Calls back the lovely April of her prime…

I’ve got my May tag for Tim’s 12 Tags of 2016 to share today and I’ve used Tim’s Blueprint Strip Sewing stamps and a Verve Stamps’ sentiment, Flowers of Tomorrow, on it.

Mothers’ Day was 8 May here in Australia so I decided to go with that for my theme.  I wasn’t filled with inspiration though until I saw the current challenge at A Vintage Journey was to include fabric and maybe sewing.  Mum making clothes and soft furnishings (not particularly well I might add) is one of my memories growing up so off I went in search of suitably vintagy sewing themed components.

I applied Tim’s tissue tape resist technique to a piece of his new linen fabric and it came up looking lovely.  For the stencilled element of the background I chose words that evoked images of mothers from Tim’s Valentine stencil; “love”, “hugs”, “heart” and “soul”.  With my stencilling I am entering my tag at Country View Challenges.

The clear texture paste I used didn’t really shown up even after I inked the background so to add my metallic element I went back over my stencilling with Tarnished Brass Distress Stain.  Guess this is what they mean when they say there are really no mistakes in creating and to just go with the flow.  I love all the soft tones created on the fabric.  Although looking at it now I think I should have inked in squarish shapes to give the impression of fabric remnants, oh well, next time.

The stamps I used weren’t very large so I had a bit of blank space and found a beautiful sentiment stamp in my collection from Verve Stamps which filled the space and matched my theme perfectly.  After I added in the rolled roses I was still left with a bit of empty space that needed filling so I cut a bit of Ruler Ribbon with an 8 on it and then used a Remnant Rub to add in the word “May” and attached it using a Memo Pin.  I finished off with a typed token attached with a Hex Fastener to the Linen Ribbon I threaded through the tag hole.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits Die ~ 660227 Tiny Tattered Florals

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Stencil ~ THS033 Valentine

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Hex Fastener, Memo Pins & Typed Token

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs ~ Numbers

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Texture Paste ~ Transparent Gloss

Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Tim Holtz Distress Reinkers ~ Cracked Pistachio, Scattered Straw, Tattered Rose & Tumbled Glass

Tim Holtz Distress Stain ~ Tarnished Brass

Papers

Ranger Tags ~ #8 Kraft

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Textile Surfaces ~ Linen

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Tape ~ Laboratorie

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Linen Ribbon & Ruler Ribbon

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Blueprint Strip ~ THMB007 Sewing

Verve Stamps ~ VSPJ-0013 Flowers of Tomorrow (retired)

Challenges

A Vintage Journey ~ Sew Special

Country View ~ Use a Stencil

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ May

 

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Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world

The card I’m sharing today features a commissioned image from Mayzy Art for a crafty friend, Tanja.

Sadly Mayzy closed her digi shop a while back but she has opened up commissions, you can find her on Facebook if you want one.  I think she did an awesome job of Tanja and she was loads of fun to colour up.  Mayzy’s terms allow the commissioner to gift the image to friends, which Tanja kindly did.

I wanted to keep the image the focal point so I’ve gone with a CAS design, which happens to be the theme over at Crafting When We Can.  The current sketch at Retrosketches was perfect for a CAS card.  I added in my stripes using washi tape and my stripes meet the challenge at Crafty Gals’ Corner so I’m also linking up there.

I die cut my image and, for a bit more interest, left a bit of the image out of the die cut.  The sentiment is also a die cut, which I cut twice, once from black cardstock for a shadow and once out of cardstock I covered with my washi tape to tie in with the background.  As you can see from the image, Tanja is a bit of goth girl and loves her skulls, which I’ve picked up in the washi tape I selected.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E11, E13, E33, E35, YR00 (R22 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E35, E37, 0

Lips E04, R56, R59

Hair E23, E27, E29, E79

Outfit BG09, BG11, BG32, BG34, BG57

Glasses BG10, N6, N8, N10, 100

Copic C00, C0, C1, E04, R56

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

CC Designs Die ~ ATS162 Make A Card #4

La-La Land Die ~ 8157 Smile

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal White

Spica Pen ~ Gold & Turquoise

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Cracked Pistachio

Papers

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Malachite

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ White

Ribbons & Trims etc

Stampin’ Up! Washi Tape ~ Witch’s Brew

Freckled Fawn Washi Tape ~ November 2013 Kit

Stamps

Mayzy Art ~ Tanja (commissioned image)

Challenges

Crafting When We Can #119 ~ Clean and simple (CAS)

Crafty Gals’ Corner #71 ~ Polka Dots or Stripes!

