I really like this image from Karen’s Doodles and it is just right for birthday cards for a few of my male buddies. I also used it for a father’s day card and you can really change the look just by colouring it differently and using different back ground papers.
Inks: Distress ink Black soot
Card: white, textured silvery/grey
Digital stamp: Born to ride Karen’s Doodles
Other: Square silvery/grey brads, copics and Prisma pencils to colour, Diamond glaze
Poor Ceara having to get her tonsils out! Hope all goes well and you are back to 100% soon.
Inks: Stampin up Old olive, Tombo pens 856 and 098
Card: white card, Stampin up patterned paper
Stamps: Stampin up Hopeful thoughts
Other: mini red rik rak ribbon
So what is a never ending card I hear you ask – well it is a card that once you open it you can keep on opening it because of the way it folds. They are very easy to make and you can find quite a few video tutorials on how to do this on you tube.
Now I know you are not supposed to mix up centimetres and inches when measuring but for this card I found it easier to measure the back ground card in inches and the panels in centimetres.
The whole card is 6″ x 6″
I cut 4 strips of the double sided back ground paper 3″ x 6″
Scored at 1 1/2″ from each narrow end
My square panels to stick on are 7cm x 7cm.
(If you search for never ending card on you tube you will see just how to stick the card together).
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black, Distress ink Peeled paint
Card: White card, BoBunny Beautiful life dots double sided card
Stamps: JudiKins small tennis ball (tiny cube of balls), Happy birthday from a Cute companions set
Other: black magic mesh, white gross grain ribbon, tennis racket embellishments, yellow and lime crayons, clip art tennis player, white pen, rub-on letters
Week 10’s prompt for the ukstampers weekly challenge is: week
for week 10 you had to include:
For most of week I was mending the dogs toys (sewing them up after he had ripped the stuffing out of them), darning my favourite jumper (that is the wool stitched over the tear in the page), spring cleaning, numerous phone calls and arguments with a company who delivered the wrong item. I dined out with previous work colleges, had dinner with our wonderful friends and neighbours (John & Lizzie) then on Saturday night went to see Yes Prime Minister! The journalling did contain all 7 things but I cut it down to 6 just so it would fit better and still be legible. The calender part is a perpetual calendar I made using a template (Inka stamps 2007) it can be as old or new as you want.
Inks: Distress inks: Brushed corduroy, Forest moss, Spiced marmalade and Old paper, Memento Tuxedo black
Card: white card, white paper
Stamps: date stamp, Crafty individuals CI-255
Other: theatre ticket, darning wool, Tim Holtz spinner, brad and pin, gold pen
Week 9 for the ukstampers weekly challenge theme is Fashion. You have to include:
For someone who is most comfortable in a jumper and trousers and not at all fashionable this was a little tricky. I do love Helena Bonham Carter’s style which is quirky, a bit goth, a bit steampunk, a bit hippy but at all times very feminine. I am rather boring and practical in my dress sense and I go for comfort and warmth instead of fashion or style. My worst fashion disaster was when I was in my twenties and had no money and had an invite (via my mum) to the Queen’s garden party. I had nothing that would do so I went to the sales and picked up an outfit that I could afford. It was a kind of pale green and off-white skirt and blouse affair along with a white hat, sling-backs and a handbag. A granny would have looked very smart in it. The hat was weird – not quite a bowler and had a dent in it like a cowboy hat. My favourite piece in my good old Belstaff jacket that has seen better days. These jackets get better with wear and get nice and comfortable and mine has a certain smell that invokes lots of memories of my biker days. Sadly it now lives in the loft (I won’t throw it out). The lace I used for this is the same as that on my wedding dress but I painted it with black acrylic paint then highlighted areas with gold wax on some of the embroidered bits. I don’t buy fashion mags so the picture of Helena Bonham Carter is from the Radio Times.
Inks: Tuxedo memento black
Card: Handmade cotton rag paper
Stamps: Stampotique Gooseneck (Daniel Torrente)
Other: lace, black and vermilion acrylic paint, dark red emulsion, gold pen, black netting, lime stickles, gold wax, picture of Helena Bonham Carter