Brown and Gold

Welcome

I have made this card for our Grandson's dedication.  He is a wonderful little boy and it is a joy to have him in our family.

I started with this lovely rich chocolate brown card and embossed it. If anything the embossing made it seem an even richer brown.  This was layered over gold and then the cream card base.

I adorned the brown layer with a very simple embossed gold cross, which was mounted with foam, and a smaller cross mounted in the centre, again mounted with foam to give some subtle dimension.

The sentiment was also gold embossed on white - I cut the ends of the card by hand and was not happy with one end..... In this photograph you can see the gold layer.

I am linking this to:

Creative Card Crew Challenge # 39- No Designer Paper

Party Time Tuesday #126 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Challenge Blog / Nana Vic's Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge #9 - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters Challenge #46 - Show us Texture

Polly Craft Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for visiting - and thank you for any comments left - they are very much appreciated and I find them very encouraging.

May your day be blessed.

Encouragement

Welcome, from a very 'wintery' New Zealand.

Last week New Zealand was lashed with a storm with its origins in the South Pole - it was cold, wet and wild, and for a lot of the country there was also snow!!  Since then we have had one sunny day (in our corner) - and it was not today, so when I went to photograph this card, I could only take one shot without the flash, and this is it.

I did take some close-ups, but the flash distorted the colours.

The sentiment was from Word Art Wednesday, and I added faux stitching, extending it over onto the doily, which was layered over some washi tape. 

The final details were the bakers twine and sponging around the edge of the card to match that on the sentiment and doily.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

CupCake Crafts Challenge #248 - not for flowers

Digi make-over Challenge #94 - All tied up

Pause, Dream Enjoy Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge # 35- Anything Goes

Pan Pastels Challenge #25 - Lots of layers

Red Carpet Studio Challenge #42 - Going Digital (Film - Chariots of Fire)

Thanks so much for visiting - any comments you leave are very much appreciated.

May your day be blessed

Silver, Red and Scripture

Welcome

I  recently made a card to encourage a friend, and this was the result.

The word art was from Karen Wright at Papercraft Memories, cut with a die and sponged before removing the die.

I started with a white base, and then a layer of red embossed card, as I know that red is a favoured colour of the recipient.

The silver panel was a piece of acetate that was painted with silver paint on the back and then embossed. 

The flower is a stack of three fabric flowers held together with a brad.

The card was finished with a string of pearls.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody #22 - Anything Goes

Glittler and Sparkle Challenge #37 - Three of anything - flower layers

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #46 - Use something metal - brads

Hiding In My Craft Room Challenge #102 - Die Cuts

Hobby House Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

DigiHaven - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft Challenge #247 - Lets Get Sentimental
Digi Makeover Challenge #93 - Dies/Punches
Eureka Stamps Challenge #44 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting - I so appreciate any comments left.

May your day be blessed

Patchwork Card

Welcome - I am glad to have you visit again.

I have called this post a patchwork card as there are various parts to it.

 

I started with the embossed resist panel again, as I so love that technique.

I then chose a dark blue base to contrast it against, and the orange embossed panel was sitting on my desk and it also 'fitted'.

I had seen a challenge for 'flaps and folds' and remembered that when I saw this wee card.

I embossed the sentiment inside it, 

and then adhered it to the card with three strands of beads anchored behind it.

The final touches were the three sets of champagne pearls and it was finished.

Loved making this card, and the recipient loved it too.

I am linking this to:

A.R.T. Challenge #1 - Summer time

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes Challenge

Divas by Design - Happy Birthday

Fab and Funky Challenge #175 - Birthday

Lady Ann'e Challenge #9 - Anything goes

Splendiferous Challenges - Birthday

Inspire Me Friday #107 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting - any comments you leave are very much appreciated

May your day be blessed.

A Digger for my Grandson

Welcome,

I am sharing a fun card I made for my Grandson's third birthday.

Typically, he is fascinated by large diggers and trucks, so this image, one of my first digis by 'Sunshine', was a guaranteed hit.

The sentiment started as an experiment to see if the letter set I had would stamp onto the mini tags die cut, which it did!!  This was a great revelation as I have had this alphabet 'forever' and had never used it!

The stamps tags were then threaded onto twine and 'strung' across the card.

The image was coloured using some water colour pens that were also one of my first purchases - so glad our 'stash' does not expire!!

