Vintage Poppy

A simple offering today.

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Background Paper - from stash
Inks - Distress Ink Frayed Burlap, Versafine Black Onyx
Stamp - Crafty Individuals CI-210
Image coloured with Copic markers

Bee Happy

I didn't intend putting a sentiment on this card but had to cover up a stamping error!

The honeycombs have been highlighted with gold Twinkling H2O's and the wings on the large bee are glittered and 3D'd.

Card recipe

Background - Distress Inks
Ink - Versafine Black Onyx
Stamps - Jo Capper-Sandon range from Stampotique
Glitter - Stickles Diamond

The Easter Bunny has arrived

Happy Easter!

My three Easter projects all feature in the current issue (Issue 25) of the Cardmaking Paradise online magazine.

This cute rabbit is a versatile little chap, he could also be made into a birthday card or party invitation.

He can be folded flat for posting.

These little baskets are so quick and easy to make. I used white card which I inked directly using Brilliance Pearlescent inks and then stamped with Easter eggs from The English Stamp Company. The tag images are from Pink Petticoat and coloured with Copic markers.

The yellow on this twisted easel card is not nearly as bright as it looks in the photo.

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Digital image from La Pashe and coloured with Copic markers
Die cut shapes - Spellbinders Nestabilities
Inks - Versamark, Versafine Smoky Gray
Distress inks - Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade
Script stamp - from A Stamp In The Hand
Embellishments - Candi from Craftworkscards
Sentiment - computer generated

Sara's birthday card

I made this birthday card for the hardworking Sara who owns the and runs the Cardmaking Paradise website. It's a project in the current Craft Stamper (May 2011 )by Isabelle Norris. The soft colours are just right for a spring birthday - although my photo has made the green Distress Ink look yellow!

Card recipe

Inks -Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black, Distress inks - Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass
Clear embossing powder
Stamps
Script - Paperartsy
Flowers - Crafty Individuals CI - 206
Glitter - Diamond Stickles

Bottle cap swap

Over at Cardmaking Paradise some members took part in a bottle cap swap. These were the swaps I made -

I received these back from my cyber friends. Thank you to Sara, Patsy, Christa, Annie, Jill, Hilda and Flo. Hilda had filled her top with friendly plastic and made it into a brooch, which I'd never seen done before. I can't capture the iridescent nature of the piece but believe me it is beautiful.

Variation on a theme

These two cards use a lovely birds stamp from Crafty Individuals. In both cases I have 3D'd the bird second from the right.

Card recipes

Embossing folder - Swiss Dots
Die cut square - Nellie Snellen MFD 006
Inks - Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass), Versafine (Majestic Blue)
Stamp - Crafty Individuals CI -193
Ribbon coloured with Copic marker
Sentiment - computer generated

Butterfly and Mothers' Day

For this butterfly card I first created the background with Shabby Shutters Distress Ink and then used a couple of masks and applied more DI's. I stamped the script in Shabby Shutters and sprayed the card with Cosmic Shimmer. The butterfly was stamped twice and 3D'd

Card Recipe
Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade
Tim Holtz masks- TH92802
Stamps - Script - A Stamp In The Hand Background Text (Medium)
Sentiment - Darkroom Doors Wildflower Set
Butterfly - Crafty Individuals
Cosmic Shimmer - Rich Gold

I made this card for my mother for Mothering Sunday.

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Embossing - Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder
Die cuts - frame Nellie Snellen, flower Tim Holtz Tattered Florals
Stamp by Prima
Image coloured with Copic markers
Inks - Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Memento Rich Cocoa
Card candy by Craftworks cards

Free!

For a limited time, there is a free issue of Cardmaking Paradise Online Magazine as a tempting taster.
Do go and have a look - you wont be disappointed!

Birthday wishes

These two cards were based on projects in recent Craft Stamper magazines.

For this first card I stamped the little girl from the Crafty Individuals (CI) plate CI - 277 and coloured her with Copic markers and then stamped and cut out out dress in floral paper. The swirl is from the Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die.

For my second card I used -
Background stamp CI - 237
Bird stamp CI - 179
Inks - Distress Inks - Crushed Olive, Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet, Versafine Sepia
Die - Tim Holtz Tattered Florals
The pearl was from a broken ear ring!

