Friends Fur-ever

Friends Fur-ever

It is Week 8 -  Stamping for Joy's Face Book Group's Sketch Challenge.  The sketch we have been working from is below.  

My design using this sketch uses the Stampin' Up stamp set 'We Must Celebrate' and this is below.

To create my project I first cut an A2 sized top folding White card base.  Then I cut a piece of Black card stock to leave a 1/8" border.  This border size was repeated with a piece of Crushed Curry card stock.  But with this card stock I put it in my score board and scored every 1/8" from the top to half way down.  Then I adhered flat with my snail adhesive the Black card stock to the card base and the same with the Crushed Curry card stock (but ensuring that the raised score marks were on the outside).  Then I cut a piece of Black card stock with again a 1/8" border to than of the Crushed Curry card stock and adhered this to the bottom section of the card base.  For some colour and pattern, I got a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from my craft stash and cut this with a 1/8" border to that of the small Black card stock and adhered this with my snail adhesive.

Now for the image.  I used an oval die from my stash and cut out a White card stock oval on the Big Shot.  On this I stamped a scene using the stamps from Stampin' Up stamp set 'We Must Celebrate' along with an additional mushroom stamp from my stamp stash.  First I stamped the Bear, then I stamped the snail in different positions above the bear's head (to look as though he was juggling the snails) and additional snail I stamped behind the bear (the bear had to be masked to stamp this).  I used the celebration streamers etc. to stamp at the top of the oval.  Finally I stamped a couple of mushrooms the other side of the bear.  

To tie the inside of the card and the envelope with the card, I stamped the snail going along the bottom of the inside panel of the card base and two snails also on the bottom of the envelope.

The image was coloured in Prismocolor Coloured Pencils and blended with Zest liquid blender and a blending tool.  I kept the colour of the streamers to the same as the the circles on the DSP to tie the image in with rest of the card.  

For the sentiment, I cut a small rectangle out of White card stock and stamped 'Friends fur-ever' along with two acorns either side which I coloured too.  

The oval was put on foam pads to give it some dimension and adhered to the card towards the left hand side.  The sentiment was also put on foam pads and adhered across the bottom of the White card stock oval.  For the final embellishments, I added Wink of Stella (a glitter pen) to all the streamers etc. at the top of the oval to create some glimmer.  Black Nuvo drops were added to the bear's eyes and nose to make them 'pop' and added Glossy Accents to the mushroom tops to make them appear 3D.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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A Little Crafty Card

A Little Crafty Card

I wanted to submit a card design to the Paper Players Clean & Simple Theme Challenge (PP381) - 'Use a sewing related item'.  My card design is below.

From my craft stash I got an A2 White card base with matching envelope.  Also from my stash I found a stamp of a pin cushion and a smaller stamp with a button, a press stud and three cross stitches. I flattened the card base and masked off the back.  Then I stamped the pin cushion randomly over the front of the card base in black Memento ink.  I then stamped the other image in between these images to fill up the spaces.  Whilst I had the ink out, I stamped the button image inside the card panel and on the envelope too to tie it in with the theme of the card.

I cut a thin Black piece of card stock and adhered this down the centre of the front panel so that the stamped images were still able to be seen.  Onto this panel using wet glue I adhered a number of different sewing images (which I had in my craft stash) e.g. a sewing machine, scissors and spools of thread etc.  At the base of the Black card stock panel I adhered a sentiment 'Best Wishes'.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Large Stamped Butterfly

Large Stamped Butterfly

My submission for the Retro Rubber Theme Challenge #rrcb80 (dots or circles) is below.

Firstly, I am unable to say how old this stamp is but it was in the Art Resource cupboard at my Hospice and when I was there I asked if I could borrow the stamp - I was told this has been here years and no one has ever used it so take it.  So now it has a home with me, so although no age it is definitely older than 1 year.  

So I cut an A2 side landscape side opening Black card stock, cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) in Grey with different coloured circles (Grey, Black, White, Dark Grey, Light Grey and White) of all sizes on it.  This was cut to leave a 1/4" border all around in black initially.  

Next I cut three pieces of White card stock all the same size.  The size would leave a 1/4" border at the right and left hand side of the Grey DSP and 1/8" border at the top and bottom edge.  Onto these I stamped the butterfly whole on two and on the third I stamped half the butterfly (this was for the inside of the card).  One of the two whole butterflies, I adhered directly on top of the (DSP).  The other I fussy cut out around the wings (cutting off the antennae); this one was adhered body only on top of the whole butterfly.  The large black parts of the butterfly's wings are covered in Wink of Stella to give the butterfly a bit of glimmer.  

To complete the card I stamped the greeting 'Thank You' in the bottom right hand side and part of the butterfly was stamped on the right hand side of the envelope to tie this in with the card.   My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Peek-A-Boo Dogs

Peek-a-Boo Dogs

CAS-ual Fridays Sketch Challenge CFC#193 is as above.  My design using that sketch is below.

To make my project first I cut a top folding A2 sized card in Black card stock.  I cut a piece of White card stock to create a 1/4" border and adhered this on the inside back panel of the card.  I cut another piece of White card stock the same size and adhere this one on the back of the Black card base (for the written greeting).

Folding the card base flat, I cut out two circles with my 1 1/2" die on my Big Shot.  Using scraps of Black card stock I cut out a further two circles with my 3/4" die on my Big Shot.  These I adhered together and glued in between the two circular apertures.  

I stamped two dog images on White card stock and fussy cut them around the edge of the ink line.  These were then adhered onto the White card stock piece on the inside of the card, so that they could be seen through the circular apertures when the card was closed.  Using my Prismacolor Colour Pencils I coloured both the dog images in.  I blended the pencil lines with Zest blender and added Black Nuvo drops for their eyes and noses.  I decided to stamp out another image of a dog on White card stock for the envelope.  I fussy cut around this image, coloured it in with the Prismacolor Colour Pencils and blended with the Zest blender too.  

With a White gel pen I created a stitch mark all around the edge of both the circular apertures.  Then I cut a small Black card stock rectangle, stamped 'Happy Birthday' with Versamark Ink and embossed this with White embossing powder.  I adhered this to the top of the small circles in the middle of the card base.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Delightful Daisy Flowers

Delightful Daisy Flowers

On Monday, 19th February I went and spent the afternoon at the Cluntergate Centre in Horbury with the Afternoon WI ladies and Alex Spence (an Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator).  

We were all given a package with all the resources we would need to make 18 flowers; 9 in Very Vanilla and 9 in Crushed Curry.  Alex explained how to create the flowers using the stamps, inks and punches and we got on with our creating.  I  have used the Daisy Delight stamps and punch before (I have my own set which I brought with me to add to the resources available) so I could get on independently but also support the ladies around me on my table too.  

There was a very happy, busy atmosphere in that room in the Cluntergate Centre for the whole 2 hours, even refreshments had to be brought in, as the ladies were engrossed in the making of their flowers.  

The final part of the flowers was to use a 'hot glue gun' to adhere the circular base and the floral wire.  Then we could arrange our beautiful flowers in the vase provided.  When I got home I added additional embellishments of gems in middles of each flower.  It was a really great afternoon, thank you Alex.  

Myths & Magic

Myths & Magic

This is the swatch that I took to create my project from the MFTs Colour Challenge #87.

In my stash I had a 4x4" White card base, so I cut a piece of Black card stock with a 1\8" border and adhered this straight to the card base.  I then cut a piece of Grey card stock with a 1\4" border on both the left and right hand side but left it level at the top and bottom with the Black.  This piece of card was dry embossed with a brick embossing folder.

Next using my stamp positioner I stamped the Dragon, the Knight and the sentiment 'Hope Your Day Is MAGICAL' on scraps of White card stock in Memento Ink because I was going to use Alcohol Markers to colours these in.  Before colouring them in I used the dies to cut out both the Dragon and the Knight.  I got a stitched rectangle die to cut out the sentiment and then cut out a Black stitched layer to go with this.  These were then adhered together.

Using my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Pens I coloured the Knight and the Dragon.  I ensured that both of them had the bright and light pinks.  I put the Dragon on to the project using deep foam pads to give him some dimension whereas the Knight I adhered with thin foam pads.  Final embellishments were to cover the Dragon in Wink of Stella to make him sparkle and to add some Wink of Stella sparkle to the Knight's sword too.  I added Black Nuvo drops to their eyes to make them 'pop' and put three black gems at the top of the card by the sentiment.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Twins

Twins

I created this card for a friend who's daughter has just given birth to twin girls, Annabel and Lily.  They are both doing well but still in hospital at present.  The colours for the Color Throwdown ctd480 were just right for my design.  A little different to the pinks, yellows that are normally used for the birth of girls.  I loved the thought of using Lilac.  Below is my finished project.

In my stash I had a grey 6x6" card base which used one of the colours straight away.  Then I cut a piece of White card stock so that it had a 1/8" border, this I dry embossed with the 'Ruffled' Stampin' Up embossing folder.  

I cut the words 'Let's Celebrate' for the sentiment in Green glitter paper once and twice in White.  The white I adhered on top of each other for dimension and then adhered this off set to the green glitter paper to create a shadow effect.  

On the Big Shot next I cut out two scalloped 2" circles in the same green glitter paper, two cribs in Lilac Designer Series Papers, two bunnies in Grey (complete with white tummies, black eyes and noses) and a capital "A" for Annabel and a capital "L" for Lily in Mauve shiny card.   All these cut die pieces then all had to be adhered together.

I have a basket of ribbon, so I went looking for some suitable for this project and found a beautiful Lilac organza ribbon to tie a bow in. All that was left to do was to put the components of my project together on the card base.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Thank You Card - Tone on Tone

Tone on Tone - Birthday Card

I created my project for MFT Sketch Challenge MFTWSC372.  See below for my completed project.

I cut an A2 card base out of Kraft card stock, then cut another piece of Kraft card stock 1/2" smaller to give me a 1/4" border at the right and left hand sides.  On this piece I stamped dots with a Memento Dewdrop Sand coloured ink to create a 'tone on tone' pattern.  I then wrapped two pieces of silver Washi tape around this card stock.  

Next I cut a piece of red card stock and first wrapped two pieces of Silver Washi tape around this so that it would be just under the top strip of Washi tape on the Kraft card stock and just above the other strip on the Kraft card stock.  I then stamped a flower in Red Bug Memento Dewdrop Ink randomly all over the top and bottom of the red card stock to create another 'tone on tone' pattern.  I added leaves with Olive Green Memento Dewdrop Ink too.  To give the flowers a bit of sparkle I painted them with Wink of Stella.  To keep the pattern throughout the whole card, I stamped a red flower and leaves on the white card stock that I had put inside the card for the greeting to be written on.  Also I stamped the same image on the front of the envelope.

Then I wrapped a piece of white ribbon around the red card stock and tied a bow.  Finally I cut a small rectangle in white card stock and stamped 'Thank You' in Black Memento Ink.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Cats

Cats Birthday Card

I made this project for the Inspire Create Challenge #011 Sketch Challenge.  

Initially I cut an A2 card base out of red card stock.  I then cut a white piece of card stock 1/8" smaller and adhered this to the card base.  In my stash I found a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) which was a pale blue/pink which again I cut 1/8" smaller than the white card stock.  On the DSP I stamped a ball of wool in blue ink randomly.  I stamped a ball of wool inside the card on the white card stock which had been adhered for the greeting to be written on. It was stamped on the outside of the envelope too.

Before adhering this to the white card stock I wrapped two different ribbons around the width of the DSP and also wrapped dark blue Baker's Twine around three times.  

Next in my stash I found two scalloped white card stock rectangles, on these I stamped two different cat images in Memento Black Ink.  I coloured these with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers.  The background I coloured with my Prismacolor Colored Pencils and blended with my Zest liquid.  These I adhered to the top of the card.

Finally, I cut out a stitched circle die on my Big Shot and stamped the sentiment 'With Love On Your Special Day' in Black Memento Ink.  This I adhered to the ribbon.  To finish off the embellishment I added blue gems to the sentiment.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Embossed Rose Birthday Card

Embossed Rose Birthday Card 

  

To make my project I initially cut an A2 base card in kraft card stock, I then cut a strip of red card stock that went from the left hand side to the right hand side with a small border at both the top and the bottom.  On top of this I glued a half a white Dollie.  

Then I cut another piece of kraft card stock, on this I used Versamark to create an outline of glue which the white embossing powder adhered to.  This I then heat embossed.  I then repeated this process again a second time.  Using my Memento inks I painted the rose with my water colour brush.  When dry I stamp the sentiment 'Happy Birthday' in black Memento ink in the bottom right hand corner.  Three pearls went into the top right hand corner as embellishment.  

To finish off my project I wrapped white ribbon around the left hand side of the kraft card stock and tied a white bow which I glued to the base of the rose stem.  This kraft card stock was then adhered to the card base with foam tape.  

Inside the card I put a piece of white card stock to write the greeting and stamped a small red rose to tie this in with the main image on the front of the card.  This was also replicated on the front of the envelope.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Cross Stitch Card

Cross Stitch Card

I wanted to make a Thank You card for my Auntie Brenda and Uncle Roger because they had sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and vase from Next which arrived all ready for me to put into the vase with water. They also sent me a pendant for a necklace and with it was this poem:

A feather from an angel is one we rarely see

But this one is quite different

And as special as can be

This feather is a reminder

Of a special person's love

Who is now your guardian angel

Watching and protecting from above

So I had a cross-stitch sampler of Hollyhocks so I stitch this and then rounded the corners before adhering it to some pink DSP which I had rounded the corner on too.  This was then glued to a piece of dark red which had an embossed pattern on it.  It was all finally adhered to a A2 white card base.  I had a 'Thank You' sentiment in my stash which I added to the top.  My project was then finished.

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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A2 Card Files

A2 Card Files

This week for Stamping for Joy the challenge is to create a 3D project.  Now all week I have been thinking of what to make.  I wanted to make something that I was going to be able to use or send to someone else so they could use it.  Gaynor Boyce had made a A2 card file on You Tube A2 Card Holder. I liked this and could definitely use one of these but I did not want to copy her one.  

I then went searching on Pininterest and I found a lady called LeeAnn Greff who had made an A2 card file with three sections and a box.  So I went onto You Tube and found her channel, watched her video tutorial and she was giving out a PDF on her blog with the template for the file and box for a  Magazine Style Card Organiser.  

So I printed off the templates and created three files and a box to sit them in.  There was even the sizes for the DSP too.  I decided to adhere my three files together which meant I only needed two side pieces of DSP.  The DSP I have to thank Gaynor Boyce for, she sent me a bundle of paper for my birthday and this went so well with my chosen card stock Coral (as my bedroom has coral on one wall).  I had some flower ribbon/lace which I glued all around the box and I cut three flower off and glued them to the front of the files.  The flowers looked pretty but they seemed to be missing something - a bit of bling!  So I added a pearl to the centre of each of the flowers, now they were complete.  My project was finished and I uploaded it to  Face Book Stamping with Joy site.  

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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We Must Celebrate - MFTs #371

We Must Celebrate

This is the sketch from MFTs for the Sketch Challenge #371.  The next photograph you will see will be my entry for this challenge.

How did I create this entry.  Initially I had an A2 Vanilla card base in my stash, then I used my trimmer to cut a layer of Red corrugated paper, the matt was cut 1/4" smaller than this in Vanilla card stock I had in my scraps box.  I used my stencil and Stampin' Up Soft Suede Stampin' Spot ink to create a brick wall effect.  

Then I cut out 4 small stitched rectangles out of some scraps of Vanilla card stock on the Big Shot.  At the same time I cut a double notched banner with my single banner die by cutting one end but leaving the end of the die out of the plate sandwich.  Then I turned the card stock around and did the same with the notched end that had been cut, this technique created a double notched banner.   With Red card stock I cut a heart shape with my die frame lit.  

Next I stamped the sentiment onto the banner with Memento Ink and stamped all the critters from the Stampin' Up 'We Must Celebrate' stamp set.  I then put the banner on my Score Board and I scored 2 lines 1/8th apart approximately 1/4" from each end.  When these lines are folded and burnished; it creates a 3D banner. 

My favourite part of creating the project came next.  I used my Arteza water coloured pens to colour in the critters.  

Now I could assemble my project.  I adhered the corrugated paper with Red Sticky Tape onto the card base and the same with the brick stencilled card stock.  The stitched rectangles were put on with foam tape.  I cut out the critters so that they were all separate and adhered these to the rectangles using wet glue.  I used my craft knife to cut up the right hand side of the Racoon's arm so that he could put his arm over the die cut heart.  The heart was adhered with wet glue in places where it reached the stitched rectangles.  My favourite way to make the critters' eyes 'pop' is to use black Nuvo drops on them and some noses too!  This though needs to be left 24 hours flat so that it does not get spoilt.  The last thing to do was adhere the banner, this had wet glue just on the ends, so it had dimension.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts - CFC#192

Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts

This card was created for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge CFC#192 - Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts.

How I created my card:

Firstly I selected a 4x4" white card base pre-folded card from my stash.  I then sent the front panel through the Big Shot in an embossing folder with hearts on it.  To make some of these hearts 'pop' I blended Lady Bug Memento Dewdrop Ink from the centre outwards.  

Next I found some red ribbon in my stash and I adhered this to both sides of the front panel using Red Sticky Tape.  I tied a bow with my Bow Maker and adhered this with wet glue to the left hand side ribbon.  

For the sentiment I cut out 4 'Love' in white card stock and 1 in red and then adhered these together with my Quicky Glue Pen one on top of each other, ensuring the red one went on the top.  I left this to dry.

I was going to cut out heart framelits of different sizes but when I looked in my die folder I found this little fella.  A 'Tatty Ted' holding a heart so I ran him through the Big Shot twice (in case of a boo-boo when colouring him) on white card stock.  I used my new Zing Water Colour Pens to colour him in.  When he was dry (which did not take long) I added Wink of Stella to the heart and I put him onto a 'Wobbler' (that I had bought for me by my best buddy at Christmas).  After I had adhered him to the front of the card I could not stop wobbling him.  So much fun!  But he was not finished, so I then with my white gel pen drew in the hight light on the heart and with black Nuvo drops I added dimension to his eyes.  Lastly I adhered the sentiment at the top of the front panel with wet glue.  

My project was finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Colour Throw Down Challenge #ctd479

Four Little Pigs

This is my entry for the Card Challenge -  Color Throwdown #479 in which your design had to use the colours red, pink and grey.  So as you can see I used a grey card stock base, the piggies are pink and they are carrying red flowers and the sentiment is red also.

Now to tell you how I created my design.  I had in my stash this pre-cut grey card base with a beautiful irregular edge, so there was no need to cut any card stock and I decided to make my card flat without any layer or matt either; printing straight onto the card base front panel.

I used my stamping positioner to stamp my design.  Firstly I stamped the image onto some masking paper and cut this out.  Starting from the left I stamped the first image, then covered this with the mask and stamped the next image.  I continued this by moving the mask up to the previously stamped image and then stamping the next; until I had enough room for the sentiment but not for a pig! Leaving the mask in place on the last pig, I then stamped the sentiment 'You Make Me Happy'.  Lastly, I stamped some clouds in the top half of the front panel.  I did have to stamp out a mask for the clouds too, as you can see from the cluster on the right one cloud is behind another so the cloud at the front needed masking before I stamped the cloud behind.  With all the stamping done now, next came the colour - not before allowing the ink to dry a little first.

To colour the pigs I decided to use my Prismacolor Coloured Pencils and Zest It Pencil Blend.  I used three tones of pink for the pigs.  I started with the lightest for their bellies and inside the ears.  Next I used the darkest pink for where the shadows were formed and then I used the medium toned pink to blend these all together.  I used a brown for their trotters, snout and for some darker blending on the far ears.  When I was happy with the colour of the pigs, I used my Zest It to blend and smooth out the pencil lines.  The flowers were coloured with a dark red and with the smallest bit of yellow for the centres.  I also used two tones of green for the grass, initially the darkest to outline the stamped lines and then the lighter tone to bring the two colours together.  Again I used my Zest It on the flowers and the grass area.  The clouds were left uncoloured because they were going to be grey for the challenge anyway.  I then used a black permanent marker pen to go over the pigs eyes, snout and mouths.  A red and green marker were used for the stems and leaves of the flowers and the sentiment.  

Everything was coloured and blended that I wanted coloured and blended but then I added my embellishments.  With a white gel pen I added three dots to each pig's cheek and inside their wiggly tails and with Wink of Stella I went over the red coloured pencil on the flowers' petals to make them glittery.  My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

Owl Always Be Here

Owl Card

Here is a card I made for the Card Challenge #PP379 by The Paper Players which was titled 'Will You Be My Valentine?'

I thought I would do a project a little different from the norm for a Valentine's Card.  In my stash of stamps I found these two owls both of which had hearts on them.  Then I read the sentiment that was with them and thought it was so appropriate as an alternate Valentine's Card.

I used Stampin' Up Wood Texture DSP and sent it through the Big Shot in the bark embossing folder.  I then adhered to a piece of a white card stock and using a large oval die to cut through both pieces.  Then I adhered another piece of this DSP to the front of a white card base.  I also adhered the middle of the oval that had been cut out flat to this.  

The owls were coloured with Spectrum Noir Alcohol pens and I used black Nuvo drops for their eyes.  The front oval panel was then adhered with foam pads to give dimension and the owls were adhered with wet glue tucked inside.

I came across in my brown scrap plastic wallet a piece of the Wood Texture DSP, so I stamped a branch with leaves on this.  I fussy cut around this image and then adhered this to my project with wet glue.  

Finally there was the sentiment, I stamped this with Versamark ink and then heat set this with white embossing powder in order that it stood out on the dark DSP.   My project was then finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Stamping with Joy Week 6 Sketch Card Challenge

Panda Birthday Card

This is my entry for Week 6 Sketch Card Challenge in the Stamping with Joy Group on Face Book.  I always need plenty of birthday cards so I decided that was what this card was going to be.  

To make this card you will need:  

(8 1/4 x 5 7/8") black card stock folded in the middle and burnished with a bone folder

(5 5/8 x 3 7/8") gold foil

(5 3/8 x 3 5/8") black card stock

3 pieces of gold foil (3 3/8 x 1 1/2"), (3 1/8 x 1 1/4") and (2 7/8 x 1")

3 pieces of patterned paper (3 2/8 x 1 3/8"), (3 x 1 1/8") and 2 6/8 x 7/8")

A scrap piece of white card stock for the panda bears

3 x gold rhinestones

To make up this card you will need to:

(1) Stamp the 3 panda bears with Versamark ink onto the white card stock.  (Only the top half needed so don't worry too much about the bottom half).  Apply gold embossing powder and heat set.  Fussy cut just under arms and then around head and party hat.

(2) Adhere the gold foil layer onto the card base using double sided tape.  

(3) Adhere the black card stock mat onto the gold foil using foam tape (to give dimension).

(4) Adhere the pattern paper onto the gold foil pieces with snail adhesive and put double sided tape on the reverse of all three pieces of gold foil.

(5) Take off all the backing paper of the double sided tape from the 3 rectangle pieces and lay them gently in place on the front panel of the card.  

(6)  Put wet glue onto the reverse of all  3 panda bears and slot these into place behind the gold foil layers.  

(7) When you are happy with the placement of everything push down and smooth out with your bone folder.

(8) Adhere 3 gold rhinestones and a sticky birthday sentiment at the top.  Inside the card adhere a white oval piece of card stock for a written greeting.  This is my project finished!

I would love to know what you think about my project, so please leave a comment.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

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Full House

Full House Birthday Card

My friend Karen got me a bag full of playing cards of all sizes for 30p from 'The Recycle Yard'The Recycle Yard.  So I thought I would try and make a card from them.  So first I took a 4x4" white card base from my stash and the found a red piece of corrugated card in my scrap box which would fit with a little bit of trimming on my trimmer.  I adhered this with strong 'Red Sticky Tape' because of the back of this layer not being flat.  

I then sorted out 6 of the smaller playing cards that had all the same printed pattern on the back and arranged these on top of the red corrugated card, again I put 'Red Sticky Tape' onto the cards so that they were not going to fall off.  Then I wanted a set of cards that meant something.  I am not a very good cards player so I had to look up on the internet some good hands.  I eventually went with 'A Full House' with  3 Kings and 2 Aces.  I put 'Red Sticky Tape' on the reverse of all these cards and as I put them on the front of the card I fanned them out as you would hold them in your hand.  

Now for the sentiment, I stamped Happy Birthday from Stampin' Up 'Perennial Birthday' Stamp set.  I love this stamp because it is a big clear sentiment stamp.  I trimmed it down on my trimmer and then cut a banner into one end.  This I adhered this onto the card and my project was finished!

Please leave a comment because I would love to know what you think about my project.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

:o)

MFT Sketch Challenge

MFT Sketch Challenge #370

I wanted to take part in this Sketch Challenge, where you create a card with this sketch in mind.  The photograph below shows you my finished project.

I found in my stash a card base with the hearts on it but I needed to have a layer on top.  So I cut the card base in half (it already had the curved corners on it) and adhered the front piece to a (6x6") white card base.  I then took the 2nd from largest heart dies I have and cut through the front of the card with The Big Shot creating a heart shaped aperture.  Luckily I was able to thread a piece of colourless thread through from the centre of the heart up to the top edge of the front panel before the adhesive had had time to dry.  (TOP TIP - do this before you adhere the top heart layer)  The piece that was cut out I adhered onto the back panel so that when the card is closed the front panel is complete.

Then I needed something inside my heart aperture.  I stamped a flying pig from Stampin' Up -  'This Little Piggy' stamp set.  But I needed an opposite stamp so that the pig would be the same on both sides.  So using my stamp positioner I stamped the first flying pig onto a piece of white card stock and then stamped it again onto a piece of acetate.  Quickly I turned the acetate over and rubbed the back, which put the ink onto the white card stock and I had a flying pig flying in the opposite direction.  Success!  

I put these to dry.  I cut out a small circle in white card stock from a 1 1/2" circle die on The Big Shot and stamped 'Happy Birthday' from Stampin' Up' - 'We Must Celebrate' stamp set.  I left this to dry too.  They are stamped with dye inks which dry pretty quick but there is always the chance of a smudge so leaving your stamping to dry for a short period is advisable.  I then put the whole card base into the stamping positioner and stamped a small red heart in each corner (this stamp is one from my stash and I think it came with my Mason Jar stamp/die set but I cannot be certain).  I put a bit of Wink of Stella on each heart just to add a bit of sparkle to the card.  I then put the sentiment onto some foam pieces and adhered this to the card front.

Back to the flying piggies, I used my Spectrum Noir Alcohol pens to colour both pigs.  I am not an expert at colouring with alcohol pens but I am improving slowly.  I then adhered the pigs together with wet glue ensuring that the thread was vertically through the middle of them.  (TOP TIP - Have a long piece of thread, you can always cut away but you cannot add!) I added a glue dot to both fabric hearts and positioned them together with the thread going through the centre.  I pinched them together between my thumb and finger to ensure the glue dots adhered well.  When I was happy that everything was glued well and dry, it was then that I cut the end of the colourless thread.  

My project was complete!

Please leave a comment because I would love to know what you think about my project.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

:o)

Thank You Card

Thank You Card

This card is for a special crafty friend to say 'Thank You' for my fabulous birthday packages full of craft products that I can use in future projects.  I have also entered this project into a colour challenge to use Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Yellow and Melon Mambo.  Inspire.Create.Challenge #010 Colour Challenge

To make this project you will need 3 x (4x4") pieces of card stock, each of which needs to be scored diagonally.  Make sure that the points meet and burnish the score line well with your bone folder.  Then position your pieces as shown on the photograph below.  

Two of the (4x4") pieces are side by side but the score lines make a triangle and the other lays on top with the score line vertical.  Make very faint pencil marks where the edges of the top square ends on the bottom squares.   I put 'Tear n Tape' on this area because I find it stronger but you can use the adhesive of your choice and I adhered the top square onto both the other squares ensuring that the score lines would still fold.  I then added a self-adhesive felcro circle to the left hand side far triangle and closed the card pieces into a Tee-pee shape this then adheres the other side of the felcro.

I then cut out clouds using white card stock with my dies on The Big Shot and stamped the hot air balloons in Daffodil Delight for the smaller one and Bermuda Bay for the larger.  I fussy cut these out and with my alcohol markers (the nearest colours to the inks used) I coloured in the balloon decorations to make them more realistic.  I then adhered all the parts to each side of the Tee-pee shape with foam pieces.  For the final embellishment I added some Wink of Stella to the pattern parts of the Hot Air Balloons.

My project is complete.  

Please leave a comment because I would love to know what you think about my project.  Thank you.

Till next time, keep crafting!

Lorraine

:o)

Up Date on Treatment

Chemotherapy

Went for treatment on Friday morning, Simon started my new hand warmer which is to help the Oncology nurses find a vein easier. (not really too keen on getting a PICC). 

Made good time getting to the hospital and found a parking spot straight away and we even managed to catch the lift (well with the help of a kind lady).  Saw Tammy (one of the Oncology nurses) on arrival and said hello just as she disappeared, I had not even sat down before Tammy reappeared and called my name.

I got settled but left my gloves on clutched tightly to my hand warmer  which I'm certain did the trick because I did not have to have my hands in the hot water for long and Tammy got the cannula in straight away 'First Time', off went my blood, now all we could do is wait.

Whilst I was enjoying a Raspberry and Cranberry Tea and biscuits, Simon's rumbling stomach broke the silence, he was contemplating whether to go down to the canteen for a breakfast or wait for dinner and have Steak pie, chips and peas that he had enjoyed last Friday.  He decided to wait for the pie and went on a coffee run to distract his growling stomach (bless him he bought me a packet of crisps, granola yoghurt & bottle of water to go with my lunch).

After about an hour and half's wait Tammy came over to me, it did not look good.  She said that the lab had rung and my Neutrophils were low (0.6) and she was waiting for the Oncology Doctor's decision.  The level that is necessary is normally 1.0 or above so mine being 0.6 wasn't the best.  Some time later, she returned and explained that the doctor was very busy but had said that I couldn't have my treatment today and that they would contact me later in the day to discuss the future plan.

Being very busy herself, Tammy left me to continue nursing the other patients in the bay.  I could feel my eyes welling up, I turned my head away from Simon and wishing them to stop.  Feeling around in my cuffs for a tissue to no avail.  Then I remembered that I had a serviette from my latte which was on the table, by this time tears were silently falling down across my cheeks.  I needed that serviette.  Lisa pulled up the stool and was a great help talking to me as she took my cannula out.  Then it was time for coat on and back on the journey home - minus no treatment!

The reason for me being so upset at not having my treatment this week is because I am on palliative chemotherapy, that is not to cure me but to keep me alive.  So missing it is a huge emotional drain but back at clinic on Tuesday so will know more about what the plan is going forward.  

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