Country Scene

This weeks challenge at Timeless Tuesday is to use a stamped image but no colouring.  No Colouring!!?!  Well, that's certainly not my usual M.O. but I had to give it a try.  I chose this image from Flourishes Country Road stamp set, stamped it onto Very Vanilla (SU) cardstock with Versacolor Turquoise ink, and die cut it with a Spellbinders Radiant Rectangle die.  Then I die cut some turquoise cardstock with the next size Radiant Rectangle and adhered the image to it.  The background paper is from the Home Grown paper set from Hot Off The Press, layered onto turquoise cardstock.  Next, I cut out a piece of cream burlap - known as hessian here in Australia - and adhered it to the top left side of the card front.  I added the image piece with foam tape, then put three brown brads in the hessian and some heavy twine with a knot tied in it on the right hand side.

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Blue & Green

This weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge is to use blue and green.  Well, I just couldn't wait any longer to use this gorgeous image from Flourishes Garden Gate stamp set.  I stamped it with Memento ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics and cut it out (no Silhouette machine here, just scissors!)   I used green spot paper from Spring Drop DSP (First Edition) for the background, layered it onto blue cardstock and wrapped some blue satin ribbon round the base.  Then I die cut some white cardstock with Spellbinders Labels 20, making a frame with two dies and embossing it.  Then I die cut a piece of blue cardstock with the smaller die and glued the frame onto it and cut around the frame so that it was outlined in blue.  I adhered this to the background and stamped the sentiment which is from Flourishes Tag Lines onto the background paper.  Then it was just a matter of adding the stamped image with foam tape, some light blue pearls and a blue bow.

Copic Colours used were:  B000, B00, B02, Y11, Y15, YG61, YG63.

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Wedding

This weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge is to make a wedding card.  Well, that was easy!!  I chose the image from Flourishes Wedded Bliss stamp set and the sentiment is from Flourishes Tag Lines set.  I stamped both with Cherry Cobler (Stampin' Up!) ink onto white card, die cut the image piece with a Spellbinders Labels One and embossed the edge.  Then I used a Spellbinders Decorative Labels One to die cut some Cherry Cobler cardstock and added the image piece with foam tape.  I cut a piece of white cardstock, embossed it with a Sizzix embossing folder and adhered it to more Cherry Cobler cardstock to make the base of my card front.  I added some white lace with double sided tape, plus some dark red grosgrain ribbon.  Then I cut the sentiment piece into a rectangle, layered it onto the Cherry Cobler cardstock, and adhered it just above the middle of the lace.  The final touch was a bow made from the ribbon and my wedding card was finished!

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Glad We're Friends

I made this card for this week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge which actually asks participants to use colours from their Color Made Easy Collections.  Unfortunately, these are not available here in Australia so I have used paper and card in colours as close as I could find!  I started with paper from Kaisercraft's Secret Admirer paper pad and layered it onto aqua card.  Then I die cut brown card with Spellbinders largest Floral Doily Motif and adhered on top of that a die cut circle of Stampin' Up! Regal Rose card, sliced off part of one side and adhered it to my card front.  Next, I stamped a sentiment from Flourishes Botanical Bookplates Vol 2 onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured it with Copic E50, layered it onto aqua card and adhered it to the bottom right side.  Then I cut a strip of aqua paper, layered it onto brown card and stuck it to the left side.  Lastly, I stamped the image from the same stamp set, coloured it with copics, die cut it with Flourishes Classic Bookplate Template Die (which I found under my Christmas Tree!), popped it up with foam tape, added some Kaisercraft Hot Pink pearls and I was finished!

Copic Colours used were:  BG11, BG13, R81, R83, R85, YG00, YG03, E27, E50, Y11, Y15

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Quilter's Birthday

My friend Shirley is having a birthday and I thought the perfect image for her card would be from Flourishes Stitched for You stamp set I stamped the image onto X-press it Blending Card and die cut it with Spellbinders Floral Ovals.  After colouring with copics I glued this to red cardstock die cut with a Spellbinders Classic Oval.  I chose the background paper from Kaisercraft's Fine and Sunny DSP 6 x 6 paper pad because I thought it looked like a patchwork quilt, layered this onto red cardstock, cut a piece of yellow chevron paper and layered this also onto red cardstock and attached over the background.  The sentiment is from Flourishes Sweet Violets set and was stamped in red ink onto white cardstock.  I added the white lace and "tape measure" ribbon, then added the stamped image with foam tape.

The Copic Colours I used were:  R22, R24, R27, R89, G24, G28, C1, YG61, YG63, Y21, Y26, RV52, RV 63, RV66, V22, V25, V28, BG11, BG13.

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I've been published!

Hello!  This is my very first post on my blog.  I thought this an appropriate place to start - my first published feature with Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft.  And one of my cards is ON THE COVER!!!  It's the one on the top right with the pink magnolias using Flourishes' Magnolias stamp set.  Time to start the exciting adventure of blogging (according to my daughter!)