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

Merry CHristmas

Hi there everyone, here is todays card, to be enterd into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge (#182), http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au
I used a plain white cardstock for the base card and stamped the Crazy Bird with Black Stazon ink pad, and coloured him with Distress Ink Pad, Scattered Straw, Barn Door, and Vintage Photo, when that was dry I rubbed Distress Micro Glaze all over him so that I could use the stencils, Tiddlybitz, Chicken Wire (with Vintage Photo) and Tim Holtz' Hollybough, with Evergreen Bough, and used a red gel pen to colour the holly.   I used Ranger Crackle Accents for his eyes, then I cut out a party hat from a piece of Scrapbook paper and shaded the edges with vintage photo, I used an old Kaisercraft stamp set "Tis the Season" to stamp the sentiment, also with black stazon, Hope you all like this crazy bird, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Blue and White

Hi There, I made this card this morning to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #181, http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au, I used a new embossing folder that I got with the Quick Cards Magazine, issue 143, which is actually the September 2015 issue which has just arrived in Australia, the embossing folder is snowflakes, several different sizes and I used Ranger Liquid Pearls "Baby Blue" to the centre of the snowflakes and a Marianne's Creatables die Pointsettias and also the Merry Christmas was a Marianne's Creatables die.   I used a blue button from my stash for the centre of the pointsettia, and the paper was some old scrapbooking paper that I had in my stash..   Hope  you like this card, and thanks so much for visiting me today, Jasann

Pink Reindeer

Hi Everyone, here is a card I am entering into the Merry Monday Challenge #180 (use a reindeer), http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au I used white card stock and used a technique I found on Kylie is addicted to stamps (and now butterflies) http://addictedtostamps-kylie-blogspot..cm.au she has a video on her newsletter of the 28/10/15 demonstrating this technique, which I love and have used it quite a few time,  the snowflakes were a bit strange when they were wet, but air dried beautifully, and I used the stamp that came with the embossing folder to stamp the sentiment across the bottom of the card, I used Dylusions Ink Spray "Bubblegum Pink" for the snowflakes and distress ink pad "Barn Door" for the sentiment, I shaded the edges with Distress Ink Pad "Spun Sugar" and cut the deer from Pink Glitter Card with Tim Holtz Bigz die "Reindeer Flight" Hope you like this card and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Day 12

Day 12 for Stamping with Loll, Twelve Tags of Christmas. http://stampingwithloll.com with this tag I have used a Universal embossing folder for the background "Sycamore Tree" and I put Faded Jeans ink pad to  colour of the tree and background using the water colour technique, and used the Tim's blueprint Nutcracker stamp for the sweet little soldier, and I coloured him with Faber Castille Water Colour pencils with Blues and Red's and used a water pen to highlight the colours, I used a Present Stamp, un-named, that I bought at a garage sale for the presents with I also coloured with the water colour pencils, I shaded around the edges with Distress ink "Tumbled Glass"  hope  you all like this little card, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Snowflakes

Hello there, here is the tag for Day 11, in the challenge .Twelve Tags for Christmas with Loll and Friends, http://stampingwithloll.com This is another red tag and this time I used Tim Holtz Blueprint Snowflake and used Ranger Distress Embossing Powder in Silver, and used the heat gun to finish them off, I then cut out 3 snowflakes with Sizzex Snowflake #17 in silver card, and used red flowers rhinestone stick on's for the centres and used a silver ribbon at the top, Hope you like this one, and Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Melting Snowman

Hi there everyone, here is Day 10 of the challenge "Twelve Tags of Christmas" with Loll and Friends, http://stampingwithloll.com Today I have called this tag Melting Snowman, he wasn't intended to be melting, I used Tim Holtz Embossing folder "Snowman" he is the lovely snowman who is facing sideways, I covered him with Embossing ink and also embossing powder and used the heat  gun, but it didn't work out as it should have, then I decided to cover him with Texture paste, but I wasn't able to cover him neatly, and then I had to use two layers as the first one took on the red colour from the card, I found two little black beads for his eyes but didn't have enough for his buttons, on his face there was a little bit that I couldn't get the texture paste on and I thought, OK I will call it his mouth, and I used an Distress Marker
Carved Pumpkin for his nose, I drew some holly leaves and berries for his hands with gel pens.   I used Tim Holtz "Stars" stencil for the stars, but again the texture paste absorbed the red card colour so I outlined them with a white gel pen,  I also used the gel pen for the snow.   I used a red and white gingham ribbon and attached a small brass snowflake to the bow with a small brass safety pin, and used a small stamp for the Merry Christmas with distress ink pad "Black Soot"  hope you like this one, I was almost going to toss him in the bin, but he had taken so much time that I thought he looked unique, so here he is!   Thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Christmas Joy

