A 21st birthday card

Hello

I was asked to make a 21st card for a friend's son, so this is what I came up with:-

I knew I wanted to use a black and white colour scheme, with a pop of bright colour for this modern young man.
I had just taken delivery of some new dies which I just had to use, - they are both sets of Sizzix thinlit dies by Tim Holtz, called mixed media and scribbles and splat.
The balloon die was a freebie which came with a magazine, and I have found it very useful.

All for now

Pat

70th birthday card for a man

Hello

Another age related card today. I made it a while ago for a friend's 70th birthday.

I find it difficult to make male cards, but I am very pleased with this.

I stamped random stamps to make the background, then stamped the figure, cut him out, and paper pieced him together with a jacket cut from shinny black card.

The guitar was a copyright free image from the Internet which I printed onto card and covered in glossy accents, I also made his shoes shiny with with glossy accents as well.

The cogs were from a Spellbinders set and cut from gold mirri and black art scraperboard which I  sanded back to give an industrial look.

Hope you like it 

Pat

A 50th birthday card

Hello
Today I would like to share with you a card which I made for my friend's 50th birthday.

I used I die (champagne glass) which recently came with a magazine, and a new Spellbinder's die in their Amazing Paper Grace range -called Cascading Grace designed by Becca Feeken.  You should check out her blog - it is amazing.

Well I am quite pleased with the card,  but feel I should have reigned myself in, and not put on so many embellishments!!
However I am pleased with the champagne glasses which I cut from acetate, coloured the stems with a silver Promarker, then coated the back with glitter glue so that it looked like a bubbly drink.
I completed with flowers and jewels.

Hope you like it

Pat

Any one for tea?

Hi

One of my prizes (see my previous post) was a stamp set by Taylored Expressions which came with a matching die.
After stamping the stacking teacups I coloured them with Promarkers keeping the shades in one colour to match the background paper.

After cutting out the stamped image, with it's matching stamp, I raised it on foam pads then coated it with glossy accents.

The sentiment is from the stamp set, and the decorative dies are from my Sizzix and Spellbinders collection.

All for now

Pat

New baby card

Hello

I am lucky to have been chosen as a runner-up up in the Card Designer of the year (2015 ) run by Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.

My prize was a box of craft goodies, which was a lovely surprise.  So in this post I will share a card I made with some of these goodies.

The rocking horse die is beautiful, and will be very useful. 

After I had cut it out I inked through the die with distress ink to give the detail.

I made a balloon stamp by cutting craft foam with  a balloon die, then using this as a stamp.  So I stamped the balloon onto shrink plastic then cut it out and heated to shrink it. 

The scalloped border was actually two or three flowers which were cut apart and stuck to the bottom of the patterned paper.

I finished with a sentiment which I printed with my computer

Hope you like this 

Pat 

Clean and Simple - a Valentine card

Hi there

Today I would like to share with you an anniversary card I made for a couple of close friends, but changing the sentiment would give a great, easy, valentine card.

I have kept it simple for a change , and I am very pleased with it.

Before I ran the front panel through my Big Shot, with an ebossing folder, I stamped the black splats and sentiment .  

Then I  dusted the edges with antique linen distress ink.  

The sentiment is made up from two different stamps, I simply masked the unwanted areas of each stamp before inking them, then removed the mask before stamping.

I hand-cut the heart then flooded it with glossy accents into which I  put a red crystal, then tied a matching red ribbon across the top. 

This is quite plain for me, but I am very pleased with it. 

Pat

Cards with a spritzed background and stamping using JOFY stamps

Hi
Today I want to share two cards which I made using my new JOFY stamps from
PaperArtistry.

I made backgrounds by simply spritzing with a solution of Brusho paints.

To make the spritzing solution I dissolved a quarter of teaspoon of Brusho crystals in water, then put the solution into a small spray bottle.  This picture shows the spritzer and their effects:-

Next I stamped several images with my JOFY stamps ,  and coloured them with Promarkers, then added an extra flower for dimension.

Hope you like this

Pat