Monthly Archives: June 2011

Birthday card

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It will soon be Suzanne’s birthday and I have spent the last few days wondering what card to make for her.  I have hundreds of stamps and loads of ink pads and embellishments but I have kind of lost my mojo a bit.  Never mind – Craft stamper mag. to the rescue again!
In the May 2010 issue Katy Fox did an article on Re-use Re-cycle to make a mini album.  I used her design and colour scheme with a few tweaks of my own to make this card.  I have tried to capture the shimmer effect but sadly it just looks shiny in the photo rather than pink shimmer.  The photo it taken against a dark brown background.

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Inks:  Stazon Timber brown, Distress inks Scattered straw and Rusty hinge
Card:  white, brown, card board box, Prima Flights of Fancy patterned paper
Stamps:  Stampin up Pocket silhouettes and Just believe, Non sequitur Samurai butterflies), flower stamp free from an old Craft stamper mag.
Other:  Prima Say-it-in-pearls (flower centre), white pen, Stickles Coffee (looks pink), Cosmic shimmer Mist Angel mist, old card board box, white Gesso, Punched fronds, Natural linen thread

Father’s day card

birds, card, father's day

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Dad really enjoys watching the birds at the feeders and bird bath from the conservatory window so I didn’t go for a historic cars or sports theme but instead went for these wee birdies having a sing song on the cherry tree.  My parent’s garden is absolutely full of baby birds at the moment all chattering away and I too could while away the hours watching their antics.

Inks:  Versafine archival Vintage sepia
Card:  Brown textured card, aqua card, patterned paper
Stamps:  Crafty Secrets Bird notes
Other:  linen cord, brown flat backed pearl

Celebrate card

birthday card, card

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This is a pretty card for my great friend Lizzie’s birthday and yes we will be celebrating!
The design comes from one of Katy Fox’s articles in the Craft stamper mag (Aug 2010) and I really love how pretty and floral it is without going over the top with flowers.
I have a few pieces of floral material that I scanned, printed then cut to make the bunting and scalloped piece.  The rose is a rub-on and the only stamps I used is the word ‘celebrate’ and the green stitched border.

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo black, Stampin up Mellow moss
Card:  white card, Stampin up patterned paper
Stamps:  Stampin up Celebrate, Technique Tuesday Hanging by a thread
Other:  Prima Fairy flora Rub-ons, material scanned and printed, black linen cord

Mini thank you cards in a pouch

card, thank you card
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You can never have too many thank you cards when you have  babies (or so I have been informed) so this is a pouch or wee bag with 16 mini thank you cards I made for Kat’s baby shower.  I can’t believe that I didn’t use a single stamp when making these cute little cards.  The images are dingbats coloured with copic pens.

Card: white, pink, patterned paper, yellow and blue vellum
Dingbats/fonts: 2peasDW oh baby! (images) and 2peas Gingersnap (text)
twopeasinabucket dingbat fonts
Other:  tiny safety pins, tiny baby bottles, ribbon, mini rik-rak, white fun flock, daisy

Art journal week 19 Lists

art journal, uk stampers challenge 19. lists
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This page is for week 19 on the ukstampers weekly challenge and the prompt was Lists:

  • are you a list maker, do you need lists
  • include a list of some kind on your page
  • use some arrows on your page

That has to be a big yes for me as I am very much a list maker.  I like to break down big jobs that may look overwhelming at first into lots of smaller easier to manage things to do.  I then get great satisfaction as I score them out once accomplished.  I try to write them in a logical way for example I still write my online shopping lists by aisle that I used to go around the actual supermarket, or maybe write them in order of importance.  If I don’t write a list I will usually forget something.  Sometimes if I have written a list and then lost it or leave it behind I can at least picture the list in my head and still remember things that way.  I even have the post-it note gadget on my computer desktop with little reminders.
It isn’t just about remembering things but it can also be a good time-management strategy.

Card:  watercolour card
Stamps:  Tim Holtz chronicles alphabet
Other: acrylic paints, copic pen cadmium red, white and black pens, neon pencils

Acer leaves card

acer, birthday card, card

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I was going to do a gardening themed card for Chris for his birthday but no matter what design I came up with, it just didn’t look quite right for him so I opted for a more arty style and instead of using autumn colours for the Acer leaves I chose green.

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo black
Card:  water colour paper and a white aperture card
Stamps:  Non sequitur from Samurai and Cranes sets
Other:  Adirondack colour wash Pesto, Chroma jewels Amber, Lime,  Neon colour pencil Lime, Copics YG25, YG23 and G82, Stampin up colour spritzer with black pen and green pen, Diamond glaze

Art journal week 22 Random

art journal, random, ukstampers weekly challenge No. 22
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I am even doing my art journal pages a bit randomly at the moment.  This one is for week 22 of the ukstampers weekly challenge and the prompt is – Random and should include:

  • 5 random facts about you
  • 5 random stamps
  • a random embellishment that was lying about your desk

My 5 random facts are: 1. I love my new bed 2. I am not on facebook  3. I love opening new jars and tubes of things and throwing the old ones away  4. I laughed when I ran over Harry’s toes  as he hopped about in pain (he had bare feat and was looking for an ice pack for his sore elbow and I was helping him but got too close to his toes with my wheelchair), and 5. I have hazel eyes.
My random stamps are: a mermaid (newest stamp still on my desk), silhouette plants, Eastern style patterned leaf, small maple leaf (not put away from my last card) and numbers (up the right-hand side in teal embossed in clear sparkle, but it didn’t stamp very well on the textured surface).  My embellishment is a punched tab with a piece of faux dichroic glass.  I have a small box next to my desk where I chuck things that I have got out to use on a project but weren’t quite right and they stay in the box  until I have a big tidy-up.  I didn’t wait for the paints to dry – I used my heat gun until they bubbled up then heated again until the bubbles burst into craters to give loads of texture.  Using tissue paper to stamp on, colour in then apply using mod podge also gives more texture.

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo black, Distress ink Worn lipstick, Stampin up Teal
Card:  watercolour paper which had been sprayed randomly from another project with Aqua lagoon Glimmer mist
Stamps:  Stampotique Smumauha by Daniel Torrente, Stampin up Just believe (silhouette plants), Tim Holtz Fairytale frenzy (numbers), Non Sequitur Samurai (small maple leaf), Eastern style leaf (unknown make)
Other:  Distress crackle paint Tarnished brass, Acrylic paint Ballet pink, Adirondack dauber Snowy cap, Distress stickles Worn lipstick and Broken china, Punched tab, small piece of faux dichroic glass, copics to colour, tissue paper, Mod podge, clear sparkle embossing powder, black and white pens.

P.S. don’t ask your partner to give you 5 random facts about you as it will only cause an argument!