Thankful Birds

 

I have been captivated by the SOS timed challenge.  Here is a twofer!!  35 minutes making two at the same time = 17 min each.   

I started out to make one card and ended up with a twofer.   I chose two coordinating papers (this makes it easy and saves time) and stacked them together then diecut with a double sided die.  Whoa, two cards almost made already.  Just grabbed snippets of chocolate and aqua card, diecut sentiments. Base cards are black, and white, one with a chocolate mat the other with an aqua mat.

One panel wrapped with chiffon ribbon and tiny gold pearls, the other tied with chocolate bakers twine.

DPapers are from Rosie's Wedding paper pad in dark chocolate and aqua (I've had this for years!).  

This challenge was such fun to do and takes creativity in another direction.  Hint: limiting the colour palette makes it fast - less decisionmaking required.

All stuff from stash.  Actually everything I make is from stash, I have lots of stash.  I think it will last until I'm 140 yo.

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Flowery Thanks

 

Challenged by SOS for a quick thank you card under 30 minutes; mine timed at 26 minutes.

For a fast result I chose a couple of coordinating DPapers from Grace Taylor.  Inked the edges of the white base card with Abandoned Coral DI's to coordinate.  Diecut the simple sentiment, stacked it x4 and reinserted it into the space, added a coordinating ribbon and bow, and some gold card dots that were collected dropouts from a die.

This is a design that would be easy to do a do in a batch. All supplies from stash.  The thing that took the longest time was cutting and stacking the sentiment.  I really enjoyed the challenge of time pressure to come up with something interesting.  I've never done anything like that before.  And I think it's one of my fave recent makes.

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Golden Thanks

 

Kinda CAS, a simple thank you which would suit male or female, in black & white and gold.

Background DP is from a DCWV matstack I have had for years & still love, edges heat embossed.  The Tim Holtz/Sizzix bold word die is cut from black and the negative used.  A little fox stamp, heat embossed in lack on dull gold card and fussy-cut, is a magazine freebie years ago from Practical Publishing - I love the simplicity of the images.  Fox is popped up on foam tape.  More dull gold card as a mat under the diecut senti.  I debated putting sparkles on but they took away more than they added.

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Roses say Thanks

 

Stamped, fussy cut, coloured in watercolour style with Ranger Distress Inks. P.Paper is Scrapwow (it looks so real), edges lightly inked with DI's.   Diecut sentiment.  White pen highlights, gold pen stamens.  I debated whether to add gold pearls, but decided to keep the rustic look.

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Sunshine and Rainbows

 

CAS and coloured.  Simple stamping and rustic pencil colouring.

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Heartsong

 

A card for a piano player's birthday.  I don't know what the music is but I'm sure she will try it out.

Stamped image coloured with Copics and fussycut.  An embossed background, a punched border (Fiskars), two washitape strips (one music, one dotty), a bow.  the sentiment is stamped on a diecut snippet.  Image and sentiment popped up on 3D  foam. ? Penny Black must check.

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Red Birthday

 

A reverse birthday bold sentiment using the background paper to make the statement.  I wanted a simple, masculine feel and strong colours.

The sentiment is a Sizzix/THoltz bold diecut in red card laid over a kinda floral DP in red/white.  I used a Tim Holtz/Sizzix eucalyptus die in two colurs of green whisked with a brush of DI for shading. Black dots made with Enamel Accents.

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Scratchy Cat

 

CAS, simplify simplify.  Stamped cat on cardbase and again on snippet of card and fussy cut (Tim Holtz cat & senti), some colouring and shadows with Copics.  Background sponged with Ranger DI, splashed with water.  Scratch marks stamped.  Black card base. White pen highlights.

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Rrrrrred

 

Stamped, stencilled, diecut flowers and leaves by Alinacutle, coloured using Ranger DI's and splatter look is Distress Spray.  Background card lightly sponged with DI's, dots with Sakura  pen.

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Pumpkin Thanks

 

I'm totally enjoying making not-cards at the moment - very addictive.

Here is a CAS one made with a diecut tag, pumpkin, and sentiment in tiny text.  Background of tag stamped with copper metallic Versacolor ink, topped with a snippet pulled along the dotted line from the top of a card pad.  Pumpkin bits coloured with Ranger DI's, finger brushed with Opal Dust for sparkle. Tied with bakers twine.

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Beautiful Day

 

I have just got back from a week-long Spring Fling Garden Tour in the South Island - remember in New Zealand it's SPRING.  An amazing inspirational week seeing gardens - large, small, sculpture, old ones, fairly new ones, as well as *Molesworth Station, museums -Steampunk and aircraft.    Barkers in Geraldine (makes fruit products like sauces, jams etc), Whitestone Cheeses, the fairy penguins coming home from the sea at night in Oamaru, Rainbow Confection (makes sweets), a night in a forest stargazing, two amazing fetes... and much more.   Lots of fabulous breakfasts, dinners, a high tea, paperbag picnic lunches, and on the last night we had a dress up Las Vegas night dinner in Ashburton (AKA AshVegas).  The weather was fabulous the whole eight days - sunny and warm, sleeping with just a sheet over.

*Molesworth Station is a high country cattle station. It is located behind the Inland Kaikōura Mountain range in the South Island's Marlborough District. It is New Zealand's largest farm, at over 1,800 square kilometres (440,000 acres)^[1] and supports the country's biggest herd of cattle. It also hosts government science programs, such as research into bovine tuberculosis and related research into possums.^[2] The station helps rabbit population reduction.^[3]

This is a great technique, I don't know what it's called.  You stamp the image on white card and on coloured card with the same stamp.  Colour the white stamped image if you want, and diecut a panel from the other.  Trim it up and place over the coloured image lining up the stamping.   Sentiment is stamped, embossed in gold, diecut.  Embellished with gold pearls.  Colouring is Copics.

* Thanks Carol Gill - it's called eclipse stamping.

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Owl Hooray

 

Animals, critters - we all make cards with them.  

Cute or crazy we love 'em all.

We'd love to have you join us at Critter Crazy, here: crittercrazy   

All you need is a critter to be the focal point of your work.

It's graduation time here in NZ, the end of the academic year.  I chose an owl for my graduation card and three manly looking patterned papers.  Paper is ScrapWow. I diecut a moon with Spellbinders, handcut a banner for the sentiment and popped in a shiny gold brad for the star of the show.  The owl is coloured with Copics, and eyes have Glossy Accents to make them glow.  The owl digi is Bugaboo, sadly no longer available.

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T'witchy Cat

 I love these characterful cats.

Panel is smooshed Ranger DI's, black splatter.  Cat is stamped and fussycut, coloured with Copics.  Hat is stamped into patterned paper and fussycut.  Stamps Tim Holtz.  A black strip of card offcut/snippet to sit upon.

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Candy Caddy

 

CAS, an ATC that can be used for a card panel or topper for a sweet package if needed.  Linen textured card, smooshed with DI's, splattered with purple and black and gold.  Stamped with Tim Holtz directly onto card and also pumpkin onto orange card and fussy cut.  A little Copic colouring on the pumpkin, two corners punched and edges inked.

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Thank You Heart

 

Another tag diecut, with a backing tag cut to the shape in black.  The tag is striped using Ranger Distress Crayons which were then spritzed and smudged.  A grungy dot stamp Ranger D'Inked along one edge in grey.  Heart diecut and overstamped with a tiny text stamped in pink; star is a drop-out from a die.  Thank you sentiment and  ribbon tied.

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Batty about Books

 

I've been experimenting with shapes other than cards.  A bookmark for booksy friend.

White card smooshed with Ranger DI's, stamped with bats & cobweb from Tim Holtz, misted with  Silver Shimmer, edges inked.  Couture Creations corner punch, diecut tree cut in half.  Tiny text stamped and Book Book written by hand.  Ribbon stapled on.  It has another same shape on the back covering the sharp bits of the staples and the odd mess of ink and fingerprint, so is very sturdy.

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Be Brave

 

A bright bold and brave halloween double tag.  I like making tags as you have to simplify everything and can't get too fussy.

Tags diecut;  top one smooshed with Ranger DI's, back tag diecut from black core card, is sanded and has a stamped message inside - I love Boo (Tim Holtz).  Top tag stamped with cobwebs and bats.  The stamps are from two Tim Holtz sets, sentiment from a different set.  One bat is heat embossed with Judikins black sparkle EP and fussy cut.  Tied together with black ribbon and pearly string.

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Smile Wishes

 

CAS design this time.  The critters are Colorado stamps, coloured with Copics.  The balloon has a little Wink of Stella for sparkle.  A rabbit and a guinea pig or is it a hamster.  I've never seen a hamster, we don't have them here in NZ.

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