Sweet Christmas - a set of cards

Moikka moi! Quite a drastic change in the mood! Last two posts have been all Halloween and most of the October videos also have a Halloween air about them. But not today! It's soon November and that means I'm changing seasons and holidays and starting to get ready for Christmas! 

This time the Friday video is a set of Christmas cards. Like I say in the video, I've accumulated quite a collection of Lawn Fawn stamps as they are so cute, but I hardly ever use them! I guess I find the cute animals hard to combine to mixed media, which is just silly. Although these cards might not be as mixed media as I often do, I think they still kind of tick both boxes?

Want to see how these cuties were made? Well, then please watch the process video here (link) on my YouTube channel!

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a fun Friday and also a splendid weekend! See you again on Tuesday!

Materials: 

Lawn Fawn - Winter Dragon, Winter Otter, Oh Snap, Tiny Gingerbread stamp sets

Fabriano - Accademia 160g cardstock

Ranger - Distress Ink Lumberjack Plaid, Evergreen Bough

Stampers Anonymous - Sticks THS172 stencil

Tsukineko - Versa Fine Clair Nocturne

CCHobby - Sketch markers

Ranger - white embossing powder

Tsukineko - Versa Mark ink

CCHobby - Circle die set

J.K.Primeco - Decorative frame round natural and white

Posca PC-1M white

minty card bases

mint colored and red cardstock

white epoxy stickers

foam tape, double sided tape, craft glue

paper cutter, scissors, sewing machine, stamping block, water mister, inking tools, heat tool

Mischievous raven - a card

No, you are not experiencing Groundhog Day or dejá vu, although this card looks quite like the one I blogged yesterday. This card is in fact done with the left-overs of the live! 

On Saturday I kept a YouTube live and created a raven card. I had stamped the elements before hand, just in case, and during the live I stamped them again. So, after the live I had extra raven. moon and a bunch of leaves. I thought to put them to use immediately and created this card the same evening. Instead of the stamped background I just took a piece of black cardstock and added some purple paint on top using a palette knife. After drying the paint, I added some splashes of white in there and then used my finger to paint the halo of the moon. Next I then mounted the stamped elements in place and finished the card with a sticker sentiment, some white Posca doodles and mounted the card to a card base.

Which one of the cards you prefer? The stamped background version, or this one? 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderous Wednesday! 

Materials: PaperArtsy, Lost Coast Designs, A.B.Studio, Prima Marketing, Tim Holtz Idea-ology, Tsukineko, Posca

The Raven - YouTube live recording

Hi there and wonderful Tuesday to you all! Last Saturday I kept a YouTube live and created a raven card during it. You can see the announcement post of the live here (link). There's pictures of the sample project in the post but also a detailed list of materials. 

I was using different stamps to make the card. I started with the background using Ranger Distress watercolor pencils as my colorant. I then layered some ink on top and continued to stamping the focal elements. I used black ink for the lot, but while the raven and the moon were stamped on top of white cardstock, I used a gel print for the leaves. 

If you didn't catch the live while it was happening, you can watch the recording here (link) on my YouTube channel.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a lovely week!

Bats and hats - a pair of cards

Hi there! It seems I got the YouTube schedule muddled and instead of the coffin video I published this last Friday and the coffin goes live today... Oh well. But come and meet some wizards and witches! Or maybe they all are wizards as somehow the lady in the top most card makes me think about professor McGonagall!

The inspiration for the cards came from a color palette I spotted in the Idea-ology pack - purple and orange together. I liked that combo so much that I even used it on my YouTube live project (link) - you are attending the live tomorrow, right? On top of that purple and orange background I then added some visual texture and then several layers. Most of those were die cut, but there's some Idea-ology in the mix as well. Want to watch how I made the triplet? You can do so here (link) on my YouTube channel!

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a magical Friday and weekend! And hopefully I'll be seeing you tomorrow in the YouTube live!

