Friday 30 April 2010

Gift card holder

Over at Winter Wonderland we have been playing with making gift card holders for Christmas. I enjoyed it so much I thought I would have a go at making a non Christmassy one for a friends birthday. Ive used left overs from the last commission card I did using the tutorial in Craft Stamper. The colours are adirondack lettuce and denim applied with a shaving brush! Then I have crackle stamped it with a Tim holtz stamp in denim and then again with a paperartsy clock stamp in denim. The leaves around the edges have been stamped with archival black using a stampin up stamp. The bird is from Graphicus and not sure about the explore imagine dream stamp.
I have adjusted the measurements to fit this fab tag from 7 Gypsies which I picked up on my last Graphicus trip. Edges lightly brushed with denim and a seal stamp by stampin up saying Happy Bithday to finish. Around the bottom I have added some navy ribbon and a little celebrate metal embelishment. Now all I have to do is buy the gift card! If you like the idea of making gift card wallets there are a number of them listed over here You can see my Christmas one here
Happy Friday blog Buddies x
* just to answer the questions about the brush - yes it was applied using the brush in circular movements the results are a smooth layer of colour. Have a babywipe flat on your surface and once you have finished, with the colour, circular movements on to the wipe removes the ink. You will need 3 brushes 1 for light colours, 1 for medium colours and one for darks. The brushes Ive been using were 99p from Boyes. At first they loose a few bristles but this doesnt affect their performance. I also trimmed the tops of the bristles so they were more even. Hope that helps x

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Janet, love the colours, did you stipple colour on? not used brushes before, I fancy a go!
    Big hugs
    Have a nice weekend
    Tracey xx

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  2. Love this one the colours are brilliant and love the images just perfect
    Hugs Kate xx

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  3. This is fabulous, so much depth and beautiful colours.

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  4. Such gorgeous colours! I love the background. I've never thought of using a shaving brush.do you use it in circular movements or stippling?

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  5. Fantastic, love the colours and image.

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  6. Gorgeous projects both! Cant wait to have a go, need a demo on that technique, you've got it to a tee and it looks fantastic on your work.
    x Michelle

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  7. Love it!!! Love it, love it, love it!!!! Hugs xx

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