CPS #99

I decided to try something a bit different when I made this card, following the template from CPS


I wanted to have a go at a postage stamp effect, using the little Cuttlebug die that I’ve had for a while, (but never used) and I must admit that it took me a couple of goes to get it right but I’m quite pleased with the over all effect.
It was the positioning of the pieces that was causing me the problems but once I had it sussed it the stamping and chalking was a breeze.
The template is in there by the way………it’s just not easy to see because of the colour of the papers that I’ve used.

Card – Craft Creation
Papers – Basic Grey, Hang 10 & Memory Stor (Costco Kit)
Inks – Tsukineko, Staz-On (Timber Brown) & VersaMark, Ranger Distress Ink (Faded Jeans)
Stamps – Tanda Safari Set 1(Lion & Trees) Whispers Words (Happy Birthday)
Chalks – Redicut decorating Chalks

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Eyelets
Fibres

Sketch Saturday #33

A friend of mine has asked me if I would make a card for her mum’s 70th birthday next week end. The only thing that she specified was flowers so it's given me the opportunity to use my most favourite stamp in the world, Rubber Stampede’s Hydrangea.

I think this is a beautiful stamp and it doesn't seem to matter what medium you use to colour it, it always looks special.

On this occasion I've dusted off my Twinkling H2o’s, which I’ve not used for a while and had a go at the new template from Sketch Saturday.

Card – Craft Creations,
Patterned Paper – Basic Grey, Sugared
Rubber Stamp – Rubber Stampede, Hydrangea
Inks –VersaFine (Black) Ranger Distress Ink (Peeled Paint)
Paint – LuminArte – Twinkling H2O’s (Fuzzy Peach, Poppy Red & Moss Green) Cosmic Shimmer (Golden Mint)
Dies - Nestabilities

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Brads
Gold Edged Ribbon
Silk Hydrangea Flowers
Computer Generated Greeting

Di Hickman #1 (Jan)

This doesn’t happen very often but to my surprise this is my second post today!!

There is a reason for it though……..I needed something to take my mind off my sore gums because I’ve just got back from the dentist. To distract me I decided to have a go at this weeks template from Di Hickman.

Di made a great suggestion on her blog.
If every time we do one of her templates we also make a Christmas card at the same time, come December we will have a nice pile all ready to post.
I would love to be able to say yes, I’ll do that, but I just know it’s not going to happen. Still you never know, now the seed has been planted I might just make the odd one or two, so watch this space. (But not this week!)

Anyway, here’s Di’s sketch for this week.


I loved the idea of having a scalloped edge along the bottom of the card and I’ve never done that myself before so I decided to give it a go.


Card Blank – Old Self Addressed Kit
Papers – Basic Grey, Sugared
Stickers – Basic Grey Sugared (Scalloped border & Flower)
Rubber Stamps – Rubber Stamp tapestry, nature Plate 4 & Pottery Garden
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink (Vintage Photo) Color Box Fluid Chalk (Rouge)

Other Bits
Ribbon
Gems

DCM - Tis the Season.......to Recycle!

It’s been another one of those weeks full of doctor’s, dentist’s, and vet’s appointments again but I’ve still managed to fit in some time for my card making and a card for this weeks Daring Cardmakers challenge.

'Tis the Season.......to Recycle!

We'd like you to do your bit for the planet and make a card using some recycled items.Yes, we know we've done similar challenges in the past, but some things are good to revisit and this is one of them - it gets us looking at stuff we might be throwing away and asking ourselves if there's some card-making mileage to be had from it.And besides, it's FREE! If you can use something rescued from Christmas rubbish (scraps from cards, decorations etc) - then you get double points! lol

It's double points for me then!!

We had some beautiful Gold sparkly Christmas Crackers this year and I managed to hold on to a piece of one of them just in case we had a dare to recycle something from Christmas…….very prudent it would seem!

I also kept some lovely sheer ribbon with satin edges that one of my pressies was tied with and have managed to incorporate both in my card.

I think my card has a bit of a Vintage feel to it, with some embossing, inking and torn edges adding to the layered look.


Card – Craft Creations Embossed Linen
Papers – Basic Grey Sugared
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink (Vintage Photo)
Dies – Ellison, Tipsy Hearts

Other BitsRecycled Gold Glittery card
Recycled Ribbon
Eyelets
Paper Flowers
Computer generated greeting

Papertake - Seeing Spots

It’s been a while since I had a go at one of the Papertake challenges but as I still have a few cards to make today it seemed like a good idea to give it a go this week.

