Technical difficulties
Posted: April 17, 2008 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentI’m sad to say I have no new cards to post for two reasons. Number one: the camera is still missing and I don’t know where to look next. We started cleaning up the schoolroom/playroom today and I was hoping it might appear. My family know I am keen to get a digital SLR but this is not a ploy to make that happen!
Even if I knew where the camera was I don’t have a new card to photograph. Last week every spare minute at my craft table was spent on the scrapbook I am putting together for my girls’ violin ensemble. They both belong to Stellae Boreales, a twelve person violin choir. This year has been the biggest year yet for the group as it is touring China in July. I have been collecting newspaper articles, tickets, programs and other memorabilia from all their performances for the “official” scrapbook. On Sunday the group held its second big fundraising concert with dessert and auction to follow and we wanted the scrapbook available for guests to peruse.
I hope to share something new with you very soon. Thank you for dropping by.
Colour blocking
Posted: April 11, 2008 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Spring Song Leave a comment
Even though Sharon’s new Stamp Simply Challenge is up today I am just getting last week’s onto the blog. The reason for the delay being the disappearance of our camera. It is still missing but I borrowed a friends’ so I have this one card to share. We have looked all over the house and don’t know quite where to look next.
I rarely use colour blocking on cards so this one is quite different from my usual style. I had the whole background done in blocks of the same colour originally but it needed the variety of colours. It is faint but there is a tree stamped in chocolate in the bottom left hand corner
Supplies:
Stamps: Spring Song, Lovely as a Tree
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Sahara Sand
Also: Watercolour pencils, Chocolate grosgrain ribbon
Negative image
Posted: April 8, 2008 Filed under: Time Well Spent Leave a comment
This is one of my first attempts at a positive/negative image card. It is just a matter of stamping in a dark colour on light cardstock and in the light colour on the dark cardstock. You need to stamp either a large image twice and cut it in half or stamp a design with a common element in the middle as I have done here.
Supplies:
Stamps: Time Well Spent
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
Also: Organza ribbon
Another simple spring card
Posted: April 6, 2008 Filed under: All Through the Year, Rollers Leave a comment
Here is another simple but bright and cheery spring card. The temperatures here today were definitely spring temperatures and I have seen grass around the place but not much at our place. We seem to keep our snow longer than most! I did notice yesterday that daffodils and tulips were coming up in A11’s garden in the 10cm strip where the snow had already melted.
Supplies:
Stamps: All Through the Year, Garden Annuals wheel, Fundamental Phrases
Cardstock: Garden Green, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Inks: Garden Green, Pixie Pink
Also: Square punches
A simple spring card
Posted: April 3, 2008 Filed under: Sweet Shapes 1 Comment
Someone just told me that we are still expecting two more winter storms! Despite this news it is beginning to look and feel a bit more like spring outside. When designing cards for a workshop last night I decided I really needed to feature spring things. So I have butterflies and flowers to share.
Sweet Shapes is a set which I bought at A11’s request and was not sure what I would do with it. When everyone used it for the Make and Take last night it was a hit and a few people ordered it for themselves It was certainly easy to get a pretty design with the two step butterflies.
Supplies:
Stamps: Sweet Shapes
Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Almost Amethyst
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Almost Amethyst, Confetti White
Also: Apricot grosgrain ribbon
Cracked pear
Posted: March 27, 2008 Filed under: Infinite Goodness Leave a comment
I decided to play with the glassy glaze enamel and this sketched pear image was perfect. The embossing is an example of cracked glass, but I could not get a good photo of the effect. You can see that it is very glossy but it is hard to pick out the cracks in the glaze. To create the effect I stamped my image and watercoloured it first. Then I stamped the versamark pad straight onto the whole piece of cardstock and covered it with glassy glaze embossing powder. After heating it I repeated the whole process and then put it in the freezer for a few minutes. Immediately after taking it out I bent it one way and another making cracks in the glaze.
Supplies:
Stamps: Infinite Goodness
Inks: River Rock, Basic Black, Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Black, Wild Wasabi, Porcelain Prints d.p.
