Krafty Tips and Tuts - Airbrushed Scene with Masking

Happy Monday Krafty Friends! 

It's Krafty Girl Delphine here to share a little tutorial - a simple scene with masking and airbrushing!

For my character, I picked a cute sweetie from the Halloween Lulu set, just rereleased as rubber. I also used the Spooky Silhouettes set, a fabulous set to create Halloween scenes!

I stamped my character in Wicked Black Hybrid Ink on my Copic card and on a Post-It to mask her.

I then stamped a tree from the Spooky Silhouettes set three times. 

I then placed a mask to mimick a hill.

I airbrushed the sky RV23 and 66 starting from the bottom and then I started from the top with YR18 then YR04.

I used the other part of my mask to then cover the sky and create the hill. I used G29, YG03, 67. 

Next I coloured my sweetie in Copics and went back on the trees with a black Copic multiliner to make them really black.

Skin: E000, 00, 11

Hair: BV04, C7, 9, 10

Outfit: C5, 7, 9, 10, R35, 37, 39

Pumpkin: Y35, 38, YR04, 18 

And lastly, I coloured a tiny piece of paper in YG03 and stamped a Halloween sentiment from the Spooky Silhouettes set, and voilà! 

Hope you found this little tutorial helpful! Have a great day everyone!

KRAFTY TIPS AND TUTORIALS! - Retiform Technique!

Hello, it's Krafty Girl Marilyn here, and today I'm going to show you how to make a "Retiform" card.  It's super easy and it's a perfect time to use some of those gorgeous inks Kimmie offers in her shop!  I have to say this will be a long and picture heavy post, but well worth it!!

Retiform is just geometrical shapes that intersect one another.  It can be done with any kind of inks and stamps.  Here's the one I will be showing you today!

You can make the shapes any size and any type.  I used the ink Marvellous Mocha to create the shapes/forms.

Now here comes the pictures....lol.

The supplies needed for this card were the inks, paper, post-it notes and stamps.  I've used Beautiful Blooms and Butterfly Dreams.  Now lets get started.

You'll need a piece of scrap paper to create the lines when you are applying the ink.

The first one is made, and then you just continue in this fashion till you have made all the shapes you want in various sizes.

Second one made!  The next picture shows all the shapes I have created.  I chose to do part of the page, but you could fill the whole page with shapes.

Now comes the fun part and will take a bit more time to do, because you have to mask off each section with post-it notes before you stamp.

I'm going to use the Yummy Yellow ink and the Beautiful Blooms stamp for the first triangle.

Here's another masked off area in which I used Mermaid Melody and another Beautiful Blooms stamp.

So, you just continue to mask off and stamp until all the shapes are filled.  There's no precision stamping, it's almost like doing decoupage!

The butterflies from the stamp Butterfly Dreams were stamped using the Purple Pansy Ink. The leaves are also from the Beautiful Blooms stamp set and they were stamped with the ink Lovely Lagoon.

I left the white space to stamp a sentiment from the Butterfly Dreams using the ink Wicked Black.  Here is another card I created using the same inks and the Butterfly Dreams only this time I did the whole card in Retiform.

As you can see I chose to stamp in black ink this time and used the Lovely Lagoon to create the shapes and then I used the Purple Pansy ink to cover any white.  I really love how they both look!

I hope you will give this technique a try and if you do please don't forget to share on the Facebook group!  We love to see what you create!!

Krafty Tips and Tutorial - Lollipop Holders!

Hi there!  It's Krafty Girl Marilyn and today I've got a quick and easy tutorial for you!  I'm going to show you how to make these adorable Lollipop Holders without having to buy or use a die!!  I'm featuring the stamp set Dino-Mite Pals.  So let's get started!

You'll need a piece of cardstock or designer paper cut to 6 inches by 2 inches.  Your embellishments of choice, ribbon, a hole punch and of course a lollipop!!

Next, score along the long side at 1 3/4 inches, 2 3/4 inches and 5 inches.  Fold at the scores lines.  It should look like the picture below.

With your hole punch and at the 5 inch score line make a pencil mark in the middle (1 inch).  Keep paper folded and make a hole. Then make a mark about 1/4 inch from score line on either side of previous hole and about 1/2 inch apart.  It should look like this.

Notice the larger hole is centered on the score line.  This is where the lollipop stick will go through.  The smaller holes are for the ribbon.  Once folded and the ribbon added, it will help keep the lollipop in place.

That's all you have to do for the lollipop holder.  Now it's time to decorate and have fun with it!

Make sure your lollipop is inside before you decorate!  Here's a finished one and a side view of the holder and lollipop.

Super simple to do, and only takes about five minutes from start to finish!  I hope you give these a try and if you do, don't forget to share on the Krafty Friends Facebook page!  These would also be great using the Darling Dragons stamps and Unicorn and Rainbows stamps.

