Mostly Men – A Misty Moonlight Scene

November 4, 2020October 26, 2020 ~ Karen Young

Another project from my recent Mostly Men Papercrafting Class is this Misty Moonlight scene.

A combination of Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy combine to create the project, with a Daffodil Delight light beam.

The background has texture adding using the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. I thought this looked like the sea, or night sky.

The lighthouse is from the Smooth Sailing Dies. Using the tree shapes from the Majestic Mountain Dies upside down has given me the rocky outcrop for the lighthouse.

In yesterday’s post, the trees are the ‘right’ way up.

The Daffodil Delight piece is cut into the shape of a shaft of light. This has a sentiment from the Timeless Tulips Stamp Set stamped in Night of Navy.

After attaching the sentiment, all of the overhanging pieces are cut off.

As the piece is embossed, the pieces are all stuck down using Tear and Tape to give a strong hold.

For this project, you can position the lighthouse more centrally and add a shaft of light on both sides. Or leave the shaft of light blank and add a sentiment to another part of the project.

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Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Whale meet again!

August 10, 2020August 7, 2020 ~ Karen Young

It was definitely a case of Whale Meet Again for last week’s Card & Cuppa project.

The attendees have been asking for a project that uses the Whale Builder Punch so here it is. As I used it for the Children’s class the other week, it’s getting a fair amount of use!

Purple Posy, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy and Whisper White create this project. My colour combination is taken from the Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack, and I’ll explain a bit more on why this is in a bit.

At a previous session, the attendees liked the Purple Posy Ribbon from the Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack. I was also able to show them the other two ribbons in the pack, so thought I would use them and the colours on this project.

The Coastal Cabana piece is embossed using the Old World Paper Embossing Folder, a new item in the Annual Catalogue. I thought it looked like the sea in this colour with the ripple shape cut by hand.

Using the Painted Labels Dies and cutting out the centre piece, the swirl is threaded with the ribbons. I’ve also added the Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon in Whisper White here too.

For the whale, they are made two-tone by using a belly piece in Purple Posy. I gave the attendees whales in both colours, so they could choose to make either Night of Navy or Purple Posy. Or even both.

This sits across the centre of the swirl and the water spout is then added.

Finally, an eye and three bubbles from the Elegant Faceted Gems Pack add a little bit of sparkle and fun.

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In Color Introduction Class – Cinnamon Cider

July 9, 2020July 8, 2020 ~ Karen Young

At my annual ‘In Color’ Introduction Class, each new colour has a project dedicated to it. This is the project for Cinnamon Cider.

It’s a more masculine project and just uses Cinnamon Cider, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.

As well as the new colours, we use new products too. The fabulous Old World Paper Embossing folder gets an outing here.

The piece has to be torn around the edges to give a more aged look. Some of the attendees found this part really hard as they think tearing their paper is an act of vandalism!

I can’t wait to create even more projects with this folder. I’ve got visions of getting very inky with Sponge Daubers for some more tearing and serious distressing. Sorry ladies!

The pretty feather shape from the Nature’s Thoughts dies sits really well on the Everyday Label Punch shape.

A length of the extremely tactile Early Espresso Faux Suede Trim is looped behind. You are going to need a lot of this ribbon as you’ll want some to stroke – it really is that fabulous.

To finish, an Enamel Dot in Cinnamon Cider is sat either side of the punched shape.

Don’t forget to take a look at all the fabulous new items in the Annual Catalogue. If you purchase between now and 3rd August, you can earn Bonus Days coupons too.

It would be great to ‘see’ you at one of my classes. All abilities welcome. Head to my Class Timetable for full details of all the onlines classes I’m currently running.

Happy crafting

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