Elements of Style Embossed

In workshops this month I featured heat embossing using this pretty design.  Embossing white on black is such a powerfully effective way of demonstrating the benefits of this technique.  Here I have used imagery from the Elements of Style stamp set with a touch of text from the French Foliage set.  The sentiment is from the Friendly Phrases set.

I wanted to break the black and white up with a splash of colour and have used the new Stampin' Up! Summer Starfruit In Colour.  The back piece of black background has been made shimmery with my own spritz.  For the shimmer spray recipe please follow this link.

If you have any questions about this card or are interested in learning more about hosting a workshop of your own, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Elements of Style Embossed

September 29, 2012

Gift Tags

I created this collection of pretty handmade gift tags for a friend as a little thank you for referring a bride and groom looking for wedding stationary to me.  As a result of her referral I have secured my first wedding job and I can't wait to share the designs with you after their big day in October!  


The tags were created in a mix of colours and featured butterflies and/or handmade flowers.   They were a wonderful avenue for using up some of the off-cut pieces of card and designer series paper I have accumulated.  

Layouts inspired by these tags created by the talented Cari Fennell

Gift Tags

July 1, 2012

In Class - June

This month class participants made three cards, each demonstrating a different colouring technique.

This deep Concord Crush purple is one of my favourite colours.  With the approach of the release of a new Stampin' Up! Catalogue it will not be long before this lovely colour retires.  The pretty flower on this card is from the Simply Soft Set, another soon to be retired product.  It lends itself perfectly to colouring, which has been done here in blender pen using matching inks.

While the image in the first card was stamped in Black Stayz on Ink to ensure the outline colour would not end up blended, in the project below Soft Suede Ink was used for the Elements of Style roses imagery to create a softer look when Blushing Bride Ink was applied with the blender pen.

Participants were shown how to use the Versamarker to add a touch of gold embossing to select parts of the images.

A stained glass effect was created in the third project.

The Simply Soft flower was stamped on vellum in VersaMark Ink and white embossed.  We then turned the paper over and coloured in the back of the image with a selection of Stampin' Write Markers.

In keeping with our colouring theme, the June class challenge is to create a card incorporating an image that has been coloured in a method of your choosing.  I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

In Class - June

June 21, 2012

In Class - May 19th, 2012

Today in class we focused on techniques for creating different types of backgrounds, as well as how to create a gorgeous flower embellishment using card stock circles and ideas for incorporating photos into cards.

This is the first design we tackled.  Here the background has been created using a brayer and ink on gloss card stock.  The 'Lollypop' style flower is created using layered die cut circles.

The colour palette - Island Indigo, Baja Breeze and Rich Razzleberry was one suggested by the Stampin' Up! Colour Coach.

The second card we made was previous featured on my blog here and won the 'Cut Above' award at the Paper Players for the week it was entered.  It was a great example in how to create a lovely soft background using stamped imagery.  It also was fun to show how to create this beautiful butterfly using Window Sheets and stayz on ink.

The third project was this gorgeous soft pink vintage inspired design which featured the Framelits Dies currently available in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

A couple of my students previously requested I give some ideas on how photos might be incorporated into cards.  So today, for the ladies who were interested, I prepared their beautiful photographs and used these as the centre piece in the frame as opposed to the stamped imagery.  This is how a couple of them came out:

All in all we achieved a lot this morning and had a great time doing so!  I'm very much looking forward to my next classes in June.  Interested in attending?  Please do not hesitate to contact me for information about upcoming dates and how you can get involved at j-frost@live.com.au

In Class - May 19th, 2012

May 19, 2012

Elements of Style

The Elements of Style Stamp set has a very beautiful floral design that lends itself perfectly to watercolouring.  Here I have used my Aqua Painters on Watercolour Paper to create these beautiful purple flowers in a mix of Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder.  The foliage has been coloured in a mix of Garden Green and Always Artichoke.

Elements of Style

April 27, 2012