Serena My Sunflower Girl

Hi Everyone

Sorry it’s been a 3 week gap since I last post but pre-Christmas illness and Christmas celebrations meant that I was banned from my Craft Hovel for the duration.  Thankfully OH has released me from the holiday shackles and well…. here I am ready or not!!

I have been having a quick relaxing play with my crafty stash and decided that it was time to do another page of my journal.  So I went to my ‘go-to-stuff’ and pulled out some favourites.  Tonight they are my Oak House Studio Sunflower Stamp, Acrylic Inks, Pure Colour Chemistry Inks for spraying and paste. 

So here it is……

 

What I Did

• Firstly I coated the pages with white gesso then using a circle stencil from Finnabair I added some pasted areas. Dried with a heat tool.
• Then using a pencil I lightly sketched the face area on the far RH side of pages.  Using some Buff Titanium and Burnet Sienna acrylic paints I made the skin tone colour for the face.  I used Quinacridone Scarlet mixed with Buff Titanium for the lips.
• Using some kitchen paper to block the face off I used some Citrus Lime Ink diluted with water in a spray bottle, and spritzed the background.  Then I used an orange and a yellow Acrylic Ink to create the splashed and runs of colours on the pages.  Dried with a heat tool.  I then used a script stamp to add detail together with some wording stamps.
• Next I stamped the Sunflower stamp 5 times direct onto the page flowing across both diagonally.  I also stamped 3 more flowers onto plain card.  Each flower was painted with gesso that has been coloured using a tiny spot of Bottled Sunshine Pure Colour Chemistry.  Cut out the flowers on the card.
• For the centre of the flowers I used stamps from Finnabair stamped onto card/patterned paper and cut out.  I also stamped the butterfly onto card, coloured it and cut it out.
• I glued the circle stamped pieces onto the flowers on the pages and then added the 3 remaining flowers and the butterfly.  The last thing I did was to go around all the outside edges with some Brazil Nut ink.

 

What I Used

Oak House Studio – Sunflower Stamp

Oak House Studios Pure Colour Chemistry Inks – Citrus Lime, Bottled Sunshine and Brazil Nut

Oak House Studio Acrylic Inks – Amber and Citrine

Finnabair Stamps – various

Carabelle Studio Script Stamp – Carte Postale

Pebeo Studio Acrylic Paints

 

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Retro Roses Card Tutorial – Oak House Studio Stamps

 

Hi Everyone

MJ here once again.  Today I wanted to share another little stamping project I made for Oak House Studio’s recent shows on Hochanda.  I hope you caught them Lynnda was great.

Here is an easy card for you and I hop you like it.

 

 

What MJ Did

1. Take a 6” x 6” square of watercolour card and a 6” x 2” strip too.
2. Next I used Bottled Sunshine, Watermelon and Jubilee Red, an ink blending tool and a spritzer bottle with water in it.
3. Start by spritzing the card with a little water.  Then I added some bottled sunshine in 3 areas of the square and then added some watermelon.  I blended them together with my foam until I was happy with the result. Repeat for the strip.
4. Next  I chose 3 stencils (a mix of Andy Skinner’s and Finnabair stencils).  I inked through the stencils with Jubilee Red ink using the ink blending tool.
5. Using the rose stamp I put a little of the Brazil Nut ink onto a piece of cut and dry foam and used that to ink the stamp.  Stamp randomly around the pieces.
6. Take the circle cluster stamp and ink with Versamark ink.  Next lightly mist the stamp with water (by using the Versamark on the stamp first it holds the water in place on the stamp).  Stamp onto card, hold for a few seconds, lift off and blot with kitchen roll.  This will give you a ghosting effect.  Repeat all over. 
7. Mount the square on to black card and  glue to front of card.
8. Mount the strip onto black card and glue to lower half of card front.
9. Colour a scrap of watercolour card with the inks.  Stamp sentiment on using Brazil Nut ink.  Mount on to black card.  Attach with 3D foam.
10. To finish take some bandage. Put some drops of inks onto a craft sheets.  Spritz the bandage/Cambric with water and then dip into the inks to colour.  Dry.  Make a bow.

