Mr & Mrs

Well it's a Saturday morning here.   Today is Queensland State Election day.  So I have voted and now have the rest of the day to myself.

Yesterday was my card class in Mackay with my five ladies.   Joyce needs a few wedding cards to have in stock so I cased the card that is in the current occasions mini catalogue.  I added an extra layer of Sahara Sand underneath the vellum.  In real the colours of the flowers are a better match to the blushing bride card stock than is showing in this photograph.  I also substituted white bakers twine for the silver and natural one used on the sample card.

The Something Lacy background stamp is stamps and embosses beautifully.  The sentiment is from the stamp set For The New Two which also stamps and embosses well.

Well that's it from me today.

Have a good one. 

 

Australia Day And A Tractor

Good morning.  Here in Australia we are celebrating Australia Day.   It also happens to be my Dad's birthday.  He's very happy with his $50 gift voucher from Tackle World and the card that I gave him which was that last one the ladies made on Saturday in their class.

I saw a card on pinterest that used a fabulous sketch, simple but effective for a male card.

I wanted to use a new stamp from Deep Red called Rusty Tractor.  So I mixed some retired SU papers called Parker's Patterns with Botanical Gazette, added some linen thread, metal bits and bobs and die cut gears....voila....a card that the ladies really liked.  

The metal pieces and die cut pieces were given a rusty look using Copper Gilders Paste by Baroque Art.  Absolutely fabulous stuff.  Love it.  Works a treat on metal and card stock.

I embossed the Not Quite Navy panel with a gears embossing folder and added three screw head brads.  There isn't a greeting on this card because I wanted the ladies to be able to use it for occasions other than birthdays.

Dad looked at the tractor image and said it was a Fordson Major.  I said fair dinkum, I didn't know what sort of tractor it was but that I knew he had never owned one.  He said no, but he'd driven on one that had been converted to rubber tyres.  This particular tractor was used to load the cane onto the lift at Ilbilbie.  It had a wooden platform at the back and standing on that you could operate the clutch and gears.  

It's good to hear some of Dad's memories from time to time especially as he doesn't talk about the past much.  He's always said that it's gone and better get on with things now. 

Have a wonderful day everyone. 

 

Blue Vintage Springtime

Good morning all.

Here is the next card the ladies will be making on Saturday in their class.  I wanted to use up some of these Vintage Springtime papers which Stampin' Up put out some years ago.  I love them and bought a few packs, but it's time to start using them. lol   I chose the blue papers to make this card which is a case of LeAnne's card here.

Base card is cream linen card stock with the next layer being Baja Breeze which is retired and a great pity.  The pleated ribbon is also SU Baja Breeze.  Among my collection of stamps is a butterfly set by Stamp It.  I purchased these stamps years ago and mounted them but only ever used one.  So out it came and I stamped the greeting with Not Quite Navy ink (yep also retired - sigh) on card stock weight vellum.  This was left to dry overnight to make sure it wouldn't smudge.

  

The large butterfly was done with a base of Baja Breeze stamped with a lace background stamp then die cut.  The top layer of the wings was die cut then embossed using Stampendous Frantage Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel.  I love the colours in this range of enamels....beautiful and vintagey.  I was going to add a sprinkling of enamel to the vellum panel but decided against it. A shabby rose completed the look I wanted.  Another couple of die cut butterflies layered with a pearl and the card was finished.

The whole card came together very well and I'm very happy with the end result.

Many thanks to Jean for her valuable assistance.

We've had lots of rain here and everything is beautiful and green.  Love it.   I was in Mackay yesterday and the rain absolutely bucketed down.  By the time I had finished getting the groceries to the car, I was saturated.  Oh well, the joys of living in the tropics.  lol

Have a wonderful day everyone.

 

Welcome 2015!!!!

Well I had no idea it was so long since my last post.   The end of 2014 was an extremely busy one for me, consequently, my blog was neglected.  I was still making cards, doing card classes and all the thousand and one things that one does leading up to Christmas.

My first class starts on 24th January with 7 ladies.  So to keep in line with my resolution this year (at this stage anyway), I'm prepping early.  This is one of the cards the ladies will make.  

I saw this card on Chat's blog and had a light bulb moment.   It was perfect for my dilemma.  I have one lady in my class who wants to do a 50th Wedding Anniversary card, one who is happy to do wedding cards and the others who aren't!!!   So I decided to case Chat's card and change the papers, colours and greeting.

All the products are Stampin' Up except the doiley and greeting.  For the anniversary card, there is an extra tag with 50 on it to hang with the other greeting.  I'm happy with the way the card has turned out and I feel it can be used for a number of occasions, not necessarily wedding and anniversary.

Thanks for visiting and many apologies for the long absence.