Domino Swap

Back in February I took part in the Cardmaking Paradise Domino Swap. The only dominoes I could find measured one and half inches by three quarters of an inch - much smaller than the norm! The smaller images on the Crafty Individuals plate CI-329 were just the right size to make a domino book. I used copier paper for the pages so it wouldn't be too bulky when closed. 

The bird images were stamped on tissue paper before being glued to the alcohol inked domino covers and then Viva Gold applied to the edges.

 I decorated a matchbox for the book to go into.

Domino Book Recipe

Paper

Copier paper 90gsm

Tissue paper

Inks

Alcohol inks

Distress Inks - Faded Jeans, Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Stazon - Jet Black, Midnight Blue 

Archival Ink - Coffee

Stamps 

Crafty Individuals CI-329, CI-234

Darkroom Doors - Wildflowers

Leaves - maker unknown

Other

Spellbinders metal

Inka-Gold

Ribbon

Ronseal vanish

Box  recipe

Matchbox

Crafty Individuals "Shades of Summer" paper

Stamps - Crafty Individuals CI-329

Broken China Distress Stain 

I received in return this lovely domino fan from Heike in Germany. Thank you Heike - it's a lovely way to send a special message.

To see all the other swapped dominoes go to Cardmaking Paradise and click on Altered Domino Swap February 2012..

Beginning to catch up

Looking back over the past three months of blog posts you would think I had been twiddling my thumbs and only made three tags and watering can card. Well that's not the case, I've just been lackadaisical in posting. So without further ado and a break from watching yet more rain fall and the grass growing out of control  I will start to bring all my crafting endeavours over the past months up to date.

If you're a crafter where do you start when making a card?  I usually start with the images and let things evolve. The downside of working like that is I often finish up with cards that don't fit in any of my stock of envelopes! With this card I wanted to use some of  the elements from the Crafty Individuals plate CI-335 but after arranging and re-arranging and yet more re-arranging there was no way I could link the images into a pleasing design and finished up ditching the perfume bottles. This was the end result.

Card Recipe
Card
Xerox Colortech +
Pink Bazzill  card
Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper
Inks 
Versafine Imperial Purple, Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, Sugar Spun Distress Stain 
Stamps 
Framed Silhouette from Crafty Individuals plate CI-335.
Lace background by Inkadinkado
Other
Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die
Brad
Flat back pearls

The next card was much more straight forward (in as much as it all came together well) but it probably took as long to find the right backing paper as it did to actually make the card!

Card Recipe

Card

Anna Marie white smooth card

Xerox Colortech+

Black card

Computer copier card 

K &Co background paper

Stamps

Crafty Individuals CI-302 & CI-329

Inks

Versafine Vintage Sepia

Distress inks - Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Frayed Burlap, Broken China, Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone, Old Paper

Other

Lace from The Ribbon Girl

Martha Stewart punch

Flat back pearls

Tim Holtz Challenge - April

Easter has been and gone without even a sniff of a chocolate egg and here we are nearly at the close of another month. At least I have finished my Tim tag with a few days to spare.

Yet again I didn't have all the items so had to put my thinking cap on and remember what I had tucked away that I could use instead. I found a picture online for the bird on the branch and traced it onto my Grungepaper and then cut it out. Time consuming and fiddly but I think made a pretty good fist of it. The colours are lighter than the photo suggests.

Tag recipe

Card/paper

Xerox Colortech+ 

Grungepaper

Stamp - Dance Dictionary Background from The Artistic Stamper

Inks - 

Versamark Onyx Black

Background  - Wild Honey, Broken China, Iced Spruce, Vintage Photo Distress Inks

Grungepaper - Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Stormy Sky, Wild Honey Distress Inks 

Other 

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Broken China Distress Stain

Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Powder

Spell binders die & metal  

Sentiment computer generated and printed on Safmat

Twine & seam binding from The Ribbon Girl

Key charm