Pumpkins 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 Autumn

 

 

I only have a few Autumn stamps, but had to use these pumpkins. They were stamped and coloured with DI's. I didn't feel they were enough on their own, even on this CAS card. So I stamped some leaves on digital autumnal paper, I added more DI's of the same colours, on top of the paper, that was better, I then fussy cut each leaf and flower arrangement. 

 

Next, I die cut a square and stamped the sentiments onto it. Then I die cut an orange square, and attached them both. I 3D'd the pumpkins onto the background and did a simple placement of the leaves behind them. A very simple card, that maybe I could have added more, but I liked the simplicity. I hope my friend will too.

 

all stamps - Magazine freebies SC&P

inks - Distress inks, peeled paint, mustard seed, carved pumpkin

sentiment ink - an old Whisper pad 

digital papers - Marisa Lerin, Autumn Art papers 2014

Robin Samson, grateful papers 2011

Janet Scott, Hearts  2014 all from Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper

 

 

 

 

There will be a few 'random surprise spot prizes' this month, announced mid month and end of month posts.

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

Baby Boy TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

 

I haven't made a baby card in a couple of years, and was thrilled to make one. I had a couple of stamps, but went to a colouring page by someone I have been a follower of for years. I just love her images, and I had a choice in my files, but decided to go with this cutie. Also, we have a local singer comedian named Max Boyce, and he got the crowds going by saying oggie oggie oggie. This image has a similar saying? So I had to go with it.

 

I print and cut the image with Silhouette on watercolour paper. Then coloured it with Distress Inks. I had a design in mind with a heart, but it didn't work out, so I print and cut a heart with the "oogie oogie" on it, again with Silhouette. I had this "It's a Boy" stamp for a long time, so stamped it onto the heart. Next, I layered the 2 layers of the baby and 3D'd it onto the heart. I used a die heart and sentiment and added it with a split pin, don't know when I used one of those last either.

 

I was going to leave it at that, but for some reason it didn't look right, I die cut some textured card, and ink blended it. Then embossed it with a background I had made with Silhouette an age ago. I cut 3 layers of the hearts and then glued them together. Next, I embossed the layers onto the inked background.  The colour isn't quite right in the photo, but near enough.

 

image - Elizabeth Dulemba  Baby Oogie

 inks - Distress Inks, tumbled glass, broken china, 

dried marigold, spiced marmalade

scalloped heart - Samantha Walker Scalloped Edge Shapes

 Masks Collection 2017 at Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper

it's a boy stamp - Magazine freebie (old) 

heart and sentiment die - CraftAddictionsUK

 Wonky Hearts - Paige Evans, Silhouette Design Store 

square die - Sue Wilson Square Noble die 

 

Relax birthday

 Hi Everyone, a card for a nieces husband, I was stumped as to what to make, I saw a card on the web, loved the idea of the sentiment, so I cased it. I went through my files to see what I could find and found this chair. It was a digital stamp already coloured black, but I changed it to blue as I had found a paper pad that could be used for it. I printed out the chair and die cut it, I printed the sentiment and die cut that, then die cut the paper. I added blue Oxide ink to the edges of the white pieces of card, then added all of them to the base card. I kept it flat for overseas post.

chair - Marisa Lerin, Pine Tree Stamps 2024

blue pad - Craft Sensations, Marble 

dies - Sue Wilson Square noble dies

ink - Distress Oxide

 

this is the insert

the verse is my own

balloons - Marisa Lerin Make a Wish 2021

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

 

Embossing TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

 OH! So much that I could have done, but ended up with simple embossing. First I printed out on 160gsm a vintage paper, I've had for an age. I then embossed it with an old ef and wiped a DO ink over it.  It was cut to size and placed on brown card, that was also cut to size. The next thing, I found a frame in my files, that I thought was quite vintage, in shape, so I cut two out with my Silhouette then embossed the top layer, but left it without ink etc. 

The quote was printed out in brown ink and placed behind the frame. A piece of the embossed paper left over, that I had embossed on the wrong side, duh! had a complete watch face on it, so I fussy 😒cut it, and wiped the ink over, then placed it at the bottom of the frame. 

vintage paper - Billie Irene at Digital Scrapbook

embossing folder - Embossalicious, Clocks

ink - Distress Oxide, gathered twigs, vintage photo

frame - Aimee Harrison Designs (June 2022)

verse, mixture of words from the web

Vegetables TMR

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for the

Mojo has been lacking this year, I have umming an ahing over this theme for a while, then! I saw a card in my ideas files, that I had saved to be able to case, by Aimes, problem over. I even told her in my comments I would case it.

Anyhow, on to what I did. This vegetable digital stamp, has been in my files from 2022. I cut and printed it, and the sentiment, with my digital die cutter. I then coloured it with markers, I didn't have enough reds, but I think it came out ok. I still wasn't sure what to do, so went looking for a paper background, nothing in my paper pads, then came across the perfect thing, a dp sheet of vegetables. It was printed it and I used it as a backing for the coloured image. The paper was added to the base card and the vegetables were 3D'd onto it, as was the sentiment.

 

For the insert, I found more images in my files and added a lemon, cherry and olive to the glass, then added a shadow effect for the glass. I added the sentiment and printed it out. Card done. 

 

veg digital stamp - Ruscht free vegetable stamp

markers - Spectrum Noir

digi die cutter - Silhouette

background paper - Marisa Lerin Digital Scrapbooking

glass, olive, cherry, lemon - Marisa Lerin

 "problem" font - Zowie

quote font - Sugar Hut

 

inside is the answer to the problem?

 

If you're lacking masculine card ideas, the DT have plenty, hope to see you in the challenge. 

FarmQuest General Store Challenge

I was kindly asked to also enter -

FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen 

Grandfather joke TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

Wondering what to do I picked up a book on my desk and a joke appeared, yes! It really did, it fell out of the book. Well, I had to use it, didn't I? It's from a newspaper and is years old.

- Although, I just realised, as I was adding the photo, I used Grandfather instead of Grandpa, oops!

Anyhow, it's my card you're here for. I couldn't find a clock, that I hadn't used, but did find two, which was what I wanted. I took both into Silhouette, and cut and print 3 layers of each. Then coloured both the clock with DI's and the ornaments on the Grandfather clock and pendulums in gold. Adding gold to the edge and "handle" of the digital clock. I found some digital paper in my files, which I thought suited, and in Photoshop, I added the joke text to the paper and printed it. The clocks were layered and attached to the card. 

clock doodle - Janet Kemp at Digital Scrapbook.com

clock face - Fayette Designs

clock paper -  Gina Cabrera

inks - Distress Ink, walnut stain, vintage photo

gold ink - Kuretake

Silhouette

this shows the gold on both clocks

6 year old card

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. My post today is a card for my Nieces Granddaughter. She was 6 last week. The card was another that wasn't received, so I thought. Then I had a photo of Dorothy and her card, which was a lovely thing to do by her Mum. I don't know what is happening with the post, it was always so reliable to get there in just a day or two.

Anyhow, I used a digital image and decided to add a floral dress for her to wear, the image and the dress reminded me of so much of little Dorothy. As I was in Photoshop to add the dress paper, I decided to colour her and add a background. I made the background with a designer paper and added the text and 6, with a digital garden stamp, which I also coloured digitally.  I haven't done PS colouring for so long, it was a nice change. 

Next, I took her into Silhouette and print and cut 3 images and layered them together. I also cut the 6.  I added the background to a matching shade of card, then the image and number were added. The insert was based on the front, adding the same images, the verse I found at Craftsuprint.

image - PaperNest Dolls "Party Princess Ellie" and dress paper

magazine freebie Simply Cards & Papercraft

meadow background - Meljens Designs 

green background paper - Digital Scrapbooking

  I added 3D glaze to the 6, balloon, the heart, and candle flame on the cake, her eyes, and her shoes. Hopefully you can see here.

  

 

this is the insert

 

This is Dorothy with her card.

Flamingo CCC

   Hi Everyone, my one of 2 DT cards 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...

Looking through my stamps for an animal, I came across this Flamingo, that hasn't seen any ink and I thought it about time it did. I printed the sentiment that I had seen online onto card, then stamped and embossed in gold onto the same card. To make it more interesting, I decided to add embossing lines each side of the flamingo and use a marker in pink. What a mess I made. To save the sentiment and flamingo, I cut the card each side of the flamingo, then edged it with the same ink, and used it with the flamingo backing paper, I found in my files.

 The flower stamps were included in the stamp set, so I stamped and embossed in gold onto pink card. A completely different card to what I intended, but it turned out OK. 

I made the insert in Photoshop, adding a flamingo, again in my files and a sentiment that I thought of, because of all the pink!

All stamps - Magazine freebies, SC&P #205

ink- Distress Oxide, kitsch flamingo 

embossing powder - Altenew Vintage Gold

font - Goodies Alt2

flamingo digital paper - Sizzix

insert flamingo - Marisa Lerin Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper

  Just in case you can't see it, the sentiment is in pink and says

 "We are tickled pink to wish you a happy birthday" 

Dinosaur Bones

 Hi Everyone, my card today was for our Great Nephew, who want so be a Palaeontologist. He has decided on this profession, since a very small child and is still as keen today. I made this card for his 15th birthday, as it says on the card! 

I decided to add a piece of double sided card, with lots of foliage on it, into which I cut bone shapes. After cutting and adding it to the card, I turned the cut bone shapes over and placed them back into the piece of foliage card. I decided it wasn't enough foliage, so stamped lots more on the plain side of the main card. Hubby passed by and said the bones looked like flowers? Nooooooo! All I could do was go around the bones with a fine liner black pen, sigh! Retrieved.

I decided on a shape for the sentiment and print and cut it on the Silhouette die cutting machine, adding stamped leaves and a raffia cord, then added 3D glaze over the 15.  I had the Dinosaur image in my files and also print and cut him out, on the Silhouette, and 3D'd him onto the foliage card, with the sentiment shape.

 The insert was designed in Photoshop, with a joke I saw on the web and the dinosaur. I don't know if he liked it. He's one of those children who has never said thank you or made a comment about his cards or presents. His brother enthuses over his cards and shows everyone, such different boys. Never mind, he's had it, that's all that counts.

dinosaur -  Digital Scrapbook (Pixelscrapper)

foliage card - Craft Sensations

leaf stamps - Magazine Freebies

inks - Whisper dye ink

3D glaze Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Turtally Wishes

Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each of them, this is for -

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

I thought I would use these lovely images for my card today, and use a floral background I haven't done in a while, well! it's getting to Spring?

 

I added all dp and images to Silhouette, I printed them and cut 3 of the cat, turtle, and the sentiment.  I cut 2 pieces of card to match the size of the bottom floral, embossing a "wall" and adding stencil clouds. The images were coloured with water colour pencils, I added wobbly eyes to the cat and 3D glaze to the turtle eyes. All then attached to the card. I think I've made it sound a simple card, but it took longer than I thought, don't they always?

cat - Kitty Peaker Eureka Stamps

turtle - Turtle Stamp QKR Stampede

dp - Marisa Lerin Digital Scrapbook

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Beautifully Vibrant

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

wobbly eyes - stash

embossing folder - Crafter Companion Wall

card - Lidl

ink - Distress Oxide tumbled glass

Elephant QKR

Hi Everyone, this is my DT card today for  

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

I have this wonderful Elephant in my files that I think should be used again. I also used him here. 

I added the paper, the sentiment to a piece of matching colour paper and the 2 layers of elephant to the Silhouette. They were printed and cut. I then coloured the elephant with distress inks. Layered the 2 pieces together and added 3D pads. The papers were layered onto dark green card. After attaching the first layer, I decided I needed something else, and found a die I haven't used in a long time, I cut it out of the same green card as the surrounding layers. The Elephant was attached, then I decided to add a little colour to the ivy and used the watercolour pencils, without water. He is such a majestic animal. I love him.

Elephant - QKR Digital stamps 

inks - Distress Inks tea dye, hickory smoke, tattered rose,

paper -  Christina C Digital Scrapbooking/Pixelscrapper

green card - StellaWeds

Ivy die - Card Making Magic

inks - Distress Inks tea dye, hickory smoke,tattered rose,

green pencil - Nuvo Vibrant watercolour pencils

sentiment from the web

It would be lovely to see you in our ATG challenge. 

Super-Star TMR

 Hi Everyone my DT card today is for 

 

I could have done so many things with stars, but decided that as it's my #3 brother's birthday tomorrow, I would make a card for him. All my brothers are Superstars.

