Snow Board Birthday

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I have been MIA as I took time out last week to indulge myself in another passion - embroidery - and went on a four day retreat to simply sit and stitch. Bliss.

I made this card for a young man who loves his snow sports when the family heads up to the Central Plateau (in New Zealand) to stay on Mt Ruapehu.

I started by blending my Broken China, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks  on the blue cardstock... I was not happy with the result, but had to leave the project to have a meal, and when I came back I was very surprised to see they had dried and looked wonderful!

The snowboarder image is from an Avery Elle Stamp set Stoked, and coloured with Polychromos, and his visor was given dimension and shine with some Glossy Accents

The sentiment was embossed with gold on the white, die cut 'slopes', which were edged with

 Kindy Glitz

The stars were embossed with platinum embossing powder.

I am linking this to:

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #210 - Add a Die Cut

QKR Stampede Challenge #293 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week #17 - Anything Goes with colouring

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Crafter's Linky Party #13 - Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenge #159 - Play

The Corrosive Challenge #4 April - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #80 - Anything Goes

HeARTfelt Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #332 - 333 - Anything Goes

Little Birdie Birthday

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And a special welcome to my newest follower, Ishani, who's blog is called Quillish.  Please pop over and visit, her work is a delight to the eyes.

I made this card for a friend who loves greens! 

Hence why another Alcohol Ink background in these tones.  This time the inks were dropped onto a surface of hairspray and mixed with my finger, then sprayed again to get a less distinct pattern.  I learnt of this technique here on the Ink Stains Blog by Roni. His results differ from mine, but I am happy with my end product.  

I did learn that the gold and silver mixatives don't play well with this technique.

I tried no-line colouring with this wee bird from a Sweet n Sassy set Birds and Blooms. I stamped it with Desert Sand Memento ink and coloured it with my Polychromos.

I die cut the image with a die from the S/B Marvelous Squares set, then painted the edge with Semco Mica paint.  This was mounted onto the background with two gold glitter 'corners', which were made by cutting an old Cuttlebug /Provo craft square die cut diagonally.

The sentiment was embossed in gold and mounted over some organza ribbon across the top of the alcohol ink background.

This panel was mounted over gold glitter cardstock, and then onto dark green cardstock, and some small champagne pearls added.

I stamped and coloured a floral branch from the same stamp set as the bird, and coloured it with polychromos.  The sentiment was a SnS stamp from the Prayerful Thoughts Set.

I am linking this to:

2 Crazy Critter Crazies Challenge #13 - Anything Goes with a crttter

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Always Happy Birthday April Challenge - Anything Goes (optional Balloons)

The Artistic Stamper April Challenge - Birds and Bees

Card Mania Challenge #103 - Spring

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #50 - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #210 - Birthdays

Digi Tuesday Challenge Week #17 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #389 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesdays Challenge Weeks #330-331 - Anything Goes

Windows

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This card was made for a New Zealand swap group I am in - and the theme for the month was Windows.  I used a die cut for mine, but others have been very innovative as to how they used the theme - I don't think anyone used the Windows computer operating system for inspiration!

The window was die cut using a S/B Die D-lite Windows 2 from a pale tan cardsatock. 

I then backed the die with kraft paper at the top, a snippet of blue card and I fussy cut the rose from some paper from the MME 6x6 pad In Bloom

The background paper and the sentiment (stamped/sponged with Rhubarb Stalk ink) both came as a freebie from a magazine. 

The card was finished with some bling in opposing corners.

I am linking this to:

QKR Stampede Challenge #292 - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #210 - Use a die cut

Creative Fingers Challenge #145 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenge #137 - Use Die Cuts

Crafting With Friends Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge # 102 - Use punches or dies

Crafty Catz Challenge #413 - Anything Goes, Optional CAS

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #16 - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge # 187 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #330-331 - Anything Goes

Essentially Black and White

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 I recently taught how to use scoring to add interest to a card, and in the same class, I wanted the participants to just use black and white and a touch of colour.

I needed another sympathy card,  so that's what I made.  

