Callum’s birthday card: I am trying to get him interested in growing his own herbs as he loves cooking. I bought him a herb garden growing kit so you never know – he might just get the bug. Ok so he got cash too just in case the herbs are just not his thing! The images are clipart on photo card matted onto green patterned paper. Hope you have a fab birthday Callum!
Earlier this week it was our great friend’s Fraser and Carey’s wedding anniversary!
I love Lavinia stamps especially the fairies and wildlife silhouettes, they are very delicate and detailed. Guess what – I have just gone and bought some more!!
Inks: black document ink, Stampin up old olive and Mellow moss, Distress ink Aged mahogany
Card: white card, glossy white card, black card, patterned paper, black vellum
Stamps: Lavinia stamps fairy couple and mushrooms, Basic grey Flourish corners, RS Tapestry clear ferns and foliage
Other: Marvy pens to colour, maidenhair fern punch, Prima Camelot rose, pink stickles, Stampin up oval and scalloped punch, black half pearls
I haven’t been in the mood for much crafting recently but I did make a couple of cards. Here is one I made for Cameron (my godson) who had an awful crash while on a speed trial. Good news: he has made a remarkable recover! I do hope the others involved also recover well.
Harry recently had another birthday so I used my new Meercat stamp set and a bit of brayering for his card.
Inks: black document ink, Stampin up Bashful blue, Not quite navy, More mustard and So saffron
Card: glossy white and matte white card, more mustard card
Stamps: Jayne Netley Mayhew Meercats Stampin up Pocket silhouettes
Other: Marvy pens to colour
Inspiration for this card came from the CBC forum birthday challenge where the challenge was to create a card using only one colour. Some people made classy all white cards that I really liked for not only the simplicity but also the elegance of the effect. For Chris and Grace’s wedding anniversary this year I made this using only ivory (with gold on the greeting). The photo however adds a slightly strange colour to the ivory ribbon.
Inks: versamark embossing ink with gold powder
Card: ivory card, cotton white broderie (which looks more ivory than white), ivory card (through embossing folder)
Stamp: Stampin up Cheer and wishes
Other: ivory ribbon (wired), Prima flowers Innocence collection, Cuttlebug embossing folder Textile
My ATCs for this months CBC swap are altered via my PC rather than stamping so I made use of a couple of great tutorials I found over on Jessica Prague’s blog. I hardly ever do digital stuff so I never remember how I got the results. I press keys and add layers then every now and again I get some nice results that I can never emulate.
Harry took the photo of the Forth railway bridge and I added the grunge frame from Jessica’s site and altered the RGB balance. The edges were further distressed physically.
The poppy photo is a result of me playing around with the macro facility on my camera along with Jessica’s tutorial on how to get the text to look like it is behind a petal. This one has a small border and corners added digitally too.
A few weeks ago I was asked to make a badger and an owl card for a good friend of mine. I used a photo for the front of the badger card and a stamped image (kindly sent by Rachel) for the back of the card and as it was a man’s card I didn’t add blooms and swirls but just a tiny bit of bling on the corners.
Inks: versamark with silver embossing powder
Card: black, silver and blue card, photo
Stamp: Michael Strong’s Mosaic frame
Other: pearls
For the owl card I kept to natural colours, used a photo of some bark (taken at Aviemore a few weeks ago) and a real feather which I hope is an owls. The background paper is hand made from recycled cotton T-shirts and the ribbon has leaves printed on it.
Inks: Moonshadow ink Burnt umber, Archival ink Coffee
Card: White card, hand made paper, brown card, photo
Stamps: owl stamp free from craft stamper mag
Other: peel-off leaves coloured and stuck to hand made paper, ribbon, hand made re-cycled paper, clear domes on eyes, copper brads, feather
I don’t make Easter cards every year but I made a few this year. Nice bright spring colours and not an Easter egg in sight.
Inks: black document ink, stampin up Certainly celery, Brilliance pearlescent Orchid and Sunflower yellow
Card: Green card, white card, Bo-Bunny patterned paper
Stamps: Elusive images Spring, Rubber Stamp Tapestry Yummy’s Garden
Other: Maya Road ribbon, stickles, copics to colour butterfly, flower embellishments