Tool Time Birthday

Welcome

I made this for the birthday of an avid handyman - a cabinet maker/joiner by trade, he has long since retired, but still enjoys using his tools, and often gets a call to rescue me when a particular cupboard door decides to pack a hissy fit!

The tools are a die cut from Frantic Stamper Small Hand Tools set, cut in a dark brown card, adhered to a white panel of which I had sponged the edges with Espresso ink.  I love all the small details in these die cuts.

The sentiment was a freebie magazine stamp that I  randomly stamped in Versamark ink and then brushed Copper Perfect Pearls over 

I was happy with this card, and the recipient appreciated it too.

I am linking this to:

Crafting By Design August Challenge - Anything Goes

The Male Room Challenge #117 - our 6th Birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1932 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams August Challenge - No Patterned Paper

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #111 - Anything Goes

Angies Digital Stamps Challenge #34 - Anything Goes (Opt Twist, Back to School;)

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -Add a Die Cut

Southern Girls Challenge - Father's Day or Masculine

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #398-#399 - Anything Goes

Fairy Wishes

Welcome

I made this card early in the year for one of my great-grand daughters.

The stamp is a freebie from a magazine that I have had for years and never used, so I inked it up with Memento Pearlescent Orchid, which has a slight sheen to it, and also 'winked' her wings 

I 'grounded' her on an acanthus leaf stamped in green and coloured with Prismacolor pencils.  The image panel was cut with a M/B stitched rectangle die, adapted to fit, and layered over some gold edged organza ribbon. 

The sentiment was embossed with platinum embossing powder on a hand cut banner on a snippet of white card, then layered, slightly offset, over another snippet of pink

The paper is a very old Prima pad - this was one of my first pads of paper, way back!!

Sorry about the fuzzy image,  I stamped this on the inside of the card using stamps from the set and the same ink as the fairy.

I am linking this to:

Crafting By design August Challenge - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #292 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar August Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket August Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #15 - Anything Goes

Crafter's Castle August Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge Week #358 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #398 - 399 - Anything Goes

Roses and Words

Welcome

For this weeks Word Art Wednesday card I have chosen simply to accent the scripture with flowers, over some marbled card, that I purchased locally

The verse was printed onto card and then cut using using a Romantic Rectangle die from S/B

(which appears to be discontinued), then sponged with Whispers Rich Plum ink before removing the die. I added a layer of foam behind it to give some dimension when adding to the base card.

The roses came from Rosie's Studio, and are simply white paper roses, but again I cannot find them on their site.  I lightly sponged the edges of the petals with the Rich Plum ink, and wound the wire stems into coils before attaching them over some die cut and painted leaves, from KaiserCraft, and added a wee bow of twine to complete the accent

On the inside of the card I sponged the edges of the copy paper liner, and on the left I stamped a rose, using my markers to ink the stamp.

I am linking this to:

The Corrosive July Challenge #7- Anything Goes

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #431 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Arty Divas Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #110 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #99 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodle Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Cute'n'Crafty Challenge #30 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

A 'Bitz' Challenge, and a Two-fer

Welcome

Warning: Photo heavy post!

In the small (New Zealand) swap group I belong to, we were given a bundle of 'Bitz" from a partner last month, (in with our cards in that swap) and this month we had to make a card from them!

This was the bundle I received

And this the resulting card - All I contributed were the pearls, the slightly textured pearlised base card and the die cut window. (Spellbinders Window Die)

The background behind the die cut is the marbled paper from the bundle, and the cats I inked in black and embossed

The enclosed flowers were layered and held together with a brad

 I had fun with the cog and button die cut

A scrap of the marbled paper adorns the inside.

This is really only a small notelet - 

a white snippet that was on my desk as I went to tidy up after the first card.

After laying out the pieces I had remaining, I  came up with this design

I took all the pieces off and stippled yellow ink where the cat would sit before gluing everything down.

From the original stash. I have one leaf and a  fleur-de-lis die cut and two images unused. 

I am linking this to:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenge #118 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #173 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #359 - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #351 - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #357 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #396 and 397 - Anything Goes

Blue Poppies???

Welcome

Thank you Cindy for contacting me - you can visit her blog here, to see some of Cindy's wonderful creative work. 

Blue Poppies - yes they exist in my card making world!  

I am generally  very  "true to life" in my colouring, so this is a bit of an exception - it started as I went to use this die, and discovered several die cuts from previous projects, including this  watercoloured one from a previous project.

I had intended to simply emboss the edges of my panel, but was chatting on the phone while I was crafting, and ended up cutting it... then I left the studio with the pieces on my desk

I returned next day, and loved that the white panel was sitting at an angle on the blue base, so trimmed the rectangle slightly smaller and went with that... I had to 'stretch' the die initially as the USA sizes are smaller than our (Birtish based) paper sizes 

I used my vertical sentiment stamp this time, and used one colour from a blue kaleidoscope ink pad. 

The feature panel was layered over   'cereal box' cardboard to give a wee bit of dimension.

I finished the inside with some sparkly washi tape, and the camera focused on that only :(

I am linking this to:

A Place To Start July Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #96 - Anything Goes

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #33 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #110 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1929 - Anything Goes

International Art and Soul Challenge #63 - Monochrome

Word Are Wednesday Challenge Weeks #396 + #397 - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations Summer CAS Challenge 

Baby Boy Buggy Blues

Welcome

Firstly I would like to say a warm hello to Cindy Tempelman, who has started to follow my blog.
I cannot find if you have a blog Cindy  to be able to follow you back - please let me know if you do.
 I apologise for the tardy welcome, I started this post some time ago, then left it in drafts...

I was really pleased how this card turned out - I started with an embossed panel using a magazine freebie, and  die cut the Ornate Pram by Wild Rose Studio, out of blue sparkle card.

The die cut was glued on the bottom section of the embossed area

The sentiment (by Montarga Stamps) was stamped in Memento Mediterranean Blue ink and cut with the smallest in the S/B Modern stationary card creator die, (I can't find it to link) stippling through the die before removing it, then layering it over some dark blue card.

I layered some of the dark blue card across the plain section of the embossing, and layered a light blue ribbon and a  narrow white chiffon ribbon over it, and finished it with a blow and a tiny blue pearl.

The inside was finished with a simple strip of washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #429 - Embossing, wet or dry

Double Trouble Challenge #33 - Kids and Babies

Unicorn Challenge #45 - For a Baby or Child

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Cards 4 Guys Challenge #224 - Transport

Creative Moments Challenge 3172 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #394 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #396 + #397 - Anything Goes

Filigree Framed Scripture

Welcome,

I would like to give Joy from Joyfully Stamps an extra warm welcome as my newest follower.  

Do pop over and visit her blog and enjoy her beautiful work.

This weeks card for Word Art Wednesday's new challenge came together very quickly

I printed the lovely scripture (the new freebie over at Word Art Wednesday) and die cut it using a Divinity Designs die - the largest one from Filigree Frames, adding some Golden Glitz ink to the edges before removing the die.

The wee, whimsical  'scene' at the bottom of the card was one I had coloured some years ago, and came across recently - I think it was a digi from the now defunct Layers of Color.  This was mounted over a layer of gold paper

The only embellishment was a simple gold bow on one end of the die

I finished the card inside with a couple of thin strips of gold washi tape.

I am linking this to:

We Love 2 Create Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #109 - Anything Goes

Angie's Digital Digital Stamps Challenge #33 - Anything Goes

P.I.P. Challenge #1928 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #82 - Anything Goes (Opt not taken)

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #247 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Week #29 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #98 - Anything Goes