Hi!!  Here is Day 9  of  the challenge with Loll and Friends "Twelve Tags of Christmas"   http://stampingwithloll.com  With this tag I used one a bit wider than the others and dry embossed  the Swirl Christmas Tree from Craftz-Too, I have used this quite a lot, it is a favourite, and rubbed my blending tool over with Distress Ink "Peeled Paint" and cut two ice skates with Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Die - Mini Toy Soldier and Ice Skate.   I shaded them with Distress Ink "Vintage Photo" and hand drew the laces with a Gel Pen that I bought from Aldi a long time ago. Stamped sentiment is from an old Christmas stamp set, and the Ho Ho Ho is from a piece of scrap paper with the Joy Christmas Die Set from Quickcutz.   I used red and white bakers twine for the bow and the cords holding the skates up, and I shaded around the edges with Distress Ink "Barn Door"  Hope you all like this one, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Lamplight

Hi!  this is Day 8 for the Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends, http://stampingwithloll.com  For this tag I used a regular sized tag and used a Universal Embossing Folder - Sycamore, and used distress inks Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo to colour the tree, I used birds out of the Tim Holtz stamp set "Lost and Found" and used a Sizzex 12" cutting die "Flagpole with Lantern and sign" to cut out the lamp and pole, I used a scrap of scrapbooking paper with script on it for the light in the lantern, and some strips for the pine needles and red stick on rhinestones from Kaisercraft basics for the holly berries, I cut the grass from a scrap of green paper and the sentiment tag from Kaisercraft paper pad "Yuletide" and used a red paper slide to hold the little tag in place.  I used a soft gold ribbon for the bow.   Hope you all like this and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

HO-HO-HO

Hi there everybody, this is day 7 for Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends, http://stampingwithloll.com, I used a regular sized tag and used the technique described by Kylie of http://addictedtostamps,Kylie.blogspot.com.au in her newsletted on 28/10/15, it is "Stamping with Embossing Folders" plus she has a video of the technique in this newsletter, I have kept it on file as I really like this process.   I used a Craftz-too Embossing folder, "Swirl Christmas Tree with Distress Spray Stain "Cracked Pistachio", and cut a small swirly Christmas tree with a cutting die that was a free gift with Australian Simply Cards Magazine, from a piece of paper from the Kaisercraft paper pad "Yuletide" the sentiment, Ho Ho Ho was cut from the Jolly Set from Quickutz. I have had this set for a long time and it has cutting dies and stamps for Christmas and has been used a lot of several Christmases.   The paper the sentiment was cut from is from the Graphic 45 "Speampunk Spells" I felt it needed a darker colour for this and used the pieces from the centre of the "0"'s for paper sequins and I shaded the edges with Distress Ink Pad  "Peeled Paint" The floppy box was made with red ribbon with green edges which I bought at the "Boxing Day" sales last year.   hope you all like this tag and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Holly

Hi there everyone, here is Day 6 in the Twelve Tags of Christmas Challenge by Stamping with Loll,http://stampingwithloll.com
the challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique, http://thefunkiejunkie.com,  they have lots of great "stuff" for sale.   I used a regular sized tag for this project, and used Chromacryl texture Paste for the background which I shaped with one of TIm Holtz texture tools number 5, and not being experienced with these tools it came out very "wonky", but I liked the look and after it was dry, with the heat tool", I sprayed it with Perfect Pearls Mist "Kiwi" which is a pale green, although it has a brown tinge, I used the Julie Nutting Stamp "Merry Nice" for the girl, and her clothes were stamped on a scrap piece of Purple scrap paper and I put a pale aqua gem on her skirt, and used gel pens for the shoes and necklace, also for the holly berries and leaves.   On the hat for the brim and bauble I used Kindy Glitz  "Chrisatlina"  this took on the purple colour of the paper, I used distress ink pad "shaded lilac" to shade around the edges of the tag and also to colour the ribbon for the double bow. Hope you all like this tag, and thanks so much for visiting me today, Jasann 

