Good Grief!

I haven’t put up a post for such a long time! Talk about slack!

In my defence, now that Winter is upon us, it is pretty chilly in my craft cave so I don’t spend very much time in here.

Having said that though, I have been pottering a wee bit here and there. Making a few cards, a couple of layouts and some atc’s and tags for swaps.

Scrapbook Dreams May Challenge

Scrapbook Dreams April ATC Swap – Hattitude

Scrapbook Dreams Mid April Motivation to use Handmade Flowers.

Tags for RAK gifts made with my Bombshell Angel stamp, a cut out dress for her and background stamping in Dusty Concord.

An easel card for Kelly’s baby shower.

A tag turned easel card for Jane.

A tag for fun! Lots of techniques used on this. Spritzing, masking, transfer to selloptape, lace flower.

Teaching myself to make these paper flowers, which I just love!

Scrapbox NZ Challenge – Black and white only

Scrapbook Dreams June Challenge.

So, you see, I have been doing something after all. I also made my sister-in-laws wedding invitations/RSVPs which I was really happy with.

Tuesday Trigger – Poolside Inspiration

The Tuesday trigger at Moxie Fab World was not so inspiring for me, as we head into the winter months in NZ.

However, as I am home from work with a bad cold and no voice, I sat down with my supplies and came up with this card.

I used my new “Angel” from Bombshell Stamps, water colour pencils, digital patterned paper and a rub-on, mounted on a gold card base.  The dive mask, snorkel and the Hibiscus in her hair are part of a Silhouette America cutting file (C0021), resized to fit. The elements are all edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Tuesday Trigger - Retro

What an awesome trigger this week at Moxie Fab World.

I’m not sure if the trigger was using Napkins or the Retro take that I picked up on.

Whatever it was supposed to be – this is what I did and I really rather like it, lol

The dancer and letter stickers were done on my Silhouette.  The gold border is peelcraft and the pp is a digital one from my many downloaded free files.  The gold glittered card base was hiding in my stash.

Tuesday Trigger - Easter

Easter Cards are not really much of a tradition in New Zealand – at least, not that I have noticed.

That made it a bit harder to be inspired by the theme this week at Moxie Fab World, although the colours in the Trigger image were fabulous!

I really struggled, to be honest but finally, after spending time with Anna today, cutting bits and pieces out on the Silhouette to make cards, I came up with a very simple card for any occasion.

A lousy photo taken inside, at night but I was running out of time to upload it before the next trigger arrives in my inbox tomorrow.

Tuesday Trigger 16/3/10

This weeks Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is all about Texture + Colour = FUN.

I had lots of complicated, time consuming ideas – none of which I could really be bothered with because I am having a “tired” week and it was all just too hard, lol.

What I did do though, I am pleased with.  The photo does not really do the card justice, sadly.  However – here it is:

 

 

I printed the image on photo paper and added rhinestones to her jacket, glitter to her top and belt buckle and feathers to her hat.

The balloons have dimensional magic and the flowers on the car have the addition of stamens from artificial flowers.

All mounted on a pink card base and finished with a rub-on sentiment.

Tuesday Trigger

This week’s Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is all about Green. Here is the Trigger picture:

And here is my card:

I used a digital paper  for my background and stamped my Captain (from B Line Designs) using Stazon Olive.  I typed the caption in word and popped them both up on foam.  I was really pleased with the colour matching of the font and the ink.

It’s nice to make a masculine card for a change.  They can be a challenge in themselves sometimes.

Tuesday Trigger

Over at Moxie Fab World the Tuesday Trigger was this colour inspiration.

 

This is the card I came with using the my fab new Tim Holtz Stamp from Dallas Turner.

Tuesday Trigger

While blog-browsing, I came across a card challenge that took my fancy.

You can find the details the original card that triggered my version here on Moxie Fab World.



I used my Silhouette to cut the yellow fret-work and made the bow from netting and ribbon.

New Stamps To Play With

This card was made with part of an energy-drink can as an embellishment. The lace was coloured with my home-made shimmer mist.



I just love this stamp!! I didn't realise, when I bought it on Trademe, that it was a single stamp rather than a set of many. I'm so pleased with the way this image comes out.
I used a dye ink over patterned paper and then covered the entire image with a Shellac solution to age it. I then coloured parts of crocheted doily's (good find Mum) with shimmer mist, added a long pin and some buttons and highlighted the butterfly with sepia dimensional product.



The stamp used here, and on the next couple of examples too, is another Trademe treasure!
I can't help but think that this image looks a lot like my Aunty Norma in her younger days. Again, I added coloured crochet work and a long pin. The top right corner of the patterned paper was inked over a Tim Holtz Mini Mask and the mask left in place while I stamped the main image with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.



The same stamp with a totally different look. This time I stamped on pre-printed paper with Faded Jeans Distress Ink and coloured the lace with shimmer spray. The pearls just top it off, I think.



Here, I made a tag using a technique I saw on You Tube. Image was stamped with White Stazon, onto white cardstock. Dye ink (in this case two colours of Distress Ink)was applied over the image then wiped with a paper towel to lift off any stray ink from the white stazon. Then I applied the black rub-ons and an inked Swirly Snail from Buzz & Bloom.

Paper Party Challenges

As part of Scrapbook Dreams' birthday month, Shell issued 2 challenges yesterday. The first one I completed was a card based on a sketch that she posted on the forum. This is what I came up with.


The second was a layout challenge, also based on a posted sketch. I fell in love with sketch however completing the layout itself turned into a complete nightmare.
I changed the photo's, the configuration, the elements, the colour scheme - OMG!
I would never have finished it without my good friend Anna's input! I am so grateful for her help.


I have very few photo's of myself that I actually like and in fact, Anna took these ones for me a few months ago.

Sleepless Night

Why is it, when you are most tired, you get less sleep?

It was windy last night and the flags on the roundabout flagpole, outside our house, could not have flapped more loudly! Darling son (not) couldn't get to sleep and was up again till 11pm so I was late to bed anyway. Then I heard the neighbor clip-clopping up the drive to start work at 3am and the cat decided it would be fun to bat a dead mouse around our bedroom at 4.30am!
I gave up at 6am when hubby got up for work so turned on the TV, hopped back into a warm bed and waited for the heat pump to warm up the living area. I was even spoiled with a coffee to sip while I watched the news, that kinda made up for a rough night.

I am looking forward to the "Paper Party" at Scrapbook Dreams tomorrow. Sale prices, challenges and RQ's (random questions)which can be a bit of an internet treasure hunt. I can see I will be far too busy to do housework - what a shame, lol.

Thought I would share a card I made last week that I think is kinda cool.



Not the best photo but I hope you can get the idea.

Have a Happy Friday!