40th Birthday

Hubby came home the other night and asked if I could make a 40th Birthday card for one of the girls in his office, and this is what I came up with.

I love this image, which is a digi image by Just Inklined.  I love their images and was lucky enough to be part of their DT for quite a while.  This image is still available to buy and download from their website. 

I coloured the image with ProMarkers, which sadly I don't tend you use very much at all now.  The sentiment and number were diecut, which I then covered in glitter.  I also added glitter to the shoe.

Oh and by the way, she loved the card.

Blue & Yellow

I came across a new blog a few days ago, The Flower Challenge, so thought I'd make a card for their present theme which is 'Blue & Yellow'.

I love flower stamps and have quite a few in my stash.  This stamp is from a set by Hobby Art and is really lovely to work with.  I used Zig Real Brush pens to colour the image, and watered down Distress Ink, splattered with a paint brush for the yellow background, the sentiment is from a stamp set by Stamps U Love.

HappyNew Year!

Happy New Year to all my blog readers.  It's my lovely Brother In Law  Les's 70th birthday on Monday, so I got my stampscape stamps out for his card.  I can't believe he's 70 already, it only seems like yesterday since he was teaching me to knit when I was about 8.  I've always had a great relationship with him, so he deserves a card which takes longer to make.

All stamps used in the image are by Stampscapes, I used distress inks to colour the image all applied with brushes and sponges.  I used stamps by Clarity for the wording and a stamp from Inkylicious for the scrolls.

And here's a photo of my big Sister Chris and Brother In Law Les.

40th Birthday

The present challenge on That's Crafty (22.7.16) is Feminine.

It's my nieces 40th on Friday, so I thought I'd make her card a little different.

I repeatedly stamped the water droplets to cover my piece of card stock, this stamp is from Inkylicious.  Then I used Distress Markers to add the colour.  I then went back to each one and removed some colour from the bottom of the droplet, just with a paint brush and water, then added the white dots on each with a gel pen.  This give them so much dimension.  Next I blended some Distress Inks onto a piece of white card and cut them out with a die, added a little bit of stamping before adding them to the card.  I printed the sentiment and cut it out with tag dies by Sue Wilson.

I think the water droplets look like gems or misshapen jelly beans..... lol.

Thanks for looking.

Crazy Bird Birthday

This card is for my Great Great Nephews 3rd birthday on Tuesday.  I get a bit stuck doing cards for youngsters since I don't really do 'Cute' anymore, but I think these fun birds are great for any age.

I started by inking up the background with Distress Inks in Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass, and splashed on some water to leave the white splodges.  I then ran it through an embossing folder, and applied some Pebeo Gilding Wax to the raised parts.  I coloured the Crazy Bird with Distress Ink Markers and positioned him so he's standing on the sentiment, which is computer generated.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Spring Colours

I can post this card at last...... I made it a couple of weeks ago, but had to wait to upload it as the recipient will have seen it.....  Anyway, it was her birthday at the weekend, so here it is.  First I stamped the flowers with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I inked it up with Distress Inks in Broken Chine and Fossilized Amber (I think).  Once happy I then splashed some water over it and dabbed it of to reveal white spots, (the water removes the ink), I also added some script with a stamp by Tim Holtz.  Finished off with a computer generated sentiment and cut it with a Sue Wilson die.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Happy Birthday to my Daughter!

Today is my Daughter, Becky's 24th birthday, oh it doesn't seem 5 minutes since I had her........

I got my Pan Pastels out for this one, the first time I've actually used them for a card, I've only messed around with them, think I been a bit scared of them...... I don't know why, because they're easier to use than inks!.....lol.  First I used the negative of the moon mask, and sponged on some of the yellow Pastel, then I swapped over and used the positive of the mask and added the rest of the colours, blending them in to each other.  I then removed the mask and blended some pink over it to 'soften' the sun.  Before stamping, I set the Pastels with some cheap hairspray.  Once it had dried I started with the stamping.  I used a mix of stamps from Inkylicious - cat, butterflies and grasses, Lavinia - the stars, and the tree bough is a Stampscape stamp, I added a sprinkling of glitter to the stars to give it that magical feel.  The text border was done on the computer.

Pan Pastel colours I used are -Bright Yell. Green Tint, Bright Yell. Green Shade, Orange Tint, Magenta Tint, Magenta Shade and Phthalo Blue Tint.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Male Card

Most of us crafters find making cards for the men in our lives, difficult, and I'm one of them.  Unless they have a hobby then it's nice and easy.....lol

It's my hubby's 60th in a couple of weeks and here's what I came up with for him.

I started of with a stencil by Memory Box for the background, which is called 'Texture Scraped Paint'.  I inked through this with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  Next I used Fired Brick, Distress Ink Reinker, dripped a couple of drops onto my mat, mixed in a little water, dipped a paintbrush into it and flicked it over the stenciled area till I was happy with the splashes.  While this dried, I got out the Letter Box stamps by Clarity and stamped up my wording, using Red Brick for the lettering and Vintage Photo to stamp the boxes.  Before cutting them out, I used Versamark ink to cover all the lettering and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, giving it a lovely shine.  I'd have used a glittery one if it had been a female card.... lol.  I used sticky pads to stick the wording to the card.

More Layering Stamps

I'm loving these stamps very much.  I've been playing with them alot, but this is only the 3rd card made using them..... I've been stamping them and deciding which colours work best.  I'd reccommend anyone new to these stamps to do the same, and to keep them for future reference.

This card uses stamps from Altenew Vintage Rose set and the small flowers and leaves are from the Beautiful Day set.  Colours used are Juniper, Meadow, Pink Sherbet, Raspberry, Currant, Cloudy Blue, Stonewashed, Denim - all Adirondacks and Chipped Shapphire Distress Ink.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Flowers at Clarity

This months challenge over at Clarity Stamps is 'Say It With Flowers'.  I don't have an awful lot of Clarity stamps, yes I'm working on that..... lol, so didn't think I'd be able to enter this one.  So out came my Clarity box, and found I did have the items needed, so here goes.

I made some basic stencils a few months ago and used one of them for the center of this card.  I used Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers applied through the stencil with a brush. Then I used a Clarity stencil for the flowers, inked in the same colours as the background.  The stamps are from the Wee Fairies set (I think) which were stamps in black Versafine and heat embosed with clear embossing powder.  Finished off with the sentiment and a little sparkle to the image.

The challenge ends on 31st January.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Messed up turns good

Well this almost went into the bin!

This was another background I'd made months ago.  My friend KathyK showed me this technique, Faux Mother of Pearl, last year at the Craft Bubble Craftathon, thanks Kathy.  So as I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm working my way through backgrounds I've made.  I stamped with Distress Inks and Adirondacks in various colours, but I made a booboo when I stamped the largest stamp, the colour turned out far too dark, it looked as if it was black and was far to 'hard' looking.  Then I had a brainwave..... lol, got out my Misti and re positioned the stamp exactly over the images I didn't like, and stamped with Versamark, then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Misti is just great for doing this. 

All the stamping was done with one set of stamps by Inadinkado, Cirlcles & Dots.   I added the sentiment, a stamp from Inkylicious, to finish off.  Not bad for a card that was destined for the bin is it...... lol

I've added a tutorial for Faux Mother of Pearl on the 'Tutorials from around the Web' tab at the top of the page.

A Bit Masculine

I've had this stamp set for ages and it's never been used, so thought I'd use it for this mans card. (we all know how difficult they are to make..... lol)

I started off by blending distress ink for the background, Rusty Hinge, Tea Dye and Aged Mahogany.  I then did some random stamping with a script stamp from a Tim Holtz set, and the various small stamps from the main set, sorry I have no idea what make the stamp set is, I think it was free on a magazine.  I then stamped the main image and sentiment in black Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I also did the edges the same.

