Showing posts with label Altenew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altenew. Show all posts

Saturday 27 November 2021

joy

 hello again stampers!

This is my last week as Guest Designer for the Just Us Girls Challenge and I've had such fun! This week is photo inspiration week #612.

This photo reminded me of a country kitchen - all the shopping bags with Christmas goodies, I couldn't resist making a Christmas card. I was inspired by 3 things: the subway tiles across the centre of the pic (they are fab!), the leafy wreath on the bench, and the brown bags with Christmas goodies and a tiny pop of red.

Since I wanted to include a wreath but I have no wreath stamps, I chose to make a square card. That way, I can use the Misti and leaf stamps and just rotate the card 90o, stamping 4 times to create the circle. I began by stencilling the brick pattern using Darkroom Door Brick Wall stencil with distress oxide ink. Then I used Paper Rose Solid Flowers and Leaves stamps in my Misti to stamp the wreath. I also used a Darkroom Door Circle stencil to align where to stamp to get a circle shape. I used 2 different stamps from the set, to give a loose, leafy wreath. Some shiny red dots were also added. 

The sentiment was stamped using Altenew Warm Blessings in my Misti, with memento tuxedo black and also versamark, then it was heat embossed for a lovely shine. The sentiment was punched with a circle punch, and also punched from red card. These were slightly offset, then popped up with foam squares on the card panel. Lastly the card panel was adhered to a Kraft card base.

Come join in the fun with Just Us Girls, and stock up your christmas card stash! We're looking forward to seeing your designs! 

Thanks to Vicki and the lovely team at Just Us Girls Challenge for having me as their Guest Designer this month. I have really enjoyed all four challenges! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Saturday 20 November 2021

thanks

 hello again crafters!

I'm into my third week as guest designer over at Just Us Girls Challenge, and am loving the experience! This week is #611 colour week and the colours chosen are aqua, brown and cream.

I wanted to do a CAS card and keep the imagery simple to highlight the colours.

I used a Paper Rose Leaves stencil to blend Vintage Photo distress oxide ink, then die cut it using a Paper Rose Stitched Rectangle die. The dragonfly from Darkroom Door Wildflowers Vol 1 is inked with Salvaged Patina and heat embossed in clear to give him texture and shine, then fussy cut and popped up on foam for dimension. 


Here's a closer shot of the shine on the dragonfly. 

The sentiment is die cut using Altenew Fancy Thanks die, 3 times and layered to make it stand out. Finally I added a few dew drops.

Come join in the fun at Just Us Girls challenge - we'd love to see your creations! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Tuesday 16 November 2021

postcard

 hello lovely stampers!

This fortnight the new challenge at AAAcards #203 is for a one inchie + optional twist of masculine.  

I am intrigued and a little bewildered by the inchie. What is the best way something so tiny can still deliver an interesting card? I decided a one inchie didn't need to be a one layer or a one colour, so that formed the basis for my idea. 

My plan was to pack in as much as possible in that one inch.  I do have a stamp set Darkroom Door Seaside Inchies and the lovely DT over at perfectlyCAS have as their theme this month, 'Tropical' so I decided to combine the challenges.

I chose the inchie stamp with surfboards so it also satisfied the optional twist of masculine.


I began by stamping the inchie on a white card scrap with an area blended with distress oxide ink for the sky. The stamp was masked and stamped separately for the sky edge and the sand background. Then I stamped the whole stamp onto various ink blended scraps, with various colours of distress oxide ink and black ink, then chose the best ones to fussy cut each of the surfboards. 

MANY variations later... 😅 I chose a combination I liked. The surfboards were glued in place onto the background stamp, then the inchie was cut out. I'm thinking it was like paper piecing, but with ink blended card instead of paper. The sentiment was stamped with memento tuxedo black onto ink blended scrap (the same sand colour) using Altenew Sentiment Strips, then cut, edges inked and popped up on foam tape. The edges of the inchie were also inked with black to make it stand out on the card, then also popped up with foam onto a white card base using the rule of thirds and placing the inchie at the top right intersection.

Phew* I think it looks like a teeny tiny postcard!

Thanks for stopping by!


Saturday 13 November 2021

most beautiful day

 hello crafty stampers!

It's that time again for another Just Us Girls challenge and I'm really enjoying being the guest designer for the month of November! This week we are making a mini slimline card - easy right?

Since we can put any design on the card, I decided to use one of my new butterfly dies, which is quite tall. This card size is ideal for a large image as it has lots of tall space. I thought it should be the hero of the design, so I kept the other colours muted.




I began by stencilling the leaves using Altenew Foliage stencil with distress oxide ink. I blended part of the design then moved the stencil down to blend another part, making the overall foliage taller. Then I stamped the pink flowers using Paper Rose Solid Flowers and Leaves with distress oxide ink. 

Some pink distress oxide inks were watercoloured onto a card panel, then the butterfly was die cut from it, making sure to keep all the little die cut pieces. I also die cut a butterfly from black card, popped out the die cut pieces and adhered it over the pink die cut. The butterfly was popped up on foam tape so it was hovering over the leaves. The sentiment from Altenew Beautiful Day was stamped on white card using memento tuxedo black then die cut using Paper Rose Stitched Rectangle die and adhered to the panel.

Come join in the fun with Just Us Girls challenge this week. We can't wait to see your mini slimline design!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Sunday 7 November 2021

make fun

 hello there stampers!

I'm joining in the fun today over at the sisterhood of snarky stampers. This fortnight their challenge is #197 R is for Rude and Edna is showing her true colours!

So many choices for rude cards, I found it hard to choose! hahaha


I began by blending distress oxide ink using Paper Rose Striped stencil over the card front. Then stamped the Darkroom Door Flourish texture stamp in the same colour. The image is printed from the net and fussy cut, and the foliage was die cut using Altenew Leaf Mix die set from a coordinating card colour. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Big Talk sticker, mounted on card, edges inked and popped up on foam tape. Nuances of Bette Davis!

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday 6 November 2021

be merry

 hello stampers!

I'm thrilled to be the Guest Designer for the Just Us Girls Challenge for the month of November - and this week is word week with challenge #609 - Merry.

Like many of you, I am slowly building up my Christmas card stash so took the opportunity this week to make another Christmas card.



I began with some new designer paper I received with the loveliest colours - pretty and fresh with a modern Christmas feel. I was inspired by a sketch from Donna Lewis that I thought looked like a present with ribbon! The paper pieces were mounted on shaded spruce card and then adhered to a card base making sure the design was kept in the right order. 

I stamped the sentiment using Altenew Warm Blessings with my Misti using memento tuxedo black and also versamark, then heat embossed it. The sentiment was also mounted onto shaded spruce card and popped up on foam tape on the card panel. A few stars were fussy cut and also adhered with foam tape around the sentiment.

Come along and join the fun this week at Just Us Girls challenge - we'd love to see your 'merry' cards!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Friday 22 October 2021

look pretty

 hello lovely stampers!

The fab sisterhood of snarky stampers have a new challenge this fortnight: E is for Everything Pink and Edna is looking mighty fine!

Now I have never been a girly girl and pink is not my favourite colour but I can certainly see the allure when it is presented with different hues and shades, so that formed the basis for my card. That decided, tho, I could find in my stash no pink card whatsoever! 

I began by blending pink distress oxide inks all over a white card panel. A circle was punched from white card for the moon and adhered to the panel, then given a solid cover of wink of Stella (hard to see in the pic). The wildflowers and starbursts were stamped using Altenew Wildflower doodles with a combination of distress oxides and Altenew inks. A couple of clouds using My Favourite Things Rolling Clouds were stencilled in distress oxide ink. I die cut the fairy using Paper Rose Fairy Isabella die from pink metallic paper, mounted on card, and adhered in position. The sentiment was printed on pink paper, mounted on card, edges inked in pink and popped up on foam tape for dimension. The whole panel was adhered to a white card base that had the edges and perimeter inked in Altenew Pinkalicious.

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday 16 October 2021

sympathy

 hello stampers!