tree ornament

Hi here is todays tag, day 5, for Twelve Tags of Christmas http://stampingwithloll.com I used a regular sized tag, and shaded it with Distresss Faded Jeans in the watercolour technique and used Tim Holtx Stencil Strips with Chromacryl Texture Paste, I find this a bit thin though and I like a texture paste with body,   I cut the ornament with Tim's Retro Ornaments Bigz die from Holly paper from Kaisercraft 6-1/2" square christmas pad December 25th.. I have had this pad for a long time and there are still pages in it.   I used silver stars from my stash for the hanger. and shaded the tag to show up the textured sections with Memento Ink Pad Bahama Blue. the bow and centre of the ornament are cut from scraps from my scrap basket, and the silver ribbon came from my ribbon box where I keep ribbons that I have bought at various times.   Hope you like this tag and thanks very much for visiting today, Jasann

Merry Merry

Hi there, Here is Day 4 of the tags for Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends, http://stampingwithloll.com I made this a red shade with a regular tag and used Distress Ink Pad "Barn Door" to shade the background, the edges and the stars which were made with Tim Holtz Stencil "Stars"  I used a red/dark pink glitter card to cut out the Poinsettias with a Marianne's Creatables  Die that I have had for ages, and the Merry Merry was also cut with a Marianne's Creatables Die, I was going to make it Merry Christmas but couldn't get the "Christmas" to cut out exactly so left it as Merry Merry.   I used white liquid Perfect Pearls for the centre of the flower, and used a dark pink ribbon for the top of the tag,   hope  you all like this and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Hollybough

Hi everybody, here is my tag for Day 3, for the challenge on Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas, http://stampingwithloll.com , this is a regular sized tag and I used the watercolouring technique to shade the base of the tag, and Tim;s stencil "Hollybough" and distress ink pad "Evergreen Bough" to put the image on the tag, and used Kaiser Basics Red rhinestones for the holly, I used a red ribbon with green edging for the bow and shaded the edges of the tag with "evergreen bough"   Hope you all like this one, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Snowflakes

Hi everyone, here is my tag for Day 2 in the challenge for The Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends, http://stampingwithloll.com, I used a regular sized tag and used the watercolouring technique with distress ink "faded jeans" and used Tim Holtz Christmas Blue Print stamp "snowflake" and Distress embossing ink to stamp the large snowflakes on the tag, and heat embossed with distress Silver embossing powder.  I then cut out two snowflakes from silver card, Sizzex Snowflake #17 and #22, these are quite old dies, I have had them for a long time, and adhered with double sided tape. I shaded the edges with Distress ink "faded jeans"   I used an organza ribbon with silver edges to make the tie.   Hope you like this and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Christmas Tag, 1.

Hi there everyone, this is a tag I made today for the challenge on Stamping with Loll, http://stampingwithloll.com it is a mixed media challenge - The Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends.    This is a medium sized tag, and I sprayed the background with Distress Spray Stain "Cracked Pistachio" and Dylusions Ink Spray "Bubblegum Pink", I cut a trellis with Tim Holtz Frameworks "Trellis" and chose some scrap papers of other colours to fill in some of the openings in the trellis, I made two roses from Graphic 45 paper "Bohemian Bazaar" and used a Die-Namic cutting die "Mini Royal Roses", I used a Marianne's Creatables die for the Pine Leaves which I used some stain from Distress Ink Pad "Evergreen Bough"  the ribbon bow was stained with Distress re- Inker "Tumbled Glass" and ordinary household string for the top hole in the tag.   Hope you like this, I had fun making it and thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Steampunk Christmas

Hi there, here is a card that I am entering into the new challenge on SanDee and Amelies Steampunk Challenges, http://sandee-and-amelies.blogspot.co.at Steampunk Winter Special - anything-goes-steampunk/industrial.   I used white cardstock, and embossed the topper with Tim Holtz texture fade - "Diamond Plate" and heat embossed it with WOW brand embossing powder "Cocanut Ice" Glitter, to give the background a nice sparkle, I used Memory Box dies = Steampunk Pipes, Deluxe Gear Set, and Pine Needles,, a Marianne's Creatables die Ornaments for the hanging ornament and I used the piece from that ornament for the little tree at the base, the pine needles I used for the water gushing out of the pipes.  I rounded the corners with a punch, and I shaded the edges with Distress ink pad, Antique Linen.   Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Christmas

Hi there, the other day I saw a beautiful card from Brenda at Bumblebees and Butterflies - http://www.bumblebeesandbutterflies.com I don't have all the required items to replicate this card, but thought I might be able to make something similar, as I like the concept of this card.   The top card I used white cardstock and used the "stamping with embossing folder" as shown by Kylie from " Kylie is addicted to stamps"  http://addictedtostamps-kylie-blogspot.com.au    Kylie has a great tutorial over at her site.   I made a mask to go over my Christmas tree and then stamped with an old Christmas Word Stamp, in Memento Ink Pad, "Daffodill"  the tree was stamped with Tim Holtz Distress spray "Cracked Pistachio" I cut to deer out with Tim's Bigz die "Reindeer Flight" , shaded the edges with the Daffodil ink pad.    The second card I used Brenda's instructions about the ink pads on the craft sheet, but didn't do enough layers.   I used Tim Holtz Blue Print Christmas tree stamp  on the back of the card and cut it out by  hand, I used the Christmas word stamp  in the Daffodil for the background, the stars as on the previous card and the deer out of Glitter  Card, I like both of them, so thanks to Brenda and Kylie for their tutorials.   Greatly appreciated, I am entering this in to the challenge on 52 (Christmas) card throwdown, theme challenge the theme for this one is #29 from June 2014, Rudolph/reindeer, http://52cct.blogspot.com  thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Thanks

This card was made today for Simon Says Stamp - Work it Wednesday - challenge, http://www.simonsaysstamp.blog.com , the challenge is a thanks card.    I used an old stamp from Tim Holtz, can't remember where I got it from or what it's name is, but it is an ATC size stamp and used Silver Acrylic Paint applied with a sponge to apply it to the stamp and stamped it on the card base, I let it dry and then used my distress inks of various blues and oranges, inked on my craft sheet and sprayed with wated and wiped the card into the inks, on allowing it to dry again I stamped the butterflies with Stazon Black Ink Pad, the butterflies are from the Kaisercraft Clear Stamp set "Tigerlily" and the sentiment is cut from black cardstock with a Memory Box cutting die "Thanks"  Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Merry & Bright

Hi all, here is my card for 52 (Christmas) card Throwdown October Colour Challenge, Blue, Purple, and some Metallic.   http://52cct.blogspot.com.au I used a white card stock for the base and one of my card toppers that I had saved from another project, it was coloured with London Blue Distress Spray (Dylusions), and I used Tim Holtz Bigz Die "Retro Ornaments" to cut all the pieces of the ornaments in various scrap papers, I have a large scrap basket and like to use any papers I can find that are suitable for cards, I used silver card for the metallic items, a corner from a free die from Australian Simply Cards Magazine, cut from a pale blue paper, and the sentiment was from an old stamp set and I cannot remember where it came from or who the manufacturer is!!!!   I used Memento Ink " Bahama Blue" and I used the same ink to shade the edges of the topper.  Hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Flying Reindeer

Hi everyone, here is todays card, which I am entering into two challenges:
http://52cct.blogspot.com.au October Sketch Challenge, and http://case-ingchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au .
I used white cardstock for the base with a water coloured topper, I thought the dark sky was just right for the snowflakes falling down, and I stamped the snowflakes with an un-named stamp that has been in my stash for ages, I could not find my white embossing powder so I stamped with VersaMagic Archival Chalk ink pad "Cloud White" and embossed with Zing Opaque Finish emb. powder.  The yellow moon was cut with a very old Nellie Snellen cutting die that I bought a very long time ago. and the Deer is a free cutting die from Issue 85, Australian Simply Cards, and coloured with Distress ink pad "Vintage Photo" and the blue bow was also coloured with Distress Marker "Blueprint Sketch", and the sentiment is from another old un-named stamp, the shades on the background are a variety of distress inks from "Black Soot", "Chipped Sapphire", "Faded Jeans", and "Tumbled Glass"  Hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Coffee anyone?

