Showing posts with label Martha Stewart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martha Stewart. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 October 2015

Cardabilities - Final Sketch Reveal #132

Celebrate the wonder
(74 Days until Christmas!)

I found a really, really pretty sketch at Cardabilities: Final Sketch Reveal #132. It seems like it is the last? Such a shame, I just found the blog. I am in love with this sketch though and I will use it again. I love when the main image isn't in the middle of the page. I really, really liked creating after this sketch.

I started by playing around with some distress inks on a piece of watercolor paper. I find it really hard to get that beautiful watercolored look that everybody else is getting. I stamped with a text stamp, made some splashes with the distress ink stains and added circles by coloring in an old lid.
Since Christmas is coming up (74 Days left!) I had that in mind and decided only to use greens. I also found some nice mistletoe dies I wanted to use.
I sew the border die onto the card. Since I dont have a stiched die yet I sew on my sewing machine without a thread around the borders.
The frame is made out of Marta Stewarts Crafter's clay and I have had it lying around for ages. It's really fun to make them out of the clay - it has such a nice texture! - but I don't know what to do with the frames after I've made them. I think they really looked nice on this card! Finally I stamped a sentiment in the frame and filled it with 3D glaze and some glitter.





MATERIAL:
STAMPS:
Penny Black - Wonder Collection

Hero Arts - G2679 Thanks
INK:
Distress Ink Stain . peeled paper, crushed olive
Distressed Ink Pad - Peeled Paint
StazOn - Jet Black
DIES:
Magnolia Doohickeys - Mistletoe Lace, Snowflake & Mistletoe
OTHER:
Martha Stewart - Crafter's Clay and mould (start set)

YouDo - 3D Crystal Glaze
Sewing machine

Friday, 27 July 2012

Happy Name Day, Martha Stewart!

Happy Name Day, Martha Stewart! (It's Marta in Sweden today)
Yesterday a friend of mine brought me the new crafter's clay from Martha Stewart from her trip to the states. I have tried moulds and paper clay from Panduro before and thought that this was going to be just about the same. No! The clay is absolutely wonderful to work with! It even smells nice! It is super smooth and silky and leaves no threads like the paper clay I used before. I started using it already yesterday evening and the pieces I made don't feel dry and fragile like the paper clay, they have more of a rubbery feel to them and are bendable! I really like the clay! The only bad thing about it is that I soon have to get some more!!