Ombre Gift Box

Morning all. If you are anything like me you can make a box, but it takes a lot of working out and measuring to get it looking and fitting right, so you may want to check out some of the new goodies Crafter’s Companion are bring to Hochanda on Thursday.

The One Day Special is on Thursday at 6pm and here is a box I made using some of the dies and stamps that will be shown:

I inked the under panels and the flower petals with similar shades of Distress Oxides for an Ombre effect.

Supplies: 

• Pointed Petal Stamp & Die Set
• Large Ornamental Box Die
• Patchwork Panel Die
• Card: Centura Pearl and Sheena’s Stamping Card   
• Ink & EP: Distress Oxides, VersaMark and Ranger Platinum Embossing Powder
• Misc: Double Sided Adhesive Sheet, Glitter, Ribbon and Twine

I would like to enter this card into the fallowing challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Daisy Daisy

Happy Sunday! Yesterday at 6pm Crafters Companion & Spectrum Noir launched some new goodies on Hochanda for the One Day Special….. Brand new ColourTint Pencils and some gorgeous new stamps from Sheena Douglass.

The shows are also on throughout today and the pencils and some of the stamps will be launching on HSN on 6th November.

I used the Daisy stamp from the Foxglove stamp set to make this Z fold card.

On the front I have added a box to frame the image.

Supplies: 

• Stamp: Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Sketchy Foxglove Stamp Set from  Crafters Companion
• Ink: Archival Jet Black and Pale Ochre
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir ColourTint Pencils
• Grass Green, Maize, Rust and Dusky Lilac
• Card: Kraft Card, Watercolour Card, Sheena’s Stamping Card and Matt Black Card 
• Dies: Tonic Mixed Rectangle Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Pearl Bead String and an Old Book Page

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the One Day Special on this evening on Hochanda.

Lisa

Listen to Nature

Morning all! We are almost at the Weekend and I have one last make from yesterdays Crafters Companion show on Hochanda to share with you.

The show was for some new stamps designed by Stacey Barrass.  two floral sets ‘Perfect Peony’ and ‘Beautiful Bloom’, two sets with birds ‘Little Birdie’ and ‘Find Your Wings’ and two sentiments sets ‘In Full Bloom’ and ‘Better Together’

This is one of the cards I have made with the stamp set ‘Find Your Wings’

A very neutral colour on this one, which I coloured with just the Essentials set of AquaBlend pencils.

The background was made by painting dots of masking fluid onto the card, before washing with bands of colour. Some doodling, clear sparkle and embossing were added to.

Supplies:

• Image: Find Your Wings A6 Stamp Set by Stacey Barrass from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum AquaBlend Pencils - Essentials Set:
• Ebony, Dark Slate, Black Umber, Tobacco, Charcoal Brown, Nutmeg, Apricot and Squash
• Card: Vellum, Watercolour Card, Matt Black Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Kraft Card 
• Sentiment: From the ‘In Full Bloom’ Stamp Set
• Ink/Embossing Powder: Ranger Perfect Medium Inkpad and Pearl Brown Embossing Powder
• Embellishments: Doodling and Clear Sparkle Pen

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Love Never Fails

Morning all! Today’s the day the new Crafters Companion stamps are on Hochanda. They have been designed by Stacey Barrass and there are two floral sets ‘Perfect Peony’ and ‘Beautiful Bloom’, two sets with birds ‘Little Birdie’ and ‘Find Your Wings’ and two sentiments sets ‘In Full Bloom’ and ‘Better Together’

This is one of the cards I have made with the stamp set ‘Beautiful Bloom’

This time I stamped and heat embossed the images with platinum embossing powder, before watercolouring with the AquaBlend Pencils

This was just using the Essentials set, so I used the coral tones for a vintage/muted look.

Supplies:

• Image: Beautiful Bloom A6 Stamp Set by Stacey Barrass from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum AquaBlend Pencils - Essentials Set:
• Tobacco, Black Umber, Umber and Coral
• Card: Vellum, Watercolour Card, Matt Black Card, Neenah Solar White Card, Centura Pearl Fresh White Card and Kraft Card 
• Sentiment: From the ‘Better Together’ Stamp Set
• Ink/ Embossing Powder: Ranger Perfect Medium Inkpad and Ranger Platinum Embossing Powder
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls and Glitter Glue

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Explore the World

Morning all and Happy Hump Day!

It’s almost time for the new stamps Crafters Companion are bringing to Hochanda. 

The new stamps are designed by Stacey Barrass. There are two floral sets ‘Perfect Peony’ and ‘Beautiful Bloom’, two sets with birds ‘Little Birdie’ and ‘Find Your Wings’ and two sentiments sets ‘In Full Bloom’ and ‘Better Together’

This is one of the cards I have made with the stamp set ‘Find Your Wings’

I felt like going bright for today’s card and wanted to show that although I have coloured with watercolour markers that you can still achieve bold and bright colours.

