F is for Faux and/or Jasmine

Taking advantage of Andrew going to bed extra early as he's made up with the flu I had last week, yes I kindly donated it too him *lol* I decided to do a quick tag for Mrs A's butterfly challenge which ends tomorrow night.

(I watched some You Tube vid's last night on 'faux craft techniques' and came upon Faux Enameling. the lady in question used punched paper circles, to which she 'stamped' with an embossing ink pad then dipped the circles in clear embossing powder, then used the heat gun to dry. She then repeated the process to make it more glossy. Once done they really looked like she had used an enamel on them.)

I already had some butterflies which I had punched out for another project previously so I decided to have a go at enameling those. I pressed them into the embossing pad then dipped into the clear embossing powder pot, knocked the loose powder off then used the heat gun to dry - note to self Get longer tweezers - ouch. Then repeated the process. Not only does it look like enamel, it also makes the embellishments quite stiff.

Flicking through my snippet box, I really must get colour coded envelopes sorted, I found this pale yellow/cream card stock which fitted the description of the colour Jasmine 'creamy yellow' so I decided to use that.
The stamp came from a HUGE carrier bag full which I was gifted by a friend at work, I've sorted out the ones I want to keep (see what I did there - I didn't say I'd actually use them) and the other half I am going to take to the PDSA charity shop I visit.
Used black pigment ink for the design as I wanted a dreamy look and Stazon is to precise and clear for that.

thin cardstock

wooden block stamp

sentiment from Fairy Belle by Jodie Lee

butterfly punch

gems

Dovecraft fibres

Inkadinkado Glam gold pigment ink smudged round edges

X cut corner rounder

X cut hole punch 

entering in: butterfly challenge = F for faux and/or Jasmine
                  pixies snippets playground = 279 & 280

the magic is 5

Slowly getting my crafting mojo going again, here's a Christmas card done using the 'use 5 of something' challenge from Merry Monday.

Its an odd colour for a Christmas card but I think it looks kinda cute.

white snowflakes punched using a DoCrafts punch.

Dovecraft pigment ink Hot Pink

The Hobby House gems 

bits and bobs from stash

sentiment rounded edge using tool from DoCrafts

entering in: Merry Monday = the magic is 5

white on white

New Year, another new first - a Christmas card in January!!

As I always leave my cards till the very last moment, then give up and buy, I decided I was going to try and enter Merry Monday every week, obviously to get ahead on the Christmas card front but also to meet new crafters and see their lovely work and be inspired.

So, here goes -

my entry for the white on white challenge, now I don't often do this colour because I'm quite an untidy crafter and always end up with a smudge or dirty mark on the card OR one of my cats decides to jump on the craft table and leave a paw print behind.

But this time nothing untoward happened to me, the card or the cat!

 

6x6 card

assorted white papers

snowflake punch

Do crafts Christmas sentiment stamp

Spellbinders Decorative Diamonds (number 2 die)

Inkadinkado pigment ink Glam Gold

White gems

 

 

Now all I need to is put it away safe and remember where I put it. When I go to the shops next, I will look at box folders/storage - I already need a set of little drawers to put all my butterfly stuff in, probably could do with one for my flowers..........

 

entering in: Merry Monday - white on white