The photo in this layout is of my mum and her sisters, taken in the 1940's. I decided to play with stamps and ink, taking a sheet of white paper and transforming it with lots of stamping and distressing techniques, until I ended up with the brown/black design. I pleated and stitched one section, threading beads onto the embroidery floss. I used a mask on the green paper to add extra detail. Liz now has this layout at the shop if you are interested in a closer look.
A tutorial for you.....
And my card made using the flower...
This is actually an easel card, but I forgot to take a photo before I gave it to Liz! Must have been having a blonde day.
Another tutorial, this time for simple rolled flowers.
A layout of my bestie and I on her wedding day. I used impasto scraped over Glimmer Screens (stencils) to create the lovely texture. This is a fantastic product which I love using. I then rubbed on some Perfect Pearls once touch dry and spritzed with Glimmer Mist.
I created a frame from acetate and used Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks and Metal Mixatives to colour it. The lace was coloured with Glimmer Mist. It's so pretty and shimmery in real life.
Hi everybody, Tina here!
In keeping with our theme of "Birthdays and Blooms" at Artfull Crafts, I thought I'd post a few pics for you. The first is a card or photo holder ( I haven't decided which yet) using Kaisercrafts Recipe Box.
I used K & Company Que Sera Sera papers, Creative Imaginations rub-on, Prima bling, and lots of flowers, some of which I have spritzed with Glimmer Mist, or applied Stickles, or Diamond Dust.
I will place some photos in the 'windows' once I get them printed. This project took around 6 hours to make, but I do love how it turned out.
I was using up my scraps with this layout. It is based on a sketch/recipe from a challenge blog (but I can't find which one, so if you know please leave me a message so I can give them credit)
I made a flower from a strip of muslin, folded in half, using a running stitch to gather it. I added a button to the centre. Other flowers were made using the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, I stamped on one with pink ink.
I hand-dyed a doiley using Glimmer Mist, and used this as a flower with part of my title as its centre. Dyeing it gives a different look than just spritzing the doiley. I usually do a batch and dye doileys, old lace, and seam binding.