Happy Smile

 I made these cards in the Simon Says Stamp On Line Stencilling class, Day 1,   I used different stencils and the Happy die from Die-Namics MFT's, and the flowers and smile sentiment are stamped with a stamp from Inque.com, I bought this from K Mart a long time ago and have only used it rarely, But am trolling through my old stuff to use what I have forgotten about, am liking this class, learned a lot of new things.

double embossing Christmas Card

Hi there, I made this card to go into the 52{Christmas} card throwdown, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au ,, this weeks challenge is Double Embossing - both dry and heat.   I used a dark green background cardstock with a white topper, embossed with an embossing folder from Darice "sheet music", and the Christmas tree is stamped from Tim Holtz blueprint Christmas stamp set embossed with an embossing powder that I bought from Lincraft long time ago, and the Merry Christmas stamp is from Kaisercraft that was a free gift with Australian Simply cards, issue 62.

Mixed Media Photo Layout

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This layout is thanks to Anna Dabrowski and the other artists who give tutorials on YouTube, This is a photo of my son and his wife taken on a cruise in September, and I used lots of objects hot glued onto a gesso'ed canvas, and used vintage photo spray and also a blue spray paint, and am pretty happy with the result, I used various laces and stencils with texture paste to add texture to the background, and the title should be N & B, not B & N because it looks like Ben which is the name of their eldest son, the ampersand is a bit big, but it is unique given the mistakes I made, I think I will keep it "as is"

Feathers Anniversary Card

hi there<   I made this card for my sons wedding anniversary, it is the usual white card stock base embossed with Tim Holtz Patchwork set emb.folder and shaded with various coloured ink pads, Memento, the Blue circle is from Nellie Snellons Multi Frames MFD030, the feathers are from Tim's "Writing Set" cutting die, this has become a favourite, and the roses are from Die-Namics cutting die "Mini Royal Roses"  the feathers are embossed with Ranger embossing powder superfine "Silver" and the little angel is from my stash and I shaded the edges of the card with Memento Danube Blue.

Christmas Birds on a Wire, mark 2!

I made this card as a portrait aspect also for the 52 {Christmas} card thrown down "A recipe"  Challenge, which is Monochromatic, C.A.S., ribbon and rhinestone, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au  for this card I used the embossing folder from Sizzex Snow and trees, but I think I've put in on back to front!    I used the Tim Holtz diffuser to make a space for the sentiment, which ended up with a blot, so I just put a rhinestone on top of it to cover it up!, I used the stencil I had made for the birds on a wire from the Sizzex cutting die with Memento Ink Pad "Cottage Ivy"  and the ribbon has been in my stash forever!!!
  The rhinestones are from Prima  "Say it in Crystals"

Christmas Birds on a Wire!

Hi There, I made this card this morning  to enter  in the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge which is "A Recipe" challenge, Monochromatic, C.A.S, Ribbon and Rhinstone, " http://52cct.blogspot.com.au, and made a landscape inspired by Mel Gardner from Australian Papercraft Essentials, mine is quite different though,  I used an embossing folder Sizzex Snow Flurries and used a Tim Holtz diffuser to make the space for the sentiment which is also a free stamp that came with the magazine, I cut out the Sizzex Bird On a Wire, cutting die to make a stencil which I coloured with Memento Ink Pad " Cottage Ivy" and the clear rhinstones are from Prima "Say it in Chrystals"   and the ribbon has been in my stash forever!!

Travelling Watch Man

I was searching today for a birthday card for my son, who travels overseas a lot in his job, and found inspiration on Suzz's Stamp Spot, http://suzzstampingspot.blogspot.com.au , she had a lovely card with the "Travelling Man" one of Tim Holtz great stamps, with a map etc as a background, I didn't have that stamp so used the Watch Man, and I embossed the background with another of Tim's embossing folders "airmail"  and spritzed it with a blue wash, (food colouring in a mini mister) and used one of the Tim's diffusers to cut out the circle, I used Faber-Castille water colour pencils to colour the man, and I used a stamp from Tim Holtz "Life's Possibilities" stamp set, I have used this stamp set quite often, it is a favourite, the card is edged with Memento Danube Blue ink pad, and the wording was printed on my computer, and the banners were cut from an old book, Stephen King's "Carrie"   the pages were quite yellow and I shaded the edges with Danube Blue.   I am happy with this, and would like to say "Thanks to Suzanne" for her inspiration.