Surfin' Santa.....

 Popping in today to share with you my inspiration for this months challenge over at The Crafters Cafe Blog Challenge, which starts today.

This month our theme is Anything Goes with the option of Monochromatic and the challenge runs for the month of November and December

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I have chosen an image from Dr Digi's called Surfin' Santa and have coloured him in Copic Markers using Warm Greys.  Once coloured I used my cloud stencil and Distress Oxide in Pumice Stone to compliment the Warm Grey colouring. The image was then backed onto a piece of warm grey Bazzil cardstock and I used a light warm grey to cut out the sentiment.  

Supplies used:

Dr Digi's House of Stamps - Surfin'  Santa 

Paper Roses Die - 16575 Stitched Rectangles

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die - 660058 Holiday Words Script

Copic Markers - W1,3,5,7,9

Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Pumice Stone

Thanks so much for looking 

We love seeing all your creations, so please join us and look forward to seeing you again when the challenge returns in January 2025.

Until next time - Happy Crafting

Celebrate ....

Hi everyone.

Dropping in today as it is the 5th of the month and that means it is the start of the new challenge month over at Bizzy Becs.

My card that I am sharing was created to celebrate our son's 30th birthday and I love how it came together.  The new Tim Holtz colorize die Celebrate was a perfect addition to my stash together with the Alphanumeric Emporium dies and just had to use them to create this card.

First I chose different colours of blue and cream cardstock for the cake and after sorting my dies, cake parts together, balloons together etc, I put them onto magnetic sheets and put them back into the folder I then die cut all the parts needed for the cake.

I embossed my blue cardstock next with the Numbered texture fade from Tim Holtz as it was a perfect addition to this card and put it all together after inking edges with walnut stain.

I then cut out 3 of each of the sentiment using the new alphanumeric emporium dies from Tim Holtz from a shiny brown cardstock and glued them together

                                                                                                             Supplies used:

Tim Holtz Colorize Thinlits Die - Celebrate

Tim Holtz Thinlits Die - Alphanumeric Emporium

Tim Holtz Texture Fades 3d embossing - Numbered

Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pads - Kit 3 Walnut Stain

Thanks for looking

Until next time

Happy Crafting

Brushstroke Flowers #2....

Hi again, dropping in today to share another creation with you.

  For my card , I have used some Distress Oxide Ink Pads, Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder and Tim Holtz Sizzix dies  and have to say I am quite happy with the result.

Firstly,  I die cut the flowers & leaves from watercolour paper then put various colours of ink pad onto my craft sheet and spritzed them with water.  I then smooshed the flowers around in the ink until I was happy with look.  Oxide always drys a little lighter so I made sure it was a heavy application.   The process was then repeated with the leaves.  When they were dry I inked around the outside of the die cuts with Walnut Stain Distress Ink pad and then used my Foundry Wax for some gold highlights.

The embossed background was wiped over lightly with Kitsch Flamingo to create a pop of colour and then die cut to fit nicely on my card base.

Supplies used:

Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz - Brush Stroke Flowers #2

Tim Holtz 3d Texture Fades - Doily

Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz - Stitched Rectangles

Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz - Celebrations Word Script

Tim Holtz  Distress Oxides 

Ripe Persimmon,Rusty Hinge,Mustard Seed,Fossilized Amber,Wild Honey,Carved Pumpkin

Kitsch Flamingo, Old Paper,Crushed Olive,Peeled Paint

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain

(similar results can be achieved using Distress Ink Pads)

Ranger Distress Foundry Wax - Gilded

Paper Roses -  Black & White Sentiment Sheets

Minc Foil reactive cardstock

Go Press Foil - Gold Iridescent Triangle Pattern

Minc Machine

Thanks for looking

Until Next Time - Happy Crafting

Trees...

 Hi popping in today to share a new card.

I have been mulling this idea around for some time on how I would use the Tim Holtz thinlits dies - Stacked Hexagons that I have in my stash.  The card didn't turn out quite like I anticipated, but I was happy with the result.

After stamping out the trees on my inked background I cut them out with the Hexagon dies and then edged them with the Finnabair Aged Brass wax.  This made the image pop.

Supplies used:

Darkroom Door Stamp DDRS018 - Trees

Sizzix Tim Holtz  Thinlit dies - Stacked Tiles Hexagons

(Not listed but can be ordered if available)

Creative Expressions Die Mini Expressions - Belated Birthday Wishes

(not listed but can be ordered if available)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Carved Pumpkin, Peacock Feathers & Chipped Sapphire

Finnabair alchemy waxes - Aged Brass

Thanks for looking

Until next time - Happy Crafting

 

Brushstrokes Flowers #1...

 Hi everyone, dropping in today to share with you all my latest card and its the 5th of the month which means the Anything Goes Challenge  over at Bizzy Becs is starting again for a new month.

I was lucky enough to receive a voucher this year for my birthday and bought the Tim Holtz thinlits die Brushstroke Flowers #1.  I am so happy to have finally cracked open the packet and played.  Love this die and how my card turned out.  So much easier with everything for one flower on a single die.

Supplies Used:

Tim Holtz Thinlits Die - Brushstroke Flowers # 1

Taylored Expressions Die - Basketweave Cutting Plate

Altenew Stamp - Half Tone Hello

Distress Ink - Ground Espresso 

Pretty Pink Posh - clear bubble embellishments

Wow - white & black embossing powder

13 arts - Gold XS microspheres

Thanks so much for looking

Until next time

Happy Crafting