Craft Stamper December blog challenge - DT card

The December blog challenge starts today on the Craft Stamper Blog. The theme of the challenge is White Stamping. This is my DT card for the challenge. I have used my own Designs by Georgina stamps for the challenge.

I started by stamping all the elements with a VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossing with WOW Bright Opaque White embossing powder. For the square background I used my border stamp from my Peony Elements stamp set. The poinsettia flower and sentiment is from my Poinsettia Tag stamp set. I stamped the poinsettia four times and cut out sections, as shown below.

 

I layered up the Poinsettia with foam pads, as shown below.

 

I attached all the elements to a square card blank. To finish I added White Opal Liquid Pearls.

 

For more details about the challenge, DT cards or to enter, please visit the Craft Stamper blog. 

Craft Stamper November blog challenge - DT card

The November blog challenge starts today on the Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is, Use a non Christmas stamp to create a Christmas themed image.

If you have seen the December edition of Craft Stamper, now available, you will know this challenge was inspired by my article 'Floral and Festive'.

This is my DT card for the challenge...

To make my card I started by stamping the flowers, buds and leaves onto smooth white card. The stamp set I used was Woodware's 'Make a Flower'. I stamped the images in Barn Door, Frayed Burlap and Peeled Paint Distress ink pads. Once dry I then stamped the detail stamp on top with a VersaMark ink pads. I then heat embossed the details with WOW Gold Sparkle embossing powder, as shown below.

 

I cut out the sentiment and mounted it onto a panel of gold card. I cut out all the other elements and attached them to a 148x148mm white card blank. I attached the large red flowers first, then the buds and leaves. I attached the sentiment last with foam pads but before this I kept positioning it onto the card to make sure I was adding for flowers and leaves in the correct places.

 

To finish the card I added extra festive sparkle with Gold Stickles.

 

For more details about this month's challenge, other DT cards or to enter, please visit the Craft Stamper blog.

Workshop dates

A couple of dates for your diary for new workshops at The Artistic Stamper.

 

Take It Make It challenge October: DT card

The October 'Take It Make It challenge' starts today on the Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is the Multicoloured stamping technique. This is my DT card for the challenge. The stamp set I used for the card is Leaves from The Artistic Stamper.  Both the leaves and sentiment are part of the same stamp set.

To create this card I started by stamping the leaves. Instead of stamping various coloured ink pads onto the stamps, I stamped the ink pads onto a clear tile, as shown below. I used Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap and Forest Moss Distress Ink pads. I used a dry paintbrush to lightly mix the joins between the colours.

 

I then stamped the rubber leaves stamps onto the inks, I tried to get a mix of colours on each stamp and then stamped onto smooth white card. I cut the leaves out. I stamped more than I used so I had a selection to choose from as every leaf looked different.

 

For the centre panel on the card I cut a strip of smooth white card. I stamped the sentiment from the Leaves stamp set with a VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossed it with Opaque Bright White embossing powder. I lightly distress the edges with Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap ink pads before stamping the leaves. I used the same tile technique but I used Old Paper and Antique Linen Distress ink pads for the leaves stamps.

I attached the leaf stamped background panel onto a Elegance 148x148mm card blank from Craftwork card. Lastly I added the leaves to the card. I attached some of the leaves directly onto the card and other with foam pads.

 

 

For more details about the challenge or to enter, visit the Craft Stamper blog.

Distressed tags

A new blog post on Lisa B Designs blog today by me featuring my Designs By Georgina, Lily Elements, Clematis Elements and Peony Elements stamps sets.

My stamps are also available to buy on Lisa B Designs website.  

New workshop date

My next workshop at The Artistic Stamper, near Faversham in Kent is on Thursday 16th October. I am thrilled that we will be using my Designs by Georgina range of stamps to make a selection of tags using various techniques.

For more details or to book please call the shop on 01795 597757 or visit The Artistic Stamper website.

My range of stamps are also available to buy from The Artistic Stamper. 

Take It Make It Challenge: September - DT card

The September Challenge starts today on the Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is 'Stamping on Tissue paper'.

This is my DT card for the challenge, below. The stamps I have used for my card are from a range I have designs myself called Designs by Georgina, and recently launched. I used two stamp sets, Clematis Elements and Peony Elements. These two stamp set and the other four from the range are available from my Designs by Georgina store on Etsy.

To make my card I first decorated the card base. I used a 148x148mm kraft card blank. I stamped the sentiment first with a Potted Soil Archival ink pad. I then stamped the large peony stamp onto the card with a Frayed Burlap Distress Ink pad. I cut a square from the centre of the card and added faux stitching with a Walnut Stain Distress pen. For the centre of the card I cut a square of light cream tissue paper. I stamped the mixed rectangle border onto the tissue with  a Potted Soil Archival ink pad. I then attached this inside the card blank.

