Crafting with Grandchildren

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This is an unexpected post - my grand daughter wanted to make a birthday card for her cousin, and she wanted to make it 'with Mama in her studio'!!  

Mama being a bit apprehensive to really let her loose, used the dining room table instead, with limited supplies!

Firstly she stamped some small flowers randomly around the card in red and orange ink, then coloured them.  She then helped to stamp the greeting, and eagerly watched the embossing process, before colouring the letters.  Next we worked some magic on the cuttlebug, hard work for one barely six and a half, but she persisted!!

Some washi tape, some rhinestones and a butterfly and the card was complete, and she was very happy with the results!!

Here is a close up - I love her use of colour!!

Needless to say her younger brother wanted to be in on the action.  I had stamped a card ready for him, then he wanted a butterfly, sentiment, embossing, rhinestones (the hub caps) and washi tape....

The butterfly is under his hand, and the washi tape, added after the photo, is two narrow strips of bright green on the left hand side.

Exit two happy children :-)  

I can see more mornings like this coming up!!

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Gears, Glimmer and Gold...

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Finally the curved balls in my life are starting to straighten up - please excuse me if I have not commented on your blogs recently, life was just too fraught.

I needed a masculine card, and know that the recipient is a very CAS type of person, so this is the result, which was appreciated.

I taped a stencil  over some white card and sponged it with Tea Dye and Walnit Stain Distress Inks.

Before I removed the stencil I sprayed it with a silver glimmer mist (which shows yellow here)

The stenciled layer was mounted onto a Cranberry base, and a snippet used to make the embossed sentiment banner.

The final detail was to attach some gold cog wheel die cuts, left over from another project.  Despite what the camera says, all the brads used were gold!!

I am linking this to:

Crafty Card Makers Challenge #173 - Autumn

Crafty Boopts Challenge - Autumn in is the Air

Cards For Guyz Challenge #139 - Autumn Colours

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge #39 - Anything Goes

Scrap Creations Challenge - Birthdays

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #25 - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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NBUS Hearts Anniversary

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Life has thrown me a curve ball these past few days and I am not impressed.  This will be a quick post as I have limited time.

I started this card by dropping some Lindy's Stamp Gang powders onto my water colour paper, then sprayed them with water.

The mica in the powders, and then in the spray I used over them again, gave the background an amazing gleam IRL

After drying this panel, I then used Versamark ink and sponged it through a stencil before embossing it in silver EP

I stamped and silver embossed the sentiment - and using the MISTI meant that when the first try was not as good as I would have liked it, I could repeat and get  the required result.

I layered the initial panel over a cream one, added the silver and purple ribbons, tied a double bow and added it with a glue dot, then layered them all onto the purple base.

I am linking this to:

Sisters of Craft September Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #72 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Back to School and Anything Goes

Crafts And Me September Challenge - Anything Goes (Twist Autumnal Colours)

Just Keep On Creating September Link Up - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More September Challenge - Add a Sentiment

One Stitch At A Time Challenge #271 - Anything Goes with a Special Day

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #42 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge week 338 - Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #377 - I chose the colours

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Glowing Leaves on Burlap

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This is a card that came together with only a vague idea of what I wanted to do, and it basically made itself - love that!!

I started with the decision to use an infrequently used feather die, which I decided to use as a leaf instead, and some burlap against the dark brown card.  Decided it was too bland, so added the embossing, and lightly rubbed over some Inka Gold gold rub.

 

After cutting the three feathers I then started sponging with some distress inks, then rubbing more Inka Gold rubs over top, sometimes adding more ink... all very random, until I liked what I saw!! 

The final detail was the sentiment, which is actually embossed in Rich Green (after unsuccessfully trying Gold) then cut with a S/B tag die and attached with gold brads.

The end product is a decidedly masculine card, which is what I wanted.

