yesterday did someone steal the cranes?

I have an Asian inspired CAS card to share today I made for a friend’s birthday.

I’ve been meaning to try this perfect pearls embossing technique ever since I found the tutorial by Bex on the Flying Unicorn Forum.  I decided to use it on a chippie rather than a die cut mostly because I have loads of chippies and really need to start using my stash (basically because I have no room to buy any more!). 

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  As my card is a CAS one I am entering it in the current challenge at Crafty Catz.  As I have flowers and a bird I’m also linking it up at Brown Sugar where their theme is in the garden (although I admit we get the occasional egret but no cranes in our garden).

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ Black

Perfect Pearl ~ Blue Patina, Forever Violet & Green Patina

Embellishments

Dusty Attic Chipboard ~ Crane #2

Inks & Paints etc

Inkssentials Emboss It ~ Clear

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Black Soot

Tsukineko Encore! ~ Gold

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock Monochromatic ~ Bazzill White

Core’dinations Cardstock Smooth ~ Black Cat

Embossed Paper from stash (maybe Christina Re)

Stamps

Stempelglede ~ Grunge Flourish Hearts

Challenges

Brown Sugar # 150 ~ In The Garden

Crafty Catz #283 ~ Clean & Simple

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #127

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If I had it to do all over again, I'd still hit that shot

Today I’m sharing my first ever Tim Holtz 12 Tags tag, based on the June 2015 tag.

When I saw Tim’s June tag it made me think of golf, think it was the plaid and colours, I don’t know.  At any rate, I thought it would make a great tag for a friend who loves to play golf, not to mention a great excuse to buy some more Tim Holtz goodies to play with.

Not only was this my first TH Tag but it’s the first time I’ve used the techniques to make the background.  Guess it shows with the smudgy lines for my plaid and how dark my background is compared to Tim’s original.  I had a lot of fun making it though and I think it turned out OK.

I basically copied Tim’s design and techniques until it came to the die cut.  I tried to find some golf related ones but they were teeny tiny so I improvised.  My golf ball is cut from Tim’s Mini Pocket Watch; I just cut off the winder.  It’s hard to see in the photo but I used Bazzill Dotted Swiss to give that authentic dimpled appearance.  I made my golf club from Grungeboard; the handle has UTEE into which I pressed some silver using a pin for a bit of a cross-hatched texture like you get on the grip of some golf clubs.  I had a lot of blank space so I printed a golf score card on some Kraft cardstock to place behind the golf club and ball.

I didn’t have the stamps Tim used so I printed my sentiment, one appropriate for a gift card, in Travelling Typewriter font.  I had the Typed Tokens already and chose the ‘hello’ as my friend has a habit of saying that a few times when he wants something.

Over at Mod Squad the current theme is a tag so I am linking my tag over there.  And while golf is not my favourite sport it definitely is for the recipient of this tag so I am also entering it at Ruby’s Rainbow.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ Black

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Alterations Movers & Shapers Die ~ Mini Pocket Watch

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil ~ Stripes

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Loop Pins, Tiny Attacher Staple & Typed Tokens

Inks & Paints etc

Inkssentials Enamel Accents ~ Black

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain ~ Frayed Burlap

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles & Walnut Stain

Vintage Patina ~ Nouveau Silver

Papers

Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock ~ Salt

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Kraft

Inkssentials ~ Manila Tags #8

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Grungeboard Basics Plain

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Linen Ribbon & Textured Surfaces Burlap

Challenges

Mod Squad ~ Tag

Ruby’s Rainbow #106 ~ Favourite Sport Theme

Tim Holtz ~ 12 Tags of 2015: June

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Well that's how many it takes: will you marry me?

When does a card cease to be a card and become a gift?  Maybe when it is an exploding hexagon card with a cake topper inside like the one I have to share today featuring the gorgeous Forever Yours from Tiddly Inks on the lid.

This card gift is going to a colleague who got engaged, I’d like to say recently but it’s taken me a while to get my butt into gear and this card made.  I was inspired by this lovely Christmas exploding hexagon card made by my crafty friend Jenny Dix.  Go check out her fab card and while you’re there take a look around her blog, she does amazing work and has lots of great tuts, including for this hexagon box.

The top follows the current sketch over at Die Sketchtanten.  I just flipped it and changed the shape to a hexagon and swapped the small circle embellies for flowers.  I added in the couple’s initials on the top around the edge with some more flowers.  There are die cuts, more flowers and embossed stamping around the sides to complete the outside.

Guess I’d best show the exploding part of this card, the top layer features three more beautiful images from Tiddly Inks, Forever, Love You Mostest and You and Me.

