Creative Expressions DT Project

Time for a new DT Project for Creative Expressions. This time I have designed a card.

Black card

That Special Touch Honeycomb mask

Cosmic Shimmer Deep Red Texture Paste

Posy Floral Stamp Plate

Creative Expressions Gilding Wax in Blush, Pewter and Deep Red

Gold Embossing Powder

Clear Embossing Powder

First I used the honeycomb mask and deep red texture paste to make a background. The paste takes a little while to set so I put this aside for a while.

When it was dry and rubbed over some pewter gilding wax to take away some of the brightness.

I then clear embossed some of the images off the Posy Floral stamp plate onto black card and cut them out.

To colour the images I used the gilding wax in blush, pewter and deep red.

I've used 3D pads to arrange them along the bottom left of the card.

To add a bit more texture I gold embossed the edges of the card and some of the flowers got a little sprinkle too.

I then stamped the sentiment onto black card using a gold embossing powder. 

To finish off I added the sentiment with 3D pads and put this layer of card onto a piece of maroon card and then layered it onto a blank, black card.

Shary

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Creative Expressions

Today I'd like to show you my Creative Expressions DT project. A little tag in a pocket.

I have embossed both tag and pocket with a "That Special Touch" mask. I've stamped the flowers and sentiment using the Posy Florals 1 stamp plate onto Papermill Direct Kraft card with white embossing powder. They have then been coloured with some Cosmic Acrylic Drawing Inks.

Card: Papermill Direct Kraft

Stamps: Unmounted Posy Floral 1A5 Stamp Plate

Mask: That Special Touch Honeycomb Mask

Inks: Cosmic Acrylic Drawing Ink

Shary

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Creative Expressions

Finally made it back again!!

So this month we received our DT goodies in the post from Creative Expressions and lol I've used them all on this card. Well I am a Taurus so like a bull in a china shop!!

I took a blank card and place a mask over to where I wanted the sentiment. I then used distress inks to add the colour in the background and then used the green ink with the That Special Touch Honeycomb mask to create a bit of texture. Next I took some sequin waste and inked through some Peacock distress ink.The flowers and the sentiment from the Creative Expressions unmounted Posy Floral 1 set have been stamped in black memento straight onto the card. The flowers were then coloured with a set of Cosmic Shimmer Dazzle Paint. These are great little sets and are just like a nail varnish bottle with a nice thin brush so you can get detail. To finish it all off I added some little white pen dots.

Cya soon :0)

Shary

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Creative Expressions

This month our Creative Expressions DT pack consisted of the Cosmic Shimmer Texture Paste and a lovely Dazzling Doiley Die.

I decided to make some backgrounds to try out the clear texture paste.

The violet one has been made using a kraft tag. I sprayed it with Dylusions Ink Sprays in Bubblegum Pink and Crushed Grape. Using a forever voilet Perfect Pearl powder I mixed some of this with the clear texture paste and then smoothed it over the That Special Touch-Mechanical Mask. While the paste was still wet I sprinkled over a little Cosmic Shimmer Gunmetal Polished Silk Glitter. I also smoothed it through some sequin waste in the same way. When it was dry and set I added a little Picket Fence Distress Stain.

For the blue one I used a white blank ATC covered it with Broken China and Weathered Wood Distress Stain. I then cut out the Dazzling Doiley Die with card and used this as a stencil to apply the clear texture paste. I sprinkled a little Cosmic Shimmer Western Blue Polished Silk Glitter over the paste. When it was dry I rubbed over the top with some Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

The final tag is a natural tag and I covered it with Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink. I missed a little Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise spray with the texture paste and applied it with a sponge through a Tim Holtz Florets mini mask.

I hope this has given you some ideas for the texture paste.

Shary

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Creative Expressions DT Project

Here is this week's Creative Expressions DT Project. I have made 2 textured ATCs.

Background Stamp: Celtic Feather precut stamp

Flower and Flourish Stamp: Unmounted Floral Silhouette A5 stamp plate.

Sentiments: Art Sayings by Sam Poole

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Tim Holtz Distress Stain

I will be making another project next week.

Sorry it's a busy week this week as the kids broke up on Friday.

Shary

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Papermill Direct Offer

Good morning (just) I haven't been posting much due to being so busy. The kids broke up yesterday for their summer holiday and it's been trips, parties and my son has being visiting his new high school for induction days.

Today I'd like to show you a card I made for a great Papermill Direct Offer.

50 A4 sheets of Shiny Red Card, 300gsm

£4.00

http://papermilldirect.co.uk/acatalog/special-offers.html

I'm not a red shiny kind of girl but I managed to make this card.

Card: Red Shiny and White from Papermill Direct.

