Best of the Platinum Jubilee Papercrafting

 I've been looking everywhere for stamps and scrapbooking products for the Jubilee and it's not been as easy as I hoped. 

So here's my share of what I found out there!

Click on the picture for a link to the product.

Papers

Available in 12"x12" or 8"x8" from Hotshotcraft on Ebay.

Print your own 12"x12" by Ainjewelz on Etsy

Kindred Stamps British Invasion 6"x6" paper (USA)

Embellishments 

From Craftingsupplies1 on Etsy

From Baker Ross 

Stamps

English Stamp Company have a range of Jubilee rubber stamps

Skull and Crossbuns Jubilee range

Artistic Outpost stocked by Divinity Design (USA)

Tim Holtz London Sightings (Stampers Anonymous USA)

Woodware stamps London Elements set

Magazine with free stamps and stencil

From Craftstash.co.uk

Embossing Folder

From a acraftsworld and others on Ebay

Dies

Dawn Bibby Jubilee Collection (available separately or together) from Crafters Companion.

If you find anything else please comment and I'll gladly add!

Springtime 2!

Today I'm showcasing a couple of cards for the Thursday challenge on the Art Impressions blog. The challenge is Spring Celebrations.
Please see materials list on Springtime 1 post.

Spring time fun

Today I'm showcasing a couple of cards for the Thursday challenge on the Art Impressions blog. The challenge is Spring Celebrations. For me, spring always means new life...flowers, bunnies, warmer days, bird song.
I made two cards, one inspired by bunnies, the other by sakura (cherry blossom) (post 2), both using AI watercolor stamps.
Thanks for looking.

Materials used

Stamps
AI WC mini flower set
AI WC bird bath set
AI WC bunnies set
AI WC flower set 2
AI WC branches set
AI WC Foliage set 1
Taylored Expressions Friendship Strips

Supplies
Marvy and Tombow markers
Tim Holtz stamping platform
Gina K wreath maker
cold press water colour paper
brush
ribbon by JoAnn Easter

Planner Layout fun!

Layout with Sassy Club stamps

I decided to have fun with my May layout, after all, it's all about the "fourth". 

If you like my layout please consider buying using my Sassy club affiliate link below! Thank you :)

Materials
Sassy Club Rebel Forces
Washi tape
Distress Oxide spray in Black soot and Chipped Sapphire
Tim Holtz star stencil (Stamptember exclusive)
Ranger matte Texture paste
Memento Black Ink
Xpress it card
Copics
White uniball pen
Silver sparkle sequins
Tombow mono glue
Happy Planner

Police Box

Diorama Police Box card

Kindred Stamps I Need Some Space
Art Impressions Watercolor Stamp Sets Foliage 1, Foliage 2, Flower Set 2,
Stampin Up discontinued flowers
Creative Stamping Issue 37 Winter Garden
Hero Arts Fairy Die (part of discontinued MMH kit), you could try this Floral Die instead or this one
Zig Clean Colour Pens (for police box, trees, gaps and greenery inside)

Police Box  #31 Cobalt Blue (window) #30 Blue #32 Persian Blue #35 Deep Blue #037 Cornflower Blue
Marvy or Tombow markers (for flowers, grasses, bushes, branches, leaves)

Tombow Deep Grey Marker
Watercolor Paper

Blossoming Wreath

Use a 4" x 4" square of watercolour paper and Gina K's wreath builder to stamp the floral wreath. I used Marvy and Tombow Markers. When the wreath is complete use water and a brush to get a watercolour effect. (Video tutorials on this effect here, here and here)
On separate paper use a stamping platform (such as Misti or Tim Holtz) to stamp a butterfly/ dragonfly in light grey marker. You may need to stamp it a few times due to texture of paper/ lightness of marker. Colour with Zig Clean color pens and water. For the dragonfly, add glitter and let dry. For the butterfly add fine detail with purple Zig marker but don't add water. Cut them both out and adhere in a pleasing manner. Matt onto card stock and a square ivory card.


