A Tim Holtz Fest...Part 2

I had bags of fun making the first batch of cards that I couldn't stop making more!! Here are the second batch that I made:

 

It's amazing how the simple things can re-energise you.  Before these cards I just sat there stroking my beautiful products wishing my mojo would return.  Once I had decided to use only a few products everything came flooding back!!

Let's hope it stays...for a while at least!

A Tim Holtz Fest...Part 1

I finally found my mojo!!

I had some great fun with a few simple products... Tim Holtz products of course!

I used distress ink, remnant rubs, stamps and loads of Ideology!!!!

Here are my creations:

I made a few more which I will show you in a couple of days...Thanks for looking!

Rebel Stampers ATC Swap

I am way behind with sharing some of my creations....

Here are my swaps for the Rebel Stampers November challenge.

The first is based on the Craft Stamper Moustache stamp

I coloured an atc using the wrinkle free distress method and distress paints.

I then stamped the Traveller in Archival and coloured him using distress markers.

I randomly stamped the glasses stamp on the background.

I stamped the moustache onto scrap card and then cut around it and mounted it onto the card

The second challenge for the month was to create an atc size Christmas card

Here, I covered an atc in background paper.

The snowman was stamped in Soft Sky ink and mini snowflakes were stamped around him

The sentiment banner was stamped along the background and a gem added for his nose.

The Craftstamper challenge for December was the pine leaf

I covered an atc in chevron paper.

I die cut holly and glued this to the background.

The main image was stamped using the fabulous Wendy Vecchi archival inks and the cut and mounted onto the ac.

To finish I added a few gems.

The final atc of the year was based on 'Angels'

Here I created a wrinkle free distress method using distress paint.

I then added a crackle background to the corners.

The angel and sentiment were stamped in Archival ink

Hope you like my atcs..... I am hoping to join in alot more challenges this year!!

Thanks for looking...

Happy Birthday....To A Very Special Person

Today is a very special day.... it is my Mum's birthday.....  she is, of course, 21 again!  She was spoilt a couple of weeks ago when she was given an I-Pad as an early birthday present.

Here is the card that I made for mum:

I based the card on some gorgeous Prima papers (that I forgot that I had). 

I stamped the Paper Artsy image onto a doily then coloured this and the dress on the Prima papers using watercolour pencils.

I stamped the borders in Brown Archival ink.

The image was stamped onto a label then layered onto the card.

To finish I added pearl swirls and buttons.

I am sure my mum will love her card.

Thanks for looking.

Happy New Year.....

Sorry it's been so long!!  I had every intention to write lots of posts over Christmas and just didn't get the time.  I hope everyone had a fabulous festive time.

I thought I would kick the new year off with showing a card that I made for a little girl's birthday.

Kaylin turned 3 on boxing day and got her first ballet award just before Christmas (so sweet!!)

The card I used was pre-printed.  I added a doily and banner.

The ballet dancer is one of my favourite dies.  I wanted to keep it simple and so tied some bakers twine around the waste.

To finish I stamped a sentiment from the Tim Holtz 'Simple Sayings' stamp set.

A simple way to start the New Year!!

Thanks for looking

Score Board Trigger Happy

I CASEd a project given as part of a make and take recently and couldn't wait to give it a twist in my own way!

 
The first project is a note book. I scored grey card both horizontally and vertically to give it an embossed look.

Next I stamped various images in different colour onto white card stock.

I then set about creating a flower and banners.

To finish the front cover I then embellished it using vintage facet buttons.

I glued this to a notepad and left it to dry.

I used the same method to create a card to celebrate a friend's promotion at work.

Once I started using the scoreboard I couldn't stop!

Thanks for looking...

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

Not long now... I'm starting to feel a little Christmasy!

I wanted to share another card with you today:

I started by randomly stamping snowflakes to the right hand side of a card.

I added patterned paper to the left hand side.

I stamped the snowflakes in different colours and sizes and die cut them.

II attached these to the card using foam pads and added a metal snowflake embellishment to the centre of the smallest snowflake.

To finish I stamped a greeting in black Archival ink.

Nice and easy... for when you are creating in bulk!!
Thanks for looking....