Birds and bloom collage

 

Today we have a card made using the Heartfelt creation stamp called

'Birds and bloom' 

I have stamped the image on watercolour card in brown ink and then embossed

with clear embossing powder.

Then using the Tim Holtz blending tool and pads I have used different distress ink pads

to create a coloured background.

I stayed away from the leaves because I wanted to paint them.

When I was happy with colour I spritz a little water on the image to add another effect.

I stamped the bird collage again and this time cut out a few details

so that I could decoupage them.

I coloured these pieces with distress markers and used silcone glue to add them.

The frame is made using the Sue Wilson shadow box die

and gives a lovely stitched effect when die cut.

Products used- 

Birds and bloom collage by heartfelt creations 

Sue Wilson set- Shadow box stitched lattice frames

Jute string - natural

Distress markers

Distress ink pads 

Wink of stella pen clear 

Manilla card

Pearls

Water colour card

Detail clear embossing powder

Woodland Friends

Hi Louise here with a card I have made using a new set from 

Stampendous called Woodland friends

 

I have used the cute bear but loving the fox and the owl.

There is a matching die set to die cut out the animals

 that is available too.

I have stamped a few images so that I could decoupage the bear

and I have coloured the bear with distress markers.

I have used papers from Graphic 45 6x6 pad called

Precious moments

The die that I have stamped the sentiment on is by Sue Wilson

and it is called pierced flags.

Product list and links

Woodland friends stamp set  

Woodland friend die set 

Sue Wilson die - Ced4304 pierced flags 
Graphic 45 pad Precious moments
Distress markers - Gatthered twigs
                           Antique linen
                   Tea dye

 

Those Crazy Birds again

Hello, I am back today with another Bird Crazy card and

this is one that I have made for the shop.

I have used a Tim Holtz stencil and distress inks for the background.

The sentiment is by stampendous and a verse my mum used to say to me when I was young.

I have stamped the bird out in archival coffee and coloured with distress makers.

I used the dies to cut my bird out and cut another wing and set of eyes to decoupage 

Products used are-

Tim Holtz bird crazy stamps

Tim Holtz bird crazy cutting dies

Tim Holtz stencil 'Rays'

Stampendous sentiment 'Sunshine face' 

Archival coffee to stamp with

Distress ink pads for rays in- Scattered straw 

                                            Mustard seed 

                                         Rusty hinge

Distress markers for bird in- Antique linen

                                      Tea dye 

                                                   Mermaid lagoon

                                              Mowed lawn

Have a lovely weekend and I promise my next post will be bird free

Louise

CHA 2012

It's hard work doing all this research for the shop and bringing you guys brand new products and techniques. I know you all feel very sorry for us and would like to come instead just to help us out and we really do appreciate the offer but we wouldn't want to burden you with the responsibility!! So we're taking it one day at a time and will report back as soon as we can.
Firstly, watch out for up and coming instore classes using brilliant kits from companies with product lines that can produce great projects like this:

Kaisercraft have this awesome desktop spinney tidy thing which looks amazing:

this picture doesn't show it off that well but hopefully I'll have more shots to show you in the next couple of days.
Penny Black have again come up top-trumps with some amazing stamp designs and Elizabeth from Penny Black has created these wonderful samples which show the designs off perfectly:

These designs are being prep'd for uploading on our website as we speak, keep an eye on the What's New section for pre-ordering info.
Graphic 45 is a new company for us and I was impressed with their papers and projects on their stand:

One of the hottest new products on the market has to be the Distress Inks formula in a marker pen. Absolutely amazing results. Check this out:

and here's some info from Tim about his Distress Markers: "...available individually or as a set. these markers have many of the amazing qualities you've come to love with distress like being reactive with water to allow for amazing blending and shading, and of course coloring on directly on to your stamps and stamp with them. the dual tips are a flexible brush nib on one end for great coloring effects, and a plastic detailed nib on the other for journaling or fine detail work. these new distress markers are available in 37 colors... 37? oh yes, all 36 classic distress palette colors and white picket fence (just wait until you see what this cool white marker does with the other colors)..."
Additionally, one just for you Lisa, is the Ebosser:

It's an electric die cutting machine that will hold die cutting sandwiches big enough for the bigz and bigz xl dies but also wide enough to accommodate the grand nesties - perfect.

Here's a couple of little snippets to show you it in action.

eBosser Cutting Sizzix XL die

eBosser embossing large format plastic embossing folder

What this space for availability, price etc etc...

Here's another product that our Lisa will love. It's a hot glue gun that plugs into your USB port on your computer. Great if you are on the go and don't have a plug socket but do have your laptop with you. It has a steady and fine glue flow for greater control AND no dripping when you complete your line of glue.

Sizzix have plenty of new dies coming out. Again keep an eye on the What's New section of our website. Here are some snippets of projects that the Sizzix DT have come up with:

Also we are loving the Wendy Vecchi designs:

There are some amazing little dies coming onto the marker that match the 'art gone wild' designs but also great to use with other designs:

Darcie's have some wonderful stamp designs and papers coming out too:

Coming soon instore, Stamper's Anonymous designs by Tim Holtz including this wonderful steam engine and plenty of other designs suitable for steampunk projects:

Right then, off to find more goodies, I'll be back... Don't forget to keep an eye on the What's New section of Sir Stampalot over the next couple of weeks
- Janicex