Sunday 26 June 2016

Crazy Crafters March Blog Hop with special guest - France Martin



Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop and my first ever blog hop. This hop we have a Special Guest - France Martin (AKA Frenchie)! Frenchie is a wonderful inspiration, and makes the most amazing projects! I watched many live craft sessions with Frenchie on Periscope and before this I used to search for inspiration on her YouTube clips.

What Card Am I CASEing of Frenchie's?

We are all choosing a card of France that we are inspired by and want to CASE. The definition of CASE is Copy and Selectively Edit. It was so hard to decide which card to CASE as I love them all, but there was one in particular that I saw her do and really wanted to try it. OMG, I am so glad I finally did. The effects and result are amazing and fun to do (you never know what the end result will be) :)

Before I go any further, here is a picture of France Martin, the lady behind all the gorgeous cards.


The card I chose to CASE is below.



Why I Chose this Card:


I absolutely loved the effect of this Joseph Coat watercolour technique - it reminded me of something we did in primary school called 'Sgrafitto'

  1. a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing.

We used to do it with crayons or coloured oil pastels. Then we would paint over the entire thing with black paint. When the paint was dry we would scratch into it revealing colour.This technique produces the same effect but is far more sophisticated.

My Card

I just love how this card turned out! 


So much inspiration went into the colour choice. As I was walking to school to drop off my son this is what I saw - I instantly knew that this would be my colour palette.


To make this card I followed the instructions from this YouTube clip.



Instead of using watercolour paper I used whisper white and sponged on my colours.

The 3 colours I used for the sponged background:

  • Flirty Flamingo
  • Melon Mambo
  • Sweet Sugarplum






  • Stamp Set: "Kinda Eclectic"


    Clear embossed using Versa Mark.


    Then covered with Real Red - the colours really reflect the flowers in nature currently in bloom.
    I used the new Dapper Denim cardstock to mount the smaller card  onto and melon Mambo cardstock for the larger card!




    and as Frenchie would say "VOILA"!!!


    I had so much fun making this beautiful card with the Joseph Coat technique- thank you so much for the inspiration France. You are going to love this hop today and everyone's take on Frenchie's cards.


    Here are some other variations of the same technique using different colours.


    I absolutely love doing this technique - and they all turn out slightly different due to the nature of the randomly sponged background!





    Thank you so much for joining us! Remember that currently you are at my blog - Louise Jappe you can check the list below to see who is up next. Make sure you hop all the way around as you are going to be incredibly inspired by all these projects from my Crazy Crafters team.








































































                                  40 comments:

                                  1. What a great Technique. An wonderful project. Angexxx

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                                  2. Love this technique Louise! Your cards are gorgeous and the images are perfectly suited to this technique! xoxo

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                                    1. Thank you Gail.It's such a fun technique to play with. I didn't want to stop. You just never know how it will result.

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                                  3. Beautiful cards Louise and great use of Joseph's coat technique...going to have to try this one

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                                    1. Thanks Kim. It's such a cool technique. Make sure you post some pics when you do it.

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                                  4. So many combo love all the variation thank you so much for playing with all of us

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                                    1. Thanks Frenchie. All your cards are so gorgeous it was so hard to choose. Thanks for being our celebrity for this blog hop!

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                                  5. Wow! Love all of your cards Louise so gorgeous - such a great technique and so artistic. :)

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                                    1. Thanks Juan. Was heaps of fun to play along. Love your card too!

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                                  6. WOW! awesome, love the Real Red cards, all of them are wonderful. This technique is now definitely on my to do list

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                                    1. Thanks so much sue.it's heaps of fun. You'll love doing it.☺☺☺

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                                  7. You have done and amazing job Louise! Thank you for teaching me a new technique too!

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                                    1. Thanks so much Carolina. I learnt something new from your post too. Such a great way to share ideas!

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                                  8. Love these cards, but especially the ones with Real Red over the top. I liked mine but they were so dark. I think I'll try it again with your mix of colours xx

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                                    1. Yeah. I couldn't stop experimenting! This is such a fun technique!

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                                  9. Love the vibrant Pinks and their contrasts! Beautiful work Louise!

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                                  10. Well done on your first blog hop!

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                                    1. Thank you Fiona. Not so scary after all. So glad it worked!

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                                  11. Congrats on your first hop Louise!! I am thrilled that you have joined us -I really hope you had a great time and will play along with us again. Love all your projects - wow!

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                                    1. Thanks again Kylie for your support in getting my blog up and running! After all these years I finally got there. ☺☺☺

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                                  12. Great colours Louise....loving your inspiration and idea

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                                    1. Thanks Vicki. It's be so much fun participating!

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                                  13. Louise, the real red on the top makes it pop! I do love them all but the top ones are my favourite.

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                                    1. Thanks Rosalie. I like this combo too. Am keen to do some more and see what other colours work well together!

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                                  14. Great cards Louise. I really need to try out this technique.

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                                    1. Thanks Kirsten. But beware, it's super addictive!

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                                  15. gorgeous. I love your walking inspiration for colour too

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                                    1. Thanks Tamie. It was fun to try and recreate the colours in nature within this card! ☺☺

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                                  16. Wow - great cards! I love the effect with the red ink!

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                                    1. Thanks Stephanie, it's not a colour I'd usually reach for but for some reason I thought it would make the base colours pop!

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                                  17. These cards are great - and look like fun to make!

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                                    1. Thanks Nanette. They are a little addictive. I've made quite a few more since making this lot.

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                                  18. Stunning cards Louise, they really pop

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                                  19. WOW! You chose colors that I would not have put together and you make them work with a POW! Thank you for the inspiration to look outside my small minded frame of colors. TFS

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                                    1. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look! Glad I was able to inspire you with a different colour pallette.

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