Christmas Soldier

Hi everyone, it is still raining here with floods this week and last week we were evacuated because there were fires, still this is Australia, and we lurch from fires and floods, we just get used to it.   Here is my card for today, another lovely little Tim Holtz Nutcracker soldier, the inspiration for this one came from Vicky at Clips N Cuts, she makes some beautiful cards, I used the  Tim Holtz stamp and paper pierced the various elements on him, and I made the post card, and as I have mislaid my Tim Holtz Distress tool I used the side of a pair of my scissors to distress the sides of the post card, The Post Card sign was stamped with Tim's stamp collection "City Central" and the writing on the stamp is from an old Stampendous stamp and the Merry Christmas came from an un-named stamp set that I have had for ages, the scrolls were cut with a Cheery-Lynn cutting die "Fanciful Flourish Left" and I used Gold Kindy Glitz for the glitter on the flourish, the cap feather, and the straps on the uniform.  Hope you all like it, and thanks so much for visiting me today, Jasann

Christmas Soldier

Hi there everyone, here is another card I made this afternoon, have plenty of time just now to play with all my craft items, as it is pouring down with rain at the moment, last week we had Bush Fires coming up to the back fence and now we have floods, I made this card following the instructions from Vicky at Clips N Cuts, she makes some beautiful cards and journal pages, I followed all her instructions and am very happy with the result.  Thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

white on white

Good Morning everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.   I am starting on my Christmas Cards for 2016, with this entry in Merry Mondays Challenge #186, white on white, you can use neutrals, browns, golds, grey, black or silver with the whites. http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com  I used a Tim Holtz texture fade, Snowflakes and a Marianne's Creatables Chapel, SLR0254, this is a great cutting die, you can use it for so many occasions, I used a piece of grey office paper for the bell tower, and lace for the chapel windows, I also used an old stamp for the sentiment and the tree, I have lost the package so have no idea who the manufacturer was, I also used Chromacryl Texture paste for the snow, and the sentiment and tree were coloured with a distress marker "Hickory Smoke", I like these markers because they are so versatile. I also used a texture fade "Diamond Plate" for the texture on the chapel.  Thanks so much for visiting today, and hope you have a great one, Jasann 

Thank you all so much for all your lovely comments, they are greatly appreciated!!!!!

80th Birthday

Hi there, this card was made today for a friend's 80th Birthday, I used tim holtz texture fade Riveted Steel, which I also used on the previous card, I shaded it with Tim's distress ink pad "Vintage Photo" and used silver card for the pipes , and cut out the gears from a mixture of white and silver card, which I shaded with the Vintage Photo, I cut a small piece of tan card for the tool box and cut the tools from white card, and coloured them with distress markers, and then shaded the edges with the vintage photo, and hope the receiver will enjoy his card, and I hope you like it too, thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Tool Man

Hi there, here is a card I made yesterday, with the TIm Holtz stamp "the watch man and used distress markers to colour him and for his face I used a Faber=Castille water colour pencil, no: 432, flesh colour, for the face and hands, I used a piece of grey paper from my stash for the tool bucket and used a piece of silver card to cut the cards and the pipes and water, these are memory box cutting dies, I enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it, thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Star Wars

 Hi there everyone, sorry I have been away for some time, hope you all had a lovely Christmas and hope that for you all 2016 will be very special.  Here are two cards I made for my younger two grandsons, they are right into Star Wars, and I found a site www.artforkidshub.com where I was taught to draw these two images, which I am happy with, used black acrylic paint for the background and white texture paste for the moon and stars and am happy with these, hope you also like them, and thanks for visiting, Jasann

Steampunk Time

Hi there, Here is today's card made for my son in law's birthday, and I am entering it into the challenge at Sandee & amelie's Steampunk Winter Challenge part 2. http://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.com I used white cardstock for the card base and used Tim Holtz' texture fade "riveted metal" and shaded over the rivers with Distress Ink Pad "Black soot"  I used memory box pipes , Tim Holtz Steampunk "On the Edge" dies for the gears and his Mini Movers die "Clock" with the face of the clock cut from a piece of Kaisercraft Scrapbook paper, I added the key from the Mini Movers set and from my stash a small clock, small steam engine charm and a key charm, these pieces were all shaded with Distress Ink Pad "Vintage Photo"  Hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann