shabby
These will also be on display at the Fair come down and visit us I’ll be there drop by and say hello.
My inspiration for this project came from a design at Wednesday wishes blog, which I have recently found drop by and have a look.
Vintage story
Have not worked with the vintage concept for a while now, especially with cards last time was when I did my Heritage Album, so am having fun with this “the old is new for me”.
come and see these in person they will be on display at the Roadshow Papercrafting Fair at Wayville Show grounds this Sunday
And again
Could not help it had to make two cards, loving this new cardstock from the summer mini “The Kaleidoscope Series’ its not normally my colours but heaps of fun to work with.
What do you think
have had some concepts going on in my head for a while and like most we all have dreams and aspirations or commonly none as BIG IDEAS
well here is my concept:
A design that needs fine tuning
and turned into this
same concept but turned into cards
Storage Space
Just recently I was talking to some dear friends who share the passion for card making and scrapbooking like myself our discussion was on the storage space we have for our tools everyone has similar problems and sometimes different answers so therefor I decided to post my workspace I share a room which we call the study. So I have limited space, and I do like to have everything within arms reach.
I have draws under the curtain which I am wanting to replace later for a more modern version
the top draw was turned into a light box
cardstock and pattern paper to my left. I keep my pattern paper grouped together in plastic bags in their own family range
all my stamps to my right the unmounted stamps are kept in the folders
jars are full of ribbon, the idea for the punches hanging on the wall came after my conversation but I need another one and have run out of wall space
I just wish I could keep it this clean all the time
whats new
Happy new
a long time between posts have been on holiday and just trying to recover from the Christmas and NewYear have not been idle thou have been planning ahead for the new year will give a small preview of things to come for classes and workshops have desided that occasionaly I will add paterns or small tutorials occasionaly of some sort.
Iam feeling excited about whats ahead for new year last new year I will admitit was a little sad to see it go.
But lets move forward
Inks
basic knowledge
Things everyone thinks you should know but forgets to tell anyone to start with and you are afraid to ask for the fear of seeming dumb:
Inks
Pigment ink
Pigment ink is a slow drying ink commonly used for wet embossing, is acid free and fade resistant. Pigment ink can be used without embossing as long it is given adequate time to dry, can be improved using a heat gun to set the ink
Dye ink
Dye ink pads are a water based quick drying ink they are acid free permanent and sometimes waterproof if indicated on label. Dye ink cannot embossed unless you add a clear embossing ink to it. Dye ink is used for distressing with distressing blocks also combined with blender pens or aqua painters is great for colouring instead of markers.
Chalk inks
Chalk inks are a fast drying ink providing a rich saturated opaque result, chalk cannot be wet embossed. Acid free is resistant to smearing, bleeding and fading. Works well on dark cardstock.
Stazz on ink
Stazz on ink is a solvent based ink that can be stamped on most surfaces the result is a permanent waterproof stamped image. Use on outlined stamped images if using aqua painter or blender pens, cannot be embossed or distressed as the ink will dry on the stamp if not used immediately. To remove ink from the stamps a special cleaner needs to be used
In conclusion:
There are many different types of inks around and with different names I have only covered the basics when looking at purchasing ink all you really want to know is what type is it a Dye, pigment, chalk or permanent and of course if scrapbooking acid free. For years most of my inks I used were pigment or chalk but now I have a large collection of dye which I use all the time, the only problem I have found with dye is they do not work well with my clear polymer stamps or stamp well on vellum, so then I have to switch to pigment or chalk. I think it’s about what colour result you are looking for what stamp and where are you stamping, which will determine what ink is bet for the job.
When distressing with a block I mostly use dye ink but there are occasions when chalk or pigment may need to be used the result maybe slightly different but it is perfectly fine to do so the same applies for when painting with my aqua painters.
Happy crafting
The first Noel
Well this off the page is a result of a combination of things that inspired me on the weekend and I put them together to achieve this result which at one time I thought was doomed don’t know if I could teach this as a lot of mistakes were made and not sure if I learnt from them, but am happy with the end result.
Where did I case this from?…… I have put a link to Normas blog she does lovely work and I visit her a lot her tree I fell in love with and really wanted to give it a go, if you like my tree pop over and see hers. Next the concept of the book came from the recent addition of scrapbooking memories the artist’s name is Sarah Gladman and her designs and colours inspired me to create my own I try not to take from others and mine are different, but as I get pleasure from inspiring others I hope they don’t mind.
the paper used was the Ski slope designer series from Stampin up’s spring mini I coloured in with Baja breeze and Cameo Coral and of course my ever faithful Aqua painter
Bits and Pieces
Finally I have finished making my Christmas cards its taken a while thou and I think I am over the theme for a while have some other things I want to create going on in my head, I plan to get most of them in the post today some may arrive close to the new year regretfully as they need to go overseas.
well this one is not Christmas but wanted to use my stamp the Strawberries are coloured with Riding hood Red and my aqua painters also used my red and white water-colour pencil 
