Here is the card Phill made during his Friday Facebook Live on 24th April.
It uses the Sentiment Medallion Wrap and Coins, Romantique Flower Dies, Double Debossed Circle Dies. This card uses the Olive Grove and Pure White Card Stock and Olive Vine Embossing Powders. It also has Porcelain White Pearls in the centre of the flowers.
On Phills live show he used Storm Grey Card with Smokey Quartz Embossing Powder, Vellum, Enchanting Flowers Dies and the Triple Layering Diamond Stencils. He also mixed Diamond Dazzle, Luna Holographic and Rainbow Crystals Glitters! Lush!
Stage 1 – cut out all the layers needed as below
Card blank is 23 x 17.5cm
1st layer – Olive – 22 x 16.5cm
2nd layer – White – 21 x 15.5cm
3rd Layer – Olive Embossed – 18 x 13cm
Strip – 3cm wide
Circle Die Layers (Except the Wrap and Coins)
Flower Dies.
Stage 2 – stamp the Medallion Wrap onto White Card using the Olive Vine Embossing Powders. Stamp the Sentiment Coins onto white and the small words onto Olive Grove. Use the Circle Dies to cut these out for layering later.
Stage 3 – Using the Embossing Powder, stamp the borders onto the strip of card. Then add the centre part design of your choice.
Stage 4 – Layer up the circle dies and other card layers onto the card blank. Use foam tape where you wish. Glitter the edges where you like!
Stage 5 – Use the extras on the Medallion Wraps to stamp each petal on the plain white flowers. Assemble the flowers and allow the glue to dry a little.
Stage 6 – add the flowers, leaves and pearls to your card!
Here’s a lovely Christmas cards made during our workshops.
This card uses Phill’s Triple Layering Stencils and Christmas DL Silhouette Stamps with either inks or embossing powders. We have also used The Stately Double Debossed Squares and Sue Wilson Poinsettia Dies.
The Full Card
Stage 1 – Cut out all the layers and die cuts needed as below:
Base Card is 19cm x 19cm
Top/Bottom Inked Panel – 18.5cm x 5.5cm (x2)
Top/Bottom Stenciled Panel – 18cm x 5cm (x2)
Stately Double Debossed Squares – x2 on front and x2 inside
Image Piece – 9cm x 9cm
Poinsettia and Holly
TIP – We cut the card at 6cm down from the top and used the offcut to create some of the other panels to save card!
Stage 2 – Choose 1, 2 or 3 stencils to create your stenciled panels and the same number of coordinatng inks. Decide if you want to layer the pattern or offset the pattern – it looks stunning either way! Working with largest stencil first create your own unique background on both panel pieces.
TIP – Start with the lightest colour, especially if you are layering the patterns on top of each other.
Stage 3 – Choose your DL Silhouette stamp and either ink or one of the stunning embossing powders to create the main image.
TIP – don’t forget these are long stamps, so choose which part of the stamp you want to use and make sure it fits securely on your stamping platform so you can stamp the image a few times for full coverage.
Stage 4 – Ink up the Double Debossed Squares for the front and inside. Colour the Poinsettias if you wish.
stage 5 – Assemble the layers, using foam tape where you wish. Finish with glitter or pearls!
Here’s a card made at our regular card making workshops.
It uses Phill’s 8×8 Stencils, Christmas Sentiment Cloud Stamps, Background Stamps and Various Christmas Sentiment Stamps. We have also used The Angelina Die Frame, Classic Poinsettia and Poinsettia Additions and Christmas Leaf dies.
Our main sample card uses Chipped Sapphire Oxide, Snowflake Trails Stencil, Christmas Sentiment Cloud, Snowflake Background Stamp and Snowflake Sentiments Stamps. The Luna Paste is Moonlight Storm.
Stage 1 – cut out all the layers and die cut shapes are below
Card Blank – 21cm x 21cm
Layer 1 – 20.5cm x 20.5cm (inked)
Layer 2 – 19.5cm x 19.5cm (stencil)
Layer 3 – 14.5cm x 14.5cm (inked)
Layer 4 – 14cm x 14cm (stamped)
Border strip
14.5cm x 2.5cm (inked)
14cm x 14cm (stamped)
Die Cuts
Sue Wilson Angelina Frame
Sue Wilson Classic Poinsettia
Sue Wilson Poinsettia Additions
Sue Wilson Berry Bough/Christmas Floral Stem
Stage 2 – Choose your 8×8 Stencil and Luna Paste and paste the 19.5cm layer. Leave to dry.