Retrosketches ~ Sketch #215

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…will gaze upon the mere bookworms…

I’m sharing a card today made for a friend with Lil’ Bookworm Fairy by Ching-Chou Kuik.

My card follows the current sketch at Cheerful Sketches with lots of lovely layers that I have added to by double matting each of my designer papers and my image.  I swapped out the long rectangular element for some ribbon and lace and did my layout in a lovely palette of pinks, greens and yellows.

Over at the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog the current theme is cats or dogs and the sweet kitty on the delightful Ching-Chou Kuik image I’ve chosen means I will also link my card up there.  I tried to colour the kitty to match the new kitten that has recently joined my friend’s family, a birthday present for her youngest daughter.

Speaking of cats, the current challenge at Crafty Catz is for female projects.  With the pretty lady and elements on this card it could only be for a female so I’m also entering my card in their challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E31, E35, G40

Lips R24

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit RV10, RV13, RV21

Wings B0000, B000, B00

Books B01, B12, B14, B37, B39, BG90, BG93, BG96, BG99, E40, E41, E42, R02, V20, V22, V25, V28, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG93

Cat C00, E33, E55, E95, Y21, YR15

Embellishments

Petaloo Botanica Collection ~ Faux Dried Minis Green

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Dahlias Teastained Pink

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Clear & Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Scattered Straw & Spun Sugar

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Foxy & Parakeet

Joy! Crafts Create & Celebrate Paper Pack ~ Sending Messages

Ribbons & Trims etc

Pink Printed Cotton Ribbon from stash

White Lace from stash coloured with Shabby Shutters Distress Ink

Stamps

Ching-Chou Kuik ~ Lil’ Bookworm Fairy

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ May

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge ~ Cats or dogs

Crafty Catz #323 ~ Female Only

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Art is an abstraction

I’m sharing a fun card I made using Tim Holtz’s Bird Crazy and Crazy Things stamps.

My card design follows the current sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches with my two circular (sort of) elements being my bird and my scribble.  I’ve cut the scribble out of designer paper scraps, which I’ve also used to cut the glasses to fit with the challenge theme at Less is More.

Edna is looking for quilting or paper piecing at the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers so I’ve gone to town on the layers on birdie.  For something different I’ve coloured him with watercolour pencils and softened the look by stamping in Ground Espresso rather than a black ink.  I added in the glasses (which sadly didn’t fit on the birdie I chose) as the friend this is going out to wears them.  The somewhat snarky sentiment is a nod to the fact he is a few years older than me although, truth be told, I’ve forgotten what age he actually is.  He is an art teacher though so the artistic theme fits nicely.  I was going to go with an ink splat but have no idea where those dies went I even managed to lose the packet from the dies I used while making up my card, perhaps abstraction isn’t just in my card theme!

Ingredients:

Derwent Watercolour Pencils

Head, Hair & Wings 45 Mineral Green & 47 Grass Green

Beak & Feet 6 Deep Cadmium & 10 Orange Chrome

Body 32 Spectrum Blue & 35 Prussian Blue

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits Dies ~ 660954 Bird Crazy, 660953 Crazy Things & 660980 Festive Scribbles

Embellishments

Rub-ons from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Frayed Burlap & Old Paper & Vintage Photo

Papers

Arjo Wiggins Curious Metallics Iridescent Cardstock ~ Cryogen White

Kaisercraft Kaleidoscope Collection ~ Scrap

Prima Craftsman ~ Scrap

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Frost Film

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS212 Bird Crazy & CMS237 Crazy Things

Challenges

CAS Colours & Sketches #171 ~ Sketch

Less is More ~ Designer paper in a CAS style

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers #58 ~ Q is for Quilts

  

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