Inka Gold and Fabric Experiment

For an upcoming tag swap with the theme of fabric on a tag I decided to play with my Inka Gold and some upholstery fabric. I painted my fabric with gold, green and purple Inka Gold. After the first layer of  Inka Gold had dried I used a stencil and added a few small circles of Inka Gold.
 

Once everything was dried I stamped the fabric with a rubber stamp called Flying Stars by Penny Black using Black Stazon Ink, then I added a sentiment and a die cut gold butterfly. To finish the tag I added gold fibers and some small pieces of bling.

I liked the effect of the Inka Gold on the fabric but it does not shine the way it does on some surfaces.  You can get a little shine by buffing it with a soft cloth carefully in the direction of the fibers.  I like the way bits of the texture of the upholstery fabric come through the paint. 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.  Now back to my craft room to clean up the mess.

Judy

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #14 Things with Wings  (2nd week)
 

 

Snowy Christmas

I made this card for a friend for Christmas, it was inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest. I used many products to create my card.

The tree is a die cut by Tim Holts cut out of glossy card stock and with Stazon Ink The snow was added snow with Snow Writer and a little bit of glitter.

I used several different Spellbinder Nestabilities dies for the background along with embossing the cuts with an embossing folder. I stamped in the background with a small snow flake stamp and embossed the snowflakes with silver embossing powder. 

To complete the card I added a cross, Arty Pants sentiment, Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and bling. 

Hope my friend enjoys the card.  Thank you for stopping by today and have a creative week.

Judy 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #216 Christmas

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - #126 White Christmas

Craft Your Passion - E3 - Snow 

Traditions - Christmas

Cindy chose a great theme for this week’s challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges, heat embossing. There are so many possibility to do some great Christmas projects with this technique. Heat embossing, I think was the element of card making that first attracted me to the craft and I rarely pick up my heat gun anymore. Time to get it out again.

I decided to make a tag for this challenge and use a Camel Silhouette stamp by Stampington & Company. I stamped my camel stamp in Versa Mark ink and embossed the image with detailed black embossing powder. I then used my distress inks in the colours of antique linen, aged mahogany, iced spruce and festive berries to colour the background of the tag. I then stamped in black Stazon ink the Joy stamp by Hampton Art and the word Christmas by Endless Designs.

The metal Tradition tag was from my stash along with the moss green fibers. I liked the way the tag came out and I think I will make some a few more. It is good to have a collection of cards and tags made well ahead of Christmas and one way of making sure you are ready this year is top join us at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges every week. 

Judy

Metallic Markers with Brayer - Day 1

It is my turn again to be card captain this week at one of my favourite rubber stamp groups, Enjoy Michael Strong Rubber Stamps. Today’s creation was done with a technique using metallic markers with a soft rubber brayer.

I applied the markers directly onto the brayer by drawing lines after I had sprayed it lightly with a little bit of water. I then rolled the brayer on to white glossy card stock and turning the brayer slightly to have the colours blend together.

Once I had the background the way I wanted it I let the surface dry and then stamped two different beach stamps over my brayered background in Stazon ink. I embellished the card with Michael’s sea shell and star fish which I had stamped on a similar background.

Come join us at Michael Strong Rubber stamps.  Thanks for stopping by today and have a creative day. 　

Judy