today I am sharing a card I made using the beautiful new Stamps from Bee Crafty. I hope you managed to catch the Launch Shows On Hochanda on Friday. If you missed them, don't worry, they are still available at Hochanda on their catch up feature. You can find this by visiting the TV Schedule and picking Friday 20th May. These really are beautiful set of stamps and the detail is amazing.

To start I cut a piece of parchment and a piece of velvet card, both 8'' Square. The I cut 1 cm from each side of the velvet card. This was done so that when the parchment is folded later they will end up identical in size.

I stamped the large twisted feather 3 times onto copier paper and cut out to make my masks. Then using stazon white ink I stamped the feather around my parchment to make a frame, I used the masks whenever  needed, when there was an overlap.

When I had finished this I took a medium and larger ball tool and embossed the feathers to highlight areas, especially around the edges being careful to keep all of the detail. 

When this was complete and after the parchment had rested, I scored and folded each edge at 1/2 cm and 1 cm to give a raised frame with a tab to secure to my base card. Taking a two pin tool, I pierced around the inner feather design and then using my pergamano snips, I removed the centre.

I traced around this onto copier paper to make a mask for the images I was going to make on the velvet card.

The I carefully lined up the parchment frame with my card so I could accurately place the mask and secured lightly with temporary adhesive.. Then I took my Black Soot Distress Ink and blending tool and coloured around the mask. This was done to enhance the parchment and show the lovely detail in the feathers. Then I removed the mask.

Then taking the medium curled feather and the two smaller feathers, I stamped them onto my card. Going from large to small to add perspective. I then placed a moon mask  where I was going to add my night sky, slightly over one of the stamped images.

I started at the bottom of my landscape and added the hills, making sure I matched up wherever there was a feather/tree. For the hills I used Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress ink and blended from darker on the edges and lighter where the moonlight would be and to add a path effect.

For the sky, I used Faded Jeans first, getting lighter towards the moon, Then blended through with Blueprint Sketch and Finally Chipped Sapphire, keeping darker towards the edges and lighter towards the focal point and moonlight. I finished off with a few starts that I added using a Sharpie White marker. I used red liner tape to secure the parchment to my stamped card.

I hope you have enjoyed my step by step and the card I have shared today. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and for the lovely comments. I will be sharing some more cards using these lovely stamps so hope you will stop by again very soon. I have a lovely Project coming up tomorrow using Leonie's new Stamp Collection. Take care xx

Chinese Lantern using Leonie Pujols New Stamp Collection

Morning Everyone. I hope you enjoyed last nights show, I thought it was great and I am looking forward to more demos from Leonie today. This morning I want to share  the Chinese lantern that I made using Leonie's Stamps, here I used the butterflies from The Flight To Freedom set.

To start with I cut 4 rectangles measuring 14 x 18 cm, from black card, which was the size I needed for the particular dies I used, Sue Wilson's Australian Background and Scattered Leaves Background. For these dies, score each rectangle at 1 cm, to give a tab for assembly. Then I centred the dies into each of the sections, two of each (don't forget to allow for the tab).

Then using red liner tape I attached the panels together alternately. Leave the last tab unstuck to allow easy access to the inside to adhere the parchment later.

To make the graduated box lid I cut 3 squares of black card:

Box lid 1: 15 1/2 cm square, scored at 1 cm on all sides,

Box lid 2: 10 cm square, scored at 1/2 cm and 1 1/2 cm on all sides. The 1/2 cm allows for a tab to adhere to box lid 1.

Box lid 3: 5 1/2 cm Square, scored at 1/2 cm and 1 1/2 cmm on all sides. The 1/2 cm allows for the tab to adhere to box lid 2.

These were then made up and glued using red liner tape, before securing the top lid I made a hole and threaded a chain through and secured behind so that it was hidden once assembled.

I placed plain parchment behind the Scattered leaves section with red liner tape and set aside. I then cut two more pieces of parchment to fit the Australian Background panels. I stamped the butterflies in each panel using a White Stazon ink pad. The I embossed the outline using a small ball tool and added whitework using a larger ball tool. Then I coloured them using a selection of alcohol markers. 

Finally I stuck the parchment into the frame using red liner tape and closed the tab. I added a closure flap at the bottom but as this is a lantern cover it is not really required. If you do want to add the flap, the measurements for this box are 13 x 16 cm scored at 1 cm from one end and 2cm from the opposite end. The 1 cm creates the tab to be secured using red liner tape and the 2 cm forms the flap.

I hope you have enjoyed this share from Leonies new collection. Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you will visit again. There's more to come. Take care xx