Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Crazy Dog birthday card

Hi

Today I am entering a challenge on the Freshly Made Sketches bog - just for fun.  The brief was very clear so here goes.....






Again I am using the Crazy Dogs by Tim Holtz for Sizzix, and craft card with hessian is a change for me

Hope you like it

All for now

Pat


Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Tim Holtz crazy dogs stamps and dies

Hello

I found a random piece of card in my stash that I  wanted to use.   So I used it to stamp a crazy dog onto (with Stampers Anonymous crazy dog stamps), then cut it out with the matching Sizzix die- I finished with a sentiment from Tattered Lace. I think the dog looks like a dalmatian,  do you?



This card was very easy to make, the hardest thing was selecting the best colour to contrast with the black and white patterned papers.

Hope you like it

Pat

Monday, 6 February 2017

Valentine/Anniversary card using Tim Holtz Mixed Media dies by Sizzix

Hi
Today I want to share a card I made for my husband for our anniversary which is in a few days.  It could easily be a valentine card.


I kept the design quite simple, just letting the dies do all the work.

The dies were all Tim Holtz Sizzix dies.

All for now
Pat

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Crazy Dogs, birthday card with a mirror stamped technique

Hello

Today I have another card to show you - where I used one of the Crazy Dog stamps by Tim Holtz.
I created this by stamping an image, then reversing the stamp to give a mirror image.





I think this technique will extend the versatility of these lovely stamps.

I simply inked up the stamp, ran a brayer roller across it (which picked up the ink), then ran the brayer across my paper giving a reversed image.  Then I stamped the image next to it.

After several attempts at this I found it easier to brayer the mirror image first then it was easy to stamp in the right place for the second image.

The sentiment was produced on my printer.

I really will have to make an effort to make my next card using something different!  I love these stamps and dies.

All for now

Pat

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

A Valentine Card using Tim Holtz Crazy Dog stamps

Hello everyone

Today I used Tim's stamps, by Stampers Anoymous,  to make a valentine card.




I wanted to have two dogs facing each other, and rather than use two different dogs, from the crazy dog set of stamps, I wanted to try to use one stamp and stamp a mirror image using the same stamp.

It took me a couple of attempts before I was happy with the result, what do you think?


I am happy with it, and it makes an ideal subject for this valentine card.  I hope you like it

All for now

Pat

Thursday, 12 January 2017

Congratulations - an engagement card

Hi

Today's card is a congratulations card which I made for a friend's engagement.



I was inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest,  and just made a few changes here and there, but kept it quite plain. 

I think it looks very classy, and I am very pleased with it, hope you like it

All for now


Pat


Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Crazy Dog birthday card

Hello, and a Happy New Year, I hope you had a good one.

Today's card is a birthday card I made for a dear friend.

I stamped the central image, then masked it off before stamping the other dogs.

I decided to colour in the one central image only, adhered this onto a spotted brown mat with a scalloped brown edge, then added several clear sequins .

I finished it with an organza ribbon.

Hope you like it

Pat