50th birthday card.

Hi Everyone, my son is 50 today, and knows computers inside out, but I couldn't find an image or stamp suitable. So decided for TV instead. I can't believe it, it seems just the other day I was doing a 21st birthday card for him. Where does the time go? I went looking in my files for colour combo ideas and found this.

  

I took the digital stamp into Silhouette and cut 2 layers, plus I made the sentiment strips and cut them too. I then coloured the image with DI's.

Next I cut a square of brown textured card and placed the words strip, after layering both layers together. Next was the corner image, which I also found in my files, but, changed the wallpaper to tie in with the colours of the image. I added two more layers onto the 50, and then added 3D glaze to make his age stand out.

image - Karen's Doodles 2010

inks - Distress Inks = dried marigold,shabby shutters,aged mahogany,

tea dye,rusty hinge, black soot,hickory smoke,festive berries,

spiced marmalade,tattered rose.

wallpaper -  Gina Jones sweaters and hot cocoa pattern papers 2019

corner image - corner background 2008, don't know the designer

fonts -  Adventure for the words and ArabBru for the 50

3D glaze - Glossy Accents 

 Silhouette

 

Jobs or Professions TMR

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for  

The Male Room

My GNephew is a newly qualified Pharmacist and has just got his first real job in a GP Practice, he is so excited. He has worked in a Pharmacy since he is 16, off and on, between school and University, for experience, we are so proud of him. I decided to send him this card to congratulate him on his achievement.

I chose this image as it seemed just right for his job, then went searching for a background, pharmacy related, I found this on the web and think with the quirky image it suits. 

I took the image into Silhouette and print and cut it with a 1mm border twice. I also cut the background and the sentiments, after finding the font for the pharmacist word.

Next I coloured him in colours to match the background. My colouring could have been better. Anyway, after colouring and adding 3D gloss to the specs, I added the background layer onto navy card, then onto the card base.

Then I added the image with 3D pads and placed the sentiment and the pharmacist word, which I placed with 3D pads. 

image -  Dr Digi, Prof Dummkopf

inks - Distress inks, evergreen bough,antique linen,dried marigold,tattered lace,

walnut stain,wilted violet,picked raspberry,lost shadow,black soot,chipped sapphire

backgound - freefunart apothecary Pixabay

pharmarcy font -  ChesterfieldAntD

3d Gloss - Glossy Accents 

navy card - stash 

 

What jobs/profession can you do for the The Male Room Challenge

Summer Blooms WLSC

   Hi Everyone my DT make today is for 

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Avril

Summer Blooms

 

It was difficult choosing which "blooms" to use, in the end I chose these, which I thought could have plenty of colour in them. I stamped the flowers, and what better for Summer than a post card, so I then placed the embossing folder where I wanted it and embossed. I went over it with Stazon ink lightly. Next was to colour the flowers, using DI's and cut on the edge of the postcard shape. I found a sentiment stamp that I thought suited the postcard.

 

I went to place it onto the base card, and thought it too plain, so I stamped onto the base card and simply coloured the corner flowers. I edged the card with ink, then, using 3D pads, placed the postcard onto it. 

 

stamps -  Magazine freebies SCP #230

post card embossing folder - Crafters Companion 

 inks - Distress Inks & Stazon

 

 

 

Two prizes of Penny Black stamps and stencil from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale).

Summer cat CCC

  Hi Everyone, my DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy #112

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

I was going through my digi stamps the other day and found this lovely image, so I took it into Silhouette and print cut 3 images. I coloured it in DI's, a yellow cat? well it's a Summer cat! It should have been more mustardy, but I took it as it was as it seemed a happy cat, then as normal, with no plan, what do I do next?

 

I went looking for a sketch and found this simple one that looked like it could work.

Off to my dies for an oval and cut them out. I coloured the background on the background oval and placed them together onto the card. Then put all 3 layers of the images together and placed them onto the die cuts.

 

I found these sentiments that I thought were suitable with the image. They were stamped and die cut and added to the base card. Not following the sketch, but I think it worked? I have a recipient for it, so it's on its way. 

 

image - Cat & Mouse Karen's Doodles 2011

inks - Distress Inks as below

dies - Tonic 

sentiments and dies - Julie Hickey

 

I hope to see your Critter over on the challenge.

