So very tired

And yet so very happy as I've just got back home from my very first visit to the Birmingham NEC Hobbycraft show. I had a fab day and have a lot of new goodies to play with. So hopefully I'll have some more cards to share with you very soon.

Age Cards

I was just looking back through my pictures of cards I have made so far this year and remembered that I had made these back in January for a run of 'Special' birthdays among my friends and family, being special birthdays I wanted the age to be the prominent feature. My way of doing this is to print the mirror image of the number (created as word art on Microsoft Word) on the reverse of my card stock and then cut out, this way you won't get any printed lines showing on the front (although I do sometimes print on the front and then cut around leaving a white border which gives a nice effect) and then mat and layer each time carefully cutting the numbers out by hand.

 Items: Glitter self adhesive card from Hobbycraft, card used is Bazzill Bling and a matstack from DCWV, stamps from sets by Daisy & Dandelion, Personal Impressions and Inkandinkado, black striped vellum from stash, Sakura Metallic Pens, Stickles and brads and flowers from Papermania.

It's my first

...altered item. Thanks to the challenge over at the Stampman Challenge Blog I have attempted to alter something. I chose a glass jar (so if it went wrong I hadn't wasted any money!!) and have turned it into a modern Halloween lantern (not so messy as pumpkin and you don't get to use glitter on a pumpkin).

I made the mottled purple colour by layering tissue paper on purple glass paint and then giving a top coat of PVA glue mixed with purple glitter. Next I stamped a black jewelled flourish pattern all over with Stazon and glittered the little jewelled dots on the pattern with orange glitter. Lastly I added some ribbon and flowers and then the sparkly critters. I am pretty pleased with the result, although I wish I could have affixed the bats and spiders somehow else as the wire shows up too much for my liking.  Let me know what you think.

 

Items: Glass Jar, Purple Aqua glass paint, white tissue paper, PVA glue, Purple and Orange glitter (Craft Planet), Papermania Orange Ribbon, Wire, Halloween Accessories Digi image set from All That Scraps, Papermania Orange flowers, Jewell Flourish Stamp set from Inkadinkado, Black Stazon, Orange card

Sorry the photos aren't better quality but it was very difficult to capture the over all look when the candle was lit and the lights were out.

Moving Along with the Times - Challenge #65

Just a quick post with my entry for the MAWTT challenge.  This week was a 'To Do List' and you had to use at least 3 items off the list.  My card uses 2 different patterned papers (both DCWV), glitter (don't think I ever make a card without a bit of sparkle lol) and heat embossing. My card has a dual purpose as it's also an acceptance to a wedding invite, that reminds me better start looking for a dress! Unfortunately it doesn't show in the photo but the RSVP is on an acetate on top of the card.

Items: 4x4 white card blank, DCWV Mat Stack, Turquoise glitter, Black Stazon, Clear Sparkle embossing powder, Inkadinkado Flourish Stamp, glue and foam pads.

Crafters Companion - Beatrix Potter

I'm like a bus....no posts for ages and then several all at once..lol.  This is my entry for the Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter challenge. I have been treating myself to far too many new crafting goodies recently so haven't yet been able to buy something from the Beatrix Potter range so I have used the free download from the Crafters Companion website. Decoupage really isn't my thing (I'm a Stampaholic) but I have had a go as it was included in the freebie and would really love to know what you think.

Beatrix Potter Entry

Items: Beatrix Potter Winter Wonderland freebie download, blue pearlescent card, navy card, scalloped circle nestabilities, snowflake punch, glossy accents, pale blue liquid pearls, fiskars edge punch, silver rickrack, clear and midnight fine blue glitter