Zoe - Week #46 "Colouring Embellishments"

Good morning Lovelies and a happy weekend to you all!

This week at Premium Craft Brands we have been colouring our Embellishments with Pan Pastels, I've chosen to make a Christmas card.

I started by laying down Permanant Red and green Pans onto card then sprayed with cheap hairspray, then I stamped music background stamp using Versamark ink pad, I then lightly swept over with the lighter gold metallic Pans, I die cut some tattered poinsettia's

The background is also pan pastel metallics on versamark and also the green strip is stamped with versamark using a stripe stamp and colouring with Pan Pastels.

Thank you for visiting, I hope I've inspired you to join in? Have a great day, Zoe xxx

 

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Lavinia Stamps Challenge midway reminder

Good evening Lovelies! Brrrrrr very cold today, although dry and quite bright, I like this sort of weather, very refreshing!

So tonight I've had a little play with Distress inks, a fab stencil by Wendy Vecchi and some Lavinia Stamps!

This is a little midway reminder about the fab Challenge at Lavinia Stamps, the prize is £40 to spend in the online shop!

Thank you for visiting, have a nice evening xxx

 

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Splodgeaway DT samples

Good morning Lovelies! Well it's wet wet wet today, oh how I hate rain, give me a cold blustery but bright day anytime!

Today my samples are for Splodgeaway, I've combined two weeks in this post, the first was to feature sparkles for fireworks, I used the swirlie mask which I first inked through with Black Soot DI then went over with Imagination Crafts glitter gel, it adds dimension as well as sparkle, so it created some lovely texture, the background is DI's blended then splashed with bit of water to create a shabby aged look.

My second card, was extremely simple to create using the fabulous Holly mask, I love this mask! I used the two different Christmas seasonal greens DI's to create the leaves and give a slightly variegated effect and the Red for the berries, I used the iced spruce around the edges, to draw you into the design and give a more shabby look, the addition of a sticker just incase you didn't know it's Holly! Lol

I have actually dedicated this card to a certain cute little bundle with the same name! ;)

Thank you for visiting today, have a great day Zoe xxx

 

 

 

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Zoe - Week 45 "Altered Media"

Good morning Lovelies! I hope your enjoying your weekend?

So here we are week 45! phew time flies! This week our challenge theme is "Altered Media" over at Premium Craft Brands, don't be put off by this theme, "Alter" means "to change the appearance or use of something" so it could be anything in any theme, after all you are altering a piece of card if your making a card aren't you? But of course it would be fabulous to see what other items you can alter? I've had a go at altering Playing Cards, I'm pretty pleased how they've turned out.

I started with Maimeri Gesso, then used Yellow Ochre Pan Pastels then using the "Butterfly Caught" huge mask and Maimeri Light modelling paste, gave them some lovely texture, once dry I went over with Yellow Ochre Tint Pan pastels, not forgetting to give generous squirts of cheap hairspray between layers to seal it, then a light dusting of the lighter gold Metallic Pan Pastels, if you've not tried the Metallics yet, you really must they are scrummy, very subtle used on their own but used with versamark or perfect medium they give a fabulous richness, I love gilding wax, but I've found mine are quite redundant since I've had my Metallic Pans! Anyway I embellished my cards using various stamps cut out and decoupaged, I hope you like my project, why not have a go, there is a fab prize for the winner, and we pick a top 3 too!

 

 

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Rhedd and Rosie's 19th Challenge hosted by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies! I hope everyone is well and looking forward to Christmas !!! Lol ok ok don't kill me yet!

Today is the launch of my Challenge with Rhedd and Rosie's my theme is "Birds and Blooms" Rosie is sponsoring and is offering this fab prize to the winner!

So here is my card, I can't take full credit for the technique used, I cased it from Craft Stamper mag, I thought it was so pretty, and very easy, just water coloured with DI then more water added and sprayed over the image to get the splashes of colour! I used this fab stamp from Indigoblu and the sentiment is from Jofy

Thank you for visiting, would love to read what you think? I hope I've inspired you to join in? Have a wonderful day xxx

 

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Zoe - Week # 44 "Mixing with mediums"

Good morning Lovelies, hope your all well?

This week the challenge for Premium Craft Brands DT is mixing with mediums, I've had a go is all I'm saying lol!

We are aware at PCB that not everyone has different mediums to play with or even want to, so this week we are making it "Anything Goes"

I've just used a bit of a cardboard box and took the top layer off revealing the corrugated innards, I mixed together Maimeri Matt Gel Medium and Red Chromium oxide shade Pan Pastel and just smeared in on with a spatula and left it over night to dry, using my fingertips I smeared over various golds and coppers of the Metallic Pan Pastels, I must say "it does look better in the flesh" the stamps and embellishments are Tim Holtz, the pen nib stamped image once I inked it I covered with the Maimeri Glassy medium, again the photo really doesn't do it justice, this was a little out of my comfort zone, but enjoyed it, I hope you like it?

Thank you for visiting, hope you will feel inspired to join in, there is a fab trial kit as prize for the winner xx

 

 

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Lavinia Stamps DT samples for challenge 9 "Bright Hot Colours"

Good Morning Lovelies! Welcome to my little corner of crafty blogging, today I'm posting my samples for this months challenge for Lavinia Stamps challenge blog if you've not tried any of these stamps you really are missing out, such fab quality clear stamps, deeply etched so a percent print each time, and Tracey's designs are so unique and wonderful you would fall in love straight away you can find them here!

Tracey is offering an amazing prize of £40 yes £40 to spend on Lavinia products why would you not want to enter?

So here are my samples using Lavinia stamps of course!

I used Dylusions spray inks to create the background!

I Brayered the background using Adirondack inks

I used Distress inks directly onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and swooshed my tag through it and dried before stamping.

I hope you like my creations? Thank you for visiting, have a great day xx

 

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