…dress impeccably and they remember the woman

I’m sharing a birthday card I’ve made for a friend featuring Flapper Twirl from Lemon Shortbread.

When I saw the word prompt over at Inkspirational I thought it was very fitting for my friend who does regularly look quite glamorous, even when she’s just out for a spot of rehearsals (she plays violin in an opera orchestra).  So with that theme in mind I looked through my digi collection and settled on this very glamorous 1920’s image and coloured her up.

I wasn’t too sure how to best show her off on my card but the sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches proved the perfect inspiration.  Instead of flourishes I added some shell elements to a basic geometric frame and then did the whole lot in foil on a black background.  I forgot to print the sentiment so I could foil that too and then cut my frame so couldn’t put it back through my printer.  Hence the slightly askew lettering, I had to add it in with some rub-ons.

I toyed with colouring the background of the image (no way was I fussy cutting round those pearls!) but decided to keep it simple and so left the white background.  To that end I mounted my image and frame on a white card base and have to say I am very pleased with the result.  Being a CAS card I am also entering it in the current challenge at Creative Friday.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes B0000, B04

Lips E04, R56, R59

Hair E40, E41, E42, E43

Outfit E08, E21, E37, E97, N6, N8, N10, YR02, YR04, YR20, YR61, 100

Embellishments

M Nine Designs ~ Gold Art Deco Accents

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs ~ Gilded Alpha

Inks & Paints etc

Spica Pen ~ Gold & Peach

Papers

Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ White

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Blackberry Swirl

iCraft Deco Foil ~ Gold

Stamps

Lemon Shortbread ~ Flapper Twirl

Challenges

CAS Colours & Sketches #192 ~ Sketch

Creative Friday #162 ~ Clean and simple

Inkspirational #118 ~ Word prompt “Glamour”

 

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I was once like you are now…

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

I ended up using the same stamp set Tim used for his as it was the only masculine stamp set I had that had a closed design to use for the alcohol ink resist technique.  We are simply not going to talk about the number of pieces of Yupo I ruined before I finally got to this result.  I will just say that to finally get the resist through the stencil to work I sacrificed the nib of my Copic Colourless Blender, all other attempts to use the ink blending tool like Tim did ended in a splodge of messiness and near tears of frustration.

The distress patina technique was almost as hard and I can’t say I’m happy with the background I finally went with.  Despite the instructions saying to use more of the metallic paints I ended up with pretty much nothing but them showing up and a rather murky result, thankfully mostly hidden under the top layer.

Here in Australia we celebrate Fathers’ Day in September so that is the theme I have chosen for my tag.  My embellies and the words I chose for the stencil resist all reflect that and I’ve kept this deliberately CAS with minimal embellies.  Over at Stamping Sensations they are looking for projects for males so I am entering my tag there.

The Crazy Challenge current theme is Burlap and/or twine and I’ve used the latter to secure my Typed Token.  I chose the word ‘brave’ as that is what dads are, well at least mine is.  Maybe not in the rescue someone from a burning building type of brave but in the crawl under my house to fix the plumbing notwithstanding his claustrophobia or climb a ladder to fix my roof notwithstanding his fear of heights kind.  You get the picture; my dad does stuff for me despite his own fears so he is my kind of brave.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil ~ Mini Collection #6

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alpha Parts ~ Newsprint

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fasteners ~ Hex Fasteners

 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings ~ Typed Tokens

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Alcohol Blending Solution, Citrus & Lettuce

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Antiqued Bronze, Broken China, Brushed Pewter, Forest Moss, Rusty Hinge & Tarnished Brass

Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink ~ Ground Espresso & Vintage Photo

Papers

Ranger Tag ~ #8 Manila

Yupo Watercolour Paper

Ribbons & Trims etc

Darice Hemp Cord ~ Grey

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Linen Ribbon

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS262 Evolution

Challenges

The Crazy Challenge #231 ~ Burlap and/or twine

Stamping Sensations ~ One for the Boys

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ September

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Vous aviez mon coeur, Moi, j’avais le vôtre…

I’m sharing a card today featuring Tom and Tilly from Mo’s Digital Pencil.

