Geometric TMR

 My DT card today is for 

I struggled with this theme, last time I used it, so went online, to get some ideas. I saw many chevron shaped cards, and as I haven't done a fold for an age, I decided to give it a go. 

Going through my paper pads, I came across a double sided pattern that I thought was suitable for the male species, so I cut the shapes needed, folded them and placed them onto a 6x6 card. They didn't fit as I wanted, so I cut a piece of card to fit them, then decided to emboss it. The pieces were arranged onto the embossed card, then the sentiment was stamped onto the sentiment shape. I decided to edge the shapes with the same paper. They were then added to the base card. Something I thought would be difficult, in the end was quite easy, thanks to Pinterest.

paper - Craft Sensations Purple Shadows old

embossing folder - Embossalicious Argyle old

sentiment stamp - Spellbinders Shopping Run sentiments

 

 

There are super ideas for the men in our lives from the DT, have a look and come join us.

Bunny smile CCC

    Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

I am trying to use up digital stamps I haven't used before, but it's going to be a long road as I have sooooo many. Anyhow, I found this cute bunny, and decided to use it for a GG Niece birthday. I looked for some birthday paper in my files and this came up. I added a black birthday greeting to the paper and printed and die cut it, then attached it onto a die cut paper layer to match the printed paper. They were attached to the card base.

Next I took the bunny into Silhouette and print and cut it three times. I coloured the bunny with markers and 3D'd the hand and feet pieces, it was added to the paper layers. I then added 3D glaze to the bunny's eyes and the camera lens.

The negative and smile word, I designed in Silhouette, and cut it from black card twice, I then painted them with sparkle pen. 

 

 cheese please bunny - Gerder Steiner

paper - Papercraft Inspirations free download 2021 

font on paper - ChokoKings

my design smile film frame - font - Austin Vintage with Carin Grobe film frame 2011

markers - Spectrum Noir 

sparkle pen - Spectrum Noir

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 

Daffodil birthday

 Hi Everyone, another daffodil card, well I do love the flowers and have some lovely stamps. I had made it for a DT challenge but forgot I had made it, looking through my pictures I realised I hadn't posted it, so here it is.

I embossed the card first and then stamped the daffodils and the sentiment, and coloured the daffodils with DI's. Then decided to punch a round corner. Next it was just layer and glue on to gold card. A very simple card, with limited supplies but, I really like it.  

stamps and embossing folder - Magazine freebies SC&P #240 

inks - Distress inks mustard seed, fossilised amber, squeezed lemonade 

Here are some daffs in the garden at the moment, on a very dull day today, such happy flowers, that brighten my day. Spring is definitely springing, everything has begun to show itself, hubby has been out pruning and mowing the lawn. I just hope the frosts, supposed to be due this weekend, don't stop them in their burst of life.

Daffodil get well

 Hi Everyone, a get well card today, for a neighbour's daughter who at just 25 has had a stroke, losing her left side. We were so shocked, and as it was just after St David's Day, I made this card for her.

I found a verse and did the card to reflect it.  I designed it in Photoshop and cut layers with my Silhouette. Then printed the sentiment and fairy, attaching it to a yellow piece of card. I added the layers with 3D pads, and added glitter pen to her wings. Next, I added gold sequins. Very simple, but I hope it conveyed our feelings for her. 

daffodil fairy - Gina Jane 2007, yep! I've had it a few years

the layers below

 

 

the insert before printing

Hello Spring mid month WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

Hello Spring

   

 

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my birthday and for the card. I had a wonderful birthday and an extra couple of days with #3 brother and SiL staying on. After they went back, hubby and I went down with something, I had a severe headache, like a migraine for 4 days, hubby wasn't well, but couldn't say why. We didn't have a Covid test kit to check and couldn't be bothered to go get one either. Saturday morning we woke feeling much better, so whatever it was the family haven't had it, thank goodness, and we are back to normal, well as normal as I can be!

My card today turned out to be about Spring Greens, which are so fresh. I had a few stamps to use, but decided on a clean and simple Lily of the Valley flower, I nearly missed it on the A4 sheet of Spring floral stamps.

I thought it needed to be layered, so I cut a mask for the leaves and the flower, then stamped the large leaf and then the flower and the smaller leaves. I wasn't sure whether to add more flowers or leaves, but decided no. Then I used an oval die to cut the flower, I used the same die and the next size up, to cut a frame. Feeling it needed something else I looked for green paper in my files, I came across this, that I liked. I decided on these sentiments and stamped them and the frame, then die cut them. A sparkle pen was added to the flowers.

The paper was printed, and the edges inked, it was glued to the base card, the flower, and the frame were added then the sentiments. An unexpected monochrome card, but I'm not too sure about the design. Oh! well, it's done now. 

flower stamps - Magazine freebie SCP#226

sentiment stamps and die - Julie Hickey, Birthday Message Stamp Set 

ink - Distress Oxide, rustic wilderness

digi paper - A.J. Roberts Winged Jewel Paper Pack 1 2008

sparkle pen - Spectrum Noir

  

this kinda shows the sparkle added to the flowers

 

 Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

 

  Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge Here

 

Our prizes this month are - Two Spring themed Penny Black stamp sets from Buddly Crafts

Cars 17th birthday card

Hi Everyone, it's my birthday today and I have my family coming for lunch, I love having all of us together.

We all live miles and hours from each other, and as all of us are older, I wonder, each time we meet, if this will be the last time we will be able to get together. With driving becoming more complex, and heavy traffic on the roads they have to travel. Thankfully, the furthest away from Lincolnshire is staying a few days. 

We have kept up a tradition, to meet at least once a year, it's usually a couple of times, as we did when my mother was alive. 

Here is a photo of us a few years ago, one other brother sadly passed. 

 

Anyhow, enough of my indulgence, here is a card you came here for, it's for a Great Nephew, on his 17th birthday, he is getting a driving licence, so I thought a car card would suit. I've had this in my files from Shirley, my blog friend, for a while and thought it would be great for him. I took it into my Silhouette files enlarged it to an 8 x 8 inch card size, and cut it out. Also added a 17, to cut and add to the centre card, as they are on racing cars. 

After cutting it all out, I coloured the top layer of cars with the same colours Shirley had, with marker pens and then glazed them. When dry, they were added onto the black layer and glued together. Both layers of each car were attached to the main card.

The road backing layer is included in the file, so I printed that out and placed it inside the front layer. I had added a birthday verse inside by double printing. After taking the photos, I added glue to the front layers, to make them sit flatter onto the paper. I also made an envelope to fit. 

car card -  Car Birthday card Shirley Young

markers - Spectrum Noir

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 

 

 this shows the glaze effect, which I'm pleased with

Happy & Bright TMR

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for 

I was stumped big time with the mixed media, but after looking online for ideas, I came to the conclusion that it was just using different things to make a card. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I had a few male birthdays, well 7, out of a total of 11 birthdays in March. I decided to do 2 similar, but, I didn't know where to start. Going through the many paper pads I have, I found bright papers, suitable for the male species. These were die cut for a landscape 5 x 7inch card.

Then my Silhouette came out to cut this layered happy birthday, in matching colours for each paper. Starting with the light blue background, then the black layer, the purple Happy was next, then the black and green for the birthday. I coloured all the additional letters cut in white card, for layering, in colours to match the papers. 

 

The Happy letter cut out, was used as a "stencil" to add a glass bead paste layer onto the Happy letters. The birthday letters were covered in 3D glaze, after I had attached them to the birthday layer. Just one thing, t looks like the B and the R are both red, nope, the B is red, the R is orange. It must be the light.

I then stamped a sentiment and die cut it, adding it to the finished card.

my mixed media, contains

die cut, stamping, stencil, glazing

 

paper -  Craft Sensations 

Happy Birthday - My Scrap Chick

die - Card Making Magic 5 x 7 Card & box set

Silhouette Cameo 2

layered card & paper - Lidl

white card - Crafters Companion

glass beads paste - Winsor & Newton

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal glaze

birthday stamp & die - Julie Hickey Birthday Sentiment stamp set

I love the bead effect, I saw it originally on a Christmas tree on Loll's blog here. Not the same brand, though, hers looks finer and more even.