I am linking this to:

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #317 - Colours of Fall

Art Impressions Challenge #193 - Cards to Die For

Aud Sentiment Challenge #164 - Fall Colours and a Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #382 - Autumn/halloween/ Thanksgiving

Star Stampz Challenge - It's Fall Y'All

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #72 - Anything Goes

Moo Mania Challenge - Fall Foliage

Paper Artsy Challenge #18 - Autumn Leaves

(Inspired by the flowing leaves and mettalic cololurs in Carol Nelson's piece)

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #248-249 - Anything Goes

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Birthday Cup of Tea and a Challenge

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I have a slew of cards that I need over the next couple of months, so I will be sharing them quite regularly for a while.

The card started as a challenge I set to my class, to select a piece of patterned paper, lace and thread to match (from a limited selection) and they were given the image to colour and some white card as a base.

The image is a digi by Happileigh Stamping, a freebie I got some years ago.  I coloured it using Prismcolor pencils, distressed the panel edges and sponged them with gold ink.

The sentiment was gold embossed, and the edges treated the same way, the edges of the base card were sponged with Spun Sugar DI.

I used the lace as a strip under the edge of both the panels.

To finish the card I added some varigated thread, a bow, and gold sequins

The trimmings from the patterned paper I added to the inside of the card.

I am linking this to:

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #24 - Anything Goes

City Crafter Challenge Week #330 - Pencil Me In

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #248 - 249 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge week #38 - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #104 - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge #86 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #48 - Must Include Embossing

Craft Your Passion Challenge #330 - Anything Goes

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Here Comes Another One...

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I don't usually make two of any sort of card, but here is another negative/positive die cut butterfly card similar to the one I posted a few days ago.  

I started by spraying the area under the where the butterfly would sit with some Lindy's Stamp Gang spray, sponging on some distress inks and then spraying again - the variation and gleam can be seen in this photo.

I sprayed the butterfly with the same blue, and after partially re-inserting it, painted the body and antennae with the spray.

I then took a very fine paintbrush and splattered some ink on the background and added some sequins, and there it sat for some days.... unfinished and not sure where to go.

Inspiration then struck and I added a die cut sentiment by layering two die cuts in blue card under a white layer - this gave the sentiment some interest without it dominating the card.

I am linking this to:

Petal Lu Challenge #22 - Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge September Challenge - Anything Goes
The Sisters Of Craft September Challenge - Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers September - Anything Goes With Dies
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes (Back to School)
One Stitch At A Times Challenge #271 - Anything Goes with a Special Day
Glitter 'n' Sparkle Challenge #206 - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Monochrome
613 Avenue Challenge #189 - Anything Goes (twist, colours of fall)
Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #248 & 249 - Anything Goes

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Weed-free Flowers (for a Gardener)

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I have made another Double Z fold card, this time as a card for a keen gardener.

The patterned paper was double sided from an old pad by Authentic.

Again I used the seaweed stamp in the background, but this time it was as leaves for the flowers.

The flowers were stamped with one of my original stamp sets by Hero Arts - long since discontinued - stamped in Espresso Ink and coloured with prismacolor pencils, fussy cut and mounted on foam dots.

Another one of my original stamps, the sentiment is from Kiwistamping and embossed in gold.

The addition of the sequins was the final touch.

I am linking this to:

Simply Papercraft Challenge #36 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede Challenge #209 - Anything Goes

Polka Challenge Week #36 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #116 - Anything Goes

Morgan's Art World Challenge #19 - More Than One Fold

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Day Friday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge #27 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week #22 - Anything Goes

Art By Miran Challenge #67 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #248 & 249 - Anything goes

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Shirley's Shoe

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I had fun with this card - the shoe is a stamp by Shirley Bampton, originally manufactured and distributed as part of a set, Groovy Platform Shoes by STAMPplorations, and then this particular image was a giveaway with Craft Stamper magazine. 

After printing, I coloured the shoe and flower with prismacolor pencils, and then cut it using a S/B die, Lacey Squares, and added some rhinestones to two corners.

I added glossy accents to the top of the shoe, and some clear rhinestones to finish the image.

The sentiment was stamped, embossed, clear rhinestones added to a hand cut fishtail banner cut, and then it was mounted with foam tape.

