Christmas Craft Creations, April Theme: No Stamping. with Video

 

This month we're not stamping at the Christmas Craft Creations and at first that threw me, but then I remembered I made a card similar to this one for  a challenge I've entered myself.

For it I'm using the Simon Says Stamp Joyful frame die and cut it from a cardpanel, then again to get the inner bit.

Traced the window onto the cardbase and swiped Distress inks Candied apple across the cardbase.

Adhered the panel with tape runner and placed it on the base.

Then stuck down the centre with liquid glue. for the twig I've used a  set from Marianne Design (Col 1439) It adds a little festive feeling with the red glittery berries, but it doesn't even need it.

As I had double sided tape behind the
cardstock the little bits became sticker and are so easy to stick on a card.

Perfect card for multiples.

For more information, or to play along the Christmas Craft Creations challenge, see this.

one layer layered card?

 

Sounds weird, but I stencilled the circles with Distress inks, then overlaid another stencil with a grid or design and used a contrasting Distress ink.

I thought it looked happy and bubbly. The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Layer it and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Happy Birthday.

I've used Distress inks: Wilted Violet and Chipped Sapphire, Pink Flamingo and Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.

The shaped stencil is from Dutch Do Ba Doo and the sentiment  I can't remember, from my stash of ephemera.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this. 

The Male Room Challenge #149: Wood

 This month the Male Room Challenge theme is: Wood.

I interpreted it like Woods, a forest, a shrubbery hehe well you know woods.

For my card I masked off an area, applied Distress inks ( Speckled egg, Evergreen bough and Pine Needles), then splattered it with water and dried it with my heattool.

Left the lower mask on and took the one on the top away so I could stamp my trees with them going off  the inkblended bit. For this I used Nellie Snellen stamps (Sil037, Csil004), I did cut up the groups of trees so I could make my own forest arrangement. For stamping I've used Versafine ink.

I also wanted to use the silhouette deer, but I was worried they wouldn't stand out. So instead I diecut Marianne Design CR1289 from dark grey cardstock and adhered it on the card, they could be standing in a snowbank.

The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps ( Simple sentiment strips), and I also stamped it with Versafine ink.

For more information, or to play along the Male Room Challenge, see this.

AAA Birthday Challenges #24 Shaped card, with video

 

The April theme for AAA Birthday Challenges is: a shaped card other than rectangle or square.

I went beehive shaped, not sure if that's the proper name, but hey.

First I thought I'd do a hexagon with the bees,maybe inkblend more hexagons,but then I thought I should attempt a free hand shape. If you have a die that does this then yay to you, I do not, so I winged it.

I cut three panels, the size of a normal card, then with pencil set the outline of my beehive and then traced it with a fineliner, erased the pencil marks and cut it out. Added dimension with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink.

On the second panel, I just applied some ink behind the "door" so it looks recessed. The third panel I scored in between the tiers and then folded it over, attached it with glue to the second panel.

The Bees are from Woodware stamps( Bee Happy). I stamped them with Gina K ink and cut them out. I coloured them  with Copic markers.

The sentiment I made with my label printer as , ofcourse, I don't have anything Bee+ Birthday, so I made my own. It's a very DIY card this one ;-).

Added one bee as if it's coming out the hive and then added the front panel to the other two. mounted the other bee with  foamtape and adhered it on top. Also  mounted the sentiment with foamtape.

For more information or to play along the AAA Birthday Challenge, see this.

AAA Cards Challenges #187: two quarters + rainbows, with video

 Happy Easter, this fortnight we play a new game at AAA Cards Challenges: 2 quarters of your card front.I explain more in my video and there's more examples on the AAA Cards blog.

Basically it's 2  1/4 bits of your card front not 2/4 because that would be 1/2, just to make it more challenging ;-). How you divide your cardfront it up to you.

My cardbase measures A6 metric, so 14,85cm divided by four is 3.6cm, I went for 3,5cm just to be on the safe side. I masked of the quarts on either side and inkblended Distress inks to get the Rainbow in the optional twist that was chosen by Ceal.

In the middle I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted (laugh outloud) with Versafine ink.

For more information or to play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

Less is More: pink, grey and gold

 So this fortnight pink, grey and gold for the Less is More Challenge.

Still mostly packed up, I thought I've seen my Wow embossing powders, but where are the heat tools...dunno.

Then I thought, I've seen my laminator so I went on the search for the foils.

I made the polkadot pattern in Photoshop and printed it with my laserprinter. Swiped Distress inks Kitsch Flamingo all over and then foiled it with Wow Fab foil in silver, yes..OK so redid it with gold :-D

I stamped the sentiment with Memento London Fog for my grey. it's from Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiment strips.

As my laser printed left a border, I cut out the strip and mounted it with foam tape.

I'm sorry it's a bit skewed on the photo, I tried to catch the sun on the gold foil  as best as possible. Next task should be unpacking Srl camera and flash

I only have one Paper Rose Studio die and well that's cows in a field, so wouldn't go, but I shall also enter it in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes. I wonder if they missed me lol

For more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.

And here's the card I messed up yesterday by using silver foil. I thought I'd  show what I did with it. I had the coloured elf image in my stash and sentiment is from same Whimsy set.

More Less is More ;-)

 I started this second card yesterday as well, but as I'm not set up properly yet, I can't take any pictures in the dark.

Also changed the inkblended sea from an oval to a strip. I've used memento inks ( Summer Sky, Teal Zeal and Nautical blue), then splattered it with water.

For the images I've used those in my stash. I coloured them yesterday, The Mermaid is My Favorite Things, the grass could be Craft Emotions and the Seahorse I think is CC Designs. I don't have any at hand so not sure. Coloured the images with Tri Blend Markers from my Craft survival kit. The senitment is from Whimsy stamps I prepped a few before moving house. You always need birthday cards, right?

For more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this.