Friday Focus - Carabelle Studio (part two)

Hi everyone and welcome! Jenny here to shine a spotlight on the Carabelle Studio range available to purchase at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Linda stocks a great range so it's been a real treat to create a number cards to inspire you. And with an extra 15% discount applied through November 9th now's the perfect opportunity for you to add to your own supplies.

In case you missed it the first set of cards were shared last Friday HERE. Today I'm sharing a couple more ideas and both of these have more of an industrial feel to them (click on any image to get a closer look);

Rather conveniently I had to make a card for a family birthday and had some fun with the 'I Heart Washi Tape' stamp set to make the background. The strips in this set give you the illusion of having applied tape and yet the ability to colour it your way. Just imagine using them in your journals!

The background was created by dipping a piece of Watercolor Paper into slightly diluted Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, then stamping the Washi Tape images over with Archival Ink. I then pressed a number of Distress Oxide Ink pads onto my craft mat and picked up the colour using a waterbrush, painting it over the tape images. To clean your waterbrush of the existing ink stroke it over some scrap paper rather than using dry paper towel in order to allow the water to continue to flow. I cut the 18 from spare card covered in metal foil (make life easier for yourself by using Metallic Kraft Card as I then did for the letters and outer border). The numbers were embossed with the Rouages embossing folder and all of the metal surfaces then aged with a little Black Soot Distress Paint.

When my Carabelle Studio stamps arrived this was the one I was most keen to play with and it surely didn't disappoint. Definitely a favourite for fans of steampunk, this quirky design can be used relatively simply, as I have done here, or in a more complicated way by stamping it onto different surfaces and paper-piecing it together. I can also imagine the fun possibilities for using embossing powders with it.

This one started much like the previous card by dipping a piece of Watercolor Paper into slightly diluted Frayed Burlap  and this time Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I used the Stamp Platform to stamp the main image onto the card with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink, leaving the stamp in place and cleaning away any remaining ink in readiness for the final layer. As I painted each section with different Distress Paints the Oxide ink melted into it and added easy shading. Once dry I  was able to re-stamp the image accurately over the previous layers with Archival Ink by putting the paper back into the Stamp Platform. The words in the stamp set made a great background image as well as a raised focal point, and more of that aged Metallic Kraft Card created the perfect border.

So that's two more ideas to tempt you. Catch up on the previous cards HERE and remember, all things Carabelle Studio have that extra 15% discount applied at The Funkie Junkie Boutique through November 9th.

Take care of yourselves and get creative!
Jenny

Friday Focus - Carabelle Studio

Hi everyone and welcome! Jenny here to shine a spotlight on the Carabelle Studio range available to purchase at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I love their deeply etched, cling mounted rubber stamps and embossing folders, all of which have versatile images that coordinate beautifully or as stand alone designs. Linda stocks a great range so it's been a real treat to create lots of cards to inspire you. And with an extra 15% discount applied through November 9th now's the perfect opportunity for you to add to your own supplies.

I'm sharing three ideas here today and will be back next Friday with even more, so remember to check back here for that. First up something floral that is really easy to recreate (click on any image to get a closer look);

Dip white card into diluted Seedless Preserves and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Inks. Cut a square for your background and die cut flowers and branches from the rest. Emboss the background using the Unite de Mesure Embossing Folder then brayer Dina Wakley's White Acrylic Paint over to bring the design to life. Add subtle highlights by rubbing the Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon across a few spots. Stamp the image from the Metre Steampunk Stamp Set onto white card using Wendy Vecchi's Forget Me Not and Cactus Flower Archival Inks and tear around the top of each piece. Blend Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink around the edges of the background and ruler images before layering them together. Add the die cut flowers and branches (highlighted with the Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon again) together with lettering cut from Metallic Kraft Card. A few drops of Brass Liquid Pearls finish the flowers perfectly and once matted and layered with coordinating card you have something special to celebrate a birthday.

Now for a less feminine design;

This time dip white card into diluted Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks. Cut a square for your background, emboss it using the Rouages Embossing Folder then brayer Dina Wakley's White Acrylic Paint over to accentuate the cogs. Add subtle highlights by rubbing the Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon across a few spots and blend Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink around the edges before matting and layering. Stamp and heat emboss the second image from the Metre Steampunk Stamp Set onto card left over from the background (use Emerald Creek Charred Gold Embossing Powder). Highlight the ruler images with the Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon again, cut out and layer onto the background. Die cut cogs from more of the left over background card, embellishing them with more Liquid Pearls and some Metallic Kraft Card/White sentiment die cuts.

Finally for something completely different;

Emboss a piece of card with the Composition Florale Embossing Folder, heat embossing the raised areas with White Embossing Powder. Colour with heavily diluted Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints (Cheddar, Umber, Ruby, Tangerine, Blushing and Gilt) allowing the colours to blend as they air dry. Mount onto Classic Kraft and Metallic Kraft Card, adding a coordinating die cut sentiment to finish.

So that's three ideas to tempt you. I'll be back next week with even more as we celebrate all things Carabelle Studio at The Funkie Junkie Boutique with that extra 15% discount.

Take care of yourselves and get creative!
Jenny