Hi there everyone, Here is today's card that I am entering into the Christmas Challenge at Merry Monday, http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge/merry-monday-174-java-time.html I used a free stamp that I got with the Craft Stamper Magazine some years ago, I like this stamp and have used it quite a lot, I stamped it on three different scraps of Christmas paper, and for the card I used a white cardstock base, with a piece of water coloured background paper that I made recently, I like to make the backgrounds on an A4 piece of paper so that I have a stash of backgrounds ready,  I used a stamp from a Christmas stamp that was a gift some time ago and unfortunately the manufacturers name was lost, but it is a favourite too, and I hand printed the "Coffee anyone?" I did all the stamping with Distress Ink Pad "Faded Jeans" also all the edges were also shaded with this ink pad.   Hope you all like this card, thanks so much for visiting,   Jasann PS: I am also entering this card into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. http://simonsaysstamp.blog./mondaychallenge/com

Be Jolly

Hi there, Here is my entry into this weeks 52 (Christmas) card throwdown, http://52cct.challenge.blogspot.com.au , the challenge is to put hand sewing on your card, and I made a cross stitch ornament for the front of the card, it is a 5-3/4" square card, which is not my usual size, but everything seemed to fit.   I used white cardstock for the base and red for the topper, and I cut the largest square from Poppy Crafts Square Nesting Dies, I used the sentiment from an old Quickutz die set "Be Jolly" it is a very old set, but I have used it a lot, and after pressing the embroidery I stuck it all together with double sided tape, I hand cut the holly and used a hole cutter for the berries.  hope you all like this card, I am also entering this card into Muse Visions Christmas Visions Challenge, Holly is to be needed on the card, http://musechristmasvisions.blogspot.ca Thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann  PS.  I am also entering this card into http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/2015/09/challenge-20-quirky-sewn-with-love.html

Love

Hi everyone, Here is today's card for the Merry Monday Challenge #172,  http://merrymondaychristmaschallennge.blogspot.com.au  where the challenge is a watercolour background.   I made this watercolour background with distress inks, and used Tim Holtz "Reindeer Flight" bigz cutting die, and mini Pine Trees Movers and Shapers die, I used watered down white Gesso for the snow drops, when they dried though they were too pale so I then used a white gel pen to add more white colour to them.   I used a sentiment with Stazon stamp pad from one of the Kaisercraft stamp sets.    Hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jas
ann, oops!! I am also entering this card in Nellies Nest Challenge, Christmas Card must have a Deer, http://classycardsnsuch.blogspot.com.

Book Week

Hi there, I don't do much scrapbooking, mainly only for my family, and was please to receive these two photos of my two youngest grandsons, Book Week at School, were they were dressed as The Joker and Harry Potter.    I got the inspiration from Vicky at ClipnCuts on You Tube, she does wonderful journal pages, and I really liked the one she called Reading.    So I used old bookpages and vintage photo distress ink pad and cut out the letters in red card, and then decided that they would look better black, so coloured them with a Sharpie pen.   The letters were from an old school stencil, and the numbers were a Dyan Reaveley stencil.    I gave Harry a white steampunk owl from Cheery Lynne, and hand drew a pair of Harry style glasses.   I hand cut all the books and used a globe from the Tim Holtz idea-ology pad - French Industrial.    Hope you all like this page as much as I do, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Steampunk Birthday

Hi there everyone, Here is my Steampunk Birthday card for a male family member, who was an electrician in his working life, and thought that these gears etc. would be appropriate for his card, I just used one distress ink pad "Vintage Photo" and memory box cutting die "Cogs" and stencil also called "Cogs" I also used a Tim Holtz stencil Latticeworks, and a Stampendous stamp "script" I have had it that long that the packaging has got lost, so I don't know the correct name for this stamp, but it is a favourite of mine, hope you like it too!!! and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Steampunk

