Thinking of you

A card for a couple of challenges.

CAS on Friday want to see a musical reference and AAA Cards have an Along the edge challenge.

 I haven't gone for the optional  twist this time, as I wanted to use this old violin stamp from Rubbadubbado, and it doesn't have a die to match so I cut it by hand.

We are now into the third week of being without a kitchen. It is being painted as I type, we are waiting for a couple of cabinet doors, as I changed my mind about the layout a little so another couple of doors had to be manufactured. On Friday the quartz will be fitted, swiftly followed I hope by the installation of the hob and the sink and taps. We will then have a couple of days grace before the floor is fitted, after which we will probably retire to a darkened room to get over all the upheaval!

Hopefully the end is in sight!

 

Musical birthday

Happy New Year to you all!

As most of my cards are sold as a fund raiser for my choir and purchased by its members, the purchasers often like to have cards with a musical link or theme!

Here is one such, for the CAS Challenge at Happy Little Stampers

I added a little extra texture to the front panel with an embossing plate from Papertrey Ink, over which I added a strip of Tim Holtz Washi Tape. The violin was stamped with a very old stamp from Rubbadubbadoo, using Versafine Black Onyx ink and then clear embossed. It was cut out and mounted on dimensional pads.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

We had a great holiday for our anniversary and came home straight into the celebrations for Christmas spent with our daughter and grandchildren. 

We managed to find a rocking horse for our grandson... something which he has wanted for quite some time, but until this year my daughter didn't have space to house one, but having moved to a new property, we thought now was the time. Keeping him sequestered in the back of the car until Christmas morning was a challenge, but all was well!

He loves him!

Black & White Christmas

Here is a card using the sketch from CASe this Sketch

It's a really simple make using a Free stamp from a Magazine, a strip each of Washi tape and black card and a circular mount for the image.

I stamped the image in Versafine Black Onyx and then clear embossed it to give some shine. The dies used for the circles were Framelits and Spellbinders.

It's also for the CAS challenges at Addicted to Stamps and More

 & CAS on Friday Use Washi Tape

A touch of washi

I have a friend who asks me to make the most challenging cards. 

She once asked for one with a caterpillar tractor on... this time she asked for a birthday card for her husband, who is about to embark on cycling the Pilgrim's Way in Spain. She specified that she wanted a bike be-laden with panniers.

This is my attempt! I took a photograph of such a bike and changed it to black and white and then added a little washi, stuck onto card and cut into a couple of pennants, a backdrop embossed with a chevron pattern which reminded me of cycle tracks and a computer generated sentiment.

I hope she approves!

It actually fits the challenge at the Male Room, which involves adding washi.

The next one follows the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

For this I took a piece of copy paper and scrunched it up, when unfolded, I swiped it with Memento Summer Skye ink and then spritzed it with water to soften the edges of the ink.

The dies used were Sizzix daisies, Impression Obsession dragonflyand Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangles. The sentiment is from LOTV.

This afternoon I'm going to deliver the 22 Thank you cards I made for my DIL's charity...see previous post. I hope she'll be pleased.

Washi!

Washi Tape

Our challenge at Less is More this week is to use washi tape and I have made a few cards using some bought and some home made tape.

This one is from Tim Holtz and is a simple Stampin' Up image coloured partly with ink and partly with a marker.

Here is the same image but this time using home-made washi tape. Simply tissue paper, backed with double sided tape, stamped and cut into strips. Easy Peasy!

This is back to using the Tim Holtz tape, which matches the design on the bird from A Day for Daisies.

I think it's such a cute image!

I have had an abscess around one of my teeth and to date have had two sessions of root canal work. It has not been the most pleasant of times and I now have to wait for a few weeks until I have the final treatment. I'll just keep taking the anti-biotics and hope that it all goes away!