…a superb tailor’s work is ageless

I’ve made another parcel card for a special birthday featuring my all-time favourite image for a male, 1920’s Kody from Some Odd Girl, which seems to have been retired!

This is going out to a guy so I didn’t want it all florally and girlie so I went to my favourite stash of embellies, my Prima and Tim Holtz metal stuff.  What a great find that there was a 30 among the Prima Door Signs because, you guessed it, this is for a 30th birthday.  I also found some words that fitted in well and allowed me to jazz up the parcels, which I’d stuck down before thinking about adding twine or anything to.  I’ve missed using my metal embellies as I haven’t done anything Steampunky for a while so it was great to get them out.  As they are my favourite embellies I’m entering my card in the current challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.

I did throw in one flower as there was this space just sitting there under the Typo Bulbs, it is a burlap one and I did alter it a bit.  I pulled off the bottom layer and trimmed the others to make it smaller and pulled out the stamens, I swapped them for a metal brad and some glitter.  Hopefully not too girlie!

I thought the quote from the Kaiser rub ons was appropriate for a milestone birthday and it helped fill the space too.  As did the parcels to make this a nicely embellished card without all the flowery, girlie stuff we normally add to our cards.

I’m also entering my card in the current challenge at Incy Wincy Designs, where the theme is to use a number, something I have done thanks to this being a milestone birthday and that great Prima Door Sign.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E31, E39, 0

Lips E11

Hair YR04, YR07, E09, E18

Outfit B91, B93, B95, N4, N6, N8, V91, V93, V95, V99, W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Distress Glitter ~ Rusty Hinge

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rub ons ~ Inner Self & These Days

Petaloo Textured Elements ~ Burlap Blossom Black

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Jeans Plates & Small Typo Bulbs

Prima Shabby Chic Treasures ~ Door Signs

Stickabilities ~ ⁷⁄₁₆” Hand Drawn

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Black Soot & Faded Jeans

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ Kraft

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

Graphic 45 French Country ~ Abundance

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells ~ Frightful Folly

Prima Cartographer ~ Montgolfiere

Riddersholm Design Tailgate Marked ~ My Street

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ 1920’s Kody (retired)

Challenges

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Use a number

Tuesday Throwdown #226 ~ Favourite Embellishment

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He never puts a foot wrong

My card today features a fun new image from Simply B Stamps, Karen and Best Pal.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Techno Stamper.  I swapped out the star element for a winner’s rosette to match my theme.  That theme is National Velvet, hence the purple and gold outfit (not quite jockey silks but you’ve got to roll with the image) and the light and dark background (I think of the movie in that way, there’s the lightness of Velvet’s belief in Pie and their triumph against the background of the dark of Mi’s troubled past).  I have to say I was struggling a bit as to what to do with the image and so did what I always do and headed over to PaperPlayful to check out challenge themes, when I saw Incy Wincy Designs’ one about the inspiration from a song, book or movie National Velvet popped into my head.  A spot of Googling to confirm the right colours for the outfit and I was set.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes V12, V17, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair N4, N6, N8, 100

Outfit V09, V12, V15, V17, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Horse E08, E09, E13, E15, E17, E18, E19, E29, E30, E31, R00, R01, R02

Barn C0, C2, C4, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Basket & Apples E40, E41, E42, G09, R24, R29, R46, E59

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Pennants

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Daisy Flower Topper

Embellishments

BoBunny Combo Stickers ~ Somewhere in Time

Glitz Alphabets & Words Stickers ~ Sunshine in my Soul

Inks & Paints etc

Posca Pen ~ Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot & Weathered Wood

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Lake

Kaisercraft ~ 13th Hour

Riddersholm Design Fleamarket ~ Mill Truck

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Karen and Best Pal

Challenges

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Inspired by a Song, Book or Movie

Techno Stamper ~ Monday Lunchtime Sketch #339

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…girt with golden wings

I have a rather special card today featuring an awesome image I found on deviantART by Scary Rabid Fan Girl called Steampunk Angel.

There are some really talented people on deviantART and some of them are lovely enough to make their images available to download.  I have to say I am pretty pleased with how the image turned out, especially the metallic elements.

I wanted this to be a special card as it is going out to a friend for her 40th birthday so I decided on a fancy parcel card.  Given this isn’t your ordinary flat folded card I am entering it in the current challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  As it is a parcel card I am also entering it in the Noor Design challenge.

The blank space on the base is for a ‘happy birthday’ sentiment, I couldn’t find one in my stash but wanted to get this posted up before I head out on holidays.  I need to buy a sticker or something to have the words pop.  I did find the lovely ‘celebrate’ sentiment and some numbers in my sticker stash that did work for this.  As the card is for a celebration I am entering it in the current Brown Sugar challenge.

