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Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Bold and Bright
Here is the card I made for this week's challenge at Emergency Crafters, please click the link on the left to take part the challenge closes at Noon (GMT) on Wednesday 9th May.
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Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Now a teenager
There comes a time in every parent's life when that dreaded suffix arrives at the end of your children's ages. TEEN, my two are at the other end of the spectrum and one will no longer be a teenager after her next birthday.
For this card, i used a image I have had for about two years, but never really been able to do it justice with my colouring, but since I switched to a combination of pro and flex markers thought I'd give her another go. I was very pleased with the way she turned out, I decided to make a card for a new teen with her.
As I said I used a combination ofpro and flex markers then distress inks around the image so she does actually look like she's out at night. I the worked on the tag and doilie. I used a combination of cosmic shimmer mists and glimmer mists to get the colour combo I wanted. On the tag I then embossed a swirl using cosmic shimmer embossing powders, again all things that have loitered in my stash for up to 5 years, so all nicely matured now.
I then used an 8X8 sheet from DCWV fairy tales book to mount everything onto, but as it's for a girl, there was a legal requirement of glitter needed to be fulfilled, so I used some self ahdesive glitter borders and of course glitterey peel off numbers.
I then used a papermania paper for the base, and used a Kanban sentiment topper and butterfly for the stoppers.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
https://twitter.com/jax1369
For this card, i used a image I have had for about two years, but never really been able to do it justice with my colouring, but since I switched to a combination of pro and flex markers thought I'd give her another go. I was very pleased with the way she turned out, I decided to make a card for a new teen with her.
As I said I used a combination ofpro and flex markers then distress inks around the image so she does actually look like she's out at night. I the worked on the tag and doilie. I used a combination of cosmic shimmer mists and glimmer mists to get the colour combo I wanted. On the tag I then embossed a swirl using cosmic shimmer embossing powders, again all things that have loitered in my stash for up to 5 years, so all nicely matured now.
I then used an 8X8 sheet from DCWV fairy tales book to mount everything onto, but as it's for a girl, there was a legal requirement of glitter needed to be fulfilled, so I used some self ahdesive glitter borders and of course glitterey peel off numbers.
I then used a papermania paper for the base, and used a Kanban sentiment topper and butterfly for the stoppers.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
https://twitter.com/jax1369
Sunday, 6 May 2012
I should stop getting ideas
Well, I should, I should also stop watching TV as most of my stupid isdeas come from there! This Tag is no exception. I was watching the queen of the brayer, Barbara Gray in her usual Sunday slot this morning, and she did a technique with bubble wrap. Well having a model builder in the house, there is always some luing around. Now I'm not a complete fool, we just don't know which bit is missing, so I thought I would start small, and do a Tag.
I inked up the buble wrap with versamark and blobbed it around the tag randomly, I then used Adirondak dye based inks, stonewashed and red pepper to brayer over. This left the bubbles in white as per resist techniques, I then spritzed cosmic shimmer and glimmer mists randomly ito a plastic box lid and "dunked" the bubblewrap in that then used that to over stamp the brayered work. I then used cosmic shimmer as a gentle mist over the top of the lot.
I then got out my Icons of London stamps from Clarity Stamp and stamped them in Adirondak Archival black around the tag. I did a few buses and a few phone boxes, coz there are more than one of each in London!
Hope you like it.
I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges
https://twitter.com/jax1369
I inked up the buble wrap with versamark and blobbed it around the tag randomly, I then used Adirondak dye based inks, stonewashed and red pepper to brayer over. This left the bubbles in white as per resist techniques, I then spritzed cosmic shimmer and glimmer mists randomly ito a plastic box lid and "dunked" the bubblewrap in that then used that to over stamp the brayered work. I then used cosmic shimmer as a gentle mist over the top of the lot.
I then got out my Icons of London stamps from Clarity Stamp and stamped them in Adirondak Archival black around the tag. I did a few buses and a few phone boxes, coz there are more than one of each in London!
Hope you like it.
