Happy Birthday Mate Ute.

Good morning everyone.

Here is one the cards that I made for the Artist of the Month display at the Sarina Tourist, Art and Craft Centre.   This particular card is based on a project that Anna-Karin made for her son.  I had a different jalopy done but mucked it up so had to improvise and use another jalopy that I was going to bin.  The day I was working on these jalopies (I made 6 cards in total), was also the day that I managed to stab myself with a pair of scissors.  My finger bled so much, I didn't think it was going to stop. lol  Too much hurry and not enough care.  That was two weeks ago and it's only getting better now.  Anyway onto my jalopy.

I've used Distress Crackle Paint, Ranger Verdigris embossing powder, Opals utee, Adirondack dabbers and inks on my ute.  The background paper was made by myself by putting together different pictures of Queensland number plates, resizing them, adding a brown background and then printing out on Kraft card stock.  Lots of Tim Holtz stamps and products were used on this card as well as Stampin' Up card stock.

I've decided that I really love working on Grunge Board and Grunge Paper, it takes ink etc beautifully.

The rusty metal bottle top and nails were a good touch I thought and with the Happy Birthday mate, made this a really Aussie bloke card.

Thanks for visiting,

 

Card Box

I've finally finished this project that I started way back. Many thanks to Tracey Old for the idea. I enlarged mine quite a bit and it's 6½" x 5" with a height of 6". I wanted it big enough to hold square cards. For the box, I used Always Artichoke textured cardstock. The embellishments and paper are from the Secret Garden scrapping kit.

I did reinforce the inside and the lid with thick cardboard, so it's quite sturdy now. The lid closes with Basic Grey magnetic snaps.

My letters are Kaisercraft chipboard and covered in Pipedreamink opals 'The Nut'. A gorgeous brown.

Inside are the dividers made from Groovy Guava textured c/s and the tabs I used are from the Secret Garden scrapping kit. I punched the round tab punch through 4 of the square stickers in that kit to make up the rest of the tabs.

Excuse my printing. I figured since it's for me, I could write the months myself.

I'm pretty stoked with it actually and as soon as I've made sure those magnets are sticking properly, I'm going to put cards in it!!

Thanks for looking and commenting on my creations. I love receiving comments and reading them.

House Mouse Sweet Kiss

Hello from a wet and maybe soon to be windy Koumala. There is a category 4 cyclone out there in the Coral Sea called Hamish. It's currently travelling at 17kms an hour, south-southeast, parallel to the coast. Here's a link to the map. We've already lost power here today for an hour or so, perhaps an indication of what's to come?

Anyway, I managed to make a card for the House Mouse Monday Challenge. We had to use chipboard on our project. The papers I used are from the Kaisercraft A La Carte range. I used Eucalypt Opals on my Kaisercraft chipboard flourish and added the lace. The sketch is Mojo Monday's Week 75. The card probably doesn't conform completely to the sketch but I like it.

Yes, I know the photo is crooked, but after taking several and they were all the same for some reason, I gave up.

Thanks for visiting.

Ribbon Box

I've had this project started for quite some time now. Decided to get in and finish it today. Kaisercraft chipboard Beyond the Page stuff is mostly flat when you buy it. So I bought the box and the ribbon reels, which come separately. Painted the edges and then used the "To Have & To Hold" Kaisercraft papers to cover the box. The braid around the joins at the side and back is from Bobbin & Sew in Sarina and matches perfectly the black and cream in the papers. Sorry they aren't good pics, it's been overcast and raining here all day (Woo Hoo, lovely rain).
The chipboard letters on the top spelling ribbons have been covered using Opals Embossing Enamels from Pipedreamink I spent goodness knows how much time trying to get the colour I wanted and ended up with so many layers on the letters. I think they've turned out ok. I didn't want to use black on the letters. The butterfly is a chipboard shape from Kaisercraft too. I again used the Opals on it as well. Then I decorated the whole box with flowers and pearls and the matching brads to the papers.
I'll have to take a decent photo when the sun comes out again, çause you can't see the butterfly very well. This was my first attempt at doing anything like this....beyond the page stuff. I have bought some other chipboard things to do, also from Kaisercraft, so I'll see how I go.
Thanks for looking.

Two cards done and another birthday card

I finally revamped the card that I ripped the 'opalled' flower off. Did another flower but not as heavy. Changed the colours of the card and made the base card lighter. This one looks better I think. It's sketch challenge 161 over on Splitcoast stampers. Used my new circle nestas too. Just love those dies. The cuttlebug background uses pearlex and acetate to give it that effect.

This card was 'cased' from a card that Karen

taught in one of her early Stampin' Up classes last

year.

I used the same set, Stampin' Up Petal Prints and changed the colours and sentiment. The inks are Adirondacks Brights and Lights. Thanks Karen.

Received another birthday pressie yesterday.

Lots of cardmaking goodies from Shell plus this lovely

birthday card. I'm going to be in deep trouble 'cause she told

me not to put it on here. I like it. All the birthday cards I received are wonderful.

Thanks for everyone's birthday wishes.

Bookmark Swap

I can show you the bookmark I made for the bookmark exchange on my UK forum. My exchange partner loves Christmas, all year round. I wanted to use Opals too 'cause I know Louise likes those as well. So I combined the two.

I used Nestabilities to get my inset shapes which I was really chuffed with.

Louise has pm'd me to say that she loves it. Yipppeeeee.

Sketch challenge SCS 161

I made two cards today using the SCS card sketch challenge. Great fun. Used my opals embossing enamels from Pipedreamink and some more of the pearlex and acetate backgrounds I made a few weeks ago. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up Happy Everything.

The opals were a bit of trial and error to get the colour I wanted. Started off with one colour, then changed and used another with a sprinkling of yet another colour. The smaller flower was again originally one colour but has had a top up of another green with a pinch of yellow in the middle. Also I had a bit of an adventure with the completed flower. The little one in the centre was just adhered onto the larger one, but in the course of drying the big flower warped. So I tried to bend it back and the opals cracked. Uh Oh, so back to the heat gun and heated. Had a few cracks to mend so heated it all up and then sprinkled a bit of Sunburst to fix that up. The smaller flower by this time was melting into the bottom layer. I discovered that I didn't mind the look so didn't bother starting all over. Actually I reckon it looks better. lolEdited to say that a friend of mine has given me a few hints and I've since ripped the top horizontal layer and flower (above) off and am going to do something else. Watch this space. lol

This card uses a stamped image coloured with H2O's then cut using my wonderful Nestabilities. Then again another pearlex and acetate background. The stamp is from Stamp It, Rose Bouquet 3424E. The sentiment is from Stampin Up Warmest Regards. The ribbon is from Meg's Garden. I think that's it.


Thanks for looking.



All the comments are wonderful. Thanks everyone.

Dad's birthday card

After I had finished the 'warm hello' card, I was wondering what to do with the 'D' I had embossed with Opals for my Dad's birthday. He's into fishing so wanted to do something along those lines. I had made a card last year that I hadn't been happy with so I decided to rip into it and salvage what I could, which was the stamped image. Originally I was just using the blues colours but searching through my ribbons, came across this gorgeous grosgrain which was perfect. All I had to do was to add some brown into the card. I diecut some corners, added another oval layer and a knot of ribbon. Hey presto, it worked!! Dad's birthday card.

I'm over the moon with this card and think it looks great. What do you think?

Edited to add, if this is someone's sketch, thank you so much.

Thursday night

Thank you to all the people who have commented on my cards. Love reading them.

Well I didn't start my cardmaking until later this afternoon. Toooo humid this morning. I was dripping just standing still.

I used one of the backgrounds I made on Tuesday for this card that is for a friend of mine who needs cheering up. Another chipboard letter embossed with those gorgeous Opals..see previous post. The nestas came into play again. I think I'm happy with this card. Any comments?

Enjoyed myself

I played again this afternoon. Managed two cards out of the backgrounds I made Thursday. Very pleased with them. One has an initial on it, that I manged to use my Opals embossing enamels on. drool drool over those Opals.

Wonder if I can get a link in here. Opals

Way Hay, I did it.

After using my Nestabilities, I now want more. They are superb and soooo easy. Yep, I'm also into ribbon and bows at the mo. Can you tell? rofl

The green and purple card has a stamped image from Stamp It and coloured with H2O's with a bit of bling added. The burgundy card has the opal letter as previously mentioned and Aztec Gold kindy glitz to add a bit of bling.

Edited to give credit to the Splitcoast Stampers card sketch numbers 145 and 153. Thanks for the inspiration.