Masculine and Marine

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This card was made for a Brother in Law who once served in the navy, so it has a bit of a marine theme to it...

At least the papers I used did :)  They are from an old KaiserCraft pad.

The card concept came from a video by Natasha Foote, here.   Thanks for the inspiration, Natasha.

The card fold is a basic gatefold, but with three alternating tags/flags adhered on the top.

The sunlight makes it look as though I had two different papers on the outside panels, but I can assure you they were the same!!

I kept the paper on the centre tag plain, and added the sentiment onto that, and three blue embossed brads down one end.  The sentiment is one from a freebie sheet from Natasha Foote Creative

The top and bottom tags I used pattern paper on, and added a strip off another paper through the centre, then added white dots with a gel pen for added accents

The side panels inside had patterned papers added, and the central panel was left free for writing on, apart from the washi tape, that I also added to the envelope.

I am linking this to:

Everybody Art Challenge #609 - For a Man or Christmas Animal

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2643 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #776 +777 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Challenge #281 - Anything Goes Opt Twist Trick or Treat

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #643 - Three of Something

(three 'tags', three brads)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes opt, feature SS products

The Male Room Challenge #215 - Geometric

Where is it????

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I posted this card just over a month ago, and the recipient is still waiting to receive it, but she did say to put it on the display in our swap group, so she could 'see' it there.... 

The challenge was to make a card using a pattern I think was called a swing and flip technique...

This is my result.

I started with some white card to which I had adhered a dictionary page, then the top layer of a paper napkin, followed by a layer of thinned glue with glitter in it.  It is a technique I learned by watching a video by Sasha Reade here

Rather than add to the bulk of the card, as it was already heavy with just the two layers, rather than have a layer under the patterned paper, I simply sponged the edges of the squares before adhering them to the base.  I added the die cuts to add colour and (visual) movement to the card.

When the card is opened up, the centre panel pops out, and there is a flower on both sides - unfortunately the lighting was such that I could not get a good 'front on' photo of the card opened up.

This shows the glitter on the background as well as on the die cut

I did not have enough of the home made glitter paper to use on the back panels, so simply used some very old commercial paper to finish the card, inking the edges with the same green as the front panels

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2642 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #774 + 775 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #281 - Anything Goes opt twist, Trick or treat

We Love 2 Create Challenge #9 - Anything Mixed Media Goes

'Lil Patch of Crafty Friends October Challenge - Anything Goes

A Cut Above October Challenge - Anything Goes with a Die Cut

Ellibelle's Garden party #20 - Anything in or From a Garden

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Shadowed Tiles Technique

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Last month's swap card is still 'in transit', but this month's swap card has arrived!

I will never understand the vagaries of the postal system....

This card was created by stamping a panel with Catherine Pooler's Cottage Garden background stamp in her Queen for a Day ink, and then colouring it with one Faber-Castel polychromo pencil

I then coloured a plain piece of card with the same ink, direct to paper, and cut both panels into 2 cm square blocks, before very carefully offsetting the plain blocks behind the patterned ones, and then adhering them all to the white layer - what a marathon, with a few quick removals enroute - glue is far better for this technique than tape....

The only accents after layering onto the purple base (again white card coloured with the same ink) was the silver ribbon, the silver embossed tag, and some silver rhinestones

and a few dots of silver ink on some of the stamens.

The liner was edged with the purple ink and had silver scotch tape added. Washi tape was added to the envelope.

I have just come back from a wonderful weekend, participating in a needlelace workshop, and will be away with girlfriends for a long weekend this coming weekend, so I won't be around blogland much for a day or so... 

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2641- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #772 + 773 - Anything Goes

Ellieblle's Garden Party Challenge #20 - Anything in or From a Garden

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends October Challenge - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping October Challenge - Colours of Autumn or Anything Goes

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Thank you Birdie

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Still waiting to hear that last month's swap card has arrived.... the national post office is trying to take itself out of business with high prices and appalling service...   Enough

I attended a family function recently, and the serviettes used were the same as some I had on hand, so I sent a Thank You card made with one from my stash - I didn't have to snaffle this one :)

I mounted the serviette/napkin onto white card, wrapped the red ribbon around it and added it to the red layer to frame it.  The sentiment stamp was a magazine freebie and stamped beautifully, and was die cut and layered over red before being added to the card, with a wee tad of ribbon at the bottom of the words.

This was all mounted onto a white base.

I added the red ribbon to the inside panel, but unfortunately the photo was blurry. 

The envelope was decorated with two layers of washi tape.

I am linking this to:

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #334 - Lots and lots of colours (or Anything Goes)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2640 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #772 + 773 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #2780 -Anything Goes or Autumn Foliage

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Patterned Paper

The Paper Funday Challenge #92 - Anything Goes

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Washi, Napkin and Flowers

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I was waiting for a particular card to arrive to be able to post again this month, as I am still waiting for notification of it's arrival, I will instead post this card!

It was made for a garden lover, but the illustrated panel started life as a napkin

The napkin was adhered to white card, and then the dark coloured strips were added to the existing design using an extremely narrow washi tape.

A simple birthday greeting, embossed using dark blue ep on light blue card. 

A narrow border of gold card was added at the base before it was adhered with foam strips.

This panel was then mounted on a layer of gold card over the dark blue base.

I loved how this turned out, and the recipient enjoyed it too.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #770 + 771  - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge # 2639  - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge #579 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams September Challenge - Monochromatic

'Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #286 - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create Challenge 9 - Anything Mixed Media

Father's Day - part 2

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Here's the other card I made that rushed afternoon!

I started playing with a dye re-inker, a T.H stain and a mica spray, dabbed, dropped and sprayed onto my glass work surface, then a light spritz with water, and I smooshed some TH tissue paper through it, and then some card to mop up....  I was quite surprised to later find that the tissue was not transparent.

The result was this wonderful grungy but glimmery piece.

I was wondering what to put with it, when I recalled I had this (CUTplorations) mug die, (used once in many years) and then found the coffee sentiment (in the matching STAMPloration set - which I have owned for years and never used) - as the recipient loves his coffee, this was perfect.  The father's day sentiment is a magazine freebie from years ago

The inside was finished with this faux marble tape, as was the envelope.

I am linking this to:

First Cup Challenge #18 - Any beverage

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2637 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #768 + 769 - Anything Goes

A Cut Above September Challenge #20 - Use a Die

Neglected Stuff September '26 Challenge - Use neglected supplies

The mug die, the coffee stamp and the tissue paper are all hoarded lovingly stored products

NBUS Challenge #90 - Anything previously unused

The tissue paper and the coffee sentiment

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

Thank you for visiting - I have yet to have my reading list restored, 6 days on....

Issues

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Just a note to those whom I regularly visit - blogger has not refreshed my "reading List" for over 24 hours, so I cannot find any new posts to comment on.

I will be back when blogger behaves again