Heart overlay: Silhouette Store

Flourish: Cheery Lynn Designs

Frame and sentiment stamps: Creative Expressions

Shary

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Friend

I've been awol a while now seemed to have lost my mojo. Could be that I have a few things going on in my life right now.

So today I would like to show you a card that showcases products from both my DT s.

I have used card from Papermill Direct. 

The grey plain card is on offer at the moment for the next week.

Grey Plain Card - 300gsm        A4 Small Box £4.00 or an A3 Box £8.00

I've also used the Cream linen card.

We were given a new stamp sheet from Creative Expressions for this month's DT work. It's called Floral Silhouette A5 stamp plate. I stamped the flourish from the set onto the cream linen card and clear embossed it. I stamped and cut out the two butterflies , one on the cream linen and one on the grey plain cardstock. These were layered up to create a 3D effect. 

We were also given some Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter pots. I used the gunmetal to decorate the butterflies.

The sentiment is from the Special Sentiments A5 stamp plate.

Now this card is also applicable for my Cute Card Thursday DT card because the theme is Ebony and Ivory. One lucky winner will receive a £10 gift card to spend in Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

Shary

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Creative Expressions Tag

Morning and today's project is using the lovely Creative Expressions Heartfelt Creations - Delicate Asters stamp set.

I've used a blank manilla tag and covered it with spray inks and then splodged it with Distress Inks. I then stamped the Asters and leaves with clear embossing ink and used white embossing powder. I then splodged some marigold distress ink onto some card to make a background paper. I then stamped and white embossed more flowers onto this card and cut them out. I then layered them up. The sentiment is from Sam Poole Art Sayings stamp plate.

I finished off with some of the white sheer edged wrinkle ribbon. I coloured it with Tim Holtz peeled paint distress ink.

More next week.

Shary

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Creative Expressions

Friday already and it's time for my DT post for Creative Expressions.

This month we were given two lovely stamp sets

Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters and Heartfelt Creations Open Vintage Floret 

I've used my Cammie to make the Lori Whitlock Double picture frame. I've cut it from Co ordination cardstock and distressed it.I've used Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper on the inside edge of the frame.

The flowers are from the Open Vintage Floret set and  have been stamped onto card with Vintage Photo and Persimmon distress pads.  I then stamped them again onto acetate and clear embossed them. Each flower then had an acetate cover. The leaves are from the Delicate Asters set and have been stamped onto an old book page and inked with the vintage photo ink. 

Lol the pics are of my two eldest when they were little. I put a sepia tint on the pics using Photoshop.

Have a lovely long weekend.

Shary

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Creative Expressions DT Project - Our Tomorrow's

This week my Creative Expressions DT project features one of my all time favourite stamp sets.

Sam Poole's - Butterfly Girl unmounted stamp plate.

 

 

Stamps: Sam Poole - Butterfly Girl

              Sam Poole - Art Sayings

Distress Stains

White Embossing Powder

Distress Gold Embossing Powder

Gesso

White pen

Perfect pearls for her wings



Old book pages
Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Paper Pad
Copics
Twine for her skirt
Creative Expressions White Crochet Ribbon for her top. I coloured it with copics.

Shary
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Creative Expressions DT Project

Here is my DT project for Creative Expressions for this week.

I've made a tag and because I liked the way the ribbon looked attached to a stamped image I've done it again!!

Also I've made a little tutorial too.

So here's the finished tag.

you will need:

A craft tag
Tim Holtz Distress Inks  Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers and Ripe Persimmon
That Special Touch - Mechanical Mask

Stamps:
Creative Expressions. Stamps to die for Flower Frame
Creative Expressions. Single stamps. Steampunk Dressform

Ribbon:
Creative Expressions. White Sheer Wrinkled Edge Ribbon
Creative Expressions. White Crochet Ribbon

Gesso

Instructions:


1. Take a craft tag and emboss it using the Mechanical mask.

 

2. With the TH distress inks colour your tag and using the Iced Spruce go around the edges.

 

3. Place the mask on your tag and using the gesso and an old credit card spread the gesso through some of the pattern onto your mask. When dry (I used a heat gun) ink over with the Iced Spruce ink.

4. With some memento black ink just ink up the two bottom corners of the flower frame stamp and stamp the bottom corners of the tag.

5. Stamp out the steampunk dressform onto some card with black ink and clear emboss it.
    Lightly trace around the wings onto the sheer ribbon and cut out. Do the same for the skirt with
    the crochet ribbon.

6.  Using a clear glue adhere the skirt and wings to the dress form. Now adhere the whole thing to the tag using 3D pads.