Hi everyone, Here is a page from my art journal, I have been attending a Craftsy Class by Marjie Kemper, and made these pages with just one Distress colour "Vintage Photo" and used a Tim Holtz stamp "Cogs" and a memory box stencil "Cogs & Gears", a stampendous script stamp, birds from the Tim Holtz stamp sets "The Journey" and "Lost and Found", The sentiment came from "The Journey" and the another stencil was Tim's "Latticework" which is a stencil that I like very much, Hope you all like these pages, and thanks for visiting today, Jasann

merry christmas for a man

Hi everyone, Here is a card for this week's challenge at 52 (Christmas) card throwdown, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au I finally caved in and bought these quirky bird stamps from Tim Holtz, I do love them and made this card for a man for Christmas, I used a Cage Wire Stencil from Twiddleybitz , www.twiddleybitz.com I have used this cage wire often, and I used Distress ink pad Evergreen bough using different pressure with a blending tool, this was to give me different shades of the green back ground, I coloured the bird with Distress inks "Spun Sugar" and "Antique Linen" and used some googly eyes that I have in my stash for his eyes, and I hand cut the"santa hat" and glued some cotton wool for the bobble and around the bottom of the hat.  The stack of presents stamp which was bought from a garage sale and was coloured with generic markers, the sentiment stamp has been in my stash for ages, hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Sentiment

Hi everyone, this card is to be entered into the Merry  Monday Christmas Challenge #171 (Sentiment in the Spotlight).  I used a white cardstock and cut it to 5" x 4-3/4" and used a Hero Arts Clear Stamp called "Be Jolly" and used a Ranger Distress Ink "Barn Door" to stamp the sentiment and then I put Ranger Clear Embossing Powder onto the stamped image and heat embossed so that it has a nice shiny surface.   I don't think you will be able to see the shine in the photo, but in real life it looks pretty good. hope you like this one, the link to the challenge is: http://merrymondaychristmaschallennge.blogspot.com.au    Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Tidings of Joy

Hi there, here is another card  made with the window die, this one is looking in the window,
I used a mask for the area behind the window, and used home made texture paste, coloured with Jo Sonja water colour acrylic, as I didn't have a brown colour in my distress inks that was right for the bricks, and I used a Twiddly Winks stencil for the bricks, after they dried I pulled the mask off and used stamps from a very old set of Christmas Stamps, sorry I don't have the packaging to show who the manufacturer is.   A My favourite Things Cutting Die was used for the greenery and a Memory Box Cutting Die for the fence, and I coloured Santa and the little tree with a selection of Distress Inks. Hope you all like this card, I am pretty happy with, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Merry Christmas

Hi there, Todays card is called Merry Christmas, and has a window, which was a gift from one of my "Cardie" friends, Thank you!!  I made it a "looking out" window and used a Memory Box die for the village and coloured the two houses with distress ink Barn Door and Memento Bahama Blue, and the trees with Distress Antique Linen.    I used a Snowman stamp which was a free Christmas stamp in one of the Australian Simply Cards Magazine and used Stayzon Black and then edged it with Silver Kindyglitz, and used a stencil from Tim Holtz called "Latticework" and coloured it with Distress ink "Faded Jeans" and I hand cut the flag and stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set as the snowman and edged it with the Faded Jeans.
I am entering this into two challenges:
52 (Christmas) card Throwdown, September colour challenge Red, White and any colour except green, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au
Case-ing Christmas
http://case-ingchristmas.blogspot.com.au

Hope you like my card, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Naughty or Nice

Naughty or Nice - this is a card I made yesterday to enter into the 52 (Christmas) card throwdown - September Sketch Challenge, http://52cct.blgspot.com.au, I used one of my backgrounds that I had made a couple of days ago for the base of the topper, and used scraps out of my scrap basket for the strips across the card, cut with a Nellie Snellon die, I used a couture die, to cut the back piece behind the Julie Nutting doll, which was stamped and paper pierced after being coloured with Faber-Castille water colour pencils ie" all the flesh and hair, I used a gel pen to colour the glittery shoes and around the neckline, sleeves, waistband and top and bottom of the skirt frill and of course, the shoes which in real life a very glittery and the little laces tied in a bow.   I used Kaisercraft Basics red stick on rhinestones for the pompom on the hat and the necklace.    I cut some small wings from the CheeryLynn cutting die, and then had to cut them down again to fit, but I think they do now!!  Hope you all like it, and thanks for visiting today, kind regards, Jasann  PS: the stamping was done with a Stazon Black stamp pad!! I am also entering this into the Christmas stampin challenge: http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com,au/2015/09/christmas-stampin-all-year-long.html

