Apple for the teacher

Morning bloggy friends.

It's Tuesday and it's 9 o'clock so it's time for a new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

This week Jan has chosen the theme of -

BOOKS and/or BOOK PAPER

This was a bit of a head scratcher for me but then I remembered a project using a page from an old book I had started last year while at my card class. However, after hunting through my craft bag for the bits I thought I had, I realised I must have binned them in my clean out over Christmas! 

Anyway I was quite taken with continuing with the idea so I had to think laterally before I came up with this.

I thought about making the apple card last June for my Grandson to give to his teacher but finally went with this, so the book page apple was on the back burner. So for this I used a Hero Arts definition stamp - Thank you to make my own book page. I really don't like gutting a book, sorry Jan.

I sketched an apple shape onto a Post it and then cut a load of them out from the thankyou paper using it as a stencil.

The apple colours were inked using Candied Apple DI at the bottom and Mown Lawn at the top. The leaf also Hero Arts, was stamped on a bit of left over 'book page' and coloured with Peeled paint and Mown Lawn. To make the apple 3D I folded each apple shape in half and glued them along the fold over the first which was glued flat onto the top panel. The stalk is a tiny scrap of brown card. I used a linen cardstock for the base and the center panel which I stamped with a greeting from a HLS set. The green gingham panel was cut with a MFT stacked pierced rectangle die as was the top panel. Must admit it looks a bit off center in this pic but it is dead center in real life!

OK, that's about from me.

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Theme week - Use 3 stamps sentiment, definition and leaf

STAMPlorations, a reminder

Good afternoon all.

Just stopping by to remind you all that there is still time to enter the STAMPlorations  April Theme/Sketch Challenge.

Here is my card using just the theme this time.

Don't forget you can use either the sketch or theme or both!

        

For my themed card I went with a very subtle splatter effect around the flowers rather than filling in the background. I just diluted some Salty Ocean DI and after masking off the flowers, I used a paint brush to flick splatters in the area I wanted, all very understated! The flowers from Dee's Blooming Buds set were stamped on some linen textured card in Memento London Fog and then cut a rectangle from the middle using a MFT pierced rectangle die. Keeping the outer to one side and free from ink, I painted in the flowers with a mix of Picked Raspberry Shabby, Shutters and Fossilized Amber DIs. The sentiment is from Dee's Balloons and Banners set, stamped in black.

When the coloured panel was finished I trimmed the main panel and popped it up the central rectangle up on pads.

So that's my project, please check out the main blog for all those Ts and Cs and details of all the other DT projects as well as this month's fab GDs, Ashwini and Mac Mable.

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Spring Blossom

Good morning all.

Just popping by to announce the start of a new challenge over at Cardz4Galz. 

You certainly took the last challenge by the horns, lots of fab entries, so what will you make of the topic -

USE AN EMBOSSING FOLDER

I love embossing folders (EF), as they give texture and depth to a project without adding too much fussiness. I found it really tricky choosing one from my collection but I thought that this spring flower one went well with my cherry blossom panel.

My inspiration for this was the challenge at Just Us Girls, smooshing, ATCAS inlaid dies and the MUSE card by my friend and teamie Anita Bowden. I liked how she'd inlaid her Crafters Companion die into a square of inked cardstock. 

For mine I decided to use an embossed background and go with a branch coming down instead of going up! I cut a branch in white then coloured the branch, flowers and leaves with Copics. The panel was cut from a smooshed panel using Inka Gold wax in platinum and Salty Ocean DI, I wanted to create a bright spring sky for my blossoms. After reinserting all the bits back into my panel, I decided it needed some more blossom, so added some more flowers using the small flower die from the set.

As I was using an embossed background I stamped the Happy Birthday on a tab and then glued it to the underside and popped the whole panel up on pads.

OK, that's about it from me. For more inspiration please check out the rest of the DT and why not join us.

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April Stencil Hop

Good afternoon and welcome to the latest Blog Hop with ARTploration stencils from STAMPlorations.

Here is my inspiration card using ARTplorations Daisy Dance and Bloom Sketches.

 

I made the panel by laying on the stencil on a A6 piece of Hot Pressed W/C paper and inking the spaces with Versamark then embossing with white EP. The daisy blooms were then carefully stamped in the spaces and embossed in white. I had to it that way as the mask dictated where to stamp the blooms. To colour, I sprinkled Brusho crystals in Yellow and Vermilion where I wanted the colours, then spritzed the whole lot with water.

I stamped a happy from the Balloons and Banner set below the now dry angled panel and embossed in white EP, added a die cut Happy and then trimmed the panel to complete.

As usual, Shery is offering a stack of prizes so for full Ts and Cs pop over to the main blog but don't forget to leave a comment here before the end of April 17th and on the other fab DT's blogs too. You'll find links to all projects here. Winners will be announced on April 19th.

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                                                     My Choice- Heat embossing and Brusho

Die cut CAS

Hi and welcome to a post to announce the start of a new challenge over at ATSM.

This time it is time for our theme of -

CAS

Lovely jubbly, just my thing!

Here is my inspiration for you.

Out in the blog a sphere somewhere, I remember seeing a die cut rose only partially reinserted into the base, so I thought I would have a try using my Memory Box gardenia die in a similar style. I chose three matching pieces of card, sparkly grey, matt silvery grey and pale grey pearl. I cut out two lots of the die and then cut away the small linking bits of card to make a top panel in the sparkly card. 

Then useing the matt card, I cut two more outlines then replaced some of the die cit segments and fitted the die cuts back into the top panel. The base layer was stamped with a HAPPY from the STAMPlorations Banners and Balloons set and the ANNIVERSARY  came free with a mag and the top layer glued flat over the top.

This week we are sponsored by

Prize is a $10 gift certificate

and

Prize: 2 digital images

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                                             Flowers