Stage 3 – Choose a coordinating Distress Oxide Ink and ink the appropriate layers and parts of the Angelina die frame as you wish. Ink the poinsettias as you wish
Stage 4 – Stamp one of the Christmas Sentiment Clouds and apply clear embossing powder to make the ink shiny and stand out more.
Stage 5 – Choose a background stamp for the border layer and ink as above.
Stage 6 – Assemble all the layers and add glitter as you wish
Other card samples…
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Here’s our latest blog post. This card was made at our regular craft classes.
It uses Phill’s DL Silhouette Stamps, Essential Sentiments Labels, Stencils, Crackle Paste, Distress Oxides, Versafine Black Onyx Ink and Luna Paste. We have also used the new Feltmark card in Raven Black.
This card looks beautiful in Landscape or Portrait!
The Full Card
Stage 1 – cut out the layers needed for the card as follows:
Base Card – 20cm x 17.5cm
Black Layer – 19cm x 16.5cm
White Layer – 18.5cm x 16cm
White Layer for Stamping Image – 17cm x 14.5cm
Double Pierced Frame – Raven Black Feltmark Card
Stage 2 – Choose a stencil and two coordinating colours of crackle paste. Apply the lighter colour first, but only in small sections. Then apply a smaller amount of the darker colours and merge into the lighter colour slightly. Set aside to dry.
Stage 3 – Ink the background layer with three different colours of Distress Oxide. Take time to blend them smoothly into each other and apply lightly top start with. We have used a circle die to create the moon and held it in place whilst we inked. We then splashed water onto the background.
Stage 4 – Ink a strip of card in the same colours to create the tag. Choose a tag shape and stamp with the Versafine. Then choose a matching sentiment and stamp.
Stage 5 – choose your DL Silhouette Stamp for the background layer. You will need to lift this up from the bottom of the card to make sure you can see the image behind the frame. We used Versafine again and a stamping platform just in case we missed a bit! We rubbed Moonlight Silver over the moon to create the shimmery effect.
Stage 5 – Assemble the layers, using foam tape to lift the frame. We also rubbed Luna over the crackle paste.
This card is made using Phills DL Collage Stamps, 8×8 Stencils, Clear Texture Paste and Shimmer Shakers. The dies we have used are Sue Wilson’s Mosaic Bauble Background, Delicate Daisies and Splendid Swirls.
Stage 2 – choose an 8×8 stencil and two coordinating Shimmer Shakers. Apply the clear texture paste through the stencil and tap over the shimmer shakers whilst the stencil is still in place. Remove the stencil and add more shaker if needed. Set aside to dry.
Stage 3 – use the same two shimmer shakers and colour the plain outer frame and delicate daisies. Set aside to dry
Stage 4 – choose a DL Collage stamp and two coordinating Distress Oxide Ink Pads and stamp the middle rectangle piece
Stage 5 – assemble all layers using foam tape where you wish and glitter
Card Samples
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Here is a Card made by crafters at our regular workshops. It uses Phills new 8×8 Stencils with glittery Sparkle Texture Paste! It also features his gorgeous DL Collage stamps with three different colours of embossing powders.
Stage 1 – cut out all the layers and die cut pieces needed as below:
Card Base- 18x18cm
Layer 1 – 17x17cm coloured/Texture Paste
Layer 2 – 14 x 14 plain
Layer 3 – 13.5 x 13.5 colour
Layer 4 – 12.5 x 12.5 plain
Layer 5 – 11.5 x 11.5 colour/embossed
Maggie Die and Topper
Oak Leaf Swag
Succulent Garden
Stage 2 – choose your 8×8 stencil and 2 or 3 sparkle texture paste colours. Our main card uses the Summer Meadow stencil and platinum, new gold and copper sparkle texture paste. Tape down the stencil over the card layer and apply the texture paste, using smooth strokes in the same direction. Set aside to dry.
TIP – Be careful to wipe your spatula when you change colours or blend so as not to contaminate the other pots.
Stage 3 – choose your DL Collage stamp and co-ordinating detail embossing powder to use on the top layer. Wipe with an anti static dust bag. You need to tackle this layer in two halves! Apply perfect medium to the stamp and stamp the image on one half. Apply the detail embossing powder one colour at a time in separate areas. When all three colours are applied use a heat gun to set. Repeat on other half.
