Hi All,
Welcome to the penultimate day of the Gorjuss launch of my new blog!
Today's card features the sweet "I'm Falling For You".
First I took a blue/grey card blank from the Gorjuss range and added a couple of inches of the taupe paper along the left hand side.
I next punched the gothic border from black cardstock and stuck this along the join between the card blank and the paper. Along this I then stuck a strip of hearts (a little die-cut extra from the range).
I then layered up the decoupage image using foam pads and stuck this to the card using more foam pads. I then arranged some paper flowers, leaves and black twine from my stash to the bottom right of the image. The purple flowers I had were too bright for this card, so I coloured them in with a black water-based pen and then added a few drops of water into the middle and left them to dry on some kitchen paper. This made the colour of the flowers darker and more muted to match the card, and gave the flower an ombre finish too.
I then stamped a greeting onto a die-cut greeting plaque that comes with the range and stuck this so it overlapped the heart strip. And lastly, I finished with some light blue pearls.
Items Used:
Decoupage - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Papers - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
6" x 6" Card Blank - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Border Punch - Tonic Studios Gothic Border
Stamped Greeting - own stash
Paper Flowers and Leaves - own stash
Twine - own stash
Pearls - own stash
Black pen - own stash
Black Cardstock - own stash
Crafty hugs!
Emma.x.
Hi All,
I'm getting
towards the end of the Gorjuss Extravanganza now - just two more posts
after this one before I move on to something a bit different (though
I'm sure Gorjuss will pop up again in the future).
Today's card has another cute image with an 'Alice in Wonderland' theme (see "The Hatter" from Day 2).
For this card I first die-cut the gothic border square from dark grey cardstock and then threaded pink bakers twine through the border and tied the ends into a bow. I attached this to a beige card blank from the Gorjuss range.
Before layering up the decoupage using foam pads, I stamped the greeting to the top right corner of the image. Once the decoupage was assembled I stuck this to the grey gothic square.
Lastly, I finished the card by adding pale blue pearls to the each of the points of the border.
Items Used:
Decoupage - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Papers - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
6" x 6" Card Blank - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Die - Tonic Studios Gothic Borders Squares
Bakers Twine - American Crafts
Stamped Greeting - own stash
Pearls - own stash
Grey Cardstock - own stash
Happy Crafting!
Emma.x.
Hi all,
The captivating artwork on today's card is called "My Secret Place" - an image that I thought was a perfect match to the greeting "A little birdie told me".
For this card I covered the bottom of a red tweed card blank with plum damask paper, both from the Gorjuss range.
I then took a strip of grey card and used the largest die from the Tonic Affections set to die-cut the pinked edge along the strip (this effect could also be achieved with decorative-edge scissors). I stuck this along the middle of the card and covered it with stripy paper and ribbon from the range.
I made up the decoupage using foam pads and stuck this to the right of the card, and then stamped the greeting on the left, and added a pre-tied bow from the range in the middle.
Lastly, I added some lilac gems to the card and used one of the die-cut extras that come with the range to decorate the envelope flap.
Items Used:
Decoupage - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Papers - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
6" x 6" Card Blank - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Ribbon - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Die - Tonic Studios Square Vines Base Affections Die Set
Stamped Greeting - Apple Blossom Stamp Set, Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue 153
Gems - own stash
Grey Cardstock - own stash
Until next time,
Emma.x.
Hi All,
Day 10 of my Gorjuss extravaganza! Today's fairy tale themed card features the whimsical "Little Red".
I started this card by using a Quickie Glue Pen to pick out details on the card blank, and adding black glitter.
I then layered up the decoupage using foam pads and stuck this onto the card so that the girl looks as though she is standing on the grass.
I stamped the greeting in black ink, then traced this over with the Quickie Glue Pen and added more black glitter.
I finished the card with a die cut moon and some star shaped gems.
Items Used:
Decoupage - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
A6 Shaped Card Blank - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Quickie Glue Pen
Die - own stash
Stamped Greeting - own stash
Glitter - own stash
Gems - own stash
Cream Cardstock - own stash
More Gorjuss cards to follow!
Crafty hugs!
Emma.x.
Hi All,
Another day, another Gorjuss card!
The focal artwork of today's card is entitled "The Foxes" - seems I'm running with a fox theme at the moment!
I started by covering the top half of a dark blue card blank with a pale blue damask paper, both from the Gorjuss range. I then placed a strip of stripy blue cardstock and some stripy ribbon horizontally along the middle of the card.
I layered up the decoupage image using foam pads and stuck this to the right side of the card, again using foam pads.
The greeting was die cut from cream card and this was stuck below the decoupage image. The card was finished with a pre-tied bow from the range, a button and some teal pearls.
Items Used:
Decoupage - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
6" x 6" Card Blank - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Papers - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Ribbon - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Button - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Die - Tattered Lace Mini Dies - Just For You
Pearls - own stash
Stripy Blue Cardstock - own stash
Much love,
Emma.x.
Hi All,
After a little break I'm back with another Gorjuss post!
Today's card features the oh-so-cute artwork "The Fox" AKA "Kitsune".
For this card I assembled one of the decoupage images using foam pads and lightly inked the edges with bronze ink. I stuck this to a green card blank from the range, again using foam pads.
I then punched the border and die cut the greeting from brown card and stuck these to the card as shown.
Lastly I accented the card with a selection of paper flowers and leaves, as well as some gems and pearls, all from my crafty stash.
Items Used:
Decoupage - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
6" x 6" Card Blank - Papermania Gorjuss Collection
Die - Tattered Lace Mini Dies - Just For You
Border Punch - Tonic Studios Loopy Lace Border
Paper flowers and leaves - own stash
Pearls & Gems - own stash
Brown Cardstock - own stash
Crafty hugs!
Emma.x.
