For my first project, I have creatd a quick gelli plate background, using a brayer and Shabby Shutters and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks, to cover the gelli plate, then pressed a piece of bubble wrap onto the plate to create an overall pattern. I removed the bubble wrap and then laid the pre-cut card onto the gelli plate, smoothing it evenly, to ensure that I had a good coverage of ink across the card.
I stamped the flower image and sentiment onto the card, using Versafine Onyx Black Ink, and then coloured the image using Faber-Castell Aquarelle pencils. I added a strip of toning ribbon to the background, and adhered the background to a white card blank.
For my second project, I used some left over fabric from some journal pages that I had previously made. The fabric had been coloured with Distress re-inkers. I stamped the image and sentiment onto the fabric using Jet Black Archival Ink. I frayed the edges of the fabric and used some iron on interfacing to attach the fabric to a cheap little notebook that I had in my stash. I added some lace, toning ribbon and a little wooden button to complete the design.
This was a very cheap project to make, but will make a great little stocking filler present for someone. I know that I love notebooks, and have a large collection of them, and I'm sure that you know of plenty of people who might like something like this as a Christmas present. You could make a collection of them in no time at all, and keep one or two for yourself!
Thanks for stopping by, xx

3 comments:
Beautiful cards Judith, lovely backgrounds and floral images, Kate x
Beautiful card, love these lotus and the gelli plate background looks so interesting!
Love your fabric-covered notebook, too, and I agree on fact that it may be a fab little present for anyone!
I sit & gaze at your designs just drinking in the colours & the details of your placing & my heart is warmed, my face breaks into a smile & it's a joy to just look. The colours & textures of the little notebook work so well & your little wooden button with the lace is thoroughly in keeping with the textile feeling created by the fabric. I particularly like the way both the floral panel & your sentiment work from left to right with yellow moving to the neutral fabric. The flowers in the first are coloured exquisitely & your choice of colours striking. The way the font of the sentiment picks up on the inkiness of the bubble wrap background is very clever & works so well as does the placing of the knot to balance the sentiment.
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