Letzcraft: We Three Kings

Letzcraft: We Three Kings: Hello everyone this months Clarity groovi  challenge is CHRISTMAS my idea was  these stamps I bought to make cards for a friend so thought ...

Letzcraft: Fun Christmas

Letzcraft: Fun Christmas: Hello everyone this months Clarity stamp and stencil challenge is CHRISTMAS my thought to this was lets do something other than a card so I...

Kingfisher

 Hello everyone here we are another month gone by this month we are doing Clarity Stencils Challenge
well my thought on this one was to show you that you don't just have to use the stencils with ink they can be used with a number of mediums well I have chosen grunge paste which I can say is easier to use than you would think took me a while to try now  love the stuff also wanted to show that its easier than you think to put a picture into the middle of a wreath stencil  so now lets get on  how I did this

Grunge paste /Clarity Gelli plate card stock
Distress inks Pine/iced spruce /black/cloudy sky's/ mustard seed/shabby shutters/crushed olive
Copie paper /pencil /craft knife Clarity stencil olive branch
Clarity stamps Kingfisher and branch/ sentiment stamp
Clarity brushes / promarkers /sponges /hills mask /masking trape


Well here we are I placed the stencil on the copie paper to draw the middle but because that is filled in I found the best way was do draw in pencil around the leaves and branches in this area take your craft knife and cut around these parts so your stencil shows that the middle is the piece that you would like place your stencil back over to see if this worked normally when I do this sort of design I would have inked the stencil first but once grunge paste is used will be raised but would still have masked the same way

 So its the other piece of the mask you want to cover the background make sure before putting on card you have it facing the desired direction with the stencil first

 Now Stamp you Kingfisher and braches into place I used the branch the other side of the kingfisher as well to add a little bit more so we can add the branch through the  king fisher not on the branch quiet at the moment I drew in later with promarker so branch was under him

 With brush and distress ink cloudy skies I brushed in the sky

Then apply mask for the hills starting at the bottom using brush and sponge mixture of peel paint and bundled sage distress inks add your hills remember the higher you get the lighter the colour must be for your perspective 

 

 

 Take the mask off colour you kingfisher in add the branch with black promarker

 now for grunge paste line up your stencil with the middle picture secure with masking tape run your grunge paste through take off carfully put a side till completely dry

 now the fun part place your stencil back over the image should fit in place easy secure with masking tape again  using your lighter brighter colours first with sponges I left the ends the lightest colours giving depth and shade to the inner parts of wreath I used mustard seed crushed olive shabby shutters and iced spruce

 I think at this point it was enough

then I added my sentiment in the corner with distress pine went around the edge of card with promarker with the chisel end but gave it very slight wiggle did not want the line perfect hope you all enjoyed this I must admit I did xxx

Thank you

 Hello everyone here we are another month gone by we are at the shaped card challenge had planned to do something more for this one but am struggling with my hands so have gone for this instead which I can say I am happy with so hope you all enjoy as well

Clarity Gelli plate card
Promarkers
Clarity Thank you stamps / bouquet stamp
Adirondack Egg plant ink pad
copy paper
spellblinders large dies
Calbur machine
Glue
Score board /Craft Knife

Lets get started I put this die through my machine twice to cut two circles one for the front and the back

 Using the egg plant ink pad which I feel gives this imagine a nice colour different from the black which felt would be to dark so stamped the thank you

 Taken a piece of copy paper I drew with pencil inside the circle of die and with knife cut the middle out so I could use this as a mask as did not want the flowers to stamp onto the frilly edge

 Place this over the image using masking tape at the back to keep the mask in place

 again using the egg plant stamp the flowers around the edge and the rest of the sentiment

 with your other circle put the two cards together so that the right sides to the dies are on the out side match up the pattern edge then just mark on the white circle which will be the back where you would like your score so card will open so that they will match up at the end you can rub this out after

 Then scoring down this edge both sides this will make you opening and allow your card to stand

 Using my promarkers I have shaded the flowers using yellows and oranges two different greens for leafs to give you a good shading with Aubergine Promarker with the fine nib work wavy lines through the thank you then highlighted the thank you with lemon promarker to make this pop

Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did thank you for stopping by hope you enjoy this months challenge