Oak House Studio - Gingham Frame

It's Clare again this time with a frame. I wanted to showcase some of Oak House Studios fabulous ink pad colours. The rich creamy colour lifts off the pad and kisses the the card perfectly. Although this is a christmas themed card I have chosen quite contempary colours, all considered.

 

For this card I used:

Gingham border stamp

Christmas baubles from the Big Christmas Collection

Deck the halls stamp set

Orchid colour chemistry ink pad

Sea blue colour chemistry ink pad

Dusky pink colour chemistry ink pad

Purple colour chemistry ink pad

 

 

 

I started off by stamping a whole square of card with colour chemistry orchid ink pad and then put through my die cutting machine to make a frame, setting aside the centre piece to stamp my sentiment. After that I smudged a little purple around the edge of the frame. On a separate piece of card I stamped the baubles in sea blue, orchid and dusky pink ink pads and added a handrawn piece of string so they appear to hang. With the spare piece of gingham which was from the centre of the frame I cut another square and stamped on my sentiment and then gently sponged the purple ink pad around the outside and added some faux stitching with my black pen. Once the card was assembled I added some glossy accents to the baubles and a little sprinkle of glitter.

 

 

I hope that I'm not scaring you with christmas cards already but pop on over to Oak House Studios online store to have a look at the many lovely christmas stamps. They really are quite versatile with some of them being very generic so you can use them all year round.

 

Don't forget to submit your entries for the challenge. Remember you only have to use one of the Oak House Studios products to be in with a chance to win a prize.

 

Happy crafting,

 

Clare x x x

 

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Stamping with bleach

It's Clare here and I'm here today for my Bee Crafty spot and I have had a go at stamping with bleach. It's a technique I've never tried before but it is one that I am certainly going to do again.

 

For this card I used:

Beautanicals dandelion stamp

Da Vinci script stamp

Wordage live with no excuses stamp large

Liquid pearls

Distress inks

Clear embossing powder

Household thick bleach

 

 

To make this card I masked off part of the card to leave a white area and blended on my distress inks dried marigold, wild honey and barn door. With the da Vinci script stamp I rolled a wad of kitchen roll and put it into an old plastic tub and poured on my bleach. I dabbed the stamp onto the wad and stamped over the blended ink with the mask still in place. I waited for the bleach to react and then stamped on my dandelion in black and again stamped the floating seeds, masking off the main dandelion so that I didn't get a second image. I stamped the sentiment and then added my liquid pearls.

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I love to hear your comments and thoughts.

 

Happy crafting,

 

Clare x x x x

 

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One Stamp Table Namelets

It's Clare here and it's time again for another Oak House Studios 'One Stamp Project'. Lynnda asked us to think outside the box to use the fabulous Christmas Corner Stamp. I had to think a bit about this one, think what was special to me on the big day? So my favourite part of christmas has to be sitting around the table with the ones I love the most, feasting on our delicious turkey and all the trimmings so what better way to compliment the table by using the christmas corner stamp to create my own place settings.

 

 

To make these I used:

Christmas corner stamp

Citrus green ink in a bottle

Forest ink pad

Jubilee red ink in a bottle

Valentine ink pad

Clear embossing powder

 

After stamping and heat embossing with clear Oak House Studio embossing powder I carefully painted the foliage with citrus ink, to deepen the leaves I rubbed my forest green ink pad onto my craft mat and lifted some of the colour with my inky brush to change the leaves into a deeper colour green. Again with the flowers I painted with jubilee red and deepened the colour with my Valentine ink pad.

 

 

I know that for this event Lynnda will be all out creating many wonderful projects using this 'One Stamp' so follow the blog and leave a comment or three to be in with a chance of a fabulous prize.

 

Happy crafting,

Clare x x x

 

 

 

 

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A little bit Batty!

It's Clare again with a little bit of Halloween for Bee Crafty. It's been great seeing Bev crafting on the British Craft Network this week if you haven't had a chance click on the highlighted link an have a little look at the non stop demos. It's fab you can actually watch techniques rather then being interrupted by the sales jabber.

 

 

For this card I used:

All Hallows' bat stamp

All Hallows' Happy Halloween stamp

Beautanicals branches stamps

Beautanical cow parsley stamp

Distress Inks

Liquid pearls

 

I'm not really a Halloween sort of person but I saw this bat and I loved him. I brushed on my background using seedless preserves, mustard seed, vintage photo and pumice stone. The bat and the sentiment have both been heat embossed with black EP. The foliage has just been stamped in black ink. I added liquid pearls to the moon and gently rubbed a little treasured gold wax around the edge of the card

 

 

That's me now till next week. Happy crafting everyone.

 

Big hugs,

Clare x x x

 

 

 

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A winters tale

How can we even contemplate winter with the glorious weather we have had today? I'm here with my Bee Crafty weekly spot and this week I have made a christmas card using some of their fabulous Yuletide collection. Of course there are quite a few new additions to this collection so pop on over to the online shop for a peep.

 

For this card I have used:

Damask tree stamp

Seasons greeting circle stamp

Branches stamps

Distress inks

Clear embossing powder

Liquid pearls

I stamped the christmas tree using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. After that I brushed on my background using shaded lilac and chipped sapphire. The sentiment was stamped with blue ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I decided to add some stitching detail to the edges of the card using my white pen. Finally I added some snow flakes using liquid pearls and a smattering of glitter. I somehow think that snow is a long way off.

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to look at my post. I love to hear your comments.

Happy crafting,

Clare x x x x

 

 

 

 

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Oak House Studios 'Autumn Challenge'

Happy weekend folks I'm back with some more of my autumnal creations for Oak House Studios. I suppose in a way it doesn't quite feel like autumn yet but don't let the weather stop you from joining in the challenge to be in with the chance of a prize. You just need to use one of their lovely stamps or delicious inks to take part.

 

 

 

For this card I used:

Flowers and circles stamp set

All you need is love stamp

Chocolate ink

Pumpkin ink

Sienna ink pad

Pearly bronze embossing powder

 

 

For this card I used:

Circles and flowers stamp

Spread your wings butterfly

Sienna & wine ink pad

Citrus yellow ink, pumpkin ink

Angelina fibres from stash

 

So get your crafty goodies out for a play you never know you might end up with some new stash to play with.

 

Happy crafting folks,

 

Crafty hugs,

Clare x x x x

 

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Dotty

Hi folks, yes dotty by name and dotty by nature! This is weekly my blog post for Bee Crafty. If you have not been fortunate enough to drop by at their stand at Ally Pally this weekend then head over to their online shop by clicking on the above link. This week sees the release of Bee Crafty's new Yuletide collection so if you are being exceedingly organised you will be able to get cracking with your christmas creations.

 

My post this week is not Christmassy at all although I think the same technique could be adapted to give a christmas bauble effect.

For this card I have used:

• Beautanicals teasels stamp
• Wordage minis best wishes
• Distress inks
• Liquid pearls

I made my own mask for this using a piece of chipboard and cutting out a small circle. I then sponged on my dots using spun sugar, seedless preserves and bundled sage distress inks. With the image stamped three times in three different inks I added liquid pearls, a smidge of glitter and garnished with a sentiment and ribbon.

 

If you are at Ally Pally don't forget to stop by at the Bee Crafty stand and give Bev and her team a hello. There are so many fabulous stamp images and sentiments. I bet you can't walk away without a handful!

Happy crafting!

 

Crafty hugs,

Clare x x x

 

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