'Get Wordy' - DT make for Country View Crafts and Challenges

 Hello all,

We’re well into January and it’s my second DT make for the theme ‘Get Wordy’ for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook which can be found here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

 

There’s still time to enter January’s challenge to win a fabulous prize bundle from Country View Crafts of 'Wordy' goodies worth £25, for a randomly selected winner.

 

For my make, this time I’ve gone with a simple set of cards using words as the background. You don’t always have to have a sentiment or main word in your makes. Words can sit quietly on a white background to highlight the main focal point of a card. 

I used AALL and Create Janet Klein’s Dames Magnifique. I love their quirky faces and they only needed a simple background to support them. I used the words that are in the set for the background. 

 

I stamped and heat embossed the Dames in black, then coloured them with Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolour Pencils. 

 

For the background I cut out 4 squares 2.5 x 2.5 inch, laid my words out in uniform lines on a stamping platform (you can use a block if you don’t have a platform) and stamped with a light grey Versafine Clair ink.  I mounted these onto black card, leaving a thin edge and then mounted it onto the 5x5 inch white card background.

  I fussy-cut the Dames and placed them onto the backgrounds and there you have it. A set of 4 cards that can be used for a lot of occasions or even notelets to write a letter. 

You can find the products I used here:

AALL and Create Janet Klein’s Dames Magnifique

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a6-stamp-set-681---dames-magnifiques-by-janet-klein-166610-p.asp

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolour Pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Versafine Clair Ink

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versafine---clair-ink-pad---morning-mist-116918-p.asp

I do hope you're all managing to keep warm and doing lots of crafting, and don't forget you can enter the challenge until 31st January when it closes.

 

 

Happy New Year Everybody

It's January 2024 already and time for my first 2024 Design Team post for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook which can be found here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

This month the theme is 'Get Wordy' and the prompt was to use text somewhere in your make.

There is a fabulous prize of 'Wordy' goodies worth £25 from Country View Crafts, for a randomly selected winner. You can enter the challenge until the 31st January, up to 5 times with different makes of the monthly theme, but the stipulation for entry is, that you must have purchased the item from, or it be a brand that they stock, at Country View Crafts - you can take a look at their website here: https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/

So, my first make is a page in my journal featuring one of Janet Klein's Storybook cuties. Janet is a Designer for AALL and Create and is well known for her cute and quirky characters.

I decided to use Peter Pan #636 for this make as he's just toooo cute!

In my Dina Wakley white square journal, I brushed on some plain water not quite to the edge.

I added Salty Ocean and Salvaged Painta Tim Holtz Distress inks to my craft mat and then with a wet brush, I brushed these into the water on the page.

Once dry, I drew a pen line with a Black Uniball around the edge of the painted area, not being too concerned that it wasn't exact to the edge.

I stamped the map image from Desinations Unknown #881 and the scribbly words from Visual Dreams #1070 in the background with Versafine Clair. Then I splattered with some watered down white acrylic paint.

On a separate piece of card, with a Memento ink pad, I stamped the main images of Peter Pan, the small scroll map and the words required, also the location marker. The images were then coloured with alcohol ink markers and fussy cut.

Using Twisted Citron Tim Holtz Distress Ink, I waterbrushed it onto the map areas on the page.

I edged the wording and small map with black archival ink. Then I laid out my compenents to form the picture and used some corrogated card as 'posts' for the sign and words.

Finally I added some glossy accents to his eyes and sword.

And here it is! I hope I've inspired you to try out a storybook theme and to also enter the Get Wordy challenge on their Facebook Page: Country View Crafts and Challenges.

Products used:

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-set-636---peter-pan-by-janet-klein-148216-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create-1134-c.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-ink-pad---salvaged-patina-134123-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---twisted-citron-81957-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---salty-ocean-16739-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/dina-wakley-641-c.asp 

 https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tsukineko-1275-c.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versafine---clair-ink-pad---nocturne-116915-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall-and-create--border-acrylic-block-119656-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tonic-studios---tools---5-tim-holtz-haberdashery-snip-136339-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp