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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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 in parts from snippets, 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, and the rest is various scraps of patterned paper. 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.
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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Masculine? I reckon.
Fab dotty p.paper, stamped embossed senti, diecuts galore. I think the deer is Sizzix/TimHoltz, but I can't find it now (maybe I gave it away?), stamped dotty speckles on it's back. Layers, layers, layers. Kraft colour using repurposed manilla folders.
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Such a fun image (I'm sure none of us look like that, but sometimes I feel like that), and a bit snarky. Gotta love those bunny slippers.
Art Impressions image stamped, coloured with Copics and fussy cut. The background paper (which has some sparkly stripes) has edges inked with DI's, and a downhill slope of coordinating card. It's like a bit of carpet for her to stand on. The happy face has a dot of Glossy Accents. All from stash.
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Shades of purple, very calm. I seem to have been working in purple lately, what is that about?
The background is a coverplate panel die, a great way to add interest without being fussy. The circle is a die cut with sentiment diecut to match using Spellbinders. Lots of strips/snippets of purple with differrent textures, and a cute star I found in my Bitz Box.
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Inside says "... to say welcome to the neighbourhood". A new someone moved in last week - this is for them.
I stamped the house which is in two bits, then swiped a versacolor cube of dark green along the bottom to look like grass. The sentiment (Finnabar) is stamped directly, as is the heart coming out of the chimney.
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This is for a friend called Joy it's her birthday soon. I know she will love the House Mouse.
I used a side opening card as the base. The image is House Mouse. The patterned paper has frosty glitter on some of the flowers, and I used blue double sided Cuttlebug card for the circle and mats. The Cuttlebug card has two shades of the same colour and that meant the circle looked good from the other side too. The diecut circle was stamped with Versamark ink in a random dotty pattern and embossed with Stampendous Stardust glitter EP. The HOuse mouse stamp is coloured with Inktense coloured pencils with white gel pen highlights.
For the stopper I used a brad and punched a flower (Martha Stewart), I put little dots of white gel pen on the brad and centre of the punched flowers to match the image flower. Stickles is added to the sprigs of greenery. It really does sparkle.
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I've had this cute stamp for years and still like it, it has such a joyful feeling. It also has options for what to put in the basket, here I've used apples. It also has shamrocks, hearts etc.
The stamp set is Sugar Pea, coloured with Intense coloured pencils. I like using these because I can have it on my lap and colour in front of tv. When I stuck the image on, I used foam tape at the top behind the apples to make them pop up. The base card is iridescent and looks great with this gingham patt.paper which is diecut raggedy, using the same die set for the sentiment. A stamped sentiment is from a different stamp set, added some white pen highlights and a snippet of glittery bow. The dots are dropouts from a die, I love using them, and they don't get damaged in the mail.
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A bit of real life? Amazing Fact: hearing aids don't actually work by sitting in their box/charger by the bed ...
Whimsy Stamps stamp is coloured with Copics with detail, fussy cut, popped up on foam tape. The EF background is a magazine freebee, a large square EF cut down to size.
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We have an elderly friend in his eighties who is always making furniture for his demanding children and grandchildren. It's his birthday soon so I thought I'd acknowledge his role as carpenter extraordinaire. I really enjoy making these personalised cards for people I know will enjoy them.
The image is a QKR digital coloured with Copics and fussy cut; popped up on foam tape. Background is a Sizzix EF with texture and screws, spritzed with several layers of Distress Ink Sprays, rubbed over the screws with brown DI, and coated them with Ranger Glossy Accents. The Kraft board with the sentiment is embossed with Sizzix woodgrain, edge border smoothed with bone folder in scoring board and screwed using silver dots with a line through. A couple of tool charm diecuts from dieNamics stuffed into his toolkit. White pen highlights.
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Show us your animals! That's what Critter Crazy challenges are all about. All you have to have is an animal as your focal point - we'd love to see what you can do! Join us here: crittercrazy
I chose to use some cool cats by Anita Jeram/Colorado Stamps, coloured with Copics on a diecut panel set wonky. Mesh net on a pink base card and a sentiment casually stapled on. The sentiment from the same stamp set, is stamped onto a diecut ticket coloured/dabbed with Ranger Spun Sugar Distress Inks, stapled on with some cool blue staples I found somewhere years ago. The icecreams also have Stickles for sparkle, and a few gems.... Ranger Stickles on the icecreams, gems added in the corner.
At Pokeno, NZ we have icecream shops that are famous for giving giant icecreams in so many flavours - I made these flavours chocolate chip, raspberry sorbet, and neapolitan with a flake bar.
