Vintage Easel Card

 

Here is an Easel card I made using La Blanche's "Composer" stamp, highlights coloured with distress inks and Glossy accents used as a resist. The ribbon accent and flowers were also tinted with distress inks and water. It just shows how these inks can be used to achieve a feminine look as well as the grunge look (which I also love). I think this is my favourite.

Distress Inks were used to slightly tint the ribbon and satin flower.

Distress Techniques and La Blanche stamps

Following up to my last post, here is another Vintage style card made using a La Blanche stamp. I first made a background using distress inks and Tim Holtz' spritz and flick technique. I then stamped the music stamp over the top in archival ink. The edges were distressed and coloured with distress inks. The music ribbon was also tinted slightly by swiping the ribbon through distress inks spritzed with water.

Seasons Greetings

I hope you all had a happy and safe Christmas and I wish everyone all the very best for 2013. Cherish the times spent with family and friends as it truly is precious. I haven't had much time to be creative this year, but I have made the odd card here and there. If you ask me, it doesn't get much better than a project that has a vintage theme that uses Tim Holtz products and techniques. There is much fun to be had :) And it just so happens that this months CC101 challenge theme is Vintage/Christmas or both. So here is a card I made using a La Blanche stamp (I love La Blanche stamps) and coloured with Distress inks. Glossy Accents used as a resist  ....

 

But Wait! There's more ....

Here is another one of Tim's creations. I also have an ideology trinket on which he showed us how to do the patina effect.

Embossed Foil Paper treated with Alcohol Inks. He swiped some archival black ink over the top to grunge it up a bit!

Busy teaching.

A hive of activity.

I met Tim Holtz!

2012 Scrapbook and Papercraft Convention - Brisbane

What an awesome experience. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to attend some of Tim's demonstrations. And I was so lucky to be able to take home some of  his artwork! Nothing is too much trouble. Tim is so generous with his time and he shares as much information as he can.  He autographed one of his tags and my Compendium books! And to my surprise I am in one of the photos he posted on his blog!

An awesome experience!

Tim's Creations that I was lucky enough to take home!

Having a joke with the crowd.

Happy Mothers Day!

Here are a couple of cards I made using the "Brushless Watercolour technique" with "Distress" inks.  I am entering these in the Inspiration Emporium May Challenge - "Flowers". Here is the link to check it out:-   http://blog.inspirationemporium.com/?p=973

I am very excited as this is the first online challenge I have entered!

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Hand made pin & embellishment :)

Mothers Day - Card 2

Close up of Hand made pin & embellishment :)

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"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take".


As this Sunday is Mothers Day,  I'd like to wish all the Mothers out there a very happy day, surrounded by those you love.  Happy Mothers Day Mum. Thank you for everything :)

Distress & Bling Engagement Card

Congratulations to my beautiful niece Laurette and her fiance Brenton on their engagement.  

A great time was had by all at their engagement party on Saturday night. Their Engagement Card  is a mix of "distress" and "bling".  I love the Tinted Vision Fragment technique with Alcohol inks (Page 55 COC 1). Instead of using a fragment, I applied the inks to a piece of acetate. The photo I used was on the engagement party invitation. I scanned, cropped and printed it in black & white. I also love my new Distress Stains. I embossed the cupid and flourish on watercolour paper, then applied Picket Fence and Broken China Distress Stain over the top. I then stamped the text and engagement ring images and blended some some Distress Inks around the edge. The embellishment was made by hand embossing  foil paper. I then added a hand made beaded pin, a bought beaded embellishment, ribbon and a heart shaped charm which I coloured with alcohol inks and added some kindy glitz for shine.  The card evolved as I was creating. The only thing that turned out as planned was the colour scheme. LOL  As the wedding will be held in the beautiful "Whitsundays Islands", the colours are a reflection of the amazing colours of the Pacific Ocean around the Great Barrier Reef.  So, before I show you my creation, here is a couple of pics from the party.

The happy couple

Laurette, Brenton, Me & Don

 

I love Picket Fence and Broken China Distress Stains and alcohol inks

Close up of Tinted Vision Fragment technique, embossed foil and beaded pin

The inside cover of the card has stamping and blending using Distress Inks. It has a pocket for a Gift Card. The feature on the pocket was cut from a piece of scrapbook paper and distress inks were blended over it.

Stamping and blending with Distress Inks