Woodware challenge - wearable art

Each February the Woodware team go to a trade show in Birmingham.

I like to make a little something for us to wear and for this year

I made some cute shrink plastic robot badges.

I've placed a 20p piece near the image so you can see its size.

The stamp is JGS452 and called Roger robot.

Stamp all the images on white shrink plastic with black StazOn ink, cut each shape out and punch a ¼" hole as shown here. Add some shading/colouring if you want with crayons.

Before you shrink with a heat tool, dust each piece with an anti static bag, this helps to stop the shrink plastic from sticking to itself in the heating process.

Assemble all the body parts with jump rings. When using as a card embellishment stick the head and body only to the card so the legs and arms move about.

Woodware challenge - Inspired by the countryside

I know the countryside will be starting to burst with colour at this time of year but my card is grey!

The stamp set is a new one for this year, code JGS438 and is called into the woods.

I've distressed all the card and paper edges with a little nifty tool from Woodware called a paper distresser. Its small, red and round, an essential gadget for your craft box.

Woodware sketch challenge - no 51

This week we have a sketch on the Woodware Blog

 This card is 7" x 5" and I've used JGS443 large fennel.

I have shaped the grey background card with JGS439 small fennel using a grey ink pad.

A close up of the images on the background card.

Crafty CardMakers challenge - for a special woman

Woodware are again sponsoring Crafty Card Makers this year so why not have a go at the challenge on there blog?

Another new stamp design from Woodware's new 2016 catalogue.

This one is called JGS434 Flowers in a Row and is perfect for Mother's Day cards.

The greeting is on the set too.

I've coloured mine with Sakura Koi marker pens, they really are fabulous to use.

I've hightlighted areas with yellow Stickles liquid pearls.

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/

Woodware challenge - Easter greetings

Although this is an older stamp and discontinued (JGCL577) there are

still some in stock at Woodware.

The border is punched from the crafty edger and the image is coloured with Copics.

Woodware challenge - Resist techniques

A card made with JGS441 Loopy Flowers, a new stamp for 2016. 

Here I have embossed in clear powder over black ink and have used inks over the

top to colour the background white card.

The glossy embossing resists the ink so the outline always stays clear.

To give it added dimension, I have bleached out some areas with

thin household bleach and have coloured in some petals too.

Woodware challenge - Just one layer

Now this was a challenge as I just love my layers!

So I enlisted some help from my neighbours eight year old daughter Fiona.

We had a colouring session with a set of my new stamps JGS456 the Blimps.

She used the fantastic Sakura colouring pencils, the ones in the very posh box and created this colourful masterpiece which we stuck directly onto area card.

So, hey presto, no layers needed!