Falling leaves

96 Fall


I stamped the green card with a script stamp in a tonal colour, not too obvious because I wanted it to be the ground.  Then inked the trees stamp in various colours of ink with the colours grading downwards, as they do in autumn.  Matted onto pearlish brown card with a wide border at the bottom. Punched leaves , scrunched them, inked and spritzed colour over and adhered them with fine dimensional foam.

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Love rose

CAS Colouring





Stamped rose, coloured with watercolour pencils, then washed over with water brush.    Turquoise tissue paper lightly stuck leaving edges free, cut out rose attached with dimensional foam at leaf and flower.  Stamped sentiment.









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Snowman

Holidays

This snowman stamp is DIY, you can mould his body and make him/her any shape you want.

Stamped in red ink, stamped again with black ink on scraps and paper pieced, hat, scarf and buttons.  Coloured his nose with pencils and cut him out.
torn paper for the snowy ground,  and punched snowflakes in two sizes.  All arranged onto a dotty paper. 

I think he looks a happy man and is off to a celebration of the confederation of snowpersons!

Stamp:  Stampendous

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Christmas bird

Sparkle


I love a vintage-y look but with a modern twist, does that make sense?

This bird looked like it was sitting on a twig while it is snowing.  Paper lacey border along the top, and matted in the same paper as the dark strip.  All layered.  The diagonal chevrons are sparkly adhesive ribbon.  Finally I punched snowflakes, layering the larger one, added them with dimensional foam, topping them with gems.  I like the muted effect and soft colours although that is not my usual palette.

All the papers came from the same paper pad, including the bird.


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travel

Travel

Punched a notebook top on white card, stamped sentiment in different shades of blue.  Used a page out of a map book, curled the corner.  Stamped a bicycle, matted and tied embroidery floss around, fraying the ends.  Stamped 'fun' on a giant brad.  On the blue base card, a trail of footprints wanders up the page.
I have arranged everything at 'whoopsy' angles to create a sense of casual movement and, I hope, fun.


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Something Sweet

Something sweet, sparkle


I have this jar stamp and was looking for things to put in it, so after a quick supermarket visit, I photographed a pile of these sour worm sweets, printed on computer, stamped the jar over and cut it out. I stamped the lid on gold paper and inked it.  Make a tag, distressed it, added a gold reinforcer. Stamped the sentiment, isn't it perfect?  then cut out three of the sweets, glued and covered them with sparkly sugary glitter - and they look just like the real thing!







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Die crazy

Die crazy, fave die, PB Anything goes


I find it hard to make a card these days without a die cut on it somewhere.  Love 'em.  My favourite at the moment is the Sizzix distress corner die set - I love the tatty look & can't stop using them - they are gorgeous!   I guess I am primarily a stamper though who loves to get inky; isn't this a fabuloso stamp I found last week?

Stamped cream card with this stunning stamp, and coloured some parts with pencil.  Diecut distress corner. Sponged distress ink black and blue over different parts, using diecut cogs as a stencil.  Touched some cogs of the stamp with gold pen.  Diecut keyhole and then diecut another from gold paper and put in gap.  Diecut key and padlock, backing padlock with gold paper, placed along ribbon & adhered ribbon with d/s tape.  Placed backing paper behind diecut corner.  Added diecut cog and metal dot.

Stamp: Finnabar
Diecut key, keyhole & padlock: Kaisercraft
Diecut cog: Memory box
Diecut corner: Sizzix

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Stitched up

Sew, Snippets


Here in New Zealand we are in the first days of spring, and so looking forward to some sunshine.  I feel a little like these flowers turning their faces and reaching for the sun.

Stamped flowers layered using snippets of coloured card.
Green panel snippet and stamped sentiment stitched on pink card.
Stamped stems using a loopy stamp (see, they are so pleased to see the sun they are springing up!).
Flowers added.
Snippet of orange ribbon stapled on.
Mounted onto pink base card.
Black pearls added.



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Mobile

Technology



Basic shapes layered, a scrap of patterned paper, a stamp and a scrap of ribbon.  The embossed 'keys' keep it clean and simple.

I like working with analogous colours and just a shot of something else.  This is for my new teenager granddaughter.

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Special Kitty

Frame it



Printed dig-image and coloured with Reno pens.  Diecut frame stamped with sentiment attached with dimensional foam onto dotty BP with corners rounded, then onto a navy mat.  Tiny metal heart.

Digitimage: A Day for Daisies
Diecut: Couture Creations Polaroid Frame
Sentiment Stamp: Penny Black.

I think this image is so cute, especially the matching bow on kitty's tail.

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Birthdays

Favourite occasion

I like making birthday cards, and I like to make for a specific person and personalise it so it fits them.  This is for a gardener.

The butterflies are on vellum and the gorgeous ribbon softly changes colour through the length -  they just seemed right for each other.   This is one ribbon that I am precious about because I have never seen it since I bought it years ago.  The ribbon tied on looks just like little butterflies, I think.












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Imperfection

Make your mark


I coloured white card with distress inks , stamped the girl and sentiment(Stampotique stamps), trimmed and matted.  Had to give her some lippy.
For the background I used distress stains to blob.

I like the contrast between the smooth background of the topper (looks almost dreamy) and the blobby background.  AND I just love these stamps.

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Pumpkin girl

Pumpkin Girl - From the Heart digistamp; Fall

Made two images, coloured with Reno pens.  Cut out the pumpkins on the ground from the second image attached with dimensional foam.  Layered with Diecut orange card, punched photo corners.  Layered onto blue patterned paper then onto black base card.  Sentiment comes with the stamp, cut into a tag, tied with grosgrain ribbon, attached with dimensional foam.  A little touch of Kindyglitz on the pumpkin leaves.

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Antler Child

August recipe; Christmas


Isn't this a cutie?

Bugaboo digistamp, coloured with Reno pens.  Patterned paper.  Sentiment Pink Petticoat digi.
Natural hessian, metal staples, KindyGlitz for sparkle. 



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Get well bunny

Get well; no patterned/printed papers


This is a get well bunny!


Embossed, inked card, edges torn & inked.  Real adhesive sticking plasters, stamped & punched sentiment.  Stamped bunny coloured with Lyra water colours.  Edges torn & inked.







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Old Fart

Mojo413sketch


I love sketches, but found this one quite difficult to get it looking a bit informal.  I'm sure we all know someone this card would suit!

Digi-image is Bugaboo, coloured with Reno pens. Computer sentiment, diecut arrows & sentiment.  Machine stitching.  Kindyglitz on party hat.













shared on challenge:
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Doggy Cheers

Mojo Sketch 413 on its side.

This is a fairly simple card, however I love the joie de vivre these dogs exude; not to mention their fab outfits - aren't they gorgeous?  The linen textured card is actually the colour of the dog in the front of the line, so hasn't photographed well.

Diecut tag and sentiment. Gems.  The dogs are fancy tape.


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Mermaiden

Mermaid Sequins

As you all know I am a little girl when it comes to mermaids - I love them.  I used sequins for the scales on her tail, and of course all self respecting mermaids would have pearls too, not to mention the stardust in her hair.

Digi-Image: A Day For Daisies (coloured with Reno pens)
Embellishments: Sequins, pearls, Kindyglitz for stardust, two shades of ribbon knotted
Embossing Folder: Sizzix bubble

And of course (what else!) watercolour paper made by me using Distress inks and Glimmer mists


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Cheers

LiMSketch; Patterns



I love buttons and have inherited a jarful.  And I love pretty papers ... so this sketch just seemed right for CAS buttons and checks.  It really doesn't take much to make a card look pretty smart. And I reckon this would be okay for a man or woman.



Diecut: Paper Smooches.

