Glenda's Christmas Challenge Part II

Well I was messing about with the Filigree stamps and backing papers today so I thought I'd make another Christmas card for Glenda's Challenge ... Now I am supposed to be sorting the office out but hey I'll do it in a bit !

All items used were from Graphicus seeing as this is Glenda's challenge except my card stock. This is a larger card .... 23½cm long and 15 cm high and made from some scrapbook card stock and based on a monotone card but with a touch of Ice-blue.

The main card was in Black card stock, stamped with the Filigree Stamps down the side in Silver and the edge torn. The right hand side of the card is printed from the Filigree Fusion CD but when the print option comes up you can select to print in just black - TIP ... Adjust the image with the Brightness & Contrast settings to define the pattern more or use a graphics program. There is some fine glittering to the edges of some of the leaves but my camera hasn't picked this up too well.
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The Happy Christmas is from the Happy Christmas Greetings Themeplate as this has the matching Filigree background, the greeting was then matted & layered several times. I used watered down Glimmer Mist Patina ( nice ice-blue colour ) as a pale colour wash on some of the leaves.

The tag was matted and layered - edged with the Filigree stamps and the greetings from the Joy Greetings & the Seasons Greetings themeplates. The edges tinted with some black and the watered down Glimmer Mist Patina. Although it doesn't show too clearly the tag has pale ice blue organza ribbons. The flower is layered and comes from the Ruby Tuesday themeplate, some of Glenda's Glitters in Turquoise and Snowflake.

The inside is printed from the Filigree fusion CD.


Right let the office cleaning begin !

NEW Papers . . . Part Deux

So here's what I made from just 1 A4 printed Duo Paper ... and I still had some left over.

What I used .... Turquoise Duo paper from my FREEBIE post, Wild Meadow Stamps - Graphicus , Words of Wisdom - Graphicus , Ruby Tuesday - Graphicus , Damask Squares - Graphicus. One sheet of A4 card, some silver backing card, one tag and some sissal twine and a large eyelet.

This time I have used the pre-printed image as the backing and over stamped with some thistles in a dark teal and there were also some ferns in white but they don't show up too well. This was then mounted on to a silver matting layer and then mounted on to an A5 card. "Be Happy" was stamped on to the plain Duo-paper and matted.

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The top tag is the plain side from the Duo-Paper but layer stamped with the Butterfly from the Damask Squares - first in a light turquoisy-teal colour, then randomly stamped again in a darker turquoisy-teal colour. Finally the Words stamp layered over this. Each layer can still be seen but non overshadows any other layer.

The tag was then trimmed slightly and layered over another tag which had inked edging and mounted on to a silver matting layer.

I'll explain the flower lower down.

The dimensional flower is from the Ruby Tuesday themeplate and was made from just one single stamp .. full process explained further down !

A hidden surprise under the top tag ......

Making a Layered flower from a single stamp .................... This honestly only takes about 10 - 15 minutes to make and the effect is great.

Using the plain side from my Duo-paper - stamp one image, I used Versafine Onyx Black as I wanted to colour wash the central petals.
Now cut out the whole flower as below ...

Next snip down between one of the petals and cut around the inner layer. Do exactly the same for the middle section. This should now leave you with 3 pieces as shown below.

Next cut two segments from the outer ring - but leave lugs that you can use to glue together, cut one segment from the inner layer. What this does is to reduce & tighten the circle size but it also helps it form a floral shape.Now with some wet glue ( pva etc ) stick the little cut lugs together to rejoin the circle on both the inner and outer layers. I used my bone folder to curl the petals and popped some little glitter dots on the center.

Now using the inner lugs and a line of glue around the inner rim glue your outer layer down where you want the flower, then a line of glue around the inner rim of the next layer and finally put the inner center on a sticky pad to raise it up ( I think I used a 3mm ).

Simple flowers but very effective !

The whole card was made with only 5 different stamps ( 2 from the Wild Meadow set, 2 From the Words set and one from the Damask set ) and 3 ink pads - one Turquoise, one Teal one Black.

There are so many options you can use these papers for - I could have used contrasting inks ... ( Note: must find my colourwheel under my desk clutter ) , printing on to vellum for a softer look.

Right my ironing awaits !!!!!!

Been A While .....

But here I am and I am going to promise to put at least one card or one blogging session on a week !
OK first a couple of Tags that I was playing about with ... You can click any of the pictures to enlarge them.
Made with yep .... glimmered backgrounds , Fleurs et Parfum de Paris from Graphicus and some papers from the filigree fusion CD - again Graphicus.






This was just playing about with some ideas.



More Tags coming soon !