Happy & Bright TMR

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

I was stumped big time with the mixed media, but after looking online for ideas, I came to the conclusion that it was just using different things to make a card. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I had a few male birthdays, well 7, out of a total of 11 birthdays in March. I decided to do 2 similar, but, I didn't know where to start. Going through the many paper pads I have, I found bright papers, suitable for the male species. These were die cut for a landscape 5 x 7inch card.

Then my Silhouette came out to cut this layered happy birthday, in matching colours for each paper. Starting with the light blue background, then the black layer, the purple Happy was next, then the black and green for the birthday. I coloured all the additional letters cut in white card, for layering, in colours to match the papers. 

 

The Happy letter cut out, was used as a "stencil" to add a glass bead paste layer onto the Happy letters. The birthday letters were covered in 3D glaze, after I had attached them to the birthday layer. Just one thing, t looks like the B and the R are both red, nope, the B is red, the R is orange. It must be the light.

I then stamped a sentiment and die cut it, adding it to the finished card.

my mixed media, contains

die cut, stamping, stencil, glazing

 

paper -  Craft Sensations 

Happy Birthday - My Scrap Chick

die - Card Making Magic 5 x 7 Card & box set

Silhouette Cameo 2

layered card & paper - Lidl

white card - Crafters Companion

glass beads paste - Winsor & Newton

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal glaze

birthday stamp & die - Julie Hickey Birthday Sentiment stamp set

I love the bead effect, I saw it originally on a Christmas tree on Loll's blog here. Not the same brand, though, hers looks finer and more even.

 

Hello Spring 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  

Hello Spring

   

 

It's March, and it starts with St David's Day here in Wales, so of course it had to be that theme. I was lucky enough to buy the stamp set after Christmas, at a reduced price. I brought in another stamp set of daffodils, and arranged them with the flag and Miss Wales, as I call her. I thought they looked best on a square card, so I die cut a square and, inside that, I embossed using a smaller die. 

The images were placed onto the square and stamped. I embossed in gold, so the daffs shone, I've attached a closeup so you can see it, I think it would have been better stamped in black, all done now, maybe next time? I coloured the flag and Miss Wales, she was coloured with DI's in the same colours as I wore in 1981, below. The hat wasn't black enough, so I went over it with a marker. I added wobbly eyes, as I had made a mess of the eyes!

As the 1st of March is St David's Day, I decided to write Happy St David's Day, in Welsh, on the computer and print it out, it was then die cut and placed with 3D pads.

Welsh stamps - Wales AALL & Create

daffodil stamp - Magazine freebie SCP#240

inks - Distress Inks tattered lace, tea dye,fossilized amber,scattered straw,mustard seed,barn door,fired brick,twisted citron,mowed lawn,gathered twigs,black soot

marker - Spectrum Noir 

wobbly eyes - stash

dies - Sue Wilson Noble square dies

 a close up of the gold embossing

me in Welsh National costume, only a couple of years ago, ahem  in 1981.

here's a link to the photo post, if you are interested?

 

 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

 

Our prizes this month are - Two Spring themed Penny Black stamp sets from Buddly Crafts

Spring Happiness CCC

 

     Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 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.

 

The title of my post today is very apt, as Critter Crazy Challenge has been saved by the marvellous Becca Sadler, who also has other wonderful challenges to follow. 

I saw this digital stamp in a sale and had to have it, so cute, and I could use it for a friend. I took it into Silhouette and cut 3 images. Then stuck for a design, I looked at a few sketches I have saved and found this.

  

I looked for paper to use with it, and as it's St Davids Day today, I used this daffodil paper, from 2017. Using DI's I coloured the image to match and attached the 3 layers. Next I die cut a square of yellow card and white which was slightly smaller, onto which I blended green and blue to make a simple background for the image, which was added to it. I also added 3D glaze to the eyes and nose.

A die cut a circle of the yellow card, that also surrounds the main image, and a white circle of the next size up which was blended to match. The daffodil paper was added to another piece of the yellow card. All then added to the base card.

digi stamp - Di's Digis, Spring Happiness 

inks - Distress Inks, dried marigold, fossilized amber, wild honey, tea dye, brushed corduroy, antique linen, old paper, shabby shutter, bundled sage

sentiment stamp - Spring Florals SCP#226

paper - Daffodil Cheerfulness, The Lovely Studio (Pink Petticoat as was)

 card - Lidl

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

 

I hope to see you at the Critter Crazy Challenge which as I said is continuing under the guidance of Becca Sadler. Whoop Whoop

 

A Happy St Davids Day

The difference a paper can make!

 Hi Everyone, I had downloaded some beautiful images and wanted to make a card, they are in the Spring challenge of TLC Creates Vintage over on Facebook. Anyhow, I designed a card in Photoshop from them, the challenge is to only use the set of images. I took them into Silhouette and printed them out, then sent them to cut.

I was really disappointed with the result, if it hadn't been for the sizing being wrong for a 6 x 6 card I would have used them, thinking that's how they should be. Thankfully, they were too big. Silly me. So off I go, get the paper, and find that I had used the wrong one on the first printing. I printed them again after adjusting the size, and was quite astounded at the difference it had made, both printed at Standard not High. All printed and cut as separate items, then put together and added to a pink card layer. The sunflower was added with 3D pads.

Here is the difference, I have not edited the colour on either, the "faded" one is misshapen and not attached, due to being brought out of the bin. 

 

all images - TLC Creates Vintage Private page Facebook and a Ko-fi shop

pink backing paper - Lidl

Silhouette

paper - Crafty Bob

CAS Sympathy

Hi Everyone, I had a family sympathy card to make, and have this simple flower stamp, which I felt it would make a CAS card. 

Firstly, I die cut the 5 x 7 inch card, then stamped the flower, next I added embossed lines top to bottom of the card, but in between the flower. I then used DI's to colour it and added a sentiment that was amongst my stamps, now I can't find it, to add who by, but, it's probably one of my magazine freebies. The layer was 3D'd to the base card. Sorry, the lines haven't been picked up by the camera.

flower stamp - Create Together Club, Stamps By Me, May 2023

inks - Distress Ink, antique linen, old paper 

die - A5 box die Card Making Magic

CAS 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  

CAS

   

 

As I explained at the start of the challenge, a search through my stamps, brought up 2 sets that I could use, so I actually made this card at the same time as the first card of the challenge, whoop, whoop. This one again for one of my Niece's birthday. The next couple of months are busy with birthdays.

I found this stamp, that I have had many years, given to me by my lovely Sister in Law, and now I wonder why I haven't used it. Anyway, I stamped the bear, the "with love" is part of the image and coloured it with DI's, then die cut it, and die cut another layer. Next, the bear was 3D'd onto the bottom die cut layer. 

As an afterthought, I found tiny flower dies and coloured them with the same colours. I kept the tiny die cut pieces together by adding double sided tape. They were added to the edges of the image. All then adhered to the base card. I think I shall be using the set again quite soon, he's adorable.

stamp - Bentley Bear Thank You Collection

inks - Distress Inks brushed corduroy, walnut stain,ground expresso,bundled sage,carved pumpkin,mustard seed,dried marigold.

flower dies - Cut & Make

dies - Sue Wilson Noble square dies

 

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).

 

 

I thought I would add a photo of our glass conservatory roof, which was frosty on the outside, in the recent cold blast we had. Such great patterns, isn't Nature marvellous?

Birthday cake card

 Hi Everyone, a card for my eldest brother today, I made it for a DT post and forgot I had made it, I had put it in a pile of cards made for birthdays. 

My excuse is, I bought a new guillotine, with Christmas money, that can cut A3 card, so I can easily cut 5x7inch cards landscape. I am so excited, as the only way I could do it before was to use my Silhouette.

I always look through my files for birthday, it doesn't always, but for this card it turned up trumps, yet again.

I took the Baker and the sentiment into Silhouette, then placed them as I wanted them. Next, I added his age and the sentiment. The page design and 3 copies of the Baker were printed. The Baker was coloured with markers, although not my best effort, I hope my brother doesn't notice. They were glued together.

The background paper was printed, and the baker layer was added to it, with the die cut sentiment.

Baking Chef - Dr Digi, Baking Brian (my brother is also Brian 😁)

inks - Spectrum Noir markers

sentiment copied from - From the Heart Stamps, Cat Pout

background paper - Marisa Lerin at Digital Scrapbook.com

happy birthday svg - Simply Crafty svgs

 

Monochrome TMR

 Hi Everyone my DT card today is for

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

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).

Crocodile thanks CCC

   Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 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 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

 

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!

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

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

 

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

Chick Birthday card CCC

  Hi Everyone, the first of my 2 DT projects today is for -

Critter Crazy

 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 had a card to make for my Great Niece, so took the opportunity to make it for the challenge too. I had this fabulous chick in my files, so took it into Silhouette and cut around it. Then I chose a floral Spring paper for her and cut the 6 from it. Next, I printed out the sentiment and her name. I thought it needed something else, so used a heart die and coloured the hearts in matching colours, using left over hearts to add randomly. The cut out 6 was added to the base card and the chick was added with an action wobble, to give it some fun for her. Next, I designed an insert with 2 more of the chicks from the set.

Chick - Creative Fabrica Watercolor-Chicken-Clipart-Chicken-92197332

paper - Make and Create Spring Time paper pad

Wobble - stash

heart die - Tattered Lace {very old}

 

 

the insert

this is the wobble action, sorry there is so much black around it, but I rotated the video and then couldn't remove the black. I'll keep trying!