I love this image of a woman baking a steaming hot pie and it was just right for Grace to go along with the cook book for her birthday.
Hope you had a fab birthday Grace!
Inks: Distress ink Black soot, Memento Tuxedo black
Card: white card, black card
Stamp: Stampin up Polka dot background
Other: Image from Karen’s whimsy , Black velvet ribbon, black button, black nail heads, white silk flower, glitter pen, Plastic doily used as a stencil
I made a pendant using a domino stained with brown and an image from riandesign. The image is an anatomical image of a woman which I think Erin will like as she is studying nursing and is interested in midwifery. The bail is antique bronze and the ball chain is an antique brown colour which matches the ink. I enlarged the same image for the card and I painted a little papier mache box with similar colours to the background patterned paper. The flower and leaves on the box look similar to the ones in the image.
Card:
Card: white, green card, brown paper punched, Prima – Annalee collection ‘sonnet’ card
Ink: Stazon Timber brown on edges
Other: tiny brown pearls, Anna Griffin Fleur de Lis punch, Diamond glaze
Domino:
Card: thick paper
Ink: Stazon Timber brown
Other: Antique bronze bail, Tim Holtz ball chain Antique brown, folk art acrylic sealer, Lime green stickles in the dots on the back, old domino
Gift box:
Paint: Dylusions acrylic Rose, Pink, white, Lime and mustard
Other: Mod podge to seal, leaves and flower embellishment
The last time Carey was up for a visit with the family we got talking about abstract painting and although I have never painted an abstract painting before it struck me that the backgrounds I do for some of my art journals are just that. So I did this painting for Carey’s card using the same methods I would for a background but with really bright blocks of colour and almost filling the page. I am quite pleased with the results but it is hard to know when to stop adding bits.
Inks/paint: blue, yellow, red, black and white acrylic paint, coloured pens
Card: water colour card and a large aperture card
Other: stencils, sequin waste, bottle caps, daubers
I made this card a few days ago using the free stamp from Craft stamper magazine. I usually colour flowers in pinks, red or mauve but this time I went for a more orangey look. Maybe it is because there were a few projects in the magazine with lots of orange in them – who knows.
Inks: Stampin up Soft suede, Distress ink Dried marigold
Card: white, orange and brown card, Stampin up patterned paper
Stamps: Stampin up Cheers and wishes, Free stamp from Craft stamper magazine
Other: fibres, Lime stickles, grey copic pen for the pale shadow, Prisma pencils with Sansador to colour
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.
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
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
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
I do struggle to keep coming up with cycle racing card ideas (for both Stuart and Cameron) so I have used another of Anita’s die cuts but gave it a slightly different look to the card I made for Stuart. Cameron loves all kinds of cycle racing and he has recently joined the CNP Orbea MTB team – GO Cameron!
Inks: Versamark with gold embossing powder
Card: white, black, and white sprayed with Aqua lagoon mist
Stamp: Bring out the star in you (unknown)
Other: yellow star brad, black brads, piece of mica, Anita’s die cuts Cyclist
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
I was given a few pieces of circuit board by John ages ago so that I could take the components from it to use in my card making. I have used the odd bit but I thought I would take a photo and use that instead for this card. I will take a few arty photos in future from different angles and maybe close ups to see if I can get a more interesting effect than just overhead. I have matted the photo with coppery coloured card and tape to compliment the copper circuitry.