Christmas wish

I'm back again with another quick card. After I looked at the LIM challenge I got the idea for this card. 

The stamps are by Sheena Douglass and they came with issue 12 of the Crafter's Companion magazine.

I started by masking off the area for the sentiment with a post- it and then I inked around it with distress inks: brushed corduroy, vintage photo and gathered twigs. With the mask still in place, I stamped the holly with potting soil archival ink.

I removed the mask and stamped the sentiment and embossed in detail gold. I then stamped with the holly stamp around 2 edges of the card. I coloured them in with distress inks and a damp brush: bundled sage, forest moss and barn door.

I went around all 4 edges with Versa mark and embossed with gold powder and then mounted the card on base. To finish it I added glossy accents to berries and went around sentiment area with a brown fine liner.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Less is more challenge - celebration or festivals

Happy little stampers Christmas challenge - embossing

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - anything goes

acetate and some news...

Hello there. A quick post today and some news. When I saw the latest LIM challenge I knew I had some patterned acetate lurking somewhere. So I went on a hunt and managed to find it. It is from a kit I had from the days of QVC.

It inspired me to make these 3 cards. I actually liked them a lot and think they look quite classy.

The acetate is from Kanban and the sentiments are from Altenew.

And now for my news... I'm part of the DT for Crafter's Companion and tonight there were my samples on telly and I felt as proud as Punch.

hugs, Theresa xx

I would like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

Less is More - recipe: acetate or vellum

Simon says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

nearly monochrome ...

 Hello my friends. I'm back with another Christmas card. This was inspired by something that Leonie was making on Hochanda last week. The final card transpired from the patterned paper that I used.

So I started with a piece of patterned paper from HOTP. These are papers that I've had for years from the years of QVC. I knew I wanted to use the stag so I went for a paper in neutral hues.

I stamped him in potting soil archival ink and then again on another piece of darker patterned paper and fussy cut the stag without the ears, hooves and antlers. I also stamped the snout on another scrap from the background paper.

From the same stamp set, I used the small deer, bare trees, fir tree and buildings to build up a background scene. I stamped these in second generation ink.

I darkened the edges with distress inks: brushed corduroy, gathered twigs and walnut stain. I then put a moon mask and dragged some ink from it. 

Using the edge of the fir tree I stamped some grasses to ground the deer etc and to add depth to picture.

I then attached the fussy cut stag and added glossy accents to eyes and hooves after I had clear embossed the antlers.

Then I started working on the embellishments. They are fussy cut from another HOTP sheet. I double embossed the stamp and added some silver glitter embossing powder to the edges for a twinkle. Once it cooled, I cracked it to add more interest.

I also embossed the leaf and pine cone adding same silver powder to them too.

I matted and layered the main image on dark roast coffee card, another patterned sheet from HOTP and again the coffee card. I went round the edges with dries clear cosmic shimmer glue and sprinkled with glitter jewels. I added the embellishments and some raffia and gypsophila to finish off the card. As a last touch I used a yellow sparkle pen on the windows and a clear pen on trees, roofs, and on the ground to give an impression of glistening snow.

All the stamps used are from IndigoBlu.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Simon says stamp Monday challenge - autumn

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Happy Crafting, Theresa xx

Bugaboo Nativity

Hello my friends. It is time for another Through the Craft room Door challenge. 

This week our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will get a $12 to the store.

This time I went for a fun image that to me said childlike. Hence I tried to colour it like a child would and just had fun with it.

All the details will be in the next magazine due out in November.

Hop over to the blog for further inspiration from my team mates here and then link up your projects for a chance to win the voucher. Remember it is an anything goes challenge. So what are you waiting for?

hugs, Theresa xx

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

CraftyHazelnut's patterned paper challenge - anything goes (HOTP)

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - anything goes

Christmas cards all year round - use a little or a lot of orange

CAS mixed media card

Hello my friends. Back again with another card. This one came together quite quickly and I was quite pleased with the result.

It is a flat one layer card, but it still has a number of layers built in using the acrylic paints.

First layer was laid down using a brayer. I used Paperartsy fresco acrylic paints and chose several autumnal hues including cheesecake, tinned peas, chocolate pudding, pumpkin soup, beach hut, autumn fire, tango.

The next layer was put down with a make up sponge, hence adding more texture.

Finally I stamped with a texture stamp using the paints.

Once I was happy with the background I stamped the tulip n black archival ink, followed by the sentiment and then the small bunch of flowers.

I coloured them in with Spectrum Noir pencils and then added some white dots, with a sharpie pen, as highlights.

I stamped the background with a small flowerhead using antique linen distress ink.

Finally I added stickles to the centres of the small flowers and under the tulip. And lastly I added some sequins.

I tried to take several pics but they do not do it justice. It looks much brighter in real life.

The stamps are a JOFY set that is from Paperartsy as well.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Less is more - one layer card: dreams

Craft Stamper Take it Make it Challenge - autumnal creations

HLS October Mixed media challenge - nature

Bingo...

Hello again. Twice in three days now! What is going on? Well it is Friday and so time for another Fussy and fancy Challenge.

This time the challenge is hosted by Nikki who chose a bingo for our theme.

Bingo

You know what you have to do. Just choose a row, column or diagonal. If you are feeling particularly adventurous you can go for full house.

Our sponsor this  week is Live and Love Crafts.

I needed to make a baby card for a commission and so I decided to use the grid for inspiration. So I went for a shaped card and I half die cut, half embossed the central panel. I die cut a full shape out of ivory centura pearl card and stuck it down. I covered the front and inside with G45 paper from the baby to bride collection.

I stamped the image in watering can archival ink onto Sheena stamping card and coloured it in softly with spectrum noir pencils. I framed it with a double pierced circle frame which I had stamped with the Pegz by Ken Oliver.

I added lace, pearls and a bow of ribbon and twine. i embellished it with some flowers and olive branch die cuts. A made with love charm finishes that off. 

I added some buttons to the upper right hand corner to balance it off and my card was finished and if i'm not mistaken I had a full house.

So now it's up to you to join us in this challenge here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Word art Wednesday - anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned paper challenge - anything goes

Hello there. i seem to be neglecting my blog. I've realized it's been 2 weeks since the last post. Shame on me.

It is time for another Through the Craft Room Door challenge. This week we are being sponsored by Pickled Potpourri. They are offering $7 voucher to be used on their website to the lucky winner.

I chose to work with the Silhouette Nativity. this is a collection of silhouette images that are actually very clever as you can chose which bits you want to use and they all work together. My son showed me how to remove the background from images so i managed to combine them as in card below. That was made with 4 separate images.

These are also quick cards to make so are perfect for batch making.

I wish you could see them in real life as they sparkle so much! It is so difficult to make it show on photos though.

For further inspiration and to see what my team mates came up with please visit the TTCRD here. Remember our challenge is always anything goes. Happy crafting, Theresa xx.