Crafty Individuals bird card

Hi Everyone!!

I made this card yesterday and couldn't resist using the new woodgrain background stamp from Crafty Individuals. This has to be one of my favourite background stamps - It's so versatile and just goes so well with so many stamps.

Start by cutting a piece of white card to fit on a 7x7 card blank.

Using a blending brush, colour the background with tea dye distress ink.

Stamp the Woodgrain background along one side. You'll need to stamp it again on the bottom half as the stamp won't be big enough to cover the whole piece of card. I used a piece of thin copier paper to cover the stamped image then stamped it a second time. If you feel there is a definite line along the join use a rubber tip tool to pick up some brown ink and blend the lines into each other until your happy with the overall look. 

Randomly stamp some more of the woodgrain stamp on the right hand side the card. Then stamp part of the Inky Script background in the empty spaces. 

Darken the edges with your blending brush and brushed corduroy distress ink. Add some faded blue distress ink in places. 

Using a scoring board score along the main wooden planks to add some texture.

Flip the card over and score along all the edges of the card to create a beveled edge.

Mount the background onto black card then onto your pre-folded 7x7 card blank.

Stamp the A is for apple bird image in black and emboss with clear embossing powder. 

Cut the image down to size.

Stamp and emboss the branches from the Be wild elements stamp set and some foliage around the bottom.

Hold a piece of scrap paper where you'd like your horizon line and lightly add some faded jeans distress ink to the top section. I didn't bother masking the image on this occasion as I coloured with colouring pencils. Cover the skyline with scrap paper and lightly add some peeled paint distress ink to the grassy area.

Colour the image with your desired medium - I used the Castle Arts Gold pencil set. Using a green pencil add some shading under the log and apple.

Use a ruler add a thin border around the edge of card using a black sharpie. 

Cut a piece of brown card just slightly larger than your topper. Add some Rose gold gilding polish from creative expressions around the edges. 

Finally mount onto a piece of black card then onto your main card. 

Thank you for joining me.

X - Dena - X

 

Crafty Individuals Fairy Card

Happy New year to you all!!!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. It was so nice to have a little break but I was itching to get back to my desk. This is my first make of the year - a card that I made for my brothers girlfriend. 

Stamp the fairy in black ink and emboss with clear ultra fine embossing powder.

Die cut image with an oval nesting die.

Apply a thin layer of drawing gum over the fairy and dragonflies with a synthetic brush. 

I didn't bother doing the tree as it'll be coloured a darker brown.

Place the crafty Individuals stencil in place and apply some blue distress ink to the sky area. 

Now the great thing about this stencil is you also have the matching opposite side. So, place the matching horizon line over the sky area and apply green ink to the lower section to create a grassy area. 

Using a piece of kitchen towel dab the area covered in masking gum to remove any unwanted ink to prevent smudging. 

Carefully remove the masking gum either with your finger or a glue eraser. 

Colour the image - for this I used spectrum noir tri blend pens.

I used a small amount of ink to the edge of the wings then blended the colour into the centre with a blender pen.

Using a black fine liner pen draw in a few extra lines along the left hand side to extend the bark lines.

Dab some different shades of green onto a tile/messy mat and using a watery brush add some colour to the leaves. 

With a slightly dryer brush add some texture to the grass area.

Stamp a few ferns and grasses along the bottom right hand side.

Draw a line of quickie glue around the edge, place the foil over the glue line and rub with finger nail. The foil should then stick to the glue. 

Apply some stickles glitter glue to the wings on the fairy and dragonflies.

Die cut a decorative border for your topper. 

I'm afraid I don't know the make of this die as I don't seem to have the original packaging but you could use any decorative nesting die or just another plain oval. 

Take a 5x7 pre folded card blank and die cut a decorative rectangle to fit in black card.

Now cut a piece of white card slightly smaller than your black mount.

Using a blending brush apply some brushed corduroy distress ink to the whole piece of card.  

Lay the fairy topper roughly where you plan to stick it - but don't stick it in place just yet!

You can then stamp and emboss the Happy Birthday sentiment. 

Using a very fine brush apply a thin layer of drawing gum around the sentiment so it has a little 'halo' around it.

Stamp The trees, ferns and grasses in a selection of black, brown and green ink. 

Use a piece of kitchen towel and dab any excess ink off the masking fluid. This is really important this time round as the ink will smudge all over the background when you remove the masking fluid and leave a mess.

Carefully remove the masking fluid. 

You should now have a plain halo effect around the sentiment making it pop slightly and prevent it getting lost amongst the grasses. 

Mount all your pieces onto your card blank using your desired glue.

On this card I actually tried out a new glue which I now love and will be using on future projects. I used Collall all purpose clear glue. Its great for mounting lots of layers as it gives you a little wiggle time to help line up all your layers properly. However I wouldn't recommend using this on smaller die cut pieces as it is a little stringy.

Thank you so much for joining me. Below is a list of all the items I used along with a few links. 

Hope to see you back here again soon

X - Dena - X

Shopping list

Crafty Individuals products:

Fairy Rose CI-579

Ferns and grasses CI-207

Be Wild elements CI-583

Figs 8-13 multi elements CI-585

Figs 1-7 multi elements CI-584

Simply sentiments CI-605

Landscapes and scenes stencil

White card

5x7 card blank

Black card

Oval nesting Die

Decorative oval nesting die

Decorative rectangle nesting die

Paper trimmer

Distress Inks

Blending brush

Paintbrush

Glue 

Die cutting machine

Black, brown and green ink

Clear embossing powder

Heat gun

Kitchen roll

Masking gum and synthetic brush 

Stickles

Foil 

Quickie glue pen