Thanks for taking a look and have a great week!

Krafty Tutorial: Copic background by Delphine!

Hello everyone! It's Krafty Girl, Delphine here today to share a Copic colouring tutorial! When I make cards, I love focussing on images and adding backgrounds to them, so let's colour a background! 

The stamp I am using is one of the two characters from the adorable Tweetie Pies set.   

First draw a rectangle in a pale colour to know where to stop colouring and draw the horizon line where the sky will "stop" in B000. Also draw the number of clouds you want using the same marker.

Colour the sky using B00 and B000. 

Add texture to the clouds, using BV20 at the bottom of the clouds, then a few dots in C1 over BV20 and a few spots in C0 at the top. Also draw the top of the grass section using the lightest green you plan to use for the grass - YG01 for me here.

Colour the grass area starting at the bottom with your darkest colour and go towards the top using lighter and lighter colours. The markers I used are YG01, 03, 17, 67.

To add interest, you can add bushes in the background, here using the same colours as the grass. I draw an outline in my lightest green and then fill the bushes starting at the bottom and making dots - here with G28 then YG67.

Continue the bushes with your lightest greens - here YG17, 03, then 01.

You can also add trees the same way and even using the same colours - that's what I did here.

Next colour your character as you wish (all colours listed at the end of the post). 

To give more depth to your scene, add darker blades of grass in the foreground. I used C7, BG78, YG67 and YG17. Also add a shadow under your character (YG67).

If you want you can add details with a gel pen to suggest flowers :)

Before I go here is the whole list of markers I used to colour my scene:

Sky: B000, 00, BV20, C0, 1

Grass and trees: G28, YG01, 03, 17, 67

Blades of grass: BG78, C7, YG67, 17

Skin: E000, 00, 11

Hair: 100, BV04, C7, 9

Eyes: BG93

Dress: C7, R35, 37, 39

Bird: B91, 93, 95, 97, Y17

Thank you very much for looking, have a great day! 

KRAFTY TIPS & TUTES - CORNER PUNCH DOILIES

Hi, this is Krafty Girl Marilyn with a tutorial on making Corner Punch Doilies!  I don't know about you but I have a lot of corner punches just sitting there collecting dust.  I've been using these to make doilies for some of my cards.  It's quite simple to do and a great way to use up some of those scraps of paper.  There are many of ways to make these but this is my take on it.

 

SUPPLIES

 

Cardstock

Corner Punches

Circle Cutter

 

 

My circles measure 4 1/2 inches.  Just a little note the finish doily is almost the same size as the circle you started with.  I usually use the 4 1/2 inch circle but bought doilies or dies are about 4 inches. The finished size depends on you but the procedure is still the same. Also make sure the little wings are closed.

 

Once you've got you circle and punch ready it's time to have some fun!

 



 

Make sure you have the punch upside down facing you so that you can see where to make the first cut.  Place the punch at the very end of the circle as shown above.  Then cut!

 

This is what it looks like after the first cut.  Then it's just a matter of lining it up and cutting completely around the circle.

 

 

Now, this is not an exact science.  Sometimes you get a perfect cut and other times you don't.  But that's alright you can just hide it behind the image, flowers or the sentiment.  No one will know but you!!

 

Just to show you that it can come out with a perfect cut, here is one done with the same punch and the same size circle.

 



I know you could figure it out mathematically but I'm not patient enough to do that.  Another tip, if you do get a perfect cut trace it onto another circle so you will have it for next time!!

 

 

Here are some doilies made with different punches to give you an idea of what you can create with punches!!

Just a few cards that have doilies on them made with punches.  One is done with an oval shape.  The first one features the Pretty As A Princess stamp and the second features Rosie Fairy. 

 

I hope I have inspired you to give this a try!!  We would love to see whatever you have created!!  

 

 

KRAFTY TIPS & TUTES - HOLIDAY ORNAMENT TAG

Hello!  This is Krafty Girl Becky from Cards by Becky 

with a guide for how to make a holiday tag,
which can be used as a gift tag or ornament for the tree!

SUPPLIES:

KKS Christmas Blessings Sentiments set ( just released - new! )
Melissa Frances Large Frames, purchased from Amazon.com

Paper, Memento Ink Pad, etc.

 

STEP 1
Measure the paper to fit inside the frame and stamp.
I used Memento Brown Ink to make it pop on the blue pattern paper.

STEP 2
Cut ribbon and fold in half to make a loop for hanging.
Tip!  Use pinking shear scissors to stop the ribbon edges from fraying.


STEP 3
Glue the paper to the frame and hot glue gun the ribbon loop.

 

Thanks for following along!   Happy Holidays!

 

 

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