…just before he went mad, you know…

I’ve got my March tag for Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of 2016 to share today.

I’ve left this one almost to the last minute as I was a bit stuck for inspiration as my dies weren’t helping me for the main cut out on the textured surface.  But the cute bunny cookies at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie gave me the idea of a bunny and just hand cutting the image; I mean who hasn’t been stuck without the right cookie cutter and improvised with a knife freehand?  Figured paper had to be easier than cookie dough, right?  So off I went to Google to find a nice bunny silhouette I could cut by hand.  I found this very dapper bunny silhouette over at Ebot where it was posted for use by others.  Have to admit mine doesn’t look exactly the same, hand cutting corrugated box cardboard turned out to be hard going.

When it came to the layered die cut I was also in a bit of a bother as I don’t have Tim’s edgeless dies.  Got my thinking cap on and decided I wanted to give my tag a Steampunk twist.  The answer was, of course, gears for the die cuts and I found just the one in my collection, did some snipping and repositioning of part of it but achieved a look I was quite happy with.  As my die wasn’t edgeless I didn’t end up with the plain tag areas in Tim’s sample but I am glad I didn’t as it meant the bunny’s hat ended up showing the patterned paper and thus looking different to the bunny himself.

The colours I’ve used to colour up the layered die cuts are somewhat bright but also with a bit of a grunge element to bring it back to the Steampunk theme. To finish off I’ve added some metal embellies.  I don’t have the new Quote Bands and none of the Word Bands I have had a suitable quote so I went with some Chitchat Seasonal Stickers but mixed it up a bit by placing these on the bunny’s hat Mad Hatter style.

My Steampunk theme and grungy style choice was deliberate as I now have a very dapper Easter tag that will go out to a male friend of mine.  So much nicer than a compound chocolate egg and easier to get into the post too!  Being masculine and Easter themed I’m entering my tag in the current challenge over at The Male Room.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Die ~ 99084 Steampunk Corner

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Snowdrop coloured with YR07 Copic

Prima Ingvild Bolme Tiny Junkyard Findings ~ Tiny Clock Parts

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fastener ~ Washer

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Stickers ~ Chitchat Seasonal

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger ~ Multi Medium Matt

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons ~ Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade & Twisted Citron

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Grass & Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Mica Spray ~ Tarnished Brass

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Tarnished Brass & Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Stains ~ Tea Dye

Papers

Corrugated Cardboard Scrap

FabScraps Shabby Chic ~ Romance

Ranger Foil Sheets ~ Basics Gold

Ranger Surfaces ~ #8 Manila Tags

Ribbons & Trims etc

Darice Hemp Cord ~ Earthy Dark Green

Gear Print Cotton Ribbon from stash

Challenges

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #40 ~ Bunnies

The Male Room #31 ~ Easter

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ March

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Nau wale no

Wednesdays are sketch days over at the Outlawz and this month we have been sponsored by Oak Pond Creations and I’ve used their Hibiscus image on my card today.

Here’s this week’s sketch.

I didn’t have a die the right shape and size for the rectangular element so I was a bit lost as to what to do on my card.  As I do, I went and checked out some challenges to see if I could find some inspiration.  Brown Sugar’s current theme is Kraft paper and Creative Fingers wants you to add some texture.  Putting the two together I came up with my Kraft background paper and used my favourite stencil to add in the rectangular element.  For some added interest on the background I threw some Fran-tage over the modelling paste I used while it was still wet and heat set.

For my embellishments I used another challenge for inspiration as the thin strip across the top was going to be too plain if I just added in some ribbon given I had no designer papers.  Luckily Chocolate, Coffee and Cards have a bingo challenge on, I love bingo boards for inspiration on decorating up a card.  I’ve gone with pearls, a bow and a charm for my embellies.  I used a ribbon with butterfly trim to tie in with the butterfly charm, which I thought was a lovely compliment to the hibiscus flower image.

Now hopefully I’ve inspired you to come and take a look and even play along over at the Outlawz, we’d sure love to see what you create with the sketch.

Ingredients:

Copics

G07, G28, G43, G46, RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69, V09, V12, V15, V17, Y13, Y15, Y17

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre, Aged Rose, Chunky White & Shabby Pink

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil ~ Texture Mesh

Embellishments

Metal Butterfly Charm from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Claudine Hellmuth Studio ~ Gesso

Lindy’s Stamp Gang ~ Cheshire Cat Cherry

Smooch Spritz ~ Mixed Berries

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modelling Paste

Papers

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Kraft Cardstock from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live and Love Crafts ~ Pearl Trim Lilac

The Paper Studio Ribbon ~ Poteeka Souffle

Stamps

Oak Pond Creations ~ Hibiscus

Challenges

Brown Sugar #108 ~ Let’s Get Krafty

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #72 ~ BINGO (pearls, bow, charm)

Creative Fingers #46 ~ Add some texture

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...with a spooky little girl like you

Are you counting down to Halloween yet?  Over at Simply B Stamps Halloween preparations are in full swing with an awesome new release of Jude and the Rockers’ images in the Little Tricksters collection and I am featuring two little cuties from it on my cards today.

