New cutting dies to coordinate
with some of our old favourites!
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Showing posts with label Poultry in Motion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poultry in Motion. Show all posts
Friday, April 28
Monday, April 3
New Stamps and Dies
We've added some fabulous new clear stamps to our collection, as well as three cutting dies that match some of our old favourites! These items are available from our wonderful stockists... but if you can't find what you're looking for, please send them an email requesting the items you'd like.
Tuesday, April 30
Panel Card
The idea of this card is to attempt to show motion, like an old film strip or cartoon sequence. I've included some photos below of how I constructed the card including a colour guide for those who might be interested.
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Sunday, April 28
Fab 'n' Funky
She may have a muffin top and fallen arches but she's bright, colourful and showing up for her exercise class! I'd say, all things considered, this is a lady who has her act together.
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Monday, April 22
Card and Colour Guide
I am not a morning person. Never have been and I'm absolutely sure I never will be. In fact, if it were up to me the working day wouldn't begin until noon, and that would be considered an early start!
Saturday, April 20
Gift Giving Fun
Digital images have the benefit of easily being resized, which makes them ideal for big projects such as this awesome gift bag that Anesha is sharing with us today. The bag is A4 in size and required a nice large image to fill the front panel. Anesha enlarged one of the images from the Poultry in Motion set, coloured with her Derwent Inktense pencils and a little bit of water and embellished with large die cuts and some pretty flowers.
She has kindly included a colour chart for those interested in what pencils she used on her project.
Saturday, April 13
Tutorial - Scraplet Cards
I may be overly optimistic to call this a tutorial since it's basically just an A-frame card, but I have been a little obsessed with these cards ever since I discovered them in last year's Month of Holiday Cards Challenge. Nancy Soetaert had some wonderful examples on her BLOG, and it was like a light bulb moment for me. All those little strips of card stock, previously banished to the scrap drawer, now had a new and wonderful purpose! Let me show you how...
I use a lot of A4 sized card stock to make my cards, which is a very common size here in Australia. Generally, I trim these down to 11" x 51/2" for a good sized square card, leaving me with a strip of card stock measuring around 111/2" 23/4", which ends up in the scrap drawer for sentiments, punch shapes, or whatever little snippet I might need. Today, that's the piece we're going to use.
1. Start with a piece of A4 card stock. Trim 51/2" from one long edge, and reserve for later card making.
2. Place the thin strip horizontally on your scoreboard and score at 57/8" (or just fold in half if you prefer).
This is the card base for our scraplet card!
3. Now all you have to do is decorate. Because these little scraplets are so narrow, you can add elements that are much wider than the base and still use an ordinary envelope. They're fabulous for using up scraps of patterned paper, ribbon and any other off-cuts you might have.
I hope you enjoy making these little cards as much as I do!
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Tuesday, April 9
Fussy Cutting
Today's quick tip is about making your fussy cutting a little easier.
After you've stamped or printed your image and coloured it in, spend a little time looking at the different areas of the design. It's always easiest to cut away any internal areas with a craft knife before you cut around the outside of the image. The extra paper around the image helps to provide the structure your knife needs when pulling through the paper. If your image is particularly intricate, it's easy to end up with tears when cutting with a craft knife.
In the example below, I started by removing the little bit of paper between the chicken's feet with my craft knife, then went to work removing the remaining paper with a pair of sharp little scissors.
Sunday, April 7
Pre-Coloured Projects
Today, Karin is sharing three fun and quirky cards she created using the pre-coloured images from the Poultry in Motion set. Although she really enjoys using her pencils and crayons, sometimes it's nice to print out the coloured images and get straight to work on the design.
Check out the first card she created. It has a little circular window in the front that peeps through to the centre where she has perfectly positioned one of the chickens from the set. Just one image to decorate both the front and the inside of the card... clever huh?!
The other two cards Karin is sharing feature the ever-popular colour combination of red, white and blue. Great for men or women... even kids would love these fun creations.
Friday, April 5
Shake A Tail Feather
This speckled hen is really getting her groove on! I started by colouring her entirely with copic markers in shades of dark grey through to black in the deepest shadow areas. The white dots were added with a fabulous Signo brand gel pen. A few pops of red give the design a little more oomph!
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Wednesday, April 3
Tutorial: Background Stamping
Background stamping is a great way to ensure that your design is coordinated and harmonious, with the added benefit of being simple to achieve. The best way to create your own backgrounds is to use mediums, images and colours from the main image but in a more subtle way.
I'm using the same stamp on my background as I did on my focal image, but without the colour. I've stamped the entire background with blue ink, which I'll also use as a watery paint to fill in around each of the chickens.
Now I'm using the same ink and the same technique to add a little colour around my focal image. This will help tie in with the background I created.
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