I’ve used a lot of embellies on this card to make it extra special.  All of the flowers are from I Am Roses.  I bought a big supply of them all in white so I could colour them up to match my projects.  My plan was to have them the same colour as the angel’s blue dress and the berries the same aged copper but I didn’t have sketch markers to go in my Copic Airgun so I had to settle for Smooch Spritz and Lindy’s Stamp Gang inks.

The theme of the card is very much flying with my angel, butterflies and flying gear so I am entering it in the current challenge over at Inkspirational.  Being flying themed I have a lot of things with wings so I am also entering it in Live and Love Craft’s current challenge.  I couldn’t find a metal butterfly in my stash the right size so I cut some from a Martha Stewart sticker border and layered them up.  I used pearls to add some extra texture and scattered some yellow ones around as all my embellies were fairly aged and the angel’s wings are a bright gold.  Given my pearls I am also linking this up at the Alphabet Challenge.

Now my friend is a fellow Steampunker and this is a Steampunk inspired card from the angel with her metal wings through to the gears and flying paraphernalia.  There’s actually a pair of men flying zeppelins under the die cuts on the base that ended up covered up that also suited the theme.  The current challenge over at I Am Roses calls for Steampunk and a butterfly; I’ve got both covered off and plenty of their gorgeous flowers so I’m also entering this there.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eye E33

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit & Wings B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, E08, E33, E35, E47, R05, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Lin & Lene Design ~ Floral Square

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Marvelous Squares

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels ~ Somewhere in Time

BoBunny Combo Stickers ~ Somewhere in Time

Creative Memories Epoxy Stickers

I Am Roses ~ Cherry Blossoms, Lilies, Mini Roses, Puffy Roses, Small Flowers & Stamens

Martha Stewart Stickers ~ Butterfly Border

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Ship Parts & Steampunk Air

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ Small Swirls Black

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Mini Gears & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabio ~ Tweedle Dee Denim

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Cocoa Bean Copper

Smooch Spritz ~ Caramel Latte & Navy Twinkle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Walnut Stain & Weathered Wood

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Weathered Wood

Riddersholm Design Tailgate Marked ~ Airborne

Stamps

Scary Rabid Fan Girl ~ Steampunk Angel

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #211 ~ Fancy Folds

Alphabet Challenge ~ P for Pretty Petals

Brown Sugar #111 ~ Celebrations

I Am Roses ~ “Steampunk” and include a Butterfly

Inkspirational #65 ~Word Prompt: Flight

Live and Love Crafts #27 ~ Things with Wings

Noor Design ~ Parcel card

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Waiting in anticipation

I’ve got another single layout from the baby book I am making to share today, this one is the first page.

I’ve kept the papers and the embellies the same as the inside cover as they open up to a double page.  This page is for pictures before baby arrives and I’ve added interest with my Foto Folder, which is where the photos go.

With all the lovely dots (don’t pink dots just say little girl so perfectly?) I am entering this page in the current challenge over at SimonSays Stamp Wednesday challenge.  I’ve got loads of layers on this as well as insde the folder so I am also entering my layout at Deep Ocean’s current challenge.

For the inside I’ve followed the current sketch over at Retrosketches.  Their sketches are more geared toward cards but I thought it suited the space I had and the sort of layout I wanted to do.  I just swapped out the circle for a larger oval as I wanted space for a full length photo of the mother-to-be with her belly.  Not sure an ultrasound photo will fit in a vertical oval, might need to turn the book to see that photo properly but that is what I am envisaging on the right-hand side.

Stayed tuned for more pages in this baby book, four more to be precise.  If you’re interested you can see the cover here (took me ages as this is a Tim Holtz Collection Folio so there’s lots of space to decorate!), the last page at this post, and a double layout here.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Papertrey Ink ~ Notched Star Banner

Wild Rose Studio ~ Oval Frame

Embellishments

Freckled Fawn ~ Resin and Metal Flowers & Sequined Bow

Kaisercraft Pearl Strip ~ Pink Champagne

Kaisercraft Stickers ~ Pitter Patter Girl

Jesse James Dress It Up Button ~ New Arrival Girl

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Wild Mini Blossoms Pink

Petaloo Penny Lane ~ Forget Me Nots Soft Pink

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dried Marigold, Pumice Stone & Tea Dye

Papers

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Baby Floral

Heidi Swapp Foto Folder ~ Pink

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Bundle of Joy

Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics ~ No 2

Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics ~ 9th of March

Pion Design Fairytale of Spring ~ Pink Dot

Riddersholm Design Huntington Garden ~ Tea Room

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live & Love Crafts Lace ~ Pastello Pink & Scalloped Rose Pennant Edge

Challenges

Deep Ocean #82 ~ “Lot of Layers”

Retrosketches #124

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday ~ Spots and dots

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