TIP – make sure you apply the embossing powder one at a time and tip the excess powder back into the pot after each colour!
Stage 4 – if you wish to stamp your flowers use the same method above with the anti static bag etc. Work with a couple of flowers at a time to apply the embossing powder. Choose your sentiment for the topper.
TIP – you can apply the embossing powder to all the flowers first and then heat them all at once
Stage 5 – apply the layers, using foam tape where you wish. Shape the flowers and assemble!
The Full Card
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Here’s what we used with links to our website if you wish to purchase the items…
I wanted to show you this card, that we made at my workshops last week, making good use of Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss and my Sentimentally Yours Stencils.
Have you used/tried Glitter Kiss yet? It’s an amazing product that can be used with stencils, embossing folders, direct to mdf/card, painted with, applied with a spatula to mixed media projects for texture and even to just cover your scraps of card with lovely sparklyness to be die cut at a later date!
It also dries waaaay quicker than regular texture paste!
The glitter in Glitter Kiss is the Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk glitter, which is ultra fine, tiny, tiny specks of glitter and this makes it easy to work with and very different to Sparkle Texture Paste. The colours in Glitter Kiss are incredible and you can ‘build up’ layers of these colours and they won’t just all blob into one colour (technical term ha ha)
Here are two cards I made with my workshops last week, very different colours, very different finish (just imagine the Blue/Silver one as a Christmas Card with my Snowflakes Stencil!)
So, as always, here is a little list of what I used (with links to my website, should you ‘need’ to treat yourself to any of the products so you can recreate this card)
To begin, I applied the lighter colour of the Glitter Kiss through my stencil onto a solid stitched hexagon die cut (make sure it’s a little bigger than the aperture from the frame)(I used my Spatula, why mess about with doing hundreds of swipes with a sponge when the spatula does it more easily!), then left this to one side for 5 – 10 minutes to give it some drying time (leave the stencil on). When you come back to it, the glitter kiss will be ‘touch’ dry, I then added the second, darker colour of glitter kiss in random areas (making sure I didn’t cover the base colour). If you look at the two cards I made, you’ll see I did ‘random’ on the Ice Blue/Green card and tried to do all the bottom left corners of the stencil design (not being too careful) on the Blue Teal/Silver Chrome one)… just gives it a different look 🙂
You can then remove the stencil and leave to dry (only takes 20 – 30 mins)
Whilst that was drying, I did the embossed piece of card… this is soooo easy!
As before, using my lightest colour of glitter kiss, I applied a small amount to my applicator sponge and with very light, sweeping morions, went from left to right across the piece of card. I did this on all the bits that would be visible. This dried very quickly, in fact, by the time you get to the bottom part of the card, the top will have dried!
(TOP TIP – Make sure you don’t have any lumps of glitter kiss on your applicator sponge as they will bet stuck in the debossed areas of the card)
Just build up the amount of glitter kiss you have on the embossed areas until you’re happy.
I then turned my card around and did the same thing with the second, darker colour. What you end up with is a beautiful, glittery, two toned piece of embossed card (there’s just no other way you can achieve this so easily, not that I’ve found anyway)
To cover the die cut daisies and butterfly etc, just dab the glitter kiss straight on with your finger (don’t rub, as that just moves the product around) and repeat in the two colours until you’re happy with the finish. Trust me when I say, the glitter kiss just wipes off your finger/mats etc with a grime boss and it washes off your stencils easily in warm soapy water. You will have a lovely, sparkly finger!
To add the sentiment (this is why I love my corner sentiments), I used two co-ordinating colours of Distress Oxide ink pads and stamped the first half of the stamp on one section of the hexagon, then repeated on the next section of hexagon (clever, eh) Just remember to mask off the half of stamp you’re not using or you’ll get ink where you don’t want it!
I then just assembled the card as you see in the photos,, (you know me and my love affair with foam tape, there’s foam tape on both layers of the hexagons ha ha)
These are 7×7 cards and would work just as well on a smaller scae or as 8×8 cards with a bit more matting and layering.
Have a go… easy peasy 🙂
Ice Blue and Sea GreenBlue Teal and Silver Chrome
Hope you like these cards too, I’ve loved making them!
Finally, before I go, the winner of my last Giveaway Card (The Mustard Seed/Spiced Marmalade Distress Paints Card) is….
Julie Ironmonger
Well done Julie, can you email me your address to phill@honeypotcrafts.co.uk or send me a direct message on Facebook/Twitter etc
You’ve probably heard of (or at least got a few) Distress Ink Pads, maybe Distress Oxide Ink Pads or some Distress Crayons even, but have you ever had a go with the fabulous Distress Paints?! (dabbers)
I have to confess, I’ve had mine for ages and only really ever used them with stencils or mdf, so I had a proper ‘play’ last week and created these cards.
I dry brushed with them, stencilled with them, diluted them with water, flicked them and yes, stamped with them… so many ways to use these and you can even watercolour with them!! (and it’s a very different finish to ink pads)
Now you know I don’t ‘do’ dirty or messy, but, actually, I don’t mind it (as long as the results are pretty!) ha ha
So, as always, here is a little list of what I used (with links to my website, should you ‘need’ to treat yourself to any of the products so you can recreate this card)
This project is a little time consuming, but the results are so worth it!
To begin, I dabbed some of the Distress Paint onto my lovely Sentimentally Yours blending mat (did you know that I have 2 blending mats, one for each stamping mat and they are designed to fit perfectly!) and picked up very little paint onto the tip of my paint brush (any brush will do, but prefer the longer bristled ones) and then, with a sweeping motion, brushed a little onto the card, repeating the process until you have as much or as little colour as you like,.. I then repeated this with the second colour, just overlapping the first colour.
I love the dry brushed effect, it gives some fab ‘scratchy’ texture that is harder to acheive with ink pads.
I then used my Doodle Hearts stencil and dry brushed some random areas (you can stipple through the stencil if you wish)
Then I used my distress paint dabber to apply paint directly onto my cracked and splattered stamp and just stamped small areas in the background (it adds a little depth and more texture)(I adore this stamp – so useful!)
TOP TIP – Leave all the paint that’s left over on your mat, we’ll be using it all up for the flowers!
Now, the fun part, spritz water onto the paint that’s left on your mat (I tried to keep my two colours seperate so it didn’t mix the colour), I dipped my flowers, face down, into the lighter colour (giving it a good covering), then dunked the flower onto the darker colour (making sure it was all patchy and blotchy!)(trust me – It looks amazing when dried)
(I saved some smaller flowers in plain white)
I’m a great believer in leaving things to dry naturally, but, if you have no patience, you can force dry your flowers with a heat tool.
I then shaped my flowers as you see in the photo’s.
If you have a go at this card, you’ll notice that the paints make the flowers feel chalky and slightly textured (I absolutely love this!!) They all (no matter what colours you use) look really ‘shabby chic’ 🙂
The centre of my flowers is the amazing Pearl PVA Glue (we now call it 3D Pearl Accents!) and one of the benefits of my extensive colour range is that there is sure to be one of my colours that co-ordinates with the distress colours.. (I’ve listed the colours I used on the shopping list at the start of my post)
TOP TIP – The Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels and Diamond Frost Glitters are amazing over the top of the pearl pva glue (doesn’t change the colour of the glue, but gives it some sparkle)
Below are 3 (yep, loved it that much) cards that I made, 2 portrait and 1 landscape, to show you how they look)
As it’s my first post of 2018, I am going to give the first one (Mustard Seed & Spiced Marmalade) card away!
Just make sure you are a follower of my Blog and leave me a comment on here and I will choose a name randomly from the comments on Sunday 21st January (prob in the evening).. good luck!
Here is a card made at our regular card-making classes. All the featured cards have been made by the lovely people who come to our classes. 🙂
This card was made using Sue Wilson Industrial Chic Dies, Gilding Polishes and Texture Paste sprinkled with Pixie Powders. It also uses Phill’s Timeless Stamp collection and A5 Stencils to co-ordinate with the masculine, industrial theme.
We gave our lovely crafters the choice of making a standard opening card or a twisted easel card, so we have included examples of each for you in the gallery.
Stage 1 – Cut out all the layers and die cuts needed as below:
Card Blank – 17cm x 17cm
Easel Back Card – 17cm x 17cm (you don’t need this layer if you’re making a standard card)
Layer 1 – 16cm x 16cm – Gilding Polish layer
Layer 2 – 15cm x 15cm – Texture Paste layer
Layer 3 – 13cm x 7cm – Gilding Polish layer
Layer 4 – 12.5cm x 6.5cm – Stamped layer (Timeless)
Easel Base Layer – 16.5cm x 16.5cm – Embossed with Fine Finials embossing folder (if making a standard card, use this for the inside of the card if you wish)
Die Cuts:
Sue Wilson Industrial Chic Frame & Tag Die
Sue Wilson Industrial Chic Mixed Essentials Die (choose any selection you wish)
Stage 2 – Using the smallest square layer (15cm x 15cm), choose your colour of Texture Paste in either Sparkle or Pearl and whichever Stencil you like. Apply the texture paste with a spatula evenly through the Stencil, putting any excess back in the pot.
TIP -Remember to use long strokes when applying texture paste and try to apply in the same direction (i.e. up/down). As Phill would say ‘you’re not buttering bread’! 🙂 .
Choose one, two or three Pixie Powders to compliment your colour and tap over the wet texture paste. You can apply the Pixie Powders with the Stencil still in place or after you remove it; it’s personal preference, but I keep the stencil on. Leave to dry fully. ( 30 mins to 1 hour depending on air temperature)
Our crafter has used the ‘Grunge Dots’ A5 Stencil with Decadent Teal Sparkle Texture Paste and Pixie Powders in just Copper. (left image)
The right image is made with ‘Grunge Dots’ and Frosted Sky Pearl Texture Paste with Pixie Powders in Copper, Bronze and Midnight Blue.
Stage 3 – Choose your Gilding Polish Colours and apply to the appropriate layers and die cuts where you wish. Using two Gilding Polishes enables you to create that ‘grungy’ look. We used our finger to create the softer, distressed look with our second colour.
TIP- If you’re making the easel card version be sure to use the smallest die from the Frame & Tag Die Set as this makes the stopper for the base card.
Here our crafter has used ‘Mint’ and Copper Shine’ Gilding Polishes and I love it!
Stage 4 – Stamp the background layer and your sentiment using the ‘Timeless Stamp Collection. Here our crafter has used two Distress Oxide Colours (Peacock Feathers and Walnut Stain) to create that co-ordinated look.
Stage 5 – Assemble all the layers using foam tape where you wish, but definitely on the Frame & Tag topper to add dimension.
TIP – If making the twisted easel card remember to include the easel back card layer so it can stand up! At this point it will be flat card as we need to add it to the easel!
Apply the embossed layer to the inside/base of the card.
Making the Twisted Easel – to make the twisted easel place the card blank so the card opens upwards as in the photo below. Take the top left corner and fold over to meet the right middle corner. Crease the fold really well. This creates the stand for your Easel Back Card.
Apply glue generously to the front of the folded over piece and stick down your main card layer so it faces you.
TIP – I always keep the card blank facing this way, so that I know I am sticking it down right!
Now you have to place the stopper die cut piece on the base layer, so that your easel actually stand up! As a general rule I place the stopper half way or a little higher.
Now this is just plain ole crazy, right? Two Blog posts on the same day! ha ha
I don’t know if you have seen my new Festive stencils or not, but I absolutely love them! They sold out in about 20 minutes when I had them on Hochanda as part of the Creative Expressions takeover weekend, so I didn’t really get to demo them properly!
They’ve been so popular (and thank you for that!) that I cannot keep stock in either my Nottingham or Sheffield shops for too long, which means you are loving them as much as I do 🙂
I wanted to show you this card, created in two ways, but with the same stencil, Christmas Ornaments,
This first card, let’s call it the red and green one, was created using clear texture paste, with a sprinkle of Lava Red and Emerald Green Pixie Powders, then just a little sprinkle of the fab Diamond Frost (Frosty Dawn option) glitter.
If you haven’t used texture paste before, it’s really easy, just spread through the stencil with a spatula (like spreading butter on toast!) remembering to cover the areas you don’t want paste to go through with Scotch Removable Tape (only one I will use, it doesn’t tear your card!)
Hopefully you can see how clear the baubles are and, perhaps more impressive, how clear the actual sentiment stencil is too (this is a big thing for me, shows hte great quality of these stencils!)
The second card, we’ll call this the Gold and Silver one, was created with my New Gold and Platinum Sparkle Texture Pastes and then a sprinkle of Iced Snow Glitter Jewels to give even more sparkle!
*In both cases* I apply the paste, then remove the stencil before adding anything (pixies/glitter etc)
The sparkle texture pastes are a great way to get used to the technique as they are a little thicker, so a lot more forgiving (less chance of seeping under the stencil)
To recreate these cards, here is a little list of what I used (with links to my website, should you ‘need’ to treat yourself to any of the products.)
Phill's Crafty Place 