Cards with Rinea Foil

Sharing a card tutorial today, which is my first post as DT member for Rinea Foil. I am thrilled to work with this awesome foil paper!

 To begin I selected a flower die from Sizzix to cut into a black panel.

I also diecut flowers using Rinea foil sapphire/gold & silver/gold 

 I wanted to use the inlaid die cut technique, so after running it through the die cutting machine I used washi tape on the underside of the die cut flower to hold all the smaller die cuts in place. 

Next I carefully lifted the black die cut flower from the panel (the washi tape held all the inner small pieces in position) & replaced it with the blue die cut flower.

Placed the other foil flowers around to work on the layout

Glued some flowers around the focal inlaid flower.

The sentiment was heat embossed in gold.

Here is a look at the finished card - 

I love the dimension of the smaller flowers.

Remember to follow the blog for loads of inspiration from my fellow DTs!

Sharing this at - 

SSS - Monday Challenge - 18.6

Stamplorations - June CAS Challenge - 30.6

Addicted-to-stamps#150 - 24.6

PINspirational Challenge#192 - 20.6 (inspired by the flowers)

Mod Squad Challenge.com - spark-it-up - 13.6

HLS - June-anything-goes-with-dies - 29.6

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hello Friends!

In my last post for 2016 sharing two Christmas Cards, in a very  traditional Christmas color red!

For the first card I heat embossed the image & colored it with copics.

Linking this to  the following challenges

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge#2   31.12

Card Mania Challenge#87  29.12

Crafting Musketeers#44 29.12

In this card I first created the red background with distress inks & stencilled over it adding some more color to get the pattern. The image is heat embossed in gold.

Playing along the following challenges  

Pile it on Challenge#123 7.1

Come and Get it - 2.1

Crafting By Design - any holiday  28.12

Crafty Calendar - Christmas 28.12

Paper Creator - Christmas 31.12

Pink Gem Challenge#184  7.1

Scrapping 4 Fun: #80 Christmas  30.12

Christmas Cards All Year Round: December Anything Christmas/Holiday

Crafty Enjoyments: #12 All about Christmas 26.12

Inky Chics: #76 Christmas Card in traditional colours

Thank you all for the love, support & inspiration through the year! 

MERRY CHIRSTMAS! 

For a Special Teacher

Hello Friends!

Another Teacher's Day Card share today.

In this card I have used Paper Trey Ink stamps & dies - Wonderful Words - Teacher Mini Stamp Set & Tag Die#3. 

Sharing this at the following challenges - 

DL Art Thankful Thursday#187 - 7.9

Addicted to Stamps #209 - 5.9

Brown Sugar Challenge#214 - 7.9

Tag You're it Challenge#55 - 13.9 - The floral pattern & the sentiment hanging of the tag inspired me in the card design

Crazy Challenge#230 - 11.9

Sparkles Forum Challenge#83 - 14.9

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 6.9

Happy Little Stampers Challenge - 29.9 (The die cut tag is the focal element as in Asa's card & also the bold sentiment)

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For a Fantastic Teacher

Hello Friends!

Back with another Teachers Day card! No pattern papers here, distress ink resist & copic coloring on the die cuts are the highlights here! And don't miss the versatile washi tape on the left.

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Stamps - Teachers pet & the crayons - Lawn Fawn - You color my World.

Linking this to the following challenges - 

Lil Red Wagon#357 - 6.9

Tiddly in#189 - 5.9

The Crafty Addicts#23 - 13.9

Ooh-la-la-Creations#212 - 10.9

Pile it on Challenge#115 - 3.9

Trimmies Craft Challenge#379 - 7.9

Simon Says Stamp Challenge/ - 6.9

Brown Sugar Challenge#214 - 7.9 - TOP 3

Colour Crazy Challenge#21 - 16.9

Patties Creations #126 - 4.10

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Altered Note Book Cover

Hello Friends, 

This is my project for Lulupu Challenge#49. You will find all the details for this challenge at Lulupu Challenge #49 : Feminine - Use wings & Colour Palette.

I have an altered mixed media note book cover.

Lots & lots of layers here with stamping, misting & stenciling. The images were stamped on the gessoed surface, in two colors of Archival inks - jet black & vermillion. This was followed by misting with Glimmer mists. To mute down the colors I then added another layer of watery gesso. Finally some stenciling & stamping & my cover was ready! To finish it I stamped "Special Memories" - from the Kaisercraft - All that Glitters set, mounted this on black burlap sheet. The butterfly is also from the same set.

Sharing this at - 

We love 2 Create#11 - 6.6 

Stamps and Stencils(3 stamps) - 4.6

Fashionable Stamping Challenges#98 - 30.5

Fantasy Stampers#37 - 6.6

Corrosive Challenges by Janet#225 - 7.6

Avenue613#125(image, sentiment, stencil, enamel accents, burlap ) - 30.5 - HONORABLE MENTION

Altered Eclectics - 31.5

Simon Says Stamp - 4.6

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Monochromatic tag

 Good Morning friends.........as promised yesterday here am with another tag. This one is almost entirely done in blue. 
Let me briefly take you through the steps -

• To begin I used TCW - birds of a feather stencil with texture paste (homemade)
  to create the base layer, let it dry & then colored over with salty ocean distress paint. 
• Then stamped the script (stampaddicts - pot pourii) in archival black.  Added some crackle paint (rock candy) to the branches. A dash of brown & green highlights the branches.
• Next to tone down the color I added a layer of watery gesso.............

 

Look at the awesome texture! Added a bit of shimmer to all the birds with my favorite Wink of Stella glitter brush pen. 

The little black butterfly is from shrink plastic! 

And the bird charm compliments the theme of the tag, don't you agree? 