May all your wishes come true!

This easel card was made for my niece's 21st birthday. For the backgrounds I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Inks. The fairy and dandelions are Personal Impression stamps (Fairy Silhouette PICS056) and the leaves are from the Crafty Individuals plate CI-234 and all were stamped with Black Onyx Versafine. The fairy's wings were coloured with a Sakuara Gelly Roll pen. The stars on the base are from the See D set "You're the Star" and stamped with Smoky Gray Versafine. The sentiment was computer generated.

Pouch of notelets

I loved Joanna Wardle's Silhouette Cards in the October 2010 Craft Stamper magazine, so I used the technique to make a set of notelets together with a pouch as a gift. Distress inks used for the background squares and rectangles and the images stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. They are quick to make - it probably takes longer to mask off the shape than to ink and stamp!

New baby

The baby images for these two cards were purchased from DigiStamp Boutique. They were coloured with Copic markers, as was the ribbon and the flower images on the bottom card which was the free stamp with the current (March) Craft Stamper magazine. The flowers on the top card were stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Blue Sky onto blue vellum.

It's that bird again!

Here is a simple card using the bird stamp CI -179 from Crafty Individuals. The base card is 3.75 inches square. I stamped the image twice using Versafine Majestic Blue, cutting out the frame from one piece and attaching it to the other image with foam pads. Pale blue flat back pearls finished it off.

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ATC'S

Among other things, Issue 23 of the online Cardmaking Paradise magazine shows how to use Vaseline to create a resist. "Interesting idea" I thought so happily accepted a general challenge on the CP forum to have a go and the first two atc's below are the result!
I stamped the card with Crafty Individuals flourish CI-182 using Vaseline instead of ink and then painted over the card with watercolour paint. The butterfly and the bird (both stamps from Crafty Individuals) were stamped onto Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge Distress Inked card (twice) then sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer Rich Gold and 3d'd onto the background.

It was Stamperama last Sunday and since I was meeting up with some on-line buddies from the Cardmaking Paradise forum I made some other atc's as gifts.

The stamp is a freebie from Craft Stamper magazine and the background circles are freebie screw-type bottle tops from Sainsbury's! I used Versafine Black Onyx ink (and the computer to create the words).

The backgrounds on these two were "painted" with Cut-n- Dry foam using Distress Inks Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar (over-stamped with Worn Lipstick). The image, which was coloured with Copics, and the words came from Crafty Individuals plate CI-277.

When I was little I loved R L Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verse" and this poem in particular. I thought it just perfectly fitted with this image (I'm sure they used my little grandson as a model) which comes from the same plate as the girls on the previous atc's. The background paper is from Crafty Individuals "The Seaside" collection. I coloured the child with Copics and the sun was another Craft Stamper freebie coloured with Distress Inks.

Finally Stamp Addicts were hosting an atc swap at the show so I thought I might as well throw my hat into that ring too! I used Distress Inks for the background and the script. The butterfly and words are from Darkroom Door Wildflower Collection and the flight line is by Fourth Dimension. The butterfly was coloured in with Sakura Gelly Roll.

New Home

I used the Cardmaking Paradise new home template for this card.

Birthday Bird

A first outing for another of my new Crafty Individuals (CI) stamps - I did have quite a spending spree on their site recently! The bird CI-179 and the flourish CI-182 were stamped using Brilliance "Pearlescent Purple" ink. I also swiped the ink pad over the flower petals. The background paper is from CI Background Papers Book 3, Springtime and the scalloping was cut using a Martha Stewart punch.

Happy Birthday!

It was my birthday last week and I received some beautiful hand crafted cards which I would like to share with you. I'm afraid my photography doesn't do them justice! 

Julie (Nursie)

Linda 

Difficult to capture the iridescence of the acetate butterfly on thiscard. 
It is attached by a small piece of acetate which allows and shimming movement.

Glennis

Jill (in France)

Pam (Nanna)

Steph

Lynn

Marion

Hilda

Christa
http://craftychris.webs.com/apps/blog

Becky

Christine (Fudgebabe)
http://themessycraftroom.blogspot.com/

Thank you, everybody, for my lovely cards!