One Stamp Event with Oak House Studio

Hello, this weekend is the One Stamp Event from Oak House Studio taking place over Saturday and Sunday. This time the stamp set we are using is the Double Daisy and we are all exploring ways to use the stamp to create with, do pop over to the facebook pages to see the amazing projects, everything from cards, gift wrap and even jewellery have all been created with this versatile stamp set.

I set to work this morning to play with the stamps, inks and embossing powders and have this card to share with you.  I started by stamping one of the large OHS daisy stamps 3 times over a piece of Felt effect cardstock using a versamark embossing inkpad.  I also stanped randomly with the dots texture stamp from the same set, sprinkled with white detail embossing powder and heat set.

Using my largest waterbrush I watercoloured over the stamping using Peacock Green and Paris Pink OHS Colour Chemistry inks, allowing the colours to blend in places to give lilac tones.  The felt texture of the card is very similar to watercolour card and can easily cope with watercolouring.  

Extra detail was added by stamping the dots texture in the lightest blue of the OHS Triple Sky Blues inkpad using a 2nd generation stamping for the background to give a faded look.  I stamped again direct to cntres of the 3 flowers, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and gently heat set to blen in with white embossing.  I also added the texture stamp in blue to the background to add subtle texture.

When dry I then went back in with my waterbrush, this time a smaller one and painted in the petals on each daisy with ink straight from the bottle, 1 in Peacock Green, 1 in Paris Pink and the other in Regal Claret.  When the panel was dry it was trimmed down to approx. 5" square.

The sentiment 'Thinking of you' is also from Oak House Studio and I stamped it in black archival ink onto a scrap of watercoloured card trimmed off the main piece.  Both the daisy panel and the sentiment were matted onto PMD black card.  For the card base another sheet of A4 felt card was scored and folded in half trimming down to create a card of just under 6" square with fold across the top.

I found a sheer black & white polka dot ribbon in my stash and wrapped it around the lower part of the daisy panel, securing ends on reverse with d/s tape before adhering the panel onto my card base.  The sentiment was added on top of the ribbon using 3D foam pads to give height and a little bow from matching ribbon was added to RH side.  To finish I added sequins in pink and teal to the daisy flower centres.

Materials Used:
Double Daisy stamp set - Oak House Studio
Peacock Green, Paris Pink, & Regal Claret - Colour Chemistry Ink in a Bottle - Oak House Studio
Triple Sky Blues - Colour Chemistry Pigment Inkpad - Oak House Studio
Sentiment Stamps - Oak House Studio
 Ivory Felt Embossed Card - Papermilldirect
Black Card - Papermilldirect
Sequins - Dovecraft Serendipity - Trimcraft
Sheer Ribbon
Black Archival Ink, Versamark Embossing Inkpad
White Detail Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Powder
Double Sided Tape, 3D Foam Pads, Cosmic Shimmer glue

It's all about MUM - with Papermilldirect

March already!! and the +papermilldirect  Design Team are looking ahead to Mother's Day and creating lots of different designs and styles.  The Special Offer Card this week is the fab Ivory felt embossed which is just £15-60 for a Midi size box of A4.  It's also my turn to work with the Offer card and I was torn between creating a card with clean lines or getting a bit inky, the Ivory Felt Embossed is 300gsm and has such a great texture it lends itself well to lots of techniques hence my dilemma :D  In the end I just couldn't decide and created 2 cards instead.  These 2 cards are also featured on the +papermilldirect  Inspire Blog along with colour palette suggestions: 

Mothers Day Card - Fresh as a Daisy 
Mothers Day Card using the Cricut Explore

For my first card I got the inks out and used them through a stencil mask to create a bright Daisy themed card for 'Mum'.  I used pigment Inks from Oak House Studio which are rich and juicy and gave a vibrant result. I also used a manual diecutter (Big Shot) to cut some flowers. For the flower centres I used a mixture of pigment ink and then I got a little paintbrush out and added some extra colour using sprays inks in pumpkin pie and glorious gold, the latter gives a lovely golden glow.  The butterfly was cut using a Fiskars punch and then coloured with OHS Paris Pink and Glorious Gold spray ink.  The 3 daisys and the butterfly were attached using 3D foam to create depth and interest.  Using blue pigment ink I stamped the sentiment of 'MUM' using a clear stamp that I had masked off the top wording. Faux adhesive pearls in 2 sizes added the finishing touches.  This card is almost entirely created using the Ivory Felt Embossed card, except for a touch of bright orange card to mat the design.

For my second card I wanted to show how well the Ivory felt embossed card will cut in an electric die cutter.  It is a 300gsm card and yet it cuts beautifully in my Cricut Explore and I didn't even need to change my cut settings.  I used it to cut the shaped card blank and it even coped perfectly with the intricate lattice / trellis work on the card front.  

The sentiment was also cut on the Cricut Explore using a variety of papermilldirect card from the colours range.  The sentiment panel and the lattice were attached to the card front using 3D foam to give height and I added a few faux pink gems and pearls to finish.

I loved experimenting with this card and finding out what it can do, which appears to be everything I asked of it, and at an extra special price too, what more could a crafter ask for?

Materials Used:  

Ivory felt Embossed 300gsm card - Papermilldirect

Bright Orange, Mocha Brown, Raspberry Pink, Apple Green, Spring Green, Sky Blue, Baby Pink & Buff - Colours Range - Papermilldirect

Colour Chemistry Pigment Ink Pads in Triple Sky Blues & triple Sunshine Yellows - Oak House Studio

Colour Chemistry Ink in a Bottle Spray Inks in Pumpkin Pie & Paris Pink - Oak House Studio

Colour Chemistry Ink in a Bottle Metallics Spray Ink in Glorious Gold - Oak House Studio

Stencil Mask (I believe is from Splodgeaway but have lost the packaging so can't be 100% sure)

MUM clear stamp - Dovecraft

2" Butterfly Punch - Fiskars

Flower Dies - First Edition

Faux adhesive Pearls & Faux ahdhesive pink gems - from my crafty cupboards  drawers

Adhesives - Double Sided Tape, 3D foam pads, cosmic shimmer glue

Papermill Design Team:
if you have a moment, please do pop over and check out the other papermill teamies blogs and see what they got up to this week:  Barbara 
Lisa  
Sylvia  
Sandie   
Craig 
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