a gentleman .....

Hello my friends. I wanted to blog this card for a while but I never got down to it. It is one I made a couple of months back for a man's 60th birthday.

This card was created with Tim Holtz stamps. I did use several sets, anything that took my fancy really. The colours are very autumnal as at the time I was really into all those warm colours and I do think that that palette befits a male card.

I started with an A4 size piece of white card and started inking it with distress inks. I used squeezed lemonade, fossilized amber,carved pumpkin, wild honey. I then flicked water at it and dabbed it with kitchen roll.

Then it was time to start stamping. I used the leaves and same ink pads but added aged mahogany to the mix. I stamped in first and second generation ink. With ground espresso I stamped the glass stains and some other splats. I added some hickory smoke with another small stamp that I love. I finished off with the harlequin pattern that I stamped repeatedly with black archival ink.

I then cut a piece off it and distressed the edges with gathered twigs and walnut stain. I matted it onto black.

Then I turned my attention to the tag. i used a manila tag that I darkened with old paper and antique linen. I then stamped the gentleman in potting soil archival ink and water coloured him in with ground espresso distress ink.

Using same inks as on background I added more interest to tag's background. stamps are mainly from a set of tiny clear polymer stamps. I added a sentiment that I felt was appropriate for this occasion.

I then distressed the edges with gathered twigs and walnut stain. Again I matted onto black and wound some natural twine around it. I also added glossy accents to the watch and glasses.

 I then picked some ephemera stickers and matted them on black too and assembled as shown.

I finished embellishing with some metal cogs. a watch and a penny farthing.  I really hope you like my effort this time. I must say i really enjoyed this inky process, Theresa xx.

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

Simon says stamp Monday challenge - gentlemen

Scrappy mom's stamps blog - tag it

DRS Designs rubber stamps blog - tags

snowflakes......

Hello my friends. It must be Tuesday again and time for me to share some inspiration from Through the Craft Room Door Challenge.

This week our sponsor is Deedee's Digi Designs and she is offering a $10 voucher to spend in her shop.

She does have some lovely designs and the papers I have used for this card are called Blue Christmas and come from her shop.

Just remember that the theme is always anything goes so you can join us with any of your makes.

Details of how I made this card will be published in the next TTCRD magazine. I hope it meets with your approval, Theresa xx.

And now it is also time to announce my blog candy winners. So without further ado............

the embossing folder from the first blog post goes to.........

Pat!!!!!

and the winner of the crafty stash from the second post is ..............

Katrina Brown!!!!!!

Please email me at: theresapace0@gmail.com and leave me your addresses so I can post the stuff to you, hugs Theresa xx

CAS peace

Hello my friends. today I'm back with another CAS card. This is the card that I made with the waste from a gelli print.

A few days ago I had a gelli plate session and when I was making the prints I decided that the waste was too nice to waste. So I got a piece of 6x6 G45 and used it to pull the waste.

I was very pleased with the design so i decided to make a card with it. I didn't think it was too fancy so I decided to use it for the current challenge over at Claritystamp blog challenge.

Above is the original print from which I got the 'waste'. The technique is fully explained on Barbara Gray's blog so I am not going to go into it.

 I simply matted the topper on pearlescent navy blue paper and then onto another piece of card that i had gilded. I finished it off with some pearls.

I must say that the pics don't do it justice and it looks so much better in real life.

i hope you like it, Theresa xx.

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

Claritystamp challenge - clean and simple

Word art Wednesday - anything goes

 

Celebration hop week 4: Celebrate the season

Hello again my friends. It is time for the final week of the blog hop over at TTCRD. Again there are lots of prizes up for grabs.

Winners will be selected weekly from the Main blog post and announced on Monday. 

For a chance at winning the prizes you must

1. Comment on all the blogs

2. Be a follower of TTCRD blog

3. You MUST leave your blog address, name and email address in Mr. Linky at TTCRD!

Below are the list of the prizes on offer this week.

Deedees Digis - PRIZE: $30.00 Gift code to store

KennyKStamps - PRIZE: 3 DigiStamps

Paper Crafting World - Prize: $25.00 Gift certificate to store

Drawn with Character - PRIZE: Choice of 3 images from store

And here is the list of blogs you need to visit and comment on for your chance to win.

Willeke

Kamila

Stacey

Therese - you are here

Mary

Cara

Sandra

TTCRD BLOG

I will also be offering some blog candy. To qualify for this you need to become a follower of my blog and leave a comment.

