Classic, Not Old....

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I recently made a card for a family member who is older than me, and as they have a sense of humour, I had fun making this card!!

It  is very simple and came together quite quickly.

I was 'playing' with some iridescent medium and a new stencil recently, (Creative Expressions Basketweave)  masking to give just a strip of texture.

I then diecut the vintage car using a magazine freebie I was gifted, in a matt silver card.

The sentiment, stamped in memento London Fog ink is from a Newton's Nook Birthday Essentials set.

You can see the shimmer on the stencilling just above the sentiment. 

The birthday greeting was stamped inside (same ink, same stamp set)  and some car themed washi tape added - the same tape was added to the envelope.

And yes, the recipient did enjoy his card!

I am linking this to:

Allsorts Challenge #795 - Anything Goes Opt used

                                        Polkadoodles Challenge Week #34 - Anything Goes

C.R.A. F.T. Challenge #730 - Anything Goes

 Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2433 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #661 + 662 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #17 - Anything Goes

Cut it Up Challenge #311 - Anything Goes

Simply Clean and Simple August Challenge - Off Centre

Little Red Wagon Challenge #770 - Put it in Neutral

The Male Room Challenge #189 - Mixed Media

Multiple Fractures

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Some time ago I watched a video (which I have never found again, despite hours of searching) on the fractured technique... but the video took it many steps further - this is my result.

The overall premise was that you not just make the one shape, and also that the outlines on all shapes extend to the edges from both ends of each side of the frame... 

I used a simple black and white colour scheme - the paper is from an old Amy Tangerine 6x6 pad called 'Sketchbook'.  

First look, and my granddaughter said 'this makes my eyes bend' - I totally understood what she was saying as the pattern 'jazzed' before our eyes

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Both the sentiment and image are from a magazine freebie set. stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black 

I didn't get the inside very accurate... but that adds to the uniqueness of the card 

- well that's my story and I am sticking to it :)

I am linking this to:

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #258 - Anything Goes Opt Used

Creative Inspiration Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodle Challenge Week #33 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #236 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2433 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #661 +662 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore August Challenge #126 - Anything Goes

Mirtillamente August Challenge #34 - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping August Challenge - Focal Sentiment or Quote

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head...

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Sorry if you now have that (B.J. Thomas) tune buzzing around you head...

This card was for our local swap this month, where the criteria was to use a stencil, some stamping, and stay in the same colour group

I started by picking up a sprayed sheet of card that was on my desk - I think it was a Cosmic Shimmer airless sprayer trial.... I then stamped over it in dark blue with a brick pattern and writing - placing only part of the image down in any one spot.

Next I picked up a Dylusions 'teardrop' stencil, and used it with a clear  Gel Medium.  This reactivated the sprayed background, but it added to the rainy look, note the shine in the bottom of the next photo!

The image, Simon Says Follow the Rainbow set, was stamped in blue and clear embossed, painted with Twinkling H2O's, fussy cut and mounted on the card with foam dots

The sentiment, from the same set, was white embossed on the same deep blue card as the base, and attached with foam dots

Inside I stamped the image off the edge, using a very pale blue ink, and repeated it on the envelope.

I will 'fess up here, there was a major oops on this card - I discovered when I went to assemble the card that I had stenciled the panel upside down, so if you look closely, you will see the script in the background is now upside down... way less noticeable than rain drops going upwards!

The recipient had a giggle, as she also has been known to make a panel the wrong way up!!

I am linking this to:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #661 + 662 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #320 - Hand Coloured Image

Dragonfly Dreams August Challenge - These are a few of my Favourite Things

I love creating mixed media cards, and Twinkling H2Os)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2432 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #769 - Sparkle and Shine

The Paper Shelter Challenge - Holiday Anything Goes

D L Art Thankful Thursday and August Challenge - Anything Goes

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday August Challenge - Anything Goes

Snippets and Ephemera

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I made this card for a very special friend some months ago.  

My starting point was this video by Natasha Foote, a fellow New Zealander..

I made the base using snippets of paper from an old Kaiser Craft pad, Rose Avenue.  These were glued onto copy paper  and I added the twine to the top before adhering the panel to the card base.

The tag is part of the ephemera pages from the same pad, and I added some lace to the top of it.

Across the base I added some vellum ephemera from a pack I was gifted

On the inside I added some more lace and washi tape down one side, and stamped the sentiment from the Newton's Nook Birthday Essentials pack in green ink 

Although I didn't photograph the envelope, i suspect it had some washi tape down one side... 

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #659 + 660 - Anything Goes 

 Love Those Pretty Papers August Challenge - Optional Theme Summer, not used

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2432 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #16 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Weeks 793/4 - Anything Goes Opt used

Creative Fingers Challenge #283 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 486 - Anything Goes Using Snippets

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #235 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

Mixed Media Trees.

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We are starting to see signs of spring - my first daffodil is open, and the others are showing quite a few buds - my planter of daffodils is a great harbinger of spring!

My card started with a panel that I had used to mop up some ink from my glass work surface

The colours were green and brown - TH Distress Mica Sprays Burnt Ember and Tree Lot

I intended to stamp the row of trees from the S.U set Lovely as a Tree across the front of this panel in Versa Clair Pinecone Ink, but.. the image did not stamp too well as the card has a fine linen texture to it, so I diverted to random stamping over the whole panel.

I then stamped and embossed the image onto some kraft paper, cut it using an oval die, coloured under the trees with chalks, and mounted it over the background panel, and added some faux gold stitching to the edges of the oval and card.

The sentiment, and scripture reference, were printed on vellum, then gold embossed

The corrugated card was some I had stripped one of the smooth sides off, then sprayed with the same mica sprays used on the background.  It has an incredible depth of sheen on it IRL.

I finished the inside with a smaller stamp from the set, carefully inked with brown and two shades of green ink, and lightly spritzed with water before stamping to give a watercoloured 'look', and a strip of washi tape

I repeated the stamping and washi tape on the envelope.

The gentleman who received this card appreciated it.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks %659 + 660 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2431 - Anything Goes

Paper Funday August Challenges #68 - Anything Goes (Opt Summer/vacation)

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping August Challenge - Anything Goes Opt used

Creative Knockouts Challenge #527 - Something To Say

Crafty Calendar August Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #768 - Make it Masculine

The male Room Challenge #189 - Mixed Media

Elliebelles Crafty Wednesday August Challenge - Anything Goes