They want to see spots before their eyes, so I’ve searched out spotty paper (still old stash); spotty ribbon and I’ve even made some spots of my own so I think I have it covered!

Card Blank– Old Self Addressed Kit
Patterned Paper – All My Memories Studio Collection
Rubber Stamp – Stick’n’Stamp (Flower Border) Penny Black (Happy Birthday) Scrappy Cat (Flower Heads)
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink (Peeled Paint) ColorBox Fluid Chalk (Wisteria)
Pencils – Prisma Color

Paper Punch - Woodware (small circle-Orange)

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Ribbons
Stick on Gem
Brads

CPS #98

I’m still being good and using up the remains of some of the old paper collections that I have lying around and some old card blank too.

Today I’ve used the new template from CPS




and made a birthday card with another of the Hampton Arts stamps from my ebay bargain and played a bit with my distress inks.


Card – QVC Christmas Kit (from 2007)
Patterned Papers – Crate Paper, Hampton Collection
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink (Antique Linen, Faded jeans, Tattered Rose) Color Box Fluid Chalk (Chestnut Roan)
Rubber Stamps -Hampton Arts
Embossing Powder- FunStamps (Clear)
Shape Cutter – Creative Memories (Ovals)

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Photo Anchors
Fibres

I've just realised as I was writing this that the maker of the stamp I've used and the name of the collection of papers are both Hampton. It certainly wasn't done intentionally....how strange!

Sketch Saturday #32

I really loved the template from Sketch Saturday this week and couldn’t wait to get going with it but I had to be patient until today when I knew I would have time to play.


I had to make sure I had plenty of time because I wanted to try a new stamping technique called Split Negative.
For this you have to stamp two images, one on light card with dark ink and the other on dark card with light ink and then you cut them in half and piece the opposite images back together again.
If you get it right you end up with two toppers for your cards, which alas I didn’t, hence I only have one card to show you but practice makes perfect and I’ll definitely be having another go at this.


Card – Craft Creations,
Patterned Paper – Crate Avenue
Inks –VersaMark pad, Color Box Fluid Chalk (Ice Jade)
Rubber Stamps – Hampton Arts (Flower), Whisper Words (Birthday Wishes)
Embossing Powder – Funstamps (Clear) Personal Impressions (Opaque White)
Dies - Nestabilities

Other StuffLarge Brads (American Crafts)
Ribbon

Sketch Saturday #31

Last Saturday’s challenge from Sketch Saturday was to make a card using our own choice of template from previous weeks.

I decided to go with the template 28 from the 6th December

and made this birthday card for my cousin’s birthday next week….it’s ok to say that because I know she’ll not see this.

I’ve used some more of my new crafty Christmas pressies on this one, a set of Tapestry stamps, ‘Spring Offerings’, which was from my friend Sharon and a Fiskars ‘Threading Water’ punch which was from my dad.
I also received two new Embossing Folders and a set of Christmas stamp from my good friend Lythan and a Stamper’s Ten book from my brother, so wasn’t I a lucky girl this Christmas!

Card – Craft Creations, Linen Embossed,
Dies - Nestabilities
Inks – Versa Color (Sky Blue, Lagoon Blue, Lapis Lazuli, Heliotrope & Chateau Gray)
Rubber Stamps – Rubber Stamp T tapestry ‘Spring Offerings’, Whispers Words ‘Happy Birthday’
Glitter Glue – Stickles

I’ll also show you the design I used for my Christmas cards this year, seeing as I forgot to put them on here. They were all like this or variations along the same lines.
Again I’ve used Tapestry stamps but this time I’ve used pegs from two different sets, Poinsettia Wreath and Tiny Grape & Holly Border.
That’s the nice thing about these stamps, you can use any different combination and they will always go together. They also guarantee that whatever sets you buy you will never double up on any of the pegs, so the possibilities are endless!
I’ve stamped using Versa Color inks in Green Tea, Olive & Burgundy and added highlights of Encore Metallic Gold and a touch of Burgundy Stickles glitter glue.

The start of another 'Crafty' year

So what happened to 2008?

I think I must have blinked and missed it….well that’s what it feels like anyway!

I can’t believe that another year has passed us by in a flash, but I suppose I’m just going to have to except that it really is 2009, so ...........................

