Monday, 17 February 2014

Memory Box NEW Stencils for the Oyster Stamps Workshop.....

Morning all

I'll be posting the results of my Coventry Workshop on my Blog tomorrow, along with an update on the post below this one, with all the details of how we created them. I'll link everything for you.

For now.... I would like to share this card.

Its Sample # 1 for my March 14th Workshop at Oyster Stamps.

The Workshop is sold out!

Thank you for your interest and support.

I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone there.

Two Memory Box Stencils used on this card.

Plus, two Memory Box Butterfly Wing dies and a stamp from my stash!

Back soon, thank you for looking today

Eileen.

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Coventry Workshop Sample # 3...... and the other two as well! ....UPDATED

Yo ho Bloggers

Coventry Workshop - February 2014.

UPDATE.... Card #1 was created using some torn paper and Distress inks, various colours, plus the Wild Flower Stamp from Lavinia Stamps.

Tear some copy paper to resemble hills or mountains.

Place it down over your work, then use a small sponge with some Distress inks and dab away, moving the 'Hills' as you go, up the page!

Needs some practice but the results can be brilliant and so quick.

How to Create Card #2

Take some Centura Pearl card stock, the reverse, white side, and keeping your fingers VERY clean, plonk various colours of Distress Inks straight down, from the pads, onto a large acrylic block.

Spray some water onto the block allowing the inks to 'mingle' and after masking off the bottom of your white card to keep it clean, 'Squidge' the block down onto the card.

Dry with a heat gun.

Ink up the Designs by Ryn Water Droplet Stamp, and stamp over the top of your inked background.

I added a ribbon to neaten off the bottom edge of the inked section.

Die cut some Butterflies. ( Sizzix /Hero Arts set used here)

Colour them with Distress inks and stamp them with the Water Droplet stamps.

Arrange the butterflies as you like and attach them with sticky pads.The sentiment stamp is from Sheena Douglass.

Card #3

Centura Pearl card stock. The reverse, white side.

Blend various colours of Distress inks onto your card stock.

Remove the roller from a Speedball Brayer and wrap torn masking tape around it.

Snap it back into place and spray the brayer with water, lots of it!

Roll it quickly, a few times, over your inked background pressing down the brayer as you go. Dry with a heat gun.

Stamp and layer your images ( Sheena Douglass flowers feature here) and finally make a few holes wherever you want with a big bite or hole punch and mat over the top of some white card so you can see the white colour coming through.

Please email me with any questions. eileen@ken-godwin.com

Thanks for looking today. Have fun

Eileen xx

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Coventry Workshop .... Sample # 2

Morning Bloggers and Followers.

Sample # 2 for my Coventry Workshop.

Saturday 15th February

I'll post the last Sample card tomorrow

and update my Blog with all

the techniques I've used, next week .

Eileen xx

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Coventry Workshop ...Sample # 1

Afternoon Bloggers.. this is Card Sample #1 created for a Workshop I'm hosting, near Coventry on Saturday 15th February.
This is a design I'm repeating, using different stamps from a class held at my Rochester Workshop some months ago.
Thanks for looking today... back with sample #2 tomorrow.
Eileen x

February Rochester Workshop Samples ... UPDATED POST

Hello Bloggers .. just a quick update on this post, to give you some details of the techniques I've used on my Workshop Samples from last Saturday.
Card 1.
Distress Inks blended background, using the white, reverse side, of Centura Pearl card stock. ( This card stock really 'grips' your ink).

Roller removed from a Brayer and torn strips of cheap masking tape wrapped around the roller before snapping back into place.
Mist the Brayer heavily with water and roll it rapidly, a few times, over your distress ink back ground .. cool effect! Dry with a heat gun.
Add some more ink through a stencil of your choice. Wendy Vecchi stencil used here.
Finally, add your stamped images, Studio 490 stamps on this card also from Wendy Vecchi.

Card 2
Distress inks background on the card stock as before.
Flick water over the background and dry with a heat gun.
Draw an oval shape on to the back ground in pencil as a guide and stamp the Lavinia Foliage Stamp around to make the wreath using various colours of distress inks.
'MUM' was cut from Quickutz dies.

Card 3
Three colours from the Citrus inks range, (Oak House Studio) was used for the background of this card. Add small amounts of your inks straight onto your craft mat and swipe the cards stock through the inks to get a very attractive but simple effect.
Cream card stock, also from Oak House Studio, used on this card.
The leaf image was stamped in various colours of Archival inks.
That's it .. I hope you find it useful.

Please may I take this opportunity to say, that my thoughts are with those of you and your families that are suffering so terribly, because of the flooding here in the UK. Stay strong, stay safe. X

Eileen xxxx
Thanks for looking today.