 

I stamped a selection of peonies and clematis flowers onto green and pink shades of tissue paper. I am going to use the green petals as leaves.

 

I cut out the flowers and scrunched then up for extra dimension.

 

I then attached the flowers to the card blank. I used very small pieces of double sided tape to attach the flowers. I cut out petals from the green stamped flower and used then as leaves.

 

For more details about the challenge, other DT cards or to enter, pop over to the Craft Stamper blog.

 

Date for your diary

 It's The Artistic Stamper shop birthday on Saturday 23rd August. I will be there with a free Make 'n' Take. Why not pop along for a craft day out. More details on The Artistic Stamper website and the poster below. Hope to see you there!

Florence's Flowers

Today I have a decorated frame to share with you. I use two recently released stamps from The Artistic Stamper for my projects. The two flower pot stamp are designed by Debbie Cotton. They are Florence's Flowers large and Florence's Flowers small.

To make this project I started by painting a wooden frame with PaperArtsy Tinned Peas Fresco Finish paint. The frame I used was 15x15cm collage frame also available from The Artistic Stamper. Once dry I started added the stamped and coloured images.

I cut a square frame of white card to go around the edge of the frame. I stamped just the flowers onto the frame. I also stamped a large and two small flower pots. I used Distress Ink pads and Distress Pens to colour the flowers. To use the Ink pads I stamped the pad directly onto a tile. I added a little water so the ink could be used as a watercolour.

 

I stamped the flowers pot only onto dark grey textured card. For the smaller pots I didn't ink the text on the stamp so I just had the put outline. I cut out the pots and added them to the coloured flowers.

I cut a square of white card for the background. I coloured the card with Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress Ink pad. I added this to the frame and drew black faux stitching around the edge. I added the centre flower pot directly on the frame. The other two pots I added with foam pads. To finish I added Glossy Accents to the centre of the flowers and a black pearl to the top right corner.

 

I'm on the cover!

I am thrilled that my card is the main cover photo on this month's Craft Stamper magazine. I used PaperArtsy Hot Pick 1301 stamp set and a Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer.

More details about the September edition are on the Craft Stamper website. 

Take It, Make It Challenge: August - DT card

A new Take It Make It Challenge for August has started on the Craft Stamper blog. The theme is to use your favourite technique for an 2014 issue of Craft Stamper. The technique I chose to use was 'The bleach blocking technique' by Hels Sheridan, July issue.

This is my DT card, below. The butterflies and sentiment stamps I used are Butterflies by Hobby Art. The shaped card blank is Elegance from Craftwork Cards. 

To create the card I started by cutting a panel of smooth white card. I coloured with card with Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress ink pads. I then added the bleach blocking technique to the coloured panel. To do this I added water to a clear Distressing Tool pad and pressed it down onto the coloured panel. This removed the colour as shown below.

 

I then stamped the Butterflies with a Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad and coloured them with Copics. I cut out each butterfly. Once the background panel was dry I attached it top the card blank. I stamped the sentiment and black silhouette butterflies before attaching the coloured butterflies. To finish I added Stickles and clear Wink of Stella.

For more details about the challenge or to enter please visit the Craft Stamper blog.

Sew Sweeter

A new blog post by me on Craft Stamper blog today. Why not pop over to the blog for more details and step-by-step of how to make this card.

Cupcake Blueprint

I have a 30th Birthday card to share with you today. I used Tim Holtz Birthday Blueprint stamp set for the main cupcake image. It's a great celebration stamp set and ideal for men and women, as well as all ages. The number and sentiment stamps are both from The Artistic Stamper.

To make this card I started by stamping the cupcake image onto light blue card and smooth white card with a Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad. I cut out the light blue stamped image and mounted it onto a piece of mid-blue card. I coloured the image that was on the white card with Copics. I cut the elements out and attached them to the other image with foam pads.

 

I cut a piece from the front of the card blank, as shown below. Down the edge of the inside of the card blank I stamped Happy Birthday. I used Katy Leitch's Greetings stamp set available from The Artistic Stamper. The 30 panel on the front I used another Katy Leitch's stamp set called Numerical plate  for the numbers.

 

I attached the cupcake image to the front of the card with foam pads. I also added a picture frame corner to the top left corner. I drew faux stitching around the edge with a white gel pen. To finish the card I added Stickles to the flame and Glossy Accents to the little Birthday tab.

 

Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge: July

The July blog challenge starts today on The Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is the Embossing Resist technique.

This is my DT card for the challenge.