My first has the gorgeous Lily Octopus, who I just had to colour in lovely shades of purple.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Technostamper.  It provided all the right elements to showcase Lily, add the sentiment that comes with her, and my favourite kind of embellies, a flower.

As I coloured Lily up in purples I’ve used the same colour as the base for my colour scheme for my card, which of course works well for a Halloween card.  It’s also the current theme over at Glitter n Sparkle where I am entering my card.  I opened my Kaisercraft 13th Hour paper pad for the various layers using three different ones, my orange banner was from scraps and is from Echo Park.  As I have the requisite three patterned papers I’m also linking up my card at PDE Linky Party.

My second card features the cute Little Ali Pumpkin and is more of a CAS style.

This time I’ve used Retrosketches’ current sketch for my card layout.  I thought the ‘rays’ would look good embossed so I used a stencil and some Perfect Medium before sprinkling on some embossing powder.

The Kraft paper and copper embossing powder give the background a decidedly pumpkin feel, well, they do for me any way.  With my Kraft paper I am entering my card at My Time to Craft and as Ali is just adorable I am also linking this up at Creative Fingers’ current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Ali E000, E00, E02, E11, E21, E30, E35, G07, G28, G43, G46, YR21, YR23, YR15, YR16, YR68, 0

Lily E000, E00, E02, E11, E21, E23, E25, E27, E30, E35, RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66, V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Copper

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil ~ Texture Shine

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Pennants & Pumpkin Circles

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Dahlia Teastaine Purple

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot & Spiced Marmalade

Papers

Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor ~ Orange

Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale ~ Patterns & Solids

Kaisercraft 13th Hour ~ Dusk, Orange Harlequin, Purple Spots & Twilight

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Kraft Paper from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lily Octopus 
Simply B Stamps ~ Little Ali Pumpkin

Challenges

Creative Fingers #44 ~ Make it cute

Glitter n Sparkle #95 ~ Add some purple

My Time to Craft #254 ~ Use Kraft

PDE Linky Party #15 ~ 3 or more patterned papers

Retrosketches #125

Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch #325

Blog List

Corinne

Irene

Kay

Lisa H

Lisa N

Louise

Rebecca

Summer
Tanja

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One, two, buckle my shoe

A while ago I posted the cover of the baby book I have been making (see it at this post) and I finally have a layout from it to show, this one features the adorable Baby Blocks Rio from Simply B Stamps’ Baby Teen Scene collection.

To make up the pages I’ve followed the current sketch over at Stuck on U Sketches, I just flipped the sketch horizontally to have the pages mirror images.  I want the whole book to tie in together so for part of the horizontal elements I used the same stencil as I did on the cover only this time I left it white to break up all that pink.

I found some perfect ribbon and ric rac in my stash to complete the horizontal elements.  I don’t do baby stuff often so why I bought two rolls of pink and white gingham ribbon is anyone’s guess but goes to show how deep my stash runs!  As I have ribbon on the page I am entering this in Incy Wincy Designs’ current challenge.

Baby Blocks Rio was the perfect image for this page of clever little firsts, she is so stinkin’ cute.  I didn’t do two images though as I really wanted to contrast the picture page with the journaling page and, besides, it allowed me to add in some cute blocks that I made using shrink film.  To tie the two sides together I mounted both Rio and the blocks on the same die cut and used another for the titles.

As this is a record of a young child’s life I think it suits a theme of ‘forever young’ perfectly so I am entering it in the current challenge at Corrosive Challenge.

Now I really will be posting up the rest of the layouts over the next few days as I have to finish this off once and for all so please come back and see how it all looks.
 

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E30, E33 (R20 cheeks)

Eyes E21, E23, E27, 0

Mouth R000, R00, R02

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit N0, N1, N2, N4, RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66, 0

Blocks B00, B02, B05, BG05, BG07, BG09, G03, G05, G09, R24, R29, R46, RV32, RV34, RV66, V09, V12, V15, Y13, Y15, Y17, YG00, YG01, YG03, YR12, YR14, YR16

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil ~ Texture Mesh

Spellbinders Little Darlings ~ Lovely View

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Stately Circles

Embellishments

Baby Blocks handmade from shrink film

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Rose

Kaisercraft Stickers ~ Pitter Patter Girl

Making Memories Rub-ons Alphabet ~ Heidi White
Prima Flowers ~ Chantelle Medallion

Inks & Paints etc

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modeling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac & Tea Dye

Papers

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Alphabet Soup

Graphic 45 Secret Garden ~ Patterns & Solids

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Special Delivery

Maja Design Shall We Take  Coffee Break? ~ Leja’s Café

Riddersholm Design Fall Flea Market ~ Future Key

Ribbons & Trims etc

Pink Gingham Satin Ribbon from stash

Pink and White Ric Rac from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~Baby Blocks Rio

Challenges

Corrosive Challenge #203 ~ Forever Young

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Strings and Things (ribbon, thread,string, fibre, etc)

Stuck on U Sketches ~ July 18

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