Sunday, 14 April 2013

Douglas and the Shatters

This was the most popular of the April design team cards, so I thought it had better be the first one I blogged.  All stamps used are from Claritystamp

This card is very, very easy, it is really all just stamped, embossed and coloured in with promarkers, the most important thing is to make sure you don't get any excess powder specks, it would really spoil the look of it!  I had several goes at the background 'shatters' to make sure!
  • Stamp Douglas with versamark and emboss with detail gold powder
  • Colour in with various shades of cool grey promarkers and a red for his bow tie
  • I dot and dash round the edge of the image along a ruler, using a fine black pen
  • Embellish with small black gems
  • Stamp and emboss the shatter stamp three time, once in gold, once in silver and once in bronze.
  • Colour in with the same colour promarkers, using different combinations of colour for each image
  • Mat onto dark grey card and add to the base card at jaunty angles
  • Add Douglas over the top
  • Embellish with card candy
  • All done!
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17 comments:

  1. Unknown14 April 2013 at 08:39

    Lovely card Janet. Thank you.

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  2. Linda Page14 April 2013 at 11:35

    I loved this on the tellybox Janet it is a lovely card xx

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  3. Unknown14 April 2013 at 11:50

    Love what you have created here,Janet. So pleased to have found you in Blogland :) xxx

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    1. Janet Pring18 April 2013 at 07:42

      Thank you Annie - I thought I would give it a go! It's much easier than I thought!

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  4. SamsHomeCookedDesigns.com14 April 2013 at 12:16

    Aha managed to get to it on my phone . This is a brilliant sophisticated card for a Man. I keep forgetting about my embossing powders! Love these stamps. Sam

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    1. Janet Pring18 April 2013 at 07:45

      Thank you, Sam - I must admit, I tend not to use embossing powder as much as I used to

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  5. Moira14 April 2013 at 12:22

    I love Douglas, he looks a bit mad doesn't he, bit like an eccentric composer! This was my favourite "Douglas" card on the show, and I didn't recognise it as one of your designs until Barbara said it was.

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    1. Janet Pring18 April 2013 at 07:47

      Thank you Moira - he does have 'Beethoven hair' doesn't he? I rather like him

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  6. Bernie Simmons14 April 2013 at 12:34

    Lovely card Janet. xx waiting for Douglas to come so I can have a play too. xx

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    1. Janet Pring18 April 2013 at 07:48

      Thank you, Bernie - I'm sure you and Douglas will have fun together!

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  7. Lynne14 April 2013 at 12:44

    Great card Janet. Douglas looks very smart and I love how you've used the shatter. x

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  8. Emily Follett14 April 2013 at 17:01

    Fabulous- I am going to try and recreate this when my stamps arrive :-)

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    1. Janet Pring18 April 2013 at 07:49

      Thank you, Emily - I look forward to seeing what you do x

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  9. Yvette15 April 2013 at 21:29

    great card janet, I especially like how you've used the shatter stamp

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