Yay, I got to ink up my new background stamp (yeah ok, this card was just an excuse to use a new stamp) My apologies for the crappy photo, the weather here has been terrible and overcast the last few days and I cannot take a decent photo at the best of times :) So, I have inked my edges in vintage photo distress ink and then glittered them, my dp and flowers were drowned in pearl glimmer mist. Tilda and Edwin are popped up on foam adhesive. All the bits and pieces are from my stash. Oh, I almost forgot to mention my new favourite toy... my spica pen, I LOVE it!!! I have slathered it all over my image :)
You can check them all out HERE...
I got around to using my new nesties on this page, yay, I love this shape :) The lace, ribbon trim and flourish with a bling pearls are from TPS (the pearls are now on sale for half price!!)
I have used more pearls on this page to make swirly flourish patterns but it did not photograph too well on the spotted paper... I really did not think that one through, lol!! I used pearl glimmer mist on the flowers to make them all pretty and shimmery and added crystal effects to the chipboard 'just married' to give it a lovely shiny finish.
You can see them better in the below pictures, I usd a Stampin' Up scalloped circles punch for the lare flower and a big flower punch for the smaller one, then I scrunched the sapes and glimmer misted the with graphite glimmer mist.
Also the new Magnolia Ink is available for pre-order and is expected to arrive next week!!! Woo Hoo!!
What do you think, is your mind racing with the possibilities? Mine was, and originally I was going to go super girly with the lace doohickey and flowers and glitter etc, etc... but then I changed my mind and thought I would really challenge myself and give Edwin some love and make a boy card. Then I went a little further out of my comfort zone (not that I thought that it was possible) and go for colours I would not normally use with these little pirate cuties (raise your hands if you automatically got for the black and skulls too :p)
It's pretty simple, but boys cards usually are for me. Edwin is coloured in copics and I have inked my edges with vintage photo distress ink. The DP is October Afternoon. Card stock is from my stash, and did you notice, shock horror, no kraft!!! The sentiment is from Kraftin Kimmie, available from TPS, as is the charm.
This is just a close up of my wavy sentiment bit, I was most pleased with this bit, I have seen people do this before but never tried it myself until now :)
I hope you are all enjoying the previews as much as we love bringing them to you, stay tuned because we have another newby for you tomorrow right HERE... and don't forget our new TPS challenge blog going on over here, it's anything goes so whip out those pinkys (TPS exclusive stamps) and play along with us :)
I have used my new Websters papers, also available from TPS (as was the tag die, a magnolia doohickey) and because they were so gorgeous I did not want to cover them up too much, hence my strangely shaped card, it's much larger than I normally do so I could get as much paper on as possible, I really hated cutting it up :) I made the flowers myself and then popped a tag in behind Cherrie (I tried to stick with a tag theme, lol) The sentiment ans swirl on the tag are from the valentines sentiment set, also being released this month from TPS. This set has a frame for your sentiments and a die (like the Christmas set) which are fabulous, I love the framed sentiment/matching die thing! I have also inked and glittered all my edges as ell as spritzing some glimmer mist around... no that it has shown up in the photos, ggrrr!!
Now I look at it I wish I had not made the card so large, or that I filled the card more, I guess it just looks too bare to me, hahaha!! I guess I just can't decide what I want to do :)
I have used the gorgeous sleeping bub stamp form Magnolia, have had it for a couple of months now (even coloured up 3 images, and then lost them) and this is my first hard with him/her... today it's a him :D I got some new nesties from Santa this xmas, I was sooo excited to receive crafty stuff, LOL, so they had to come out for a play. All the DP's are magnolia and the tag is a magnolia doohickey (I totally love this one). I have glittered all my edges (which you can actually see... miracle...) and the bubbies wings (with I then slathered with glossy accents so they would bee lovely and smooth as well as super sparkly) I have also used some pearl glimmer mist on the flowers and leaves but even in real life it is difficult to see... bummer.
I am entering this little baby (haha) into the following challenges:
7 kids college fund - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Use something new
Creative craft challenges - anything goes
Dutch dare challenges - New beginnings
Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar - Anything goes
Pile it on - Brand spankin' new
Simon says stamp and show - show your newest stamp
Stamp something - Something with glitter
Totally Gorjuss - For someone special
*phew* ok, thanks for making it this far, I seem to have acquired a bad case of the waffles lately, lol!
... and she is looking for designers now! If you are like me and have a huge stash of cards sitting around doing nothing then why not head over here... and check it out!
The papers are from a 6x6 Kaiser pad, one of the Christmas ones.
A photo of Levi in his tiny suit looking adorable (he screamed when he saw a camera that day so as a result we don't have many photos of him mid tantrum)
And last of all our wedding cake! One of my bridesmaids has been emailing pictures of it to everyone saying she wants it for her wedding cake too, lol!
I have used the chair (I think it's called Santa's wishing chair... or something like that) from this years Christmas collection and Santa's little helper Tilda from the 2009 range. She is popped up on foam adhesive for a little dimension. All my colouring is with my copics, the papers are from Kaiser. I have glimmer misted my flowers (I think you can actually see it on the red one) and the swirly chipboard thingy (I am loving the glimmer mist on chipboard, the woman mentioned it at my local shop the other week when I was buying more glimmer mist and it just gives it such a lovely shimmer)
Didn't I tell you it was great, think of the possibilities, I was halfway done with my card and about to embellish the hell out of it, as you do (or I certainly do, lol), when I stopped and thought 'hey, I really like it just like this' so, this is probably my first ever clean and simple (for me, anyways) card. I guess it just proves how much I loved this sketch, I did not want to hide it away under flowers and anything else I could get my hands on, bahaha!
I have used Willow from the Lil Christmas range (get yours HERE) and blown up and cropped her head, the green and spotty red papers are kaiser Christmas papers I have used kraft card stock (yup, I'm obsessed, it's officially on EVERYTHING now,lol) and everything else is from the stash. I have glittered around all my edges for a bit of festive sparkle and added a bit to the star on the tree too!
So, the card, finally I hear you all say... The papers were actually from a pack I picked up in Kmart, and the ribbon too I think. Cardstock is Kraft and some green I had in the stash. The flowers are from iamroses.com, the chipboard 25 ornament and tiny bells are from my local scrapbooking shop (I so have to go back and get more!) and the Maggie and pearls are from TPS.