Also: Black grosgrain ribbon, glassy glaze embossing powder
Blue daisies
Posted: March 27, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, Infinite Goodness 1 Comment
I made this one for Beate’s weekend sketch, and will use it at a workshop next week. Using patterned paper is such a simple way to create a backdrop for the focus of the card. I stamped the daisies on Vanilla cardstock and sponged the edges with River Rock to make to co-ordinate with the colours in the patterned paper. The two little flowers are punched out with the Boho blossoms punch.
Supplies:
Stamps: Infinite Goodness
Inks: River Rock, Basic Black,
Cardstock: River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Porcelain Prints Designer paper, Very Vanilla
Also: Boho Blossoms punch, Navy eyelet, watercolour pencils, blender pen
A trio of minis
Posted: March 25, 2008 Filed under: Cuttlebug, Infinite Goodness 3 Comments
For Sharon’s Stamp Simply challenge #27 last week she asked for rounded corners, that’s all, the rest was up to us. On my mini cards I tried adding rounded corners to the square images in the centre of the cards but it didn’t look right so I stuck with rounded corners for the card only. The cards are made from whisper white cardstock but look very creamy as I took the pictures in late afternoon sunlight and really liked the way the cuttlebug embossing stands out. For the dragonfly card in the centre I have used the negative side of the embossed cardstock, the others have the positive side showing.
To create the little squares I stamped the images from Infinite Goodness in versamark and embossed in silver before colouring with blender pens dipped in ink. I then punched out a 1¼” square, then a silver square with the 1 3/8″ punch and finally a larger matte in a colour from the image. I think I will make a little pouch or purse for these and use them as a hostess gift.
Supplies:
Stamps: Infinite Goodness
Inks: Versamark, Ruby Red, Handsome Hunter, Bravo Burgandy, Cameo Coral, Elegant Eggplant, Lovely Lilac, Garden Green, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Elegant Eggplant
Also: D’vine Swirls embossing folder, sterling silver e.p.
Tagged
Posted: March 22, 2008 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentI’ve been tagged by Josee Smuck, who is the team leader of the group of demonstrators I belong to in Ottawa. I rarely get to meet with the other demonstrators but I benefit from the vast array of online resources Josee has made available to her team. Thanks Josee.
I was asked to share 7 random and or weird facts about yourself on my blog
- I was born on an island in Bass Strait
- My favourite fruit is passionfruit
- I am currently learning how to be a sound technician
- The house I live in now is my thirteenth home
- I lived in Australia for the first 35 years of my life, now I live in Canada
- I teach my children at home
- Our house contains eleven stringed instruments and I don’t play any of them
and then tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs
The blogs I enjoy have no doubt been tagged oodles of times so I’ll just list a few here so you can check them out:
- Sharon at No Time to Stamp?
- Laurie at Just Give Me Stamps
- Debbie at Thinking Inking
- Susan at Rainy Day Creations
- Charmaine at Oodabug Alley
- and another of my team leaders Marlayne at Sparkle Daisy Stamping
Enjoy
Fruit for my friend
Posted: March 22, 2008 Filed under: Infinite Goodness Leave a comment
It has been over a week since I posted anything here! I certainly did not intend there to be such a gap between posts but a combination of hassles with the blog, a very sore back and busyness of life here at our house kept me away from my craft desk and the computer. I did enjoy a night away with my elder daughter and a close friend with her elder daughter. We went to a B & B and spent the evening watching the entire BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, it was great fun.
The pieces of cardstock for the card above have been sitting on my craft table for a week or so, cut and ready to be stamped. I really like the sketched look of the images in the Infinite Goodness hostess set, so I enjoyed trying out a couple of ideas today. I initially thought I would leave the background white with the leaves embossed in clear, but the leaves did not stand out enough so I sponged over them with Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal.
The fruit are stamped in Basic Black and then coloured by dipping a blender pen in the residue of ink left on the lid of the stamp pad when you press it against the pad.
Supplies:
Stamps: Infinite Goodness, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Not Quite Navy, Confetti White
Also: Blender pen, clear e.p.
Heather Telford 