Craft Stamping Quartet: Making a start

It's been a few days since I showed you my chosen materials for my project. I have made a start, and thought that I would show you some pictures of how I was getting on. I have made a flower using metal, painted with Viva precious metal paint. I used the Nestabilities Flower creations 3 set, and punched out three shapes, which I then curved a bit.

I painted them, almost dry brushing on the inside of the petals, and laying the paint on thicker around the edges, to give a depth to the flower.

I then used my embossing tool in the middle of each petal to make them curl up, and fixed them together with a pearly brad.

I can't decide which paper to use for my envelope, it will probably be a last minute decision, as I love them both. Either that, or I will make two! I have also been making my own beaded trim, using beads from my jewellery making stash, and sewing them onto some velvet ribbon that was a freebie from a card making magazine. I love this colour combination, I normally go for purples, so this is a nice change for me. My project is slightly bigger than Jean's original, but purely because one or two of my elements have dictated that I had to increase my dimensions. I am really enjoying this project, and hope to bring you more peeks very soon! Judith x

Welcome to Our New Blog!

Elaine, Jo, Judith and Lesley are four crafters spread across the country, united in their love of crafting. They met over the Internet through the Graphicus Guild, a group set up for crafters by Glenda Waterworth owner of Graphicus and manufacturer of Elusive Images rubber stamps. After some discussion, they decided that they would like to 'craft together' in spite of the distance between them. To accomplish this ambition, they decided to choose one project each month from Craft Stamper magazine, and allow themselves the following calendar month to complete the project. Each person would take it in turn to choose a project. The four participants would then post 'sneaky peeks', progress reports and mini tutorials throughout the month. At the end of the month, they would then post their projects, hopefully producing four very different finished items.

Elaine

Elaine lives in the rural South of England, in a small house with a huge, wild garden and many of her craft projects are inspired by the natural world. She has been crafting for several years, mainly making cards and some mixed media projects with a strong focus on using rubber stamps. She now also enjoys making book based projects and is just starting to dabble in art journals. Elaine is a bit of a perfectionist, with many of her projects never seeing the light of day, but she is working on being more relaxed about her artistic endeavours!!!Elaine has a serious craft stash addiction and treasures the precious times when she can meet up with her distant crafty friends.

Jo lives in the East Midlands. She loved papercrafting as a child, but only rediscovered it as an adult in her work with children, and then again when she had children of her own. She'd promised herself that one day she would try some grown up 'cutting and sticking'. So when her work pattern changed in 2006, it seemed an ideal time to find a new hobby. She started a major collage project, (still unfinished of course), and then got sidetracked into playing with polymer clay. This in turn led to her watching rubber stamping demonstrations on television, and stamping has been her passion since that time.
She loves to travel to craft shows around the country and still hasn't lost the sense of wonder at what can be achieved with ink and paper. At one time she may have gone home from her job in child care with messy hands, now she is as likely to arrive with them looking that way!

Judith

Judith lives in a Norfolk village with her husband and son, while her daughter is at University. She keeps chickens. She has always been a crafter in one form or another, knitting, sewing, etc, being taught by her Mum growing up, and finding inspiration from others as an adult. She has been making cards for about eight or nine years, and runs a small card making class from home. In the last year, she has discovered mixed media, and her focus has moved very much towards dimension, layering and texture. Rubber stamping is her passion and she is a serious stamp collector! She also makes jewellery which allows her to indulge in a love of all things shiny. She enjoys blog hopping, and keeping in touch with her crafty friends.

Lesley

Lesley lives in Nottinghamshire and has always crafted in one way or another from about the age of 7. At one time she took a City and Guilds Fashion and Design course (just for the fun of it), which involved quite a bit of Art in different forms, as well as designing and making garments.
She discovered cardmaking about three and a half years ago, and after seeing Glenda Waterworth, the owner of Graphicus and Elusive Images on a craft TV channel about a year later, became hopelessly addicted to rubber stamping. A closer association with Glenda and her company in the form of workshops and open days over the past couple of years, has led to a growing obsession with different media that can be used in conjunction with rubber stamps.

Lesley is thoroughly excited to be a member of this little group of friends whose enthusiasm is so infectious. She is also very grateful to be around in this age of technology that enables a group such as this to come together with such ease to share ideas and give each other support and encouragement.

7 comments:

Sarah Anderson said...: these are soooooooooo my colours! I LOVE that rose, it's gorgeous :) Can't wait to see the finished envelope; 30 January 2010 at 19:51
craftimamma said...: Oooh Judith, these are gorgeous. I've just clicked to enlarge the pictures and the flower and those beads are such wonderful colours.

Well done on finding the time to make them after your hectic week.

Lesley Xx; 30 January 2010 at 19:51
Elaine said...: Fabulous colour Judith - my all time favourite and such exotic ingredients - this promises to be a lovely project - I am ejoying these sneeky peaks - who knows I may manage to do one myself very soon!!

Elaine xx; 30 January 2010 at 19:58
Lynne K said...: The colour is wonderful, & the flower is gorgeous. Can't wait to see your finished project!; 30 January 2010 at 20:22
Jo said...: Wow, those do look really exotic, Judith and such a lovely rich and regal colour. I really do need those paints.; 30 January 2010 at 21:03
Sally H said...: my favourite colours and I love the metal flower!; 30 January 2010 at 21:29
suezie said...: WOW! Judith I see what you mean about how gorgeous the turquoise flower turned out. It's hard to believe these are a hand made embellishment. They are stunning!; 7 February 2010 at 07:01

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