Male Birthday Card

For a chess-man nephew I wanted to create some cards that were not pictures of the chess board and the chess pieces.  Thankfully the Little Claire man set of stamps arrived in time so that I could create a Knight card and a Castle card.

New Year's Resolution

To get this block up-to-date by posting a new post and a forgotten post each month.  So I am about to post a card on Nina's Crafts for 2015 and try and fill in a blank on Nina's Crafts for 2014.

Little Claire Catch Up

Well today I have finally got round to putting all the Club project card pictures on for 2014 so far, on the blog.  I still need to up load the remaining pictures for 2013.

I seem to have been doing a lot of cards using the tag cards that Little Claire make.

 

I had some Kay & Co patterned paper that matched the swirls etc on the stamped images, so then using the patterned paper as a guide to the colourway for this card, this is what I came up with.  I love it, it has become one of my favourite and will not be given away.

 

I love these hedgehog image, they come in a 2 by 2 grid, but I have yet to use them like that.  I did a blue and brown theme for a blog challange, but then failed to get them up-loaded in time.  Note to self, take camera chip with you when you go to upload pictures.

 

I liked the blue one so much, I then went a did a pink for a friend for her birthday.  I also used the new sparkle self adhesive sheets that Little Claire now sell.

Dream Canvases

Back in January I attended a workshop run by Hels Sheridan, and in that workshop we created an 8 x 8 inch canvas, using Hels' word of 2014 'Dream'.

This is the canvas I completed at the workshop.

 

Now Hels is running a competition with the theme Dream, and I thought it was a great opportunity to create a complimentary canvas to the one I had already done.  So instead of a bright summery day and butterflies, I thought I would create an atmospheric evening and moths one.  To me these stamps from Hampton Art look more like moths than butterflies.

 

This is what I came up with.  I was really pleased with how the background came out, distress inks spritzed and allowed to run and mica spray (white pearl).  The moon is Poppy Stencils' white pearl paste with a little blue glitter paste mixed in.  The flower is a new one from imagination crafts, and the glitter paste used is from GlitzCraft - initially I inked through the stencil with black ink and them moved the stencil across slightly before applying the paste to get some shadow/dimension.  I also used a white pen to add some moonlight highlights to the bloom.  The Dream embellishment was on a sheet of shaped and wordy embellishments, but it was distressed brown in colour with orange gems.  So off came the gems, gesso'd and painted the word in black and added some gem stars.  The corners are craft metal cut with a Sue Wilson die.

 

 

March 2014

This card was originally made for the Craft Creations multiple stamping with a small stamp challange last month, but I never got round to submitting it.

 

It would have fitted in with Hels' challange for last week of bright colours but again I never got around to putting it on.

 

This week Hels' challange is sewing and stitching, so at the third attempt this card has been put on the web and linked to a challange!!!!!!

 

The background quilt has been created using Inky Doodles stamps. The bed stamp is from Little Claire. The cushion stamp is from Dimension Stamps (now Nina's crafts - possibly a discontinued stamp) and the letters are also from Inky Doodles stamps.

February 2014

Challenge Card - Theme 'Diamonds'

Back in December at Craft Club the theme was Mask & Masquerade.  I took this stamp along but never got around to making a card with it.  Hels theme for her latest Sunday Stamper is Diamonds which makes me think of rings and harlequins.  So I dug the stamp out and made a card.

 

The background music paper is from a pack I got from Chocolate Baraque.  I inked through an Imagination Crafts Diamond stencil over the top of this.  The Music message was created using stamps from Clarity.  The Harlequin stamp is from Crimson Cloud.  I also dug out my fiskars punches and some of my prick and punch patterns that I have not used in a while.  The grey around the Harlequin image is stronger in the picture than it is in real life.  The Harlequin image was 'coloured in' by paper piecing.

January 2014

Joanna Sheen Forum - Card Swap - Theme 'Dream Holiday'

 

Topper backgrounds created using alcohol inks and dabbing with the tool - all the stamps used are wood mounted.

 

Card Swap - Theme Bird Houses/Cages

 

I did a bird table!!  Card inspired by one I saw on a Sue Wilson show on the telly.

 

Liked the idea of the really off-centre topper.

 

Main image is from Clarity Stamp.