For challenge 77 on Ann's creative nook, Ann asked who is one of our favourites. Ann said: '
So, for this week's challenge I want to you chose one of your favorite stampers and CASE one, or two, of their cards ... just remember that you MUST change at least 2 things on your card.'
A stamper who I greatly admire is Sheila Oliver - she is known as Manic stamper - I've had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Sheila at a forum meet up about five years ago and I have great memories of her demonstrating all sorts of stamping techniques. She is a great inspiration to so many, including me.
I found this post on her blog (I had great pleasure in looking through lots of her wonderful creations this evening.
Sheila describes how she put together a card using metal magic EP by Debbi Moore. I used some of this recently and thought it would be good to use some for triple embossing. Sheila said that she felt it a bit wasteful to use three layers of metal magic, so she used two layers of clear UTEE and then topped it with a layer of metal magic, so I did the same.
Ann said that we should change at least two things when CASE-ing the card - I've really only used the triple embossing and stamping - the rest of the card is different, but it was very much inspired by Sheila's original card.
I stamped into the molten metal magic with a Dawn Bibby flower stamp and it so happened that I've had a bag of matching vellum flowers and butterflies for ages wondering what to do with them. And I added some bling silver gems to the centres of the flowers and three on each of the bodies of the butterflies.
So I used them all to make a card for Sketchy Colors 10:
I'm also linking the card for:
Doodle palace: 'lots of layers' - the triple embossing, as well as the layers of silver mirror card and pearlised pink
Another for Pollycraft 33: 'things with wings'
Another for La-la land 25: 'no designer paper'
Theme Thursday: 'flowers'
Another for Alphabet: 'P is for pink'
Clearly inspired 7: 'glam it up' - the silver mirror card and the gemstones
Fussy & fancy 4: 'dazzle us'
Humble pie: 'dies' - the triple embossed item started life as a chipboard die cut
Allsorts 39: 'a recipe with a difference - 3, 2, 1 - you decide' - I've used 3 vellum flowers, 2 vellum butterflies and 1 triple embossed flower
Our creative corner: 'something old that's new' - the vellum flowers and butterflies that have been stashed away for a long, long time
Sweet stampin' 12: 'floral frenzy'
Hand full of stamps: 'open the fun'
As is often the case, it was difficult to get a photo because of the flash bouncing off the silver, but you get the general idea it's better irl.
Saturday 13 February 2010
Guardian angel
This picture is the inspiration on Art Creations this week:
I've used another of the Nasa photos - this time part of the earth at night - and superimposed the picture of the angel on to it - a guardian angel watches over the night sky.
I'm linking this as well as another picture for this week's Soartful 'out of this world'.
I've used another of the Nasa photos - this time part of the earth at night - and superimposed the picture of the angel on to it - a guardian angel watches over the night sky.
I'm linking this as well as another picture for this week's Soartful 'out of this world'.
Out of this world
When I saw the topic for this week on Soartful, I started looking for appropriate pictures for 'out of this world'.
Wow! take a look at this site and you won't be disappointed - absolutely stunning photography - certainly 'out of this world'!
I imported the 'cat's eye nebula from hubble' into Picture It and then superimposed a picture of a cat over this, using a transparent fade to send this behind the original picture.
I'm also linking this for Sunday postcard, where this week the theme is 'cats' - it's just the right postcard size when printed out.
Wow! take a look at this site and you won't be disappointed - absolutely stunning photography - certainly 'out of this world'!
I imported the 'cat's eye nebula from hubble' into Picture It and then superimposed a picture of a cat over this, using a transparent fade to send this behind the original picture.
I'm also linking this for Sunday postcard, where this week the theme is 'cats' - it's just the right postcard size when printed out.
Romance is alive and well
A while ago there was a ring at the doorbell - I thought it was the nurse to dress John's foot - and there was a delivery lady with a bouquet of roses for Valentine's day:
I could be cynical and say 'what an expense!', but instead I'm thankful that I have a husband who still arranges surprises, although I suppose it's not too much of a surprise because this is the 20th Valentine bouquet I've had. Not that such gestures are confined to Valentine's day.
I could be cynical and say 'what an expense!', but instead I'm thankful that I have a husband who still arranges surprises, although I suppose it's not too much of a surprise because this is the 20th Valentine bouquet I've had. Not that such gestures are confined to Valentine's day.
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