A pretty bold paper, and in colours I would not normally choose. So I let the paper do the talking and made the stacked sentiment bold too. The paper has some textured parts, not exactly glittery, more gel-like.
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The background is painted with pearly watercolour paints on watercolour paper. I has a lovely sheen.
The diecut balloon from Joanna Sheen is cut in two different patterned papers and reassembled using both papers. A stamped diecut tag (NCraft) tied up with gardeners twine.
Here in Hamilton, NZ we have a hot air balloon festival in April, our southern autumn.
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This sweet little house mouse has 'presented' herself for someone's birthday complete with a gift ribbon.
The House Mouse image is stamped on white card and coloured with Copics with a soft brush of DI colour around the edges of the diecut oval. The oval is popped up on foam and placed on a blue & green checked panel that is scored around all the edges, and then onto a diecut lacy panel. The Papercraft diecut tag has a computer made sentiment, and a cute little snippet of ribbon bow. White gel pen highlights.
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asyoulikeit/favourite-colouring-medium-and-why I like Copics because they are instant, saturated colour and easily blended.
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A clean and simple floral in beautiful colours inspired by a couple of challenges.
The white panel has an embossed border (a really old Cuttlebug EF). Firstly white card is coloured with JuiseyArt hybrid inks, then stamped with the outline peony stamp & diecut (Couture Creations stamp & die set). I used Copics to add shadows and detail to the flower & leaves, and Wink of Stella to the petal edges for a bit of sparkle (see detail pic). On a snippet left over from the leaves, the sentiment (Waffle Flower) is stamped & die cut. The flower is popped up in foam tape to create a soft shadow.
The flowers are diecut, misted with Perfect Pearls and arranged randomly as they would grow, some of them are popped up on foam. A diecut border in white, and a stamped & embossed sentiment with a handcut fishtail end.
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Just trying out my new stamp (LawnFawn). I smooshed the background, then stamped the chameleon and die cut it. The other bits (tree & leaf) are stamped on scraps/snippets and added to the panel. The panel is diecut in a tag shape (Art by Marlene), added to the base card and the chameleon is popped up on foam. Detail on the creature is coloured with Copics. Stamped sentiment strips and a twine bow to finish.
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What a fun bunny image by Croll, making a great CAS card. I coloured it with Copics, made a little tag with sentiment and tied it with a tulle ribbon. Stickles for sparkle.
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A lovely bunch for you! Another Parkinson's fundraiser.
Background embossing folder (Cuttlebug Script). Stamped, stencilled & diecut tulips (unknown set), coloured with DI's. Tulips are layered with different depths of foam tape. Tag diecut, twine, WoS, black splatter, gem.
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neglectedstuff-august the EF is one of my first buys a long, long time ago and is neglected. I love it, should use it more.
While this could be for any animal lover, it's a great man card, lots of fun to make with a couple of surprises for the recipient.
A red stripey paper background, along with a woody patterned paper (Kaisercraft) chopped up to make a barn door with diecut hinges. A flip-flap mechanism (I don't know where I got the instructions for this, have had it for ages) with punched corners (Couture Creations). Some really cute Simon Says Stamps coloured with Copics, a distressed panel, a scrap of twine, scraps of diecut foliage. Sentiment stamp Stampers Anonymous.
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I really like making CAS cards. In some ways CAS are harder than fancy ones because the design has to be stronger and the elements simple, which is why I often use a sketch. I am trying to find a way to keep them simple but interesting. This time I used three elements - a shape, an image and a sentiment.
The image and shape (patterned paper) are diecut, the sentiment words stamped with a hand drawn border. I chose a brick patterned paper as most skateboarders play in hard built environments. Good for a teen, or male.
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Acrylic on board. A leaf picked up on the way to the weekly art session.
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My art wall quilt hanging in TCC Art Centre Gallery.
"Houses don't make a village, people do. He tangata he tangata he tangata!"
Started in 2018 at a class, then abandoned because I didn't know where I was going with it when it came to finishing. Resurrected this year 2026 when I finally realised what I wanted it to say and how to quilt it. I used matchstick quilting technique and it fits the style perfectly. I love it. The fabrics are all raw edge batik, quilted with varigated cotton thread.
We live in a retirement village and that inspired the title of the work. A political statement, oh yes.
I used a sketch from Cheerful sketches for this one. Sometimes when you get a bit stuck with an image or layout a sketch is helpful. I like making cards that tell a story too.
My aim for this one was to use the sketch and also my last precious piece of lovely chevron patterned paper. I like the mix of greens too... fun. I'm sure froggy's fave colour is green, even though Kermit says "it's not easy being green".
Everything from stash, nothing new here. Lots of snippets from my Bitz Box. Most stuff used is probably more than 10 years old.
Lots of patterned paper from my Bitz Box, cut to shape. A Waffle Flower sentiment stamped and embossed on a diecut vellum stitched circle. A frog diecut, inked and gilded with 3D Kindyglitz. A lily pad made with a sand dollar diecut and some rushes for froggy to hide in. I think the vellum looks like a pool.
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