Congratulations Tom and BeckyJo

Morning.

Just stopping by to post a card I made for my son to give to a friend of his who has just bought a house with his girlfriend. Tom has been living across the road for more years than I care to think of, his mum used to child mind my son way back and their house is really a second home! Her son's and mine are the best of friends and even go on holiday together.

Anyway, Tom and BeckyJo have finally decided to fly the nest and set up on their own and here is the card I made to celebrate and welcome them to their new home together.

I used some of Shirley's stamps from STAMPlorations for the houses and the layout is the sketch at The Paper Players.

I stamped 3 of the tall houses in black Memento then coloured just the one with Copics. I was wondering what to do with the vertical strip on the sketch when I thought about stamping it with some of the rest of the set, this time in a pale grey.

I added a doodled circle die in white behind the the tall houses and some banners stamped with the greetings. The finished panel was then glued flat onto a Kraft base card.

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        My Copics are my go to 

          for crisp colouring

          

George is 60?

Morning all.

Don't you just hate it when you know someone's birthday is coming up and you think it is a big one but it isn't and you find out after you sent the card? Well I think a friend is and I can't check 'cos I left my address book at my son's! Anyway I made a card for him but will not send it until  I'm sure of my dates! I did it once before with my SIL, never lived it down!

Anyroad, here is my card made for this weeks new challenge at Cardz4Guyz.

SHAKER CARDS

I based my layout on this week's Sketch Saturday, the colours are from the Male Room.

I embossed a white piece of linen card with a Cuttlebug EF and used up a scrap of DP from my dwindling stock of LOTV papers, all mounted on a bright blue panel.

To make the shaker element I used a previously die cut oval and cut a smaller one from it, then coloured the outside that was left with a Copic and cut 60 from the center of the smaller one using MFT's larger numbers.

I cut a scalloped oval and used that as the back so that the red sequins and beads would show up. I was going to use a red background but didn't have enough white beads to show up! The top oval was stamped with UNIKO's Classic Numbers greetings before gluing an oval of acetate behind the opening and sticking the cut away parts of the 60 back in place. Using some foam tape and some red sequins and beads, I completed the element.

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I chose green                                                   

STAMPlorations, a reminder

Good afternoon folks.
The month of July is speeding by so I must remind you all that the July challenge at STAMPlorations is still ongoing. Here is a little reminder card from me.

I've used the theme this time but I suppose it fits the sketch as well now I look at it!

I made this card using stamps from Balloons and Banners, Party Time and Noteworthy to create the gold embossed sentiment and added stars. I stamped in Versamark over a galaxy background made by blending DIs on a die cut panel then spritzing with water to bleach out some 'stars'. I'd made a similar background awhile back and my daughter thought it could stand alone without any additions, so there you are Nich what do you think?
I made the panel lie flat as this card was winging its way over the pond for my bloggy friend Becca's (Damsel of Distress) birthday. She's hosting a birthday bash to celebrate becoming, hush say it quietly, 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Can't do with out my DIs, so versatile

Water Coloured Altenew Painted Flowers

Morning all.
Just popping by to announce the start of a brand new challenge over at Cardz4Galz.
This week our theme is -

NO PATTERNED PAPER

Here is my card.

My card was influenced by a couple of challenges, over at MUSE, Paper Players and Can You CASe it?. The layout is based on the fab MUSE card by Jenni Murray but the colours are from Can You CASe It?.

The stamped flowers are by Altenew, these Painted Flowers are certainly my go to choice of flowers at the moment, so versatile. Although a three stage stamp, this time I stamped the outline in Versafine Onyx Black then water coloured the blooms with Picked Raspberry and Salty Ocean DI leaving the leaves white, then fussy cut them. The frame is a die by Memory Box, Large Circle Burst and the sentiment from LOTV.

I cut the top layer from some pale grey card in my stash  and slipped a scrap of midnight blue card underneath to show through the die cut and stamped the sentiment on a scrap circle from my bits box. I shaped the flowers before adding then to the bottom right of the frame, job done.

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Musing for ATSM

Good evening all.
Just sharing a card to announce the start of a new challenge at ATSM.
Here is my inspiration card for you.

Holiday doesn't necessarily mean Christmas but I am ploughing ahead with my Christmas makes this year!

My inspiration was the MUSE over at Christmas Visions by Chriss Blagrave.

I was pretty close with my interpretation but substituted gold Inka Wax splatter and embossed greeting for the black of the MUSE, as well as mirroring the layout. This poinsettia stamp is from Penny Black and is one of my faves, the sentiment from HLS and all on linen cardstock. I stamped the blooms with Black Soot DI then water coloured the bracts with a mixture of Festive Berries, Candied Apple and Weathered Wood DI. The tiny yellow flowers were in Mustard Seed DI and a little bit of Glossy Accents gave added dimension.

This week we are sponsored by

Founded in June 2013, California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. From just a handful of stamps, we now have 100+ stamp designs, 4 stamp designers, our exclusive line of stencils, and 20 amazing crafters spread across 3 teams who constantly produce gorgeous projects featuring our products. Our clear stamps are perfect for creating CAS, one layer, and mixed media cards, and they can be combined to create a variety of paper crafts. All of our stamps are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest, non-yellowing photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and

experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!" 

Prize: 2 digital images

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Christmas in July