Thanks

I really love leaves and foliage of any kind really, so when I saw the embossing folder for this oak leaf on Amazon I ordered it immediately! I actually thought it was just a regular sized 3D embossing folder, but it turned out to be an Impresslit from Sizzix. It was much smaller than I had anticipated plus it contained the dies for the leaves too!

Having both the impression and the die made the folder really thick and was too thick to go through my Spellbinders Platinum 6 using any of the normal plates, so I set about finding a solution. 

This video also shows how I coloured the leaves, giving them shimmer, but using regular alcohol inks.

The challenge at Addicted to CAS is Autumn, so this card seems ideal for that challenge.

Addicted to Stamps and More

I would be delighted if anyone watching my video could also subscribe to my channel as this makes it pop up to more crafters so I understand!

Thanks so much!

 

Noel

Today I spotted this challenge at AAA Cards 

and remembered a little die set from Charlie and Paulchen so I thought I would have a go. 

I selected the centre rectangle for my image which I coloured with a variety of marker pens. I think he's such  cute chap!

I made this video on how I did the colouring!

I made a slight faux pas with adding the image to my card and stuck him on the back of the card, but a simple bit of cutting had made it a panel to be mounted onto the front of a new card base!

 

Botanicals

Fairly recently I discovered a craft company from Sweden, called Gummiapan. They produce the most delightful images for stamps and dies and are really reasonably priced, with excellent customer service. The vase and flowers for this card came from that source. I coloured them with markers and added a little dimension to the vase using an embossing stylus amd mounted it on foam tape. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted and I stamped a scrap of card with the stripy stamp and cut a small piece for the coaster.

The challenge at CASology is Botanicals so this is for that!

Inkspirational

 

Merry Christmas

Recently I was fortunate enough to win a challenge at 52 Christmas Card throwdown, which came together with the invitation to be a Guest Designer for them. So here I am with a card for their colour challenge which this time is 

The red in my version is minimal to say the least. but where would \Rudolph be without his red nose! The deer die is by Gummiapan, I don't recall the origin of the tress, but they were coloured with Distress Oxide Inks.

I made a video on how I colour die-cuts here. https://youtu.be/_fv0SL4-2B4

The sentiment is a foil plate from Spellbinders... I couldn't resist playing with my new toy... a Glimmer Hot Foil machine!

 

Hi

Not too long ago I discovered a craft company in Germany  called Charlie and Paulchen and was so taken by their die designs that I put in quite a few orders.  This little bunny was included with one of my orders as a 'thank you' and I think he is the cutest! The carton die is also by C&P. The 'hi' is from an old Cuttlebug die.  I coloured the bunny with some Copic markers. It's the simplest of cards but it gave me pleasure to make it!

Addicted to CAS 

Just Add Ink

I chose flower and paper

 

Joy to the world

Recently I discovered a site in Germany where they produce the most enchanting dies. The company is called Charlie and Paulchen and this little chap is one of theirs. I coloured him with Copics and assembled him to stand before the little scene comprised of dies by various manufacturers, but I quite like the combo. It's like white on white with a splash of colour, which I thought went quite well for the challenge at AAA Cards which is for Black and White plus one.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

I think Christmas cards are one of my favourite themes to make!

 

Happy Birthday

This is my second card for the challenges at Just Us Girls this month, where I have been invited to be Guest Designer once more. 

The challenge this time is to have an inked or sprayed background. Whilst sitting pondering what I might make, I found myself looking at a piece of kit that I haven't used for a very long time. I'm not sure where I got it but I think it may have been Stampin' Up, as I used one of their watercolour markers in it. It's called a Spritzer, but it works like a diffuser, which basically puffs a gust of air across the tip of a marker, (by squeezing the bulb,) which leaves a kind of splatter of ink on the page.

I cut it to make a background panel for the pansy die-cut by Alexandra Renke. I used a cutting die to emboss the horizontal band and added a couple of die-cut charms to some baker's twine.

Card making gives me an inordinate amount of pleasure, which is only increased by the fact that it is shared with so many like minded crafters all around the world, whom I am delighted to call my friends! Let's hope lots of them join in with this challenge!

 

Merry Christmas Wreath

I love making Christmas Cards and I love using die cuts and I also love messing around with ink, so this card was just up my street. 

I dabbed a couple of shades of green Distress Oxide ink onto the wreath base and the sprigs of leaves and then spritzed with water. When dry I rubbed a little gold gilding wax here and there. The bow and the flower centres were cut from hessian and the sentiment was cut in kraft card to match and then stacked to give a little additional dimension!

Christmas 24

CAS on Friday 

LEAVES

Happy Little Stampers

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Happy Birthday

Today is my friend's birthday and we will be joining her and her husband and another couple to celebrate the occasion over a meal. I will be giving her this card, however it is not the one that I made for her originally as that one has mysteriously disappeared! It must be somewhere hiding in plain sight but I can't find it... if it does reappear it will have to do for next year as I did put her name on it!

For this one I used the foliage, circle and tag die cuts by Alexandra Renke, colouring the leaves with a couple of shades of Distress Oxide inks and then stamping some splatters with one of the colours. The 'happy' is from The Greetery and the 'birthday' from Create a Smile. Both are stacked a few times.

The three ladies concerned in this celebration (Ladies who lunch) will be spending a day closer to Christmas meeting alpacas and doing a wreath making workshop, it's our gift to the birthday girl and should be great fun... but first to celebrate this evening!

The Paper Players

Watercooler Wednesday - All things Feminine

 

Happy Birthday

Here is a very simplified version of the sketch at Global Design Project!

The rectangle has been squished, the flower is in place of the circle and the sentiment is as is! If this is too far removed from the sketch I hope the gals over there will disregard it!

I used a plank die by Memory Box and a flower by Alexandra Renke, all coloured by dabbing with Distress Oxide inks. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.

The Flower Challenge is still celebrating its 5th Birthday and they would like to see a shape as well as a flower... I think the rectangle of wood satisfies that criterion.

 

I just had to change the water filter on my fridge, that in itself was a nightmare, firstly I bought the wrong one and as I had removed the wrapper,  it cannot be returned... expensive mistake at £60. Then once I had got the right component (fortunately as a slightly cheaper price) I found that I can't manage to reset the filter warning light. Don't you just love technology!

 

Celebrate

This is a celebratory card for a couple of special occasions. 

The 5th birthday of the The Flower Challenge

and AAA Cards

who are celebrating their 200th game.

CAS on Friday  CIRCLES

I used Memory Box embossing circles, a small background stamp and 'celebrate' die from Stamplorations plus some crocuses by Alexandra Renke. 

I made a puddles of colour on my glass mat with Distress inks and water and flapped the die cut flowers into them, adding a little Wink of Stella when dry. The sentiment was stacked a few times, with one fewer layer under the 'c' where  it overlaps the stems.

 

Sending Smiles

Here I coloured the dies by Alexandra Renke by smooshing them in some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink and water on my craft mat. I dabbed the strawberries with a little Festive Berries ink and then spritzed them with water. I cut out the circle in the panel and stamped that with some splatters, then spritzed and when dry, put back into the panel, which is raised on foam tape. The sentiment by SSS was stacked with extra layers under the part which fits into the recess in the panel.

CAS on Friday

CIRCLES

 

Danke Sehr

This is the second in the series of Guest Designer spots that I am undertaking for the challenges at 

Stamp & Fun = Creativity

As this is a German site, I tried to find a German link and this stamp from Lawn Fawn just fit the bill.

The challenge this time is  Colour of Autumn

For this card I dropped splodges of alcohol ink onto photographic paper and when dry, die cut the foliage sprigs. I dry embossed a twiggy image for a base panel and added the simple sentiment.