7.  Add some white sheer ribbon the top and there you go!

 

I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial and will have a go yourself.

Shary
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Winner of the Creative Expressions Sheer Inspiration Blog Hop

Winner of the Creative Expressions Sheer Inspiration Blog Hop for my blog is.............................


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Congratulations Jenny!!!

Jenny was No. 124 on my comments and this is the number that the random number generator chose.

The winners are now up on the Creative Expressions blog here

Jenny you can see a list of the goodies you have won on the CE blog.
 I hope you enjoyed my project and the blog hop and thank you so much for joining in and leaving all the lovely comments.

 

Shary

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Creative Expressions Sheer Inspiration Blog Hop

Good morning and happy hump day!!

 “Welcome to everyone taking part in the Sheer Inspiration Blog Hop, if you’ve come here from Tracey Laughton's blog you’re in the right place”

So onto the good stuff. Anyone who enters the blog hop will have to leave comments on the eight blogs for a chance to win one of the £15 prizes. I've shown the list of blogs below. Each blog has a fantastic prize of around £15.00!! So you have eight chances of winning £15.

There will be a separate Spot Prize for visiting Kim Dellow's  blog on Friday 5th April.

The hop will close and prize winners will be announced on Monday 8^th April.

Here's my make.....

o   To showcase the gorgeous Sheer Ruffled Edge white ribbon I have used it to "make" the material of the dress and of course the 3 little roses.

 

      I layered some navy blue and white card for a background. The white card has been embossed with a dotty embossing folder. Using a black ink I stamped out the Stamps to die for - Flower Frame and then clear embossed it.   I layered it up using again navy blue card.

I    then stamped out the Creative Expressions Fishtail Frock dress onto a piece of white card and clear embossed it. I cut it out and cut around the ribbon to shape it to the dress. I then made the sheer ruffle for the dress. The ribbon was adhered to the dress using a clear glue. This piece was then adhered to the frame card. I clear embossed the sentiment too which came with the dress stamp.

     To make the roses I cut a strip of the sheer white ribbon and folded it lengthways in half. I then rolled it loosely and glued the edges in place. I then cut some of the bottom off so it would sit on the card nicely.

      Just to finish off I used a few navy blue pearls.

 

 

   Order of the Hop

                        1  .     Tracy Evans

                        2.       Trish Latimer

                        3.       Jean Gursoy

                  4.       Trace Metcalfe

                  5.       Gillian Simson

                  6.       Tracey Laughton

                  7.       Me

                  8.       Michelle Webb

                  9.       Kim Dellow (Friday 5^th April)

 
“Don’t forget to check DT Member Kim Dellow’s blog on Friday for a special surprise”

Your next blog in the hop is Michelle Webb

All details are on the Creative Expressions blog here.

Good luck!!

Shary
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Creative Expressions DT Project

 We've just had our brand new DT package from Creative Expressions for this month so today I'm showing you a card I've made with just some of my package.

I've used a paper from the Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Paper Stash pad for the base and gone round with my sewing machine. Using some old book paper I stamped out the Blossoming Frame precut stamp in adirondak currant and the  Steampunk Dressform in memento black. I cut an extra pair of the wings in black and also stamped a set out on the kraft resist paper.
I adhered the frame onto the card with glue and then adhered the dress from with glue adding the kraft wings so they set away from the page.  I then distressed some of the crochet ribbon in white with walnut distress ink and using my machine sewed it along the left side of the card. I made a bow with the same ribbon and adhered it to the card. I then slipped the wings underneath the bow. I thought the Sam Poole art saying stamp If I had wings would suit this card, so stamped it out and cut it in half, distressed it and adhered it to the card.

Next week I'll be using the rest of my DT package.

Shary
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Creative Expressions - Moo Cards

My Creative Expression project for today are a set of three Moo Cards.

I cut some card to 1" x 2.75", now not too sure I got the measurements right as there is conflicting advise on the net. I couldn't remember as I hadn't made them in a while. So feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
The backgrounds have been done with TH disress inks. I stamped the lovely Sam Poole Art Houses onto some old book pages and cut out random bits. Inked the edges and adhered them to the card. Simple but effective!!

Shary
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This week's Creative Expressions Project

Im on a roll this week, my Creative Expressions project is at the start of the week for a change!!

All sorts of things happening on this tag!! I started off with a manila tag and used the uber embossing folder to emboss it,  I then sprayed it with water. I then smooshed it through some spray inks. I stamped and cut out a Art House and dominoes from the Creative Expressions Sam Poole Art House stamp sheet. I coloured them with distress inks and added a white pen highlight. I swiped over the tag with walnut distress ink.

See you next week for another Creative Expressions project.

Shary
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