Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed stamped candle

 

For this blog post for Cleverprints, I decided to decorate a candle using stamps.  This is something very simple to do which you can do with any stamp, and you only need a few other items.  You will need:

• A plain pillar candle
• Stamps of your choice.  I selected the cute new 'Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed' stampset from the 'Woodland Creatures' Collection by Jane Royston. 
• White tissue paper
• Wax paper
• stamp and colouring medium.  I used Promarker pens.
• Stamping platform
• Scissors
• Heat tool

Start by cutting the tissue paper to the size of your candle.  Place your tissue paper in your stamping platform and stamp your design.

Remove your tissue paper from the stamping platform and place it on a piece of copier paper.  This makes it easier to see what you are doing when colouring in.  Colour in your satmped images.

Cut away as much excesss tissue paper as you can, being careful not to snip in to your design.

Wrap your tissue paper around your candle and then wrap the wax paper over the top.  Leave enough wax paper around the back of your candle to grip on to.  This makes it much easier to manipulate.

Gently heat the wax paper using your heat tool. moving it around the candle.  Gently peel away the wax paper and you will see if the design has adhered to the candle as it will be smooth and glossy and you will no longer be able to see the tissue paper.

Whatever is good for your soul, do that! DT post for Polkadoodles.

 

The ‘Foraging Mushrooms’ digi stamp by Polkadoodles is perfect for home décor and I chose to make a mixed media plaque to hang in a pantry, shed or kitchen.  To start I painted the plaque with a light layer of white gesso and then applied Paper Artsy ‘Hey Presto’ chalk acrylic.  I then used the Polkadoodles ‘Tweet Branches’ stencil with ‘Crushed Olive’ Distress Ink.  I added a green embossing powder to the edges and to create the illusion of grass.

I coloured the main image using Promarkers and used a sentiment and the pre-coloured mushrooms  from the ‘Magic Garden Soup’ collection along with the bees from the ‘Winnie Sunshine Delights’ embellishments collection as they all work so well together. 

This plaque will cheer up any home and remind us to do what is good for the soul.

Happy Crafting!

Gabrielle

 

Polkadoodles Products used

‘Foraging Mushrooms’ digi stamp

‘Magic Garden Soup’ collection

‘Winnie Sunshine Delights’ embellishments collection

‘Tweet Branches’ Stencil

 

Paper Artsy ‘Hey Presto’ chalk acrylic

‘Crushed Olive’ Distress Ink

Stamp-n Stuff Embossing Powder ‘Sea Mist Pearls’

Copics –Rose Red

Promarkers – Amethyst, Berry Red, Cinnamon, Forest Green, Grass, Orchid, Pear Green, Purple, Vanilla,

White Sakura Gelly Roll

Patterned Flowers card with stamps, stencils & dies

 

Welcome to my blog for my Dseign Team contibution for Cleverprints. For this Inspiration Week, I chose to create a card using bold, bright colours, with stenils, sprays and doodling using Jane's new Patterned Flowers Collection.

To start, take a piece of mixed media card stock & palce in a cardboard box ready for sprying.  This will protect your work space.  Choose your colours, I picked 3 complimentary sprays.  

Lightly spary the card, drying between layers if you wish to build up the layers rather than have a blend.

When you are happy with your background, place your stencil over it and using the same colours, spray through the stencil.  I used the Patterned Borders Stencil.  Again, dry between layers.

Next, cut your piece to size.  I was creating an 8" x 8" card, so cut my piece down to 7.5" x 7.5".  Keep the scraps as these will be used later.

Next, die cut pieces in black card for the border.  I used a glossy black card & the Patterned Flowers Border Die Set.  I cut 3 spearate borders.

Arrange two of these to create a border along two sides.  For the other two sides, cut two equal strips from your left over card. For added interest, cut your third die cut and layer over the top of the two strips.

Place your piece in satmping platform and stamp your image in Memento ink.  I used the Droplet Flower stamp set.

Doodle in yout image with a white and black pen.

Add further detail drwing through the stencil with the same pens.  I hope you enjoyed this blog post and Happy Ctafting!

Foreever Special Angel

Here is my latest Design Team sample for Polkadoodles. Mixed media is so much fun as you get to combine different mediums and there really are no rules. I used a combination of stamps, stencils, inks, sprays, pens and pencils to make this colourful over-sized tag.  

To start, I made my own tag out a of an A4 sheet of mixed media card stock.   I then sprayed it using a combination of Distress Ink and Distress Oxide sprays.  Once dried I used the ‘Creative Angel ‘ stencil with distress ink pads and stamped the ‘Forever Special Angel’ head stamp with Versa Fine Clair in ‘Nocturne’.  I coloured the skin tone using Caran D’Ache water soluble wax pastel in ‘Salmon’.  I used water soluble Woody pencils for the hair, lips and eyes.   

