warmheart craft blog

This Christmas pattern includes detailed, easy to follow instructions explaining how to transfer paint and stitch the design. A full sized pattern template is also included along with a close-up photo of the finished piece and a comprehensive requirements list. The finished design measures 11x7.5in. This versatile stitchery can either be framed or used as a panel in a quilt, bag or cushion.

The stamps used in this card are from the Penny Black transparent stamp set: the wonder... available here on my website. I just love this collection of stamps. Cute and versatile. I stamped the sentiment with Distress Ink - Peeled Paint and the little mice in the stocking with a jet black ink and then embossed it.

I coloured this image with prismacolor pencils and tombow pens and finished it all off with some kindy glitz glitter on the branch.
I really like the colours in this card - pink and green bazzil card and a matching green stitched ribbon and pink star brad.

Hero Arts posted this great video tutorial on colouring.

Visit Olive Grove Primitives - Lisa has a lovely Victorian Shoe Pincushion and 5 French style tags to give away this week. I love her work so hit the link on my bloglist or the title on this post to visit her blog and enter the give away.

Hey I just signed up for a free e-course at Expressive Art Workshops and I thought I would share the link as it looks so good.

The course offers a Deepening of Creativity because too often we can approach creativity as just another accomplishment instead of a means of unfolding into our true selves. Most creativity is about expressing what we want to know about ourselves and how we want to be seen. Spontaneous collage taps into the unconscious mind and tells you what you do not know about yourself.

This mini course involves meditating on a small, torn paper spontaneous collage each day for ten days. Every second day for 10 days you will receive an e-mail that will encourage towards deeper self-knowledge through spontaneous collage.

This card has been stamped with Hero arts H1107 Wood mounted Sunflower Gal and CL272 All Occasion Clear Stamps. I also used a cream DL window card.

• Stamp the Sunflower gal stamp twice onto YES Card with black ink and emboss with clear powder. I prefer this YES Card for stamping and colouring images. It has a nice smooth surface and allows blending of the coloured pens with water. Click on the link to purchase. Colour one image completely and only colour the flowers of the second image. I used tombow pens to colour. Refer to pic for colours. Cut out the coloured parts and put aside.
• Stamp Heartfelt Wishes onto a 1.5x5cm piece of YES Card and emboss as before. Run the blue pen used to colour the dress of the gal around the outside edge of the little stamped rectangle. That helps to tie your colours together.
• Now for the window. Cut 3 pieces of jute string - about 10cm lengths. Cut a piece of acetate about 7cm square. Stick the acetate over the window on the front of the card. Then stick down the string - 2 diagonally and 1 horizontally. refer to the pic.

• Next sew an 18mm wooden button onto the centre of the acetate - where the jute crosses. I used black DMC floss and a needle. Leave some of the floss loose as in the pic.
• Cut some hessian. 10x6cm piece and 8x3cm piece. Fray the edges a bit and stick it to the black overlay of the window card. Use doublesided tape.
• Then sew around the inside edge of the stuck on hessian pieces with a sewing machine. Use black cotton and a zigzag stitch.
• Stick the overlay to the main card with double sided tape.
• Refer to the pic for placement of the stamped images. I used craft glue to stick them down flat on the hessian and then magic mount to raise up the flowers on the basket and in the gal's hair.
  
  
  
  

Most of the supplies are available from our store.

Stamps used in this card are from Hero Arts - CL290 printed Flowers and CL272 All Occasion Clear Stamps. Another card designed for the Hero art Challenge
Start with a standard A5 brown card base.