Happy New Year Everyone

I hope you all have a healthy, happy

and an even craftier one than last year

The Daring Cardmakers have kicked the new year off to a good start with their first dare of 2009.

Giving Thanks

We bet you're now ready to put away all that Christmas stash, at least for a while - but there's something which must be done before the present-giving season fades into memory, and that of course, is to say Thank You properly for all those gifts we so enjoyed opening.So this week's Daring Cardmakers task is to get those Thank You cards made and sent - see how we like to help you get things done (hehe)?Anything goes this week as long as that all-important Thank You" message is there.

I thought I would say ‘Thank You’ in flowers.
I started by cutting a rectangle, shaping the corners and then, using a Rosewood coloured Marvy LePlume pen, wrote the words ‘Thank You’ very lightly in the centre.
Next I stamped over the writing using one of the three new sets of Tapestry stamps I was lucky enough to get for Christmas.
The set I’ve used for this was a gift from my Dad. It’s called Porcelain Bouquet and is really delicate and pretty.
On a separate piece of card I stamped the vase of flowers, still using the same set of stamps and cut it out using an oval Nestabilities die.
To finish the panels I’ve chalked over them and around the edges in shades of Pink.

Now to the main card blank.
I edged a White card using a clear border stamp from another of my new sets and added some Pink flowers before chalking around the edge of the card in shades of Green.

I finally attached the ‘Thank You’ flat onto the card and the oval vase panel on 3D foam and added three small Pink brads for the finishing touch.


I didn't stop there though........oh no!

I knew I would be needing more than one Thank You card so I decided to make this little set of tag cards too. It also gave me the opportunity to be true to one of my New Year’s Resolutions………..…use up my old stash!
These tag cards were the leftovers from an old Self Addressed kit and they’ve been hanging around in a box for ages (that should actually say 'years' but I’m too embarrassed to own up to that!)

The front of each tag has been embossed using different Cuttlebug embossing folders and the edges inked with Green (Peeled Paint) Ranger Distress Ink.

The vase of flowers and Thank You stamp are both from Hampton Arts, my bargain buy from ebay just before Christmas. 100 unmounted stamps for a little over £10.......not bad err!
I’ve stamped them with Black Versafine and then chalked each image to match the colour of the tag before mounting them on a mat of white card using 3D foam.
I then finished each tag off with some coordinating ribbon.

Catching up.......again!

Oh my! Yet another week has passed and I’ve managed to miss another Daring Cardmakers launch day with my card.
Actually the girls had prior notice that I would be late with my card this week because I had a very special house guest coming all the way from Switzerland to stay for the weekend, ……..my wonderful friend Nicki.

As you can imagine, there was no crafting going on.
What little time we had was spent chatting, eating and going to the Christmas Sing-A-Long at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon, the main reason for Nicki’s visit.
I had mentioned that we go every year and what a great start to the festivities it always makes and because Nicki had never been to the Royal Albert Hall she decided to come over for it.....how great was that!
We had a fantastic time but before we knew where we were, it was over and Nicki had to return home. Still, I will cherish the wonderful memory of Nicki being the only one standing up in the Royal Albert Hall while singing Frosty the Snowman…….ok…it may have only been for a second or two but it was funny!

She sends her love and says ‘hi’ to those of you from Crafts By Carolyn and anyone else who knows her.


Anyway, with the weekend over and Nicki no longer here to distract me (my excuse) I was able to start catching up with things today.


The week before last I said I was going to update my blog but I never got around to it because things have just been so manic. I’m still up to my armpits with Christmas preparations but at least I’ve managed to make my card for this weeks dare…….well I’ve made two as it happens!

But before I show you those I’ll show you the card I made for the previous dare. The card was on the DCM blog but I just didn't find the time to put on here.

The brief was to make a card in around 10 minutes which was perfect for me considering how little time I seem to have at the moment.

My card was very plain and very simple.


Now this week’s 'team' dare was a bit more of a challenge.
It’s easy to use just Gold or Sliver on a card but much more difficult to incorporate them both together.

For the first card I made I took the easy option and just used Gold on its own.

Then I decided to have another go and used both the Gold and Silver.


So there you have it!

There’s no dare next week and the way things are going I’m not sure how much time I will have to get on here anyway.
I would just like to thank everyone who visits my blog and those that leave wonderful messages. Believe me, they are always appreciated.
I would also like to say a big thank you to all of you who have supported The Daring Cardmakers since it started a little over two years ago and made it as successful as it is today.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and enjoy the holiday in whatever way suites you best
Lots of Love
Sue
x x x

Be Inspired At Home - DCM

I’ve been so bad not updating my blog over the last two weeks but that doesn’t mean to say that I’ve not been productive. It’s been more a case of little time left to do it so today I intend to add a few post here in an effort to bring things up to date a little.

