Monday, 20 May 2013
Birthday sparklers
This is another effort making a background by gellli plate printing - this time I blotted out quite a few ares and used a piece of sequin waste lightly as a stencil, mixed red and blue for purple and got this print, to which I added some 'sparklers' using the Penny Black stamp, using a Sakura glaze pen on parts of them. The sentiment is a Creata textured rub on.
This is for:
Penny Black May: anything goes
ABC 29: stamped backgrounds
Daring cardmakers: stencil it!
CCEE 1320: let it all hang out or over (stamping over the edge)
Gingerloft: happy birthday
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
Addicted to CAS 13: birthday
Sentimental Sunday 155: clean and simple
The rubber buggy 7: anything goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
When Santa got stuck up the chimney ...
Week 18 (a couple of weeks ago) on Facebook Sunday's with Santa was 'humour'. So this made me think of the song 'When Santa got stuck up the chimney' and it was a good opportunity to use one of my fun Christmas stamps (one by Anita that I bought some years ago). I inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with spectrum noir CR10. I cut with a nestie die which I edged with spectrum noir DR3.
I followed the sketch for Merry Monday 63 (I was surprised to see that I was chosen as the top pic for last week's Merry Monday and will be their guest next week):
I printed the song and then added the banners using my Die-namics fishtail dies, writing Ho! Ho! Ho! by hand. The sparkly, shiny brads are by Teresa Collins.
This is also for:
Facebook A card a day
Crimbo crackers 41: kids (think any child would like this)
Lizzy's & Tamesis Christmas challenge 7: Santa comes
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Feature a creature
It was my turn to choose the theme for today's Christmas Card Club challenge, so I chose 'feature a creature' - any, big or small - insects, birds, animals ... anything that can be classed as a 'creature'.
This gave me an opportunity to use one of my favourite Christmas stamps by Inkadinkado, inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver embossing. The background card is some left over from a Kanban kit that I bought long ago, mounted on to a sparkly stardream blue card blank. I cute the reindeer out with a nestie. I used an Anna Griffin greeting stamp, once again inked with versamark and heat embossed, cutting this out with a Die-namic fishtail die (I am so glad that I bought this set - so useful). I added a piece of Paper Cellar silver glitter strip and some My Mind's Eye all is bright gems.
The card for the reindeer and the greeting was from my scraps box.
The card is based on the sketch given for this week's Merry Monday on Always playing with paper (although I did deviate a bit):
Colours are for Soartful May challenge: night skies - dark blue, white, silver etc
This is also for:
Facebook A card a day
Pixie's crafty snippets week 73
Sugar creek hollow 61: clean it out - reindeer and sentiment backing were scraps and the background card has been in my stash for years
CRAFT 207: Christmas
My time to craft 222: Christmas in May
Sparkles 44: monochromatic
Allsorts 207: true blue
Incy wincy: animal antics
Dream valley 57: animals
Robyn's fetish 160: four legged friends
Oldie but a goodie: inspired by a song (and the stamp is definitely older than six months!)
Get inky 4: show us some die cuts
Let's craft and create 70: die cuts
Desert island 54: I chose blue, bling and a critter
Di's digi designs: show us your bling
A & T 24: bling
Alphabet: G for glitter and gems
The rubber buggy 7: anthing goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Variation on a theme
Having made the previous card:
I looked into the bin and found another piece that I'd discarded from yesterday. As with the previous one, this is the back of an unsuccessful gelli plate print - the side that had been brayered with the spare paint that had accumulated from spreading paint on the gelli plate.
I've shown the previous card again because I'm entering the two cards into City crafter 159: one stamp two ways - two projects using the same stamp image.
I stamped around the edge, once more using parts of a lovely little stamp that has been with me for years on my crafting journey and the Penny Black 'sparklers' in the middle, all inked with Elzybells sugar candy ink.
I've added some ribbon that I didn't even realise I'd got, three brads and a Creata textured rub on sentiment.
This is for:
Craft room: stamp your own background/background paper
Penny Black May: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 52: May flowers
Paper playtime 10: buttons or brads
Bearly mine 86: lucky dip - I chose metal, ribbon and flowers
Crafty ribbons 45: no designer paper
AnMaCreatief 20: metal - brads
Pink by design: thank you
Perfect sentiments 79: spring thank you
Sparkles 44: monochromatic
Simon says: flower power
Inky linky 15
Fashionable stamping 47: anything goes
The rubber buggy 7: anthing goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20
Waste not, want not ...
