groovi dt samples - henna borders

Hi there - are you fed up yet - lots more to follow lol

I am off to fellow dt member Susan Moran's workshop today over at Olive Green crafts - she is a truly fabulous parcher - very talented and is teaching me all sorts!

This one uses the fabulous henna borders.

The central panel is done separately from the background. and mounted on pink card,

I started with the nested oval and square to make a bowl.

I "decorated" the bowl using one of the sections on the henna groovi border followed by the half tone plate (dotty wave).

I used one of the mandalas to create 3 flowers - always do an odd number looks more natural.

I used a line from one of the plates to create the stems and various bits of foliage for leaves  I used the same flowers on a separate piece to create 3 more to snip out , colour and attach on top for a double layer with a brad.

I took another piece and pricked a rectangle  to frame the top piece and then around again to create a frame which I filled with the same scallop pattern some foliage in the corners then added dotty wave in the remaining space  .

See you tomorrow!

groovi dt samples - Ocean Swirl border plate - sea monsters

Hi there

Did you see this one?  I bet Barbara thought I had lost the plot with this one !!

I looked at this border plate and the first thing I saw was this creature - it was just missing an eye but there was a nice little shape that does the job perfectly,  Then I realised there was another facing the opposite way!  Once I saw them I couldn't get past if you know what I mean so I just had to use them before I could see anything else!

I used the nested square to make the central square , then various bits of the border to create the "waves"  I added a background from the landscape plate gave it a title of sea monsters and added some other swirls to frame it 

groovi dt samples - art deco border plate

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I am having a couple of hours away from sample making so thought I would take the opportunity to schedule a few blog posts of my dt samples from the one day special with Barbara on Monday

Here's the first one using the art deco and ocean swirl set

I started with a strip of parchment and embossed the wording, I added a line either side and then using the lace border I went either side to form a strip.

  I made another strip wider and did the same (without the words) and lined up the pattern in the gaps of the first one.  I repeated again on the final strip.  I made two butterflies  from opposite halves of the lace that correspond

I did lots of pricking with a double needle tool and lots of snipping !

Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting instalment!!

Grooving - Silver wedding

Back again as promised with the real silver wedding card.

I am hoping that after all the palarva and testing yesterday that all goes smoothly  today.

I have been asked for a silver wedding card for a special couple.

So here it is 

I started by piercing a grid about 18 cm square. (mark the corners in pencil using the grid side of the mat   .  I have marked 4 corners on my plate mate to 7" square so that I can get everything central.  I did the banner next by using one of the lines on the landscape set .

I previously did" to a special couple" on a bit of scrap - its easier to see where to start and finish.- so I used this to place the second line .

The words came next using the scrap for positioning, followed by the heart swirl
I replace the swirl with the nested heart and went around the largest one. I replace the hearts with the squares and put a dot in each corner   I used this to place the double heart from the line sentiment then I went back and fill in the square .

I added the rings then the dots from the netting plate.

Finally I lined up the square to one of the squares  3 in from the edge and used the outside square to mark a dot .  I did this on all four sides.

I pierced around the edge leaving a gap in the middle then I added the hearts.

I did some piercing and snipping and a little white work.  The letters are coloured in from the front using a shimmery gel pen

Attached to silver mirri card with brads.   Photo not too great lol

I am off to Fleetwood see you later!!

groovi - test

This is my second post today - just testing as I am having problems with the wrong picture when I share.

to read about this card click here

Groovi- demo sample

I am off to visit the seaside again tomorrow  to the crafty company in Fleetwood.   It's a great shop and Sandra & Kieron are great hosts and always look after me very well.

So here's  a take on a card for mothers day  which is on the horizon

I have coloured on the back using spectrum aquas.

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Claritystamp blog challenge 36 - Love

HAPPY FEBRUARY

Well I think we might all be glad to see the back of January we have lost soo many people not a good start to the year!  but on a much much brighter note I had a lovely afternoon yesterday at my youngest grandson's first birthday party.  I can't believe he is walking and one already the time has flown by very quickly.

We have also had a few days up in our favourite place on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomand and I was a very good girl and didn't go to the craft shop near Glasgow airport 

Have you seen all the entries on last month's challenge say it with flowers - WOW obviously a very popular theme we have had so  many entries and I would like to thank all of them for taking the time and trouble to join us  I have no idea how I am going to pick my top five 

Anyway this month's theme LOVE

I decided as I am so busy at the moment I would kill two birds with one stone and make a card that would do as a valentine card for Grumpy so I decided to give my stamping stuff an airing.

I have used word chains 2  & 6

the hearts are from wee folk wedding set 

the couple are from the very first wee folk set 

I was very good this month and took lots of pics as I went along ....but I can't find them anywhere?

Anyway I used the square stencil framer  towards the corner of my stencil card  and used a light coating of barn door distress ink.  then I dried it, added some anti static.  I stamped Love in black archival in the middle of the square 

I then used versamark and clear powder randomly over the rest of the square (having replaced the stencil)  now because I had added barn door first these words are not white but a paler red in real life.

When it was all dry and I added more barn door to give a deeper colour and of course the embossing added as a resist.  I went around the edges with aged mahogany to add a bit of shade.

for the rest of the stamping I used black  and red geranium archival .  Black sharpie pen around the edge and  mat and layered.

Right I am off to take another shot at picking my top five !!