First it has to be today’s dare from the Daring Cardmakers and it’s Kathy’s turn to have us scratching out heads while we panic about what to do. Her dare is a great help though because she has us searching out for our inspiration.

She says…..

Be Inspired At Home

This week you can make any card you like - so it can still be for Christmas, or to say Thank You or a card for any occasion you like, but I'd like you to look for your inspiration right there, in your home.

I started off by going around a few rooms with my camera, taking some photos of different things and then narrowed it down to three.
The wallpaper in my hall, my kitchen tiles and lastly, the one that I used, this limited edition framed cell from the Walt Disney film 101 Dalmatians.

I’ve kept the card quite simple but I have gone with a spotty background rather than spotty dogs.


Card – Craft Creations Creative Hammer (White), Creative Cover (Black)
Patterned Papers – DCWV Black and White stack
Rubber Stamp – Happy Birthday – Blond Moments Sweet Celebrations, Dog – unmounted stamp brought from someone on ebay.
Ink – Tsukineko Staz-On, Ranger Distress Ink (Black Soot)

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Brads
Ribbon

The idea is that you look around your home and find a pattern, design, motif etc - or just part of one that you can replicate and use as the inspiration for your card design

You could use the pattern of the floor or wall tiles in your kitchen or bathroom, or even your patio tiles

Or maybe there's a pattern/motif that's used on a picture frame, wallpaper or curtains.

Or how about checking your crockery, a vase, an ornament for a motif you could develop into a design for a card

Once you start looking around, you'll see loads of little design motifs that can work for you - at least I hope you will!

DCM - Cafe Chic!

I just thought I’d better take a little break from the mess that is my craft table and update my blog with the latest dare from the Daring Cardmakers
We have another ‘first time’ darer this week, in the shape of the very talented Vanessa and her theme for this week is

Cafe Chic!

Good morning everyone, my name is Vanessa, aka Ellepiggo, I've been cardmaking for several years now and I'm delighted to be part of the Daring Cardmakers team.

This is my first time at setting the dare and as we're on "firsts" I thought about the first thing that springs to my mind every morning - Coffee!! LOL!

Yes, I'm a bit of a cappuccino/latte macchiato girl, so I want to see lots of cards inspired by coffee!! Coffee colours, cup shaped cards, card inspired by a coffee jar label, using coffee beans on your card, coffee shop logos on your cards etc etc.....

I decided to use some wonderful Funky Hand papers, adding a spot of bling to the flower centers and made the quote the focal point of my card.


Card – Craft Creations Creative Hammer
Patterned Papers – Funky Hand, Now That’s Funky CD (Coffee with Pals)
Ink – Ranger Distress Ink
Quote – Printed on the computer

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Brads
Ribbon
Diamantes
Charm
Flowers

Right then, back to the mess.
I wouldn’t mind but I spent half an hour before I started this morning clearing things up and now it’s almost as messy again as it was before I started!

DCM - Birds, Birds and more Birds

I’ve not had a lot of time this week to take part in the usual challenges that I try to do.
That's because it's been a whirlwind of hospital appointments, MRI scans, dentist appointments and lots of Christmas card orders but I couldn’t let Rein’s inaugural dare for the Daring Cardmakers pass by without joining in.
She says…..

I love birds so I'd like you all to make a card featuring birds this

week ......a bird in the snow, a birds nest, a carrier pigeon, a

white stork or birds in the sky, or...,or... even big bird!

I’ve kept things fairly simple, using just two papers from the gorgeous Basic Grey Wassail collection.
I don’t know about you but I’m finding it so hard to actually cut these papers up.
I find myself looking through them and saying….oh, this one’s too nice, I’ll save it for later and Oooo this one would be much better used on something else and then before I know where I am I’m at the bottom of the stack and still haven’t chosen a paper to use on my card, so have to start at the beginning all over again……….Sad or what?

Anyway, I eventually decided on two of the papers and with the help of my Nestabilities, I made this card.

