happy craft challenge june dt

                                                        JUNE  GUEST  DESIGN TEAM

Hi, welcome  to my blog ,

i have the honour of being your  June  Guest designer, for  Happy Craft Creations  Challenge   What a Privilege, Thank You Megan Flynn
 I have  a Sketch & Mood  Board so have created a  layout as well as a card ,
last week i bought Creative Stamping magazine ,which they supply Simply Made Crafts  A4 stamp set,  Love & laughter.  This  month had  beautiful  flowers and leaves,  birds,  swans,  so got to thinking what if i stamped  instead of using Kaiser papers,  and my journey begun
Here are the products i used to create  my  8 x 8  inch  layout
Products,
jet black Stazon  ink
Kaiser  Smooth  white  cardstock
simply Made Crafts  stamps flowers and leaves
Novita paper collection - Floral Watercolour Stickers  ( these can be bought at  the Crafty Chain at Rochedale  in Brisbane )
Echo Park - Mango small  Dots papers  item #DTSP10012
Distress Inks,
mustard seed
spiced  marmalade
carved pumpkin
ripe  persimmon
lucky clover
the word . Happy Hour I printed on my computer & the journalling   not my strong  point
Close to  my Heart  clear  glitter pen
Waterbrush

I have used  Kaiser smooth  white  cardstock  & have stamped with  Jet Black  StazOn ink,  this ink is great for  those wanting to  colour in as it does not bleed, there  are many colours, but i love the black one only
Did you know that with your StazOn that you can stamp on your photos ? ?  yes , it works i  put  some leaves on  in the corner so  the  background doesn't look out of place

Colouring in is so much fun, relaxing and not just for kids  us too.
So  going  with the sketch,  i just stamp all  what needs to be done, then the fun begins with  the colouring it ,

This is the colour the colour  combo into the mix  ( see right)  this is a   colour i dont use very often so  finding something   that matched i thought would be a  problem, but then remembered i  had this  orange shirt  on when i went away on our annual break







i have a  Couture Creations craft mat that i have glued to the side of my   mat , so when i want to  colour its there ready,  so i have just got my   distress ink  pad and just dab a bit on  ( you dont need much ) then with my  water brush just start painting it  on the page

ive inked around the outside of the page  to give it depth,  again using  distress inks ,
i love anything  glitter as well, and have added  some  clear glitter  to some of the flowers  its never complete ,unless im adding  ink to the edges or  glitter or bling
Hope you are inspired by my  page today  &  give  this challenge a go .
until next  time


Happy Crafting ...



                                                               Card
  i have my card  6  x 12 inches , score in half  and make the fold at the top of the card .
I have  a corner rounder  which i love (  when i worked  the machine was called a round  corner  machine and it seems so funny , that in the crafting world the  name has been turned around  )
so  i have  rounded the 4 corners

 I  have a  die  cutting machine   with Kaiser circles dies.  I  have cut a Kaiser  Class of '87 paper collection ( this is a very old collection of papers )
while still off the card , i have  dotted around my   circle with my white gel pen , and  inked with  green  Dew Drop  Brilliance  Gamma Green  around the edge

the   little fairy  was on a4  sheets and as i walked  by at the cheap shop, i thought she looked so cute wouldn't it be nice on  card ( of course cutting out is not my strong point )  however i managed to  get  her all cut out

I have  placed  Collall Silconen 3D Decoupage  under her to add height  this takes a bit longer to dry,   but i  love  it and use it all the time instead of foam dots  which you can use   In brisbane you can purchase this at The Crafty Chain. or ask at your local   craft store

i own a misti &  love it for  when im creating  lots of cards like at christmas or  for special  cards .  The stamps dont move, so  if  it doesn't go  as  dark you desire  you can go over it and know that its going to go in the same place as before
with this in mind i have placed  my leaves and flower & butterfly combo around the card and  stamped with stazons ink
Then have coloured in after alldry,  i have assembled the fairy onto the  kaiser paper and added bling to the butterflies
I have also  added  Close to my heart  clear glitter pen to the wings of the fairy and  the centre of small flower and  all of the large flower

 Can not wait to see your creations for the june  mood  board and the sketch challenge

 Happy crafting
Jacqui McCully