Heather Telford
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A blog where you will find everything related to cardmaking.
Heather Telford
1w ago
Amongst my recent watercolour panels there are quite a few with stripes. I was colour mixing and playing with wet into wet technique as I painted stripe over stripe to fill the panels. I could have die cut a scalloped strip to add on top of the card front but I liked the layered look ..read more
Heather Telford
2w ago
After teaching a couple of watercolour classes lately I have amassed quite the pile of panels. They are full of potential for card making. As well as painting separate panels I’ve also been creating abstract or background watercolours in a couple of art journals. The purpose of the exercise has been two-fold. The main plan ..read more
Heather Telford
3w ago
As I mentioned in January I have been playing with watercolour techniques then adding whimsical doodles over the top. Today’s card is another example. I switched the order in the title of the blog post because the whimsy has over powered the watercolour in this panel even though both elements are still obvious. I used ..read more
Heather Telford
1M ago
I’ve completed another challenge with Ali Manning in her Handmade Book Club. I have written before about Ali’s wonderful teaching. The most recent class was no exception. It was called ‘Valentine Palooza’ as a nod to the February timing and the cute heart binding on the spine of the book. The Handmade Book Club offers ..read more
Heather Telford
1M ago
I know it is a month since Christmas but I’ve been waiting to share these last few designs with you. Because of the Canadian postal strike this black & white card arrived in Australia just last week! You might find these designs a bit familiar if you happen to own any of the china houses ..read more
Heather Telford
1M ago
Last year I taught a workshop called ‘Watercolour & Whimsy’ where we experimented with colour mixing in art journals and on watercolour panels, some of which we turned into cards later. This panel began very simply as I mixed three or four paints to make a range of different colours. Because I stuck with a ..read more
Heather Telford
2M ago
Another snowflake print for you because, of course I didn’t stop at one or two! There are six different snowflakes in the Echidna Studios ‘snowflake digital stamp set‘ so the gel printing possibilities are definitely endless. I created snowflake masks using the Cricut and Grafix matte duralar. I hope to soon make a video showing ..read more
Heather Telford
2M ago
Last year I taught a class called watercolour and whimsy. The watercolour part focused on colour mixing and how to limit your palette and get cohesive results. The whimsy part included stenciling and doodling. The truth is we spent most of our time on the watercolour leaving little time for the whimsy. I have gone ..read more
Heather Telford
2M ago
Today’s cards were gel printed using snowflake masks I cut on the cricut using the Snowflake Digital Stamp Set from Echidna Studios. I love how detailed these snowflakes are; there are six in the set and I have printed them, foiled them, cut them and now gel printed with them. I remember when I first ..read more
Heather Telford
2M ago
Quite a simple gel printed card but the freshness of blue and white seems to lend a brightness to it. I used the TCW ‘city buildings’ stencil on a gel plate with blue paint. My most used technique with stencils on the gel plate is to lay the stencil on the paint covered plate, remove ..read more