Merry & Bright

Hi everyone, a new card to enter into the Merry Monday Challenge #170, (use holly), http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au  I am staying at my son's home for the next two weeks, and did not bring all my craft stuff, a bit hard, as I seem to have heaps, so do not have many dies etc., but what I have on hand I used for this card, white cardstock, pile of gifts stamped with Stazon black ink pad, and coloured with Faber-Castille water colour pencils, and a Tim Holtz stencil Holly Bough, coloured with distress inks = evergreen bough and barn door. and stamped with a sentiment, I bought both those stamps from a garage sale so sorry everyone I do not know the manufacturer, and shaded around the edges with the barn door, hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting today.................

Star

Hi there everyone, here is a card I am going to enter into the 52 (Christmas) card throwdown, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au , it is for the August Sketch, and I picked challenge, I used January 2015 sketch.  I used Green Cardstock and shaded with Peel Paint and used two pieces of designer paper that was in my

scrap box,  I used a star die and a tag die that came free with Australia Simply Cards Magazine.   On the red paper I dry embossed with a Sizzex embossing folder "Christmas Numbers", and left the green side plain, on the red side I silver embossed the numbers with Distress Silver Embossing Powder.   Hope you like this one, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Gift Box

Good day everyone, Here is my card today, I am entering it into the 52 (Christmas) card throwdown technique challenge, Shaped Card. http://52cct.blogspot.com.au < I used a green cardstock and a red card stock for the ribbon bow.   I dry embossed the red pieces with a Sizzex embossing folder "Snowflakes" and shaded the edges with distress ink "Barn Door" and around the green I shaded with "Evergreen Bough"   I used a free die to cut the gift tag, this die came with Australian Simply Cards Magazine.   Hope you all like this card, Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

crazy bird

Here  is a card I made yesterday with the "Crazy Bird", I copied this bird because here in Australia the stamp set is over $53.00 and is too expensive for someone on a limited budget, I just hope it will look ok.  I used white cardstock, and used a stamp that I made from the Tim Holtz mini pine and holly die, and stamped the trees at the back also a star stamp that I made, I coloured my bird with Distress Ink "pumice stone" and "Barn Door" I used texture paste around his hat and pom pom, the little pile of gifts came as a gift from a friend, and I coloured the gifts with distress "Barn Door", "Faded Jeans" "Antique Linen" and "Evergreen Bough", and I put the sentiment on the inside of the card.  Hope you all like this, thanks for visiting, Jasann

Christmas Joy

Hello everyone, this card is for entry into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #169, Light Green, Dark Green and Red. http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au
  I used four different green elements for this card, Dylusions Ink "Cut Grass", Distress Spray Stain "Cracked Pistachio", Distress Ink Pad "Peeled Paint" Mix'd Media Inx embossing Powder "Peridot", four shades of green, I used a white cardstock for the base and used Tim Holtz stencil "Festive" and a plain red card for both the edges, this is the last of my red card, have to buy more!!!  and used some red rhinestones from Kaisercraft basics, and some red gel ink pen for the berries, the two ink sprays were sprayed through the stencil and for the sentiment "Christmas Joy" which was an old stamp that came out of my stash, I used the distress ink to stamp and the embossing powder on top of that, which gave a two tone effect which I am quite happy with.  Thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann 

