05 February 2025

Monochrome TMR

 Hi Everyone my DT card today is for

The Male Room

I started off thinking of black and white, but I had just seen a card, looking through my photos for inspiration, again, where is mojo? I saw Mr Fix It. Off to Photoshop I go and design the background, I printed the background, and a plain colour mat, then the image.

I had added a line around the image and fussy cut on it, the image was then coloured with markers. The patterned background was added to the plain coloured background and attached to the base layer. The image layer was added with 3D pads. A different take on monochrome, that I quite like, I hope you do too. Thank goodness for records of cards, that I can case.

image - Mo Manning Mr Fix It 
pattern paper - Melo Vrijhof, TriangleBig, Digital Scrapbook.com 2015
font - Boller Typeface
markers - Spectrum Noir

02 February 2025

CAS WLCS

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

CAS
   
 

A search through my stamps, brought up 2 sets that I could use, so I actually made this and the mid month card at the same time, whoop, whoop.

I stamped and coloured the image with DI's in a different colour way to what I would normally use, it must have been me on the day, then die cut it. Next, I stamped the sentiment and die cut that. I decided to add another layer, so die cut it and embossed lines diagonally. After adding all the layers, I added the sentiment matching the diagonal lines. The die is 5x7inches, so I had to juggle it to fit the image, and the sentiment, so the edges matched.

stamps - Colorado Stamp Company free with SCP #228
die - Card Making Magic
inks - Distress Ink abandonden coral, seedless preserve,specled egg, iced spruce
 
this shows the embossed lines
 
Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.
 

  Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge Here


There are Two prizes of Lavinia stamps and stencil (photos not to scale). (Please note, (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway).

01 February 2025

Crocodile thanks CCC

   Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 
Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.
 
I made a “Thank You” card in 2009, before I started blogging, that I came across looking through my photos recently, and thought I would case it, adding the sentiment of my 2009 card. This is the original card, an awful photo.
 

I decided on a landscape 5 x 7 inch card.

Looking through more files, I found images that would work. I placed the images and the sentiment onto a card size base in Photoshop. Then they were printed out, cutting the background to fit the card base, and then fussy cutting 2 layers of the crocodile, one of the whole crocodile, and one cutting the mouth area. Those teeth were far easier than I thought. The layers were 3d'd, gluing the base of the crocodile to the background, so the top of the crocodile stood out more. I then added wobbly eyes after attaching it to the base card. I added a simple insert saying "Thank You".

Crocodile - I've had it for many years and don't have an identity (around 2016).
The background is made up of papers from Pixelscrapper blog hop June 2013
the water rings - Kimberkatt-AfterTheRain-ripple
bottom paper, water - dhariana_pond_life_pp (3)
sky - ddd-earthday paper 2
cats tails - emjay_PSBT_PondLifeele03
 the cliff - Gina Jane Lighthouse cliffs
 

22 January 2025

Two Watercolour cards

 Hi Everyone, another birthday in the family, it was in January, a Great Niece this time. I had an idea to try to do a watercolour effect card, not something I usually do, I always colour in the images. Anyhow, I stamped the flowers and used watercolour paper to try it out, and decided it was OK for the card. I used plenty of water with the DI's and tried to loosely colour the flowers and leaves. I die cut the paper and stamped a sentiment. Luckily, the colours I used were good for the greyish effect of the watercolour paper, which I didn't mind on the white base card. 

stamps - Stamps By Me "Made With Love"
inks - Distress Inks fossilized amber, shaded lilac, wilted violet, bundled sage
watercolour card - Crawford & Black
 
My second watercolour card was for a cousin, who rang me from the USA over Christmas and let me know that she was 90 in two weeks. A quick card was needed, so I could post it, and she had it on time, thankfully. I decided to use the same design, but in different colours, and use die cut numbers for her age, coloured in the same colours as the flowers. The long swash on the F was perfect to add the numbers, I thought. Here it is
 
inks - Distress Inks twisted citron, worn lipstick, fossilized amber, ripe persimmon
It's the same watercolour card, again I didn't mind the greyish tones of it. It all looks so different from the first card I think.
 

my first card - colorfuloptions yellow, purple, and green!

18 January 2025

Anything but a square card mid month WLSC

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  -

Anything but a square card
   

One of my nieces has a birthday this month and I made this card for her, taking the opportunity to use the challenge as inspiration. I used the Silhouette to make a scalloped stitched circle card. Which I edged with pink ink. I stamped the jumper and the scarfs, using the main colour of yellow, to colour and make them more feminine. I then added the pink and a green. Perhaps I should have made the embossing folder bigger, to hide the fold, would you believe it, I didn't think of it until I had put it all together. DUH!

The background was embossed with a cable design, the scarfs were stamped with the sentiments, and 3D'd onto the embossing.

stamps and embossing folder - Nordic Winter, SCP freebies
stitched circle design - Font Market CCC234 Stitched Nesting Shapes
inks - Distress Ink & Oxide, kitsch flamingo, scattered straw, peacock feathers.

 

 Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

  Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge Here

There are Three great prizes from AALL and Create, a die set and two stamp sets


10 January 2025

Motorbiike

Hi Everyone, a card for my #3 brother, he loved his motorbike but, at 85 is passed riding them now, that doesn't mean he doesn't still like them. Hence, my card today.

I stamped a motorbike and clear embossed it. Next, I used the mask I had already made for this card, and stamped the background mountains and some grass, then die cut it and also a gold mirror card base. 

I was going to use die cuts for the age, but I had been reminded recently, seeing a blog using foil with the Silhouette. I hadn't used it for foiling for a long time. So, I went to my Silhouette and designed a circle with an 85, his name, and the sentiment, to foil onto card, also cutting a circle from mirror card at the same time. 

I then stencilled tyre tracks with DO onto the base card. I should have made them darker? They show a little in real life.

motorbike stamp - Indigo Blue - Ride Long
background stamp - Stamp Addicts - Scenic Sailing
grass - I can't find it now, but I think it's a freebie from my subscription magazine.
 inks - Distress Oxides
ink black - Stazon
foiled sentiment font - Galantis

 

05 January 2025

Anything but a square card WLSC

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

Anything but a square card
   
 

A search through my stamps, brought up 2 sets that I could use for New Year, that was my easiest choice as mojo is seriously lacking. Seeing a design in my subscription magazine that I quite liked, I decided to try it out. I went to my Silhouette to cut out the hexagons, as I don't have any dies to suit. On the smaller one I stamped the bottle and the glasses, then I stamped the firework flash, and also the sentiment. The fun fizz sentiment was stamped onto a spare piece of card and fussy cut. All with gold embossing powder. The firework flash was inked in red and blue and the bottle and glasses were coloured with DI's.

Next, I stamped the party swirls all over the halved hexagon, embossed in gold, and blended ink. Then I added the top hexagon to the half piece and added the fun sentiment. 

I hope you all had a fun celebration for the New Year.

stamps - freebies from Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine #212 and an older one.
inks - Distress Inks, salty ocean, candied apple 
Silhouette

 

 Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

  Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge Here

There are Three great prizes from AALL and Create, a die set and two stamp sets