The card was a great hit - especially as it was accompanied with a large digger to be used in his new sandpit!

I am linking this to:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #58 - Pennants

613 Avenue Create challenge #23 - Anything Goes (optional - celebration)

Hobby Cutz Challenge #8 - Masculine or Fathers Day

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Spots and/or stripes

Opus Gluei Challenge #158 - birthday

Robyns Fetish Challenge #163 - Die Cuts or Punches
Melon Headz - Die Cut Challenge
Cards for Men.Challenge #12 - Boys will be Boys
Creative Creations Challenge #12 - Fathers Day/Masculine
Creative Stamp Friends Challenge #79 - Birthday

Thanks for visiting - all comments that you leave are greatly appreciated.

May your day be blessed

Inspired by Nina

Welcome, thanks for visiting me.

I follow a blog called Crafting in Croatia by Nina Brackett, and recently she has been experimenting with her backgrounds, and I was inspired to try too.

I used several stamps in my background, which was clear embossed on white card, then sponged with distress inks.

Here is a close up, with two of the different stamps showing.

I made a banner for the sentiment and placed foam tape under it for dimension - I had to place the sentiment here as there was a star on the top of the tree which I had forgotten about, having inked and embossed it before I remembered.

The scene stamp was coloured with Prisma coloured pencils, and a silver pen was used to accent the ripples and clouds.

I was pleased with the results - as was the recipient, who usually does not comment on the cards I make for him.

There was a comment on a blog recently about making your stamps 'go further' by using different sets and brands - on this card there are four different brands of stamps used, from five different sets :-).

I am linking this to:

MilkCoffee Challenge - Fathers Day or Masculine Inspired

Dutch Dare Challenge #220 - Summers coming

Paper Crafting Journey - Masculine

Alphabet Challenge Blog - I for Image

Splendiferous Creations - Masculine Card

Crafts 4 Eternity - For the Boys

Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge #1 - Fathers Day/Masculine

Simply Create Too Challenge #39 - Fathers Day or masculkine

Sister Act Card Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting - I really appreciate any comments that you leave.

May your day be blessed.

Poppies on Print

Welcome.

 I have finally got my technology to be polite and co-operate again.

And again I have been using my Precious Poppies set by Sweet'n'Sassy - I am loving this set - not only is it large, it has lots of sentiments and images.

I was inspired to make this card by an image on Pinterest, which linked to this blog here, to print onto dictionary paper - as my technology was not being polite, I decided to stamp and colour and image instead.

I stamped the image onto a page from an old concordance, then coloured the poppies with chalks.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed and cut into a tag, and the edges sponged with the same ink, Worn Lipstick distress ink. I also used this ink to sponge the edge of the card.

The final detail was a few red rhinestones.  I must admit I love this card, and I am very happy with how it has turned out.!!

I am linking this to:

Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge #3 - One for the Girls
Inky Impressions Challenge #111 - Birthday or Anniversary
NutCrafter Challenge #44 - Monochrome - mainly one colour
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #129 - Birthdays
The Paper Shelter Challenge #115 - Flower Power

Thanks so much for visiting - and for any comments left, they are very much appreciated!

May your day be blessed

Dahlia Thanks

Welcome again

 While the technology is co-operating I thought I would put up another post.

The card was inspired by the the Technique Tuesday Challenge.  I have recently started following this blog, and thought this was a good time to refresh my dahlia fold technique, which was rather rusty.

I also had to use a rescue technique as the doily slipped as I went to cut it, and one side was straight... so I placed that edge on the side of the card.

To balance that, I added the ribbon to the right of the bloom, and moved the sentiment to sit under the edge of the ribbon.

For interest I threaded the ribbon between the flower and the doily.  I also added the butterfly to 'finish' the centre of the dahlia, and some deep red pearls.

I learnt that the paper I used was rather thick for this technique, and the petals have lifted a wee bit - hopefully by the time it has sat in an envelope for a trip to the recipient, it should be properly flattened.

I am linking this to:

Technique Tuesday Dahlia challenge

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #169 - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays Challenge #105 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge #21 - To Die For (Doily is diecut)

Stamping With the Dragon Challenge - Tags
Addicted To Stamps Challenge #57 - Bingo (Ribbon, Flowers, Sentiment)

Thanks for visiting, and any comments are truly appreciated

May your day be blessed.