• Cut a mat from decorative postal themed paper 10x14cm.
• Stamp Hello friend from the Hero Arts CL272 All occasion clear stamps in the bottom right corner of the 10x14cm of postal paper. Use Walnut Ink Distress Pad.
• Stick a piece of scrap distressed paper down the left side - see the pic.
• Stitch a zig-zag stitch on the sewing machine vertically down the card twice. Use a dark thread and refer to the pics for placement.
• Stamp and emboss three flowers from the CL290 Printed Flowers stamps onto scraps of brown card and cut out. Put a brown heart brad through the centre of the largest flower.
• Position the flowers on the decorative mat - see pics again. Glue into place.
• The postage stamp was cut from a piece of scrapbooking paper but a real stamp looks good too. You can purchase packs of old stamps cheaply from stamp collectors. Stick in place with magic mount.
• Make an insert from Yes Paper and stamp a flower on the bottom right corner with the Antique Linen distress Ink Pad.

You can purchase this card already made from my store and on etsy.

• First I made a 14cm cream base card and distressed the edges by rubbing them along a Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad.
• Stamp "Thank you very much" with the same ink pad onto the same cream card. Trim and distress the edges in the same way.
• Make a mat for the stamped message from chocolate card and stick together with double sided tape. Also cut a mat 12cm square from the chocolate card and set aside.
• To make the distressed background, start with a piece of decorative handwriting paper and stamp flowers over it using the watercolour technique. Ink up the stamp with Antique Linen Distress Ink and before stamping, spritz it with water. (Use a fine mist spray bottle)Randomly stamp over the decorative paper.
• When dry, crumple the decorative paper up into a small ball and then gently unfold it and flatten it out as much as possible. Rub the Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad gently over the crumpled paper to get those dark cracks and highlights. Then tear the edges so that you have about a 11x10cm piece and adhere to the large chocolate mat you put aside with double sided tape.
• Zig-zag stitch along some of the edges with a sewing machine.
• Next get a large cream flower and rub the Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad over it.
• Stamp the Thankyou printed flower stamp with the same distress ink onto mustard card and cut out.
• Stick a piece of decorative ribbon along the bottom edge of the large chocolate mat - see the pics for placement. Use double sided tape and tuck the edges to the back.
• Now layer the flowers and place them on the card mat. Secure them in place with a large chocolate brad.
• Position the stamped and matted "Thank you very much" and stick in place with magic mount.
• Distress the card insert with the Antique Linen Ink Pad. I used Yes paper and gently rubbed the ink pad all over it.

I love distressed cards - they are quick and fun to make.

You must visit the new Hero arts Stamping site - open on Wednesday. They have a great blog which I frequent often and run weekly challenges with great product giveaways. Visit this week for extra prizes and get inspired!

This card was handstamped using Hero Arts H1107 Sunflower Gal and Stamp-it 849C Thanks A Bunch stamps.

• Stamp and emboss in black the Sunflower Gal stamp onto a 7x9.5cm piece of YES card. Stamp and emboss in black again onto a piece of scrap YES card.


• Colour the complete image on the 7x9.5cm card with tombow pens and a blender, then colour just the sunflowers of the second image stamped onto the scrap.


• Cut out the coloured sunflowers and mount them with magic mount onto the complete image on the 7x9.5cm card.
  Stamp Thanks a Bunch with a Walnut Distress Ink Pad onto a Pre-cut Small Tag.


• Cut a piece of pale blue card to 9.5x13.5cm.


• Distress the edges of the pre-cut tag, the pale blue card and the YES card by rubbing the edges along the Walnut Distress Ink Pad.


• Tie some jute string to the tag.


• Using double sided tape, stick all pieces to a plain cream base card - see pictures for placement.

Well our card making workshop was alot of fun and everyone made some lovely cards - even the kids got involved. It has inspired me to get the papercrafts section of my website organised. I have been listing beads but will now get the papercrafts online and hopefully make some time to create some new card designs for you. Time... I never have enough!

I just finished my new prim sheep. I made a few of these from different fabrics but my favourite was an old worn wool blanket. I stressed and dyed it and it makes this little fellow feel so nice. Of course - what better fabric for sheep than wool!



I also made some in towelling, flannel and chenille. They all looked good.

Now I just have to write the pattern up and you will find the pattern ready to download on my website: http://www.allthingscountrynprim.com/