The centrepiece is actually a cake topper I found when I went Googling for a figurine to go inside, it’s from Willow Tree and called Around You and I was lucky enough to find one in Australia from Lil’ Treasures.  It was just perfect to complete my card.

They’re playing bingo at Aud Sentiments, always fun to play along to help with building up the decoration on a card.  I’ve picked up their embossing with the various stamps throughout the card, I have numerous die cuts and my 3D item could be both the card itself and the centre piece.  I also have flowers and both digi and rubber stamps so that’s another set of bingo and if diagonals are allowed I’ve got a third with the use of my markers on the images.  Got the required sentiment covered too, have them in my stamping, on the outside of the box using foil and also on the underneath layers with the beautiful poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

For my top layer I’ve followed the current sketch at Noor! & Zo.  I reshaped the sketch, which was in my favoured 6x6 format, to fit the size of the rectangle my panels are.  I swapped out the banner elements for some stick pins I wrapped in memory thread and nestled in flower bits.

I've taken a close up of one of the image panels so you can see the sketch elements better and, well, to see the simply gorgeous image from Tiddly Inks I used.

The current theme at Scrapping4Fun is either weddings or engagements, this card is, as I said, for an engagement gift so I’ve got the theme covered so am linking it up there.  There’s a similar theme at Fun with Shapes and More, I haven’t got the wedding part covered but definitely have hearts and love on this card so I am also entering their challenge.

It’s always anything goes at the I Am Roses challenge blog so long as you have a minimum of two flowers from their store.  I have lots and lots of their flowers and four different kinds so I am entering my card in their current challenge.

Now I was never going to be able to take a good photo of each layer once assembled so I took one of each as I finished them, both top and bottom.  Yes, being the pedantic crafter I am, I’ve made sure even the underside of each of the two inner layers was decorated.  So here’s all the layers, starting from the outside, I just love how it all came together with my recurring themes of hearts, roses, embossed sentiments and lace.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Hair T5, T7, T9, 100, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Outfits N5, N7, N9, V09, V17, V20, V22, V25, W3, W5, W7, W9

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

All Occasion Dies ~ Romantic Couple

Die-Versions Whispers ~ Trellis

Marianne Creatables ~ Bride and Groom

Noor! Die ~ Blue Oval 6002/0258

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Ironworks Accents

Embellishments

13@rts ~ Self Adhesive Decorative Beads White (coloured with V09 Various Ink)
Blue Fern Studios Chipboards ~ Adore, Love, Cherish

Close to My Heart ~ Bitty Pearls

I Am Roses ~ Mini Roses White (R2-15), Open Roses (R4-15), Tuscany Roses White (ZR19-15) & Wild Roses (R22-15)

Lace and Beyond ~ Tiny Embroidered 3 Rosebud Motifs Pink and Green (LV1027)

Live and Love Crafts Flowers ~ Decoration Berries Lilac/Purple, Foam Flower Buds White, Foam Flower Stems Lilac & Frosted Berries Lavender

Live and Love Crafts Vintage Pearl Pins ~ Capped Teardrops & Crown Teardrops

Making Memories Rub-ons Alphabet ~ Heidi White

Willow Tree Cake Topper ~ Around You

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal White

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender & Tea Dye

Twinkling H2O ~ Plum Blossom

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Old Gold & Rose Quartz

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Boysenberry Delight, Cool Heather & Jubilee

House of Paper Romanesque Paper ~ White Champagne

iCraft Thermoweb Deco Foil ~ Rose Gold

Maja Designs Skavi ta en Fika? ~ En Kopp Te, Leja’s Café & Våffla m Björnbärssylt

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC Memory Thread ~ Lavender (6180) & White (6050)

Green Tara ~ 3mm Pearl Trim White

Lace and Beyond Guipure Lace ~ Roses (G1011), Scalloped (G1085) & Scalloped with Cobweb (G1018)

Live and Love Crafts ~ Pearl String Lilac

Live and Love Crafts Venice Lace ~ Scalloped Rose Round Edge

TresorsdeLuxe Guipure Lace ~ Ivory Lace Trim (LA-056)

Stamps

Stempelglede ~ Grunge Flourish Hearts & Just A Note

Tiddly Inks ~ Forever, Forever Yours, Love You Mostest & You and Me

Challenges

Aud Sentiments #133 ~ Bingo (Bottom row: die cut, embossing, 3D item, Middle column: flowers, digi or rubber stamp, embossing, Diagonal: die cut, digi or rubber stamp, markers)

Die Sketchtanten ~ Sketch #9

Fun with Shapes and More #184 ~ Wedding, hearts, love

I Am Roses ~ May Anything Goes

Noor! & Zo #3 ~ Sketch

Scrapping4Fun #43 ~ Wedding / Engagement

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