Sepia Discovery

 

Vintage style is always fun to play with.  I have a photo of me as a child very similar to this one.

The background card panel is some I treated/dyed/stained/coloured with coffee and coffee grounds. I made a whole batch for later.   Layered with a vintage photo (I think it came with an old Tim Holtz package) diecut into a Dienamics tag, an inked diecut doiley, gauze, a piece of fringe, stamping, a pearl, an old ticket, staples, and a Tim Holtz metal charm thingy that says "Discover" held on with brads.  Is that enough old stuff?

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Happy Friends

 

A woodland scene with stamping, stencilling and Copic colouring.

The panel is matted onto patterned paper.  This is a great way to use those difficult or 'ugly' papers that have sat in stash forever and not easy to use otherwise.  A diecut negative from another project is used as a stencil, coloured with DI's with a bit of water splatter.  The animals stamped, coloured with Copics and die cut.   The sentiment is Woodware.  White dot using gel pen.

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Tag Blues

 

 

A tag with munched bits; tag die AAll & Create.  Smooshed with Ranger DI's, random stamped with postmarks and also dotty circles from same set (unbranded) with JuiseyArt hybrid inks, then fussy cut.  Text strip sticker from Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz Ideo-logy pad.  Scrap of ribbon stapled on.

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I Pick You

 

While the northern hemisphere is celebrating autumn, we are just moving into spring.  Our clocks go into summer time next weekend.  YAY!  This means sometimes we in NZ struggle to get excited about seasonal challenge themes.  Here goes one for autumn.

A large leafy background stamp using a watercolour technique, a diecut banner, some patterned papers (for zing) and My Favorite Things stamps that are coloured with Copics, paperpieced and fussycut!  There are a couple of punched maple leaves punch (not branded), twine, and gold pearls holding the sentiment sign in place.  I do like mousey's sweater which is stamped on a tiny scrap of patterned paper and carefully cut to fit; I think it looks knitted.

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Birthday Wishes for You

 

Inspired by a colour challenge, I picked out this stamp set that I've had for a while and not used yet.  It was perfect for a CAS style card.

Sage green and blue with a touch of metallic gold in the dotty bits.  The green ink is Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy.  I stamped the layers of the flowers with JuiscyArt hybrid inks, then fussy cut them, layering them with foam tape.  

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Zoom Zoom

 

The cheeky money is trying to find his way around the city in his rusty little car using this map.  It is intended for a grandson's birthday.

The background panel uses the letterpress embossing technique with blue ink pressed into the hollows.  A layered strip with smudgy blue dotty paper and chocolate brown for him to drive along; the car is stamped on a smooshed scrap (unbranded brand), coloured with Copics, fussycut, and popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment is part of the set.  White gel pen highlights, silver dots.

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Scripty Leaf

 

 A bit of a hybrid card.  This is an unusual colour combination with blue and brown together, colours I wouldn't usually use.

The background patterned paper is from Digital Scrapbooking.com with a texty patch, banners with blue staples, sentiment stamped and diecut (Waffle Flower) and popped up on foam.  A diecut inked leaf (unknown) and gold pearls.

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Make your own

 

I made this for a NZ cardswap where we had to make our own designer paper.  The sentiment is meant as encouragment.

I used my gelli plate to ink (Distress Inks) and stamp over to make my own background to this card (also misted with Perfect Pearls), which I diecut using SimonSaysStamp squovals die.  I also used same stamp to stamp on another piece of inky card spritzed with Distress Spray for the flowers, fussy cutting them and putting some under the panel as well as popping some up on the front.  The sentiment is simply stamped.  Gold metallic pen dots on the flower stamens and sentiment panel.   Sequins added.  

 I like the effect of this arty looking card.

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Pink n white

 

I've been trying to use up my yarn stash and have been knitting over the NZ winter.  One of my friends has a little granddaughter this is destined for.  The two tone is because I didn't have enough pink yarn so made a design feature with white yarn.  I've also knitted another two in the same pattern but different colours to give to a charity shop.   Pattern is Sirdar 3100 with sizes 0- 6 years, great value with a sweater, cardigan and hat.