 

Anyhow, I have this wonderful image in my files and I decided to use him. I generated the design in Photoshop then printed him onto the front of the card, adding different images to make him a Superstar and the sentiment. I also changed the D on his tunic to B for Brother! I inked him up with DI's, then added gold and silver ink to the starry ovals over his head and, the surrounding stars. The star buttons were added one onto a star in the image.

image Super Dad- Bugaboo

superhero elements - Marcela Cocca, Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper

inks - Distress Inks, abandoned coral, sapphire blue, faded jeans, tattered rose, tea dye.

gold and silver ink - Kuretake

buttons - stash

sentiment - computer generated

 

 

showing the gold ink shine

 

I hope to see you in this great Challenge.

The Paper FunDay Challengeg #49

Tag card TMR

 Hi Everyone my one of 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each one, this is for 

  

The Male Room Challenge  

 

I knew I had a tag in with my files and went off to find it. I used my digital die cutting machine to cut it out, then went to find some beer images and stamps. This time I was fortunate and found images and stamps. I used the beer glass stamp to stamp and clear emboss over the background. I printed and digital die cut the images and with a sentiment I generated, I added a shadow cut base.  Then using the stamps I stamped and embossed in gold. I felt they needed a shadow base, I'm useless at fussy cutting, but I hope the recipient won't notice they are not done like a die cut, apart from the sentiment with my die cutting machine and the circle which was die cut. I have just noticed you can't see what is inside the circle, I stamped "Cheers". All were then attached to the Tag card and some bakers twine added to each tag.

 

tag card - Shirley's Cards 

stamps - magazine freebies

circle die - Tonic

images -  Marisa Lerin - Digital Scrapbook (Pixelscrapper)

bakers twine, Kraft card - stash

I hope I'll see you at the Challenge. 

Moving along with the times challenge #43

Easter Bunny

  Hi Everyone, I have 2 DT cards today, this 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...

After my computer nightmare, I have been going through a few files and found this adorable bunny, just perfect for Easter. I also found some digital Easter papers. I coloured the image in Distress inks matching the paper, then cut it with a die, layered the paper and the image which I also 3D'd. I fussy cut the egg border and 3D'd it onto the paper layers. The corner flower shape are from a die cut left overs. The sentiment is computer generated. I also added sparkle pen to the eggs and 3D glaze to his eyes.

image - Elizabeth Dulemba

dp -  LMS at Digital Scrapbook/Pixelscrapper

inks - Distress Inks

circle die - Tonic 

flower pieces die - Tattered Lace

pink card - Lidl

sprkle pen - Crafters Companion Clear sparkle pen

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 Incy Wincy Designs Challenge

Krafty Chicks Challenge #606 

Cute Elephants

  Hi Everyone, I have 2 DT cards today, this 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...

My card today is for one of my Great Great Nieces, she is 3 and I saw this group of 3 elephants in my files and had to go with it. I took it into my die cutting machine and cut 3 layers. I then coloured it with my Distress Inks and added 3D glaze. I had bought a craft box of items and used a card and die cut hearts to make a shaker. I also used the stars in the box too. I painted the heart and gave it a "distressed" look? The sentiment was left over from another project and when I posted this I looked at the sentiment and realised it wasn't quite straight, just as well I could remove and straighten it. The 3 was also cut in 3 layers, with glue and glitter, then covered with glaze. Before adding the pink card layer to the main card I stencilled it in hearts.

elephant digi stamp - Kim MacFarlane (2010) Cuddly Buddly

inks - Distress Inks 

Dies, stars, glitter, pink card - Sizzix January Craft Box

heart stencil - Julie Hickey

Insert

verse - Crafts-U-Print

elephant - Robin's Kozy Skrap Korner - Digital Scrapbook

font - Cafe Rojo

Old Car QKR

   Hi Everyone here I am with my DT card for today

This is for the challenge at QKR. Our challenge is on the 1st and 15th of every month, so you have 2 chances every month to enter the challenge.

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

I have this lovely image of an old car today. I decided to use for my brother's 86th birthday. Well he is vintage!  Firstly I took the digital stamp into my die cutting machine and cut the car out, the car was then coloured with Distress inks and layered onto the offset layer, I also cut out. The gears and sentiment were both then cut in different card colours. All layered onto the paper with the ribbon dp. I love the colour mix here, something that just popped out for me to use, I thought it something different in a masculine card. He actually commented, that he liked the colours! 

old car - QKR Stampede

dp & gears & ribbon - Jessica Dunn Digital Scrapbooking (Pixelscrapper)

birthday sentiment - Lori Whitlock

inks - Distress Inks

purple card - Dovecraft

white/silver Centura card - Crafters Companion

Silhouette Cameo