The Alley Way Stamps – guest designer – day 4

by Kate Dachovska // December 20, 2014 // No Comments

This is my last blog post for The Alley Way Stamps. For my goodbye I made cute candy bag toppers. I used Good point stamp set for masculine topper and Monster Mash for kids topper. I let candies in original bag but of course you can open it just into bag. This candies are borrowed from my son so I did not want to open it 🙂

Make such topper is very easy, you need only paper, stamps, some pencils and glue.

I am attaching also some of my previous cards which I made during year.

Thank you very much for opportunity to show my work.

Kate

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CASology week 126

by Kate Dachovska // December 20, 2014 // 3 Comments

This week topic is snow. I have great stamp set from Create a smile, small company from Germany so I used their super cute little snowmen and penguins and I created this simple card. Everything on my card is connected with snow.

I used memento tuxedo black, Copics and glossy accent to highlight noses and snowflakes around sentiment.

Cards for fun

by Kate Dachovska // December 19, 2014 // No Comments

Sometimes it is nice just sit and play with paper. I have brand new stamp from Penny Black – winter fairy. Amazing stamp. I coloured it with watercolour pencil, than I add some 3D snow and Silhouette glitters. For background I used amazing papers from Galeria papieru, Polish factory. And with Memor box I made snowflakes.

My second card is also coloured with watercolours, it is my lovely Gorjuss. I must admit – I need better watercolours with more pigment. I have just cheap one from Papermania (Docrafts) and one from Koh-i-noor and they are not so strong. For light colours they are just OK but for rich colours like at Gorjuss doll I had to use one of my another colours Creta color (but I have only 6 colours). Paper which I used for this card is 7 dots studio – Destination unknown. www.katecrafts.com

The Alley Way Stamps – guest designer – day 3

by Kate Dachovska // December 13, 2014 // 1 Comment

Hi,

today I prepared christmas project with Good point stamp set. I know it can look strange to make something christmassy with arrows but you will see that also arrows can be great.

I made candle holders. For base I used just cheap Ikea glass candle holder. You can buy them in set of four. Than I used versa mark emboss ink ink and silver and gold embossing powder and I think almost the most important thing – EK success powder tool (or another antistatic powder) because without it you cannot emboss glass (glass is much more magnet for embossing powder than paper). Here are some my advice how to:

1. clean candle holders, it is enough to use baby wipes, tea lights candle holder are from shop dusty and oily and it is like magnet for embossing powder, so clean them and dry with paper towel

2. use lot of powder tool (antistatic) it is really necessary you will see, applie it just around space where you will stamp

3. slowly stamp image, add stamp to small acrylic block and stamp with Versa mark slowly from one side to another, you must go as shape of glass is, the first stamps can be bad, but do not worry the biggest advantage of stamping onto glass is, that you can take baby wipe, clean it and start again, really I made many mistakes before I learned the right stamping

4. use embossing powder, clean space around stamp and heat emboss it – be careful and patient, it takes much longer before powder is melted and glass can be hot!!! It is not technique for kids

5. wait 2-3 minutes before glass is cold because when you touch stamp when it is hot, you can damage everything, it takes really around 2-3 minutes

and that is all 🙂

TIP: go step by step, when you stamp and emboss one arrow – go on – every time use really lot of powder tool, you will clean it after do not worry

I hope you will like this mini tutorial. Go on and try it with any stamp. So what do you think can be arrows good for Christmas?

More great tips and inspiration you can find at The alley way stamps blog.

Have a nice day

Kate

CASology week 125: Silver

by Kate Dachovska // December 13, 2014 // 4 Comments

I like this topic – Silver, it is great opportunity to use nice silver embossing ink. I made christmas card with wreath stamp which I designed. I add some self adhesive gems, silver string. Butterflies and bird is made with double sided adhesive Silhouette foil, I punched shapes and after peeling both sides I used glitters. It looks very soft and nice. I hope you will like my card. Oh I did not mentioned cute mini pompoms, they are so sweet.

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