When I was playing with acrylic paints and my gelli plate yesterday, I did what I've seen Barbara Gray do on Create and Craft - having used a brayer to spread the paint on the gelli plate, Barbara uses it to roll over the paper that's put over the gelli to get the print. Before making the card that I showed here yesterday, I tried one or two others that I just wasn't happen with and just put aside.
A little while ago I was just about to put these into the paper bin when I looked at the side that had been rolled with the brayer and thought 'I'm not going to waste that - it will make a background'.
I then used the earliest stamp I ever bought - and I still love this because it's so handy and versatile - a little unknown one with a spray of tiny flowers. I stamped this randomly inked up with memento grape jelly and then inked up one of my favourite Penny Black stamps, 'sparklers'. I thought it looked a bit dull, so I got out my Elzybells sugar candy white inkpad and once again randomly stamped the small stamp, sometimes stamped twice to get a faded version. I then inked up the heads of the sparklers on the PB stamp and stamped vaguely over the first one, then stamping very lightly again inked with the memento grape jelly.
All I then needed to add were a couple of Creata textured rub ons.
As I used the same colours as yesterday's card, this is another one for Moving along with the times: colour:
This is also for:
Facebook A card a day
Craft room: stamp your own background/background paper
Cards und more 82: my first stamp
Penny Black May: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 52: May flowers
Sweet Christmas
This is a second card for today's CHNC challenge 125: festive food and drink, this time using some Christmas Cupcake digis kindly given by one of the other sponsors, Crafts 4 eternity. I couldn't decide which cupcake to use, so I decided to crop them digital and then put one behind the other, using the Santa, Snowman and Reindeer cupcakes, coloured with spectrum noir and mounted on to a snippet of mirror card, as was the sentiment.
The background paper is from the K & Co Christmas Santa paper pad and the candy cane strips were taken from the same paper, as it's double sides. The circular sweet was cut from one of the other papers from the pad.
Once again, this is also for Festive Friday 8: trigger challenge where this was given:
This is also for:
CRAFT 207: Christmas
My time to craft 222: Christmas in May
Jingle belles: merry & bright
Crimbo crackers 41: kids (I'm sure any child would like this)
Crafts4eternity R124: sweet tooth
Stempelsonne 89: from the bakery
PumpkinSpice 20: candy - anything that makes you think of sweetness
Inky linky 15
The rubber buggy 7: anthing goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
The paper shelter 112: anything goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20
CHNC challenge 125: festive food and drink
Today's CHNC challenge 125 is all about festive food and drink.
For my first card I've used the lovely 'cakes and candy' digi kindly supplied by Inky Impressions, one of the sponsors. I coloured this with spectrum noir pens and mounted on to an offcut of mirror card, doing the same with the sentiment that was generated with my dymo letratag label maker. The background paper is from the K & Co Berry Sweet paper pad on to which I added a piece of fancy Papermania ribbon.
This is also for Festive Friday 8: trigger challenge where this was given:
This is also for:
CRAFT 207: Christmas
My time to craft 222: Christmas in May
Jingle belles: merry & bright
Crimbo crackers 41: kids (I'm sure any child would like this)
Crafts4eternity R124: sweet tooth
Stempelsonne 89: from the bakery
PumpkinSpice 20: candy - anything that makes you think of sweetness
Inky linky 15
One stop craft 229: anything goes
The rubber buggy 7: anthing goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
Wags n whiskers 104: anything goes
The paper shelter 112: anything goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20
Friday, 17 May 2013
You can't have a rainbow ...
... without a little rain.
A simple one layer card using copics for the rainbow and to colour the Funstamps Puddle Duck image that was inked with memento tuxedo black.
I'm not really happy with this, but it was my second attempt and I didn't fancy trying again, so I thought I'd leave it at this.
All the colours of the rainbow inspired by the picture given for The cutie pie 44:
This is for:
Addicted to CAS 12: rainbow
The sweet pea stampers May: birds of a feather
Word art Wednesday 79: anything goes - with uplifting quote
Fashionable stamping 47: anything goes
Inky linky 15
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
The rubber buggy 7: anthing goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
Wags n whiskers 104: anything goes
The paper shelter 112: anything goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20
Sequin waste stencilling
I've been playing with the gelli plate again this afternoon - it's quite messy, but a good way of relaxing.
I based the colours on those given for Moving along with the times: colour:
I used some mint green card to start with. I didn't have any purple or pink acrylic paint, but mixed reds, blue and white in different shades. I used sequin waste as a stencil. The ric rac and rib bons are Papermania.The Tim Holtz stampers anonymous stamp was inked with memento grape jelly (sorry, this doesn't show up very well here). The sentiment was originally white so I used a couple of copics to colour to match.