The black matting and frame really help all the colours pop

Supplies:

• Image: Find Your Wings A6 Stamp Set by Stacey Barrass from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum AquaMarkers
• Marigold (Floral), Sunflower (Floral), Navy (Primary), Teal (Primary), Marine (Nature), Moss (Essentials), Bud Green (Floral), Chestnut (Nature), Orange (Primary) and Wildflower (Floral)
• Card: Watercolour Card, Matt Black Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Centura Pearl Fresh White Card 
• Sentiment: From the ‘Better Together’ Stamp Set
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Gems and Crackle Accents

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Full Bloom

Morning all! I have another card made with the new stamps Crafters Companion are bringing to Hochanda on Thursday.

The stamps are designed by Stacey Barrass and there are two floral sets ‘Perfect Peony’ and ‘Beautiful Bloom’, two sets with birds ‘Little Birdie’ and ‘Find Your Wings’ and two sentiments sets ‘In Full Bloom’ and ‘Better Together’

This is one of the cards I have made with the stamp set ‘Beautiful Bloom’

I tried a slightly different technique on this one. I inked the stamp using Spectrum Noir AquaMarkers and stamped. I then used a waterbrush to pull the colour in from the stamped lines. It looked pretty but didn’t pop, so I over stamped with black ink and think it looks much better. 

Supplies:

• Image: Beautiful Bloom A6 Stamp Set by Stacey Barrass from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum AquaMarkers
• Gold (Primary)
• Evergreen (Nature)
• Card: Watercolour Card, Matt Black Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Kraft Card 
• Sentiment: From the ‘In Full Bloom’ Stamp Set
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Earth Music

Morning all! The Easter Break is over so it’s back to the routine of school runs and things today.

So with a quick cuppa in hand before the hustle and bustle starts I thought I would pop on and share another make with the new stamps Crafters Companion are bringing to Hochanda on Thursday.

If you didn’t see yesterday’s post they are designed by Stacey Barrass and there are two floral sets ‘Perfect Peony’ and ‘Beautiful Bloom’, two sets with birds ‘Little Birdie’ and ‘Find Your Wings’ and two sentiments sets ‘In Full Bloom’ and ‘Better Together’

This is one of the cards I have made with the stamp set ‘Find Your Wings’

I love those feathery wings! 

I have watercoloured this one using Spectrum Noir AquaBlend pencils. I’ve just use the Essentials Set of AquaBlend pencils and although it was a challenge I love the earthy/natural look it has given to the image.   

Originally I had the image against a white background but it looked a little too stark, so I created some light stripes with pencils and dragged the colour with a Clear Sparkle Pen.

And the background bird for the sentiment was stamped in pale grey ink and the coloured pulled in with a waterbrush.

Supplies:

• Image: Find Your Wings A6 Stamp Set by Stacey Barrass from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum AquaBlend Pencils - Essentials Set:
  • Ebony
  • Iron Grey
  • Ginger
  • Tobacco
  • Nutmeg
  • Squash
  • Apricot
  • Black Umber
  • Coral
  • Clear Sparkle Pen
• Card: Watercolour Card, Matt Black Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Kraft Card 
• Sentiment: From the ‘Better Together’ Stamp Set
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad and Distress Pumice Stone Inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls and Chipboard Hearts

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Beautiful Bloom

Afternoon all! We are almost at the end of the Easter Holidays and I’m having a nice lazy Sunday afternoon, while Hubby is taking Mr 7 to his Beavers St Georges Day Parade.

I thought I would pop on and tell you about the new stamps Crafters Companion are bringing to Hochanda on Thursday. They are designed by Stacey Barrass and there are two floral sets ‘Perfect Peony’ and ‘Beautiful Bloom’, two sets with birds ‘Little Birdie’ and ‘Find Your Wings’ and two sentiments sets ‘In Full Bloom’ and ‘Better Together’

This is one of the cards I have made with the stamp set ‘Beautiful Bloom’

Aren’t those flowers amazing? I have watercoloured them using Spectrum Noir AquaMarkers.

And I thought they would look fabulous popped against the black

Supplies:

• Image: Beautiful Bloom A6 Stamp Set by Stacey Barrass from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum AquaMarkers
• Burgundy (Primary),
• Begonia (Floral),
• Moss (Essentials),
• Sea Green (Nature)
• Marigold (Floral)
• Card: Watercolour Card, Matt Black Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Kraft Card 
• Sentiment: From the ‘In Full Bloom’ Stamp Set
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls and Chipboard Hearts

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa