Doreen'scards

Monday, 23 November 2015

Stamp of the Week samples

I have used the Double Dragon stamp set to make these samples along with other Oriental stamps available on the site

http://www.oakhousestudio.com/ourshop/prod_2487941-Double-Dragon-Stamp-set.html

Thank you for looking

love Doreen

Sunday, 15 November 2015

The Little Experiment

Well folks this is quite an easy thing to do if a little time consuming.

It was suggested to me by Lynnda Worsnop of Oak House Studio.

Firstly I used Oak House Studio stamps to experiment with and would suggest that if you want to try any others try ones you won't be to upset to loose but it should be fine.

I used the Dog Rose Corner Stamp ( link below )

http://www.oakhousestudio.com/ourshop/prod_3525053-Dog-Rose-Corner-unmounted-stamp.html

Cover the stamp in pva glue and leave to dry, not to thickly as it will take an age to dry out and be very thick when it eventually does ! Just thick enough that you can't see the stamp beneath.

When dry peel it off the stamp very carefully ( where there are areas of more depth you will find that it will not go see through ) leave to dry for about another hour and then trim the edges off the pva. It is quite delicate but take things carefully and all will be fine. I coloured the back of the pva leaving the smooth side for the upper most side.

I then stamped a sentiment onto a black piece of card and cut to size required. When inks are dry use pinflair to attatch to prepared card and mount onto a card base.

I hope you have fun with this technique and will try colouring the pva before use as I intend to do ..... nothing ventured, nothing gained as they say.

Thank You for Looking

Love Doreen

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Oriental Dragons

Products needed to make this card include :

Double Dragon Stampset

Oriental Companion Stampset

White Stamping Card

Colour Chemistry Sepia Ink Pad

Versamark Ink Pad

Black Card

Red Vellum

1 DL Blank Card

Red Alcohol Marker

Gold Embossing Powder

Gilding Flakes

A Small Piece of Cut and Dry

PVA Glue

Cut Vellum, Black Card and White Card to fit for matting and layering.

Take Black card and using either talc or an anti static bag dust the card.

Stamp the Serenity Prayer from the Oriental companion set and stamp using versamark, cover with embossing powder and tap off in usual way and heat set.

Whilst you have the versamark and embossing powder out you can do the 3 coins on some of the remainder of the black card.

Next I used the piece of cut and dry and pva to make a glue pad ... just add a teaspoon of the glue and work it into the cut and dry. Dust another piece of the black card ready for use, ink up the dragon stamps with the ' Glue pad ' in the same way you would use an ink pad. Put the stamps straight into water to soak the remainder of the glue off. These will clean off very well with no effort.

Using the gilding flakes of choice cover the Stamped Dragons and buff to a shine. Then put to one side to cut out. This will take a while.

Take the bamboo stamp from the oriental companions set and stamp round the edge of the card using the Colour Chemistry Sepia ink pad. Then take your red alcohol marker and edge the card with it. You can also do this with an ink pad if you prefer.

Finally after cutting out your Dragons and discs matt and layer the card and mount the onto it.

Thanks for Looking

Love Doreen

Saturday, 17 October 2015

Apache Blessing

Products required in the making of this card include :

Colour Chemistry Pigment Ink

Green Oak

Sepia

Triple Meadow Greens

Triple Sky Blues

Triple Sunshine Yellows

Stamps required :

Apache Blessing

Bumper Winter Leaves Set

A4 Heavy White Stamping Card

Clear Embossing Powder

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad

3mm Foam Pads

A little glue

Hexagon Dies

One 6x6 square pre-scored linen card

Taking card and a 5.5 inch die, place the die off the folded side of the card and tape into place ready to cut.

For the Topper

Cut one piece of the A4 card in two and ink one piece using a soft stencil brush starting at the top with the Triple Sky Blue, blend into the card, next add the Triple Sunshine Yellow allowing it to blend into the blue. Tear a piece of paper to make some hills with and taking the lightest of the Triple Meadow Greens place torn paper at an angle to imitate hills, taking care to leave a small area of white in the centre valley. As the hills get closer use the other darker colours towards the bottom of the card.

Take the 4.75 inch die and place over the inked card, and stamp the Apache Blessing into the centre, remove the die and emboss with the clear embossing powder. Then replace the die and tape in place ready for cutting.

For the Frame

Having placed the 5 inch die onto the second piece of card, stamp the blessing again into the centre of the hexagon, there is no need to re-ink the stamp as it is just being used as a guide. Cut the topper and frame now. Remove dies.

Stamp the Frame

Using 2 of the smallest leaves from the set randomly stamp around the hexagon using both the Green Oak and Sepia ink pads.

Mark the frame ready for cutting using 4 inch die, I used a pencil and marked the frame on the inside of the die.

Here is a photo of mine before I started cutting.

Putting the card together is the quick and easy part, glue the topper onto the folded card, and place foam pads on the inside of the frame. I found it helped before I cut the frame to mark on the inside of it the top of the frame to make it easier when it came to mounting it into place.

This is the finished card.

Thank you for looking

Love Doreen

Sunday, 4 October 2015

Oak House Studio

Hello everyone, I am so pleased to tell you that I have been invited to join the Design Team and so this is just a little announcement to let you know .... " I'm Back !! "

So many exciting things in the pipeline so I just can't wait to get started.

Love Doreen

http://oakhousestudio.blogspot.co.uk/

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Lavinia Stamps Challenge #9

Hot Bright Colours

Products used in the making of this card were:

Dylusion Paint - Squeezed Orange

Pebeo Dyna Paints - 354 Iridescent Red Blue

356 - Iridescent Violet Blue

359 - Iridescent Green Yellow

360 - Iridescent Blue Black

351 - Iridescent Silver

Thank you for looking

Love Doreen

http://laviniastamps.com/blog/category/the-challenge/

Thursday, 30 July 2015

Sun, Sea and Sand .....

Sun, Sea and Sand

My entry for the Hobby Art July Challenge.

Stages of preparation and bringing together the finished product.

Gesso all the mdf.

Cover the front,back,sides and doors with Wood paper.

Paint with the lightest of your choice of colours.

Randomly go over the top of the lightest colour with a darker shade to give a streaked effect.

When this is dry put all the pieces together and assemble onto the base.

The ' sand ' effect has been made by firstly using texture paste over the base then with a mix of glitters and a small amount of yellow flock I sprinkled this over the texture paste pressing it in to the paste very lightly.

I then painted the palm trees and used them as posts to secure the banner in place with Sun,Sea and Sand words stamped onto it along with some seagulls.