A couple of ribbons and a bow finished the the layers on top of the embossed and sanded patterned paper, which was then layered onto green cardstock.

I am linking this to:

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #71 - Spots or Stripes

Just Keep On Creating September Challenge - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Challenge #189 - Anything Goes - twist, Colours of Fall

Craft Your Passion Challenge #329 - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #14 - Anything Goes

Digi Tuesday Challenge #34 - Anything Goes

Perfectly Created Chaos Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge # 103 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #102 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #248 - 249 - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge

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Sea Shells and Sequins

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I have been wanting to try out the Double Z Fold card that I first saw on Meena's blog, and this is the result.

I started with the orange base card, stamped some seaweed on the trimmed patterned paper from the Kaiser Craft pad, Botanica.

I then stamped the images using just one large stamp from Kiwistamping, and cutting it up and using the images I wanted, after colouring them with chalks.

The sentiment was silver embossed, die cut and mounted on a silver die cut doily, then attached to the end of the small panel across the base.

Some sequins from a mix of gold, copper and bronze finished the card.

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I am linking this to:

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #49 - Doily/lace

Just Us Girls Challenge #360 - Use Sequins

The Pencil Case Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create September Challenge - Anything Goes 

I did not use the twist of Fall colours)

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes Using a coloured image

Great Impression September Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil' patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #41 - Anything Goes

Penny Black September Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Corrosive Challenge Blog September Challenge 9 - Anything goes

Not just Cards September Challenge - Anything Goes

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Autumn in Spring

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Here in the antipodes we are looking forward to spring, although winter is 'packing a paddy' and trying to stay put at the moment.

I found this sunflower panel on Pinterest as a printable, (and no matter how hard I have searched cannot find the origin of it to give credit to the artist)so printed it off as I wanted to use it on an encouragement card for a lover of sunflowers - her favoured colours are the autumnal tones too.

The sentiment was stamped, ( An ODBD stamp), gold embossed and die cut.

I coloured the image with prismcolor pencils and then blended with a cotton bud (Q Tip) and baby oil - the first time I have done this, and I was very happy with the results.

I was following a sketch and these are the two other elements - the banner was hand cut from a snippet, and all elements were mounted onto a kraft base, and all edges sponged with Delicata Gold ink.

I am linking this to:

Brown Sugar Challenge #215 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenge #117 - Fall Colours

Penny Black September Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Double D Challenge - Down on the Farm (Mood board)

(I was inspired by the sunflowers)

Crafty Girls Challenge #25 - Anything Goes

PDE Linky Party Week #137 - Only Cards

Simply Papercraft Challenge #36 - Anything Goes

PolkaDoodle Challenge Week #36 - Anything Goes (Twist at the seaside)

The Paper Shelter Challenge #263 - Embossing of any kind

/Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #246 - 247 - Anything Goes

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Positive and Negative Butterfly

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I have a relative who loves butterflies on her cards, so this is her card for this year.

The butterfly die is a Marianne Creations one that I have had for many years. After cutting it out, I painted it with Tattered Angels Glam Glitter Paint in Heffalump.

Underneath the top layer I had sprayed a generous layer of Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Cosmopolitan Pink, spreading it with a brush to get some good coverage, then spraying again.

The above photo gives some idea of the glitter and sparkle on this feature.

The sentiment (from Montarga) was silver embossed, and the edges of the base and top layers were all sponged lightly with Spun Sugar DI.

The final detail was to scatter some silver sequins over the card.

I am linking this to:

Cuttlebug Mania September Challenge - Anything Goes using a Die Cut

Kratin' Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations CAS September Challenge - Optional Twist -  Pink

Stamplorations September Challenge - Theme and Sketch

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #88 - Lets Hear it For The Girls

Inspiration Destination Challenge #102 - Anything Goes

Virginia's View Challenge #23 - Spray. Mist and Splatter

Scrapy Land Challenge #49 - Anything Goes using a Die they Sell

(mine is a Marianne Creatibles Die)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #246-247 - Anything Goes

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