Green, green, and green again

Greetings to all my visitors - it is great to have you visit me again.

The title of this post comes from the fact that the person I have made this card for loves green, so that is the over riding colour in it, in various shades.

The base card is bottle green, and the striped paper a soft green with an undertone of grey, {which the camera seems to have picked up :-( }, the edge of which was punched with the Martha Stewart doily punch

The main scripture stamp is from the Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 2, the sentiment from kiwistamping, the local firm who got me hooked on stamping when I was most cynical!!

They were both stamped with Versamark and Adirondack Bottle inks and clear embossed.

The main image was cut and embossed using a Spellbinders lacy circle, then sponged with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.  The sentiment I simply cut out as a rectangle, and then used a punch to round the corners. 

The bird is from the Layers of Color Royal Bird clear art set, gold embossed and highlighted with a wee dab of Crystal Kindy Glitz.

I layered a gold ribbon in the center of the dp, with a narrow green and gold ribbon centered on that again, and mounted the rest of the elements using  shallow foam adhesive dots, and added some green rhinestones for a little glamour.

  This final photo will show some of the dimension.

I am linking this to:

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

Sketch # 109 at Card Patterns

Craft your Days Away #17 - Spots (Rhinestones & punching) and Stripes (dp)

One Stop Craft Challenge #125 - Dots (Rhinestones & punching) 
and Stripes (dp)

Our Daily Bread Designs - Birds

Dream Valley challenges #4 - Things with Wings

I Did It Creations #49 - Anything Goes

Card Making Mama's #18 - Embellish it

Frosted Designs - Use Embellishments

Paper Romance #44 - Use Bling

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Red and Brown for Him - C4C77

Welcome once again, and thank you for visiting. 

I did not think I would be blogging again for a while, but as I live by the motto "have computer, will travel" I thought I would write up this entry while away from home for several days.

I had this card photographed and ready to go, so here it is.

The sketch challenge this week at Crazy 4 challenges really inspired me. I had a card to make for a man, so found it a great starting point.

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The cad base I used is a lightly grey speckled cream card that I got from the local printer.  I used a metallic red fibrous 'stuff' for the left triangle - it has a real sheen to it IRL, but the camera does not pick it up particularly well.

Here is a close up shot of it, showing some of the sheen

The top triangle is cut from an old dictionary page - the dictionary was found at a garage sale by a wonderful friend!!  

The centre circle is white card on which I stamped a world map on using tea stain distressing ink and cut using a Spellbinders lacy circle, and then sponged with Adirondack Espresso ink.

The verse was  stamped and embossed in copper.

The sentiment was also stamped and embossed in copper, and distressed with the espresso ink.

The ribbon is a dark brown and the brads just gave it the finishing touch.

I am linking this to:

Crazy4Challenges #77 - sketch

Craft Your Passion #48 - Anything goes

Oh La La Creations #75 - It's a Man Thing

Simon Says Stamp and Show - some metal - copper embossing

Aly's Sunday challenge - Anything Goes

Card Cupids challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Pad #111 - Use ribbon

Lets Ink It Up #10 - Show us your embossing

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Teddy Bear and Lace

Greetings to all of you who call by - I do enjoy your visits.


I started this card one afternoon, and left it part way through as I was at a loss as to how to continue. The following day I saw the Card Pattern Sketch #51 , and although I did not immediately think of this card, the idea took root....

                                                                  .... and germinated!!


The Teddy Bear is by Kiwi Stamping I stamped him in Adirondack Espresso ink, and sponged with Adirondack caramel with a wee bit of an unknown red and blue dabbed on with a brush - I cut the coloured image out with a nestiabilities rectangle, and mounted it on a reflective gold paper I had cut with scalloped rectangle, and that was when the blah hit.


The next afternoon I pulled out the gold stars, (a RAK from Linda, aka Lovely Linda, in Australia),  turned the card to the elongated position and then thought that as the card is for a wee girl it needed some lace.... after a fossick through my lace bits and pieces I found this piece - it had been there so long it needed a quick wash - ooops!!


I then assembled the card, adding the sentiment in gold embossing, but was not really satisfied so put it aside again while I did some other work.


Inspiration then hit (again) and I opened up the sewing machine sitting beside me on the bench and ran two rows of stitching around it, and I was really happy with the result!!  It actually looks much better IRL, the photo really does not do it justice :-(.


Thanks for calling by - I do treasure your comments :-)