Today I made a card for the latest challenge at perfectlyCAS #20 Sympathy

I wanted to use one of the new die sets that I just received this week - one has different feather shapes and one has butterflies. I'm using a feather today and also putting this card on the NBUS blog - thanks Darnell!


I began by blending distress oxide inks with muted colours and then die cut a rectangle shape from the panel using Paper Rose Stitched Rectangles die set. I then die cut the feather using Paper Rose Feather Trio from white card. The rectangle and feather were glued to a white card base. The sentiment was stamped directly onto the card base using Altenew Sentiment Strips with distress oxide ink to match the blended colour. It was stamped 3 times using my Misti, then heat embossed with clear.

Thanks for stopping by!

*Edit: Big thanks for the recognition from the DT for choosing my card as the winner this month!



Tuesday 5 October 2021

boo

 hello crafty stampers!

I did a card today using the word theme from the lovely people at Just Us Girls challenge #604: Halloween

Since I have very few halloween stamps (it's not really a big occasion here) I used one of my favourite pussycat dies and made him black. Voilà!

I started by blending the sky in distress oxides, using a circle mask to create the full moon. I die cut the pussycat using Paper Rose Walking Cat die and shaped the black ground from black card. The tree from Altenew Under the Cherry Blossom Tree was stamped in Memento Tuxedo black and the spiders from a very old 2nd hand stampin up set were stamped in the tree. The sentiment was made using Darkroom Door Alphabet Medley and stamped onto a strip of Pumpkin Pie card and adhered with foam squares for dimension.

I love the sky colours - so very spooky!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday 29 September 2021

thank you

 hello crafty stampers!

I have a card today I made for the Just Us Girls challenge #603 Photo week.

I haven't entered a challenge using a photo as inspiration but there's always a first time! Such a beautiful photo - how I wish I could grow armfuls of flowers like this! I found so much to draw inspiration from in the photo, I went round in circles and found myself with too much going on and too many ideas. Crazy! So I decided to go CAS - when in doubt, simplify!


I began (this version 😉) by making scratchy marks on kraft card with green, brown and white inks. The kraft was then cut into strips and randomly glued back together to get the 'shabby shutter' look. Then I watercoloured 2 pages - 1 in green and 1 in pink and purple using distress oxide inks. I used Altenew Beautiful Day and stamped the leaves and the flower images, then die cut them with the coordinating dies.  I trimmed the flower image to cut out the leaf parts. The images are glued and the top ones popped up on foam squares. The sentiment from Altenew Mini Daisy stamp was stamped directly on the card front.

Thanks for stopping by!


Tuesday 21 September 2021

ugly

 hello crafty stampers!

Let me tell you about my cat. Sox is a magnificent Siberian, ginger and cream striped. He is a fierce hunter (in his mind), a loyal friend (when he wants to be), a lap warmer (whether you want him or not) and definitely the boss of the house. Love him dearly 😍 My husband says in my eyes he can do no wrong, which is pretty much right, even when he's scratching up the sofa or meowing at 4 in the morning.  What can I say?

Today I made a card with him in mind. The lovely sisters at the sisterhood of snarky stampers have a new challenge: SOSS #194 U is for Ugly. Wow, a glimpse into Edna's real life?

Now don't go making assumptions here, it's not my cat that's ugly. 😇


The background was stencilled using Altenew Foliage stencil with Altenew inks, slightly offset between inking. The edge was inked and there may have also been some random stamping of dots around the perimeter. The sentiment was printed from the internet, and inked around the edges also. Stamps are no name and to be honest, not that good, so I think I'll be sticking to proper stamp brands from now on.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!




Saturday 18 September 2021

hello

 hello there stampers!

I saw the challenge over at Perfectly CAS this month and was so pleased to see Geometric as their theme.

Okay so I'll admit it. I'm a maths lover. Bring on the circles and rectangles, so awesome!


