Simply G45…

Hi everyone,
Today it’s a card using one of my beautiful Graphic 45 papers, one of those that I take out, stroke lovingly and, usually, put away again, lol. I do find it extremely challenging using these types of papers, whoever the designer, as I don’t want to cover anything up!…..












This makes an effective but quick and easy card. Starting with a sheet from the 8” x 8” paper pad, an 8” card blank and a mat:

I decided to make the text in the centre the focal point of the card by framing it. The largest of the Spellbinders nestabilities Floral ovals set is just the right size. 

In order to create the frame I inked the outer edges with DI and then carefully cut out the centre to leave just a frame.

The frame has been glued onto the paper with Multi-medium matte and the edges rubbed with DI.  One of the papers has a selection of toppers on it so I cut one out and edged that too ready to add.

For contrast, I picked out some card which is the same colour orange that featured in the main G45 paper and chose some Cheery Lynn dies – (Craftables) Butterfly and (Creatables) Leaves.

To finish off (and accompany the topper) I chose some pre-made mini sparkly roses and a strip of blue card, all edged in brown. Once it was all put together I added some gems to the blue card too.

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Thanks for stopping by today, have a great week!

Chris xxx

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A very textured candle card…

Good morning everyone!

I don’t know about you but I have just about finished my Christmas cards which, considering I make them most of the year, is about time! lol  As the Tim Holtz designs tend to be one of the last to be released it means that I get to have the greatest fun at the end – that suit me!

I started off with a DL card blank with a mat and piece of patterned card from my scrap box. As the card was a deep red I followed that colour theme through and added some patterned washii tape. Next came a generous dollop of white Gesso, scraped over with a piece of scrap greyboard. (TIP: Do keep your tiny offcuts of mountboard, greyboard, chipboard etc as they make great scrapers for your gesso, crackle etc.)

Once the gesso was COMPLETELY dry I took some Dylusions ink sprays – Postbox red and Pomegranite seed – and began to spray.  I started with the lighter red and dried it with a heat gun before adding the darker ink.

When all the ink had been dried I took a piece of kitchen roll and began to rub off some of the ink and gesso to reveal some of the washii tape underneath. Now it’s ready for matting and mounting.
 


The candle has been cut from Tim’s Candlelight Bigz die using greyboard. The various pieces have been painted with PaperArtsy Fresco (Cheesecake) and then layered up using Multi medium Matte glue.

The flame accents have been painted using Haystack and Yellow submarine. Once dry, they’ve been edged with brown DI.




The embellishments surrounding the candle have been made using leaves (made from cutting basic leaf shapes from coloured card and folding them down the centre), holly leaves and pine branches and a holly border (Spellbinders). I also used a corner cut from gold canvas textured mirri card. All the elements have been edged with DI. The flower has a large flat-back jewel glued into the centre and the candle drips and flames have been highlighted with Glosy accents.

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You can make your own version of this and the textured base can be used for any topic.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Chris xxx

My corner of Heaven

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