Ploughing through my 'stuff' - Part 2

Well as promised I have some more of the wonderful Christmas Cards that I made yesterday.
These card fronts were already stamped, coloured, cut or what ever and ready to be used. So making so may was a breeze. No wonder I sailed through my 'stuff'.

Going by memory, I brayered a glossy card and then stamped this candle and embossed it with White Embossing powder. I am not a fan of embossing esp on glossy card as I find static is a problem even with an anti-static embossing puff bag. Apparently, this one was one of my more successful efforts. I don't have this rainbow pad anymore so I can't tell you the colours used. I layered it onto a shimmery lilac paper from my (huge) pile of scraps. I stamped the Joy to the World greeting in a hybrid purple dye ink.

 This dove (most likely Stamp-it or Penny Black) was already stamped, glittered (Stamp-it Crystal Ultra Fine) and cut. I paired it with a lovely foiled panel I found in my pile of patterned scraps. If people are interested I could do a tutorial sometime in the future of this quick & easy foiling technique.

I have two piles of scrap cards, a huge pile of plain papers, which just last night I had colour sorted into an old expanding file. I have a slightly smaller pile of the patterned card scraps which are just loose in an A4 box, which I have to browse through when I want to use them up.

These cards will be available at my zibbet shop, "Inkspirational Designs" soon! 

Come back tomorrow for Part 3.
Michelle

More Early Explosion Boxes

My husband and I were to take our caravan, affectionately called the Robbiebago after my husband,

Robert, who designed and built the van, on a major road trip up the centre of Australia

and down the coast of Western Australia as we joined the great Grey Nomad exodus.

A more formal white on white with a touch of gold. This one holds a gift card in the centre.

Another formal white on white with a touch of pink. This too holds a gift card in the centre.

As I can't travel without some crafts, I quickly decided to concentrate on making explosion boxes

and the flowers to decorate them with. 

I can't stick with just one design either. I love to experiment and that will continue as I go.

Blessings is the saying here. Purple roses adorn a rainbow brayered background.

The white layers (and on the white ones above) are embossed with a cuttlebug folder to give textural interest.

I have all my flower punches  with me - which is only about 5 at this stage -  

but mostly I end up hand cutting the flowers as my punches were not large enough for me.

Open style Floribunda roses quickly become an early favourite.

Early efforts at Explosions Boxes

Here are a few of my earliest efforts at making Explosion Boxes.

My very first one - made for my best friend. Made with commercial silk flowers & rub ons

My first attempt at making my own flowers (from Fred she said blog).

A photo box made with silk flowers

My first stamped box together with my first 3D paper flowers

  I think the silk flowers are nice but I wanted to have a go at making my own flowers.

I wanted a more creative input. It quickly became obvious that butterflies were going to be part of my 'signature' on most of my boxes. I love butterflies. One day I might even try making some.

These butterflies are printed from the internet already coloured. I cut 2 and glue them back to back.