To add detail to the tag, I used a text stamp from the ‘Vintage Text’, stamp set and a border stamp from the ‘Forever Special Angel’ stamp set, highlighting with a white Sakura pen.  To ground the angel I stamped a leaf border from the ‘Believe’ stamp set and continued with the leaf motif using a large leaf stamp from the ‘Little Kingdom’ stamp set which I coloured using Distress Oxide ink pads.  I wanted to enhance the teal colour from the tag, so I stamped a circular shape from ‘Magic Garden’, colouring it in the same teal blue oxide as the background.

To finish the tag, I stamped the sentiment from the ‘Believe’ stamp set.  This project really highlights how the different Polkadoodles stamp sets work together.

I look forward to seeing your projects this month.  Happy Crafting!

Gabrielle

It's a monster photobomb!

 

When I saw the Polkadoodles 'Little Monsters' digi stamps I thought they looked like they could be such good friends so I decided to create them in a Best Friends Forever photo pose.  On my PC, I manipulated the three digi stamps ‘Tubatha’, ‘Fuzzpea’ and ‘Wheelieshirl’ to look as if they were in a huddle with Fuzzpea bouncing up from behind.  I coloured them using Promarkers and Polychromo pencils and then fussy cut.  I used a co-ordinating background paper from the ‘Little Monsters printable papers digi kit’.  To create the frame I simply cut an aperture in A4 cardstock to fit.  I used a label maker to create the sentiment.

I hope you like this card and I look forward to seeing your makes this month.

Happy Crafting!

Gabrielle

 

Polkadoodles Products used

‘Fuzzpea’ digi stamp

‘Tubatha’ digi stamp

‘Wheelieshirl’ digi stamp

Little Monsters printable papers digi kit

 

Promarkers –  Antique Pink, Black, Blush, Bright Green, Cool Grey 3, Orchid, Pumpkin, Soft Green, Tulip Yellow, Yellow,

Faber Castell Polychromos pencils

Serenity Blossom Mixed Media Canvas

 Hello crafters, for this month’s DT project for Polkadoodles  I used the beautiful Serenity Blossom digi stamp.  There was something about her expression that I found very mischievous, so I had to use the ‘The Fairies made me do it’ sentiment from Serenity Fairy Wishes Sentimentals - Digital Craft download bundle.

To start, I sprayed the canvas board with inks, drying between layers.  Once dried, I applied a sparkly embossing paste through Polkadoodles ‘Starry Nights’ stencil.  I wanted the fairy to be in a fairy glen, so I used mushroom digi stamps from Lily Bug Love digis bundle kit, manipulating them on my PC to flip the perspective and overlay them together.  I then coloured the mushrooms and the main image with Promarker pens, Polychromos and a white pen to add highlights.  I used a grass die to create texture and ground the central image

Once I had assembled my composition, I applied Diamond Dust glitter and stickles to add a bit of sparkle.

I loved creating this piece and I hope you like it.  Happy crafting,

Gabrielle

 

Polkadoodles products used

Serenity Blossom digi stamp

Serenity Fairy Wishes Sentimentals - Digital Craft download bundle

‘Starry Nights’ stencil

 

Other Products used

Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Dust glitter

Distress Oxide Spray – Kitsch Flamingo

Dylusions Ink Sprays – Laidback Lilac, Lemon, Lime, Royal Blue

Promarker pens – Amethyst, Berry Red, Blossom, Grass, Lime Green, Magenta, Orchid, Pastel Pink, Poppy, Purple Violet

That’s Crafty Holographic Fine Texture Paste

Stickles – ‘Star Dust’

Explore the Wildflowers Cleverprints project using masking technique and a muted colour palette

 Hello crafters!  For today's DT post for Cleverprints I wanted to create a card with a muted and simple colour palette to showcase the beautiful designs within the stamps.  I chose to use the large flower design and sentiment from the  Explore the Wildflowers stamp set, two of the smaller background stamps from the  Floral Twist stamp set and the Shape Fun stencil.

To start, I stamped the main image in the centre of a piece of super smooth card using VersaFine Clair ink in 'Nocturne' which is a very true black.  I then stamped the image again on to a sheet of mask-it, cutting it out and placing it directly over my stamped card. This is so that I could create the background without any of the colour transferring to my stamped image as I wanted to keep it white.

Next, I chose my colours for the background and starting with the 'Worn Lipstick' Distress Ink, I blended around the masked image using a blending brush.  I then repeated the process using 'Gathered Twigs' Distress Ink, going very gently so as not to put too much colour on the card.  

Still keeping the mask in place, I laid the stencil over the top and stenciled through it with 'Tea Dye' Distress Ink.

To finish, I stamped the background stamps in black over the top.  I then removed the mask, stamped the sentiment and mounted on to Kraft Card.  I was really pleased with how the background makes the lovely stamp design pop.