I really like the fabric I used for this thank you card (Tea time C cakes large floral) and it goes so well with the stamps.
Inks: Pens were used here straight onto the stamps: Tombo 703 and 098, Whispers sugarloaf Basic blue
Card: white, Old olive textured
Stamps: Stampin up Just believe, Technique Tuesday Borderline Bijou borders
Other: fabric: Tea time C cakes large floral
I found a fabby font called Oil crisis from Larabie which is actually a dingbat font of 1970’s cars that I thought would look good on a card. I flipped the bottom rows to look like they are going in the opposite direction.
Inks: Black (computer)
Card: white card and black paper
Other: rub-on arrows (unknown), Larabie Oil crisis font
A bit of a wee joke for Harry. He managed to still get lost the other day while we were on holiday the other day even though he had an android phone, a Garmin (sat nav type thingy), and maps in the car! Maybe just a map and a compass would have been all he needed so there is a compass inside the big brad and the pin has the word ideas on it.
Inks: Memeneto Tuxedo black, Distress inks Frayed burlap and Victorian velvet, Adirodack espresso, embossing ink with clear embossing powder and brass detail powder
Card: antique gold card, pale greeny beige card, Cosmo Cricket card, 7 Gypsies patterned paper
Stamps: Oxford impressions Steampunk and Steampunk works
Other: Tim Holtz brads and pin, Papermania brad making refill kit, Moonshadow ink Burnished brass (to colour the cogs)
The clear embossing power is used here in a faux batik style and the brass powder is on the compass.
Well now I am catching up slowly but surely on the ukstampers weekly art journal page challenges. Week 13 is about superstitions and this sparked off a great debate at home with hubby Harry and my mum. Are we or are we not superstitious? No we don’t think that anything bad will happen to you if you break most of the superstitious rules except perhaps the logical ones like not walking under a ladder. Even though I have a lucky number it has never actually been lucky, it is just a number that I like. Harry always says ‘morning my lord’ when he sees a magpie but that is just something he has done since childhood. We all say ‘touch wood’ as we are trying to avoid tempting fate.
Harry was born on a Friday 13th. I broke my back on a Friday 13th (unlucky I had an accident but very lucky as it could have been a whole lot worse!).
So are we superstitious? Can you be mildly superstitious?
We had to include in our page:
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black
Card: white
Stamps: Cute Companions Patchwork numbers, Le chat noir free with craft stamper mag, Inkadinkado Chinese coin, Hero Arts Tiny Chinese wishes
Other: black pen, ladybird charm, lots of doodles
Week 12’s challenge for the ukstampers art journal page challenges prompt is Home:
For me my home means independence. There really is no place like home when it comes to being independent. It is the only place I can do what I want when I want by myself. I don’t feel disabled at home. It isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
I really am a home-bird because of this and it is only when you are away from when you realise just how wonderful your own home is and how much you miss it and all it’s little imperfections.
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black
Card: Old patterned paper painted over.
Stamps: Hero arts A friend forever (hearts only), Flower soft The gate (little birds), alphabet (unknown)
Others: white gesso, acrylic paints: Spa blue, Turquoise, Sap green and Crimson red, Cosmic shimmer mist Aqua lagoon, white, black, red and green pens to doodle and copics to colour the sparrows, lime crayon, Bird house picture from arbor castle birdhouses
I am lagging behind with my journal pages as I have been busy with other things but I will hopefully catch up soon. This is for week 11 Scary, to include:
In real life this actually looks quite bright yet dark IYKWIM but this photo makes it appear rather washed out (is it because I have used a black backdrop?)
What is the difference between being worried about things and being scared? I worry about many things including the health and well being of my nearest and dearest, my own health, getting old and what the future has in store for me. Loads of things make me anxious and nervous like going to the dentist, being trapped in a confined space, flying, public speaking but these I can confront or avoid where possible. But I think the things that are most scary are the ones we have less control over: nuclear war, biological war, destruction of our planet, and more personally – crime, and being buried alive. Superbugs/resistant bugs are pretty scary too but the list will get longer and longer if I don’t stop there. I drew the Scream (original by Edvard Munch).
Inks: Distress inks Black soot, Pumice stone, Barn door, Rusty hinge, Faded jeans and Frayed burlap, Memento Tuxedo black
Card: ivory card
Stamps: tree silhouette (unknown), Non sequitur Grave tidings, Tim Holtz Urban tapestry
Other: Black and Vermilion acrylic paint (for the tree), black pen, white pen and grey copic pen
As you can see by the poor photography I was in rather a rush to take the photos and get these to get these in the post in time.
I was asked to make the 2 silver wedding anniversary cards for a pal (proceeds go to Spinal Injuries Scotland) and the Oriental one is for my wee brother Chris and his wife Grace. I haven’t made an Oriental style card for ages and I had forgotten what fabby Chiyogami papers I still have in my stash.
Silver hearts
Inks: Versamark with silver embossing powder
Card: white, silver miri, silver swirly vellum
Stamps: Hearts (possibly Elusive images), greeting Stamping up Cheers and wishes
Other: gems, white ribbon with silver edging, white flower, gem brad, Cuttlebug embossing folder
Silver anniversary
Inks: versamark with silver embossing powder
Card: white, silver miri, silver angel hair, Silver anniversary vellum,
Stamps: glasses chinking free with Craft stamper mag.
Other: silver heart charm, silver ribbon, silver nail heads, glitter pen to colour
Entwined hummingbirds
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black, Distress ink Barn door, Adirondack Sunshine yellow
Card: silk matt coated white, white, black, embossed gold, Chiyogami patterned paper
Stamps: Clarity stamps Entiwined hummingbirds, Hero arts tiny Chinese wishes (love)
I love the colours of the Magenta paper I used on my mum’s card for mothering Sunday. It is pretty and bright without being sickly sweet. In fact I liked it so much that I made H’s mum the same card.
Inks: Distress inks Peeled paint used for some of the edges
Card: White card, Magenta Printemps passion collection Peacock blue (double sided), white flock vellum
Other: Delish mini pearl brads, Stampin up Hardware, Prima flower Calcutta dogwood Bright white, Punched frond leaves, punched butterflies, pearls,