To create my card I started by stamping the butterflies and sentiment with a VersaMark ink pad. The stamp sets I used were Flutterby by Katy Leitch and Journaling Words #1 both available from The Artistic Stamper. I then heat embossed the stamped images with a clear embossing powder, as shown below.

 

I then added different colours using Distress Ink pads and a blending tool.

 

The ink pads I used were  Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac.

 

I then stencilled flowers onto the image using a Walnut Stain Distress ink pad and a piece of blending foam. The stencil I used was PaperArtsy Stencil 005 by Lin Brown. I also stencilled more flowers using PaperArtsy Stencil 004 by Lin Brown and Brayed Burlap ink pad.

 

I distressed the edges of the images with a paper distressing tool. I attached the image to a square of brown card and added small silver brads in the corners before adding to a square card blank.

 

For more details about the challenge or to enter pop over to The Craft Stamper blog. 

Jofy heart

I have so many projects and cards I have made this year but I never got round to blogging them so I am having a catch-up over the next few weeks.

Today I have a decorated heart to share with you. The heart was made of mdf. I started by adding a coat of Gesso to the heart. Once this was dry I added Grunge Paste through a TCW stencil called 'Mini Butterfly Meadow'. When the Grunge Paste was dry I added Inky Pool, Bora Bora and Beach Hut Fresco Finish paint from PaperArtsy for the sky background.

 

When the paint was dry I lightly sanded the background so the paste showed through. I stamped the flowers and leaves using Fern Green Archival ink pad. The grasses were stamped with Jet Black Archival ink pad. The stamp set I used for the flowers and leaves was Jofy Collection 12.

I painted card with areas of Tinned Peas, Yellow Submarine, Very Berry and Sherbet Fresco Finish paint from PaperArtsy. When the paint was dry I stamped the flower heads and leaves. I then cut them out before adding to the hearts. To finish I added Start Dust Stickles and a white ribbon tied through the top. 

I made this!

This is my tag for the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog challenge for June. The theme of the challenge is 'Colour it red'.

To make this tag I started my creative the background. To do this I used my Gelli Plate, PaperArtsy Claret Fresco Finish paint and a rubber texture comb. I spread the paint onto the Gelli Plate and then added the lines with the rubber comb. I then took a print from the Gelli Plate directly onto the tag, as shown below.

 

Once the background was dry I added the other textures and stamping. To start I added the white chevrons. To do this I used The Artistic Stamper's 6x6 Chevron mask and PaperArtysy Snowflake Fresco Finish paint. Once this was dry I stamped Random Dot Background and Calligraphic Mat 11 stamps with a Jet Black Archival ink pad randomly onto the tag.

I then added some of the Claret paint to some Grunge Paint. I added this to the tag through Tim Holtz's Burlap stencil. I stamped the wording in Aged Mahogany Distress Ink onto white card. The wording is from Messy Art stamp set. I tore the edges of the wording card and then added it to the tag. I sewed a row of stitching with red thread down the edge of the wording.

I cut two flowers shapes using Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die. The larger flower I stamped the Calligraphic Mat stamp onto and the other flower I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. Both flowers I coloured with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. I attached these to the tag. To finish I added a button and ribbon.

Pinterest

Just a reminder that you can find most of my cards and projects on Pinterest.


This is a link to my boards - Georgina's Pinterest boards.

Date for your diary!

I will be demo'ing at Lisa B Designs Extravaganza Day on Saturday 19th July. More detail below...

Zen flowers

New blog post by me on Lisa B Designs blog today.

Craft Stamper - Take It Make It challenge

The June Take It Make It challenge starts today on the Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is 'Bleach Blocking Technique'.

This is my Design Team card for the challenge. I used Journaling Words #1 and Neil Walker's Butterfly and Alphabet Soup Border stamps. All the stamps are available from The Artistic Stamper. 

To make my card I started by blending Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and Barn Door Distress Inks onto a 14x14cm square of smooth white card.

I then took a clean wet blending pad and pressed onto on the coloured card. It removed the colour as shown below.

 

I repeated the same process but using Walnut Stain and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks.

 

Once dry I stamped the Butterfly twice with a VersaMark ink pad. I then heat embossed it with WOW Ebony black embossing powder. I then cut out the two butterflies.

 

Once the main background was dry I stamp 'Imagine' from the Journaling Words #1 set in the top left corner, and Alphabet Soup Border stamp several times along the bottom. I used a Jet Black Archival ink pad.  I then attached this to a 14.8x14.8cm black square card blank.

 

I attached the two butterflies to the card. I only stuck the body sections to the card so this allowed the wings to stand out. To finish I added a black button and black dots around the edge with a fineliner.

 

For more details about this month's challenge, to enter or see the other DT's challenge cards then pop over to the Craft Stamper blog.