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Five Seasonal Bells

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21 Oct

Hello, Crafters.

Every now and again
there are occasions – like today – when my modesty goes straight out of
the window! 

Please forgive me, but I’m so pleased how today’s card has
turned out! 

I’m planning this for my Wednesday video, although it’ll
take some forward planning.

I
started my card by heat embossing four – the plan being three for the
front and one for the inside of the card – of the bells from the
Seasonal Bells Stamp Set using White Embossing Powder on Elegant
Eggplant Cardstock (CS). 

Then I used normal household bleach and painted inside
the bell. 

While I was waiting for the bleach to work its magic, I
stamped another four using Silver Embossing Powder on Basic Grey CS, and
then painted them with bleach. 

By
this time my plan had changed to five bells as seen in my finished
card, and I knew I wanted a darker outline for the bells. 

Seeing the
developing results on the first two sets of bells, I chose Smokey Slate
CS with Copper Embossing Powder, and created five bells. 

I should have
done six, so I had one for the inside of the card!

I
punched the bells out using the Bell Punch, but I didn’t like the
outside of cardstock showing, so I fussy cut around the edge of the heat
embossing. 
 
I
inked the Sheet Music Background Stamp with Sahara Sand Ink, and stamped
off once. 

Then I took a layer of Whisper White CS and laid it on top of
the stamp, making sure I positioned it straight. 

I took a scrap of
paper, placed it over the cardstock, and gently rubbed all over. 

Using
Tombow, I adhered this layer onto a layer of Copper Foil, and then onto a
Whisper White CS card base. 

I should have waited before adhering to the
card base so I could have adhered the top of the 1/4″ Copper Trim at the back
of the Copper Foil! DOH! 

Never mind, I successfully anchored the top of
the trim down using Glue Dots.

I
punched holes in the top of each bell using my 1/8″ Handheld Punch, and
threaded the Copper Trim through all the bells.

I adhered the bells to the card front using
Dimensionals. 

At this stage I decided I needed a pop of colour and chose the holly and berries
stamp from the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set. 

I painted them using
Garden Green and Real Red Marker Pens, making a total of nine
altogether. 

I die cut them using the Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies. 

I
heat embossed the sentiment from the Star of Light Stamp Set, onto a
piece of Very Vanilla CS, and adhered it to a layer of Copper Foil. 

This
was then adhered to the card front using Tombow. 

Finally I added the
holly using Glue Dots on the five bells, and Tombow in each of the four corners.

By
the time I reached this stage, it was getting quite late and I was
beginning to feel quite tired……………but I still hadn’t decorated
inside my card! 

This is just the second occasion since I started
decorating the insides of my cards on 01.01.17 that I haven’t done it! 

I
adhered a layer of Whisper White CS onto a layer of Copper Foil, and
adhered that inside my card, and left it!
 
At least this way I can go back to my card
and finish it off properly at any time, rather than forcing myself to do
something and run the risk of spoiling my card! 

The
penultimate photograph shows the results of the other two bells I
bleached! 

Originally I photographed the “pink” bell on a sheet of Blushing Bride
CS, and the “yellow” bell on a sheet of So Saffron CS.

The idea was that I thought
it would give you a good idea of the true colours! 

However, being the
lousy photographer I am, while the Blushing Bride didn’t look too bad, the So Saffron
looked more like Daffodil Delight see the last photograph! 

I don’t have any immediate plans for thes other bells, but as the saying goes, watch this space! 

I hope you have a great weekend. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.



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  1. Geraldine Homenchuk says

    October 21, 2017 at 12:48 pm

    Oh goody! I can hardly wait till Wednesday! I can see and imagine just how much fun you were having and I don't think you needed to be modest over the results of the card at the top … not when it turns out that great! ha ha ha … there you go! … isn't it just the best fun playing with the bleaching of different c/s colours and watching the magic unfold before your eyes?! Looks like it would be gorgeous and I'm so looking forward to seeing it reproduced in a video Jan! The musical background is perfection itself … what ELSE could possibly rival sheet music behind those beautiful bells, I ask!? Lovely indeed!

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    • Jan says

      October 21, 2017 at 9:06 pm

      Hi, Geraldine. You just never know what colour you're going to get, and it can vary depending on how heavy you are with the bleach! Just love this technique! It was the first time I've used the Sheet Music Background Stamp but it came in really handy, even though we do have music DSP at the moment! ☺ Happy crafting. JanB.

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  2. Pam from Maine says

    October 21, 2017 at 3:53 pm

    I don't blame you for being please. This card is beautiful and so original. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Jan says

      October 21, 2017 at 9:14 pm

      Hi, Pam. Many thanks for your very kind words, and I'm so pleased you like today's card, too! ☺ Happy crafting, JanB.

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  3. Cherie says

    October 21, 2017 at 9:01 pm

    Stunning! I love the attention to detail! TFS!

    Reply
    • Jan says

      October 21, 2017 at 9:15 pm

      Hi, Cherie. Many thanks! I'm really pleased you like today's card. ☺ Happy crafting, JanB.

      Reply

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