Three Different Techniques

Hi All,

Monday has come around again and it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.

Sharon is our hostess this fortnight and her challenge is to use three of the following techniques on your card or project ...

Embossing (wet or dry)

Distressing

Masking

Making your own flowers

Paper piecing/patchwork

Shrink Plastic

I used embossing, make your own flowers and shrink plastic

Tim Holtz dressform diecut from textured kraft card

Flowers made using a Martha Stewart punch and cardstock inked with various DI's, with a touch of stickles and bling.

Leaf is a Stampin Up diecut

French script stamp is Stampin Up, embossed with gold

Stamped 'Love' onto shrink plastic with Stazon then shrunk with my heatgun

Mounted onto DP and gold miri

Our sponsors for this challenge are

Milk Coffee Digital Stamps with a prize of 5 digis

and

Sir Stampalot who have donated a Stampendous Fran-tage Mica Frantage Kit

I'd also like to enter my card into the following Challenges ...
Artful Times - #29 - Blooming Marvellous
Let's Craft and Create - #69 - One for the Girls

Okay that's me for today, sorry haven't been around much lately, life seems to have taken over again - trips to the garage with squeaky brakes, the optician to replace my son's lost glasses and shopping for new footwear for him as his feet seem to have grown overnight from a size 8 to a 9 1/2! ... blah, blah, blah ... never a dull moment in the life of a housewife! Lol!

Thanks for popping in, hope you're all well.

Take care
Suze xx

Coloured Card Base

Hi all,

A quick post from me this Sunday morning.  I've a wee card for this week's Less is More Challenge - (the challenge, in addition to being a one layer card, is to use a coloured card base), and also for Addicted to Stamps and More - (Addicted to CAS)

I've used a peachy hammered card base and stamped the image (Papermania) and sentiment (Stampin Up) in black Versafine and clear embossed.  I added a touch of colour with some Gelly Roll pens and added a touch of Stickles, so it's quite shiny and sparkly IRL.

Okay that's me for now - told you it was quick!

Hope you're all keeping fine - thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

Fabric ATC

Hi all,

Well did you all remember to wash you face in the dew this morning? Ah well, neither did I, so the wrinkles are still there!

I've something a wee bit different for you today.

When I saw the current challenge over at Anything But a Card was "ATCs", I knew immediately that I wanted to have a go at making a fabric ATC.

I'm also entering into the brand new challenge blog Our Creative Corner - "Anything Goes"

I've gone for a very simple design but if I have time I may do another one and have a go at fabric stamping and inking.

I started with a calico base then I added the semi circle (which is actually a light gold fabric). 

I then stitched around the semi circle with a variegated thread.  

The foliage is from the TH pinecone die and I stitched around this too to define it a bit.  

The butterfly is also TH.  

I then added some tiny circles punched from copper sheet.

I then zig zagged around the edge in the variegated thread.

It was nice to have a play on the old sewing machine for a change and doing something as small as this meant I could get it finished!! Unlike all the half finished sewing projects I have lying in bags and boxes in my craft room!

Okay that's me for tonight, thanks a lot for popping in.

Take care
Suze xx

Umbrella Man and Rainbow Flowers

Hi all,

Another Monday has come around and it's time for a new Crafty Cardmakers challenge.

Our hostess this fortnight is Tracey and her theme is "April Showers Bring May Flowers".  She would like to see a project which "includes an image of something rain related and is embellished with at least 2 flowers".

I've made a tag featuring Mr Umbrella Man and a rainbow of flowers ...

TH Umbrella Man is stamped with archival black and clear embossed. 

Rain splodges stamp is from Stampin Up French Foliage, silver embossed.

Puddles made with a versamark pen, silver embossed.

I then inked over the tag with various DI's.

Script stamp is Andy Skinner.

Quote is by Dolly Parton - Ha, bet her feet never get wet!

Our sponsors for this challenge are 

Di's Digi Downloads

who are donating a $10 gift voucher

and The Stamp Man

who are donating a £10 gift voucher

My tag also fits the current challenge over at Fashionable Stamping, which is "Sentimental".

Hope you can join us this time over at Crafty Cardmakers.

Thanks for popping in,
See you all soon,

Suze xx

Masculine Dynamic Duos

Hi folks,

Another quick CAS card - I'm on a roll! Lol!  

This time it's for Dynamic Duos

Challenge 49 - Basic Black and Basic Gray (dessert option: masculine)

It kinda makes a matching set with my previous card!

I used Stampin' Up French Foliage (leaves are stamped in Basic Gray and the splodges are in black), mounted onto Basic Gray and Black Card. Diecut letters are also Stampin Up.

Okay, I'm off again.  I need to quickly make tea for my daughter and myself and then my son will be arriving home from his 3 day Duke of Edinburgh camping/hiking trip.  No doubt he'll be full of stories.  Well, either that or I'll get nothing out of him and he'll just crash out on the sofa!

Thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

Stamped Sentiment Technique

Hi everyone,

Goodness knows what happened to last week, I was so busy with 'kids' stuff that the week flew by in a flash, however I was a good girl this morning and did some H********K so I though I deserved a little 'me' time to join in with the Less is More challenge.

It's a 'CASE' week and Chrissie and Jen have provided us with a choice of two cards to case.  I've gone with Chrissie's card cause I've been dying to have a go at this stamped/raised sentiment technique.  

My card also fits with the Addicted to CAS challenge which is "Flower".

Here's my card ...

I have to say I think it would be easier to do if I'd had individual letter dies.  I ended up placing my letters onto the acetate sheet from my stamp-a-ma-jig, then stamping the (Hero Arts) image on top, then using the acetate sheet to align the stamp onto the card base. (confusing I know!).


I then embossed a circle around the stamp for more interest and added some bling. (Ink is SU Rich Razzleberry).

I think also it might look better with a more solid stamp as my sentiment seems a bit too camouflaged by the 'open' design of the stamp.

Okay, that's me for now, hopefully I'll manage a bit more crafty time this week.

Thanks for popping in,
Take care

Suze xx

Inspired by a Movie

Hello again,  yes, I know, I'm like a bus (no, not the back end of one!) but for the fact that I haven't posted in ages and here I am, with two posts in one day.

I've got a card for the new Less Is More challenge which is inspired by "A FILM".  Easy enough you say but when it's one layer week, it becomes a real challenge. But challenges that make you think are the ones that I like best.

Anyhows after having a few ideas but then realising I didn't have the stamps to match, I did a quick googly search and came across this poster for the film Victor, Victoria

I don't think I've seen this film - but I do have the samps ...

A simple CAS wedding (or anniversary) card.  The moustache stamp was bought in New York (never used!) and the lips one is by Stampin' Up (never used!).  Both images are clear embossed so they're shiny IRL.  The font is Edwardian script.

Thanks very muchly for popping in, got a school meeting tonight but will be round to visit you later.

Take care
Suze xx