I stamped the large image from the SU set 'Lovely as a Tree" in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and also the sentiment (an unmarked stamp)  Unfortunately as they are both wood mounted stamps, I could not repeat the stamping, so the images are not as crisp and black as I would like. 

I added a wee touch of olive green under the trees with my Polychromo pencils.

Here you can see the scoring that I added - there was also one scored line above the image.  the scoring added interest without detracting from the image and sentiment.

I am linking this to:

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Create With Stamps Challenge #25 - CAS with a Sentiment

Chain Daisy Challenge#18 - Monochrome

Simply Less is More Challenge #369 - Bring Something Back

(the stamp set is one of my originals, over 10 yrs old)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #330-331 - Anything Goes

Wrapping Paper Sympathy

Welcome.

As you all know, inspiration can come from anywhere. 

I was out shopping with a friend recently and we spotted some very interesting wrapping paper - it was fairly expensive, and it was being sold by the sheet, so we decided on two designs that we both liked, bought them, then halved the sheets, and told ourselves we were shopping wisely!

I made this sympathy card for the family of a lady who had loved gardening, and one of the sheets of wrapping paper was a perfect background, 

as you can see in the above photograph, it had gold highlights on it.

The butterfly die is Pippi, by Memory Box. I sprayed a snippet of card with red perfect pearls, and then with an old silver spray I have.  (The perfect pearls sprays seem to be off the market now) and mounted it over a twist of metallic thread, with three Champagne pearls for the body.

The sentiment, by Our Daily Bread Designs was gold embossed, trimmed, and the edges of the panel were also gold embossed , and this was finished with a strip of Champagne adhesive pearls.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Creations Challenge #364 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #148 - Anything Goes (opt Twist - use a real stamp

The Paper Shelter Challenge #334 - Flowers

Ellie Belle's Crafty Wednesday April Challenge - Say It With Flowers

Time Out Challenge #107 Spring - opt twist, one layer

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #143 - Spring or Easter

Moving Along With the Times Challenge # 69 - Springtime

D.L. art Thankful Thursday Challenge #226 - Spring

Craft Rocket Challenge #47 - Flowers

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #330-331 - Anything Goes

Gold Baptismal Card

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Just a short post today, and only one photo!!

I made this for a woman who was baptised in our church recently.

The card base was white, and I sponged the edges with Delicata Gold ink

The next layer was textured using a CTMH 3-D embossing folder

The ribbon was a sheer white with gold on the edges

The cross was gold embossed, and painted with Gold Paint, and mounted with a layer of thin cardboard under it, and on foam dots, to give some dimension.

The sentiment was computer generated and gold embossed on vellum, and adhered using a scotch tape  especially for vellum. 

I am linking this to:

Always Fun Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #201 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #176 - Dry Embossing

Get Creative Challenge #68 - No Patterned paper

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1814 - Anything Goes

Stamps + fun = Creativity Challenge #321 - Clean and Simple

The Paper Nest Dolls April Challenge - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #65- Anything Goes

Ellie Belle's Papercrafters Linky Party

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #328-329 - Anything Goes

Seas The Day

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Sorry I have been slow in posting again - I have been having major email issues which have thankfully now been resolved, but they have taken time.

I bought a magazine recently that had a fabulous set of stamps in it with a beach/nautical theme 

by Clear Impressions.

I stamped the images in blue, and then coloured them with my Polychromo pencils, and added a few highlights with my white Signo pen.

While I was colouring the circular image I kept the negative of a circle die cut at the edge of the image to keep the colouring inside the unmarked border.   I then framed the image with a double die cut circle, and added the champagne flat back pearls to give the impression of  a view

 through a  porthole.

The sentiment was stamped in the same blue ink.

I used a lighthouse image from the same set to make a pop-up element on the inside of the card,

and also completed the sentiment on the inside.

The final detail was the coarse linen twine used as an embellishment on the outside of the card

I am linking this to:

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge # - Simply Made (1 layer card)

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #64 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Creates and Makes Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #186 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #68 - No Patterned Paper

The Paper Girls Challenge #149 - Masculine Birthday

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #328 - 329 - Anything Goes