Thursday, February 15, 2024

Simple Stories Hello Lovely Valentines Day Card

 
Hi everyone 😀

Today I am sharing a Valentines Day card that I made for my daughter:  


I used a Simple Stories Card Kit called 'Hello Lovely' but made a couple of changes.

I changed the sentiment and added some Stampin' Up! and Echo Park Enamel Dots in matching colours.  I also punched some pale pink glitter hearts using a Carl CP-8 Heart Duo punch and glued them between the butterflies.  I used my 1/2" Corner Chomper to round the right-hand corners.

All the layers were glued down using Tombow Mono Multi glue.

Not that you can see in the photo but I added some glitter using my Quickie Glue Pen and Bellbird Paperarts Diamond glitter.  It looks so pretty in real life.  

I am sick with COVID at the moment which is frustrating.  It took me a year to get over my last bout having just got my stamina back in December but would still get really tired.   Hopefully I will bounce back more quickly this time.  

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Accessories:  Simple Stories Card Kit - Hello Lovely, Enamel Dots - SU and Echo Park, We R Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chomper, White Card Base, Pale Pink Glitter Cardstock, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Quickie Glue Pen, Bellbird Paperarts 008 Diamond Glitter

Punches:  Carl CP-8 Heart Duo 


Monday, January 1, 2024

Lavinia Christmas Cards Number 2 and 3

 
Hi everyone 😀

Here are two more Christmas Cards that I made this year - which are essentially CASE's of Karen Telfer's card from the Lavinia Stamps YouTube Channel.  I did add some of my own touches to it so it isn't exactly the same.  It was really just trying something new to see how it worked out when someone else has already done the hard work.  You can click on THIS to see Karen's card video. 

For the first card, I used the same Distress Oxide inks that Karen did and for the second card, I chose some different ones.


I used Lavinia Multifarious White Cardstock to make the background and added some white copy paper to mask off the area for the snow.  I blended Distress Oxide Inks in the colours Seedless Preserves, Spun Sugar and Wilted Violet using my Ranger Round Ink Blending Tool.  Once I was happy with the blend, I splattered on some water then dried it with my heat-gun.  For the tree background, I stamped various Lavinia StampsTree Scene, Small Fairy Fir Tree and Fairy Fir Tree 2 - some are 1st generation stamping - others 2nd or 3rd - using Altenew Obsidian Black Pigment Ink.

I removed the snow mask then dried off my panel.  I used a Powder Bag on the sky then stamped the Lavinia Mini North Star using Versamark Watermark ink and added some Ranger White Detail Embossing Powder that I added some Bellbird Place Diamond Glitter to - then heat-set it using my heat-gun.  I bought a big jar of this glitter when the store 'Bellbird Place' used to go to Craft Shows but they are no longer in business.  

I stamped the bunny - Lavinia Pipin Mini - and the word 'Hope' which is from the 3 Blessings set - using the Obsidian ink then dried it off so I wouldn't accidentally smear it.  I used a White Posca Pen to make the snow then added tiny dots of glue with a Quickie Glue Pen and sprinkled on some of the Diamond Glitter for some lovely sparkle.  I coloured under Pipin with a Grey Pencil just to ground him. 

Lastly, I went around the image with my Ranger Blending Tool with a mix Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac.  Because I didn't have any matching cardstock for matting the main panel, I made my own using a mix of Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac - and then matted that onto white cardstock.  All the layers were glued together using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.  

And now, here is the next card with a different Distress Oxide Combo which is one I came up with as I was feeling brave:


This colour combo is:  Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass.  The card is otherwise the same process as the first one.  I also made my own matting cardstock layer using Wilted Violet then layered that onto a white card base.

The cards are so pretty and sparkly in real life.  Because the weather was so dreary, the photos are a little dull but I had no choice because I needed them for Christmas Day.  Oh well! 

