Every fortnight my team, The Crazy Crafters, puts on a blog hop with a special international guest demonstrator. Today we are hopping with the fun Billie Moan! The theme is to CASE (copy and selectively edit) one of Billie's projects. Here is the one of hers that I choose:
And here's my take on it.
It's hard to see but I've added a bit of Wink of Stella to the lines on the flowers to make it sparkle just ever so slightly. This close up should help.
There are a few steps in making this card which aren't overly obvious so here are a few tips which might help you if you wanted to make my card yourself.
- The flowers are fussy cut
- I stamped off the background stamps before stamping onto the paper and then picked up some ink with my aqua painters and deepened them a little. This still made them softer than if I had stamped them straight up.
- After the paper was dry I stamped the detail on the flowers and finished off with the Wink of Stella
- The leaves are also stamped off first but I didn't use the aqua painter on them
- I finished off the flowers with a few dots using my Marker pens
- The border is hand drawn with no ruler. I like how Billie achieves this look on her cards and for this design of mine I think it works to be a "looser" line and not perfectly straight
Now have fun and hop around the other blogs to see what everyone else came up with CASEing Billie Moan.
Blog hop line up:
Here's everything you need to make this card yourself.
Just click on any item to be taken straight to it in my store.
Happy crafting,
Fiona
Stunning card Fiona. I love how you have turned the Swirly Bird stamp set into flowers. It looks fantastic. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Kayla! They always remind me of Charles Rennie Mackintoch's Glasgow Roses, a design close to my heart.
DeleteOh this is so lovely Fiona. Love your CAS style.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kylie. It sure is my thang!
DeleteI love this Fiona! Those hand drawn lines are 'perfect'. love the softness of the flowers x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carolina! It was hard not to get the ruler out, ha!
DeleteLove your card Fiona, the swirly flowers and hand drawn lines makes it such a happy and sweet card. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Juana! Life's better with a bit of sweetness, right? :)
DeleteHave fun are those flowers...thanks for choosing one of my cards to CASE Fiona!...B!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for hopping with us Billie and letting us CASE your gorgeous designs.
DeleteOh, that's so cute!
ReplyDelete:) thanks Stephanie!
DeleteWow! This card is absolutely stunning! I love the hand drawn border & the little dots- it's the little details that really make a card for me xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Jessie. You know me, perfect lines and all that, so this was me trying to push out of my comfort zone. I think it worked! Phew!
DeleteFiona this is gorgeous, I love how versatile this set is and your colour choices are perfect! Whimsical and fun xx. You have a steadier hand than I with the gorgeous hand drawn edge! It works so well xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim! The colours were down to Billie's card. It's what drew me to it in the first place. Love them!
DeleteTRES JOLIE
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup! Je suis très heureuse que vous l'aimez.
DeleteBeautiful! I do love a blog hop for inspiration xx
ReplyDeleteYes it really motivates me too :)
DeleteI love the detail in your card. Thank you for explaining the trick with the hand drawn boarder.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosalie! I think I'll try it a bit more often now. You'll have to let me know what you think.
DeleteLovely card and great CASE Fiona. Love your subtle sparkles and the hand drawn border.
ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased you like it Kirsten! Thanks :)
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