Personal Impressions

Good Morning Crafters   Friday sure has rolled around quickly this week!   Today we are sharing a beautiful card created by Samantha.   Check out the Personal Impressions website to view the Card-io range of stamps we stock. We have a stockist locator on the home page which enables you to find a stockist near you.     To recreate this card you will need the following:   Card-io Collection Backyard Blooms, Pleasant Pastures and Pottery Petites. Distress Inks, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Mustard seed. Watercolour card, black card. Window die cut. Versafine inks black, spanish moss, imperial purple and canary. Stickles star dust. Glossy Accents.   Step 1 Press distress inks onto a matt and spray with plenty of water and wipe watercolour card thought to make the background scene. Leave to dry.  Step 2 With the die cut, pencil though the window in the centre of the ca...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we have a beautiful floral project by Samantha.   I love daffodils with their beautiful colours, they make me smile. What flower brings a smile to your face?   We have a range of Card-io stamp sets on the Personal Impressions website.     You will require the following to create this project:   Card-io Collection Backyard Blooms, and Veranda View and Dancing Daffodils. Versafine - vintage sepia, Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves Smooth Stamping card, Shaped card and envelope. Stickles star dust and liquid pearls brass. Glossy Accents.   Step 1 Stamp the pots and watering can from Veranda View with sepia ink onto smooth card and cut out and shape with a mat and ball tool.   Step 2   Stamp the flowers and leaves from Dancing Daffodils on the rods around the shaped card.  Use the colours from the ink pad.  Add glitter glue to the flowers.  ...

Good Morning Crafters   Today Samantha has created a project using another of the new stamps sets by Card-io.   Check out the Personal Impressions website to see the range of Card-io stamps we stock. On the home page we have the stockist locator enabling you to find a stockist near you.     You will require the following to create this project:   Card-io Collection Backyard Blooms, Veranda View and Pottery Petites. Versafine - vintage sepia, imperial purple, spanish moss and Versa colour canary. Smooth Stamping card, purple card and mount board. Stickles star dust. Glossy Accents.     Step 1   Stamp the bird table and spider onto the mount board with sepia ink.  With the Pottery Petites, stamp the flowers and vines on the leg of the table, with first and second generation stamping. Add glitter glue to the flowers. Draw a line from the spider to the table. Mount the board onto purple card. ...

Good morning Crafters   Today we are sharing Samantha's master board card with you.   Products used are available on Personal Impressions Website. Viva Chalky Vintage-Look Starter Kit. Lindsay Mason Designs Stamps - Flower Parts, Flower and Flourishes and Blooms of hope. Crafty Impressions White Chiffon Flower Pearl. Versafine inks Spanish Moss, Smokey Gray and Deep Lagoon. Small Brayer. 3 different size bottle tops/lids.   Master boards are very popular at the moment so tried the technique with Viva Chalky Paints, they give great rough texture.  They also stamp and make great circles from recycled bottle tops. Place one colour at a time onto a craft mat, and lightly brayer the chalk paint onto the smooth card. Let it dry then the next colour, softly and not solid colours. Use  4 of the colours to create the background. Use a mixture of Lindsay Mason Stamps, randomly on the background. Wi...

Good Morning Crafters   Sam has created a fabulous tag using Lindsay Mason's Zendoodle Owl.   How many of you love owls? I know I do!   Visit the Personal Impressions home page for the Stockist Locator to find a stockist near you!   Products Sam has used: Zendoodle Big Owl Ready To Go, by Lindsay Mason Viva Inka gold and silver Distress inks   Step 1   Stamp the owl twice with Versafine sepia ink, Colour the first one with inka gold and silver, add both colours onto acetate and add water to watercolour the owl, fill in the remanding areas with Distress Ink, Walnut Stain.   Step 2   Colour the second owls face and feet with Distress ink Scattered straw and Walnut Stain.   Step 3   Cut out the owl, face and feet. Step 4     Shape with a ball tool on a matt.   Step 5     Using 3 different ...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we are sharing Sam's step by step using Lindsay Mason's Blossom stamps   You can find the products on Personal Impressions website.   Lindsay Mason Designs Stamps, Blooms of Hope and Flower and flourishes. (Pink Blooms 1)     Stamp flowers with Versafine onyx black ink and colour the background card with distress inks, Seedless Preserves and Picked Raspberry using the inkssentials tools. Sprinkle some water on to give a texture look and dry.     Colour the flowers with the same inks and cut out.   Lightly spray the back of the flowers with water and shape with a ball tool.   Add glossy accents to the centre and sprinkle with distress glitter seedless preserves.        Stamp swirls and words onto the background card.   Add by drawing faux stitching around the edges with a fine pen. Layer into black ca...