This simple design is what I call a 'worker' card, as it is suitable for various occasions and for men or women. The focal panel is dark pearlescent card onto which is stamped a humming bird image in clear pigment ink, and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The ink gives a watermark effect which is glazed by the powder. A cherry blossom image is added in the same way. The moons/suns and the flowers are coloured using interferance paint, which means they will change colour as the card is moved. The panel is matted onto gold mirror card. The base card is the same card as the panel, and is stamped down both sides with a cherry blossom border stamp in Brilliance ink, and a greeting added. Then the card is assembled.
This design is yet another twist on the previous tag design cards, involving stamping onto acetate. The tag is created using the same techniques as in previous designs, with silhouette stamping and faux bleaching. The background is created using white card that has been spritzed with a deep blue glimmer mist. A piece of acetate, slightly thinner than the width of the background panel, is stamped randomly with a swirl using white stazon ink. The background panel is matted onto mirror card, then the acetate is attached with brads. The background is then attached to the base card. Some pretty fibres are added to the tag which is then attached to the card with dimentional glue.
This design is perfect for any little girl who loves fairies. The background panel is created by putting a piece of pink card through an embossing machine in a folder. The square in the centre is cut out leaving an apperture. Some glitter is added to the butterflies, flowers and the edge of the aperture. The base card is centura pearl that is stamped and heat embossed with butterflies, script and tiny fairies around the edge in two colours of Brilliance ink using clear embossing powder. An image of a fairy is stamped and heat embossed onto white card. Pro markers are used to colour the image and glitter is added to the wings and antennae, then the fairy is cut out. A circle is cut out of acetate and glitter added around the edge. When all the glittered pieces are dry the fairy is attached to the acetate disc. One end of a strip of acetate is attached to the disc behind the fairy, the other end is folded and tucked behind the background and secured. This enables the fairy to wobble and move as if flying. The panel is matted and layered onto the base card and a greeting is added as a finishing touch.
This design is perfect for a special occasion, as it is quite an elaborate yet elegant look. The main focal panel is created using co-ordinations card in black, put in an embossing folder and run through a machine. This cardstock has a coloured core which highlights the pattern once it has been sanded back. The centre is cut out as on previous designs, then the panel is matted onto mirror card which shows through the central apperture. A couple of 3D flowers are created by stamping text onto pieces of black and white card, then die cutting or punching out petal shapes. The petals are layered black and white alternately and secured in the middle with a brad which also forms the centre of the flower. A swirl shaped die is used to cut swirls from black, white and silver mirror card. The focal panel is attached to the base card, then the flowers and swirls are added and a greeting completes the card.
Another Oriental inspired design which again combines a couple of different techniques. The main focal panel is glossy card and has the Geisha Girl stamped in dye ink. The image is then covered with a mask, then the tree and flowers are stamped over the girl. When the mask is removed the girl appears to be in front of the tree etc. she is then painted with H2O's. Some more flowers are stamped at the bottom of the panel to give the effect of the girl walking through a garden. Using a sparkle pen the blossom on the trees and some of the flowers are coloured. The focal panel is then matted onto black card. The base card is is a co-ordinating coloured cardstock. Cherry blossom branches are stamped and heat embossed around the edges, then the blossoms are coloured with the glitter pen. The little screen is created from a wide strip of vellum. Some Oriental script is stamped and heat embossed onto the vellum, then one end is wrapped around a small bamboo skewer and attached to the card..A greeting adds the finishing touch.
This is another design that combines silhouette stamping and printed papers and is quick to make. The back ground panel is printed paper(Artilicious Christmas CD rom) with a swirl image stamped randomly in black onto it. The panel is then matted and layered onto blue mirror card and attached to the base card. The tag is cut from white card and two contrasting colours of distress ink are blended together. Several images are stamped onto the tag in black Versafine ink to create a scene. Some glitter is added in places as highlights. A greeting is stamped and heat embossed onto a torn strip of vellum, wrapped around the tag and attached at the back. The tag is then attached to the card at a jaunty angle using dimentional glue.
Another pretty tag design using several techniques, including silhouette stamping, faux bleaching and embossing. The background panel has been edged with distress inks after being put through an embossing machine.The same card is used to make a tag. Several colours of distress ink are blended on the card, then an image of a fairy is stamped in the centre. The inks under the image are taken off with a brush, water and kitchen towel. The fairy's hair can be left inked or coloured afterwards. Her dress and wings are glittered. Some flowers are stamped in black(silhouette) at the bottom of the tag using first and second generation ink, and trailing vines are stamped at the top. Some dots of glitter are added as 'magic dust'. A length of ribbon is threaded through the top of the tag, then both the background panel and the tag are matted onto dark card to make them 'pop'. A couple of floral images are stamped, heat embossed and glittered, then cut out. The base card is decorated with a swirl image and the card is assembled.