This is also for:
Facebook A card a day
Daring cardmakers: stencil it!
Craft room: stamp your own background/background paper
Bizzy Becs May: purple and some bling
MilkCoffee: shabby chic/vintage
Doily rose
This simple card uses the front of a shaped card mounted on to a card blank, decorated with a golden doily on to which has been matted a rose picture from Hunkydory.
This is for:
Little red wagon 185: use a doily
Tuesday throwdown 147: smell the roses
Get creative May: flowers
Crafting when we can 44: lime green and pink
Charisma cardz 19: no digis allowed
Birthday rose
This is an unknown rose stamp on to a sparkly piece of card with Happy Birthday repeated, plus a Creata textured rub on sentiment. This was matted on to an offcut of green card and then on to a white card blank that has a hint of gold in it - sorry, it doesn't show up here well enough.
This is for:
Tuesday throwdown 147: smell the roses
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
One crazy stamper May: flowers
Get creative May: flowersRogue redhead rebel 23: May flowers
Country scene
This is a scene built up with invertage layers - six layers - which are difficult to see on the photo:
This is for:
Cupcake craft 242: lots of layers
Woodware UK: cards for men
Little blue button 3: scene
Oozak 14: anything goes with earthtones
Golden wedding
A golden wedding card, using an offcut of unknown white and black paper that I tore at the edge, on to a sparkly white card blank, with the addition of the numerals, the gold and black sentiment, the corrugated heart and a Craftime flower.
This is for:
Pixie's crafty snippets week 72
Lexi 90: black and white plus one other colour
Dare to be sassy Thursday 177: black and white and a pop of one colour
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: black & white + 1
Chocolate, coffee & cards 39: use a number
Charisma cardz 19: no digis allowed
ABC 28: wedding & anniversary
Polka doodles 19: anniversaries
Crafty boots: celebration
CASology 44: bloom
Birthday balloon
This simple card uses a Dottie image from Charmed cards and crafts, matted on to deep pink mirror card and then on to a light green 7 x 5 card. The sentiment was computer generated and printed with the image.
Use of a balloon inspired by The cutie pie 44 photo:
This is for:
Crafty creations 222: KISS
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
Craft your passion 162: child's play
Creative creations 10: for a child
Crafts and me 133: use a digi
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Birthday blessings
A simple card made with an upcycled card on to a dark green card blank, on to which I stuck the Birthday Blessings sentiment cut on the cricut. Sorry about the glare on the photo.
This is for:
Crafty creations 222: KISS
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
Allways something creative 54: we want to see plants (flowers)
Simon says: flower power
Three scrappy gals May: flowers
Get creative May: flowers
Order of the opus gluei 156: bouquet for you
DL.ART thankful Thursday 109: flowers
PumpkinSpice: flowers
Corrosive 174: my sentiments exactly
Word art Wednesday 79: anything goes - with uplifting quote
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Playing with paint and ink
Another card made with the background created with acrylic paints, masks, sequin waste, stamps and the gelli plate. I then stamped the Indigo Blu 'take the time' clock with script etc and the gears on to the background.
This is for:
Daring cardmakers: ink it up
Crafty ribbons 45: no designer paper
That craft place: makes for men
The pink elephant 199: masculine birthday
Woodware: cards for men
The house that stamps build DCC58: masculine cards
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
Charisma cardz 19: no digis allowed
Nana Vic's May: anything goes
Stamp-n-doodle: anything goes
You're in my prayers
A simple card to send a message - dark brown card blank, shape taken from the front of a pre-shaped card,stamped with the Whipper Snapper calligraphy stamp inked with memento rich cocoa, with the addition of prima flowers and brads.
This is for:
Oozak 14: anything goes with earthtones
Crafty creations 222: KISS
Allways something creative 54: we want to see plants (flowers)
Simon says: flower power
Three scrappy gals May: flowers
Get creative May: flowers
Order of the opus gluei 156: bouquet for you
DL.ART thankful Thursday 109: flowers
My Sheri 110: flower power - 3D flowers
The sisterhood of crafters: April showers bring May flowers - use at least one flower
Love to create 65: flowers, flowers, so many pretty flowers
Use your stuff 84: focused on flowers
PumpkinSpice: flowers
One crazy stamper May: flowers
Corrosive 174: my sentiments exactly
Word art Wednesday 79: anything goes - with uplifting quote
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
Fussy & fancy 88: anything goes
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 102
52 card pick-up 2.19
More animal antics
This is the other card that I made from the upcycled one. The card blank is a deep navy blue. Don't those dogs look adorable?!
