Wednesday 8 June 2011

Glitterpot demo day cards

Hello bloggers! 


I know I have been rather quiet for a long while but that doesn't mean I haven't been making anything. Quite to the contrary actually. I have been making lots of samples for the Glitterpot demo days and for classes and thought I really ought to share a few of them with you all.
As there are so many I'll group them and share them bit by bit. Today I'm gonna show you a few Tilda cards I have made for the Spring Spectacular Demo Days in the Glitterpot on the last May weekend. I really enjoyed demonstrating and have just confirmed I'll be doing it again in September!
And here are my cards:





Click on any image to enlarge them.
I haven't done Tilda cards for ages before this as I had gone off them for a while, but doing these reminded me again of how great they are to colour. I have been using Happy Spring Tilda, Running Tilda, King Tilda and Castle Window. I used a masking technique to get Tilda to look out of the window. All imagesa re coloured with Copics and on the purpley one I used Copics (and DST plus glitter) to make the backing paper. On the last one I used a Copic refill to dye the seam binding ribbon to match the card.
The castle shape was cut by hand from grey cardstock and I sponged on Pumice Stone Distress Ink over a Post-it note mask to get the stone effect, enhanced by a bit of fine black pen. I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory but if you have any questions, as always, feel free to ask!


Bye for now, need to cook the kids dinner...

14 comments:

Ruth said...

These are gorgeous! That little castle is so imaginative! Ruth x

XxJULESxX said...

oh Alex these are gorgeous!!!!

Stressed Stamper said...

Totally stunning cards - love them all especially the last one
Sarah

Cally said...

Beautiful cards Alex. I'm not a big fan of the Tilda stamps but seeing your cards I may have t invest..

G Peplow said...

Fabulous Alex, your colouring and designs make these a delight, Love them, Gay xx

jan.angell1 said...

As ever, great colouring and layout/design ....but you know my feelings about the main images!

tilly said...

how busy are you my girl!! lol.... gorgeous cards and lovely to hear that all is going so well for you.
Hugs Tilly x

Julie said...

All lovely Alex

Squirrel x said...

Whooooo Alex! Super cards hun, love how you have used Tilda - and well done on being such a Glitterpot star! Hugs, Sxx

coops said...

fantastic cards alex.the tilda are gorgeous :D

xx coops xx

Moni said...

So gorgeous cards, you did fab job. Love Tilda image and great colouring. Hugs,Moni

Grenouille Greetings said...

Wowzer, Alex, I am loving your Tildas! Your castle turret with the trailing flowers is very clever and I also particularly like the dotty shadow on the last one. Perfect colouring as ALWAYS. Four gems! Hugs, Lesley

Julie said...

Wow, wow, wow - how awesome are these!! Think my fave is the green with that lush bow, but they're all stunners and all coloured flawlessly!! Hugs and love, Juliexx

Moni said...

Stunning cards Alex. Hugs,moni