Take 2: poppies

Thought this was rather an appropriate stamp to use for an Anzac Day post. Anzac Day is our Remembrance Day and takes place on 25 April each year. The date was chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.

So here is Hero Arts poppy background stamp used two ways.  The poppies on the second card were a bit fiddly to cut out but I like the effect.  The bookprint is from an old paperback version of Don Quixote that was looking suitably aged.

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Cheep cheep

I recently bought a few stamps from Market Street Stamps. Highly recommend them and the company. Great stamps, fab customer service and fast shipping!

If you're tempted, this is one of their sets called Cheep Talk. Cute birds which I paper pieced. Added some stickers from Crate Paper's Random collection and there you have it.  Can't wait to use these again :)

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Best wishes

I've been a bit short time of time for crafting recently, so have been looking for quick and easy projects I can pull together quickly.

Here's a simple card featuring more of Crate Paper's Random collection.  I added some crystal effects to some of the flowers, stamped a sentiment, added some faux stitching and I was done.

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Embrace happiness

Here is another easy to mail card which uses the In Bloom impression plate. I use some impression plates (like linen/canvas) all the time, but have to make a real effort to dig out some of the others.

The detail on this one is absolutely stunning and it makes great 'patterned paper'.  All you need to do is add a label and you're done.

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Butterfly birthday

I've been making a few birthday cards for January birthdays.  Needed to get these organised and mailed before my holiday.  I'm now away for 6 1/2 weeks in Europe.  Have arranged for some scheduled posts but I won't be posting quite as much as usual, so please forgive my absence!

Here is a simple card which uses Crate Paper's gorgeous Random collection. I just whipped out the sewing machine to add a bit of stitching. The butterfly is pretty shiny IRL - that's crystal effects which gives  a great 3D gloss:

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Best wishes

I thought it was about time I pulled out my In Bloom impression plate which hasn't seen much use. For this card, I used the letterpress technique which I used in this post.

I need a few more easy to mail cards for my stash, so this will be perfect. The fresh snow ink shows up beautifully against the dark background.  Must try this again!

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Masculine cards

I need a few more masculine cards for my stash.  Here is a simple birthday card which uses Crate Paper's Toy Box collection:

And this one uses stamps from Steampunk by Tim Holtz. I cased one of Jen's card for this card. You can see her card here:

Happy birthday supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, SU baja breeze, Crate Paper Toy Box patterned paper, elements and stickers
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - Cuttlebug diamond plate embbossing folder, stapler

Just because supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, vellum, SU basic grey patterned paper, riding hood red
Stamps -  Tim Holtz Steampunk, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Versamagic black (for vellum)
Accessories - Distressing tool, foam tape

Birthday wishes

This card features a lot  of scraps - things lying around on the table and left over from previous projects.  I love the soft colours from Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime Collection.  The background papers  are from a free vintage digital paper download:

Supplies
Paper - PTI vintage cream, Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime patterned paper, digital  patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories -PTI aqua mist ribbon, vintage lace, paper doily, scallop scissors, sewing machine, PTI butterfly die, PTI felt, Kaisercraft pearls

Banner best wishes

Here's another card which uses my favourite Cosmo Cricket collection of the moment - circa 1934. It's a C & S layout using some banners:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white,Cosmo Cricket circa 1934 chipboard stickers
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages 
Ink - Versafine onyx black, vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - PTI vintage cream button twine

Embellish color trends challenge with decorative trim

Yes, it's time for another challenge over at the Embellish Blog - check out the details here. These are the colours

And here's what I came up with:

Supplies
Paper -  PTI spring moss, SU kiwi kiss, Bella Rose patterned paper
Stamps - WMS Very Vintage Labels 2, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI ripe avocado, vintage tea dye duo
Accessories -vintage lace, lace trim, PTI ribbon, SVG rolled rose, Basic Grey Curio chipboard leaves, Kaisercraft pearls, foam tape

Fabric just because

I recently submitted some cards to a publication call from Cards Magazine. One  got picked up (yay!) but here's one that didn't get accepted.  It features some fabric scraps from one of my favourite designers ever, Amy Butler.

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white,spring rain
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento rose bud
Accessories - Fabric scraps, SVG tag file, PTI buttons, sewing machine

Totally Hues revisited

I came up with a second card for this week's totally hues challenge (to use summer sunrise, orange zest, aqua mist and hawaiian shores).  Here's a card which uses another favourite Waltzingmouse set:

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Paper - PTI stamper's aqua mist, stamper's select white, summer sunrise
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI hawaiian shores, fresh snow, vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - PTI orange zest buttons, The Twinery bakers twine, sunrise embossing folder

Moxie Fab World get daring with decorative tape challenge

Check out this new challenge over at the Moxie Fab World blog.  The challenge is to create a paper craft project that incorporates decorative tape in an innovative way. Not sure about the innovative part, but this is what I came up with. Pretty simple really:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white
Stamps - PTI mega mixed messages
Ink - SU riding hood red
Accessories -Cosmo Cricket circa 1934 chipboard, Pink Paislee artisan tapes

Hello

Here is a simple card which features Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 papers - love the colours and patterns of this collection:

Supplies
Paper - PTI vintage cream, Cosmo Cricket circa 1934 patterned paper
Stamps - PTI mega  mixed messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories -Cosmo Cricket circa 1934 chipboard sticker, sewing machine

PTI Make it Mondays challenge #1

Papertrey Ink have started a new weekly challenge called 'Make it Mondays'. The first challenge which you'll find here is to create a go-to sentiment card. I've had a crazy week at work, so many things I had to get done -including making several sympathy cards :( - but I've finally got time to make and post my card.  Here's what I came up with:

I decided to use a sentiment 'block' (not sure what else to call it) as the focal point. I arranged all  the sentiments on my card, then picked them up with an acrylic block so I could stamp them at once. One didn't fit so I stamped it separately using red ink:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white,pure poppy, SU 6 x6 paper pack
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments, Mega Mixed Messages, Asian Fusion
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento lady bug
Accessories -red rhinestones, foam tape, sewing machine

With sympathy

A friend of my mother's commissioned me to make a sympathy card for her. The recipient is a woman who is a card maker so I wanted to make something really special.  I decided to use soft muted colours instead of grey/purple which is what I've tended to use before. Here's what I came up with:

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Paper - PTI stamper's vintage cream,Basic Grey Curio patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages (sentimennt)
Ink - SU cholcolate chip, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - Curio layered pop sticker, vintage lace, sewing machine, paper doily, wrinkle ribbon, glitter button, embroidery thread, foam tape, glue dots

Miss you

It's time for another Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab World blog:

I wasn't so keen on the brown, but the pillow inspired me to my own (not so deconstructed) rose from organza ribbon. This is what I came up with:

And thanks to a reminder from Lorraine, this card also fits the Moxie Fab 'gray is the new black' challenge.

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Paper - PTI smokey shadow,true black, SU designer paper pack
Stamps - Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels 2, PTI Mega Mixed messages (sentiment)
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories -Organza ribbon, foam tape

Shabby Tea Room challenge

Thanks to Denise, I spotted this challenge over at the Shabby tea Toom and thought it would be fun to take part. The challenge is to use 11 elements on a card or project so here's what I came up with:

Hope I counted correctly. My elements are: cardstock, patterned paper, lace, metallic thread, pearls, crystal bead, metal brad, stamped sentiment, tags, angel image, stitching.

Supplies
Paper - PTI vintage cream cardstock, DCWV Mimosa patterned paper
Stamps - PTI mega mixed messages (sentiment)
Ink - SU chocolate chip, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - metal brad, lace, metallic thread, Kaisercraft pearls, crystal bead, pearl bead, Tim Holtz fragment, Kathleen green collage sheet, cricut die cut, sewing machine.

Butterfly dreams

I found a cute Kaisercraft birdcage stamp in my local scrapbooking store.  No birds in this card, but I did use butterflies from PTI's butterfly dreams stamp set. And my new favourite accent, glitter:

Supplies
Paper - PTI vintage cream, lavender moon cardstock
Stamps - Kaisercraft Chateau collection, PTI turning a new leaf, in bloom, mega mixed messaages (sentiment)
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI ripe avocado, plum pudding pigment ink, vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - PTI plum pudding satin ribbon, Zig 2 way glue pen, prisma glitter, Tombow markers, foam mounting tape, hole punch

Simple thank you

I've been experimenting with different styles lately.  Here is a super simple thank you card that involves minimal stamping and incorporates a large Kaisercraft rub on (which took ages to apply).  Maybe rub ons aren't so convenient after all?  Perhaps this style is best described as 'clean and lazy:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white cardstock
Stamps - PTI mega mixed messages (sentiment)
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - Kaisercraft Prairie Lane rub ons