Massi's classroom homework

Well as per usual he saw me making my card and wanted to do a card for Barbara. I showed him the jigsaw stamp and he was unsure about it. then he had a look in my Clarity folder and chose the dove and the twig.

Starting with theuva card he stamped jigsaw in cobalt blue archival. He decided to use cornflower blue for dove and twig and after 3 attempts he got it right. Next i helped him mask the jigsaw off as he wanted to do a sunset with a big sun. he decide the distress inks he was going to use: mustard seed, spiced marmalade, barn door, dusty concord and tumbled glass.

Using ink dusters he set to work. he decided how much to put and where. I kind of suggested but he did what he wanted in the end.  Before colouring the sun, he coloured twig in with weathered wood distress marker and i versamarked it for him but he wanted to hold heat gun to emboss it as 'I want to do it all by myself'!

The last thing was to decide matting. I said to use the blue and he wnted red. in the end he said to use both. And his card was finished.

I hope this makes you smile. it's an experience crafting along this child of mine! Theresa xx

Happy Anniversary

Well i have just watched the recording of Barbara Gray's show from this morning and I couldn't believe my ears when she said that i had inspired her with one of my cards. This is the card she was referring to.

It was soon after I had received the NDC stamp that I thought it would look good on a swing. So i got out one of my favourite stamps, the swirly leaves and decided to use them with the love birds.

Using archival black ink i stamped the smaller swirl twice and clear embossed it. Next i stamped the birds and embossed them too. Then I needed to extend the branch that they were sitting on which I did with a black micron pen and embossed. I added the rope bit with same pen and ruler and again clear embossed. I stamped Sentiment in black archival and again clear embossed.

Now it was time to colour birds which i did with distress markers. I used and orange, a blue and a green for both but the more muted for the female. Then i cut out a cloud mask and using tumbled glass and broken china, I created a background with clouds to give the impression that the birds are high up.

The topper is ready. To finish it off I matted it on orange and black. On the black card i stamped swirls all around borders in versamark and clear embossed to create more interest and to tie in with topper. Finally I cut a strip of black card and wrapped orange ribbon round it. I added a bow and stuck a cameo from creative expressions to finish it off.

I sent this card off to my parents for their 47th wedding anniversary.

Have a good one, Theresa xx

Audrey.......

Hello my crafty friends. For today's card I tried a new technique. I bought these lovely stencils which I had cut to A6 size as originally they come in larger sizes.

I used black paste to get image from stencil onto white card and left it to dry after removing stencil carefully and washing it immediately.

I ran a piece of centura white pearl through GC using dogtooth embossing folder. Then I darkened edges with black soot distress ink. I stuck it to white base card and then stuck red polka dot ribbon across. With a shorter piece of ribbon i tied a knot. I stamped sentiment from Clarity stamp in black archival and clear embossed it.

When the image was dry i matted it onto black and then red and stuck it down. I added some black crystal swirls from creative expressions and some pearls and the card was ready to send to my sister-in-law.

Finished card 8x8

I do enjoy reading your comments if you feel the need to leave me some. Theresa xx

Clarity challenge and homework

This was the first card I made with the jigsaw stamp. I had it in my head and tried to reproduce it on paper.

I started by stamping jigsaw on the back of centura pearl with cobalt blue archival ink. I stamped the single jigsaw piece and cut it out and attached it to the big jigsaw so I could create a whole picture. Then I decided where I wanted the trees and robin and stamped those in cornflower blue archival ink (Wendy Vecchi).

I then tore a piece of copy paper and using weathered wood distress ink created shadows for a snowy scene. I used tumbled glass for the sky. Then I extended the scene onto a bigger piece of card.

I stamped the Christmas star in cornflower blue and embossed it with stardust clear embossing powder. Happy Christmas was clear embossed.

Finally I versamarked the jigsaw pieces and used ultra thick clear embossing powder on them. I triple embossed for a smooth finish so it looks like a tile.

I'm entering this into the clarity winter challenge. 

All for now Theresa xx

Froehe Weihnachten

This card was totally inspired by Sue Wilson Particraft.blogspot.com. She is truly amazing with spellbinder dies. I changed colour scheme and embossing folder.

The stamps are from heartfelt creations and embossed with detail white embossing powder. The white banner is embossed with the christmas tree folder from couture creations.

The dies match the stamps and i added frosty glitter on leaves and berries. The greeting is from Clarity stamps.

All for now Theresa xx

Hubby's birthday card

Today is my hubby's birthday and i made this card for him. I started by working out how to position the wording on a piece of scrap paper first. I had to juggle them a bit and realized that i couldn't fit them in well so i put the symbol for and rather than the word and this fitted better. I stamped all around perimeter of an 8x8 card in cobalt blue archival ink.

Next i started to work on topper. I started with the car first which i stamped on clarity card in same ink. i masked car and created background with distress inks, ink dusters, torn paper and make-up sponges. Then i stamped trees from lesson 21 and the edge on road from same set of stamps.

I added glossy accents to wind screen, head lamps and wheels. The topper was matted on navy blue linen card.

The card still looked a bit bare so i decided to add the metal corners. However they were the wrong colour. So I gilded them with midnight black, patina and silver gilding waxes and mounted them on opposite corners.

I really hope he likes it. Whatever you do have a good day Theresa xx

Baby girl

Well i made this card when my son asked me to make a baby card for his singing lessons teacher. I have been on a spellbinder bender and so i stamped on the non shiny side of centura pearl card and cut it out with circle die and matted it on a lilac die. The image i coloured in promarkers.

Next i embossed the shiny side of a piece of centura pearl card with the heart lattice folder from creative expression. I stamped congratulations on the non shiny side of centura pearl card. I threaded a narrow piece of white card through a lilac buckle die and stuck it over join. I added a pearl to the centre of the buckle.

matted the card on lilac and mounted on A5 white base card.

The teacher loved it and thought it was great. I hope you like it too. Hugs Theresa xx