The pic is difficult to make out. There are various cardstocks including some mirri boards and some foiled Christmas backgrounds. There are toppers and embellishments and also some foam pads. It is a mix of Christmas and everyday so hopefully something to suite everyone.

Now onto today's card. I thought i should feature a Christmas card toady. It is getting closer and i'm nowhere near finishing my cards.

I started with a piece of white stamping card and brushed 3 aquatints across it. I used a blue, turqoise and green. I also added a bit of black to darken the top edge.

For the hills I used a torn piece of card and applied distress ink with a make up sponge. I used peeled paint and forest moss.

The trees are stamped with olive and library green archival ink.

The moon and clouds were created by a faux bleaching technique using just water and a brush. Santa and the reindeer were stamped in black archival ink. I also stamped second generation ink reindeer.

I added the reins with a fine black micron pen and some white highlights with a sharpie pen.

 Using same pen I added some stars to the sky.

I wanted to add some interest around edge, so I went round with snowfkae stamps in versamark and heat embossed with stardust powder. This adds some glitz. I also added some sparkle to moon with a clear wink of stella pen.

Finally I darkened edges with blue distress inks and added some black sootin the end. This made the snowflakes pop even more.

For the sentiment I used the new alphabet dies from Hochanda.com

All the stamps are from Claritystamp Ltd.

So i hope you like my offering and I hope to see you joining in with these celebrations, Theresa xx.

Santa and those crazy birds.....

Hello there. I'm back with a Christmas card today.

When I looked at this weeks's LIM challenge and saw that it was Santa and one layer I knew I wanted to make this card. I hope I manage to link it on time.

So I stamped the hat first and masked it off and then I stamped the bird. I masked off the wing and then I stamped the candy stick. All stamping was done in Black archival ink.

I then stamped the sentiment and then the star which I embossed in black dancing glitz wow powder for a bit of bling. All stamps used are from stampers anonymous by Tim Holtz.

I coloured it in with distress ink and a damp brush. I used: abandoned coral, fossilized amber, espresso coffee and hickory smoke.

I finished the card off by adding some glossy accents to eyes, beak and stick. And that is my CAS card done, Theresa xx

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

Simply less is more - one layer:Santa

Alphabet challenge blog - 'tis the season

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Christmas card Challenge - photo inspiration

                  

Thinking of you....

Hello there. I'm bombarding you with posts these days but I have been a busy bee.

It must be Tuesday again so time for another anything goes challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door.

This is the inspiration i have for you today. All the details will be in the next magazine published on TTCRD which comes out every 2 months. Incidentally the current magazine is out and is jam packed with loads of projects.

This is the type of card I don't look forward to making as it tends to be quite a sad time, however this was a sample I made to showcase some dies on Hochanda craft channel.

So hop over to TTCRD site for more inspiration from my team mates and the prize this week is actually a year's subscription to the afore mentioned magazine. So what are you waiting for?

Thankful....

Hello my crafty friends. Today it is time for another challenge over at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.

This week the challenge is being hosted by Lozzy and she has chosen the theme Thankful.

Our sponsors for this week are Sweet Lilac Flowers and Fresh Brewed designs.

When I saw the theme of this challenge I knew I wanted to use a set of stamps by Tim Holtz. They had been waiting for the right moment for their outing and now here they are.

So I started with a piece of white card and blended distress ink all over it. I used squeezed lemonade, fossilized amber, crushed olive, twisted citron, carved pumpkin and abandoned coral. I spritzed with water and blotted with kitchen towel after a few seconds.

I wanted it more distressed so I sprayed it with hickory smoke spray stain. I then spritzed it with bronze perfect pearls spray for a bit of bling.

I stamped the large stamp with black archival and clear embossed it. I inked round the edges with vintage photo and gathered twigs. Then I matted and layered it as shown and stuck to base card.

Next I turned my attention to embellishments. I stamped the 2 leaves in the set blending various distress inks on stamp prior to stamping. I fussy cut them and spritzed some hickory smoke. The acorn was stamped in potting soil archival and the wheat in dandelion archival. I clear embossed both and fussy cut them as well.

I arranged them as shown and added some more flowers and foliage from Sweet Lilac Flowers. You can see some small buds that I created from smaller blooms. 

To keep to the more earthy feel of this card I added a raffia bow which looks more natural. 

So that is my inspiration for this challenge. for more inspiration visit the main FFFC blog and you will find lots more to inspire you from the rest of my team mates.

So do come and join us for this weeks challenge, Theresa xx

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

Simon says stamp Monday challenge - N is for November with all its implications....

Pile it on challenge - leaves

Bitten by the bug 2 blogspot - thanksgiving; fall colours