Card – Craft Creations Creative Hammer
Patterned Papers – Basic Grey Wassail
Rubber Stamp – Personal Impressions, Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Inks – Tsukineko Staz-On, Versa Color & Encore, Ranger Distress Ink
Embossing Powder– Stamp ‘n’ Stuff Detail Gold
Dies – Nestabilities
Glitter – Stickles

Other BitsBrads
Ribbon

Gainsborough's Blue Boy

I’m sure that most of you will have heard of or seen the painting by Gainsborough called Blue Boy.

Well as of the night before last I have acquired my very own Blue Boy…..in the shape of BoJangles my cat.

He’s recently taken a liking to sleeping in the little round wicker basket that I keep my cross stitch threads and other bits and bobs in when I’m working on something and the night before last was no different.

But when I woke up in the morning I had to do a double take. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me because Bo, my Black, White and Ginger cat now has nice Blue patches too.




Sometime during the night, and I’m not quite sure how, he managed to get the lid off the Blue Highlighter that I use to make off my charts as I work and as you can see the result is rather colourful.
Not only that, I can’t get it to come off so he’s going to have to live with it for a while.

Guess I should be grateful that it wasn’t the Pink one I was using!

CPS #90

Another Christmas card and another template from CPS ..........and don't faint, I've actually managed to do it on the same day as the template was launched........yah!



I thought this looked very similar to their template last week, with a very slight difference but my cards look nothing like one another.
That's probable because this is a Christmas card and the one last week was a birthday card Lol!

Anyway, here it is.
The photo's not that great because of the lack of light so I'll try and get a better one tomorrow.


I’ve used my lovely Basic Grey Fruitcake papers with lots of layering on this card and very little else, other than the two hand cut trees decorated with eyelets.

Card – Craft Creations Kaskad, Bazzill Basics
Patterned Papers – Basic Grey Fruitcake Collection
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink,
Punches - Woodware small circle & corner rounder

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Brads
Eyelets
Ribbon
Peel Off Greeting

Sketch Saturday #24

I’m well and truly into making my Christmas card orders now and for this card I’ve used this weeks template from Sketch Saturday


Here's my card


Card – Craft Creations, Creative Hammer Embossed,
Patterned Papers – Basic Grey Fruit Cake
Inks – Tsukineko Staz-On & Encore
Pencils – Prisma Color
Rubber Stamps – Fun Stamps (Choirboy), Elusive Images Christmas Flourish Plate (Greeting), Rubber Stamp Tapestry (Holly & Ivy)
Glitter Glue – Stickles
Embossing Folder – Cuttlebug D’vine Swirl
Embossing Powder – Stampendous Detail Gold

Sparkle & Bling

It’s Dottie and George week over at the Daring Cardmakers and not only do we have a wonderful sponsor, we have a Sparkle & Bling theme too.

This week its Jozza's turn for the Dare and as its Fireworks week here in the UK she has gone all sparkly - so the brief was lots of bling!!

We are sponsored this week by Louise Brigden (the designer of Dottie and George plus a whole host of other fabulous images) and Charmed cards and Crafts (the shop who sell the downloadable images).

I‘ve never used the Dottie and George images before and I have to say it was impressed. They were fun to use and printed out so well. Not only that, you get a choice of coloured or uncoloured imaged to print, so if you’re feeling lazy all the hard work is already done for you.


The dare was very timely for me because I needed to make a card for a friend who was leaving work to have her baby, so Dottie came in very handy indeed.
The problem was I made the card, took some photos, then gave her the card and pressie and then remembered, after it had gone, that I hadn’t given the card the sparkly, bling finish needed for the dare.........So now I needed to make another card.

As Christmas cards are firmly on my mind at present I decided to go with the Dottie and Snowman image which I coloured with Prisma Pencils, cut out and decoupage onto my card.

It also gave me the opportunity to bring out the lovely Artylicious Season’s Greetings CD by Glenda Waterworth to print my backing paper.
There was a fair bit of embossing, chalking and glittering going on here too although my glitter doesn’t really show up that well in the photo……….I promise you it’s there’s………..in no less than four colours.

I may as well give you a glimpse of the first card I made. For this I used one of the precoloured images of Dottie.


Card – Craft Creations Creative Hammer
Patterned Papers – Artylicious Season’s Greetings CD, DCWV Baby Stack
Images – Dottie Downloads
Dies – Sizzlits Nouveau Alphabet, Nestabilities
Embossing Folders – Cuttlebug Snowflakes, Cool Round Snowflake,
Punches – Xcut Snowflakes
Glitter – Stickles
Chalks – Pebbles Inc. I kan’dee
Flowers – Prima

Other BitsFibres
Brads
Ribbon

Craft Stamper

I’ve been buying this magazine for a few years now and aspire to create work as beautiful as the samples that they show each month……alas, I have a long way to go but it always inspires to keep trying.

