Archives for November 2010
60th & 30th
What a year for special birthdays! My son was 30, my mother-in-law 90 and my husband 60. My other son’s fiancée was 30 too (her card was blogged earlier as I entered it in a challenge). Hereare a few photos of the 30th and the 60th cards. I used the Fanciful Flight die again but put the wings...
Another Challenge
I think I’ve been bitten by the Challenge Bug! Over at StampTV they had this rather appealing sketch so I decided to give it a go. I swapped the rectangle for a circle and cut out the stamped and embossed image with a nestability – I took the starkness off the white card with a little red ink...
Anything by Tim!
The Stamp Man Challenge Blog has tempted me with their “Anything By Tim” (as in Holtz) Christmas post. I don’t have many of his stamps – in fact, only the one!, but I used it three times to make it look like more I began by pressing Distress Ink pads (Fired Brick and Peeled Paint)...
My Christmas Cards are finished
I’ve been working on them on and off for months now, determined not to get to December and start panicking. Every time we’ve had a challenge or some ‘homework’ to do at Stamp Club I have made it a Christmas Card. Every time I’ve seen a new technique I fancied trying, I...
M-I-L Christmas Collection
Well, it serves her right! My M-I-L is always telling me how much she loves the cards I make so I decided that for her Christmas present this year I’d give her a box full of cards she can use throughout the year. She is 90 years old now and it’s so very hard to find something to buy for...
That’s Odd!
Over at StampTV they’re having a Release Party Challenge which called for using odd numbers of ‘things’ on a card but more than just ‘one’. So I cut some Heirloom Ornaments out of plain card using the Spellbinder Dies and then coloured them with Copper Paint Dabber by...
StampTV Challenge
Well, three challenges in one day! I have only ever entered one before, a couple of years ago – don’t know what’s come over me This one is from StampTV, perhaps it was the colour choice that appealed to me – or perhaps it was the need to make a card for my brother-in-law encouraged...
More 90th Birthday Cards
I mentioned in an earlier post that I’d forgotten to photograph the cards I made for my own mother-in-law so, when she came to visit recently, I had her bring them back so I could snap them. This first one is from my husband and me, it was meant to be a Stepper Card like the previous one but...
Sir Stampalot Challenge
At the Sir Stampalot Challenge Blog they’re asking “let your imagination run riot and show us what you will be sending out to friends and family this Christmastime”. Well, I’ve been making loads of different Christmas Cards for the past few months but I have to say that I’m...
Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge
This sketch really appealed to me this month so I thought I’d have a go! The outline is shown below and my interpretation of it started with an ivory base card. The dress stamp is from Elusive Images Funky Fashions and I stamped it on neutral card and embossed with a lovely sparkle powder called...