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| Just a tweaked scrapbook layout from Professional Craft Artist. |
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| This was the only card that wasn't decoupaged. This was a Boofle Christmas stamp set and Christmas paper. I used Promarkers to colour and the wee Robin is on a spring so bobbed about, definitely one of my faves, loved how it turned out! |
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The backing paper and toppers were simply printed from the CD, I cut the backing paper down to fit the card, then traced the line running down the card with the Clear Star Sakura Gel Pen just to give a sparkle, before attaching to the card with double sided tape, I attached a strip of red line tape along the bottom of the card, pinched & stuck down some satin ribbon leaving a flat bit for the mini topper, this just adds a little texture. I attached the main topper to a piece of Rainbow Mirri Card and added to card with foam pads, the mini topper was also added using foam pads.
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This topper needed to be cut out so that it could be decoupaged to add dimension and realism to it. I simply used tiny foam pads to layer this up, added the silver "Dad" peel-off to the bottom right. I used the Sakura Clear Glaze Pen to add a wet look to the dogs eyes, mouth & nose. Co-ordinating Sakura Glitter Gel pens were used to pick out highlights in the grass, flowers, boys hat etc, this just adds some lovely sparkle without getting the glitter out and making a mess!!
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The insert was personalised with a poem especially for my dad and printed the exact size for the card. It co-ordinates perfectly with the main card and gives a great finish.
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This was simply some black card with an eyelet added to make it into a rectangle tag. I used a silver Painty Marker to add all the detail and gems for the stars to make the constellation which represents the crab and added the names of the stars.
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| Same as above, just a different shape. |
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This is a Deco Thistle which is outlined with a Letraset Fine liner, coloured using Metallic Watercolours & Sakura Coloured Glitter Gel Pens.
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This was based on a Deco Mantel Clock, the ones that come in three separate pieces. I used the design, again outlined with fine liner and coloured with Sakura Metallic Glitter Pens. I cut these out and mounted on card which was coloured with metallic paint. Before attaching to the backing card I linked together with ribbon and stuck in a couple of feathers. These were attached using red line tape.
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| This is slightly smaller than usual as I have used the ribbon to make up the size. |
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This is the finished card. I cut a sheet of the backing paper to 7.5x7.5 and attached to card with double sided tape. The House Mouse topper was attached to the card with double sided tape, I highlighted sections with the Sakura Pens to give glitter & glaze. To create the window I cut a piece of the purple card down to size and then used a craft knife to to cut out an aperture from the centre and attached a piece of clear acetate across the back with double sided tape.
I then placed a small pile of gold sequins in the centre of the topper and used foam tape to secure the aperture window. You must ensure that there are no gaps at all in the foam tape so that the sequins stay in the window section but are free to move around creating the shaker effect.
The sentiment was then layered on a piece of Centura Pearl and then attached with foam pads to add dimension.
Red line tape was used to attach the the sequins top & bottom instead of gems.
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The bow was added to the card with red line tape. The tails of the bow were twisted and fixed in place in the same way.
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This just shows the dimension of the card that the foam pads & having the twisted bow create.
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The insert was a piece of left over Centura Pearl cardstock & a small topper from the printed sheet. The poem was created in Craft Artist Professional.
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| Zentangle by Pamela Williams-Davies |
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| Zentangle by Angela Drummond |
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| Golden Brown by Pauline Jackson |
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| Golden Brown by Trina Polson |
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| Celtic by Pauline Jackson |
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| Celtic by Yvonne Dunning |
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I cut the backing paper down to size, attached to the card using double sided tape and added silver corner peel-offs to finish. I layered the topper and personalised sentiment onto Rainbow Mirri board and attached to the card using foam pads. The flowers were also from the CD, these were cut, shaped and highlighted using coloured Sakura Glitter Gel Pens, they all have a lovely red adhesive stone in the centre and attached to the card using PVA glue.
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This is a twisted decoupage topper which I put together using tiny foam pads. I used the Sakura Clear Glaze Pen to add the wet look to the dogs nose, eyes and poppy centres. I used the Sakura coloured Glitter Gel Pens to pick out some other details such as the deep red poppies, long grass and highlights in the dogs coat, it gives a lovely glitter sheen.
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Personalised matching insert attached using double sided tape.
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Instead of a standard card front I wanted to add something a little different and so scored a piece of dark blue Centura Pearl to make a Gatefold card using the Ultimate Pro and because the inside of the card is going to be quite dimensional I added a centimetre kinda book bind to this at the inside so that when the card closes it does not squash the inside decorations.
To the front of the card I added a sentiment which says "Snowman" with foam tape. I also backed a tag shape with cereal box to add rigidity, used a punch and added an eyelet. Then popped on a piece of twine as a bow and attached to the card with foam tape and finally added three blue gems to the two free corners giving a little Christmas sparkle.
