Our very dear friend Iain has had a pretty hard time over the past 7 months recovering from a stroke and adjusting to his new way of life. He is doing so extremely well – no surprise there given his inner strength, his faith, his wife Ruth and all his family and friends, not to mention his sense of humour. Happy birthday Iain.
Inks: Memento black and copic pens to colour
Card: tartan paper, stampin up old olive card and summer picnic paper
Stamps: Stampin up Golden oldies
Again using the masterboard method I made the background paper but this time using bashful blue and sage green ink. I had a special request for a card with dragonflies and a snowy background so this was the design I came up with. I was so pleased with it that I made a few more with this background and a couple more with fusible fibre and film dragonflies like these ones. You can’t really tell from this photo but this card also has gems, stickles and sprinkles of silver embossing for a nice sparkly effect.
The following card is for Rachel my stampin up supplier. There are many cards with this theme about: Santa and his sleigh flying over the roof tops or over the trees so this is my version.
What a busy time of year for crafters. I have, like many others, been making a few Christmas cards in the last few weeks. Here is a small selection made using the tutorial in Craft Stamper mag (Dec 09 issue) by Jo Firth-young for making your own master board. Christmas cards are not my favourite ones to make as I don’t like making them all the same so I like to come up with different designs, even if there is only a slight variation it allows each person to have a unique card. Now I know if I started making Christmas cards in June then I would have time to make ALL my Christmas cards but I really can’t get my head into Christmas mode in June so I still end up buying charity cards too.
Michelle Zindorf has a fab tutorial which I used for this card. I changed a couple of elements but I got the same overall effect.
I found this tutorial the other day and loved the card Michelle made so much that I just had to have a go for my mum’s birthday card. I didn’t have the same stamps or colours (nothing new there!) but I used her overall design. Mine is not nearly as good as Michelle’s but I would definitely try this again. (thank you for sharing Michelle)
Inks: Brilliance pearlescent yellow, Adirondack stream and terra cotta, Archival coffee, Versafine onyx black, Stampin up certainly celery and cream caramel, dark green, Distress ink weathered wood
Card: black, white, teal
Stamps: Papertreyink Out on a limb, Basic grey Flourish corners (small flower), Rubber Stamp Tapestry (foliage), Stampers anonymous Urban tapestry (splotches for leaves in tree), a text stamp unknown
Other: Silver brads
This cute little car stamp by Mabel Lucie Atwell was perfect for dad, I can just imagine him playing with one of these as a little boy. Actually it was probably a go-cart that he played with! I decoupaged the image and shaded the outside with distress inks.
Yet another fabby tutorial (thank you for sharing Nathalia) but I didn’t make an accordion book I just used the idea to make this card.
I used grunge paper instead of chipboard.
Inks: Distress inks frayed burlap and walnut stain
Card: grunge paper, white card
Stamps: I stamped the inside using selective colouring with Marvy pens with various stampin up pocket silhouette stamps and Rubber stamp tapestry stamps having brayered lightly for the sky and ground first. The greeting is from stampin up cheer and wishes. Dragonfly on shrink plastic from Aspects of design 38 Daisy daydreams
Other: Ckalky emulsion French turquoise for the undercoat, Crackle paint Picket fence paint, eyelets, small terracotta pot, flowersoft and wire, lucky white heather (plastic), filigree button for the handle, shrink plastic dragon fly with some thin black wire for it’s legs.
Here is my card for the CBCC104 challenge to a recipe:
This is a tiny card (11 x 7cm). I made the back ground card first using the resist technique with glimmer mist sprays, masking fluid and sequin waste. Then stamped and coloured the image. Cut out the frames using nestabilities.
Inks: Brilliance graphite black
Card: Ivory card, back ground card, pink vellum
Stamps: Inkadinkado Patterned pets, Art impressions BB 2055 (on tag)
Other: white mini rick-rack, cerise embroidery thread, mini tag, button, gems, stickles, copic pens to colour, sparkle pen, masking fluid, glimmer mists; cherry limeade and cherry blossom, sequin waste, nestabilities
Here is a card I made for Carey for her birthday. She is very creative and does a bit of painting now and then. When the tag is pulled out it reveals another stamped image underneath.
Inks: various alcohol inks, Distress inks: peeled paint, fired brick, Chartreuse spray, black versafine
Card: white glossy, luggage tag, white card
Stamps: Stampers anonymous Urban tapestry, Invoke arts Art tickets, Elusive images Diamond art, an image from CBC ‘stamp in the post swap’ which I can’t show just yet
Other: ribbon, staple, white pen, gelly glaze pens