The cages were highlighted using vintage photo DI.

The maroon bird escaping from the cage is a rub on & I think is perfect to break the monotony of blue in the tag. 

Next I splattered run down gesso randomly over the tag.

 Playing this at the following  challenges -
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-148-anything-goes.html
http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2014/09/bgc58-textured-tag.html - WINNER
http://www.sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/all-crafts-challenge-augustseptember.html
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ltscb-37-lets-fly-away.html

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.in/p/new-challenge.html
http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.in/2014/09/september-challenge-anything-goes.html
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.in/2014/09/september-challenge-at-crafty-bloggers.html
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/2014/09/craft-it-up-and-link-it-up-anything.html
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-108-anything-goes-make-it-go.html
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.in/2014/09/throw-on-flowers-challenge.html
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/cch-179-three-of-kind.html (three mulberry flowers, three cages)
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/- WINNER

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Tag in a tag

Good Evening!

The current challenge at Beyond Grey Challenges is to make a tag with textures. I surely wanted to play along because I just love textures.

Enjoyed playing along with texture paste (homemade) & Tim Holtz layering stencil (rays) to create the base. Blended distress inks (mustard seed, spiced marmalade, rusty hinge & fired brick) over this several times. I then placed the stencil over the tag again.............this time I placed the design between the textured rays & then misted water to create some more rays! Take a closer look between the textured rays & you will know what I mean. The script was stamped over this diagonally as if emerging from the rays & the sentiment stamped on another cardstock & glued with foam dots. A beach chair charm dangling over the awesome trim coordinates so well with the sentiment. The bottom of the tag with metal corners has a little vellum pocket for another tag which is made from shrink plastic!  You have to see this tag in person to admire the super shimmer of the wink of stella over the textured rays.

I enjoyed making this so much that I have already started with another tag & writing this post while the background dries! So please do stop by again tomorrow.

Also linking this to - 

http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/albc-distress-it.html

http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.in/2014/08/udfordring-81-alt-er-tilladt.html

http://ladybugcrafts.blogspot.in/2014/09/september-challenge-july-winner.html

http://www.themirrorcrack1d.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/01-anything-mixed-media-goes.html

http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-110-use-lace.html

http://www.sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/all-crafts-challenge-augustseptember.html

 

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Mixed Media Journal

Hey lovely ladies!

Very delighted to share my first try at art journaling. I actively participate in the Friendship Swap organised by Riti & this time round the theme was to create the cover for an art journal, here is the altered journal cover I made - 

The sentiment is from a print ad & I think it was apt for the journal cover.

Used a coordinating pattern paper for the back - 

The spine -

Closer look at the details, plenty of colors, textures, stamping, stenciling, washi tape, rub ons, gesso, texture paste here - 

Sharing this at - 

http://art-journal-journey.blogspot.in/2014/05/05-2014-circles-kreise.html

http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2014/05/art-journal-every-day-an-additional-five-supplies.html

http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/1st-of-may-omw.html

http://craftandsmash.blogspot.it/2014/05/tema-washi-tapes.html

http://liastampz.blogspot.in/2014/04/challenge-64-anything-but-card.html

http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/imagination-crafts-may-challenge.html - TOP 3

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Acetate Card

Good Morning.............it is so wonderful to have you visit here again.

Catchy Challenges is back with a new transformed look, lots of inspiration & a new name - CSCC - Create Something Catchy Challenge. Hop over to the blog here for deets & don't miss the new fun batches! For this months challenge Deepti has challenge us to create a card inspired by this picture -

This is my card - 

I loved the challenge colors & the pattern paper (layered over black card stock) is so close to the colors in the picture. The front of the card is acetate & the washi tape border & the intricate die cut were enough to decorate the panel. The sentiment is glued to the inside of the card.

Linking to -

Challenges for Everybody#39

FSC#67

Glitter n Sparkle#74

Crazy for Challenges#225

SACC#46

Crafty Hazelnut'sPP

Cards Galore Challenge

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Create A Scene Cards

A super quick post to share two cards I made this month for the Color Conceptions Challenge Blog.
Hop over to the blog for details.

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B & W with Red

Good Morning!!!

Today I have a nice card to share with you.............used many die cuts in this one. The blooms are handmade using Tim Holtz tattered floral die cuts.

Entering this to the following challenges - 

DCAM Challenge - Featured

Delightful Sketches Challenge

PWC#273

Addicted to Stamps & More

CardMaking Mama's

Delicious Doodles Challenge

Sister Act Challenge

Have a great weekend!!!

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CAS(E)#36

Good Morning Friends!!

Started working on this card using the beautiful sketch at CAS(E)#36.

I find it most difficult to make CAS cards, so always try & play along CAS(E) every week. This is my card based on the above sketch. 

Once again I have used my fav Itsy Bitsy embossing folder on the card stock.

Also linking this to CFC 109.

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A Bright Card

Another card from me today , I have attempted to add lots of layers here.

The base of the card is a black CS overlaid with DP (DCWV mattstack - pretty poisies). Heat embossed the flowers with clear embossing powder, distressed over it with spiced marmalade & stamped the text. 

Layered the bottom with torn embossed paper, the edge is again distressed. Added washi tape & red florist mat (picked this at a florist.............that's what they call it). Also used raffia to highlight the washi tape

The little birdie, a love charm  & some rub ons completed the card. Also added some glossy accents over the EP to render a shine. I really liked the BG & though bright the colors feel fresh. 

Take a look at the details

Linking this to - 

Lets Get Trendy 3 - Day 5

House of Gilli #53

Incy Wincy Challenge (bottom line - 2 stamps, flowers, metal charm)

Crafts and Me Challenge 138

Simon Says Stamp Challenge

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