Thank you Karen Telfer for the inspiration.  I wasn't very confident initially with making the blended ink background and doing the stamping because I am not used to doing that sort of thing - but once I had done a couple of backgrounds and was happy with how it turned out, I made a bunch of cards.  Karen's video was so easy to follow and she is very encouraging so I urge you to watch the video and have a go yourself.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Lavinia Tree Scene LAV219 + Small Fairy Fir Tree LAV489 + Fairy Fir Tree 2 LAV492 + Pipin Mini LAV581 + 3 Blessings LAV673 + Mini North Star LAV707

Ink:  Altenew Obsidian Black Pigment, Versamark Watermark, Distress Oxides - Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac

Designer Paper and Dies:  None

Accessories:  Heat-gun, Lavinia Multifarious White Cardstock, White Copy Paper,  Powder Bag, Ranger White Detail Embossing Powder, Bellbird Place Diamond Glitter (retired), Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Quickie Glue Pen, Posca White Pen, Ranger Round Ink Blending Tool, Grey Pencil




Sunday, December 31, 2023

Lavinia Stamps Christmas Card #1

 
Hi everyone 😀

I have been super-busy in my Craft Room the past few weeks making Christmas Cards and will share them over several blog posts.  

This is one that I made for my Mother:


To make my card, I first masked off the top section on a piece of Lavinia Stamps multifarious card with blue painter's tape so I could ink-blend my background.  I used my Tim Holtz round ink blending tool to blend Distress Oxide inks in the colours Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass.  I removed the tape then heat-set it using my heat-gun.

I stamped my Lavinia Stamps Tree Branch using Altenew Obsidian Black pigment ink.  This ink is my favourite for stamping silhouette images as it gives excellent coverage.  I heat-set the image so I didn't end up smearing it as I am such a clumsy person no matter how hard I try not to be 😏

I added some White Puffy Paint which I bought a few weeks ago from KMart (Australia).  It came in a pack of 12 colours for $9.00.  I heated it and watched the magic as it puffed up to look like snow.

I masked off the card again around the ink-blended panel and splattered the panel using a White Posca Pen and heat-set it because I would smear it for sure!

I stamped the sentiment which is from a set by Lavinia Stamps called Seasonal Words then added various silver glitter cardstock diecut/punched snowflakes of various brands.  I have a container full of punched/diecut snowflakes ready for my cards as I do multiples when I make them.  I added tiny Silver Couture Creations rhinestones to the snowflake centres.

I rounded the RH corners with a We R Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chomper then added the panel to a card base and tied on some silver twine.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!  We had a hot Christmas lunch with my brother and family - and my mother was there for a little while as she is 93 and in full-time care and very frail.  I am not sure if she really knew what was happening as she was very mixed up and not making much sense.  It was nice to be together as due to distances, we don't see each other very often.  The weather was very, very wet and dreary - it rained ALL day which is very unusual for our typically hot Summer in Melbourne.  I feel sorry for anyone who planned for their Christmas get-togethers outside - but being in Melbourne, we are known as "4 seasons in one day" and it can be wet in the morning, very hot by lunchtime, very windy and stormy at 3pm and freezing by 7 pm.  You never can tell and the weather forecast is really only a guideline of what "might" happen!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for your support throughout 2023!

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Lavinia Stamps Tree Branch LAV506 and Seasonal Words LAV838

Ink:  Altenew Obsidian Black pigment, Ranger Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass

Designer Papers:  None

Accessories:  Lavinia Multifarious cardstock, silver glitter cardstock (stash), White Puffy Paint (KMart Australia), heat-gun, blue painter's tape, silver twine, White Posca pen, Couture Creations silver rhinestones, Ranger round ink blending tool

Punches:  Martha Stewart Snow Flurry edge (tiny snowflakes), WRMK Corner Chomper

Dies:  Various brands (for larger snowflakes)


Thursday, November 2, 2023

Halloween Card using mostly Lavinia Stamps

 
Hi everyone 😃

Happy Halloween to those of you who celebrate it!   Quite a few homes around our neighbourhood have had their decorations out for quite a while now - but being in Australia, it is certainly not as big as it is in the USA.   I have never seen SO MANY Halloween decorations in the stores this year though - it was mind-boggling!  We put up decorations today as I don't have alot and certainly nothing terrifying for the little kids and had quite a few groups come trick-or-treating - but gosh, it was freezing outside and only 9 degrees Celcius with a high wind-chill factor........brrrr 😬

Today I am sharing a card that I made for my daughter and I had SO MUCH FUN making it as it took me out of my comfort zone.


This is also my card for the following Challenges - click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge:

Splitcoaststampers - Technique Lovers Challenge TLC973 - Night Sky

Crafty Catz Challenge #656 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist of any 4 Legged Critter

To make the background, I grabbed some Ranger Watercolor Cardstock and used the smooth side.  I diecut a circle from 3M Post-It Craft Paper using a Lifestyle Nesting Circle die and my Big Shot so that I could mask off the moon.  I then wet the cardstock and sprayed various Dylusions Shimmer Sprays, Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays and Kaisercraft Kaisermist Sprays.  I dried the cardstock using my heat-gun and re-did the spraying till I was happy.  I removed the moon mask and sprayed water in just that area then sprayed some Antique Linen Distress Oxide spray and just let the colours bleed into each other then dried it with my heat-gun.  I was so pleased with how the moon looks - like it is glowing.

I watered down some Jo Sonja white acrylic paint and splattered that over the background using a fan brush and did the same with Jo Sonja pale gold acrylic paint.

I used my powder tool on the background then stamped the Lavinia Sacred Tree using Altenew Obsidian (black) pigment ink then heat embossed it using Ranger Black Super-Fine Detail Embossing Powder.  Because I wanted some sparkle, I first separated some of the black embossing powder and mixed in some Bellbird Place Diamond Glitter and it worked a treat.  I knew that I had some black sparkle embossing powder somewhere - but do you think I could find it?!  But tonight, it was in the drawer where I had been looking:  go figure!!

I then stamped the Lavinia Grass Silhouette and heat embossed that as well then sponged some of the black ink around the bottom of the cardstock and heat-set that with the same sparkly embossing powder.

I stamped the Lavinia Bat Colony over the moon and again heat-embossed it.  The owl is from a Hero Arts/Scrapbook.com Greetings collaboration set.  The spider and sentiment are from the Hero Arts - Happy Halloween CL353 set.  I drew a line from the tree branch to the spider using a Copic Black Multiliner in size 0.3.  

I WISH you could see the sparkle - it looks amazing in real life!  

I sponged some of the Obsidian ink around the edges of the card which really made a difference to the scene.

Once I had finished the panel, I glued it to some Core-dinations purple cardstock and trimmed it to 1/16" using my WRMK Tool - Layers Guide.  I glued the purple cardstock to some Kaisercraft Black Glitter cardstock and trimmed that to 1/8" - then popped the card front onto a white card base.    

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Lavinia - Sacred Tree LAV437 + Grass Silhouette LAV680 + Bat Colony LAV558, Hero Arts - Happy Halloween clear set CL353 (spider and sentiment), Hero Arts/Scrapbook.com collaboration clear set Greetings (released 2019)

Ink:  Altenew Obsidian (black) Pigment

Designer Paper:  Kaisercraft Black Glitter Cardstock

Accessories:  Sponge, heat-gun, Ranger Super-Fine Detail Black Embossing Powder EPJ37392, Bellbird Place Diamond Glitter, Dylusions Shimmer Spray Inks, Kaisercraft Kaisermist Spray Inks, Ranger Distress Oxide Spray Inks, Ranger Watercolor Cardstock, WRMK Tool - Layers Guide, Big Shot, 3M Post-It Craft Paper, Other Cardstock - Core'dinations Purple + white card base, Jo Sonja Acrylic Paint - Titanium White + Pale Gold, Fan brush, Powder Tool, Copic black multiliner 0.3

Dies:  Lifestyle Nesting Circles



Friday, September 8, 2023

Uniquely Creative Drive and Fly Father's Day Card

 
Hi everyone 😀

Today I am sharing a Father's Day Card that I made for my husband using the fabulous Uniquely Creative Drive and Fly Collection which was released back in August 2021:


In Australia, we celebrate Father's Day on the 1st Sunday in September so it was last Sunday.  We had a lovely and quiet day just enjoying the time together as a family.  Both our fathers passed away a very long time ago - so it is also a day of reflection for us.  I cooked a fruit cake (my husband LOVES fruit cake) and also had a roast for dinner which all went down a treat!

For my card, I followed the sample by Joanne Herbert in the Drive and Fly Creative Kit Club magazine and just added some Stampin' Up Rustic Metallic dots which matched the colour of the plane.

I really love this Uniquely Creative Drive and Fly range and it has been perfect for making masculine cards.  So glad that I picked up extras of the range as it is really hard to get now.

Before I go, I thought I would share a photo of our rescue cat Freya who is now a little over a year old:


Freya is the most ADORABLE cat and super-cuddly and affectionate.  She continues to gobble her food down like she still doesn't realise that she WILL absolutely get fed twice a day - so we do wonder what her circumstances were when she was rescued by the RSPCA when she was 7-1/2 months old - and the lady at the Cat Protection Society told me the other day that that behaviour may stay with her and would have stemmed from not knowing where her next meal was coming from and needing to eat quickly before another animal ate it.  

