Card Series - Christmas #22

Hi everyone!

I'm changing it up again, this time with a card! Halloween's over, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving so the next holiday card series is Christmas! Don't moan - we have Christmas trees and decorations out in the stores already *sigh*.

I really don't think this one will be given to a NON-crafter as it took a lot of time, effort and product! I wanted to give this style a go but it took forever! Over two days!!!! I used pop-up strips and the card was based on the pop-up cards Jennifer McGuire showed us on her YouTube channel. Love these!

I think the card also has to be sent overseas because I have snowflakes and a snowman on the card - why, Jen? It doesn't snow in Australia! LOL

I also show you how to make an envelope that the card will fit inside nicely.

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by clicking here.

Products Used:

reno A5 280gsm watercolour paper

Derwent 'hooker's green' Inktense pencil

Derwent 'apple green' Inktense pencil

Derwent 'hot red' Inktense pencil

Derwent 'sienna gold' Inktense pencil

Black Pitt Artist brush pen

Black fine point Sharpie pen

White 08 Gelly Roll Sakura pen

Versafine 'onyx black' ink

Versamark 'embossing' ink

Inkadinkado 'Christmas Characters' stamp set

Super fine 'white' embossing powder

Spellbinders 'Christmas Creations' stamp set (for the 'happy christmas' text)

Couture Creations 'message in a tree' embossing folder

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive

Ranger|Inkssentials Glossy Accents

Spellbinders cut-emboss-stencil 'A2 Curved Matting Basics A' die

Lawn Fawn 'stitched hillside borders' die set

KaiserCrafts 'Christmas Quotes' stamp set

Stampin' Up! 'silver' embossing powder

Paper Craft dimensionals

Lightweight acetate

1/4" double-sided tape

Martha Stewart large scoreboard

Cutting Sizes:

Card base: 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" (scored in half to make a 4 1/8" x 5 1/4" card)

Blue background watercolour piece: 3 7/8" x 5 1/4"

Acetate piece: 3 7/8" x 5 1/4"

Front frame piece cardstock: 4 1/8" x 5 1/4"

Strips of cardstock for pop-ups: 2 @ 1" x 5 1/4" scored in half at 1/2"

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

LIVE - Art Journal Page using the 'blind3' Method

 Hi guys!

Another blind3 challenge today. This time we chose alcohol inks, which is a good thing because I'm starting to use a lot of product that has just been sitting around. The three colours I chose were Rust, Pebble and Wild Plum. To say I was amazed at the result is an understatement. I didn't think a page could have so much depth to it until I saw the final result of this page today!

I had Eileen with me again today making sure I didn't 'stuff it up' LOL.

You can watch the full (one hour) live stream recording over on my YouTube page by clicking here.

Products used:

liquitex gesso

golden absorbent ground

adirondack 'pebble' alcohol ink

adirondack 'wild plum' alcohol ink

adirondack 'pitch black' alcohol ink

adirondack mixatives 'pearl' alcohol ink

adirondack alcohol blending solution

isocol rubbing alcohol

portfolio 'black' water soluble oil pastel

tim holtz ink blending tool & foam

fiskars 'circles-1' shape cutter

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Creating Temporary Planner Inserts

Hi everyone!

Making a couple of one-signature planner inserts for my diary which can be put in my handbag and transported around to be used to jot down notes for later when I'm ready to work on my Daily Journal.

I'm not one to be able to work on my daily journal/planner every day and when I'm ready to sit down and work in it - I've forgotten what I needed to insert and when it happened! So this is why I created this 'temporary' journal insert which I designed to fit into an old diary (2016). I'll jot down things in this and date them for when I have a few hours to sit down and put it all into my daily journal/planner in a way that it looks nice and pretty. Well, that's the plan lol.

You can watch the full process video over on my YouTube channel by clicking here.

Products Used:

Printer paper

Papers already in my stash

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Paper Piercer

Ruler

Pencil

Paper Trimmer

Old diary

Seam Binding

Twine

Binding needle

All the above products/tools I had in my stash!

The sizes I used would be different to yours so just use the video as a guide when creating your own journal inserts.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Having Fun With Shipping Tags #11

Hi everyone!

Today is totally the opposite of last week's project - in both size and the amount of products used!

I was sorting through my small stencils (those smaller than 12"x12") and I needed more room as I had accumulated a few more that I had no room to store. So, another folder created just for Tim Holtz's Layering and Shifter Stencils!

Yes, I have discovered the shifter stencils, however I did not use them today - watch out for them soon!

So today's task was to use as many stencils and add as many layers as I could. I only used seven stencils but I used twelve different distress inks!!!!

Looking at it, It doesn't seem too busy, restraint was not a necessity in this project so I went for it! And I love how this tag turned out!

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by clicking here.

Products Used:

Distress inks in:

• peeled paint
• peacock feathers 
• wild honey
• gathered twigs 
• pine needles
• forest moss
• mowed lawn
• crushed olive
• frayed burlap
• walnut stain
• tea dye
• black soot

Tim Holtz Layering Stencils as follows:

Inspirational (stamp & stencil set)

• speckles
• bubble
• flourish
• stripes
• typo
• string

Stamp Sets as follows:

• Stampers Anonymous | Tim oltz 'bird crazy
• Creative Expressions 'jungle friends'
• Stampin' Up! 'ornamental pine'

Memento 'tuxedo black' dye ink

Ranger | Distress 'black soot' archival ink

Tim Holtz Idea-ology 'big chat' word stickers

Black lace edging from my stash

Darice hemp cord in various shades

PIGMA MICRON 05 'black' archival ink pen

Tim Holtz | Ranger Distress blending brush

Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue

Tim Holtz 'barn door' distress marker brush

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Live Stream - Blind3 Challenge Art Journal Page

 Hi everyone!

So today was my usual Wednesday 11am (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and I chose to challenge myself once again with another blind3! Today my choice of mediums was Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks! I blindly selected bundled sage, tumbled glass & brushed corduroy.

There were a few mishaps during this stream - the postman delivering a couple of parcels, my husband attempted to phone me 3 times and my daughter entering my live stream and then calling me LOL. On top of that I had another craft-a-lanch! I knocked over my distress ink tower and all one side fell onto the floor. No major damage but you can see by the pic below I was lucky LOL.

We made it in the end, as always it came together nicely!

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by clicking here.

Products Used:

Liquitex gesso

Tim Holtz 'bundled sage' Distress Oxide Ink

Tim Holtz 'tumbled glass' Distress Oxide Ink

Tim Holtz 'brushed corduroy' Distress Oxide Ink

Tim Holtz 'black soot' Distress Oxide Ink

Tim Holtz 'numbered' layering stencil

Tim Holtz 'birch' layering stencil

Stampers Anonymous | Tim Holtz 'attic treasures' stamp set

KaiserCraft 'alpha|grunge' stamp set

Black 'touch' brush marker

Black Pilot FRIXION pen

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Liquitex matte medium

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen