Happy Mother's Day Card + Hello Card (Fast Watercoloring With Distress Inks)

Hi readers!

Today I have a very special mother's day card for my mom, that is easy and quick to make! Also I have another card to share, both are done with one of my favorite techniques: Fast Watercoloring With Distress Inks....

MOM YOU ARE THE BEST CARD

For that card, I used the Teresa Collins letter stencil (these stencils come in packs of 3 and are 8x10 - many designs in a very good price).

Of course, that technique woks with any stencil design or with negative die cut pieces.

I inked over the letters with my foam blending tools and distress inks, and then after I was done, I got my water brush (you can use any brush with water) and I blended out the color. For mothers day card, I used with water some Perfect Pearl Perfect Pearls that gives an incredible shimmer to the finish project.

Mom You Are The Best Card by George Panayiotou

Here you can see the shine you get when you use Perfect Pearl Perfect Pearl (which is a bit confusing but that is the color name)

The amazing shine you get with Perfect Pearls and Water.

HELLO I MISSED YOU CARD

Same technique here, I used a variety of bright distress inks and blended them out with plain water.

The technique looks so artistic, that you don't need much more for finishing the card.

Hello I Missed You Card by George Panayiotou

The sentiments are from Clearly Besotted Sramps, from a set called 'A little sentimental'.

See you soon

George x

DoCrafts Goody Bag Jan2014 Inspiration !

Hello hello!

Here I am after a long time....!

I am back with few projects I created with the newest DoCrafts Goody Bag!

The newest DoCrafts goody bag includes:
-Sew Lovely 12x12 pattern paper pack
-Sew Lovely pin wheels
-Sew Lovely ribbons
-Sew Lovely die-cuts sheet
-Madame Payraud stickers
-Madame Payraud letter stickers
-Papermania capsule collection Parisienne Blue Notelets
-Papermania capsule collection Parisienne Blue buttons
-Papermania tall urban stamp

All products included in the goody bag are selected from their newest lines. They match perfectly! And you can use them not only for cards but for all your paper craft hobbies! And you save money with the goody bag instead of buying the products individually! :-)

Lets start with the projects....

First of all a small card set!

Here I simply cut a standard card in the middle ( for creating 2 top folded smaller ones) and is the perfect size for using them with small envelopes that are available in the market.

I used the ribbons from the Goody Bag that I glued on the bottom part of the card using some strong double sided tape.

Then I used a greeting from the free stamp set that come with the newest magazine. What I did besides that stamping it with black ink, is I cut the stamp and I lined up the words so I can have them stamped straight. 

By doing that, you get more out of your stamps and you can use them how they originally intended. 

I used a button for a finishing touch!

For that one, I used the new DoCrafts ARTISTE SPRITZING INK in white. This product is fantastic. It is a water based paint with a shimmer. It adds to the card a nice touch!

For the heart, I used a small square punch to punch out squares from the 'Sew lovely' 12x12 paper pack that is included in the goody bag.

Then I adhered all of the pieces onto a piece of typing paper that was large enough for die-cutting a heart from it. After die-curtting the heart from my 'new' pattern paper, I did the same from a square kraft card from Papermania. 

I adhered the heart on the inside of the card, and I finished the card with a dashed line around the heart and the sentiment which I heat embossed on a piece of vellum and I adhered it on the front of the card. For a finishing touch I added 2 stacked buttons from the new 'Sew Lovely' collection from Papermania.

This is the easiest of the projects! 

I started with a piece of the patterned paper which I used as my background. 

The red heart is heat embossed with white on some red paper from the 'Sew lovely' 12x12 paper pack that is included in the goody bag.

I scattered some of the buttons around the heart, also from the 'Sew Lovely' collection along with some white pearls and I put the whole piece in an IKEA frame! I heat embossed the 'You are sew lovely' greeting on some kraft paper and inked the edges with walnut stain distress ink.
All stamps used are also from the free set that comes with the newest magazine.

A great gift for everyone!

Nothing wow here, except these wonderful 'Sew Lovely pin wheel' that comes pre-made and it is included in the goody bag.

I covered the card completely with patter papers from the 'Sew lovely' 12x12 paper pack that is included in the goody bag. 

Then I adhered a circle that I die-cut from the new 'Papermania bare basics - canvas 8x8 squares'. On top I used the pin wheel, and then I adhered a banner on which I used the 'Madame Payraud' letter stickers that are included in the goody bag, for the word I LOVE YOU.

Simple as that!

Some of the products that I really liked are

The new Docrafts Artiste spritzing ink that comes in many colors....

The new 'Sew Lovely' buttons bag - great value for so many buttons! And so unique colors :-)

The new 'Madame Payraud' buttons ... great vintage buttons that are hard to find.

I hope it inspires you to create!
You can get your goody bag along with hundreds of other products for card making, scrapbooking and others, from DoCrafts official stockist in Cyprus, Stitches, stitching and craft supplies in Limassol Cyprus!

Get more inspiration by visiting the store or like Stitches, stitching and craft supplies on Facebook! 

George x

Happy Christmas !!!

Hi people!

Taking few minutes to wish you all Happy Christmas, peace, love and joy!

Thanks for stopping by!

George x

DoCrafts Goody Bag Inspiration by George Panayiotou (September/October 2013)

Hello hello!

In every goody bag (which is released every 2 months along with the Creativity Essentials from DoCrafts, are included supplies that go well together. Papers, stamps, ribbons, embellishments, decoupage kits and many more). What is great about the goody bag is its price!(you get supplies at half price that buying the separately!!!)


So, today I am sharing my inspiration for the newest goody bag from DoCrafts. I used the Christmas one, that included:

• 12 days of Christmas 12x12 papers
• First Noel 6x6 paper pad
• First Noel 5x7 border stamps
• Spots and Stripes - Jewels designer die-cuts
• Spots and Stripes - Jewels polka mini buttons
• X-Cut embossing folder - 12 days of Christmas - Tree
• Country Companions - Winter Wishes A4 die-cut sheets
• Country Companions - Winter Wishes die-cut sentiments

Along with few other supplies I hand on hand I created the following projects! Enjoy!

Decorative Rosettes for Christmas

A simple Christmas idea for using papers and few other little accents for decorating your house during Christmas holidays!!

Here simply I made rosettes using papers from the '12 days of Christmas 12x12 papers'.

For the blue one:

I used 3 stripes of 12 x 4 inches paper stripes, scored every 1/2 inch and folded them back and forth. I glued all the rosettes with hot glue (strong and fast drying). I also used one of the newest X-Cut edge punches and before to fold all the pieces I punch the edge for some fun! 

The small center snowflake it is done with Tim Holtz and Sizzix ' Snowflake Rosette' die, which I run through my die-cutting machine.

For the gold one:

I die-cut a circle and embossed it (with an embossing folder), then I added the Tim Holtz and Sizzix ' Snowflake Rosette' die-cut and added pearls around the rosette and one in the center.

For the red one:

I did the fold again with 2 stripes of 12 x 3 inches paper, but along the outer edge, I used wash tape from the '12 days of Christmas' collection.The center rosette is from Tim Holtz and Sizzix ' Snowflake Rosette' die and I added 7 pearls in a circular pattern in the center.

I added ribbon or twine on the back of all the rosettes, so there is a place to hang them.

Peace - Love - Joy Card

That card features the 'X-Cut embossing folder - 12 days of Christmas - Tree' which I used with a piece of card stock, run it through my die-cutting machine and I got that gorgeous background. I trimmed to size, got a piece of vellum and I wrapped it around. Then I used a piece of washi tape from '12 days of Cristmas' and adhered it in the middle of the vellum. I heat embossed a stamp greeting on a piece of white card stock with gold embossing powder, trimmed and adhered with foam dots in the middle of the vellum panel. 
I scatted few sequins in gold and few clear gems!

Tree

For that card I used a piece of white card stock, which I scored for added texture, I adhered it on the diagonal on the card and then I added few papers from the 'Spots and Stripes - Jewels designer die-cuts' and the'12 days of Christmas 12x12 papers'.

What is interesting about that card is the tree. I simply cut a triangle out of white card stock (you can eyeball it or print a template using Microsoft Word). I heavily inked it with 'Mowed Lawn Distress Ink'. After letting it dry a bit, I stamped with 'Colobox Frost White pigment ink' on top using 'First Noel 5x7 border stamps'. Finally I added the red gems with 'Ranger Glossy Accents'.

Christmas Wishes

That card features again the 'First Noel 5x7 border stamps'. I used one border to repeatedly stamp and heat emboss with gold on one of the  papers of 'First Noel 6x6 paper pad'. After that, I used another sheet of paper from the same collection, cut the 2 poinsettias out. 

Using the Free stamp with Creativity Magazine (issue Sep/Oct 2013) I heat embossed on some vellum with white, part of the stamp . I adhered the poinsettias on the right with foam dots and I added a pearl in the center.

Special Christmas Wishes - one layer card

One layer cards are perfect for sending out through the mail. They are flat and simple. That card is one of them!
First of all, I stamped the Free stamp with Creativity Magazine (issue Sep/Oct 2013) on a kraft card base with 'Coffee Archival Ink'. Then I stamped the same image again on a post-it (on the sticky part). I cut it out, and adhered it on the card to cover the banner. Then I got a stamped set with many snowflakes and stars (is an older one from Papermania) and I stamped the images along the card, again with 'Coffee Archival Ink'. 
I also masked the borders of the card by cutting 1 cm stripes of typing paper and adhered it around with some removable adhesive.
Then I got my white gel pen and added some dots here and there. And I colored some snowflakes white. And I went around the card with faux stitching lines...
Then I removed the masks and finally stamped the greeting from the Free stamp with Creativity Magazine (issue Sep/Oct 2013).

Hope it inspires you to create!
You can get your goody bag along with hundreds of other products for card making, scrapbooking and others, from DoCrafts official stockist in Cyprus, Stitches, stitching and craft supplies in Limassol Cyprus!

George

Merry Christmas !

Today i have a simple design with an impressive technique.

Faux letterpress is wow! Simply, use a piece of a good quality white card stock, and run it through your  die-cutting machine, but before, run an ink pad on the female (flat side of the embossing folder). Here I used Soft Pool shadow ink from Hero Arts, and I stamped (the inside of the folder) with Soft Granite shadow ink from Hero Arts the Envelope Liner background. Then I run it through and voila! A simple technique to use with embossing folders.

Hero Arts inks are great because they start splotchy but as they dry, they even and smoothen out! 

George