Creative Card Making with S@ndy

 Hello fellow travelers, It's S@ndy here with you today to make a slimline card.  These cards are all the rage at the moment so thought I would share one with you.

This card has all the aged, tattered qualities that we love.  The woodgrain paper is actually called Worn Wood.  This card measures 9" X 3.75' and fits in a legal size envelope.

The inside is very simple, I added some Distress Oxide Ink, ground espresso, around the edges of the panel and then added some die cut words.  If you are interested in seeing the products I used please visit me at my blog here.  I have provided links to everything I used.

 

Distress Oxide Ink, candied apple and fired brick, was added to white paper.  To add the color I used a color blender and a heavy hand, placing lots of ink on the paper.  The postman just delivered some new dies today so I couldn't wait to use them.  This one is the Floral 1 from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Once the flowers were cut out - they were edged with some ground espresso Oxide Distress Ink.

I shaped the peddles with a flower making tool and then stacked them making sure that the peddles were staggered. I used some prills ( you could use small seed beads) in the center of each flower and then gently lifted each pedal.

 

A panel for the front was cut that measures 3.5" X 8.75", inked the edges with ground espresso Distress Ink and attached it to the card base.

This beautiful ornate die cut was added to the front of the card before adding the flowers.  I like to add the flower by placing glue only the center so the edges are loose.  That way the leaves can easily be added under the flower edges.

Leaves were cut out and edged with a darker green.

The leaves were added by putting a small dot of glue near the top of the leaf and placed around the flowers just under the edges.

The words "Thinking of You" were added to the inside panel and then "Hugs" on the front.

Have a creative weekend,

S@ndy

Cogs, Gears and Textures Tutorial

Hello, this is Ann, thank you for joining me today. I'm sharing a tutorial for my project made for this month's Cogs, Gears and Texture Challenge!

To begin, I sprayed the watercolor paper with Distress Oxide Sprays in Vintage Photo, Mermaid Lagoon and Iced Spruce and spritzed more water. When it dries, I adhered the old book paper and distress the edges, then stamped the numbers on the corners and titched around the panel.

I dry embossed the silver metallic cardstock by Mechanics 3-D Embossing Folder and Rub a Distress Black Soot Paint all over the surface of the foil, getting it down into the crevasses of the design. Using a paper towel and wipe away the excess black paint. You may repeat this process until you achieve the depth of black you desire. Heat dry.

To make more texture, I stamped the Splatter on the edges with VersaMark and sprinkled some Taos Sunset Baked Texture Powder. Hot embossing it with embossing heat gun.

I smeared some Crackle Texture Paste on the edges of linen board.

For the Faceted heart, I covered it with Distress Paint in Peacock Feathers. I adhered gears on the heart to make it look more industrial, then distressed with Walnut Stain Ink. I added some metal charms on the bottom of the heart. 

I die-cut gears from chipboard and used Distress Oxide in Rusty hinge to cover them, then I sprayed them with Clear Texture Spray. When they dry, I used Distress Crayons in different brown and black colors. 

To finish this deco, I adhered some gears and Quote Chips on the panel. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have enjoyed your time here with me today. If you have not done so yet, there is still plenty of time to join in our Cogs, Gears and Textures challenge, we would love to see what you come up with for that.

Happy crafting and stay safe!

Ann xo

Tag You're It! Challenge Pinworthy Winners

Hi Everyone 

Amanda (ink-a-pink) here with you today to share news of our 3 chosen Pinworthy Winners for our 'Tag You're It!' challenge.

We had some wonderful submissions and would like to say a big 'Thank You' to everyone who joined us in the challenge.

The Creative Guides really enjoyed viewing your creations and selecting their favourites wasn't easy. We always have great difficulty narrowing our favourites down to just 3 but needs must so after much deliberation here are our choices....  

..... in no particular order our 3 Pinworthy Winners are: 

#11 Drea 

#16 Tammy 

#LauraVi

Congratulations to you all! 

I will be in touch shortly with your Pinworthy badges and I will be pinning your winning projects to our Pinworthy Winners Pinterest board sometime today. 

Thanks again to everyone who shared their Tag Creativity with us here at AVJ. 

We hope you will join us in our current challenge 'Cogs, Gears and Texture' hosted by our lovely Ann. All the challenge details and an inspirational gallery of projects created by some of our talented Creative Guides can be located here.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend 

Take Care, Stay Safe 

and 

keep on creating! 

Amanda

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