Deconstructed sketch No.100

Hi everyone,

It has been a while since I've been here, and apologies for not checking in on people's blogs.  I have a lot of catching up  to do.  I have been making cards, but not posting them, so I am sharing one today that I made for Mother's day.  I was asked to make a couple of cards and here is one of them.  I used the this sketch from deconstructing jen and as usual I am entering at nearly the last minute.

The papers are from Daisy Bucket Designs, Shabby Green Door, from the On the Wings of a Dream collection.  Unfortunately the company no longer exists,  love this collection, and many of their stamps and rubons, have it a couple of years and this is the first time I've used it.  I do not know who makes the gold mirri butterfly card.  The butterfly is a stamp from Tattered Angels Nature Graceful Journey set.  It was stamped onto white card, embossed with clear embossing powder, coloured with Tutti Fruti Glimmer mist and cut out.  The sentiment is printed.  The doily just peeking out is a Cheery Lynn Die, Sophie's Heart mini doily die.  I won it and a couple of other goodies from Laura at littleluluscraps on YouTube, thanks Laura.

Thanks for looking,
Geraldine.

SSS Happy Birthday Challenge

Hi everyone,

The Simon Says Stamp challenge blog is celebrating 4 years this week, so for the challenge we had to create something with a birthday theme.  For this challenge I made a card using DoCrafts Gorjuss products.

The card is 5x7 inch, all the papers are from the Docrafts Gorjuss 8x8 paper pack, the stamp is I Gave You my Heart and is coloured with copics.  I used the scalloped rectangles from X-cut, flower die and rectangle die from Nellie Snellen, and papers are edged with distress inks in frayed burlap and walnut stain.  The birthday sentiment is an Inkadinkado stamp.

Thanks for looking,
Geraldine.

Birthday Card

Hi,

Just a quick card share today, I wanted to enter Eclectic Paperie's eTeam Picks challenge, where we had to use corrugated cardboard, which ends in a couple of hours, so I made this card fast to get it finished in time.  I am also entering this into Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge.

The card is 5.25x5.25 inch.  I have used papers from Tim Holtz Crowded Attic and DCWV Tattered Time.  The corrugated card is from a cracker pack, I sprayed it with Dylusions London Blue, and inked Vintage Photo Distress ink through Dylusions number stencil.  All paper edges are distressed with the Tim Holtz distresser and inked with vintage photo ink.

The image is a John Byars stamp from Papermania and I coloured it with copics and used an X-cut die to cut it out.  The greeting is Anita's peel-off stickers, and I used a metal corner from Wild Orchid Crafts, which I painted with espresso dabber paint.

Thanks for looking,
Geraldine.

Tattered Floral Hanging

Hi,

today I am sharing my entry into the tattered floral challenge that Tim Holtz set a few weeks back.  I really wanted to participate, and have been thinking of what to do, but never making any attempt at actually doing anything.  I had a couple of ideas, but lacking a couple of tools, with a head wrecking migraine and no desire to go shopping, I had to use what I have.  So, here I am at the nearly the last minute, with a wall hanging.

The Kraft Glassine papers caught my eye, and I decided to use that.  I cut the flowers using the tattered florals die, embossed the flowers with the bubble wrap texture fade, coloured them with rusty hinge and wild honey distress stains, and inked them with walnut stain distress ink.  All of the TF diecuts are used on the large flower and the two smallest ones for the smaller flowers.  The two small and centre of the large flower have 6 of the medium diecuts used, as each petal is one diecut that has been folded over itself.  They were hot glued together, with some mini gears and brads added to the centres.

I was not sure where to go from here, and thought about creating a hanging.  I decided to use the negative section from the smallest flowers as a stencil and used frayed burlap ink.  I then used some heart punchinella and sponged scattered straw distress ink through it, going darker in some spots.

Pretty bare, I decided to add some stamping, using Purely Random, Urban Chic, Regal Flourish, French Market, and Life's Possibilities, along with multiple colours of distress inks in brown tones.  By the time I was nearly finished, I realised I was using a collage stamping technique I had seen Sari Hanninen using in this video the day before, great technique, and check out Sari's other videos and blog, she does wonderful work.

I placed the flowers where I wanted them, and wanted to join them together somehow, and thought of the Tim Holtz ball chain I had and added that using Ranger Matte Accents, which I don't think they manufacture anymore and I really love this product.  I added some mini gears and spinners in the corners on the left side, and a word band in the bottom right corner, distressed the edges with the TH distressing tool and walnut stain, and layered the papers together and sandwiched some ribbon between two of the layers to create the hanging. 

I am entering this into
Tattered Floral Challenge from Tim Holtz
Ink of my fingers Sunday Stamper challenge, which was to use brown.

Geraldine

Miss Anya Card

Hi,

today I have a card that I am entering into two challenges:

Wild Orchid Crafts  a sketch challenge, and
Simon Says Stamp and Show Shabby Chic

                                                               This is the sketch

                                                                And here is my card

While I like looking a many of the shabby chic style cards and albums out there, it is a style that I find very hard to do, so here is my attempt.  The sketch from Wild Orchid Crafts helped greatly, as it gave me a structure to follow.

Miss Anya Dressy was stamped with tuxedo black Memento ink and coloured with copics.  This panel was die cut using rectangle 3 die set from Nellie Snellen.  I used three papers from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Market Street, I have the 6x6 pad for a year and this is the first time I've used them.  The edges were distressed using the Tim Holtz distresser and all edges, lace, flowers and metal corners were inked with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. 

I painted the metal corners, from Wild Orchid Crafts, with some cream paint, and also lightly added some paint inside the edges of the papers.  The flowers, also WOC, are two sweetheart blossoms and a cherry blossom.  Tucked behind the flowers are two stick pins from Maya Road, and on the panel with Anya are three chocolate brown pearls from Queen & Co.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend,
Geraldine.

Birthday Card

Hi,

today I am sharing a birthday card made using a stamp from DoCrafts new Gorjuss range.

She is coloured with Dylusions inks and her hair with walnut stain distress stain.  I have used papers from My Mind's Eye, a flower die from Nellie Snellen used as a doily, an oval and a doorplate die from X-cut.  The green die cut is from Bayberry Cottage notlets from Pink Paislee. 

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, they are white hydrangeas and were painted with a pink shimmerz paint, the brad in the centre is from Papermania, as are the Happy Birthday stickers.  The butterfly boarder is cut using a Martha Stewart punch.  

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday Anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge  Use dies

Thanks for looking,
Geraldine.

The Greeting Farm - Aqua and Chevron

Hi everyone,

A couple of weeks ago, a lady at work asked me to make a couple of cards for her.  In doing this, it has started getting me back into making cards and I've made quite a few since.  I also am trying to use products I have in my room, rather than go shopping.  I have placed myself on an online shopping ban since the beginning of January, so far so good, but I have allowed myself some shopping at my local store, and gift cards have been spent almost as soon as I received them.  Tangent aside, in an effort to use what I have I will hopefully be entering challenges and sharing cards here.

This card is for The Greeting Farm Aqua and Chevron challenge.

I used a stamp from the Miss Anya Dressy set and coloured her with copics.  My colouring skills are still very basic, as is my collection of copics, so hopefully I'll get better with practice, and from watching YouTube videos for tips and techniques. 

The chevron paper is from Amy Tangerine's sketchbook collection, and the clouds, hearts and blue flower were cut from two other papers in the collection.  The blue paper behind the chevron is from Papermania's Bird Song paper pack.  The doily shape is Nellie Snellen Flower Die (MFD 020), and the arrow and 'you lift me up' are from Basic Grey's What's Up die cut and transparencies set.

Thanks for looking,
Geraldine.

Rainy Day Wondering

Hi,

Today I would like to share an altered frame.  I purchased the frame as part of a pack of three in Lidl a couple of years ago, and painted the frame black and covered it with UTEE and left it sitting in a box until this week.

To start I removed the glass and put lettuce alcohol ink on the bottom portion of the glass, and aqua on the top part.  The aqua was too light so I added denim and with each colour I pooled the ink to get the colours dark.  Between these colours I added a line of espresso to create a greater divide.  When I placed the glass into the frame something was missing, so to get a greater dept of colour, on some white card, I sprayed forest green glimmer mist to line up with the lettuce alcohol ink and demin blue glimmer mist to line up with the denim alcohol ink.  When I put this into the frame behind the glass it looked much better.

The girl is part of the Nostalgia range by John Byars for Papermania from a couple of years ago, this stamp is called Rainy Day.  I coloured her with pure sunshine and vibrant turquoise dylusions inks, and edged her with frayed burlap distress ink.  I added some trees to the scene by stamping the largest stamp from the Inkadinkado Utopiary set in black Stazon on the outside of the glass, I stamped off the edge on each side, it's hard to see, but it does add to the scene.
I added flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, a 40mm two tone chocolate brown tea rose, two carnations from the earth tone set, and some white hip rosebuds.  I got the brown organza flower in a kit, so I do not know what brand it it.

The girl looks like she is thinking deeply, so wonder came to mind.  And as I have the song 'I Wonder' by Sixto Rodriguez in my head, I titled the frame I wonder.  I punched some flowers out and coloured them with Edelweiss Moss Green and Sea Mint Green Starburst Stains from Lindy Stamp Gang.  The letter stickers are from the Domestic Goddess collection by 7 Dots Studio.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp a bit of green
Sunday Stamper something pretty

Have a great weekend,
Geraldine.

Gorjuss Bookmark

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a bookmark I made using Docrafts new Gorjuss line, under license from Santoro.  I have always loved the Gorjuss line and am so excited that Docrafts are now distributing it.  They have released a wonderful collection, with beautiful stamps, papers, decoupage, ribbons, washi tapes and more.  I am so looking forward to playing with everything.

 

The bookmark is 17x9cm, roughly 6.75x3.75 inches, and it is backed on card stock for stability.  I stamped the image New Heights on Rangers Specialty Stamping Paper using Black Stazon.  The image was coloured using Distress ink in Walnut Stain for the hair and the rest of the image was coloured using Dylusions inks, I used melted chocoloate, crushed grape and cut grass for the books, london blue and crushed grape for the tights, postbox red and bubblegum pink for the dress, and I added a couple of drops of melted chocolate into each of the colours to tone the vividness down.

I then cut out the image and layered it onto some paper from the 6x6 paper pack, adding some hearts behind the image.  This was then added to some paper from the 8x8 paper pad and I added some of the butterfly washi tape on each side, I love the colours in this tape. 

I love the Gorjuss girls and I love reading, so this is something I am keeping, as most of what I make is given away to others.

I am entering this into Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge this week.

Thanks for looking,
Geraldine.

Fly

Hi everyone,

today I am sharing a project I would like to enter into fashionable stamping challenges and the theme is birds.

I painted a glossy cardstock with two coats of blue paint from the Aztec range from Colourcraft.  This is a lovley shimmery metallic paint, which I don't use enough.  When dry I used snowcap dabber paint to give the effect of clouds.  I stamped the birds from Inkadinkado Birds Galore set using Tuxedo Black Memento Dye ink onto tissue paper, cut around the image and adhered it using mat multi-medium. 

The frame was stamped using a stamp from the Urban Chic set and the quote is from the Good Thoughts set, both from Tim Holtz.  They were also stamped using the memento ink, and I love how it there is a colour difference on the frame, depending on if the ink hit the blue paint or the areas with the snowcap paint.  I die cut the quote and edged it using black soot distress ink.  The word stickers are from the Domestic Goddess collection from 7 Dots Studio.

I rounded the corners using my corner chomper and then backed the panel onto black cardstock.

Thank you for looking and have a great weekend.
Geraldine.