Pengi Texty Tree

 

For this month's NZ cardswap group we had to make an unusual christmas card & tags.  For the unusual I chose torn edges, a penguin and a texty undecorated tree.

The edges of the  patterned paper are torn,  coloured and edged with DI.  The tree is digital, printed, rubbed over with DI and misted with gold interference.  The pengi is a digital image coloured with Copics. Sentiment stamp is coloured with Copics and the hearts have Stickles.

Penguin digi: Bugaboo 

Tree digi: Vera Lane

Tag dies: various dies, stamps

Also: Patterned paper, gold interference mist, Copics, white pen

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Berry Bird

 

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A bit of stencilling and smooshing, some diecutting and a little bit of shiny.   I made the body of the bird (diecut unbranded) from snippets of smooshed card, and the breast & berries are coloured with Copics.  DI's stencilled (Rosies stencil) and black pen used for eye, with Glossy Accents on the berries.  I left it without a sentiment so I could add whatever I need later ... 

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Tree Sparkles

 A CAS Christmas.  Simple sparkle.

The base card is actually cream, diecut tree (Couture Creations) from glitter card, sentiment stamp (Concord & 9th), crystalline cord.

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Thanks Countryside Harvest

 

I don't often make cards in this format, but the paper had so many beautiful images that need to be included, and landscapes often look better in landscape! 

I had to cut the paper so the main scenes weren't covered by the bars of the die frame.  Base card in light green, white mat and dark green frame.  Sentiment with shadow is metallic silver with Stickles added ( I thought it looked frosty).

Paper: from Daphne's Diary magazine 

Die:

Senti:

Also: Stickles

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Whatever Age

 

I love using this old friends stamp.  Smooshed DI's background, paper-pieced dresses,hats etc.  Coloured in stockings, doodled edges.

Stamp:  

Also:  Distress inks, snippets for paperpiecing, black pen

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Hydrangea Frame

 

Stamped, smooshed base card, touched up with Copics.  Diecut window with dry scored border around, and outside edges inked.  Popped up on 3D foam.  Senti stamped in purple and clear heat embossed.

Stamp:  Hero Arts

Senti stamp: Hero Arts

Also: gems, Kindyglitz

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Rose for You

 

A rose stamped wtice. Once on the card base, once on patterned paper.  Sponged colour around rose and splattered.  Cut out patt.paper and applied on top of stamped base card.  I think the dotty paper looks like pearls.  It's pretty hard to make a CAS card using patterned papers, but the paper is what makes it special.

I made this for someone in need of special thoughts.

Stamp: Tim Holtz 

Also: DI's, black acrylic paint

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Rabbit Rising

 

Critter Crazy is always about critters.  Check out the designer inspiration and join in the challenge here:  crittercrazy

I like this rebellious little rabbit, and CAS too!

Stamps: unknown 

Also: Copics, DI's, Stickles

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The Paw

 

Don't argue with The Paw.

Gotta love the Tim Holtz snarky cats, stamped on patterned paper and tarted up with Copics.  The background is a three layer stencil set.  Torn and sanded paper snippets, with the cat scratch signature drawn by hand on the torn senti tag.  The stars are drop-outs from a panel stencil.  Cat & senti popped on 3D foam.  

Never argue with The Paw.

Image: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous  

Stencils:

Sentiment: handwritten

Also:  White pen, black pen

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Birthday Girl

 

Penny's Papercrafty Challenge is sponsored by Mirtillament this time.  I am pleased to be a guest designer, so have a look at the design team's offering and be inspired to join in, here:  pennyspapercraftychallenges

It is late spring here in NZ, and we are all looking forward to summer ... 

The image I chose is Mirtillemente "Victoria Summer Hat".   I used coloured pencils and fussy-cut the image.  The background is a print from an inky stencil, which looked a bit beachy and summery. When it was dry I misted with Sheer Shimmer Mist for subtle sparkle (click on one of the detail photos). The shells and starfish are diecuts from a very old set by Provocraft before the advent of wafer dies.  Sentiment stamped and stacked.  I added Glossy Accents to the sunglasses, and a pearl on her hat to carry on the sea theme.

Image: Mirtillamente "Victoria Summer Hat" 

Stencil: unknown

Sentiment: unbranded

Punch:

Shell & Starfish Dies: Provocraft

Also: Coloured pencils,  DI's, Sheer Shimmer mist, Glossy Accents, white pen, gold pen, pearl

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Eclipse Flowers

 

Using the eclipse technique (see tutorials on youtube, GinaK), slightly modified - I used two colours (purple on one panel and black on the other), and the background used two different dies because I didn't like the first one.  

Dies: stitched die: Spellbinders  

Other dies:  unknown

Floral Stamp: 

Also: 3DKindyglitz (silver)

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Wishes Mug

 

Our (grown up, middle aged) son, loves lolly cake and has some fun mugs which he uses when facetiming as part of his job.  He has been heard to use the common saying when relinquishing responsibility "Not my circus, not my monkeys".  I found this great mug with "oh, that's right, it is my circus, they are my monkeys"... so he got that with two rolls of his favourite lolly cake.  He loved it, and I know he won't share the lolly cake with anyone!

Mug die: unknown 

Senti: unknown

Tag dies: cuttlebug

Tag stamps: fundamentals

Also: twine

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Thinking Cat

 

For this one I stamped the image and experimented with Distress Inks smooshing to colour the grass and the trees.  I liked the arty result.  The rest of it I coloured with Copics.  The edges of the panel are inked with gold.

Don't you just love that look of bliss on this pussycats face?  I'd look like that too, but I'd probably also have a glass of wine in my hand ...

Stamp: Colorado 

sentiment: unknown

Also: DI, Copics, Glossy Accents on bird

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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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