The Crafty Corner With Janna

  This week at TFJ Inspiration Ave we are creating to the theme of “Premaritally Perfect.” Here we are highlighting Distress archival inks. For this card I am featuring three different ways to use archival inks. If you would like in-depth step by step detail click the video link  here . Materials used:  distress archival inks salvaged patina, prize ribbon, evergreen bough, villainous potion, and black soot, distress reinkers mermaid lagoon, prize ribbon, specialty stamping paper, CMS213 perspective, Idea-ology kraft stock cool tones, sand paper disks, Ranger blending tool. For today’s project we are going to be focusing on Ranger distress archival inks. As of now there are 24 wonderful colors to create with. In this card today we will be looking at three different ways to use distress archival inks. To start this cared I embossed a base of cool tone Idea-ology kraft stock with the Sizzix 3D embossing folder kaleidoscope. Next I took a blessing tool and a sandpaper disk to...

This week at the Funkie Junkie Inspiration Ave we are creating to the theme of “the flowers are coming.” Here I thought I would try a new style of card. Below I have created a blooming pop up card with gorgeous flowers form the Sizzix TH artsy stem set. If you would like to see in-depth details click  here   for video. To start off this card I cut some grey blue Sizzix textured cardstock at 8.5in x 5.5in as a card base. Then I cut a sheet for the interior of the card at 5in x 4.5in from some white cardstock. Each paper was folded in half. On the smaller page I drew a 3in line about 2/3 down the centre line. I then drew a second line an inch and a half lower. This will become the cut line for the pop up element. I then cut alone the top and bottom lines of the rectangle that I drew on the card lining. Then I cut three small cuts at the top of each folded line. These will become elements for a 3D box that will later hold flowers. Below are the cut line results and the pop up box...