Materials Used
Zig Clean Color Watercolour Pens  #25 Pink #31 Cobalt Blue #32 Persian Blue #36 Light Blue #81 Light Violet #83 Lilac #84 Deep Violet Sugared Almond Pink for Butterflies
Greens and blues for Dragonflies

Kaisercraft CS854 Butterflies
Hero Arts Bug Set (Dragonfly stamp)

Card-Io Dragonfly Garden Set (Hydrangea stamps)

Art Impressions WC Flower Set 3, WC Flower Set 2

Marvy Markers/Tombow Markers 

Gina K Wreath Builder

Watercolor Paper

Watercolor Brush- Grumbacher no 1 round
Art Institute Designer Dries Clear Glue and fine tip and Ultra Fine Glitter (Dragonfly wings only)

Materials List
Congratulations stamp by Stampabilities
Couple Silhouette cut with a Silhouette Cameo machine
Distress Inks, Tumbled Glass,Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry
Tim Holtz watercolour paper.
Tim Holtz round blending foam
Memento Ink in Black Tuxedo.
Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set #2
Perfect Pearls sprays in Pearl and Gold

Rainy Days

Smoosh the Distress Oxide pads on a teflon or glass craft mat (I used more of the blues and just a smidgen of black). Spritz with water.
Take a rectangle of cold press Strathmore watercolour paper and drag it through it. If wished dry with a heat gun or hairdryer and repeat until you have it as you like. I used more Faded Jeans and pressed rather than dragged. Spritz the card with just water and blot immediately. Sponge the corners in black soot and stamp a rain stamp from the weather set using a dark grey pad or marker.

On separate watercolour paper stamp the donkey and umbrella using a light grey Tombow marker or a no line colouring inkpad such as the Barely There pads. Colour using Zig Clean colour pens and a watercolour brush. Cut out and cut around the donkey paw to insert the umbrella handle. Glue to the background. Mat on blue cardstock and mount to a grey card.
Use a static pad to pounce over a piece of blue cardstock. Using an embossing pad or white pigment pad stamp the sentiment on the blue cardstock and heat emboss with white powder. Trim and adhere to card.

Materials Used:

Kindred Stamps Childhood Friends set

Creative Stamping Weather Set

Strathmore Cold Press Watercolor Paper

Tim Holtz Stamping Platform

Embossing pad, White embossing powder (superfine recommended due to small letters), Heat Gun, Anti-Static pad. 

Zig Clean Color #026 Light Pink #036 Light Blue, #034 Dull Blue, #037 Cornflower Blue, #64 Oatmeal #065 Mid Brown, #82 Purple #090 Gray #92 Blue Gray

Distress Oxides Black Soot, Forest Moss, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans

Water Spritzer
Tombow or Marvy dark grey marker

These are not affiliate links. I have no company affiliations and do not earn any money from them.

Uniquely Unicorns

I had a lot of fun making this card and envelope using stamps from Uniquely Creative and Gina K. 

I started with a 4" x 4" square of X-press it cardstock. I stamped the centre circle from Gina K's wreath builder stamp set using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I then used her wreath builder template to make the rest of the design using Uniquely Creative's Stay Unique Unicorn set and the heart from the Wreath Builder stamp set. The sparkles were stamped with Memento ink in Teal Zeal, Grape Jelly, Danube Blue, Bahama Blue. These were then coloured with Copic markers. 

The edges of the paper were sponged with Tim Holtz's Distress Oxides in Peacock Feather and Wilted Violet. 

I cut the centre circle (I used a Sizzix circle die, but any the right size would do) from Stick It paper that had previously been adhered to cardstock. Peel off the adhesive and cover the sticky side with ultra fine glitter in the colour of your choice.  Glue or tape runner the circle to the middle of the stamped one.  

Stamp the unicorn from Uniquely Creative's set on separate cardstock using Memento black ink. Colour using Copic markers. Fussy cut and adhere over your glitter circle.  My square was then mounted onto purple and mint cardstock. 

Affix the square to a glitter card (I got mine from Michaels). The sentiment from the set was filled using Deco teal foil and a Minc Machine. Sponge with Distress Oxides.

The envelope was created the same way,  also using a confetti stencil from Echo Park and Prismacolor pencils to colour the unicorn.

