Hi there,

I was meaning to post this last week, but I have returned to teaching (2 days a week) after having 13 months off…so I have been SUPER busy!

My Mum asked me to make a set of cards for her friend who is turning 50, so I made a set of this card I posted recently…I just had fun experimenting with different colours. I also bought a box to put them all in and covered it to match the set. (Originally the box had Disneyland princesses all over it!) I am really pleased with the finished product.

Sorry about all the photos, but I wanted to show you all the different colour combinations I came up with!

And finally the matching box…

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp, Practicing Creativity – Just Dandy
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Broken China,  Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Old Paper, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), X-press It blending card, white card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, uniball white gel pen, foam dimensionals, S.E.I buttons, Kitchen twine, glossy accents (to adhere the buttons), Fiskars cutting board and scoring stylus, box

Well there you have it. We are having a heat wave at the moment….it was 40 degrees here yesterday!!

Until next time,

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Hi there,

This card is one that I made for a friend of mine who lost a close friend suddenly last week.

I totally cased this card that Jill Foster made on her blog a couple of weeks ago as I loved the layout so much….. I just added some more colour and a different background. Jill is one talented card maker and is the absolute queen of using distress inks….and because I got my first batch of distress inks for Christmas, I thought I had best put them to use.

I heavily apply distress ink over the top of my stamped images (Barn Door, Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold). I then used a uniball white gel pen and coloured in the tips of the petals and the middle of each flower. On the background I used Peeled Paint distress ink and tried to flick water on the card (as Jill Foster does so well on her cards….but I am needing a little more practise!!), then I stamped the Hero Arts Friend Definition stamp over the top with Scattered Straw to give a bit of texture. It is hard to see in the photo, but the flowers are raised slightly with foam to give some dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp, Hero Arts Freind Definition Cling stamp
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Barn Door, Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), White card
Other Supplies: Uniball white gel pen, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft ‘Thinking of You’ rub-on, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, white ribbon

Thanks for taking the time to look.

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Hello! Hope that you have managed to squeeze some sort of craftiness into your day today.

Last night I had a chance to play with a new stamp that I recently received in the mail – the Hero Arts Stencil flower.

I am entering it into the Just Add Ink #51 challenge where the theme is monochrome. I have been watching this challenge site for a little while, but have been so busy…this is my first entry into this challenge. I am loving turquoise/teal colours at the moment and monochromatic themes are always fun to play around with.

Here it is…

A close up of the flower showing some of the dimension. I had fun making my own background paper using a sunshine ray stamp from the ‘You’re Dandy’ stamp set from Practicing Creativity. I alternated the colours using Tumbled Glass and Broken China distress inks.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp, Practicing Creativity – Just Dandy
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Broken China and Tumbled Glass
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), White card
Other Supplies: Copic marker BG09 blue green, uniball white gel pen, foam dimensionals, White handmade button from Jane’s Doodles, Kitchen twine, glossy accents (to adhere the button), Fiskars cutting board and scoring stylus

Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you like it.

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Not sure about you, but when I come across a card that I really like, I make note of it and its URL so that I have a list of inspirational cards that I can turn to.

Well this is one of those cards that I just adore… and it comes from one of my all time favourite card makers – Laurie Willison. You should check out her blog – Soapbox Creations.

She made this card a while back and posted this video on how she made her flower out of saddle stitch ribbon – so I gave it a go and it was so simple to do. I had fun completely casing her whole design actually.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Flowing Flowers and Leaves Cling stamp, Hero Arts Blossoms Cling stamp set
Ink: VersaColor – Cardinal, Aged Paper distress ink, VersaMark Watermark Ink
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), White card, Pale green Bazzill card – 2 shades
Other Supplies: Red saddle stitch ribbon, Nestabilities -Labels 4, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Computer generated font – CAC Pinafore printed in grey, Zots 3D dots, sponge dauber, white uniball gel pen

So another personalised 60th birthday card made for a friend.

Thanks for taking the time to read and have a look.

Until next time,

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Hello there fellow crafty people,

Today I am sharing a card that a colleague of mine asked me to make for her, for a male friend named Cliff who is turning 60. I needed some inspiration as man cards are not my forte, and then into my inbox popped this lovely card from Therese and this was all the inspiration I needed….thanks Therese!!

This is also the first card I have made using my first ever set of nesties – I know – a bit behind the eight ball, but I am in love with them! I want more!! The dandelions are from a set called ‘Just Dandy’ from Practicing Creativity and are white embossed.

A close up of the embossing.

Supplies:

Stamps: Practicing Creativity – Just Dandy
Ink: VersaMark Watermark Ink
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Turquoise Bazzill card – 2 shades
Other Supplies: Nestabilities -Labels 4, American Craft White embossing powder, heat gun, white DMC thread, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Computer generated font – Segoe Script printed in grey, white striped paper from Fashion Textures Creative Stationery.

This card took many attempts to get to this finished product but I am pleased with how it turned out. Originally I clear embossed the dandelions but they didn’t stand out enough on the card.

Thanks for looking. I have another 60th b’day card to share with you soon.

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Hi,

My little girl turned one on Christmas Eve and we before we left to go away for Christmas we had a little party for her. This is the invitation that I made for her birthday party. It looks like an A5 sized card, but it as actually a mini card – A6 size (half a normal sized card). Yes, yes…I know it is that Hero Arts butterfly stamp AGAIN…..but I just love this little guy!

…and the twine is good old kitchen twine!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Engravings Stamp, Hero Arts Flowing Flowers and Leaves Cling stamp
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black,VersaMark Watermark Ink
Card: Kraft Card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, stubbs, kitchen twine, Kaisercraft pearls, white pen, foam dimensionals, small circle punch, Zots 3D dots

I can’t believe my baby is 1! Happy birthday little one.

Thanks for looking,

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Hi everyone,

I have been MIA for a while, but hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I have not been crafty for the last 3 weeks as we have travelled several thousands of kms visiting friends and family for Christmas. Now that we are back at home, I hope to get crafty REALLY soon. I have had so much time to think and plan some cards in my head. I think I am having crafty withdrawals!! Oh and I have some new goodies to play with that I picked up on my travels!!

So I will be back soon with some crafty goodness for you.

Take care,

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