Saturday 2 April 2011

Pink Plum mini-collection

I wanted to show you a little collection I ororiginally did for SC&P magazine the other month. The article was about chipboard & how to work with it & needed a feminine birthday theme, so I chose these lovely 'Pink Plum' papers by Crate Paper, with shades of pink, plum & orange. I love making different & unique shaped card-blanks & I'm really into incorporating chipboard into the design...

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...The grungeboard flourish by Tim Holtz has been covered in pink acrylic then dry brushed with white, before setting with glossy accents & sprinkling with glitter whilst still wet. Flowers are mostly Prima..

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..The image is 'Giner Ketto' by Stamping Bella & has been stamped like paper piecing then layered up like decopage. I'm not sure if the technique has a proper name as I kinda stumbled across the idea myself...


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..Basically you stamp the main image whole, then stamp multiple images onto your patterned paper & cut out different sections of each, ie. whole body from 1 image, just sleeves from another, then back of dress, front of dress etc. Now emboss all of the pieces to shape them & assemble onto the main image - just as you would with decopage. I may do a tutorial on a future post if there's any interest..

...I' like to enter this card into the Sketchy Colours 'Pink, Plum & Orange' challenge.

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This second card in the collection uses the same 'Pink Plum' collection by Crate Paper & the fabulous 'Maisy Ketto' image by Stamping Bella...

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...Large chipboard swirl is Fancy Pants & has been painted with pink acrylic, then white acrylic dots & set with 2 generous coats of Glossy Accents. Journaling pieces are from the 'Pink Plum collection'...

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Skin -Tattered Rose
Cheeks - Fired Brick
Dress, tights & hair, wings, wand centre & jewels on crown - Spun Sugar & Barn Door
Crown, pants & shoes - Spun Sugar & Worn Lipstick
Bottom of shoe, trim on dress & outer wand - Wild Honey & Spiced Marmalade

Highlights (glitter, flock etc.)
Wings - Pink Doodlebug design glitter
Centre of wand & jewels on crown - Red flock
Polka dots on dress - White Sakura pen & glossy accents
Dots on ends of hair & round wand - Clear Glaze Sakura pen

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...Card blank has been made with my X-cut system using the 'out of box technique' to incorporate the butterfly from the patterned paper which has then been decopaged on top from a duplicate piece, then highlighted with glitter & flock as used on image, I've also added the cute little ladybug charm.
As you can see belom the card blank itself is just a normal circular card, with the butterfly layer overhanging the edge. The swirl is then positioned behind the card front, with the ends of the swirl coming over on top.

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The last card has been made using a double fronted technique with a slight twist - cutting the section above the chipboard away & adding a hanging frame. Very simelar to my entries for the SC&P 'Cardmaker of the Year' competition which you can see by clicking on the tab at the top of my blog...

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...This chipboard swirl is by Bo Bunny and has been painted with acrylic, then covered in Art Glitter. All the other elements (flower, 'Lovely' die cut & journaling pieces) are die cuts from the Pink Plum collection, the 'day' letters have been printed in typewriter font - bohemian typewriter I think? - can't check as laptops been formatted since & no longer have them, but you can get them from 'da font' & 1000 free fonts'...

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 Hope you've enjoyed looking, Bye for now! x.

1 comment:

  1. Gorgeous card, the colours are beautiful and I love that image
    Thanks for joining us at Sketchy colors this week, and good luck!:)
    Hugs, Ellen

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