Image stamped and partially coloured with Copics. The sentiment is embossed using a die for subtlety. A bit off an experiment. Embossing is weird, I've noticed that in photos it often looks pushed in when it's really pushed out, the same happens with photos of quilting. The pic of the angled card looks better.
I love these dancing sheep; I think one is doing tango, one the cancan and two are line dancing!
Birdhouse: Doodle Pantry
Fence image: Digital Scrapbook
Sign: Digital Scrapbook
Also: Copics, black pen, Bakers twine, WoS
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I stencilled using Distress Oxide inks in two colours, sponging in from the edges, and fine splatters. The main heart has edges inked, the centre of the heart with the sentiment softly brushed with the paler ink (it doesn't show well in the photo). Coordinating papers for the smaller hearts. Pearls.
Two different heart dies:
Corner dies: Sizzix
Stencil: TWC
Senti: Taylored Expressions
Also: DI's, pearls.
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I was inspired by a sketch for this card, also made it CAS. I used a stamp/die set that was a magazine freebee from Practical Publications a long time ago. I haven't used it for ages and decided it needed some mileage.
I diecut the image three times, once in dark green for the stems & leaves, once in red for the strawberries, once in white for the flowers, then assembled it. I stamped & fussy cut the bee, painted it's wings with WoS.
Also: Copics, white pen, WoS
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This is monochrome and CAS. I don't usually work in this colour range, but the subject dictated (and I do love a latte). Envelope to match. Maybe for a man?
Also: DI's, versamark sepia to stamp.
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Stamped, masked & stencilled, paper-pieced, and hand coloured.
That's how I would like to learn to do housework - in a pretty dress with high heels and sitting down with my feet up! ... not going to happen any time soon.
Stars: drop-outs from a die
Stencil: Rosies
Also: Copics, PPaper, DI's, white gel pen, Stickles
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This is the whole collection of Scrap Bust cards, minus the first one I had made for a card swap and had mailed - which incidentally started the whole thing off!
Thank to all of you for your encouragements and comments along the way! You are amazing.
This is a seagull fold chosen by Dawn for our NZ cardswap. Wow, looks complicated but not. Lots of photos for this one. Feathers cut from vellum, the papers have soft sparkle. I kept the diecuts within the colour palette of the striped paper and used up various snippets. Lots of tutorials if you google seagull fold, also an upright version called Finch fold. Edit: before posting, I added another vellum feather at the bottom right of the front panel - but forgot to photograph it (sigh).
Feather die: Spellbinders
Little bird dies: Craft Creations
The beautiful papers: My Minds Eye
Punch: woodware
Stamps: unknown
Also: gem
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Inspired by the Red & Pink challenge. EF background, diecut panel with inked edges, stamped and fussy cut hamster, stamped senti. Hamster on 3D foam.
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Red Star card: I used a linen textured card under the diecut area and a gem for the centre.
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Blue Snowflake card: I used a blue pearlescent paper under the die cut and a diamante in the centre.
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Scrap Bust - see previous post Scrap Bust #1 for details of the challenge.
This is the last post in this 50 scraps, 5 cards in 5 days Scrap Bust series.
At this stage the scraps are getting sparse and very small, however I used a collection of scrappy white strips, embossed them with different folders for the background. Diecut a frame from one of the last big bits left (stacking it with other scraps), adding a stamped flower from my bitz box. After this card I dumped what was left of the 50 scraps as I had far exceeded what the challenge was. The flower was done using watercolour stamping technique touched up with Copics.
Satisfaction... Done & Dusted!
Also: various EF's, inks, Copics, pearls.
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Scrap Bust challenge description see details in previous post Scrap Buster #1. (50 scraps in 5 days)
By now the box of 50 scraps is nearly empty/used up. The woodgrain background is out of the bitz box, previously made with an EF on grey card and swiped over with white chalk ink. Five punched hexagons lined up.
I put some trees in and hey presto, a little forest with mountains! The brown trees are actually bronze metallic card but it doesn't show in the photo. We don't get snow here in winter.
Punch: Fiskars
Sentiment
Also: various tiny tree dies, Chalk ink
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For details of Scrap Bust challenge see Scrap Bust #1 in previous post.
This background is made up of organised-by-colour strips arranged in a random chevron pattern onto black card so it shows between. My latest fave stamped lady only wearing lippy, matted in black and raised with 3D foam tape, and my other fave stamp of patterned humps. They just go together so well. A couple of the papers are overstamped to make it more interesting.
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Check out Scrap Bust #1 for details of the challenge.
Softer colours for this one. I cut two panels in a wavy line, stamped one with a new scribble stamp, glued onto waste paper with a thinner strip, then stitched around. The sentiment is diecut with a vellum shadow.
Senti die:
Also: stitching, gold pearls
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Details of the scrap bust in previous post Scrap Bust 1.
This is using thin strips woven together onto waste paper. Using more neutrals (I'd used up most of the brights) and as I was doing it I thought nest... bird ... The cage and sentiment (both from my Bitz box) is stamped and gold embossed, the bird diecut.
Cage stamped and embossed
Sentiment stamped and embossed
Also: gold pen
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