My card follows the sketch over at Stamps & Fun = Creativity, which worked well for a CAS style that allowed the fab image to take centre stage.  I used some pearls for embellies as I always associate pearls with older ladies, not sure why, and because when I looked up 66th wedding anniversaries the stone was one I’d never heard of and in a colour I couldn’t match.

Over at Cards and More they are looking for cards featuring no designer paper and I’ve left the texture of the cardstock I’ve used be the only pattern so am entering my card in their challenge.  My no DP and CAS style matches the current theme at Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge so I’m also linking up my card there.

My card is also ‘All Squared Up’, which happens to be the current theme at Crafty Boots.  And as I’ve featured a Mo’s Digital Pencil image I will also link it up at DP2.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Hair N1, N3, N5, N7, T2, T3, T4

Outfit B00, B12, B14, B37, B91, B93, B95, B97, B 99, BV04, BV08, BV20, BV23, BV25, BV31, BV34, C0, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, E30, E31, E33, E35

Bouquet R01, R02, R05, R81, R83, R85, R89, YG03, YG63, YG67

Bench W3, W5, W7, W8

Grass YG03, YG63, YG67

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Snow

Papers

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~ Vibrant Teal

White Wave Cardstock

Stamps

Mo’s Digital Pencil ~ Tom and Tilly

Challenges

Cards and More #167 ~ No designer paper

Crafty Boots ~ All Squared Up

DP2 ~ Anything Mo goes

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge Simon Says: Clean And Simple

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #284 ~ Sketch

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When you wish upon a star…

The card I’m sharing today features Rainy Mae from Some Odd Girl.

I needed a special card for a friend who is having a milestone birthday and wasn’t overly sure what I wanted to do.  Had a look around some challenges and saw at Hanna and Friends the theme was to be inspired by a song.  Thinking about birthday wishes made me think about wishing upon stars and that got the song Wish Upon a Star from Disney’s Pinocchio (I’m a sucker for classic Disney movies) stuck in my head.  So then I had to do a starry card but not just any card, a light up starry card.  So here’s what it looks like lit up, not a great photo but you can see the lights.

To make up the starry night sky I first used a stencil and embossing ink to mark out my stars.  I then embossed these with white embossing powder.  I also added in the sentiment from a Tim Holtz’s set, the perfect one to go with my starry wishes theme.  I used Distress Ink in various colours to then ink up my background and finally spritzed with some Perfect Pearls for the perfect shimmery starry sky.  With all my embossing I am entering my card in the current challenge at The Cat’s Pajamas.

Then I went on a hunt for the perfect image to match and it was quite a hunt.  I finally found the Some Odd Girl Mae, she had the right expression, was looking up and with her upturned hand just seemed like she was waiting to catch a falling star.  To add to the perfection she has a hairdo much like the recipient so it was a match made in starry heaven!

Although I haven’t actually added a birthday sentiment or indeed the milestone year this is for a special birthday (shhh, it’s 50) so I am also entering my card in the birthday challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E35, E37, 0

Mouth E04, R00, R02

Hair E35, E50, YR24, YR31

Outfit G24, G40, G43, G94, G99, N6, N8, 110

Pearls T1, T2, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencils ~ 88573 Stardust

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal White

Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists ~ Perfect Pearl

Spica Pen ~ Clear

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Embossing, Salty Ocean & Tumbled Glass

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Black Soot

Papers

Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ Licorice

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Arctic

Papertrey Ink Cardstock ~ Stamper’s Select White

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ Rainy Mae

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS132 Words for Thought

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #315 ~ BIRTHDAY

Hanna and Friends #256 ~ Song inspiration

The Cat’s Pajamas Tuesday #322 ~ Embossing

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