Mermaid Special

 

I won these wonderful stamps in an Allsorts challenge recently (thanks Brenda! allsortschallenge), they arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait to use them.  For the background I used some card I had bubbled several years ago using food colouring (google for tutorials on this technique).   How appropriate are the bubbles?  It's easy and makes a pretty background.  I stamped the mermaid and her fishy friend using Versafine Onyx ink, using off-the-page technique, and inked the edges with DI's.  Some of her scales are coloured in pinks and lavenders, Stickles on scales and in her hair for sparkle.

Some tutorials:  https://educationaltoyfactory.com/how-to-make-bubble-paper/  or  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZJVdURAjjs

Stamps: Lavinia 

Sentiment: Woodware

Also: DI's, Copics, food colouring, Stickles.

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Pace of Nature

 

I love leafy dies and cut these from various snippets of card from my bitz box.  I inked edges of the leaves and rubbed a touch of gilding wax over.  The leaves are adhered with the ends of the leaves free and slightly curled.

Dies: unknown     

Sentiment unknown

Also: DI's, Craft-T metallic rub-on 

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Purple Because

 

This is an embossing folder I have had for ages and hardly used.  I used DI's as watercolour to paint the flowers and fussy cut the edges to the embossed shape.  The sentiment is stamped in purple ink and clear embossed.  I always seem to have trouble photographing sparkly or shiny things.

EF: Hot Off The Press 

Senti stamp: unknown

Also: DI's, gems

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Delish Recipe Pocket

 

I made this for October's NZ cardswap.  We had to use a kitchen theme and put a summer recipe in a pocket (we are just coming into summer).

I used an apron die, sliced a pocket in the front for the recipe, which is a berry mousse dessert).  The die set came with the tools.  The bakers twine has a little bit of gold thread running through.  All this stuff is from my stash.  The inside is also decorated with the theme.  These have to be my fave colours.

Kitchen die set: unbranded  

Senti die: unknown

Strawberry stamp: magazine freebee

Also: patterned paper, bakers twine, gem

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Tattered Leaves

 

I like the subdued colour palette and the glint of metallics.

Die:  Tim Holtz/Sizzix 

Bg die: unknown

Sentiment:

Also: cord, metallic papers

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Apple Harvest

 

I don't usually use premade toppers, but this one is just so folksy and autumny - love those jugs of cider!.  I've had it forever (about 15 years I think) and am trying to use from my stash.  The sentiment also came with a set and just seemed right with this image.

I wanted to use PPapers from my stash, edges slightly inked randomly.  Actually all of the items are from stash.  Dark brown card which I tore one edge of,  sticky grid tape with the ends cut rough, and a hessian star.  The sentiment label has a slash of turquoise paint, crumpled textured card and a brad.

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asyoulikeit-favourite-cardbase-shape-and-why  my favourite is rectangular: sometimes upright, sometimes landscape.  Great shape for adding stuff to images and for displaying on shelf.

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WooHoo Bird

 

Critters are the name of the game - see what the design team have come up with to inspire you!  Join us at Critter Crazy, here:   crittercrazy

Here in NZ it is spring, and of course all the birds are out and about doing birdie business.  We generally don't have brightly coloured birds, and certainly don't have woohoo birds, but I couldn't resist a little fun.

I used some previously smooshed card snippets to die cut the bird.  Patterned paper as a background with a sprig of greenery for the woohoo bird to land on.  Embellished with gold metallic flakes.

Bird dies:  Memory Box

Sentiment: unknown

Leaf:

Also: IndigoBlu metallic flakes, black pearl

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Friendship Tea

 

Just a friendship card.   This is another old stamp that I love because of the patchwork stitching, it is heat embossed in black..  The teacup is stamped on patterned paper and fussy cut.  The EF/die has some stitching too so it all came together nicely.

Stamp patchwork (heat embossed): Funstamps

Stamped teacup: Craft Stamper

Bg Die: unknown

Lacy die: Spellbinders

Senti: 

Also: Watercolour paints kids set, twine

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Woodgrain Hello

 

A monochromatic card with a made background using white wax crayon as resist and Distress Inks over lines scored like bricks.   This was fun to do. The diecut is misted with gold interference and the butterfly has gold metallic gilding flakes.

Flower die: Couture Creations 

Stacked die Senti: Wplus9

Butterfly stamp: ClosetomyHeart

Also: DI's, Mist, gilding flakes, gold pen, gems

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Leaf Fragments

 

I think these leaf fragments are perfect for a sympathy card, especially for an older person.  It seems I need sympathy cards a lot lately.

Inspired by a sketch and a colour challenge.  The panel is embossed with a border EF (one of the first I ever got way back in 2007/8 it's an old cuttlebug). The leaves are cut from textured card and smudged with gold metallic rub-on wax.

EF: Cuttlebug 

Dies: Tim Holtz/Sizzix

Also: Craft-T metallic rub-on 

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Sympathy Framed

 

I have some beautiful papers and have been trying to work out ways to use them without covering up their special qualities.  I have used this frame die in other ways, but it works perfectly with this special paper.  The frame is stacked for dimension.  I used a vellum shadow behind the sentiment to soften the frame.

Frame die: unknown 

Senti die: unknown

PP: Ultimate Crafts 'rambling rose'

Also: vellum

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Leafy Thinking

Inspired by colour (color throwdown challenge). CAS design. I like these colours - part of nature's palette.  I am trying to use stuff in my stash, and re-discovered the metallic rub-on wax, such a lovely way to get a subtle touch of gold, and the slightly textured card of the diecut leaves shows it up well.

Leafy die: unbranded, gold rub-on

Senti stamp, gold embossed: unbranded

Also: Craf-T - metallic wax rub-on

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Panda Dance

 

A happy little dance on a CAS card.

Another NZ cardswap, instructions: use up those leftover white strips, add a pop of colour.  I stacked some white strips and paper-pieced a balloon for my splash of colour.  I added stickles to the stamped rain.

Panda Stamp: magazine freebie 

Rain stamp: unnknown

Sentiment:

Also: patt.paper, white gel pen, stickles

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New home &/or new dog

 

Seems like someone is always moving or getting a new dog!  This is for one of those occasions.  I stamped the houses on patterned paper and fussy cut them, the dog on textured card.  I made the background using stamping, ink and stencilling.   A bit of ink blending on the clouds and ground.

House stamps: unknown 

Dog stamp: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

Tree stamps: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

Clouds: die negative used as stencil

ALso: DI's, Copics, patt.paper, white pen

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Sunflower Gnome

 

This giant stamp is great to colour and nice to keep simple.  I stamped twice so I could cut out the flowers and 3D foam them.  I like that little bird nestling in the fold of the hat; bird covered with Opal Dust for twinkle.  Coloured with Copics.

Stamp: Woodware  

Tag die: NCraft

Sentiment: magazine freebie

Also: Copics, Glossy Accents (berries), 3D Kindyglitz (flower centres), white pen, Opal Dust, cord.

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