Materials: 

Fabriano - Accademia 160g cardstock

Prima Marketing - Art Philosophy Tropicals watercolor set

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Layers + Paper Dolls Halloween 2024

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Large Collage Strips Halloween 2024

Ranger - Distress Ink Villainous Potion, Hickory Smoke

A.B.Studio - Stencil ID-223

Stampers Anonymous - Botanic Collage CMS447

Ranger - Archival Ink Jet Black

Sizzix - Thinlits Moonlight die set 666386 

Sizzix - Thinlits Vintage Labels die set 665929

Sizzix - Thinlits Halloween die set 662580

Sizzix - Thinlits Regions Beyond die set 664207

Ranger - Distress Oxide Vintage Photo

Posca PC-1M black

white sewing thread, cheese cloth

orange brush tip marker

craft glue, double sided tape, foam tape

inking tools, die cutting machine, paper cutter, scissors, brushes, stapler

Quoth the Raven - YouTube live announcement

Hi there and great new week! It's a YouTube live kind of week. 

This coming Saturday, October 19th, I'm again keeping a YouTube live. This time I'm making a Halloween card using a variety of stamped elements. Apart from the bats and the sentiment label, all other elements in this card are stamped, including the background.

This card was partly inspired by a series of cards I'm blogging on Friday. However, it seems I got the YouTube scheduling muddled and the process video of the cards is actually live on my YouTube channel already! Oops.

Underneath next photo is the list of materials, if you want to check something out. Hope to see you on Saturday! Here's the direct link (link) to the live.

Materials: 

Fabriano - Accademia 160g cardstock

Ranger - Distress watercolor pencils Carved Pumpkin, Villainous Potion, Picket Fence

Lost Coast Designs - Mr. Raven 2 stamp

Prima Marketing - Finnabair clear stamp Basket

Prima Marketing - Finnabair Sert Daily Dream Without Fear stamp set

A.B.Studio - ID-893 leaf stamp

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Chalk

Tsukineko - Versa Fine Clair Nocturne

Ranger - Distress Ink Villainous Potion

Sizzix - Thinlits Vintage Labels die set 665929

Sizzix - Moonlight die set 666386

Posca PC-1M white

black cardstock, purple cardstock

gel printed yellow-toned paper

papercutter, stamping tool, stapler, scissors, inking tools, water mister

double sided tape, foam tape, craft glue

Secret Inside - an altered wooden box

Oh gosh, can you believe it's almost mid-month already?! Where does the time fly! The second Friday of the month means the second video of the month and like I mentioned last Friday, the Halloween theme continues! This time I'm altering a wooden casket shape box. Or maybe altering is a bit overstating it, maybe decorating would be better! 

As you can see from the process video, I start by painting the shape black using black gesso and then add texture on top using a stencil and black modeling paste. Yes, black! Like I say in the video, I first thought I'd need to first make the texture and then paint the project black, before remembering I have black paste! So handy in a project like this! You can watch the process video here (link) on my YouTube channel.

To add some sweetness to the project, I then added some flowers on top, used a pink color scheme against the black and even added sweets inside! If you want the project to be a bit more on the scary side, you can add something more gloomy and drastic inside, but I opted for chocolates. Although I have to say that I did ponder upon making a small accordion folded booklet inside... But this time I wanted this one to be a gift so sweets it was! Maybe I should get another one of these boxes before they run out and do that journal style thing to it! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a lovely Friday and great weekend, too! Underneath you can again see the used materials, should you wish to recreate something similar.

Materials:

wooden chest (CCHobby)

Prima Marketing - Art Basics Heavy Gesso Black

Ranger - Distress Texture Paste Black Opaque

Stampers Anonymous - Berry Leaves THS174 stencil

A.B.Studio - Mixmedia cardboard ID-281

Ranger - Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy, Fired Brick

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Chalk, Cherry Blossom

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Entomology TH94079

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Skulls and Pumpkins TH94169

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Skulls and Spiders TH94161

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Number Tokens TH93244

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Halloween 2024 sticker book

moulded bones and bottle 

(made using Finnabair moulds "Apothecary Bottles" and "Wings and Bones")

paper and faux flowers

cheese cloth, twine

craft glue

brushes, scissors, sponge, palette knife

Dreamy cake - a transfer project

Hello again! Looking familiar perhaps? Well, you guessed it. It's another transfer project! You can see the previous ones here (link) and here (link) and then there's this art journal spread (link), too.

Yesterday I shared the art journal spread and mentioned then, that for that project I used several different image transfer techniques. With these other projects, I was demoing just one technique each. This particular one is my favorite one as it never fails! I used a mat gel medium on top of a MDF piece. The smooth, sleek surface makes the transferring easy and the medium works like a charm. So, if you are new to image transfers, this would be the one I recommend trying first! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a lovely Wednesday! 

Materials: Korttipaja, Kate Crafts, PaperArtsy, Posca