I decided on a kite as the main shape because I mean who doesn't love a perfect quadrilateral? lol I cut 1/4" strips of rainbow cards and adhered them to a white card then cut out the kite shape. I stencilled a cloud formation using MFT Rolling clouds and distress oxide ink and adhered it to the back of a panel that had a circle window punched from it.The extra bits of the coloured card strips were cut into tiny rectangles for the kite tail. The sentiment from Altenew Sentiment Strips was stamped onto white card, cut into a rectangle then all the card pieces were popped up on foam on the front panel.

I kept it clean and simple and left out the lines on the kite and tail - interestingly I think our imagination draws the lines in anyway...

Thanks for stopping by!

*Edit: I'm thrilled to be chosen as winner for the 'geometric' challenge!



Tuesday 7 September 2021

congratulations

 hello lovely stampers!

The girls over at the Just Us Girls challenge are celebrating their 600th challenge.  Wow! So I thought a congratulations card was in order 😊 The challenge this week is JUGS#600 - 6 of anything.

One of my favourite dies is the Altenew Leaf Mix die set which I don't use nearly enough but I thought I'd use it on this card as the leaves look beautiful lined up in a row. 



Leaves were cut from a rainbow (well, 6 😁) of cardstock in various leaf shapes and mounted on a black card base. The sentiment from Altenew Ornamental Bliss was heat embossed in white on black card, layered up 3 times and glued over the leaves.  The card was finished with a few 'dew drops' from Stampin Up.

Great work, ladies, and keep the challenges coming! 

Thanks for stopping by!

**Edit: I am so thrilled to be chosen as Chic of the Week for my card. Thank you so much!



Monday 30 August 2021

happy birthday

 hello stampers!

Congrats to the lovely people at freshly made sketches as they celebrate their 500th challenge! Quite an achievement. I joined in the fun to make a card for this week using their sketch.

 

I wanted to do a happy birthday card and I do love a monochromatic colour scheme so this is my card.

Began by layering the Pool Party card and white card onto the card base. Used a new die from Paper Rose, flying birds and also Altenew leaf mix die using white, shaded spruce and coastal cabana cards. The die cut birds were layered 3 times for dimension, then this panel was popped up with foam tape. Stamped the sentiment from Altenew Ornamental Bliss with Altenew Lagoon and adhered with foam tape and glued onto the panel. 

Thanks for stopping by!


Sunday 29 August 2021

cheers

 hello stampers!

The lovely people over at CAS colours & sketches have a terrific challenge this week so I made a lovely card for my friend who just turned 50!

 


Stamped the sentiment with Altenew Volcano Lake using my Misti. Die cut the martini glass from Paper Rose from several cards: white, watercoloured and black, then layered them sandwiching the olive in between. Offset the black glass to create a shadow. Finished it by mounting the card panel onto a Coastal Cabana card base. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday 24 August 2021

fabulous

 hello stampers!

Today I had a little spare time and gravitated toward my craft space - lucky me! I was inspired by the AAA cards challenge this week #197


I like the idea of a 1 inch strip - everything has to fit into that tiny little area and it certainly brings out your creative side. I recently received some stamps (finally!) so I searched for an interesting one that would fit within the 1 inch.


I started with a card panel that I had previously smooshed with watered distress oxide inks - blues mainly. I wanted to make it look like a lagoon for the beautiful flamingo so I blended more colours for the sandy swamp area at the base. Using my Misti, I stamped the flamingo several times with spun sugar and abandoned coral getting nice drifts of the colours, to look like feathers. Lastly I stamped just the beak with black. I cut the strip at 1 inch.  Another smooshed card base was used for the sentiment and hearts - this one was in pinks. I die cut the hearts, stamped the sentiment and then glued them onto the strip, trimming the sides.

Using a coloured card base doesn't feel CAS, funnily enough but I just had to go with blushing bride, as it matched the distress oxide colours I had for the flamingo. I found the card base was too stark with all the watercolours so I laid a panel of vellum over the card base, gluing it under the strip only. I think it lends an ethereal feel to the scene.

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!

ingredients: 

inks: distress oxide spun sugar, abandoned coral, scattered straw, vintage photo, tumbled glass, salty ocean, memento tuxedo black
stamps: stampabilities trendsetter, altenew under the cherry blossom tree
die: recollections


Saturday 31 July 2021

hello

 hello crafty stampers!

