Citrus cluster

 

I love this paper as soon as I saw it for the boldness, shapes and the colours, so pretty and fresh.  Reminds me of summer, lemonade, water jugs with wedges, and drinks with twirls of peel.  The paper is from a Daphne's Diary magazine I think.  

Label die: unknown 

Senti stamp: unknown

Sprig die: Sizzix

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Hogs & Kisses

 

Double tagged, a bit of piggy fun.  The image is fussycut and coloured.  The EP's are Ranger including Distress EP.

Image & senti stamp:TimHoltz/StampersAnonymous 

Background stamping: unknown

Tag dies: AALL&Create

Also: Copics, snippet of hessian, DI, Ranger EP's, cord

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Hear Listen Rabbit

A bit of fun and quirkiness. A bit of inkness, mists and paint. A bit of stuff from my stash, bubblewrap, gauze.

Tag: NCraft 

Keys EF (sanded):

Rabbit die (stacked):

Sentiment: Tim Holtz Ideology

Also: DOxideInks, paint, gauze, Glimmermists, Perfect Pearls, twine, charms, metal star.  All from stash.

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Light Up

A little bit of stencil, a simple stamp, some nuvo drops.  I made this for my husband.

Stamp: magazine freebie 

Stencil: sequin waste

Also: Distress inks, Nuvo Drops

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Birthday Monsters

 

Doesn't everyone love a cute monster?  I used some alcohol ink dyed YUPO paper to diecut the monsters and some snippets of card for the eyes and tongues.  The tongues are all hearts that come with the set, and are just tucked into the mouth at various angles.  The bottom monster is popped up on 3D foam, the top monster is holding the birthday banner.  Inspired by the sketch below.

Dies: unknown 

Sentiment: unknown

Also: Ranger alcohol inks, YUPO paper, white pen

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Birthday Drinks Tag

 

I'm trying to use stuff in my stash, and this week I got out my Ranger alcohol inks (haven't used them for something like 10 years!).  I only have 6 colours and a blender, so fairly limited but fun and able to use snippets for the glass and the lime.  I used Yupo paper.  The tag background is Dylusions paints with scrunched paper and bubblewrap.  The cocktail umbrella is metallic copper (again a snippet).

Cocktail Dies: Sizzix  

Sentiment: unknown

Tag die: NCraft

Also: Alcohol inks, acrylic paint, ribbon

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Patchwork for You

 Yes, I'm a quilter, and I have quilty friends.

This colourway reminds me of pistachio icecream and raspberries. YUM.

Die: unknown 

Seedhead die (stackced): unknown

Sentiment is the drop out bits from a die

Also: gold pearls, patterned paper

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Fishing Cat

 

I love these images which come with great little sentiments.  What a happy cat.

I stamped the image, then smooshed Distress Inks to make the water.  The rest I coloured with Copics.  Sparkle on the water is Wink of Stella (see detail photo).

Stamps: Colorado

Also: Copics, Distress inks, WoS

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Bug Birthday

 

I am trying to use some of my older stamps and supplies in a new way.  This is an old Tim Holtz stamp and die set.  I think this would make a good male card.

At our previous house, the cicada, after emerging from the ground in spring or summer, used to attach to the horizontal rails of a wooden fence, burst out of their skins and leave their cases dangling like christmas tree lights; in the sunlight they were sheer gold.  There were hundreds of them.

I stamped the background directly onto a base card using Versamark ink (about 20 years old) and dusted it over with mica powder, wiping off the excess.  I stamped the bugs (I think they're cicada), heat embossed in gold, then diecut.  The sentiment is stamped directly onto the card and gold heat embossed.

Stamp background: THoltz/S Anonymous 

Both stamp & diecut bugs: THoltz/S Anonymous 

Senti Stamp: unknown

Also: PearlEx (mink) mica powder

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HM Bouncy Pincushion

 

How delightful is this? Such fun.  I made this for a stitching friend.

It started with the patterned paper with the stitching edge and developed from there.  The image stamped, coloured and fussy cut.  The short edges of the card are scored with dots for texture, and the pin heads have glossy accents (they look like real pins).  Image on 3D foam.  Circle sentiment & diecut.

Image: Housemouse  

Circle die: Spellbinders

Circle stamp: Hastings Art Stamps (HasRub)

Also: Patterned paper, Copics, white pen, Glossy Accents, buttons

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Lucky Cats

 

A birthday card with personality using Tim's cats, hopefully evoking a smile. Cats love to climb and be up high to keep an eye on what's happening.

 The bottom background is a DI smooshed leftover in pastel rainbow colours, edged with a gold strip/snippet.  The black background is embossed with paw prints, inked with gold.  The cats are stamped, DI blended (eyes masked) and fussy cut.

Stamp images: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous 

EF: Marianne

Sentiment:

Also: Distress Inks, gold strip

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Chicken Stack

 

What about a chicken stack?  How high can you go?

At Critter Crazy we do critters, any kind as long as they are the focal point. check it out here: crittercrazy  

I used to have chickens, lots of different kinds.  They are very smart birds - I bet you didn't know they could do gymnastics like this.  Often I would find them sitting on top of each other in the nest box even though there were some boxes not occupied.  They are very sociable.  cluck! cluck!

To start with, I stamped and embossed the chickens.  I stamped onto a post-it note and made a mask so I could put the subtle green behind them (my chickens loved to be out on the grass), and also did a bit of splatter.  Took off the mask and coloured the birds.  The sentiment strip has edges inked. 

Stamp: unknown  

Sentiment:

Also: Distress inks, Copics black distress paint, white gel pen

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