Blog Wars – Fluid Chalk Inkpads August 27, 2009

I love “Fluid Chalk” ink pads.  There’s a wide range of soft and subtle colours.  These gorgeous inkpads stamp and blend like dye inks, and dry quickly on most surfaces.

Day One – Christmas gift tags in three colourways in “Blossom Pastels”

Left: lavender and dark peony fluid chalk ink pads

Centre: ice blue and Prussian blue fluid chalk ink pads

Right: Lavender and Blue Iris fluid chalk ink pads

All the cards were made with the same tools and techniques.  First I punched a hole with the single hole punch.   I used the star bauble small 2-step stamp,  “To: and From:” mini messages and sponged around the edge of the tag.  I highlighted the design on the bauble with ice stickles.  And the finishing touch is some swirl ribbon.  Its amazing how the lavender ink (on both the right and left tags) looks different depending on the other ink it is paired with on the tag.

The Dragonfly Card – Male Cards August 20, 2009

Dragonfly card featuring vellum and the new earthtones cardstock

This card was made to enter a challenge at Craft Camp.  The base card is chestnut (with that fabulous texture) and I tore a piece of olive card and vellum and stuck them down the left hand side after edging with greens from the fluid chalk “Autumn Pastels” option pads.The dragonfly (from the Springtime set) is stamped using fluid chalk dark brown on olive card and then placed on a circle of  ”Wood Spice” card from the Castaway card pack.  The stamp “My thoughts are with you” is inked up with the fluid chalk dark brown inkpad and stamped on vellum and then edged with olive pastel fluid chalk.  The finishing touches are three copper eyelets and the copper embellishments holding the vellum down.