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The inside of the gatefold took a little bit of time to complete as I wanted to create a scene but did not have the luxury of just simply printing this from the CD as I had to use only the free papers. So for the backgrounds I cut a piece of the snowy paper to size, inked around the edges in pale blue and attached to the card with double sided tape.
I then stamped and coloured using Promarkers the small robin from the free stamps that came with the mag, used a Sakura clear star glitter pen to add snow for the robin to stand on and inked around the edge in blue to fit in with the background. I then attached to a piece of cereal box, cut around, attached to a 1p piece with 3D collall glue, added two foam pads, one on top of the other and attached another 1p piece, this gave me the penny slider.
To make the background I cut a piece of cereal box to size and used my cutter to cut out the strip for the penny to fit. I then covered this with another plainer piece of free paper. To create the tree outlines I tore up a sheet of paper and used all the various pieces to protect the background while in inked in pale blue, then in purple, this gave hill type effects but I wanted it to look more like they were flying over trees so I used a brown fine-liner to add branches and inked around these in a darker blue just to soften a bit.
The snowman image was built up using 3D collall glue gel and then to give a flying effect cut a strip of acetate and attached to the back of the background with red line tape and then the other end to the snowman, so it wasn't actually attached firm to the card and wobbles about.
The sentiment was stuck onto a piece of the cereal box with double sided tape, holes were punched so that eyelets could be added, I inked around the edges in pale blue then threaded through some bakers twine and attached at the back with red line tape.
The whole piece was then attached to the card with three layers of foam tape to give height and allow the penny slider to move.
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For this page I scored and folded the card so that the blue of the card was in the inside and I inked the spine on the reverse with a dark blue chalk pad so that when the card is put together the spine is not white and sticking out. I then cut a piece of the free paper to size, and inked around the edges and some ground for the picture using a red and purple chalk pad.
I layered the sentiment onto a piece if cereal box to give it some strength, punched holes and added eyelets. I then threaded through some bakers twine and attached at the back using red line tape. I then attached the whole background piece to the card using foam tape and added the snowman image that had been built up with 3D glue to the card with double sided tape. To add some sparkle I popped a pink gem in each corner.
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The last double page is where I would write my Christmas wishes and maybe a wee poem. This was a piece of the Centura Pearl card scored and folded so that the colour was on the outside, this meant that the blue colour was on the reverse matching with the front of the card, I also popped on "The Snowman" logo to make the card official.
Anyway, for these pages I simply cut two piece of the free papers to size and attached using double sided tape. I then added a strip of the Centura Pearl that I cut of the edge of the card to ensure it was the same size as the front Gatefold card and a strip of each of the pieces of the free paper, I popped these on opposite pages to kind of tie them in with each other, so no waste, even the off cuts were used!!
I then added a sentiment with foam tape, "winter wishes" cut from the free paper. After inking a base on the background with pale blue & purple chalk pads I then attached the snowman image that had been built up using 3D glue gel using double sided tape.
To finish I added some purple adhesive gems for sparkle.
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So the inside card had red line tape added to the reverse of each leaf and sandwiched between the back card and the front gatefold card to complete the project. This is a view of how the card stands and how it would look, really only a card that I would make for someone special or a family member, great for a child as you could really make each page a piece of The Snowman story.
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As I said this didn't quite turn out the way I thought so this is named "more golden than brown" lol. Pretty simple one really, just a digistamp coloured with watercolour pencils, a quickie glue pen to draw the fishes on the background and then covered with gold glitter and a black fineliner to draw the paw prints, and again the glue pen to do all the highlights with the glitter. I also used a glaze pen for the bubbles a little bit of shine
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This just shows the dimension created by distressing the edges and curling the corners then attaching the topper with 3D glue gel. I have inked all the edges with a gold ink pad just to finish.
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I designed and printed a music backing paper, golden brown song sheet and record cover, I then distressed all the edges and scrunched before staining with tea to age, drying and ironing flat again. The record cover was then embossed to give some texture. I wrote out the lyrics as a final layer
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| All the layers have been attached with either red line tape or 3D glue gel giving some height and the layered effect. |
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I used and old cereal box as my base for this and then background has been done with a black graphics pen, pink fineliner, silver fineliner, some lovely sparkly gems and a think layer of embossing powder. The butterfly has been done using a black graphics pen, pink glitter, silver fineliner, pink wire & beads. the basic outlines were drawn and then just filled in with patterns giving the Zentangle effect (although please look up this actual technique as I think mine is more like doodling lol)
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A close up of the distressed edge of the word tag which was done using a Quickie glue pen, some fine pink glitter.
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A close up of the butterfly with its jewel body and wire detail just done using thin nose jewellery pliers and a couple of pink glass seed beads. This and the name tag were attached using 3D glue gel.
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