Birdcage card by Cathy

 Good afternoon, Cathy here with a card for you today. 

                                                             Stamps Used:

                                                          20146 rose bush

                                                         19932 bird cage 

                                                           20137 bee 

       

I started out by stamping the rose all over the background. I used brown distress oxide ink, I also edged the card base with the same color. 

Next, I stamped the bee in peacock feathers distress oxide ink.

I then stamped the bird cage on coffee dyed index card and trimmed down to add the center of the card. I then took a tag that had some stenciling on it added to the side and added the flower piece on top.

We are all weirdos by Cathy N

 Goodmorning all, Cathy here with a Halloween-ish card for you all.

                                                                       Stamps Used:

                                                                         Plate 1504

I stared off by making the background using distress ink and I smooched it on the craft mat and picked it up and dried. I did that a few times. Next, I stamped some of the stamps in the same ink for the background. I edged it with a dark brown distress ink. 

                                                                  Then I stamped the branch in the same dark brown distress oxide in on the top and then I used black ink to stamp the rest around the card.

Grungy Engraving by Cathy Norton

 Hello all, Cathy here with a grungy card for you today.

                                                                    Stamps Used:

                                                            6291 Elaborate Engraving 

                                                            20239 tiny line of chevrons 

                                                            17545 grunge 1787 writing background

I started off by making the background with distress ink and oxide.

I edged the sides with the drown ink. After that was done, I stamped Elaborate Engraving with a gray ink right in the middle.

Next, I stamped grunge 1787 writing background around the stamped image. I then stamped  tiny line of chevrons 3 times on the card. Lastly, I layered it on a black card base.

Oops! Sorry....

Hey everyone!

Today I have made a card for those awkward times when you might need to say sorry! I hope you like it!

 First I made the background by putting a circle mask on my card, and smooshing it in Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink on my mat.

While the mask was still on, I stamped my favourite background stamp in Blueprint Sketch distress ink to give some interest.

I  went round the edge of the mask with Blueprint Sketch, then removed the mask and stamped the main image of the girl in the circle.  I then filled in lightly with Cracked Pistachio.

I went round the edge of the card with Blueprint Sketch, and then added the sentiment with Tim Holtz Idea-ology letters.

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Stamps Used

Surprised Girl 5838

Writing and Scribbles Collage 20695

Other Items Used

Distress ink in Blueprint Sketch

Distress Oxide in Cracked Pistachio and Blueprint Sketch

Versafine Clair Nocturn ink

Tim Holtz Idea-ology

See you next time!

Elixir of life tag by Cathy N

                                             Good morning all Cathy here with a tag for you.

                                                                 Stamps Used:

                                                              19798 Coffee cup

                                                              19568 double coffee rings

                                                              7603 drink coffee

                                                              20247 grungy strip of stars

I started out by stamping Coffee cup on 3 different papers. I did 1 for the lid 1 for the base and 1 for the band around the coffee cup.

On the band I stamped grungy strip of stars.

I then made a tag from Halloween paper. I was inspired by Dina Wakley new tags. I then stamped double coffee rings around the tag with some brown distress ink. Ater that I stamped drink coffee saying around the sides of the tag. I edged it with the same brown ink, and I added a tag to the top of the tag. 

 

A Friend Is Someone - by Fran Chalmers

 Hi everyone

Today I have made a postcard for you.  I hope you like it.

I made the background using Brushos and water, dabbing the card to control the brushos.

I stamped the main image on paper, coloured it in and cut it out.

I stamped the sentiment, cut the top bit off so I could separate the words, and edged them with a blue pen.

I edged the card with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide to bring it all together.

Then I glued the image and the sentiment onto the card, and hey presto!

Stamps Used:

Cat riding Dog 12312

A Friend is Someone Item 643, Plate 309

Other Items Used:

Brushos in Ost. Blue and Marine Blue

Distress Oxide in Blueprint Sketch

Kuretake Zig pens

Blue Felt tip pen for edging

Halloween-ish card by Cathy

 Hello, all Cathy here with a Halloween-ish card for you today.

