Clockworks for a Man!

Hello there,

I have had another really busy week this week. Kids things (loads), work (plenty), classes (fun!), magazine work to complete (nearly done) and hospital check up on broken finger (all good now), so the blog has been a bit neglected I'm afraid. But, I shall now make it up to you by sharing a pair of projects for a (the) man in your life which is somewhat appropriate as it's Father's Day here in the UK this weekend ;-)

So, I used the handy, but sadly retiring, Clockworks stamp set (so only available while stocks last or 'till the end of the month- blah-de-blah- you get it right? If you "need" it, you better get it quick smarts ;-)) with some gold (always a winner), linen thread and burlap ribbon on a gift bag made from a flat bag! 

Take a look...

 I used a sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners and added a simple pattern around it as I found this the easiest way to make sure the sentiment fit and was straight ;-)

(all codes are at bottom of each post and are for clear mount stamp sets but wood is also usually available, take a look in my SHOP)

we sprinkled the card with gold embossing powder but did it as the ink was drying so it only caught in places, I like this not so rigid effect with heat embossing for a man 

(click pictures to take a closer look)

 And to go with the card a matching(ish) gift bag,{see how to make this with THIS TUTORIAL} .We added the embellishments to the fold over section at the top so they can be removed easily to fill and then be received without spoiling the bag ;-)

 close up of the tag made with Starburst dies, sentiment is Teeny Tiny Wishes

A final pic together again, ahhhh ;-)

OK, that's me done for today but I have finally found the "before" pictures and edited (with labels) the "after" photos of my craft room so tomorrow will be the BIG REVEAL!!

Be sure to come back and see!!

Stampin' Hugs from me for today,

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Products Used to create this project:

Clockworks Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Teeny Tiny Sentiments	Itty Bitty Banners Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Starburst Framelits Dies	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Heat Tool - Uk Plug	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
Soft Suede A4 Card Stock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Linen Thread	1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
Tag A Bag Gift Bags

Looking Dapper with Kaleidoscope DSP and a Top Tip too ;-)

Hellooo there, 

Another busy weekend running to a couple of deadlines here as well as having to go to work so I've got a great card with a Top Tip for inking your paper edges to share with you today :-)

So, let me show you the card...

I started with the new Kaleidoscope papers from the Spring/Summer catalogue for this card, I love the mix of Bermuda Bay mixed with Black, Crushed Curry and Strawberry Slush. (Strawberry Slush has been my "go to" colour the last couple of weeks here, I made one of this weeks class cards with it too ;-) It has a certain summery vibe that when the sun is shining (or it should be!) it just springs to mind.) Anyway, I also used the Petit Pennants Punch to create this cute (or cool?) bow tie look...

 As you can see I simply punched two Basic Grey card pennants and two DSP ones too, I inked the paper with a sponge to make them pop a little against the busy paper and adhered them to the grey pennant, just letting the ends overhang to get the little border. I adhered the centre points under the brad with glue and used a dimensional under the wide end.

 Simple, stamped and die cut Itty bitty banner sentiment. Perfect!

 OK, inking the edges of your paper. I'm sure you will agree the "cloudy" style of inking (used on the bow tie) would not have worked for the larger part of this card, I did think however that the edges needed defining, so I did this...

 Now, just in case you don't know this {:-)} here is my 

TOP TIP: Hold the paper with side you want showing facing you and hold a marker pen, brush tip side, straight up, run the pen along the edges (and this way if you slip it will go underneath).

Of course you can stop at this side only line, it depends on the look your after, I wanted it to show a little more for this card (scroll down to see) but say a white on white card with layers would be fab with just the sides inked, don't you think?

 So, to define more, but keep it CAS, just tip the pen to a 45 degree angle and let it run around the top edges to make a slightly more obvious line, Voilà!

OK, that's all from me for today, I hope you liked today's card and that my little tip will help someone?

Thanks as ever for looking, back tomorrow with more :-)

Stampin Hugs,

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Products Used to create this project:

Petite Pennants Builder Punch	Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad	Brights Stampin' Write Markers	Jet Black Stazon Pad	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock
Itty Bitty Banners Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Bitty Banners Framelits Die

Emboss Resist with Betsy's Blossoms

Hi,

As promised I have the second card we made at our Embossing 101 class ;-)

We made a total of 3 cards using heat embossing with different techniques including a chalkboard card (yesterday's post) and I will share another tomorrow with you. Today it is Emboss Resist, I love this technique, it works especially well with this stamp from Betsy's Blossoms...

I used a rich colour combo of Raspberry Ripple and Midnight Muse

 To achieve this look, rub your card with your embossing buddy (to avoid any extra powder sticking to the card), stamp using Versmark and heat emboss using clear powder. Add swirls of ink with a dauber starting in the middle, I like mine to be darker in the centre so I went on adding in light layers until I was happy with the end result. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners and has a very handy set of matching framelits. 

 this detail at the top is simply the 1+1/4" scallop circle with a (retired) heart clip, but we do still have some with cool arrows, speech bubbles and hangers HERE ;-) Add a rhinestone and a touch of ribbon and your done!

OK, so that's all for today! Back tomorrow with the last of the heat embossing cards

Thanks for stopping by today

Stampin' Hugs,

 

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