Happy Birthday Erin!

So it’s maybe just still a special person’s birthday over on their side of the world, a teamie from the SBS DT, Erin’s, and I’ve a card made especially for her with the super cute image Betty drew for her.

I had to do this card in a limited time due to work being so busy so boy was I glad my new step card die arrived in the mail just in time.  It made doing up the base super easy and allowed me to do a fancier card than time would otherwise have allowed as no measuring, just used the die pieces.

I was a bit stumped on how to decorate the card, when I layered on the die cuts it looked a bit plain so I did what I always do when I need inspiration, I went and checked out the challenges listed on Paper Playful.  Clear It Out has a challenge going to use an animal, had that so then on to the stash item, it was striped paper.  Had a bit of a dig around my scrap draw and ta-dah! this fab messy stripe paper in purple too, from the back of it I’d say it’s from Graphic 45’s Halloween in Wonderland collection.  The messy stripes kinda look like twigs I thought, perfect for little owls to perch on.

And aren’t those owls just gorgeous, loving the dies in the La-La-Land Club Kits!  The tag is from the same kit and I layered things up with different adhesives to add depth to my card.  With all my layers I am entering this in the current challenge over at Come and Get It.

The image comes with and without the fabby frame; I decided my card shape really needed a frame so I went with that version.  As I have a frame I am also entering this in Stamps & Fun = Creativity’s current challenge.  Rather than fussy cut the inside of my frame too I decided to add a bit of sparkle and bling with a painted background using some Twinkling H2Os, which I think finished off the card nicely.

Sure hope you had an awesome day Erin and you like your card, it isn’t quite coming to you via Owl Mail but is winging its way over to you!

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes BG70, BG72, BG75

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B02, B04, B06, N0, N1, N2

Owl E11, E13, E15, E18, E30, E31, Y23, Y26, Y28

Frame E42, E44, E47, E49, G05, G09, R20, R22

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Crafts-Too Die ~ Step Card

La-La Lands Die ~ Owl & Tag (La-La Land Club)

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Mini Daisies with Leaves

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Vintage Photo

Twinkling H2O ~ Royal Satin

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy

Kaisercraft Attitude ~ Dude

Prima Cartographer ~ Les Yeux

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Erin and Hoot

Challenges

Clear It Out ~ Theme: Animals, Stash: Striped Papers

Come and Get It ~ Lots of layers

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #238 ~ Frame

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Mine eyes dazzle

I’m sharing a card featuring the new and gorgeous Duchess Betty from Simply B Stamps.

The layout of my card comes from the current sketch at Sketchy Colors, in keeping with the lacy ruffles on Duchess Betty’s dress I’ve swapped out the long rectangular element for some lovely lace.  I also swapped out the smaller oval for a floral element instead.

Over at Cut It Up! their current theme is romance, which this image certainly is and I have the three elements they require (flowers, lace and pearls plus a die cut, I’ve got two) so I’m entering my card there.

I love a tic tac toe challenge to help get a card completed so I’ve played along with the current one at Our Creative Corner and gone for a diagonal line featuring embossing powder, a stamps (the beautiful image) and some lace.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E40, E43, E44, Y26

Lips R39, R85

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, W00, W0, W2, W4, 0

Cake and Plate E09, E43, E44, E47, R14, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG93 YR07

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes ~ Corner

Wild Rose Studio ~ Rose Circle

Embellishments

13@rts Twigs ~ White

Queen & Co Pearls ~ Snowflake

TresorsdeLuxe Fabric Roses ~ Dusty Rose

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Garnet

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Old Paper

Viva Décor Inka-Gold ~ Rose Quartz

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Milled Lavender

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Making Memories Greenhouse Paperie ~ Flocked Floral

Prima Romantique Collection ~ Gazette

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Daisy Scroll Edged

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Duchess Betty

Challenges

Cut It Up! #64 ~ Romance:Flowers, Lace and Pearls (die cut)

Our Creative Corner ~ Tic Tac Toe (Embossing powder, Stamps & Lace, ribbon, twine, cord)

Sketchy Colors ~ Sketch #241

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Well now if you’ve got a cutie who’s a real sweet petutie…

This new Lola Western Cutie image from Simply B Stamps I have on my card is a real sweet petutie, don’t you agree?

I loved colouring the folds in her skirt and am really pleased with how she turned out.  I tried a new red combo (see ingredients list below) and I love it, especially teamed with black.

My card layout is from the current sketch at Cheerful Sketches where I swapped out the circle elements for some hearts.  I wanted to use some of my new dies on this, the two scalloped ones are from an Anna Griffin set I picked as this is actually going out to the sweet friend who got the die for me.  The black lace is new and I thought worked perfectly for the horizontal element, the shape suited the western theme and tied in nicely with the image.

