… the two sweetest passions known to man

Showing a tag today I’ve made playing along with Tim’s 12 Tags of 2015, this one is based on the September inspiration.

So I had none of the products needed to make the background Tim used which meant I had to improvise.  I had Specialty Stamping Paper, which is glossy, and I had Various Inks so I figured they’d do the trick.  I swirled some Various Inks on my craft sheet and then spritzed with alcohol then dragged my piece of Stamping Paper through it and heat set.  I’m reasonably happy with the result but then I am never 100% happy with this sort of background technique.  With my non-white background to my stamping I am entering my tag in the current challenge at Sweet Stampin’.

Also had to improvise on the stamps as I don’t have all that many of Tim’s…yet!  I did have some butterflies though, mixed two different sets and decided to try something a bit different and throw over some Perfect Pearls to give the butterflies a bit of sparkle.  As I have three butterflies on it I am entering it over at Addicted to Stamps for their current challenge.

Given this is for a bookmark, I took one of Tim’s stamps I had and stamped on the back of the tag and threw some Fran-tage around to give it some interest.  I picked the sentiment as it best suited a bookmark, after all you find all sorts of inspiration in books.  I also picked the Word Band I used to match my theme of inspiration and imagination, which books simply overflow with.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Perfect Pearls ~ Heirloom Gold

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Prima Stencils ~ Décor 1

Embellishments

Gold Jewellery Wire from stash

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Long Fasteners, Reinforcers & Word Bands

Inks & Paints etc

13@rts Ayeeda Medium ~ Acrylic Gel Medium

Ranger Archival Ink ~ Jet Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Various Inks ~ B29, BG05, G03, V09, Y06, YG00, YR68

Papers

Ranger ~ #8 Black Tag, #8 Kraft Tag & Specialty Stamping Paper

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Frosted

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Linen Ribbon

Stamps

BoBunny ~ Ambrosia

Prima Finnabair ~ Dream On

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz ~ Words for Thought (CMS132)

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps #110 ~ Butterflies

Sweet Stampin’ ~ Use a non-white base

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015 ~ September

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My soul is in the sky

I’m sharing a card today featuring Lucy Loo Magnified Star from The East Wind.

I needed a card for a friend’s birthday and wasn’t sure what image to use until I saw the current challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers was P is for Punk...Steampunk that is.  Now Edna is not a woman to be gainsaid and really, it’s been way too long since I got my Steampunk on so I just knew I had to play along.  I was going to use another image but went with this one as the recipient’s nickname is K-Star (don’t ask me why, it’s just how she rolls).  No snark to this card though, not that I didn’t try but after fruitless Googling for ideas I finally admitted defeat on some snarky pun about steam or smoke.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch at Die Sketchtanten.  It was looking a bit plain so I kind of went to town with my flowers.

I picked my colours by playing along with the Tic Tac Toe game at Vintage Stamping, where I’ve gone with people (my image), metal (the cool embellies from Tim Holtz) and, of course, the colours scheme of blue and brown.  I really like how this turned out, not too girlie but pretty in lovely muted colours, a lot like K-Star herself.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Lips R14, R46

Hair Y23, YR12, YR14, YR21

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Steampunk Gear B000, B01, B04, BG0000, BG02, C0, C1, C3, C5, E08, E33, E35, E47, R05, W0, W1, W3, W5, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

PanPastel ~ Bronze & Hansa Yellow Tint

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Mini Roses (R2-847), ¾" Open Roses (ZR3-15), 1" Open Roses (ZR6-15)

Live and Love Crafts ~ Foam Flowers Blue

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Custom Knob (star sticker), Mini Gears, Monocles & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Afternoon Delight Denim & Cocoa Bean Copper

Spica ~ Gold & Sky Blue

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Papers

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Mocha Divine

Prima Cartographer ~ Montgolfiere & Mots D’ Amour

Riddersholm Design Fall Flea Market ~ Classifieds

Stamps

The East Wind ~ Lucy Loo Magnified Star

Challenges

Die Sketchtanten ~ Sketch #13

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #34 ~ P is for Punk...Steampunk that is!

Vintage Stamping #36 ~ Tic Tac Toe (People, Metal, Blue and brown)

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The butterfly long loved the beautiful rose…

My card today features the elegantly beautiful Cameo 14 from Fitztown.

I’ve made this card for a friend’s birthday and, as she is more elegant than alternate, I’ve turned what looked like a tattoo into body jewellery through some very fiddly paper tole.  Not to set myself too easy a task I also paper tolled the tiny butterfly in her hair, very fiddly stuff indeed!

I started out with the image in mind and then used the photo inspiration from Live and Love Crafts to help me decorate my card.  The palette of browns and creams from the photo gave a lovely vintage feel to the card and I picked up the pink in my butterflies.  I used the roses themselves in my floral embellies.  I also used the lace and various trims as inspiration to add to my embellies.

At Paradise of Stamps, they are looking for ribbon, lace and pearls, all of which I have covered.  I added tiny pearls to both butterflies for their bodies and also twisted some Memory Thread around some pearl trim to put round my flowers.  There was a lot of space in the lace I used so I threaded through some ribbon and finished off with three large pearls (just realised they look like metal screws in the photo!).

My card follows the current sketch at Sparkles Monthly.  I decided not to cut paper for the round element but instead made this from flowers coloured with PanPastels.  I nestled a butterfly I punched with my new Tim Holtz punch among the flowers to break up the browns and also to tie in with the image.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes B91, B97

Lips R14, R46

Hair E42, E44, E50, Y21

Outfit B21, B23, B26, BV02, BV13, BV17

Earring B12, B14, B37

Butterflies RV11, RV32, RV34, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

PanPastel ~ Bronze, Red Iron Oxide Extra Dark & Rich Gold

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Noor! Design Die ~ 6002/0356 Frame and Three Corners

Tim Holtz Punch ~ Medium Butterfly

Embellishments

Brown Pearls from stash

I Am Roses ~ Gardenia (GS2-15), ¾" Open Roses (ZR3-15) & Sweetheart Blossoms (S10-15)

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso & Tea Dye

Wink of Stella ~ Dark Pink & Gold

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Brown

Maja Design It’s Christmas Time ~ Spirit

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC Memory Thread ~ 6030 Dark Ecru

Green Tara ~ 3mm Pearl Trim Cream

Guipure Lace from stash

Embroidered Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Fitztown ~ Cameo 14

Challenges

Live and Love Crafts #39 ~ Photo Inspiration Collage

 Paradise of Stamps #26 ~ Ribbon, Lace & Pearls

Sparkles Monthly #72 ~ A Sketch

 

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’Cause I can bop, honey bop…

Today I’m sharing a card featuring Rockabilly Rhonda by Concetta Kilmer of Enchanted Design Studio.

I’ve made this card for a friend’s sister following the current sketch over at Cheerful Sketches.  As my card has lots of young adult elements from my “cool” chick image to the graffiti on the brick wall (it actually says ‘happy birthday Melissa) I’m entering this in Dream Factory’s current challenge.

Over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards they are celebrating their 100th challenge with a celebration theme.  I can’t say I’ve played along with every one of their challenges (I haven’t been crafting that long!) but I have played along with a few so am joining this one with my card celebrating a birthday.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes G94, G99, YG03, 0

Lips R83, R85, R89

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Ribbon N3, N5, N7, N9, R14, R46, R59, RV99, 100

Roses G94, G99, R14, R46, R59, RV99, YG03

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz Die ~ Picture Wheel (658558)

Embellishments

Freckled Fawn ~ Enamel Stars & Oh Deer Me October Kit Epoxy Stickers

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Stickers ~ Chitchat

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Frayed Burlap & Pumice Stone

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Bitter Chocolate & Brown

Kaisercraft Base Coat ~ Bricks

Ribbons & Trims etc

Washi Tape from stash

Stamps

Enchanted Design Studio ~ Rockabilly Rhonda

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ September

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #100 ~ Celebration

Dream Factory #24 ~ Fack ju Göhte

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