Friday 3 November 2017

November 2017 Clarity stamp Challenge - Christmas Time


Hi all, long time no blog from me!  Sorry to have been away for so long, did you miss me?

A simple inspirational piece this month from me for the November Clarity Challenge - Christmas Time....
Sometimes back to basics is good as we often get tied up in trying to come up with new things to showcase and forget the good old faithful techniques which can give great results.  Things don't always need to be complicated right.....?
Ingredients:
Red sticky-backed felt (mine is from Hobbycraft)
Christmas Jumper & Mask set
Star stencil from the Christmas Wreath set
7x7 Stencil card & a piece of slightly larger card to back the artwork
8x8 blank greeting card
Christmas Corners Holly stamp
Banner stamp
Perga Liner Pencils
Versamark Ink, Olive & Jet Black Archival Inks
Silver embossing powder
Glossy accents, fine red glitter, foam pads, white pen & glue pen

Stamp the jumper onto the red sticky-backed felt using Archival Jet Black ink.  Make sure it's dry, then cut it out.
Dust a piece of 7x7 stencil card with talc, tape the star stencil in place and squish Versamark ink through it.  Remove the stencil and sprinkle silver embossing powder over the stars and heat set.
Peel the protective backing off the jumper and stick in place on the stencil card. 
Stamp the single holly sprig using Olive Archival ink on a small piece of scrap card, and colour with Perga Liner Pencils.  Cut it out and use the glue pen to stick it onto the jumper.  Apply the glue to the back of the holly and gently press and hold to bond to the felt.
Using Black Archival ink, stamp the banner onto a spare piece of stencil card and colour in with one of the Aqua Perga Liner pencils. Blend the colour using a fine paintbrush, darker where the shadow would be in the creases. 
Stamp the Holly Corners using Olive Archival ink.
Before adding any of the embellishments, it's easier to mount the artwork onto contrasting card using a glue tape runner.  (I used red Mirri card as my backing card to contrast with the fluffy jumper).  Mount on an 8x8 base greeting card. 
Using the glue pen, add some red glitter to the Holly corners.
Attach the banner using foam pads and add snow using the white pen. 
Finally, add snow to the holly on the jumper and carefully add Glossy Accents to the berries.
That's it finished!
Hope you will find time to enter the November competition to be in with a chance of winning a £50 Clarity Voucher.  The competition closes at midnight on 30th November so you have time to create a masterpiece over the next four weeks.  
Once all the entries are in, Barbara will select a winner to be announced at the beginning of December.
Christmas is fast approaching so this is a great opportunity to start your Christmas cards and enter the competition at the same time.
  All you need to do is load a photo of a card you've made (using only Claritystamp products) onto the Clarity Worldwide Facebook page - please make sure you click on the "pinned post" at the top of the page before loading.
Check out all the other entries and feel free to leave comments for any of them.   After all, it's nice to share ideas and encourage one another.
I look forward to seeing everyone's creations during the month.....Good luck to you all x

https://claritystamp.com/products/christmas-jumper-stamp-and-mask-kit
https://claritystamp.com/collections/stencils/products/christmas-wreaths-stencils-7-x-7-set-of-4
https://claritystamp.com/products/stencil-card-7-x-7-100-sheets
https://claritystamp.com/collections/stamps/products/christmas-corners-br-unmounted-clear-stamp-set
https://claritystamp.com/collections/stamps/products/christmas-greetings-br-unmounted-clear-stamp-set
https://claritystamp.com/collections/pergamano/products/perga-liners-21452
https://claritystamp.com/products/embossing-powder-super-fine-15ml-metallic-silver
https://claritystamp.com/products/versamagic-watermark-inkpad
https://claritystamp.com/products/archival-inkpad-black
https://claritystamp.com/products/archival-inkpad-olive
https://claritystamp.com/products/inkssentials-glossy-accents

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November 2017 Clarity Groovi Challenge - Christmas Time

Hi Groovi-babies
I thought this month I would prepare an inspirational piece using my newly learned parchment skills.  It's a great journey to be on, especially with the Pergamano experts on-board at Clarity - A big shout-out and "thank you" to Rosie Cotterell, Linda Williams & Tina Cox.  Having met these ladies at the Clarity Open Day & Ally Pally, they are so lovely and always willing to help out if you have any questions - Very inspirational ladies they are!
A huge big thank you to Barbara too - if Clarity hadn't come up with the Groovi system, I never would have attempted parchment, but now I have a new-found crafting passion!
I enjoyed making this Christmas card and hope you get some ideas & inspiration from it so that you can create a piece of artwork using the Clarity & Pergamano goodies to enter this month's competition?
Ingredients: (see below for links)
Lightwave (in my opinion, a necessity when using the beautiful coloured parchment)
Rainbow River designer parchment and paper
Groovi or Pergamano tools for embossing & shading
Groovi Framework Squares
Groovi Nested Square and small alphabet plate
Jayne Nestorenko Winter scene sled plate
Square piercing plate
Scissors (of your choice - mine are the Pera cutters)
Mat for embossing and colouring
8x8 blank greeting card
So firstly, choose a beautiful piece of the new coloured parchment - this came from the Rainbow River pad. Emboss four squares from the Framework Squares plate onto the side saturated with ink - the largest of each of four squares first, then the second largest inside each square.
Take the large Nested Square plate and emboss a large square to frame the whole piece to make it look like a window frame.



Emboss Jayne's scene into the lower half of the frame, with a few tree branches in the upper half, making sure that you avoid the embossed frame as you work across the parchment.
Emboss snow onto the scene using the largest No. 6 ball tool or the Pergamano 12mm Shader and leave it to rest while you create the outer frame from the Nested Square plate to decoupage over the artwork to create the 3D effect.  Do this on a piece of plain parchment.  Emboss a pattern onto it from the Farmhouse Texture plate to give a wood-effect then colour it in on the reverse using either the Perga Colours Exclusive or Distress Marker pens.
Pierce round the trees and hills and also the window frames using the basic straight square piercing plate from the front.  Cut out using your chosen scissors or cutters - I used the Perga Cutters to picot cut, but use whatever your preference is for the cutting. 
Take the contrasting designer paper to the piece of parchment you've chosen and place the picot cut parchment scene over the paper so that you can get the moon mask in the correct place.  Lift the parchment and stipple the moon in place through the mask using a blending tool with either Versamagic Cloud White ink or white acrylic paint.  Add some snow with either a white pen, or the end of the No. 1 Groovi tool if you're using acrylic paint.


Assemble the artwork by using a glue runner around the edge of the designer paper to attach it to an 8x8 base card, then use the glue runner to attach the snow scene in place. Use foam pads on the large frame to create the 3D effect on top of the base artwork.


Hope you are inspired by this piece and the other Design Team ladies so that you can join in this month?
The winner will be chosen by Barbara at the beginning of December and will win a £50 Clarity Voucher to spend on anything on the Clarity website www.claritystamp.com


I look forward to seeing all your artwork when you load your photos onto the pinned post at the top of the Groovi Worldwide Facebook page.  (If you have any problems finding where to enter, shout out to the lovely Groovi community, or any of the design team or Clarity folk at head office, there'll always be someone more than willing to help you).


You have until midnight on 30th November to load your photo.  I look forward to seeing all the entries.....Good luck to you all xxx



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