Background is embossed using the scoreboard; black wavy strip cut with a rotary cutter; Die is cut into the checked paper and black card is placed underneath.
Buttons applied with glue dots.


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http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/week-238-sketch.html

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.co.nz/2015/08/cfc142.html

Flowerpot Baby

Stamp & Die; Embellishments


Isn't this the cutest image?  And I like the non-traditional colours too.

Stamped in black ink, coloured with Lyra watercolour crayons, then diecut, with a slightly larger die cut in red for a mat.  Mounted on dotty paper.  Diecut label with stamped sentiment.  And of course using my two favourite embellishiments - ribbon trim and brads.   Ribbon is such a cool embellishment as there is such a fabulous range available, and did you know you really only NEED have one lot of brads because you can have them as they are; colour them with ink or pens; ink & heat emboss them; or glue and glitter them!  How handy is that?

Baby Stamp: Rubbadubbadoo
Dies: Spellbinders
Sentiment stamp: unknown brand

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http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/favourite-2-embellishments-and-why.html

Starry Bear

Sketch; Christmas sparkle


I wanted a card that was for Christmas without looking too Christmassy ... if that makes sense?

So then, non-traditional colours, and a bear holding a star.  What else to go with that than punched stars and two punched corners.  The bear is a framed by two layers of diecut gold card circle frames in two sizes and then by a black circle.  All are dimensional.








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Pinky goes shopping

Pink challenge; B & W & one colour


Pinky goes shopping - don't you love her pink hair?

Embossed background, stamped image and sentiment, punched border.  Colouring with copic marker.


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Etching workshop

Etching weekend class with Carole Shepheard August 2015 at her Kawhia workshop with a wonderful water view.  How magic to sit drinking coffee with a wood pigeon sitting outside the window.

This is an etching done from a photo I took at Riverton in Southland, NZ a couple of years ago.  What a magic spot and this rickety old wharf just begged for attention.




















On the right is an aquatint made from the same etched plate, using two tones of ink.










This uses the same plate in a Chine Colle technique using one tone of ink for printing, but onto heavy paper overlaid with tissue that has been coloured previously with three colours.



What a wonderful weekend and a wonderful bunch of women.  We had a lot of fun, made a few mistakes which were turned into opportunities, but in the end what fabulous results.  Everyone went away tired but happy.  Carole is a wonderful teacher, and shares her knowledge in a seemingly effortless way.  She must've been very tired at the end of the weekend too, with eight of us to wrangle.

Cant resist flowers

MakeYourMark

This is a glue resist technique.
PVA glue randomly spread over card.  When dry distress inks blended over.  Grasses stamped over using black ink.  Trimmed to size, matted with black card with punched border.  Tied string, added tiny doily with stamped sentiment on silver card, adhered onto card with dimensional foam.



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Hot colours

Summer colours

Five patterned papers to make a sun ray, and a fluttery butterfly to enjoy it.  I made this for a lady with cancer, hoping it will put some sunshine in her day.

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Knotty

Tie it Up; Creature; Sparkle

Embossed white card matted onto blue card.  Three shades of ribbon knotted and tied around.  Hexagonal diecuts.  Digistamp coloured with Reno pens, KindyGlitz added to the balloon.  Stamped sentiment made into a matted banner.
Digi:  From The Heart Stamps

I like that it looks fresh and sparkling and unfussy... and doesn't he love his glitter balloon?









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Notions Quilt Challenge

The challenge is "Notions" ; had to be 30cm x 30 cm finished size, and consist of three quilting layers (top, batting, back).

This is version one.  Even though I had been working with it on & off for a month or more, I wasn't satisfied with it, it felt messy and unfocussed.

On the morning of hand-in, I took bits off and discarded them, then rearranged other pieces, in particular the scissors.

I am happy with this one:  Version two.  The scissors look much better 'cutting' through the slash at the top, and fewer buttons show up the black stitching that quilts the piece.   And more importantly it looks 'cleaner' and more purposeful.  Now I think the eye goes up the zip and around the quilt in a focussed way, rather than darting all over the place.