 

What MJ Used

Oak House Studio – Pure Colour Chemistry Inks in Brazil Nut/Bottled Sunshine/Watermelon/Jubilee Red

Oak House Studio – Rose Stamp Set

Watercolour card

 

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Flips Flops in this Weather!! – New Tonic Flip Flop Dies

 

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MJ here.  Hope you all all had the chance to see Jodie launch these die sets.  There are lots of different ways to use them.  Don’t think of them as just a flip card creator but as an easel card, gift wallet or as a place setting.  They are fabulous!

Here is today’s project and I hope you like it – it’s a short tutorial!

 

 

What MJ Did

1. Take an A4 piece of card. Place the Flip Flop die in the centre of the card.  Cut.
2. Using some pretty papers and using the card folds as a guide cut rectangles slightly smaller than the base card areas.  I used the die and drew around the outside edge to make a narrow border on the shaped areas.  Glue the papers to the card base.
3. Cut a border and a base plate too.  Glue together and add to the centre of the papered areas.
4. Die cut the centre piece twice and glue to front one each to front and back of swing element.  Die cut the wording twice, once in a light colour and the second in a coordinating colour and glue together to form a shadow effect.  Attach to swing.
5. Die cut some flowers and leaves in coordinating papers and glue in position.
6. Add a bow to finish.
7. Enjoy!

 

What MJ Used

Flip Flop Die Set – It’s The Little Things – 1118E

Collectable Die Set – Celtic Dream – 184e

Entwining Trellis Die Set – Delicate Daisy – 768e

Arboreal Dream Die – 656e

Premium Paper Pack – Simply Nature – 1062E

Funky Glue Pen – 29.5ml – 421E

Papermill Direct Plain Card

 

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Oak House Studio – Trees Stamp Set

 

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MJ has gone stamping tonight for her post using the fabulously versatile Oak House Studio’s Pure Colour Chemistry Inks and Pads together with the Tree Stamp Set.

Look out on Hochanda this Friday, 4th December at 3pm and 6pm where the lovely and very talented Lynnda Wornsop will be showing you lots of inspiration with Oak House Studio products.  So set your Sky+ to record so you don’t miss a single idea.

Onto tonight’s project – simple and easy to do.

 

 

What I Did

1. Fold a piece of A4 card in half to make an A5 card blank.
2. Cut a piece of ivory card 5 3/4” x 8 1/8”.  Glue to front of card.
3. Cut a piece of ivory card to required length of scene you would like to create.
4. Next take the Triple Autumn Pigment ink pad and an Ink Duster Brush. 
5. Punch a paper circle out and spray the back lightly with repositionable glue and stick down where you want it to be.
6. Using sweeping motions along the length of the card piece colour the background.  I started with the yellow first blending it down to nothing at bottom. Then I used the orange blending mostly at the top of the piece gradually lightly blending into the yellow.  Next I coloured the bottom with the green.
7. Lastly add a light dusting of the burgundy ink just at the top.
8. Take off circle and very lightly sweep the brush (no need to add any further ink to the brush) across the white circle area to tone it down a little.
9. Take a black ink pad (here I used a Versafine ink pad) and stamp the tree design.
10. Mat and layer your stamped piece onto black card then, green, orange and finish with black.  Colour a scrap of card to match project and mat and layer as above.
11. Glue the main image panel to the top left-hand of the base card and add the greeting panel.
12. Enjoy!

 

What I Used

Oak House Studio Colour Chemistry Triple Autumn Pigment Ink Pad

Oak House Studio Colour Chemistry Pigment Ink Pad – Burgundy

Oak House Studio Stamp Set – Trees

Inkylicious Ink Duster Brushes

Papermill Direct Card Stock

 

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