I have a lovely card today made specially for the freshly made sketches challenge #496.

I do like using up the little bits of card that inevitably end up in a stash of its own! This sketch challenge allowed me to do just that! 


I started with white card then cut the mint macaron to suit the 2 shapes. For the 3rd shape I used my cloud stencil and blended distress oxide ink to create a clouds-through-a-window effect. After gluing the shapes down, I stamped the kitty and the cushion and bowl then fussy cut them. I did colour a little around kitty as he was a bit one dimensional. I die cut the hello from shaded spruce and twice more from white and glued them together to build up the dimension. I stamped the sentiment with distress oxide ink in my Misti and also used three layers to build up the dimension.  The kitty, cushion and bowl were mounted on foam squares to give them the shadow look. The whole panel was then mounted on foam tape onto the card base.

Thanks for stopping by!

card: stampin up shaded spruce, mint macaron, pumpkin pie, basic white

ink: memento tuxedo black, distress oxides tumbled glass, dried marigold

die: altenew simply hello die

words: altenew sentiment strips


 


Tuesday 27 July 2021

piñata

 hello stampers!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for the sisterhood of snarky stampers SOSS #190 challenge. C is for Colourful.  Edna is really rocking that kaleidoscope!

I tried to incorporate lots of colours in my card but I realised I have been making cards using 2 or 3 colours only. I guess I think it appears more cohesive(?) But I can do colourful!


I started with a background of distress oxide inks, watered and smooshed onto the card.  Although it was colourful, it did serve as a just a gentle background for the stamping. The fairies I stamped using Altenew inks and my Misti to get nice rich colours. I finished it off with lots of wink of Stella on the pink fairiness and fairy wings!

Thanks for stopping by!


inks: Altenew, distress oxide inks

stamps: fairyland

words: Tim Holtz big talk sticker




Tuesday 1 June 2021

explore

 hello again stampers!

Today I made a card for the perfectlyCAS challenge #15 Repeat stamping. 

Although I like the CAS card designs, I do find them challenging - mostly because of my inky fingers! lol But today I liked the thought of repeat stamping and I had quite a few ideas swimming around in my head. (see what I did there?)


I began by stamping the fish inchie on the lower corner, masking each one before stamping the next. The seaweed was also stamped using masks over the inchies. I wanted to make the solo swimmer stand out so the word and the fish were stamped using my MISTI then stamped again with Versamark ink and clear heat embossed. I did the embossing twice to make it nice and smooth. Then I glued the panel to another panel the same size, then glued onto a card base, keeping it nice and white.

Even though we may find ourselves in a metaphorical box, perhaps sometimes we need to break out, take a leap of faith and explore. It's a big world out there but we can all find our place in it.  Sorry - didn't know I was going into some deep thinking.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

supplies:

stamps: darkroom door seaside inchies, under the sea, wildflowers vol 1

inks: altenew, versamark


Saturday 15 May 2021

bad hair day

 hello crafty stampers!

I am thrilled to be the guest designer this week at the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers after being chosen as queen in their M is for Monochromatic challenge! As guest designer I made a card for this fortnight's challenge SOSS #185 A is for Animal.

 

Autumn is in full swing here and the windy days and blowing leaves are in abundance, so I decided I had to find some snark with this theme. I actually accidentally sliced my finger a couple days ago so was stamping left handed - no mean feat, but I wasn't going to let a little thing like 5 stitches and a bandage slow me down. Luckily I had started on the card background but still had to simplify the design a bit.

I started by blending distress oxides over the whole card panel background. The deer was stamped along with the leaves and windy swirls using my MISTI. The sentiment was put together using alphabet letters and a sentiment strip, edges inked, then adhered to the card front. 

Dasher is actually the very first stamp I bought, and second hand. Such a beautiful deer - I hope I am forgiven for the snark. lol  Some days just feel snarky, so come join the Sisterhood challenge and have some fun! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
inks: distress oxides
stamps: Stampin Up Dasher, Altenew sentiment strips, Darkroom Door alphabet medley