Over at Hanna and Friends they have embossing as their theme, I have two kinds on my card.  I’ve got some heat embossing with some Fran-tage to make my sentiment just a little more special and my dies were embossing dies also.

As I have a number of hearts on my card I am also entering this in the current challenge at Live and Love Crafts.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E31, E37

Mouth R00, R01, R02, R05, R20

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit C00, N0, N1, N2, N4, N6, N8, R22, R35, R46, R59, W6, W8, W10, 0, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin ~ Lovely Impressions

Lin & Lene Design ~ 3 Piece Heart

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Dahlias Teastained Cream (coloured with R35 & 100)

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Pitch Black & Red

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Stella

BoBunny Timepiece ~ Moments

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Prima Stationer’s Desk ~ Red Romance

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Floral Scalloped Black

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lola Western Cutie

Stampin’ Up! ~ You Are Loved

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ Sketch #21

 

Hanna and Friends # 215 ~ Embossing

Live and Love Crafts #32 ~ Hearts

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Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again...

A have special project to share today, the front cover of a Tim Holtz Collection Folio I am making up to capture the memories of the trip I took last year, featuring Travelling Betty from Simply B Stamps.

When I saw the awesome Travelling Betty I knew she would be perfect for this, especially as we got to meet and hang out with Betty herself on the trip.  My folio is inspired by the beautiful work of Paula Cheney whose example of one Tim showed in a video for the release of them is what got me wanting to get my hands on one in the first place.  I’ve borrowed some of Paula’s techniques and her use of a Word Band on the elastic closure, including altering the band.  In my case I rubbed some Rub’n’Buff on to make it a bit more grungy.

I wanted the cover to be somewhat grungy, I guess because that is really my style but pretty at the same time.  I raided my stash and came up trumps with the gorgeous paper from an old Creative Memories collection.  I just kept going on the stash items playing along with Craft Hoarders Anonymous’ current challenge.  I have, from left to right on the bingo board, markers (Copics on my image), fabric and lace (behind my embellishments), die cutting (oval shapes both manual and electronic), stamping (image) and mixed media (stencil and texture paste), chipboard (title), and metal (brads and faux metal look to the chipboard) and buttons and brads.

The theme of the album is travel and we certainly did a lot of flying on our trip so I had to add in the great resin plane embellie from Prima so I’m entering this in the current Fussy and Fancy challenge as planes have wings.

Our trip took in the beautiful Canada in the fall and even the USA too put on a lovely colour show of autumnal leaves so the leaf button seemed a fitting embellie to cover off both countries’ scenery.  With my button I’m entering this in Papertake Weekly’s current challenge picking the product theme.

To make the background a bit more special and fill the space rather than using more designer paper I opted for a lovely abstract flower stencil and some modelling paste.  I coloured the modelling paste using Distress Inks to make an olively green to match the designer paper I used.  I then added in some brads to give it some added texture that wouldn’t easily fall off as this is going to get handled, or at least I hope it will invite people to handle it and look inside.  Sweet Stamps has a challenge looking for stencils and paste so I am entering my project there.

To finish off my embellies I wanted something a bit bigger than the resin and button so decided to add a bit of interest and texture with some fabric and lace scraps ruched to form rosette style embellies.  I think they add just the right finishing touches and with them I am also entering my project in the current Try it on Tuesdays’ challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E35, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, N4, N6, N8, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99, 100

Suitcases N4, N6, N8, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG01, YG03, YG05, YG07, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Blue Mould ~ Oval (6002/0258)

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Ovals & Opulent Ovals

Prima Stencil ~ Sunset Sunrise Flower

Embellishments

Creative Memories Alphabet Stickers ~ Blue & Crimson

Jesse James Dress It Up Buttons ~ Fall Collection Autumn Leaves

Metal Brads from stash

Prima Ingvild Bolme ~ Explore Resins

Stickabilities ~ ⁷/₁₆^” Hand Drawn

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Word Band

Inks & Paints etc

Prima Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink ~ Rusty Bucket

Rub’n’Buff ~ Spanish Copper 

Teresa Collins ~ Modelling Paste 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Evergreen Bough, Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemon & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Milkshake

BoBunny Double Dot ~ Maize Vintage

Creative Memories ~ Reminisce Travel

K&Company ~ Tim Coffey Travel

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Collection Folio

Ribbons & Trims etc

Chiffon & Lace from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Travelling Betty

Challenges

Craft Hoarders Anonymous ~ Choose Your Challenge (markers, fabric or lace, die cutting, stamping & mixed media (stencil & texture paste), chipboard (title) & metal (brads & faux metal look to chipboard), buttons & brads)

Fussy and Fancy #131~ Things with Wings

Papertake Weekly ~ Take your pick (product theme: buttons)

Sweet Stamps #206 ~ Stencils and Paste

Try it on Tuesdays ~ Add Some Fabric

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