Snowman

Hello everyone, hope everyone is having a good day, I made this card today to enter into the 52 (Christmas) card Throwdown, August Theme Challenge - "For a Child" http://52cct.blogspot.com.au, and hope this cute snowman will be liked, I used white cardstock for the base and for the topper I sprayed Dylusions Ink Spray in London Blue and used Tim Holtz stencil "Tracks" and Dylusion stencil "Chequered Dots" with water and that's how I  got the lovely background with seemingly snowdrops on the scene, I stamped Tim Holtz Blueprint Snowman onto the card and also a separate one that I could colour and add with dimensional tape.   I used a selection of Stabilo  Pens,  Crayola Markers and Distress re-inker (tumbled glass) to colour the snowman and his features.   The sentiment came from a "Clear Impressions" stamp. I am pretty pleased with this one and think that any one of my grandsons would like this card!  Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone, here is a card I am entering into the August Challenge at Scrapbook Boutique, http://scrapbookboutiquenews.blogspot.com.au , I haven't entered any thing in these challenges before, but am now diving in!!!   this card is on a black cardstock base, and was stamped with a stamp I made, with Debbie Henderson's video tutorial, Debbie's Designs, and it worked very well, I used my Cheery Lynne die - Steampunk Butterfly - with foam that I bought at Lyncraft at Victoria Point, south of Brisbane, when I was visiting my daughter last Christmas.  For the background I used a tutorial from Split Coast Stampers - Lee Anne Cross - Stencil Monoprints - they also have a video tutorial, I am very pleased with the way this turned out as it is my first time using this technique.   I used two shades of red, Memento Ink Pad - Lady Bug, and Distress Inks - Barn Door.   For the Butterflies I used Memento Ink Pad - Burmuda Blue. I used Liquid Perfect Pears for the dots in the butterfly feelers and Stick on Blue Rhinestones for the other little embellishments, and the Happy Birthday stamp came from ab old stamp set that I have had for ages and lost the packaging, so can't say who the manufacturer was. I shaded around the edges with Burmuda Blue   Hope you like this card and many thanks for visiting, Jasann

Traditional

Hi everyone, here is my entry in the 52 (Christmas) Card Challenge, it is the August Colour Challenge = traditional red and green, which should be the predominate colours, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au , I used a red background and a green Christmas tree that was a gift from one of my friends, and stamped and paper pierced some small gifts for under the tree, I put red ribbon across the lower section of the card, and used small red rhinestones, (stick-on) from Kaisercraft basics.  The little sentiment stamp is from Clear Impressions Stamp set and the small flag is from a scrap of red and cream scrap booking paper.  I am also entering this into the Sunday Stamps Challenge - SSC107 - colour challenge, reds and greens, http://sundaystamps.blogspot.com.au, hope you all like it and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Birthday Album

 Hi everyone, here is a birthday album that I made for my friend, the inspiration came from Graphic 45 Waterfall album by My Sister's Scrapper, and I followed all the instructions and it turned out beautifully, the tutorial was very good and easy to follow.  I used a paper pad "Happy ever after" 48 page paper stack that I bought at Big W and it is lovely heavy paper, with lovely designs, for the front I used a Cheery Lynn Steampunk Butterfly, and some Royal Roses made from a Die Namics cutting die, from various papers, and black card stock for the bases of the waterfall. I shaded the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Vintage Photo".   Hope she likes it!  Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

holly bough

Hi there, here is my entry to the Case-ing Christmas Challenge #28! which is now a monthly challenge, http://case-ingchristmas.blogspot.com.au , I used a white cardstock base and stencilled the Holly Boughs with a Tim Holtz stencil of the same name with Distress Ink Evergreen Bough and the Holly was coloured with a red Crayola Marker.   I cut the lace from copy paper with a Nellie Snellen Die Number MFD023, I have had this die for ages and have used it a lot. I used a red gingham ribbon and some gold beads for the extra embellishment, and used a stamp from Classic Christmas Collection from Clear Impression, and I shaded around the edges with the Distress Ink, Evergreen Bough.    I hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Pastel Pines

Hi there everyone, here is a card I made today to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, #168, Pastels, and I used a white card base and a Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, Pines, and shaded them with some Blending Chalks that have been in my stash for years and years!!!  I also used a Memento Ink Pad for the sentiment, in "Pear Tart" and the sentiment stamp is from the Classic Christmas Collection from Clear Impressions stamps. all very pale and subtle, hope you like it, Thanks for visiting, Jasann

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August Sketch Challenge

Hi there, It is a lovely sunny day today, and I made this Christmas Card to enter into the
52 (Christmas) card Throwdown, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au, it is the August Sketch Challenge, and I used White Cardstock for the base and used scraps from last year's Christmas Cards, to add the various pieces and also make the Pointsettia's I used pale green rhinestones for the centres of the flowers, and used a Marianne's Creatables die  and a stamp pad from Clear Impressions for the Christmas sentiment, I used a Memento Ink Pad "lady bug" for all the shading on this card.   I was happy making this card and hope you like it too.  Thanks for visiting, Jasann