I have no one in mind for this card, but it will come in handy at some point.

I'd like to enter this into the present challenge over at That's Crafty, where their theme is 'Anything Goes'. (8.1.16)

Long time no post!

I didn't realise how long it was since I last posted, been that busy with Christmas cards and other Christmas stuff.......   I have a couple of birthdays in the next week, so I've finally got round to making them.

I used Distress ink in Tumbled Glass and Tea Dye for all the colour on this one.  The sentiment is a stamp by Woodware, the others, of course are Crazy Birds.

I used the bubble stencil from Clairty, inked through with Adirondack Inks in Pink Sherbet and Egg Plant.  All of the stamps are from a set by Marion Emberson called On Your Special Day.

Daisy Duck

I made this card for my Great niece who was 2 last week.  I used Distress Inks in Spun Sugar and Shaded Lilac for the background.  I stamped and coloured the image with ProMarkers and used the Letterbox stamps from Clarity for the wording, to which I also added a coat of very fine sparkly embossing powder.  The little flowers were a stamp from The Stamp Man with a gem added to the centres.

Thanks for looking xx

Brusho Card

To start this card I stamped onto water colour card with Versamark, using a stamp from Visible Image, and heat embossed with white embossing powder, this creates a resist against the Brushos.  Then out came the Brushos..... only 2 colours - Emerald and Cobalt Blue.  I added tiny amounts, one colour at a time, to dry card, then spritzed with water.  I stamped the sentiment, also from Visible Image, and added some gems to the flower centres.

Leafy Vines

This card is actually purple..... looks like brown on the pic...... lol.  I used the fab Leafy Vines stamps from Hero Arts, heat embossed in Silver.  The sentiment is computer generated and then cut with Sue Wilson dies.

Easy stuff....

I've been a bit stuck on what to do this last couple of days, so off I went Googling....... came across a few things which were quite straight forward and didn't need much thought...... lol.  So out came my Distress and Adirondack ink pads and away I went.

 I blended 3 colours of Distress Inks for this one, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber and used brushes to apply the ink.  The birdie stamp is from Inkylicious, and the Happy Birthday a stamp I've had for years.

2 colours of Adirondacks were used for this one, Stonewashed and Lettuce, again applied with brushes.  The stamp is also from Inkylicious and I coloured the red flowers with a Promarker.

Visible Image

My DT cards for this week.

I love simple cards like this one.  I started by stamping the swirls with VersaMark then I added a light cover of colour using PanPastels, the powder sticks to the VM.  I then heat embossed the flowers with white embossing powder.

Stamps used for this card are Revolution (swirl), Thank You Set (flower) and the sentiment from the Happy Birthday Set

I love, love, love these new Christmas stamps.  Nice and simple this card,  heat embossed with WOW Gold Sparkle embossing powder.

I used the Sparkle at Christmas set for this one.

And here's all the links you need for everything Visible Image -

Visible Image Website - Buy stamps, get lots of inspiration, newsletter sign up, and contact details.

Visible Image Blog - Daily inspiration from the DT.

Visible Image Facebook Group - DT inspiration, monthly 'Show & Tell' contest, and the place to find lots of other Visible Image fans.

Visible Image Facebook Page - Where you'll find all the latest news and information.

Stampscapes

I've had a couple of mens cards to make for this month, so thought I'd play with my Stampscape stamps, and here's the results.

All stamps from Stampscapes apart from the birds which are from Inkylicious, I used Distress Inks to colour the images.  The printed borders and sentiments were made on Word.

Lavinia Stamps

The theme for March's challenge over on Lavinia Stamps is 'Add Some Gems'.

The stamp used is of course one of Lavinias, and I used Brushos to make the background.  The sentiment was cut with a die by Tattered Lace.