Supplies Used

Uniquely Creative "Stay Unique" Unicorn Set

Gina K Wreath Builder Bundle (stamps and template)

Sizzix Circle dies

Stick It Paper

Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

Minc Machine

Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blenders

Echo Park Birthday Confetti stencil

X-press It Blending Cardstock

Memento Ink Pads in Tuxedo Black, Grape Jelly, Teal Zeal, Danube Blue, Bahama Blue

Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers

Deco Foil in Teal

Ultra Fine glitter

Copic Markers 0 Colourless Blender, BV000 Iridescent Mauve, V04 Lilac, V15 Mallow, 

BG09 Blue Green, BG10 Cool Shadow, BG15 Aqua, BG72 Ice Ocean.

Prismacolor in 992 Light Aqua, 905 Aquamarine, 956 Lilac, 1008 Parma Violet, White.

Feeling lyrically inspired for the MIO hop

Welcome to the August My Inky Oasis hop.

        In case you missed it here is a link to Laura's gorgeous creation.

I found this challenge to be a hard but creative one...mostly because I didn't think I had stamps that fit lots of the lyrics I thought of. But eventually I was reminded of Bob Marley's cheerful song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and picked this verse to illustrate: 

"Rise up this mornin',
Smile with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs

Of melodies pure and true"

Products used:
Tim Holtz stencils Rays and Mini set #5

Heidi Swapp Music stamp

Colour Shine spray in Mustard and Gold

Distress Spray Stain in Squeezed Lemonade

Distress Paint in Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber

Tim Holtz Music Tape

Distress Ink pads in Wild Honey, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, VintagePhoto

Tim Holtz blending sponge tool (round)

MFT Tweet Friends

ZigClean Colour Markers in: 050, yellow; 052, bright yellow; 021. light carmine; 025, pink; 027, dark pink; 081, light violet; 082, purple; 080, violet

Ranger Texture Paste Transparent Gloss

If you want to hop on to the next stop to see the lovely Robbie's wonderful card.

Here is what you can win this month, just leave some love on each blog...

Closing date 25th August 2016

Here's the complete hop:

1. Laura

2. Emma ←you are here

3. Robbie

4. Joy

5. Linda

6. Lisa

Dominant colour challenge with My Inky Oasis

Check out Robbie's amazing card here.

Welcome to my first hop post for My Inky Oasis

This months theme was using orange as a dominant colour. Orange is not usually my first choice of colours so it was an interesting one for me. I love poppies so I decided to go with orange poppies rather than the stereotypical red.
So here is my card:

Tape down Tim Holtz's watercolour paper (I use micropore tape that I first dab on a fluffy jumper to remove the stickiness). Wet. Using Zig clean colour pens, use some shades of orange and pale green on the background to give a very pale wash. Let dry.
Stamp poppies from Tim Holtz's Flower Garden set using Distress Ink in Scattered Straw, or the palest ink colour you have. You will need to use the masking technique to get the two background poppies. Let dry again.
Use Zig clean colour markers, a brush and water again to watercolour the image and background.
Using Art Institutes Designer Dries Clear glue, attach Prills in Power Outage to ends of stamen to give dimension.

Colours for Zig markers:
050 yellow, 002 Fl Orange, 070, Orange, 052 Bright Yellow, 045 Pale Green, 044 Deep Green, 080 Violet, 036 Light Blue, 095 Dark Grey, 010 Black.

Later I made it into an anniversary card...

I just added a foiled die cut from Hero Art's Happy set. You can't see it too well, but it's gold foil (using a Minc Machine) and then stamped anniversary in black.

Please join our group on Facebook too, and have some inky fun! My Inky Oasis 

Hop on over to Lisa here

Here is the complete hop:

1. Laura

2. Jasmine

3. Robbie

4. Heart of Craft ← you are here

5.Lisa

6. Joy

7. Linda 

Here is this month's prize, donated by the lovely Laura. Three cheers for Laura!

TO ENTER:

To enter the giveaway to win this killer prize pack, all you have to do is leave some love on each blog in the hop! How easy is that!?!

All opinions are my own. I have no commercial or affiliate links, product links are for your convenience, feel free to shop around!

A Secret Project

A very dear friend of mine is leaving soon for pastures new....on the other side of the world.

So I decided to embark on a secret project to give her something to take on her travels that has some of the memories and love from her family and friends.

I am making a recipe book, since she loves baking and cooking. I am getting her friends and family to contribute recipes, photos, memories, quotes and more to fill the book. 

I intend to decorate the pages to make it special and bring it all together.

