Friday, October 20, 2017

Diagonal Concertina card using Eastern Palace Suite


Once a month I attend a class at Adamstown Uniting Church card making group.  We have lots of fun and this month we tried the diagonal concertina fold. 

I have used the Eastern Palace Suite which gives me lots of options to choose from.

Stamp Set:  Eastern Beauty
Paper:  Very Vanilla, dapper denim, Lemon Lime Twist, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer series paper
Ink:  Dapper Denim, lemon lime twist
Tools:  Eastern Medallions thinlits dies, circle punch, paper trimmer

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Night in Bethlehem meets Eclipse Technique

Eclipse technique is all the rage at the moment.  There are so many beautiful cards all across the pinterest and the internet.  I'm sure you have seen some.  Here is my take on the technique.

I have stamped using the Night in Bethlehem stamp set.  I firstly stamped the town of Bethlehem image in pacific point.  I then stamped it on a scrap piece of cardstock, then cut the image out with my paper trimmer in a shape of a rectangle giving me a mask.  I used the negative image of the mask and sponged pool party ink to give my Bethlehem some definition.  I then stamped the images of the stars, Mary and Joseph, the shepherd and the greeting.  Next I used the letters N O E L from the Large Letters framelits and placed them on my layer and ran this through the bigshot.  Mount the layer on base card and then using foam adhesive strips mount the letters in their place.

I was really pleased with the way my card turned out.  Very quick and simple technique but giving a wow effect.

What you need:
Stamp Set:  Night in Bethlehem
Card:  whisper white, dapper denim (pacific point, island indigo, night of navy would also look great)
Tools:  Large letter framelits, bigshot, paper trimmer
Accessories:  foam adhesive strips

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Bokeh technique meets pop up panel technique

 A asked to make a 50th birthday birthday card for a male colleague and this is what I came up with.

Stamp set:  Letter's for you
Card:  Whisper white, basic black.
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, tempting turquoise, marina mist, pool party, black memento, whisper white
Accessories:  large letters framelits, happy birthday thinlits
Techniques:  Bokeh Technique, pop-up panel technique