 

I'm entering my card to the CD Sunday Plus Challenge 

Summertime WLSC mid-month

  Hi Everyone my DT make today is for the mid month post for 

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Lynn

Summertime 

 

 

On another rainy day to make my Summertime  card. I found these images and dies that I haven't used before, and thought a little girl in a summer dress on the swings, yep! I'll go with that, and after all the heat, it would be nice to relax. 

 

I die cut the arch from wood grain paper for the swing to hang from, then stamped all the images and die cut them. They were then coloured with DI's. 

 

I coloured the background and added some grass underneath the swing. They were all then attached to the main layer with 3D pads. To bring the colours together I chose the colour of the dress to add a paper layer, and added the main layer to it, which was then attached to the main card.  

 

The sentiment was computer generated in brown to match the arch, then die cut and added to the main card.  

 

I could have added more, but I like the simple, and in a way relaxed layout.

 

stamps and dies - Crafters Companion "Simple Pleasures"

sentiment die - Card Making Magic Rectangle Nested

inks - Distress inks

background paper - stash

  

 

 

Our prizes this month are   

 2 prizes of Lavinia stamps and watercolours (photos not to scale).  

Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

Summertime WLSC

  Hi Everyone my DT make today is for  

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Anesha

Summertime 

 

 

Wanting to find Summertime in my stamps, meant a search, and I was happy to find this fun image. I stamped it onto linen card and coloured the image with DI's. I then used a stencil to add clouds and coloured more around the water splashes, next was the grass. I wanted to add more, I found these birds, and the sentiments, that came with the image stamp. 

 

I suppose it sounds silly to say "summer is in the air, enjoy the day," but, here in the UK, we usually have a wonderful summer day, then rain the next. At least that was what it was when I made this card. I thought it may be a giggle. 

 

Next I added a stamped flower and found a die sun, I added two layers of it, coloured with slightly different yellows, I also added 3D glaze to it. The image layer was then layered onto summer floral paper to tie in with the colours I used. After it was made I added more white onto the water with Posca pen. 

 

I hope you are having plenty of Summer days, not with the record highs we've had, they were a little too much for us Brits, with the high humidity we have.  

 

image and sentiment stamps -House Mouse, Water Fun

inks - Distress Inks

stencil - Funky Fossil 

bird stamp and sun die - Magazine Freebie SCP Spring Scenes

digital paper -  Magazine freebie SCP Crafters Companion Tropical Summer Papers

 

 

Our prizes this month are   

 2 prizes of Lavinia stamps and watercolours (photos not to scale).  

Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

 

 

 

I'm entering my card into 

 Try it on Tuesday Challenge, I think my mices will fit in the Challenge. 

  

 

 

 

 

Running Man TMR Hobbies

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for 

 The Male Room

 

What a wide subject ay? My card is for running. So many of the family love running for miles and hubby's great nephew is a marathon runner, definitely a huge hobby for him, after his teacher work. So I brought an image out of the dark and made this for him.

 

My mind is certainly in slow motion, so I decided to use a sketch for help, but turned it upside down. I chose this one from the Outlawz, from June 2022, but the file name is Nov.27?  

 

I went looking for digi papers, and found these, I picked them to make the sketch and colours, no Idea why I chose these colours? 

 

Anyhow, I print and cut them out, and inked around the edge of each with black ink. They were then attached to the base paper, as per the sketch and placed onto the base card.  The runner was printed out and was die cut, then coloured with DI's to match the papers, I decided to colour just him and leave the background as is. 

 

He was placed onto the layered papers with 3D pads and so was the button. I stamped the sneakers and coloured them with the same colours as the runner. It all sounds so simple, but I spent an absolute age on this card. I hope the nephew likes it. 

 

sketch - Outlawz 

Runner image - Create with TLC

inks - Distress Inks

background paper & arrow paper - KimB Designs at Digital Press

foreground paper and stripe strip - luv ewe designs at Gingerscraps

 button - yayeah kit, Two Peas In A Bucket

die - Nested Rectangles Card Making Magic 

sneakers stamp - Magazine Freebie (old) SCP

 

 

What Male hobbies have the men around you got?

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