Here is one of the pages I have been working on, perfect for some summer love!

The back will have a recipe involving ice cream!

Products used:

Life is Like Ice Cream by Cats Pajamas stamps

Prismacolour pencils

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Tim Holtz mini stencil set #5

Distress Inks in Cotton Candy and Tumbled Glass

Glossy Accents

Foil glue and Decofoil in Opal

I will try and show some more of the project as I work on it :)
Meanwhile....sshhhhh! It's a secret :D

Did I mention I LOVE Cat's Pajama's stamps? Such a great company. No, I didn't get paid to say that :)

Entered in the Cat's Pajama's Blog Hop

A little mothering....

My wonderful mother in law is also an avid crafter. So I thought I would do a non traditional card for her on American Mother's Day. I love this set, it's lots of fun!
Supplies used:
Keep Calm set by Cat's Pyjamas
Distress Inks
Black and White Card (Neenah)
Clear Embossing Pad and Embossing Powder
Minc Machine and Blue Foil
Black Memento Ink.

Some flowery bunnies.

I am a huge fan of bunnies. They are my totem animal really. No I don't have big ears, but I was born in the year of the rabbit, I have had many as pets and they just seem to follow me through life. I didn't seem to have many bunny stamps though (feel free to give me recommendations on more bunnies!), so I was delighted to find this adorable range of bunnies from the Cats Pajama's! They also have free shipping and a free goody when you spend $65. Expect more bunnies in future :D. They also seem to have bred...aka I couldn't resist making two with different colour bunnies..

Supplies used:
Kick Some Grass stamp set by Cat's Pajamas
Friendly Flowers Fri-dies by Cas-ual Fridays from Laura's Loft
Distress Ink in Wilted Violet
Zig Clean Color Pens
Vellum
Prills
Tim Holtz Watercolour cardstock

Entered in My Inky Oasis monthly challenge
And Cat's Pyjama's Floral Challenge/ Monthly Blog Hop

Your Heart's Desire with Laura's Loft

This months shop and hop has a little bit of a mixed bag from me....a Father's day card (I think maybe my hearts desire is neatly pressed and laundered shirts, preferably ones that I didn't have to do myself!) and a touch of coffee...something I long for since I am not allowed it any more! Still, in lieu of that I will take chocolate :)

So here is my first card. I love this shirt cut as it is so versatile. I cut a pattern with my Silhouette Cameo, but you could cut it by hand, use a Cricut or find some dies.
Then I sponged around the edges with a Tim Holtz sponging tool and Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch. Then over stamp in Salty Ocean with the lines from MFT's (My Favourite Things) Abstract Art set. I love finding yet new ways to use this set!
Then sponge the tie with Distress Ink in Wilted Violet and over stamp with MFT's Party Patterns set. Assemble the card and voila...all done. Nice and easy. You can come up with so many shirt and tie combos with either or both of those two pattern sets.

For my second card I again used Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch inks on the outside of a panel of white card. Spritz with water and blot. I stencilled the middle of the card with stencils from Papertrey Ink (chevrons) and Tim Holtz (coffee stains) using the same colours of Distress Inks in Vintage Photo with a touch of Walnut Stain.
Stamp the charming coffee loving cat from Newton Loves Coffee in Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black on watercolour paper. Colour with Zig clean markers and a watercolour brush. Fussy cut.
Die cut Tim Holtz's Sizzix Bigz coffee cup die (or use a Silhouette or Cricut). Sponge the edges of the cup with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. Use a Prismacolour pencil for some shading and over stamp a dot texture (I use Tim Holtz's Cracks and Specks). Sponge the label in shades of blue and stamp the sentiment and coffee beans from the set. Shade the beans a little with the coloured pencil. Lastly sponge the lid in Pumice Stone Distress Inks. Assemble, and put in some shading with a deep blue Prismacolour. Adhere to card. Using some Designer Dries Clear glue stick on some coffee coloured Prills to the coffee stain to give dimension.


This months amazing prize....

And all you have to do is leave a little love at every blog stop! Easy :)

 While you are here, why not check out Laura's shop..there is an amazing sale...35% off from May 5th until Midnight on May 15th!

Here are all the stops:

1. Laura

2. Deana

3. Jasmine

4. Robbie

5. Heart of Craft ← you are here

6. Lisa