Funniest Bird

Good afternoon!

I'm back with a funny card I made for my wonderful and gorgeous friend Chris. I purchased a cling mounted rubber stamp set from IndigiBlu called Funny Bird. It was because of this particular stamp that I had (yes had) to buy it, you know me and my chickens.

Sorry for the poor quality of the photo - the lighting wasn't brilliant and I'm no photographer ;o)

What you need...

Stamps: Funny Bird (IND0156PC) - IndigoBlu

White card - digital smooth

Coloured pencils: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Olive Green Yellowish, Burnt Carmine, Indian Red, Sanguine, Light Yellow Ochre, Brown Ochre, Pale Geranium Lake, Scarlet Red - Faber-Castell Polychromos

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Garden twine - brown

Button - brown

Adhesives

What you do...

1 Stamp the image onto white card, when dry colour in the chicken using the colours to blend and highlight.

2 Trim the image to 10.5cm x 14.5cm making sure the image is near the top.

3 Mat onto a 10.5cm x 14.5cm blank.

4 Separate the twine, wrap around the blank, tie in a bow and add the button.

I coloured this image to look like one of my Rhode Island Reds - Babs. She is the most beautiful deep red brown. It's a shame that the photo doesn't really do the colouring and shading justice, as the finished card looked exactly like her.

This stamp set is great value for money as it is quite a large set - you get a cling mounted A5 sheet that you cut out the individual stamps. Make sure you use some non-cling scissors, this will make life much easier.

Visit IndigoBlu to see their wide range of products. You can find the Funny Bird stamp set here. Prices start from £17.99 for the uncut stamp set.

I am pleased that Chris loved the card, the sentiment suits her to the ground and she knows Babs quite well. 

Thank you so much for dropping by. See you soon!

Crafts Beautiful Jan 2013 - Pt2

Evenin'!

Here is the next sneaky peep at my projects in the current issue of Crafts Beautiful, January 2013.

These seven cards were to feature gilding flakes. I had never actually tried them before this project, they are fantastic. The effects you get with them are amazing. Rather than go for the normal gold, silver and bronze, I went for mixed flakes.

The flakes are called Mega Flakes by IndigoBlu and some of the mixed ones are simply stunning. The three I used were Winter Dawn, Morris Dance and Royal Peacock. I think the Royal Peacock is my fave. It has flecks of blues and greens, in with the silver and gold. The Morris Dance has a more red tone to it with a hint of blue and green. The Winter Dawn, is mostly silver but has touches of blue, gold and green. IndigoBlu also do a starter kit, which has everything you need to get going right away. You can buy the starter kit with a pot of Winter Dawn included, or without. Go on, give it a try. I promise you'll be hooked.

The January issue is available now from good newsagents and retailers and comes with an exclusive vibrant paper pack especially designed for Crafts Beautiful. It also has a few ideas on how to use your free gift.

Don't forget, you can download the templates for all projects, free from the website www.crafts-beautiful.com. Pop over for inspiration, top tips, projects and loads of other stuff!

Until next time, take care and thanks for calling by. xx