If I but remember only…

I had to make a sympathy card and Leanne’s Angel from Aurora Wings was the perfect image for it.

My card follows the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch, although it is kind of hard to see the stripe elements.  I added them with some Twinkling H2O’s before stamping my sentiment from Kimmie’s Sympathy Set, a retired Kraftin’ Kimmie set, and embossing that in white.  Trying to photograph a mostly white card is really difficult and the foiled image, which was done in Opal foil, has come up looking silver.

With my shiny foil and glittery H2O’s I have lots of sparkle, although done in what I hope is an elegant way, so I am linking up my card at Allsorts.  As I have an angel as my image I am also entering my card in the current challenge at Incy Wincy, where they are looking for something magical.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Wow! Embossing Powder ~ Opaque Bright White

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing

Twinkling H2O’s ~ Heavenly & Pearl Blue

Papers

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Fig Swirl and Blackberry Swirl

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Great White

iCraft Deco Foil ~ Opal

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Leanne’s Angel

Kraftin’ Kimmie ~ Kimmie’s Sympathy Set (retired)

Challenges

Allsorts #374 ~ A touch of sparkle

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #183

Incy Wincy ~ Something Magical!

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Would choose in peace to drink my coffee

I’m sharing a card today featuring Coffee Break from The Paper Shelter.

The layout of my card follows the sketch over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  My sentiment is from Just a Number a retired Close To My Heart set and you can tell it is hand stamped as it’s a bit wonky and not evenly stamped ~ I’m the world’s worst stamper!

I wanted to keep my card fairly CAS as the recipient is not a frilly and fancy kind of woman so I’ve added some interest using the word prompt at Inkspirational.  I took it literally and dipped my banner elements in some paint.  Tim Holtz Distress Paint to be precise and they were too big to fit in the mouth of the bottle and I didn’t want to decant so I pinched them a bit and then dipped but that meant I ended up with some splodging and quite a distinct line on the larger banner.  I also dipped the smaller ones in the same colour before thinking that would make them blend right into the larger ones so they got a second dip in another colour.

At Shopping Our Stash they are looking for stitching so I used dies with stitching to cut my image and my banners.  Bit hard to see the stitch detail on the banners after they were dipped in paint.  I highlighted the stitching on the circle with a Distress Marker in the matching colour to my first dip of the banners.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes B0000, B02

Lips R000, R56, R59

Hair E42, E43, E50, Y21

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, N2, N4, N6, T5, T7, T9, 100

Glasses BG10, T5, T7, T9

Coffee Cup C00, C0, E31, E33, E35, YG95, YG97, YG99

Cupcake E30, E31, E33, Y000, Y00

Laptop W4, W6, W8

Chair BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29, C1, C2, C4

Table C1, C2, C4, E31, E35, E57, E79

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

La-La Land Dies ~ 8091 Stitched Nested Circles & Stitched Pennants (April 2016 Kit Club)

Embellishments

Stampin’ Up! ~ Tea Time Trinkets

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal White

Spica Pens ~ Clear & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Forest Moss

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Forest Moss & Frayed Burlap

Papers

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Fig Swirl & Hummingbird

Maja Design Ska vi ta en Fika? ~ Kärleksmums

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC Memory Thread ~ 6080 Olive

Stamps

Close To My Heart ~ D1514 Just a Number (retired)

The Paper Shelter ~ Coffee Break

Challenges

Hand Stamped Sentiments #243 ~ Sketch

Inkspirational #114 ~ Word Prompt "Dip"

Shopping Our Stash #262 - A Stitch In Time

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Songlines

I’m sharing my July tag for Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of 2016.

In keeping with my challenge to myself to have my tags themed to the month they are made in this one is based on an Aboriginal theme, as this month sees Australia mark NAIDOC Week, which celebrates Aboriginal history, culture and achievements.

The image I used for the watercolour resist technique is The Circle Tracks  by Olwyn Avery, a free colouring page I found.  The image came up so much better when I added in the white dots with my Molotow paint marker, although my dots are nowhere near as well placed as Aboriginal artists.  Tim’s Distress palette worked really well for the image, the earthy tones mimicking the natural ochres used in traditional Aboriginal paintings.  For the background wash I used Gathered Twigs and then spritzed with Ground Espresso and I think it worked very well to represent the bark or wood on which paintings were done.