The great news about this mag is that they have just started a Blog to complement it and as a celebration they have this blog candy up for grabs.


They also have a great subscription gift in the magazine this month……some wonderful PaperArtsy stamps.

Papertake - Simply Sparkling

Another of the birthday cards I had to make was done with this weeks Papertake challenge in mind.

This weeks challenge was inspired by all the bonfire and fireworks displays there have been lately! lol Simply sparkling - glitter, gems, or anything that is simply sparkling or along a bonfire/fireworks theme!

No rubber stamping for me this time ……..I’ve decided to play with my Sizzix Flower Parts set and the new Leaf Embossing folder that Lythan brought me for my birthday.

Oh, I've just realised I lied…….my greeting is rubber stamped……..I forgot about that!

You’ll notice that I’ve embossed the flower petals to give them some texture and the matt that the flower is assembled on was embossed with the leaf folder and then I ran an ink pad across the top the highlight the design.

Card – Craft Creations Creative Hammer Embossed
Patterned Paper – Crate Paper Cow Girl Collection
Rubber Stamp – Stamps Away greeting
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink, ColorBox Fluid Chalk
Pen – Staedtler Triplus Fineliner
Glitter Glue - Stickles

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Gem
Eyelet

CPS #89

I’ve finally finished making all the birthday cards I need to take me to the end of the year, so unless I get anymore special orders I can concentrate on Christmas stuff from now on.

This is one of the birthday cards I made using the template from CPS


I started by inking over my card blank with Distress ink and then going over it a second time with a brayer.


The patterned paper panels have been embossed in a couple of different Cuttlebug embossing folders to add some texture and the car image had been stamped and embossed twice onto a piece of the patterned paper and then cut out and decoupaged.

Card – Craft Creations Kaskad
Patterned Papers – Basic Grey Archaic Collection
Inks – Ranger Distress Ink, Anna Griffin Pigment Ink
Embossing Powder – Fun Stamps Clear
Rubber Stamps – Fun Stamps V. W. Beetle, Stamps Away greeting

Other BitsBrads
Eyelets
Fibres

Sketch Saturday #23

Another card made for the order that I’ve recently received and I’ve used yet another template.

This one’s from Sketch Saturday and it’s Coco’s first ever sketch. I have to say, she’s done a good job because I really did enjoy working from it and I’m sure that I’ll use it again.


Here’s my card……but be warned……it’s bright.


I think the construction of the card speaks for it’s self but I was having great problems sorting out what type of greeting to use.
Sometime I stamp them and other times I like to design and print them on my computer but in the end I decided to do something I’ve not done for a long time…….stamp directly onto the ribbon using Staz-On.


Card – Craft Creations, Creative Hammer Embossed, Bazzill Bling
Patterned Papers – Basic Grey Color Me Silly
Inks – Tsukineko Staz-On
Pencils – Prisma Color
Rubber Stamps – Stamps Away (Boy) Line Dots Alpha’s
Paint – Pébéo 3D Gloss Touch

Other BitsBrads
Photo Anchor’s
Ribbon

I love the template from Papertake this week and thought I would use it for a very special birthday card I’ve been asked to make.

I had in mind to use my lovely Penny Black Lily stamp but when I started to look didn’t really have any patterned papers in the yellow and Orange shades that I needed for it. Then I remembered the ‘Now That’s Funky’ DC I brought from Funky Hand little while back and managed to find the perfect colours in the Sunrise collection.
Instead of printing the paper and sticking it to card as I would usually do I decided to have a go printing directly onto the card. I was really pleased with the results especially as it was printed onto a hammer effect card and as an added bonus, it made the card look posh because the back has the pattern on it too!

To go over the top of this I made a matt by putting some cream card through my Cuttlebug in an embossing folder and gave it a quick swipe with an ink pad to emphasize the design.



Card – Craft Creations Creative Hammer Embossed
Patterned Paper – Funky Hand CD printed directly onto card
Inks – Color Box Fluid Chalks, Versa Magic Chalk, Adirondack Dye Pad
Rubber Stamps –Penny Black Brush Lily, Whispers Words Greeting

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Buttons
Stick on pearls
Peal Off Borders