Domino Birthday Book

A while ago I took part in a domino swap and I had coloured quite a few dominoes in the process that I didn't use. So I decided to use a couple of them to make a birthday book rather than a card. I had used alcohol inks to colour the dominoes and so I coloured a match box with the same colours although the result was much more golden.

Domino Book Recipe
Paper
90gsm copier paper
Inks
Alcohol inks - Cranberry, Lettuce, Gold Mixative
Ranger archival Coffee
Ditstress Inks - Victorian Velvet, Vinatge Photo
Stamps
Script - PaperArtsy MN44
Queen For A Day - maker unknown
Leaves - maker unknwmn
Swirls and flower stamps - Crafty Individuals
Other
Wrap Connectors
Matchbox
Flat back pearls

Chill out!

This stamp just cried out for a sunrise/sunset. Take your pick as to which it is!  

Card Recipe

Card

Cream linen card from Craft Creations

Black Bling Bazzill

Ink

Distress Inks - Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo

Ranger Archival Jet Black

Stamp

Stamp Addicts - Sunday Morning SA - 5014

Other

Sentiment - computer generated using Typewriter font

Fares please!

I made this for my brother-in-law who thought he was getting his bus pass on his birthday. However  it transpires that the powers that be have moved the eligibility date in line when women born in 1951 retire and he can't now apply till sometime early next year. Nevertheless he was so pleased to receive a very personal card. We found the picture of his local bus on the internet together with the bus timetable.

Card Recipe
Card/paper
Anna Marie Super Smooth Super White Printer Card
Nitwits paper
Green Core-ordinations card
Ink
Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint
Other
Sentiment - Computer generated - Typewriter font
Photo of bus, timetable and ticket all downloaded from the web

Floating Butterflies

I made my first exploding box for a friend's birthday. Her reaction - "It's the most beautiful card ever!" I wouldn't go that far but I was really happy with it. Apparently it had its own display table in her house. I may find it difficult to top this when her birthday comes round again!

 

Exploding Box Recipe

Card

Pearlescent Black Bazzill Card

Silver card

Xerox Colortech+ white card

Inks

Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean

Ranger Archival Jet Black

Stamps

Butterfly - Crafty Individuals CI-296

Seed Head - PaperArtsy HP1005

Other

Acetate

Glitter

Tim Holtz Tag Challenge - November

Another month of deviating from Tim's original to use what I have to hand in my craft room. As I don't have a small leaf die I cut leaves with the Tim's "Tattered Leaves" die and then printed them onto card at half sized before cutting them out and using as templates for my coloured card. I used the same technique for the acorn.
Here's Tim's November tag  and here's my version -

Tag Recipe 
Card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth, Super White, Printer Card
Shades of Core'dinations & Bazzill card 
Inks/EP
Distress Inks - Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Crushed Olive, Rusty Hinge, Fired Frick, Weathered Wood, Wild
Honey, Pumice stone
Distress Stains- Walnut Stain, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Versamark
WOW Clear Gloss Superfine Embossing Powder
Stamps
Grass - Stampotique
Letters - Hero Arts LL931 Signature Lowercase Letters 
Dies/masks
Sizzlets Acorn
Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves
Mask - The Crafter's workshop - Mini Circle Explosion TCW278s  
Other
Seam Binding
Button twine
Glossy Accents

Texting a Happy Birthday!

I used a Cardmaking Paradise template to make this mobile phone card for a friend's teenage son.

Card Recipe
Red hammered card from Craft Creations
Black card
Silver paper
Safmat
Pen-Touch calligraphy silver pen
Silver cord
Charm

Gone Fishin'

Our eldest grandson spends a great deal of time sitting on a riverbank with his maternal grandfather fishing, so this stamp from Stamp Addicts seemed appropriate for his tenth birthday card together with a log book to record his catch or even the one that got away!

If you want to make the effect of ripples on water use a woodgrain mask, it works a treat.

Card Recipe
Card
Xerox Colortech+ white card
Cream hemp card from Craft Creations
Brown card
Green card
Stamps
Stamp Addicts - Gone Fishin' SA-5013
Inks
Distress Inks - Pumice Stone, Spiced Marmalade, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Barn Door, Scattered Straw
Versafine Vintage Sepia
Other
Woodgrain Mask

Notebook Recipe
Card
Greyboard
Colortech+ white card
Paints
Gesso - Claudine Hellmuth
Black Eco-friendly Acrylic Paint
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints - Ice blue, Satin Glaze
Inks
Distress Inks - Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Pumice Stone
Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps
Stamp Addicts - Gone Fishin' SA-5013
Other
Woodware chipboard alphabet letters
Keyring holder
Bind-it-all wire

Butterflies

I rarely start with a plan when I make anything which is probably a good thing. However for this card I decided to make a project in July's Craft Stamper but some of my stamping went awry and it was back to my usual let it evolve scenario.

Card Recipe
Card
Cream linen card from Craft Creations
Xerox Colortech+ white card
Red card
Inks
Distress Inks - Victorian Velvet, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters
Versamark
White embossing powder
Stamps
Script - A Stamp in the Hand - Background Text Medium N-1772
Flourish - Crafty Individuals CI - 182
Splats - PaperArtsy mini MN72
Celebrate from Popcorn the Bear plate PST-SML
Other
Butterfly mask cut from Spellbinders die
Flower from Joanna Sheen
Button coloured with alcohol ink
Button twine from The Ribbon Girls
Flat back pearls

Framed Cupcake

For our grand daughter's seventh birthday card I used a template for a 3D framed card from Cardmaking Paradise. The Marianne die for the cupcake and candles was a bargain from August's Stamperama. Thank you to my Cardmaking Paradise forum friend for pointing me in its direction (or should that be die - rection!).

Card Recipe
Green dotty card from Craft Creations
Cupcake and candle die - Marianne LR0160
Distress Ink
Copic markers
Sakura Yellow Gelly Roll Glaze pen
Glossy Accents

Highlighted!

In August's edition of Craft Stamper magazine there was an article by Paula Whittaker using the humble highlighter to create a simple background. I love the results using this medium and decided to keep the cards clean and simple and let the subject do the talking.

And I made a notebook as well.

Recipe
Card
Xerox Colortech+
Ink
Highlighters pink and yellow
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Rangers Archival Jet Black
Stamp
Seed head - PaperArtsy HP1005
Sentiment - Personal Impressions Mix and Match  PICSA6070

In the pink!

I wanted to create a bright and cheery card for someone returning home from a hospital operation and Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks were just the ticket!

Card Recipe
Paper
Xerox Colortech+ card
Inks
Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Stamps
Dots Background -The Artistic Stamper
Flowers - Crafty Individuals - CI - 206
Words - PaperArtsy - HPXT03
Other
Ribbon coloured with Picked Raspberry Distress ink

It's time to start catching up!

I've been very lackadaisical blogging for the past couple of months and haven't posted any of the cards I've made in that time, so it's time to make amends.

Distress Inks were used for the background and dots and I added white dots all around the larger dots - very therapeutic! The flowers were stamped, coloured with Copic markers and cut out individually.

Card Recipe
Card
Anna Marie White Smooth Card
Xerox Colortech+
Black card
Inks
Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry
White Zig Posterman pen
Stamps
Crafty Individuals - CI 206
Hero Arts Zinnia Bloom E3346
"Celebrate" from Crafters Companion Popcorn the Bear Set PST-SML
Other
Spellbinders die
Black flat backed pearls