The Joy of Sets #JOSTTT003 Designed by Jane Allmark

Well how exciting it is my month in the Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe challenge. It is our 3rd month and is March 2019

The layout I chose was all the things I love most. Nature has to be the middle as everything to do with nature, from trees to mountains, flowers to animals, the nature that surrounds us all is a wonder that can be easily transferred to our crafts.

Green, is one of my favourite colours to use in my card making as there are so many shades and hues too chose from and can be toned with almost any other colour.

Water colouring, with our AQUA PAINTER with inks, pencils or markers, is easy to achieve and creates some lovely washes and effects.

Rectangles - RECTANGLE STITCHED FRAMELITS DIES are my new go to. With 13 different stitched rectangles they can be used for so much.

Layers, pearls and embellishments finish off any card and dsp or patterned paper well who doesn't like some pretty papers on a card.

So what did I choose you ask?  Everything, except the patterned paper, but I did create my own for the background.

Green - Old Olive and Mint Macaron for the trees.

Water Colouring - in Old Olive under the trees.

Sparkle - Copper embossing for the trees and splashed Wink of Stella across the whole image

Embellishments - little flowers and die cut love from Well Written Framelits dies

Nature - the trees and mountains from Let It Ride and Waterfront stamp sets

Layers - framed picture on tree background, matted on white card base.

Patterned Paper - created by own with the trees from Let It Ride

Pearls - the centre of the flowers are with the Gold Metallic pearls.

As it was my month I thought I could indulge myself and work with everything on the grid.

So why not have a go with the challenge and show me what you can come up with. Join in HERE

If you are chosen as the winner you get to be a guest designer on the following month. So if you enjoy challenges then have a go.

For  a simpler way to use this layout on a one layer card have a look at this step by step video tutorial in some lovely purples

Stampin Up One layer Christmas card using Stampin Up Waterfront stamp set.

One layer cards are great for every type of crafter, but especially for the beginner crafter who is just starting out and wants a real wow card.  This card  uses just one stamp set Waterfront which has 16 stamps to create lovely scenery and is only £16 so is a good affordable starter stamp set.  Add a couple of ink pads, for this card I used Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler are you are good to go.

This project can be stamped directly on our notecards 20 cards and envelopes for just £6.  Add one of our acrylic blocks and you have everything to create 20 beautiful cards.

So lets get started, this is a simple Christmas card with lovely snowy ridges, very easy to create.

To help you create this card I have made a step by step video tutorial, subscribe to my YouTube channel where I have 135 video tutorials showing a wide selection of ideas and techniques for all crafting abilities.

Stampin Up Waterfront stamp set and Brusho

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My Name is Jane Allmark and I'm a UK Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Creating Backgrounds Using Brusho and the Waterfront Stamp set from Stampin Up

BRUSHO. Crystal Colour by Stampin Up come is 5 great colours, Prussian Blue, Moss Green, Gamboge (an orange) Yellow and Brilliant Red.  Pierce a hole in the lid and shake a few crystals on some water colour paper and spritz with water and watch the colours burst.

Yesterday on my blog VIEW HERE. I showed you how to use Brusho to create a great watercolour background.  This background I used Prussian Blue, Brilliant Red, Yellow and Gamboge with lots of water using our Spritzer to create this lovely washed look which compliments the WATERFRONT STAMP SET. perfectly.  I stamped the mountains in Smoky Slate and then added the foreground trees in Basic Black.

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Stampin Up Waterfront with Brusho background

Hello and welcome to Amehystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm a UK Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

WATERFRONT STAMP SET. is a great set to give a water colour mountains, rivers and trees without having to be a water colour artist.  This set is a steal at £15 and is becoming one of the fastest selling stamp sets in the Spring/Summer catalogue.

How to create a water landscape using Stampin Up Waterfront

• Tools Needed
• Waterfront stamp set
• Brusho Crystal Colour by Stampin Up
• Stampin Spritzer
• Watercolor paper
• Ink pads of choice.
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1. Take a sheet of watercolour paper and cut to size. For this card I used 5.25" x 3.5"
2. Tape the watercolour paper to a firm board using washi tape or low tack masking tape. This will stop the watercolour paper warping and bending too much as this technique using a lot of water.
3. With the Brusho crystals and the Moss Green and Yellow sprinkle some of the crystals onto the watercolour paper.
4. Using the Spritzer start spraying the paper and watch as the crystals burst into colour.  Keep spritzing spraying in different directions to move the colour around.
5. Use some kitchen roll to dab the excess water from the taped edge.
6. Repeat the process again until you get the effect you want.
7. This process wants the image to have a washed watery water colour look so the more water you spray the lighter the colours will be.
8. Leave the image taped to the board until it is completely dry.  This will take a little while or just put it on one side overnight.
9. When completely dry remove the tape carefully. Trim if needed or leave the white border whichever is your preference.
10. Using the Waterfront Stamp Set stamp the mountains in Wild Wasabi, Night of Navy and Marina Mist and the trees in Wild Wasabi.  Choose the ink pads which match your Brusho background.  The colours I chose matched mine.
11. Mount on a coordinating cardstock and add a sentiment if you choose.  I left this card blank as I wanted the image to stand alone.

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Stampin Up Magical Day Knights and Damsels

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm a UK Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

MAGICAL DAY STAMP SET. is probably my favourite stamp set as I just love getting lost in the magic and myth of this set.

Who doesn't wish to be whisked away by a knight in shining armour in the sunshine.

This set isn't just for kids but for all us adults who enjoy a little humour and can picture ourselves riding off into the sunshine with our knight.

I have used several sets to create this card : -

• MAGICAL DAY stamp set and coordinating thinlet dies.
• SUNSHINE WISHES thinlits dies.
• WATERFRONT photopolymer stamp set.
• HAPPY WISHES clear mount stamp set. a FREE double stamp set with a qualifying purchase of £90 during Sale-A-Bration.

I coloured the characters with the STAMPIN BLENDS. professional quality alcohol markers.

So for everyone looking for a little sunshine in these cold wintry February days then this just might be the card for you.

Stampin Up Waterfront using Brusho

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm a UK Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Waterfront stamp set. is a great value stamp set at £15 and can be used to create many landscape backgrounds.

These beautiful cards have been created using Brusho crystal colours.

Brusho are little pots of crystal pigmented ink which you just shake and spritz to create a myriad of colour combinations.

1. Place the stamp on an acrylic block and shake Prussian Blue and Mossy Green over the stamp.  Being photopolymer the crystals stick to the block easily.
2. Spritz lightly with water and wipe excess away from the block leaving the water on the stamp.
3. Stamp on cardstock.
4. Spritz again lightly and using second piece of cardstock to stamp a second image.
5. Warning. the photopolymer stamp will stain but does not effect the stamp.
6. Repeat with the tree image and other image to create your scene.
7. Stamp sentiment at bottom of card. I chose the birthday sentiment from Beautiful Day.

This idea was CASE'd from Lydia Fielder of Understand Blue a fellow American Stampin Up Demonstrator.  So thank you very much for this great idea.

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