                                                                           Stamps Used:

                                                                19563 grunge circles

                                                               19991 Alis Volat Proprits

              

                                    Why I say Halloween-ish because I started out to make a Halloween card and I didn't know what I wanted to use for the main image, so I switched it up a bit. I stamped the grunge circles in an orange and purple distress ink colors around my card base. Then I took my sponge dabber that had brown distress oxide ink on it and used whatever was left on it to go around the card. I splattered some water on it to give it drips.

I decided to make a tag for the front. I took rusty hinge antique linen distress ink to make the tag background. I stamped Alis Volat Proprits with black ink and tore the tag. I edged it with distress inks.

Lastly, I added foam tape to the back of the tag added to the card base.

Witches Hat flat shaker card by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here with a flat shaker card for you.

I started off making the background with some watercolor paper and 3 colors of orange distress oxide.

I then stamped Victorian flourish and jack-o-lantern in the darkest orange that I used in the background. 

Next, I started to make my flat shaker part of it. I took a piece of package plastic and taped it to 3 sides of my panel. 

Then I added some bat and pumpkin sequence. That was not enough for me, so I added some black and bronze sequence to fill it out.

                                                              Stamps Used:

Lastly, I stamped Striped witch hat on white cardstock and colored with copic and cut out. Added to the front and then added some black stickles to the hat. 

I added some Halloween washi to the bottom so the hat could sit on top of and added a little bat die cut.

                                                       19204 Striped witch hat

                                                       10366 jack-o-lantern

                                                      19417 Victorian flourish

                                                                Other Stuff:

                                                         watercolor paper

                                                         distress oxide

                                                         sequence

                                                         stickles 

                                                         washi tape

                 

Happiness Fairy by Cathy N

 Hello all, I have a card for you today. 

I started out with making the background with Lavinia dinkles pink power. I then stamped the I'm the happiness fairy saying on the top.

                                           

Next, I stamped 18415 large fairy lady on some white cardstock and colored with copic makers and fussy cut out. 

 Lastly, I added some blue stars to the background and glued the fairy down and then added it a black card base.                           

                                                         Stampes Used:

                                        8333 I'm the happiness fairy.

                                        18415 large fairy lady

                                                Other stuff used:

                                               Lavinia dinkles

                                                    stencil

                                             white and black cardstock

                                             distress oxide ink

She spread her wings by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Today, I love to share my magical postcard.

I love this little grumpy elf :)

Close-ups:

All stamps, I used:

- Dragonfly wings

- Dandelion Silhouette

- Elf on stool

- Pair of butterfly wings

- Flowers on stems

- Long stem with leaves

- Silhouette clumps of plants

- She spread her wings

- Wildflowers silhouette

- Whimsical star hat lady

Other stuff:

- Watercolor paper

- Cardstock

- Staz on

- Distress Reinker

- Distress Oxide

- Dylusions Shimmer Spray

See ya soon ❤❤❤

Box for storing postcards - by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Today, I'm here on the Blog with a new project.

I built a box to store my postcards.

And that's the way, I created it ->

1.) I used cardboard - cutting into matching pieces (one for every side, one for the bottom)

2.) Alfter gluing all pieces together - the blank is ready to processed.

3.) I used acrylic paint for the edges of the box, also for the inside.

4.) Used watercolor paper and paint it with Distress Reinker.

5.) Now it's time to use rubberstamps, to decorate my paper pieces.

6.) I used foam to stick my letters onto the front of my box.

7.) I also used foam for the bottom of my box to make it non-slip.

All stamps, I used for this project:

- Wildflowers Silhouette

- Silhouette Clumps of plants

- Scrabble Alphabet regular size

Other materials:

- Cardboard

- Watercolor paper

- Foam

- Staz on

- Distress Reinker

- Distress Oxide

- Heavy Gesso black

- Multi medium gloss

See ya soon with new projects

xoxo