Glass pebbles October 31, 2008
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One can never make too many glass pebble magnets. Here is my latest lot:
Partridge in a pear tree October 29, 2008
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Well, winter is well and truly here now. The snow we got yesterday is still here, it’s much colder, the gloomy Mordor clouds we’ve had for ages are gone and it’s clear. I was just outside for ages admiring billions of stars and even saw some shooting stars as well as the Northern Lights. What else could a girl want?
Anyway, my thing for all things ununual continues. This card only has some Basic Grey paper. No stamping at all! Yikes. This better not become a habit. I decoupaged the wing and scribbled all over the background with a stardust pen although it is not really visible in the picture. The red berries are highlighted with Glossy Accents.
‘Partridge in a pear tree’ is not really a carol we Finns (or me anyway) know. I had to look up in the dictionary what kind of bird a partridge is. Now I know it in Finnish but I’m none the wiser. I would not recognize a partridge even if it hit me on the head. Oh well.
Vellum ATCs October 28, 2008
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Yes, we finally got some snow last night! The dogs have been pestering me about the snow since April so they were quite happy today, rolling in the snow like no tomorrow.
These ATCs were for a swap where you had to use vellum. I tried alcohol inks with vellum for the first time and it works a treat. On the card I used my two most favourite Distress Ink colours: yellow and orange. I can’t get enough of them.
TP for my… October 26, 2008
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I just had to try paper moulding for the embellishment on this card. The snowflake has been made using toilet paper which has been wetted but not soaked and the snowflake stamp has then been pressed on it and the paper left to try. I also sprayed it with inks. The background on the card is from my alcohol ink background stash. I think it’s great being so messy and yet so 3-dimensional. It has so many layers because I wanted to get every last trop of ink left on the underlay. I also stamped snowflakes on the background with holographic embossing powder.
Here is a close-up of the holographic snowflakes. I love things which are only visible at certain angles.
Paper, scissors… October 25, 2008
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I made some unusual cards. Well, unusual for me since I only used paper scraps and no stamps. My usual thing would have been stamps and no paper scraps. All papers are Fancy Pants’ Happy Holidays. I love the unusual Christmas colours in that range.
This last one, I thought, looked so cool that I used the same recipe on a birthday card for a friend who loves all things Japanese.
Alcohol ink trials October 18, 2008
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I wanted to see if alcohol ink could be used with a brush and the answer is: yes, it could. It kind of worked. The two top ones have been embossed with gold embossing powder and the alcohol ink has been painted on with a brush, with the help of some blending solution. The bottom one has been embossed with clear embossing powder and the alcohol ink has been painted inside the outlines as well as on top of the lines (for the leaves).
Stamped light October 2, 2008
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I wanted to decorate a vase and put some fairy lights inside. As I was looking for the fairy lights in the shop I found a cool vase that has a hole at the bottom for the cord and it came with fairy lights. Bonus. So no need to drape the cord over the top of the vase. This is what I made.
I stamped and embossed various images onto mulberry paper using foam stamps. Then I sprayed the paper with inks and let it dry. Finally I melted the embossing powder with an iron and some scrap paper. The mulberry paper is clued to the vase using decoupage lacquer.
With the leftover mulberry paper I made some simple cards:
