Playing with Alcohol Inks!

Last weekend I went on a workshop with Julia Watts and had a really great time.  The day was spent playing with alcohol inks, which is not something I had used before.

For this card we started by placing 3 different coloured alcohol inks onto the felt and attached it to the applicator tool.  I used botanical, indigo and stream inks.  Using the applicator tool the ink was applied to gloss card by dabbing the ink on and doing this across the whole sheet of cardstock, and reinking when necessary.  This was then left to dry.

Next I cut the Sue Wilson Birthday Shadow Box in coconut white cardstock. 

 

The very small elements (balloons, cake and present) I inked up with distress ink whilst in the die to add some definition.

Finally I made a frame from the Stitched Lattice frame and then assembled the card, layering it up with foam pads to add extra dimension.  As I had a slight mark on the left hand side of the frame I decided to add a flower which hides it well!!!

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed playing with the alcohol inks and how different everyone's cards looked in different colours.  I think you may see me using this technique quite a bit, as it was so fresh and the glossy card added a lovely sheen.

Until next time .........................

love

Ginny xx

An Easel Card

Today I have made a very simple card, which really is far simpler than you would think!  Again I have defaulted back to my comfort zone with a white and burgundy cardstock.

I cut my base card from foundation cardstock with a circular die that was placed slightly off the card, which gave me a a circular card.  The top part of the card I folded in half and scored it and then placed some ribbon and bow on the bottom section, which formed the base of my easel card.

I then cut a further 4 circles, each time making each layer smaller.  The largest layer was used as the part to fix to the part of the card that stands upright.  The other 3 layers I then cut into quarters and stacked them up, each time using foam pads to add depth.  I then cut the Spring Wreath die (by Tattered Lace) twice once in white and again in burgundy.  I cut the flowers out of the burgundy cut and layered these up on the white cut before placing them onto the card base.

It was not until I started to type all that out that I realised that it does look complicated, but I can promise you that it is not!

The recipe for this card is as follows:

Foundation cardstock
Circle dies (sorry cannot remember who made them!)
Tattered lace Spring Wreath die
Tattered lace Bow die
Ribbon

I hope you have enjoyed this card, I certainly enjoyed making it!

With love until next time

Ginny xx

Learn to Fly Again

For today's offering I have used another Visible Image stamp called Learn to Fly Again.

Once again I used the Pixie Powders onto a watercolour card, which also added additional texture to the card base.  I used the ancient copper and pewter which gave an amazing mix.

I heat embossed the wording and birds in black which made them pop a little more. 

I then layered the card up onto black cardstock which I cut using Sue Wilsons pierced squares.

The full recipe for this card is as follows:

Watercolour card

Black Foundation cardstock

Pewter & Ancient Copper Pixie Powders

Inkylicious stamp Learn to Fly Again

Black embossing powder

I am off on a workshop with Julia Watts on Saturday so should have lots of new offerings soon.

Hope you like it!

Until next time

Ginny x

My Latest Stash!!!!

Well I have been soo busy recently, both with work and at the yard with the lambs!  I inherited another poorly lamb last weekend and I am hoping we are through the critical point and he is coming through the other side.  We put off naming him until he was able to stand, so he is now named Elliot!

Anyway, back to my crafting.  I have just bought my Christmas dies from the new release from Sue Wilson.  There are some really nice dies in there and I particularly like to snow globe, which I think might be one of my favourites.  There is also some cardstock and a couple of stamps - I really like the cottage stamp.

Here are some photo's of my latest stash.

I have so treated myself this month!!!!  I buy most of my dies from a company called SET Craft who are based in Pembrokeshire and they are always very competitively priced and very quick with their delivery.

I have refused to make Christmas cards before July, so not long to wait now!  I will be back soon with some sample cards with the above.

Will catch up soon.

Ginny xx

Lilac Birthday WIshes

Just a very quick visit this week as am still bottle feeding my lambs, so they are keeping me very busy!

Last week was a very special friend's birthday, so of course I needed to make a special card.  So I decided to go back to my plain and simple roots!

I did it in one of my favourite colours, lilac.  I used pearlised card as really like the sheen on this cardstock.

What do you think??

The recipe for this card is as follows:

Sue Wilson Dies - New Zealand Collection Background die
Coconut White foundation cardstock
Lilac pearlised cardstock from my own stash
Creative Expressions Elegant Stamps
CE self adhesive pearls
Ribbon from my own stash
Cosmic Shimmer Frosty Heather embossing powder

Anyway, that's all from me for now

With love and best wishes

Ginny xx

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

This is a similar card that I made a few weeks back and I ran in a recent class, and they really loved it!

I started by cutting lilac (foundation cardstock) and some pearlescent white cardstock layers with the pierced squares.  In the top white layer I cut the Bellin Butterfly Collage die and then on a piece of coconut white foundation card I used the Inkylicious inkdusters to apply some pastel inks.  This was then placed underneath the top layer.  To finish the card I used the Sue Wilson  Daisy Cluster die cut in the pearlescent card twice and placed the lilac flowers underneath to give a contrast.  To finish it off I used a sentiment from the Pierced Flags sentiment set.

I hope you like it!

Look forward to catching up with you again soon.

Ginny xx

Visible Image cards

Well today's post is something a little different, but I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed doing these cards.

I recently purchased some stamps from Visible Image as I absolutely love some of their sayings/quotes.  I decided to mix these up a bit with the pixie powders as I really need a bit more practice using them.  Well I got all messy and really enjoyed myself!

This is the first card I made. I used the purple violet and peacock green Pixie Powders, with the 'Live in the Moment' stamp set.  I heat embossed with Creative Expressions black detail embossing powder.

The second card I used the sun yellow and scarlet mist Pixie Powders and the 'Vision Inkognito Set' again by Visible Image.  Once again I heat embossed with Creative Expressions black detail embossing powder.

On both cards I used the Sue Wilson Pierced Squares for my mats and layers, and I thought the black set off the embossed areas really nicely.

It is a shame that you cannot see the shimmer from the Pixie Powders and the texture from the embossing powder, as they really do look impressive, even if I say so myself!

I think I might find myself doing more work with the pixie powders as you can get so many different effects with them.  Watch this space!

Until next time, take care and please feel free to leave a comment when you visit my page.

Ginny xx