I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges
https://twitter.com/jax1369
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Hearts and Flowers
This card came about purely because I decided it was high time I played with my new Fliiterglue from Indigo Blu, hence I was messing about with it and guilding flakes. I stamped the image (also from Indigo Blu) onto black card and covered in guilding flakes. When dried i really liked what had turned out so I found one of those prediecut aperture crads, youknow the ones, the ones you buy when new to cardmaking, use once and have a stack left, well yeah those. I used the heart aperture to frame the heart stamp, and then mounted this onto a 5X5 cardblank that I had covered in black card and punched the lattice work using a Martha Stewart punch. I then added the flowers to give it more romantic feel.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
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I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
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Friday, 4 May 2012
Fashionable Birthday
For this card I began with a Craftwork Cards 8X8 backing paper in a dusky rose, I picked the fashion theme as most girlies have an interest in clothes. I also went for ppink and black as my Monochromatic theme as black and white is so passe. I made the black tag by laying a tag over it and cutting round the black card. I added to this an image from a scraps collection, I then added ribbon and a button. I had some tickets that are ancient train tickets (long story, but I have), these I layered behind the tag to give the illusion they were tickets for a fashion show! Ahhh I hear you all say now! I distressed everything down with Black Soot Distress inks and layered the card up.
I then went lookinh High and low for the image I knew I had for the focalpoint, took a while, but it was in black and white so I used Milled lavender to tie it in withthe colour scheme. It's a Kanban Image if you're wondering. I then added a Kanban sentiment. et voila! as they say somewhere or other.
I am entering this card for the following challenges:
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I then went lookinh High and low for the image I knew I had for the focalpoint, took a while, but it was in black and white so I used Milled lavender to tie it in withthe colour scheme. It's a Kanban Image if you're wondering. I then added a Kanban sentiment. et voila! as they say somewhere or other.
I am entering this card for the following challenges:
https://twitter.com/jax1369
A Bag Full Of Love
For this card I used an A6 card blank and ran it through a Cuttlebug "script" embossing folder. I then placed a Tatty Teddy Image onto some embossed silver card and positioned this on the card blank. Finally I added a sentiment.
I would like to enter this card int o the following challenges:
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I would like to enter this card int o the following challenges:
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Feeling"Ruff"
For this card I decided to make a get well card for a dog lover, corny sentiment on it I know, but the old gags are still most often the best gags.
I used a digi image from Inklined for the main part, coloured this with a combination of pro and flexmarkers, you will notice a theme when it comes to my colouring these days, firstly it has no connection to the euphamism used in Sex & The City, secondly I always combine the two pen types as this gives me a better result. I'm not saying it's the way to use the pens, I am just stating that it works for me.
I the cut out the image using Spellbinders labels something (I'm sure Sue Wilson would be able to tell which ones they are), which as we all know when run through again with a tan mat they emboss as well, which is exactly what I did. I then used the same labels to cut the matts and layered the image up. Then I backed an A5 card blank with the poorly (look at them, they are green!) looking dogs and then mounted the image on. I had the sentiment in a bone shape from a magazine (Making Cards, the backing paper is also from there) and mounted this onto a piece of card to make it more sturdy then I cut round the bone shape.
I would like to enter this card in to the following Challenges:
Can anyone tell I've found the Macro setting on my new camera?
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I used a digi image from Inklined for the main part, coloured this with a combination of pro and flexmarkers, you will notice a theme when it comes to my colouring these days, firstly it has no connection to the euphamism used in Sex & The City, secondly I always combine the two pen types as this gives me a better result. I'm not saying it's the way to use the pens, I am just stating that it works for me.
I the cut out the image using Spellbinders labels something (I'm sure Sue Wilson would be able to tell which ones they are), which as we all know when run through again with a tan mat they emboss as well, which is exactly what I did. I then used the same labels to cut the matts and layered the image up. Then I backed an A5 card blank with the poorly (look at them, they are green!) looking dogs and then mounted the image on. I had the sentiment in a bone shape from a magazine (Making Cards, the backing paper is also from there) and mounted this onto a piece of card to make it more sturdy then I cut round the bone shape.
I would like to enter this card in to the following Challenges:
Can anyone tell I've found the Macro setting on my new camera?
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