Cocktail cards

Hello everyone.

Sharing some cocktail cards with stencil backgrounds.

For 6x4 cards

Crafters companion Gemini cocktail time die and stamp set,

I embossed the image with gold and enchanted gold embossing powders and coloured with distressed inks using waterbrush.

 I used Tonic patterned panel die as a stencil for the backgrounds on two of the cards.

 Lisa Horton stencil,

Papermilldirect white natural card,

 Distressed inks, 

Sentiments stamps embossed with gold Xcut embossing powder.

Thank you for looking and leaving your comments.

Happy crafting.

Hugs Natalia.

Celebrate

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Just sharing a card tutorial with some water colouring techniques using distressed inks. This project I made for Creative Minds Kind Hearts group which you could find on Facebook.

For the image I used All dressed up stamp.

I used stamping platform, firstly I stamped the image with watering can archival ink then I stamped again with wersamark ink and embossed the image with clear embossing powder. This way the ink won't go over the embossed lanes.

Choose coloured inks for the image to colour. Here you can see inks of my choice. I choose broken china colour for the dress because I had already a matching coloured card.

Add inks onto acrylic block 

For the skin colour I used Tattered rose ink and applied the ink with the brush using small amount of water (you don't need lots of water) I added the ink around the top of face for shading then added a bit of water to the rest of the face for lighter colour. If you have too much water on the image you can always take it out with kitchen towel while is wet and apply some more colour if you desire.

For the dress I used broken china ink, I kept shading on the left side and pleats by applying the ink.Then drag the colour with water to the rest of the dress. You can mix the ink with water on the block for lighter colour.

For the hair I used antique linen ink and gathered twigs ink. Apply darker colour to hair for shading.

 Also I added some hickory smoke ink with water to the bottom of the image.

And here is coloured image.

To make this card.

All dressed up stamp,

Aqua A4 card from Papermilldirect fold in half, cut the header die from Tonic on the top of the folded card.

I added some glitter kiss by creative creations to the bows on top of the card 

 Here is some measurements for the card in inches on the photo. And in centimetres is 13cm by 17cm.

Cut the sentiment "celebrate die"from Trimcraft die set four times, I cut three times in white card and one in aqua card. The easiest way to glue them together is to keep the sentiment in the card which is shown in the photo below.

I added the glitter kiss to the sentiment for sparkle.

 For mating and layering I used silver glitter card from Hunkydory cutting with stitched Crealies dies.

Matt the white card with image onto silver glitter card and to the front of aqua card. Also matt and layer card to the inside of the card.

Add the sentiment to the left top side of the card and some gem stones to the card.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comments.

Hope you will try using your inks to watercolour your images. 

Happy crafting!

Hugs Natalia.

Make a wish, easel card.

Hello everyone.

Just sharing another easel card. This card is with fairy from Tattered lace. I coloured the fairy with promarkers and added some glitter to the wings and dress.

For the card

To make the shape of the card I used the biggest pin dot circle die from Tattered lace,

Tattered lace - Laced edge circles, Fairy coloured with promarkers,

Tonic make a wish sentiment die,

Sue Wilson pierced flags die,

LOTV stamps,

Glitter, pearl and ink.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comments.

Have a lovely day and happy crafting!

Hugs Natalia 

Gorjuss, 10th Birthday shadow box

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I made this birthday shadow box card for my lovely niece. I painted this

 Gorjuss image and flowers with distressed inks.

For the shadow box card

Gorjuss mini stamp coloured with distressed inks,

Heartfelt creations poppy flower stamps and flourishes dies,

Tonic Oval die and sentiment,

I used Tattered lace pin dot frame die to emboss front of the card,

Tim Holtz numbers,

Papers from my stash,

Nuvo drops, glitter, holographic embossing powder, blue micro beads and inks.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comments.

Happy crafting. 

Hugs Natalia.

Birthday cards for boys

Hello everyone.

Here I made some birthday cards for boys. 

For this card

6x4 card,

Frantic stamper dies guitar and musical notes,

Spellbinders star dies,

Die-namics numbers,

Darice embossing folder,

Cosmic shimmer pearl moon guilding wax,

Justrite stamp.

And for this card

Tonic football dies,

Sue Wilson banner die,

Die namics number dies,

Sizzix embossing folder,

Justrite stamp,

Cosmic shimmer guilding wax and ink.

Thank you for looking and leaving your comments.

Happy crafting!

Hugs Natalia.

10th Birthday BB8

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Just sharing a BB8 card for 10th birthday which I made couple month ago. This card I made for my son's friend who loves star wars. I added pixie powders with water to the stamp for the background and I added some splatter to the stamped background with some coloured pixie powders. It was a bit messy. 

I really enjoyed making this card. Hope you like it.

For 6x4 card,

Tonic circles dies,

Justrite background stamp,

Spellbinders star dies,

The card is from Papermill,

Die-Namics numbers,

Cosmic shimmer Pixie powders by creative expressions, teal wash, scarlet red and white pearl,

White gel pen, copic glitter pen and black marker.

Here some photos how I made this card, lots of little cuttings.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comments.

Happy crafting!

Have a lovely day!

Hugs Natalia

Make a wish

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Here is another fairy card. I made this card for my niece for her friend 10th birthday. 

For the card

Tonic fairy dies and sentiment die,

Tattered lace pin dot frame die I added pink promarker to the embossed frame,

Stamps by Chloe numbers,

Taylored expressions stamp,

Xcut flower punch,

Inks and embossing powder.

Thank you for looking and your comments.

Happy crafting!

Hugs Natalia

50th birthday box card

Hello crafters.

Just uploading a 50th birthday box card I made for my friend who had her joint 

birthday party with her best friend. They had an Oscar theme party. I made

 her Oscar theme invitations which I uploaded before. It was fabulous party and

everyone enjoyed themselves. She loves turquoise colours, so I made her 

a box card with those colours. I doubled the size of original box card.

 She loves this card. And I made a 50th birthday card for her friend also.

                           

For this card

Heartfelt creations blazing poppy flowers and dies,

Spellbinders flourishes dies,

Tim Holtz number dies, I added clear holographic embossing powder,

Sue Wilson sentiment die,

Diesire edgeables only words dies,

LOTV flourish stamp,

Papers from my stash,

Ink, hollographic embossing powder added to flowers and micro beads.

                                 

And here is a card for her friend.

                       

For this card

Tonic topper pansy dies,

Spellbinders flowers dies,

Stamps by Chloe numbers, 

I coloured and added holographic embossing powder to the numbers,

Sentiment stamp, inks, glitter glue and micro beads.

Thank you for stopping by and your comments.

Happy crafting!

Hugs Natalia

Two birthday cards

Hello everyone.

Here are two birthday cards I made using some of Creative expressions

 dies and embossing folder by Sue Wilson and Tonic butterfly stamp and die.

For both cards i used

Sue Wilson embossing folder and dies,

Tonic butterfly stamp and die,

Taylored expressions stamp,

Justrite stamp,

Memento dew drop dye inks.

Thank you for stopping by and your comments.

Happy crafting!

Hugs Natalia