Masterboard Card Ideas

Hi Blogging Buddies,  following my post on Wednesday I decided to use the background paper I made using the Art Quest Mica Paints and this is the result.
This is the Masterboard as seen on Wednesday, instructions for making it are to be found on the posting.

 

I decided to stamp my chosen focal point onto Vellum and then heat embossed the image.

This stamp is from the 'Taste of India' set by Sheena Douglas.

 

You can see from above that I have highlighted sections of the flower. This is done by turning the vellum over and with a ballpoint tool, rub the area very gently as too much pressure could make a hole.

This causes the vellum to turn white which can clearly be seen on the right side.

 

I also stamped a birthday sentiment and heat embossed it.

Next, I matted and layered the flower and the background paper with blue and gold card, reflecting colours from the Masterboard which are slightly visible under the vellum.

I added ribbon, brads and gems to complete the design.

 

Just thought I would show you this.

As the background paper was so nice I have only attached the brads at the top so that the vellum lifts to reveal the colours beneath.

 

And finally a close-up of the flower which also shows the positioning of the gems.

 

 

I shall definitely be making this background effect again.

 

Hope you liked it too.

 

Happy Crafting,

Angela x

WOYWW 255. What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Hi Blogbuddies another week on my desk and desks throughout the world, brought to you by our host Julia at the Stamping Ground.

And this is my desk today.

 

Mmm, well, I had tidied the desk but as you can see, I have messed it all up again!, no surprise there then, lol!.

 

I have been working with some new stamps and embossing folders by Sheena Douglas, A Taste of India.

 

 For my first sample I decided to use the temple stamp.

Having stamped the image, I applied perfect medium ink and embossed it with clear powder and then mounted the border as you can see below.

I made the Masterboard earlier in the week, it is on the Monday posting.
It looks like this:

 

I just need to put them together now and make them into something.

 

I don't want to keep you too long but what do you think of this:

It looks really harsh when you start it.

 

 

But look at it now, completely different.

This is another of the techniques used by Sheena, the mica paint has been rubbed over with gilding wax, gorgeous or what?

 

I will be back soon with the samples I have put together using these techniques.

 

Hope you will pop along to see what the other desks are up to today and many thanks for visiting.


Happy Crafting,
Angela x

Dragonfly Card

Hi Bloggerists all this talk of butterflies gave me the bug (joke - sorry not a very good one I know lol), so I decided to get out an old stamp that I have not used for some time.

 This was done on an A4 black card which was covered with Crafty Notions mica sprays and folded to create the blank.
The topper was decorated by stamping with Perfect Medium and heat embossed with clear powder. I then used Art Quest mica paints to colour the design.
I stamped onto parchment paper with a bubble style stamp from Dimension Fourth.
The paper under the parchment was screwed up, opened up then painted with Starburst Stains to create colour and texture. This can be left as it is or ironed.
The embellishments were made by stamping the design onto shrink plastic, coloured then shrunk.
The net is from B&Q and is plastering scrim. I coloured this with the mica sprays.

 

The insert was blue paper which was sprayed with the mica sprays and the border created with a small dragonfly stamp.

The front was trimmed to shape it and the cut edge attached to the inside section then trimmed with a strip of the parchment.

I completed this with metal dragonfly charms, a Dragonfly Dreams stamped tag  and brads.

Hope you like it and if you have any questions or comments, please leave a message.

 

Angela x