The swaps received from my crafty friends.

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends

 

Did you find that short week long? Yeah me too, I was working Saturday this week and as I don't usually do weekends this feels like it should be Saturday today but its Sunday and the week is over.  None of what I just typed makes sense but I am sure you know what I mean.

 

I have not had any crafty time this week at all as I have been spending lots of time with my little sick ferret.  He was at the hospital in Kilmarnock on Thursday for his blood tests & x-ray.  Oliver has a slipped disc and so needs to be kept separate from the other ferrets and on complete cage rest so he is now in the house so we can keep him company and give him lots of attention.

This is little Oliver

It cheered me right up this week when the swaps arrived from my crafty friends.  As always they are just stunning.  Loads of crafty genius with techniques that I have not even thought of using.

ATC - Oriental

by Katrina Polson

by Pamela Davies

Postcard - Wizard of OZ

by Sara Jo Sawdon

by Yvonne Dunning

Tag - Vintage Lace

by Christine Stuart

by Kathleen Kirkaldy

This week I will be doing that wedding card I have been thinking about now for over a week, still no ideas though.  Think I need a boost to my crafty mojo.  I also have a couple of cards to do for a friend but they are kids cards and are proving to be a challenge as I am so used to doing cards for adults, will be great fun though.  Planning on doing a little paper mache or deco-patch maybe.

 

Well, enjoy the rest of your day and I hope the week ahead is good to you.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Amanda xx

Postcard - Wizard Of Oz

Hello Bloggers

 

Mid week means "Hump Day", all downhill till the weekend.

 

So this months postcard swaps theme is Wizard Of Oz.  This is one of my all time favourite films and so I thought I would find this really easy but the fact is, it was probably the hardest out the themes this month.

 

I tried alot of different techniques on this and I am not 100% convinced that they all work that well together.

 

The background was done in watercolour pencil and washed out with a damp paintbrush, this was really just to get rid of the harsh white of the card and give a general feeling of where the sky and land are.

 

I then used a Versamark Pen to add lines of Green Glitter Embossing Powder, this is to give the idea of the Emerald City in the distance. 

 

I covered everything with a coat of Clear Ultra Thick Embossing Powder.  I then added another layer of this but sprinkled in some Gold Mica Flakes to give the magical shine of the yellow brick road.

 

This was all then popped in the freezer, taken back out and cracked enough just to flatten it all out.  I then rubbed a sparkly gold ink pad into the cracks just to age and sparkle.

 

The yellow brick road was made by using gilding flakes on sticky black plastic then cutting road shaped pieces from Gold Mirri Card.  The Mirri Card was attached to the flake background with double sided tape and then to the card with 3D glue gel.

For the characters I decided to use stamps.  I had a look online for some actual rubber stamps but couldn't see any that I wanted, the vintage ones are gorgeous but outwith my price range at the moment and so I decided on digi stamps.  These are fab as it means they can be resized, printed perfectly every time and also used in conjunction with Serif Digital Craft Artist.

 

I managed to get a really lovely set from Spesch Stamps designed by Max and I love his interpretation of the characters, they were great to colour.  As I was using them in such a small size I coloured using watercolour pencils in pastels & metallic.

 

If you like digi stamps the website below is a fab and well worth a look -

http://speschstamps.com/category_4/all/Stamps-by-Max.htm

 

Finally, I just attached them to a new postcard which was inked around the edges using a green ink pad, I added gems and peel-offs.

 

 

 

Not sure how I feel about them but they are done and I tried lots of techniques so I guess that's what it is all about at the end of the day.

 

I cannot wait to see what the rest of the group have done, this is the exciting bit.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Amanda xx