2018 #7 Kraft card: Vintage sewing cards with Hot Picks {by Florence Adam}

2018 Topic 7: Kraft Card

Wow it is pretty obvious that Florence got super carried away stamping with her sewing stamps! But wow they look amazing on kraft card, and she tries all kind of inks too - she made several cards she was on such a roll! Enjoy, the results are beautiful!

Hi everyone, it's Florence Adam here, and I'd like to share these lovely cards with a vintage sewing theme.

I like kraft (and craft!), because I really like the look of it, it goes so well with black and white but with any colour really. This theme was made for me then! Except the faux leather technique (I will share with you later). This project is not really technical, so instead of a step-by-step, I will share all the cards I made with you.

Usually when I start a project, I have no idea in which direction I am going with it. I started to stamp randomly on kraft paper and white paper with Jet Black, Plum Archival Ink & Vintage Photo Oxide Ink. Here are the Hot Pick stamps I have used:

For this card, I wanted to create a faux leather background. I watched a few YouTube tutorials about this subject, and they were talking about mixing glycerine and water to soften the kraft paper. The problem was I didn't have glycerine. I found lip balm at home, so I tried to apply it to the kraft paper, then a miracle happened: It worked perfectly! It softens the fiber, so it creases easily. I added some ink, some spray to add interest to it. The oily aspect on the kraft makes it even more real. 

Look how it looks great with blue jeans ink!

Just a little bit of inking with cut and dry, and I looks so good. Especially on kraft, I like to do faux stitching, and draw line between each hole with white gel pen.

This was a little crazy, but I did it, look, I hand sew all the hooks on the stamp.

By the way, don't even try to ink with Stazon over the lip balm, the result is not good, let say disappointing.

I thought I'd make 2 or 3 and ended-up making 7 of them! Give it a try for your own ones and you will see how addicted it is. I love these cards!

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2018 #3 Watercolours: Butterfly card with Hot Picks {by Florence Adam}

2018 Topic 3: Watercolour

Gorgeous blending of colours, the feature of watercolours that is so elegant and dreamy, But a ping of gold just takes this to the next level.

Hi everyone, it's Florence Adam today and I'd like to share with you my butterfly card.

I always feel very impressed when I see beautiful watercolour backgrounds, espicially in scrapbooking. I thought to myself: great! this time, I will make a 12x12 layout for this blog post as I love to scrapbook. Believe it or not, I've tried 2 layouts and I was unhappy with both of them, I ended up by making a 6x6 card.

It looks very technical but it's pretty easy. I am sure that you have in your stash a couple of distress inks which will be perfect for a watercolour project. The only thing you have to buy is watercolour paper. That's the secret!  

A bit of distress inks on a acrylic block, spray water on it and place the block on the watercolour paper. Use kitchen paper if there is too much water (or if it's too wet). The paper can be wet first or not.

Once I've stamped the beautiful butterfly from the HP1602EZ...

I've used some Mixtion Gilding paste on top of the butterfly, in certain places. Let it dry for 15 minutes. Cover the all butterfly with gold leaf (cf. photo below) and remove the excess with a smooth brush.

At this stage, I found my butterfly still a bit "flat", I wanted to add more dimension to it. After gluing some beads, I did the same process as before with the gold leaves. 

I stamped the quote from ESN16 and used some 3D adhesive foam.

As the watercolour paper is pretty textured, it was pretty handy to use the stamping platform (or a Misti) as you can come back as much as you want until your stamping text is perfect. For the first stamping, I used Archival Vibrant Fushia and for the 2nd stamping, I then added Archival Jet Black on some edges. It gives a cool effect I think.

Do you know what would be my wish? To be able to paint a flamingo with watercolour! There is no harm in dreaming...Well I need to think of taking proper drawing classes then! LOL. 

Thanks for joining me tonight!

Florence

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2017 #17 White: White Odyssey with ESN {by Florence Adam}

2017 Topic 17: Shades of White

It's the lovely Florence from France back to share how she built up a beautiful background with elements, textures and stamps! Enjoy!

Hi everyone, it's Florence and I'd like to share my shades of white piece with you.

I was really fascinated by the subject of “shades of white”, however when i was faced with the thought of designing something based around the subject, my thoughts strayed as I was  confronted with some strange and challenging philosophical questions. What is the colour white? How many shades are there? Is white really a colour? Staring at my empty and white board I wondered: “Is this work already finished?”.

I was inspired by Ivy Newport’s work and decided to create a collage with old papers, like music partitions and books (apologies to the books). I then applied a soft layer of white gesso, trying not to cover everything, I find that this gives the background a refined feel as you can see through the old book paper prints.

Once I had my background done, I've jumped straight into the layers, texture, volume, and 3D parts!! Sterile gauze, buttons, sand, micro beads, feather, threads, sardine can opener, anything you have will do the job!

Eclectica³ : Sara Naumann - Set 21 (ESN21)

I embossed my dragonfly with white powder on tracing paper, so it looks frosty.

I stamped with Jet Black Archival ink the beautiful dragonfly designed by Sara Naumann. Then I used some puff paint around the piece, this crazy paint is really fluffy under the heat, creating a perfect 3D effect. This small piece will actually be my focus point. To make it more interesting, I used UTEE powder to create a glass effect.

It's never easy taking good photographs of a normal project, but it's a nightmare when you need to take a good photograph of a white project!

I hope you will enjoy this piece, make your own one and be creative!! It's been a while since I wrote a blog, it was nice to be back again!

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