Christmas card using Art Wax

 Hello!

I am show casing a fabulousnew product from Craftangles today!

It's Art Wax! 

You will see in the video below, how just a tiny bit of this gorgeous metallic coloured wax can transform any project into a thing of beauty!

It works best on a black background so here is what I came up with.

I started out by applying the Craftangles black charcoal texture paste on black cardstock using Craftangles stencils.

Once dry, I rubbed a little bit of the Craftangles 'Iridiscent pink', 'Iridiscent violet'  and 'Bronze' art wax to create a metallic background.

I even tried it on Craftangles 'Black diamond' glimmer paste and the results were fantastic.

Enjoy the video.

Once the backgrounds were done, I cut out the panels using Simon Says Stamp stitched dies.

I then heat embossed the sentiment (Penny Black) on Craftangles vellum , die cut the tag (mftdienamics) and the Christmas trees (Impression Obsession), added a satin bow and adhered the panel to a white A2 card base. 

Its hard to capture the gorgeous beauty of this waxed background in a photo, but, you get the idea.

Craftangles stencil used with Craftangles Black diamond glimmer paste is 'Flourish'.

For the second card, I have used a sentiment from Hero Arts and 

the bench and lamp from Lawn Fawn. I gold embossed the sentiment and images and added them to the die cut panel to create an unusual Christmas card.

The Craftangles stencil used here is  'Doodle around'.

For the third card, I have used the Craftangles stencil 'Geometric bliss' 

and a fabulous Santa die cut from Impression obsession, 

which I die cut from copper coloured cardstock. 

The sentiment is from Impression Obsession too.

For the last card, I used Craftangles 'black diamond' glimmer paste which is absolutely fantastic, along with the Craftangles 'Indian motif' stencil.

The gold embossed sentiment is from Penny black and the die cut trees from Impression Obsession.

Hope you liked these cards and will give these products a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

It's a boy...Craft tangles

Hey there!

I have made a card for CraftAdda today using the "It's a Boy " 6"x6" paper pack from Craftangles.

I used the mama elephant stitched die to cut the square cardstock panel and insert the patterned paper. This card is for my neices inlaws(...my neice just had a baby boy).

I kept the sentiment simple(Hero Arts) but added all the relationships I could think of to create the background. The stamps are from Paper Smooches "Kin Folk' stamp set.

I finished the card with enamel dots from Hero Arts.

 I can't wait for them to receive it!!

I hope I have inspired you to make a few cards too using the awesome papers from Craftangles! You can shop for them here!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

My attempt at Grunge!

Hey all!
Today, for my official Craftadda post,  I have a card for which I have attempted a grunge look...I'm not sure if I have pulled it off, but I like the end result.

To create this look, I used a stencil and distress inks(Tim Holtz) to create a partial impression. 

I then went over the entire panel with a texture cube from Stampendous and more distress ink. 

To finish I stamped a sentiment on a torn strip of paper and and adhered it with metallic brads (recollections)

The two vellum punched dragonflies completed my scene.

I love its soft muted look...what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a nice day!

50th anniversary card

Hey everyone!

I've ben MIA for a while...it's been a busy two week with cousins visiting...

I am back today with a card which I made to order for a 50th wedding anniversary.

To make this card, I used a 6"x8" gold card.  

I used my corner heart punches to hold the embossed cardstock.

I heat embossed the sentiment from verses rubbber stamps in gold and die cut the numbers fro the same gold card stock as the card.

It has all come together quite nicely, don't you think?!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great evening!

Kissing Technique

Hello everyone! Been away from my table for a while...back problems, internet issues...other miscellaneous reasons!!

But I'm back with a fun card!

Today, I have an interesting technique which I learned a while ago from Hero Arts.

It is called the 'Kissing Technique' with stamps.

For this I used the solid chair stamp from Lawn Fawn 'Dad's day' stamp set and inked it up with Crimson Ink from Versafine. 

I then stamped over the stamp (kissed it) without ink using the damask patterned stamp from Inkadinkado.

That removed some of the ink from the stamp and created a pattern.

I then stamped it on card stock, cut it out and popped it on an embossed background (cuttlebug embossing folders) with 3D foam tape along with a cool sentiment from Hero Arts.

Makes for a fun card for a really special person!!

Have a go with this technique...you will find it here

Thanks for stopping by! 

Enjoy your day!

More at the Kala Ghoda Art Festival

Glad to report brisk business on day two and three of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival!

Have got loads of new cards...come by and have a look!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy!