7 Cards in 2 Hours

No not me - Tim! What's more he has drawn all images freehand, fussy-cut holly and berries, trees, presents, bells and done all his own writing on the cards! No input from me at all (except the genes ;) ).

Here are three of his cards.

Close your eyes!

Mum asked me to make a birthday card for a 5 year old girl who is blind. She apparently loves fairies. Here is the result. By coincidence this month's Spectrum Noir Challenge is Flowers so I'll pop this onto the challenge page. (The fairy's dress is the flower).

The fairy's wings (a Nestabilities butterfly die) are embossed for texture from the front, and have Distress Stickles behind them. The dress is made from a white flower, edged with colour (Spectrum Noir pen PP3, blended). Skin, clothes, shoes and hair also coloured with Spectrum pens. The white mesh and split pins add further texture, as does the debossed butterfly on the  flap. Another texture has been added to the shoes with Glossy Accents, 'Ally' in Braille has been stitched on in beads. A strip saying Happy Birthday in Braille will be added above Ally's name. The 'Wee Stamps' stamp used came free with a magazine. The top opening is a Nestabilities Deckled Oval Large. 

Naughty?

Another quick entry for the Spectrum Noir Challenge - using a free stamp set which came with a magazine.
The piano was done using the camouflage technique outlined on the blog. My piano at home looks just like this - walnut? The timber flooring was done using TN2 then striping through with TN1. Holly leaves also coloured with Speccies. I added the timber floor and TN1 wall because the image looked too stark with a white space around it. The small size of the image makes a light touch essential. Can't wait for the brush tips to be released!!!

Anyone would think it was hot today!

My poor perennial spinach was a bit stressed by today's 34 degrees C - bit of a shock after so many weeks in the low 20's! I had NOT missed watering it - it's obviously just sulking. Hmm. The red lettuce looks a bit sad too.

 

Spectrum Noir Holiday Challenge

I've been working on a card for the Holiday Cards/Projects challenge on the Spectrum Noir blog.
The prize (drawn at random from all valid entries) will be one set of twenty-four pens (winner chooses the set – Brights, Lights, Darks, or Pastels!) and any one holiday stamp of the winner’s choice (from Crafter’s Companion UK or US).    How could I resist?!



Here's my Aussie Christmas card (better photo below, taken outside in the sunshine), with colouring information below:

The stamps are from Stamp-It and are called Gumnut Christmas and Koala Bauble.
The card base was embossed with a Spellbinders Embossabilities folder EL-014.
The images are stamped with  Memento Rich Cocoa on Bazzill Kraft card (the lighter coloured one) and coloured with my fantastic Spectrum Noir pens as follows:
   Leaves DG4 and DG2
   Small gumnuts GB5 and GB8
   Large gumnuts and branches GB8 and GB10
   Koala IG4 (shadowed by going over a second time)
   Santa hat DR3 (trim is Liquid Aplique)
The green and gold/brown ribbon strips have been coloured to match with Spectrum Noir pens (DG4 and GB10). Wish my camera would recognise that - they actually look the same colour as leaves and gumnuts in real life :(  I'll try taking another photo in daylight tomorrow...

Aaah - that's better :).

Buttons, buttons & more buttons ...

It's challenge time again. I wasn't going to enter this one - I battle with buttons. Then I  blog-hopped and inspiration hit. I've killed two birds with one stone - an entry, and one Christmas card completed! What challenge, I hear you ask? This one - Scrapbook Boutique Buttons, buttons & more buttons!

I've dipped each button into Versamark ink then into silver embossing powder and heat-embossed (yes it did take a while!). The music stamp is from a Kaisercraft Xmas set, and the tree music is Washi tape. White cardstock is Bazzill Orange Peel and I've also used silver foil board.

Shoes

A number of our our customers have commented on the gorgeous paper shoe made by Robyn, displayed in the shop. (It had chocolates in it but they are LONG gone!)
Here is the best link I have found for the shoes:
http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/articles/free_shoe_template_download