The quote says:
Everyone who knows you
Would certainly agree
That you're the kind of person
Who's as special as can be ...
This is for:
Facebook A card a day
Incy wincy: animal antics
Sister Act 6: anything goes
Scrap-cards 47: animals
Animal friends 2: checked and/or striped
Creative craft 10: just checking
Ruby's rainbow 54: squares
Word art Wednesday 79: anything goes - with uplifting quote
Corrosive 174: my sentiments exactly
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
Fussy & fancy 88: anything goes
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 102
52 card pick-up 2.19
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Animal antics
This is the first of two cards that I made by upcycling elements from one card. I love the drawings of the dogs. The blue gingham paper was added underneath the three little squares and for the strip with the birthday sentiment.
Using pictures of dogs prompted by Pinspirational 57:
The card blank is deep brown - colours for Come and get it: brown, blue and cream.
This is for:
The pink elephant 199: masculine birthday theme
Woodware UK: cards for men
Paper creators 8: for the boys
Incy wincy: animal antics
Ruby's rainbow 54: squares
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Sister Act 6: anything goes
Scrap-cards 47: animals
Animal friends 2: checked and/or striped
Creative craft 10: just checking
Challenges 4 everybody 20: anything goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
Fussy & fancy 88: anything goes
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 102
52 card pick-up 2.19
Guest design slot for Fab 'n' Funky: favourite embellishments
This is my third week with the privilege of being a guest designer with the team at Fab 'n' Funky and today's challenge is to use favourite embellishments.
I think you can tell that flowers are my favourites, followed closely by ribbons.
Fab 'n' Funky challenge 171 is being sponsored by Dilly Beans:
Dilly Beans kindly provided the 'Molly's hearts framed' digital image that I've used. I coloured with Spectrum noirs (I used to be a real copics fan - still love them - but since I bought some Spectrum noirs I love using them.
I used My Mind's Eye summer papers (have had these ages) and core-dinations card. Flowers are a mix of Martha Stewart, Prima and Create and Craft silk flowers. The glitter ribbons were from Create and Craft. I've just realised that the turquoise ribbon shows up very dark here.
The Happy Birthday sentiment panel was from Craftwork cards. I used chalks to colour the original white panel.
The back is also decorated with the pink card and ribbons.
This is also for:
Facebook A card a day
Hobby cutz 6: more than one fold
Ribbon carousel 81: celebrations
CRAFT 206: birthday
Pile it on 19: for a teen (think this is suitable for a teenager girl)
Creatalicious 50: for the girls
Gofish 41: glitter
One stop craft 228: add some glitter
Mark's finest paper speedy fox and friends 159: use glitter
Melonheadz friends: sparkle and shine
Deep ocean 51: let's sparkle
Crafts and me 133: use a digi
Di's digi designs: show us your bling
Crafty bloggers network 11: O's and X's - I choose the diagonal with bling, digi stamp, ribbon
Allways something creative 54: we want to see plants (flowers)
Simon says: flower power
Three scrappy gals May: flowers
Get creative May: flowers
Order of the opus gluei 156: bouquet for you
Can you digi it 35: birthday flowers
Dare to be sassy 176: flowers
DL.ART thankful Thursday 109: flowers
My Sheri 110: flower power - 3D flowers
The sisterhood of crafters: April showers bring May flowers - use at least one flower
Love to create 65: flowers, flowers, so many pretty flowers
Songbird 20: bloom and grow - flowers
Use your stuff 84: focused on flowers
PumpkinSpice: flowers
My time to craft 221: show us the inside
Left of center 5: use a digi image
Crafty boots: celebrations
Clear it out: anything goes + stash: use 2 or more patterned papers
Delightful: stash it
Chalk n stock May: anything goes (used chalks on the sentiment panel)
The paper shelter 112: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafters digital art center: anything goes
Sister Act 6: anything goes
Simply create too 37: anything goes
Crafty catz 182: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 20: anything goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
Fussy & fancy 88: anything goes
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 102
52 card pick-up 2.19
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Welcome baby girl
Background paper for this simple card is DCWV. The little rocking horse die cut has been in my 'baby' box for a long time, has has the silver teddy which I tinged with pale pink and mounted on to pink and brown.
This is for:
Red carpet studio 36: baby mama
The crazy challenge 145: baby card
Ladybug: baby
Aud sentiments 80: baby or mother and child
In the pink 20: may be baby
PanPastel UK 19: in the pink
Whoopsi Daisy: pretty in pink
Incy wincy: animal antics
Scrap-cards 47: animals
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
Fussy & fancy 88: anything goes
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 102
52 card pick-up 2.19
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