I was a bit worried about the layered words technique and if I would have any dies that were appropriate.  In the end I did, using ‘Spirits’ from the Halloween Words: Script set as the songlines are the tracks of the ancestral spirits and ‘Life’ and ‘Journey’ from the Adventure Words: Block set as those tracks represent the journey the spirits took in brining life to the land.  Songlines are the theme for this year’s NAIDOC Week.

I’ve added in some Mirrored Stars tinted with Mushroom Alcohol Ink.  I’ve placed these in a Southern Cross formation, the constellation most associated with Australia.  I thought it a good way to embellish my tag as songlines are sometimes mirrored in the sky to help Aboriginal people to navigate across vast distances over land and sea.  To finish my tag I used some plain string in a natural colour to echo the traditional string made by Aborigines from plant fibres.

Right on cue Edna has thrown out an R is for Resist challenge, maybe she too is just a little bit in crafty love with Tim?!  With my watercolour resist technique I am entering my card at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.  Craft Rocket are looking for projects with spots and/or stripes and I have both in my image so I am also entering my tag there.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits ~ Adventure Words: Block (660212) & Halloween Words: Script (660957)

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Mirrored Stars

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal White

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Mushroom

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Ground Espresso

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs & Ground Espresso

Tim Holtz Distress Reinkers ~ Blueprint Sketch, Fired Brick, Gathered Twigs, Rusty Hinge & Wild Honey

Tim Holtz Distress ~ Micro Glaze

Papers

Arches Paper ~ Smooth Watercolor

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Huckleberry Pie

Ranger ~ #8 Tag Kraft

Ribbons & Trims etc

Twine from stash

Stamps & Images

Olwyn Avery ~ The Circle Tracks

Challenges

Craft Rocket #20 ~ Spots and/or Stripes

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #64 ~ R is for Resist

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ July

 

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The next moment the day became very bothering indeed…

The card I’m sharing today features a retired image from Strömstad Scrapbooking, the adorable Birdie with Elephant Sorry.

I’ve made up my card following the sketch at SugarPea Designs and taken inspiration from the sprinkles on the image to make a shaker card.  I didn’t have any sequins to add to my shaker mix so I made my own using Elizabeth Craft Shimmer Sheetz and punches.

My colour palette comes from the current challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches.  I am not so great picking colour combos, I knew I wanted to use yellow as the recipient loves yellow so this palette was just perfect especially given my chosen image.  I used the best matches I had for the colours and used a Stampin’ Up to Copic colour chart created by Judy May to select the colours to use on my image.

Over at Cards 4 Galz they are looking for projects with no patterned paper, which my CAS card is certainly devoid of so I am entering my card there.  To finish it off I stamped my sentiment in Mustard Seed Distress Ink.  It was a little small so I used the swirl from one of the stamps in the Close To My Heart Holiday Commentary set to fill the space on my flag diecut.  Finished off with a resin flower in the closest colour I had to taupe.

Ingredients:

Copics

Bird BG09, Y11, Y15, Y19, YR12, YR18, 0

Elephant BG09, E40, E41, E42, E44, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Tim Holtz Distress Glitter ~ Mustard Seed

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Clearly Besotted Dies ~ Long Flag (CBDLO156)

Fiskars Punches ~ Circles, Heart & Star

Embellishments

Pizzazz Aplenty ~ 2mm & 4mm Flatback Rhinestones Gold & Royal Blue

Resin Flower from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Copic Multiliner ~ Black

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Mermaid, Mushroom & Sunshine Yellow

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mustard Seed

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Blue Calypso & Glow

Elizabeth Crafts Shimmer Sheetz ~ Blue Iridescent & White Iridescent (coloured with Alcohol Inks)

Stamps

Close To My Heart ~ C1379 Holiday Commentary (retired)

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps ~ Kimmie’s Sympathy Set (retired)

Strömstad Scrapbooking ~ Birdie with Elephant Sorry (retired)

Challenges

Cards 4 Galz # 27 ~ No Patterned Paper

CAS Colours and Sketches #183 ~ Colours

SugarPea Designs #8 ~ Mix It Up Challenge

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