Row Row Row……….

your boat is this weeks card challenge at Scrapbook Sisters. Had to really think about this one. Didn’t have any boat stamps in amongst my many, probably hundreds of stamps. So I decided to use a House Mouse stamp and use the leaves as the little mouse's boat.

I used a tree stamp to stamp the branches at the edge of the card. Cut an oval aperture.

I used distress ink pads to colour the water background. Coloured the little mouse and leaves with copics, cut them out and layered them on to the background. Use your imagination for the oars – they are the leaves in his little paws.  Thought that this would be a little different take on the theme.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gayle x

Half a Century……..

Well my dear brother reached that milestone last Saturday. We all met up in London and had a superb meal at the floating Chinese restaurant. Not sure where abouts it is, but its near the high rise HSBC building. The diet really went to pot on saturday but it does you good to have a little blow out occasionally – well that’s my excuse anyway.

Well on to the card I made for him. I decided to combine a numbers card with one of my car digis and this is what I came up with.

I used a raised dot background paper/card for the numbers and cut out some white paper for road markings.

I drew  the Union Jack on the mini and coloured it with copics.

Two cocktail sticks coloured to hold the Happy Birthday banner.

The lights and back window are covered with glossy accents but it doesn't show on the pictures.

I have just finished my class tonight with my latest release of digi stamps. I will share the finished cards with you over the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by

Gayle x

Card Challenge

Hi Everyone

A quick post today with my example for Scrapbook sisters card challenge.

The theme this week is a ‘Recipe’ – 2 ribbons , brads and a flower. I did make a boo boo for this one. Completely forgot about the flower. So before I took the card up to the shop I added a tiny flower to the last mouse tail. Note to self – read things more carefully!

I used one of the House Mouse stamps with the dragonfly. This whole range is so sweet. Coloured them with copics.

For the dragonflies wings I coloured some white organza ribbon and heated it to create the crinkled effect. For the body of the dragonfly I pleated some narrow satin ribbon and threaded it through the card so it looks as though the mouse is holding on to it.

For the background paper I used copy paper and coloured it with copics (same colours I used for the organza ribbon) and blended them together.

Thanks for stopping by

Gayle x

A bit late……..

Hi everyone. A bit late with posting my contribution to Scrapbook Sisters latest card challenge ‘Distress’ , but as the saying goes ‘better late than never’. I’m still suffering with the cold of all colds courtesy of my son and I don’t seem to be able to get into anything at the moment. Its typical  - a bit of time off with Easter and this Bank Holiday and not well!!

Anyway for this challenge I decided to have a go with my latest Tim Holtz die – the umbrella man.

I cut him out from Grunge Paper and coloured with Black Soot distress pad. A second umbrella cut out and I drew on the Union Jack  which tied in well with the Brits theme we had this weekend with that fantastic wedding. I thoroughly enjoyed the day and didn’t Kate look absolutely beautiful. It was truly a fairytale wedding. No one can do what we do – it makes you proud to be British!

The Paris theme on the top paper section was stamped with Tim Holtz stamps and coloured with distress pads.

The bottom  paper was a section from Tims new Kraft paper pad. This pad is lovely as it has already embossed sections on it that act as a resist when applying colour to the paper.

I used an embossing pen to go over some of the sections on top and bottom papers and embossed with black embossing powder.

I used the remains of the cut out umbrella man to ink through to create a shadow behind before I used silicone to stick him on to the card.

If you haven’t entered a card in for the challenge yet there is still time. Good Luck.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gayle x

More for the men

Back to work today, but a short week – hurray!

A few more examples of the new digi stamps for my last class. Hopefully they will give you some ideas as Fathers will soon be upon us.

This first one is for the ‘Sporty Mini Type’

All of the cars shown have been coloured with copics. The mini has been cut out and placed over the edge of the top of the card.

You can personalize any of the cars by adding the recipients name or age etc to the number plate.

The ‘Racer Type’

   

Glossy accents added to the lights.

The 60’s Type.

and finally just to say ‘Hi’

I am working on another version of this mini which I will show later in the week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gayle x     

A quick post …..

I hope everyone is enjoying the last bit of the Easter break. What brilliant weather we have had for the WHOLE weekend. I think that going by past years this might have been our summer! I hope I’m wrong.

Anyway just a few pics of the last class I taught with my new digis. I drew them with the men in our lives in mind but can easily be adapted for other occasions and made a bit more feminine.

This first one is an old vintage car and made into an easel card. The trunk has been 3D and some ribbon coloured with a black copic pen for the straps.

I adapted the same image to make a wedding card.

The cars were water coloured using distress pads .

I cut out the back window and added a piece of acetate  behind, stamped some tiny flowers and added those behind the acetate and then used some silicone  glue to re attach the inside part of the car.

 

I used some rolled card painted silver for the tin cans and tied them to the car bumper.

You could alter the colours used to go with the brides wedding colours.

Well that’s all for today. Some more tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gayle x

My little Boy ……………..

is no longer little, he has reached the grand old age of 18!  I can’t believe how quickly the years have gone by. It doesn’t seem 5 minutes since he was a babe in arms.

Last Monday was his actual birthday and he asked if he could have a few friends round for a BBQ. When I got home there were about 30 occupying my house! I must admit there wasn’t any trouble. The drink was flowing rather freely and the black sacks were filling up very quickly with the cans and bottles but thankfully no one was ill. I can’t deal with sick!

Saturday we had a family and friends get together at my friends Natalie and Tony’s  Pub The Brickmakers Arms in Gillingham and a great evening was had by all. I would like to thank them for letting us hold the party there and Natalie for the use of her kitchen so I could prepare all of the food.

So for Daniels card. I decided to theme it on his two favourite pastimes – the Xbox and Rollerblading and this what I came up with.

I drew out one of his skates and the Xbox and coloured them in with Copics.

The buckle on the boot and the controls on the handset were highlighted with Glossy Accents.

The lace was a piece of string coloured with a blue Copic marker .

I cut out the ‘18 ‘ in card and covered with a black raised dotty paper, punched some holes and laced with black string coloured with a black Copic marker.

I must admit I was pleased with the result and Daniel and his mates were impressed. Makes it all worth while.

I would also like to show the card that Natalie made for him. She is really getting into Tim Holtz at the moment and going great guns.

I love the mans legs stamp she has used.  

The background stamping and distressing is fantastic Natalie.

A fantastic card. Well done Natalie and Daniel loved it.

That’s all for tonight.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gayle x