I don't know if real items apart from paper meet criteria for some challenges.  If not, please delete them from your challenge.  Thanks, C.

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Washi Pink

 

Inspired by challenges using washi, which, of course, are now expired.  This is one of those products that, for me, are out-of-sight-out-of-mind.  Time I used them.

The doily die is Couture Creations.  Three washi in pinks, a gold embossed sentiment stamp (Grace Taylor - really really old, and I don't think I've ever used it before) onto a diecut label from cArt, gold pearls.  A breakfast tray and flower from stash.  Tiny diecut hearts with Ranger Stickles, gold strip trim to balance gold senti.   Gosh, time I used lots of stuff I have forgotten about.

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Watercolour Three Buds

 

I have been dabbling in watercolour painting lately; here is one of them.

Watercolour paper, watercolour paints, freestyle painting without drawing wet-on-wet plus splatter.

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HM Appled Mouse

 

HouseMouses are so cute and they are always getting into mischief.

This House Mouse image is from a CD about 18 years old that I got in the UK through Joanna Sheen, and I have coloured it up more using Copics.    The pretty patterned paper is from stash.  The panel is backed with a leafy diecut from Sizzix and popped up on 3D foam.  The senti is diecut from the leftover strip and matted onto an orange shadow diecut to match the orange base card. Highlights with white gel pen.  

I think the leafy paper makes it look like he is in the orchard getting dropped apples ... just waiting for the wasps to arrive ...

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Tree Leafy

 

A salute to nature.

The black panel has a border scored around the edge for a frame.  The white panel is stamped (Whispers Docraft) and laid over a inked diecut panel (Couture Creations).  Ranger Distress inks.

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Sympathy Flowers

 

Another sympathy card.

This time I used a lavender base card with texture.  The front panel is stamped (Simon Says Stamp sketchy flowers) and heat embossed with silver EP.  Then I used watercolour paints to colour it; the embossing really helps to keep the colour inside the lines; fussy cut around the flowers.   The corner is diecut (Marianne Anja), a tiny stamped sentiment and various coloured gems added.

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Parrot Pieced

 

Yesterday I received this sizzix die in the mail and of course I had to try it out straight away.  I have made two cards, here is the first - I will save the other for later, it is quite different.

The die is all in one piece so I had to work out the best way to use it.  Firstly I diecut a whole die in white card, then diecut body, leaves & flowers from snippets of patterned paper, trimmed to shape and reassembled it onto the white card diecut.   The background is a Cuttlebug EF with inked edges; the parrot die is Sizzix.  I purposely left off a sentiment so I could use it for any occasion.

.. and here we are with this brightly coloured parrot sitting in it's flowery leafy bower.

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Find Joy

 

I made this for our NZ cardswap.  This "pivot & flip" fancy fold was the feature chosen for the swap.  I must say I did not enjoy making this fold.

I used one of my favourite paisley papers as the basis for the scheme, with a coordinating purple marbled paper and a dotty blue paper which were the main colours in the paisley.  The base card fold is light purple hessian textured card.

I added leafy diecuts (Couture Creations) in two shades of purple and a beautiful gold repurposed heavy wrapping paper plus some gold dots which are drop-outs from dies.  On the 'wings' I added sayings which I hope will be uplifting/encouraging.  

On the back I made a purple panel (Joanna Sheen diecut with 3D Kindyglitz centres) to tie in with the front, and a panel to write a message on with a gold leaf attached.

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Get well

 

CAS a simple message to get well, hopefully it would bring a smile.  Inspired by the challenge sketch (see below).

A scored border on the base card.  The bandaid die (My Favorite Things) cut in various pinks, includes the tiny hearts.  Sentiment white heat embossed.  All popped up on foam tape.

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