VIDEO - Background Technique using Bubble Wrap

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Today's video features a technique I have been sharing at my recent workshops - and don't worry if you are all Christmassed out - there are some non-festive versions below too!

I hope you enjoyed today's video and have a go at the technique yourself.


Love Elizabeth X

VIDEO Coaster Board Bag Tag

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Today's video is about making a cute bag tag. Enjoy!

 I hope you liked today's video - have I inspired you to make a Coaster Board tag?


Love Elizabeth X

By the Tide in Pool Party

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Another card made using the By the Tide stamp set today. I just LOVE these stamps - you can go with all sorts of colour combinations. Here I chose Pool Party, Marina Mist and Soft Suede.

I created the 'sand' at the bottom with a torn strip of Crumb Cake cardstock, spritzed using the Spritzer Tool from Stampin' Up! I spritzed with ink from the Soft Suede marker.

I finished with a button and a scrap of Natural Trim ribbon.

Hope you like it. I have a lovely series of projects coming up next week. Come back soon. :)

Love Elizabeth X

By the Tide Man Card

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May is here already! Can you believe it?

Today I am sharing a fabby man-card made with the By The Tide stamp set. I love how this card turned out. The designer paper is from Comfort Cafe, and I used Early Espresso Bakers twine layered over Natural Trim Ribbon, which you can find in the Spring/Summer Catalogue from Stampin' Up!

 

Most of the stamping was done in Soft Suede, the shell was stamped in Stazon black ink.

 

 

Hope you like today's project. I will be back on Sunday with another By the Tide card. 

Love Elizabeth X

Videos - two for one - By The Tide

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Today I am sharing not one by two videos. Firstly how to make this cute Floating Fish card and then another to make the presentation box.  Enjoy them.

Hope you liked your double dose of videos today. Back on Friday with another cute project.

Love Elizabeth X

March Technique with By The Tide

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Today's card features the technique I taught at class this month. This background is made with ink pads, Stampin' Sponges, water spritzer and plastic document holders.

Slit open your document holder. Sponge two or more colours of ink onto one side. Spritz with water, or not, Brayer outside, or not, put Whisper White or Glossy cardstock inside....and see what happens.

You can get all sorts of different effects - in fact no two images are the same.

Here we used the By The Tide stamp set to create an undersea image.

The greeting comes from the Blooming Marvelous Sale-A-Bration stamp set and is punched out using the Ticket Builder Punch.

Here is another version. See what I mean about the different effect you can get? Here I used Patterned Occasions, (the jeans), Ciao, Baby, (the #!), and Word Play, (the greeting).

I will be back on Sunday with another card made using this technique.

Love Elizabeth X

VIDEO By the Tide - Brayered!

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Today's video features the stamp set I was most excited about in the new Spring/Summer catalogue. It is called By the Tide. I wanted to get a true 'underwater' look so decided to with a brayer.

So have I inspired you to get your brayer out and dust it off? Let me know.

Love Elizabeth X