Job Done!

It would be great if you could join in the fun. They'd love to see you there!

Addicted to CAS - Autumn

Dies R Us - Anything Goes

 

With Love

Here is a card made with scraps of offcuts. The stripy backdrop is from a die by Reverse Confetti,  the white hearts are the waste from a Memory Box heart circle die and the hearts on stems are from Impression Obsession. I made it with a couple of challenges in mind.

Freshly Made Sketches

and Just Add Ink 

 

Thinking of You

I have been wanting to use this Macra-Made for you die by The Greetery for some time. I cut everything from white card and coloured the pot with a little Distress Oxide ink at the sides and then spritzed with water to let the colour spread. The leaves, which were from some tiny dies whose origin I can't place, were also coloured with a couple of shades of DOI and again spritzed. To give the pot a 3D appearance, I put a dimensional pad behind the centre and stuck down the sides. The sentiment from Sugar Pea Designs, was heat embossed in silver EP.

Addicted to CAS - Nature

AAA Cards

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Thank you CAS Mix Up

It's time for another challenge at CAS Mix Up

Host - Leslie

We'd like to welcome  

Ros (Mikey's Mom) as Guest Designer.

Leslie's Message

I've always felt autumn colors are some of the most beautiful in the way nature combines them, so I would love to see a gallery full of these rich, watercolor hues.  Whether in the background, foreground, border or more, whether a technique or a simple watercolored image let's get autumn off to a fabulous start!

Global Design Project - Thank you

  

For this card I used an embossed die cut and coloured it with Distress Oxide inks. To help blend them I wanted to use some water, but didn't want to use too much as I wanted to keep the intensity of the colours, so I spritzed a small amount of water in the air and just wafted the die cut through the mist! Once dry I over stamped with a splatter stamp and then added just a little Gold Gilding Wax with my fingertip.

The frame for the leaf is slightly raised, I used really skinny dimensional pads under the square and once adhered, popped the leaf into the space.

Come and join us with your watercolour renditions of Autumn Colours!

 

You make me happy

Here I used dies and stamps from Simply Graphic, stacking the leaves and smooshing with Distress Oxide inks and water to add the colour. I added just a little Gilding Wax to the butterfly's wings. The sentiment was heat embossed in white.

TIME OUT - coloured card base

I love the products from this French company, they seem to fit my style of cardmaking perfectly!

 

Happy Birthday

If there's one thing I love it's having a good simple sketch to follow. Today I found this one at 

CAS Colours & Sketches

I spent a long time going through my sentiment stamps to look for something which I thought would work, but eventually ended up using a computer generated one. In fact I did so much messing around with spacings etc, it would probably have been quicker to stamp one using a stamping platform.

Anyway the font is Formal 436 BT.

I decided to add a butterfly to the design to fit in with the challenges at 

CAS on Friday - Butterfly

and Watercooler Wednesday - All things Feminine

The Dreamy butterfly is from Memory Box, coloured with Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks applied with sponge daubers. When dry I stamped and heat embossed some silver splatters.

To make the matching tiny floating dots, I coloured a little card with the inks and then die cut a holey border die and used the 'holes' as the embellishments. There are two sizes of holes in this die and these are from the smaller ones. It's a good way to get and exact match to something you have already coloured... besides colouring dots made from White Nuvo Drops. (which I've actually not tried yet for myself)

 

Hello

I don't seem to be able to stop playing around with this Creative-Depot Bellflower die, here it is in yet another incarnation, this time for the challenge at AAA Cards

I didn't opt for the coloured card base, but my 1 inch strip is from a Reverse Confetti backdrop die. I popped it up on dimensional tape and added the die cut which I coloured with Distress Oxide inks, using sponge daubers. I spritzed it with water to diffuse the colours and stamped some splatters in the same ink. Sentiment by the Ton.

Try it on Tuesday - Summer Blooms

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