Other than that, Freya is just the sweetest little thing and has such a gentle personality and I am so glad that we adopted her.   Our home seemed so empty after Ruby passed away - and your heart just aches to give another unwanted cat a furever home.  Freya was wonderful company for me back in January when I got COVID and barely moved off the bed for 6 weeks.  When I was in isolation from the rest of the household for nearly 2 weeks, it was so comforting to have a cat to cuddle and sleep with me.  I am still recovering from COVID and have ongoing exhaustion/fatigue and trouble thinking/remembering so it has been more than a little frustrating!  Hopefully, I will improve soon!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer paper:  Uniquely Creative Drive and Fly 12" x 12" + Creative Cuts

Accessories:  Anko kraft card base (K-Mart), dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Uniquely Creative corrugated card, Stampin' Up Rustic Metallic adhesive-backed Dots



Thursday, August 24, 2023

Uniquely Creative Drive and Fly Birthday Card


Hi everyone 😀

Today I am sharing a Birthday Card that I made for my brother-in-law using a card kit by Uniquely Creative (Australia) called Drive and Fly which was released August 2021:


I followed the card sample in the kit for the most part but added the stars and a few other elements and left the ribbon off.  Some of the elements were trimmed from the papers in the paper pad and the rest are from the Creative Cuts pack.   I roughed up most of the edges with a pair of scissors.

I do love the Uniquely Creative Card Kits as they are so well thought out and easy to follow.  I also love that you can buy what is in the kits separately.  No connection to them - just a happy customer.  You can subscribe to their monthly card kits but I prefer to just choose what I want when they come out instead of being committed to automatically paying for one every month.  

Other than that, there is not much to say.  My brother-in-law loved his card which is always lovely to hear 😃 

I made another card with this kit and posted it to my brother but forgot to take a photo.  Oh well!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Paper:  Uniquely Creative Drive and Fly 6" x 6" pad + Creative Cuts

Accessories:  Dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, white card base


Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Mintay Garage Birthday Card No. 2

 
Hi everyone 😀

As I mentioned on my previous post, we have four masculine birthdays in August so I my Craft Room has been a whirlwind of activity.  Here is another Birthday Card using the awesome Mintay Garage Collection:


This is also my card for the following Challenges:

The Male Room - Challenge #177 - Dots and/or Stripes - my dots are the holes in the punched border, the Candi dots and the dots on the stars - and the stripes are the tartan designer paper.  This is my 2nd entry for their Challenge.
  

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - August - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers - Free for All Friday - F4A155 - Blues and Browns 

The main image was trimmed from one of the Mintay 12" x 12" papers which has 12 images on it so it makes life easy when you don't need to stamp and colour an image.  I chose this particular image as my husband plays electric guitar in two bands so having the guitar and amplifier was just a match made in heaven.  I fussy cut the stars from the Mintay Garage 6" x 8" Add-on Paper Pack and popped them up on dimensionals.  I did add some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush to the stars but you can't tell in the photo.  

The tartan designer paper is from the Mintay Garage 12" x 12" Paper Pack and the distressed brown designer paper is from the Mintay Garage 6" x 8" Add-on Paper Pack  All the layers were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.  The cardstock is by Kaisercraft.  

The sentiment is by Uniquely Creative from their Essential Birthday Sentiments Mini Cut-a-part Sheet and was popped up on dimensionals.

The beige cardstock border on the bottom was punched using my Fiskars Threading Water border punch which I use alot for masculine cards.  I added a score line next to it using my Martha Stewart Score Board.   The ribbon is from my stash and was added in 2 separate elements which I find easier and neater.

I added some Candi Dots on the top RHS with dimensionals.  I have had these Candi Dots in my stash for years.  They are like faux brads and so easy to pop onto your card. 

Once I had finished the card front, I glued it to an Anko Kraft card base using my Tombow Mono Multi glue.

Finished size is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" or 140mm x 140mm.

Thanks for visiting my Blog today!

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Papers:  Mintay Garage 12" x 12" Paper Pack + 6" x 8" Add-on Paper Pack

Accessories:  Candi Dots - Craftwork Cards (retired), dimensionals, Perfect Layers Tools, Ribbon - stash, Uniquely Creative Essential Birthday Sentiments Mini Cut-a-part Sheet, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Martha Stewart Score Board, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Anko Kraft Card Base (K-Mart Australia), Other Cardstock - Kaisercraft

Punches:  Fiskars Threading Water border

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