Hope you like it too.

DecoDame

Mojo409


This is such a great sketch!

Panel of dotty paper, corners rounded.
A round of torn mulberry paper.
A bit of diecut rose peeping out.
Image panel is a download from Creative Stamping.
Sentiment strip is a rub-on with a clear background, because I wanted to see through & not interrupt the line of her.  Quite simple as I didn't want anything to compete with her, isn't she a darling?


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HeartSong

Mojo409

I am so liking this sketch!


A plain white card base.
A round of white torn mulberry paper.
A strip of wine mulberry paper.

An ATC I made ages ago and never could part with.  I was having a clean out and thought why not make use of the ATCs as toppers?  The heart is punched, inked, and covered with several layers of Glossy Accents sprinkled with fine glitter while still wet.  The music is washi tape.  All put on a background scrap of embossed white card (swiss dots) and a scrap of striped paper.  edge inked all round.

White satin ribbon .

Isn't that romantic?           

Shared on Challenges:

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Always Heart

235 Colour - Berry shades; Anything goes.




CAS style it may be but there are seven berry shades of ink on this!



Background & Heart Stamps: Hero Arts
Sentiment stamp: Heidi Swapp
Inks: Versacolor, Colorbox, Impress, Memento
Wine base card and pearls.



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Bonnes Vacances

Mojo409; Sparkle; Fun in the sun

What else is a summer holiday but clear blue skies, pristine sand and sparkling sea?
I just made this for our French teacher who is off to Fiji for a holiday in a week's time - remember it's the middle of our NZ winter!  And because there was a sparkle challenge in the mix, I couldn't resist...

Sparkly papers torn and layered (to represent sea, sand and sky).  A digi-stamp coloured with Reno pens, matted in dark blue. Horizontal strip is under the topper instead of on top but the wavy postmark continues the line.   Postmark stamps and a flower in her hair with pearl centre.  Diecut rounded shells (from Coffee paper) and star-fish (manila) attached with dimensional foam.  Sentiment is my handwriting scanned & e-cut.


Now doesn't that make you want to go on a tropical holiday?  I'm so envious, I look out the window today and it is dull grey and pouring with rain!

Digi-stamp: Scrappers Delight
Stamp: (Hampton Art)
Die-cuts: Cuttlebug
E-Cut: Brother Scan'n'Cut
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Thinking Man

Mojo409; Anything goes

Paper from stash.
Face Stamp: Stampers Anonymous.
Glasses & Moustache: from Craft Stamper magazine, heat embossed black.
Die cut: Spellbinders Labels nineteen

I'm having trouble getting colours to come out right; the green is really more of a bright dark lime green and looks quite snappy.  This is taken in daylight; I wonder, does anyone else have this problem??

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Do More

Mojo409



What a great sketch this is, so inspiring!









Diecut tag: Kaisercraft
Stamp: Rosie's
Diecut feathers: Spellbinders & Couture Creations
Circle diecut & embossed:Sizzix

Thanks for visiting and leaving me a comment.

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Sepia Girl

Mojo 409; C&GI Fun in the Sun.



Image was a free download, I'm not sure from where, but maybe from Craft Stamper. 

Diecut: Spellbinders Delightful Circles

Shabby rose made by me from a torn strip of muslin.

Patterned paper, layered with diecut, fine twine circled around, then pic (distressed and edges inked), crochet lace and rose on dimensional foam.

She is so absorbed in her task, what better way to spend the summer?  Sometimes I wish I was a kid again...









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Special delivery

SSSketch


Diecut:  Spellbinders Sprockets
Main Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps
Sentiment stamp:  don't know
EF:CraftConcepts Grunge Dots

Embossed yellow card, dabbed with Versamagic white chalk ink and green Dovecraft chalks.  Stamp image coloured with Reno pens, background around the clouds are dusted randomly with blue chalk.




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