Get Well Soon Card

Not usually asked to make this type of card but, as it is for one of the volunteers at the Steam Locomotive Works, this is a personal and extra special card .... and ....... has to have trains!

I diecut some trains and tried to do some inset diecuts ...... with my engine die there are lots of details ......... like doing a mini jigsaw!!!  
I gave up and did some stamping, became distracted by trying to find the cushion mount for some of the stamps ....
Then I found a sheet of decoupage!   Yeah!  I love decoupage!  

Once I had decided on which engine to use, I quickly decoupaged the image and then needed a background and a card.......... more searching ........ getting this new 'studio' straight seems to be taking forever ... or is it that I get distracted?!?

I chose a blue card, slightly shiney and very square.


The background paper was part of a Debbie Moore Art Decor decoupage pack but was just the right colours.



A few peel offs, the right font I thought, for the sentiment.

There you have it, or at least I do for the moment ....... one blue square card, one decoupaged image flat DSS taped to card and one sentiment on 3D Foam pads to raise it off the surface.  
I added a plain white paper insert as most of the Tuesday Volunteers will be signing it.  Then it will be posted off to let John know that we are all hoping his arm heals soon and he can be back with us at Tyseley Loco Works!

Gelli Printing for the first time

Drum roll please!!
I have sorted out my Gelli plate!!!  
This was bought for me for my birthday last year and has stayed in its wrapper ever since.  
Now I have a swap on ATCs For All Group - For this swap create a beautiful Gelli Plate background and then Stamp, Colour, and/or Zentangle on top!  - just have to find where I put the Gelli when I moved rooms!!

Cos I am slightly - in my opinion - pernikety, my Gelli is in one of my mushroom baskets, which has been labelled, and has the stamps to go with it.  
How sad am I?! Don't answer that!  
I have also put a pack of white card in there as well!
PJ bought me this stamp to go with the Gelli Plate, I am so looking forward to using it.
I also purchased some Reverse stamps ............ that made you stop and think!!!  
They can be used on the Gelli Plate and when you print off ..... the words are the right way round ..... not like the stamp opposite!



So here are the afternoon's efforts .....

....... I have had a superb few hours .....

.......... I did manage to print and stamp exactly how I envisioned the final print out.

I also used the reverse stamps .... Love Lives Here ...... but I wasn't really very good with the stamping so I only completed one sheet.

As an afterthought, I used some blue acrylic paint on the XXL stamp and spritzed it with water and printed.  
Can't say as I was impressed.   
After the paper was dry, and while using the stamp with the black Versafine ink,  I ghost printed over the blueprintout.  
Now I am impressed!

I have to choose which printouts to use for my ATCs ............that's maybe tomorrow ...... and the leftovers I can use for cardmaking ......

WOYWW has moved....

I have moved my WOYWW posts to my other Blog - ATC Wannabee - as my postings about cards are getting few and far between.  I spend a lot of my energy creating ATCs so my main posts are on that Blog.

I am sorry to my followers here as you will hardly hear from me BUT you could also follow me on my ATC Blog ** cheeky grin**

Here's a card I made waaaay back in 2012 ...... my first Steampunk card.



For a Biker.....

.....one for a friend ....

WOYWW #376

This is What'sOnYourWorkdeskWednesday - if you want to find out more then checkout the WOYWW tab at the top of the page - and our thanks go to Julia for hosting this weekly meet up.

Ooer!  quick look round  You shouldn't be here ..... another quick look round ..... you can't see this ...... looks round again .... you'll get me into trouble if you tell ......

Do you see those blue pictures on the right .... I am about to make some ATCs for a  ..... THAT'S RIGHT! HOW DID YOU KNOW?!!..... a Blue swap.

I am going to start on the blue butterfly and I know someone who has lots of butterfly stamps and dies ........ see the black box .... I have filched it so I can have a good look through and choose the right Butterfly for my card.

Look ..... lots and lots of Butterflies .... woohoo! .... so long as I keep my craft room door shut .... and you don't tell him .... I shall have a lovely day tomorrow!............ and if PJ sees them before I can get them back onto his shelves .... I  will  know  that  it  was  YOU  who told him!!!!

Have a good week.

May Swaps

Just a couple of swaps this month, I knew I would be busy during this month so restricted my cardmaking.
Noobie swap

I embossed the lavender paper and added it to a grey card,  the butterfly ribbon along the lower edge of the card looked a little bare so I added a tiny silver bow.

I did not receive a swap this month.





Alphabet swap - P

Another Craftee card kit for this month - Pink Pig!

Love this original idea, especially the paper flowers.

Thank you Olive.

June Swaps

Exciting swaps this month.
Noobie

On this orange card I added two pieces of scrapbooking paper  and covered the join with a length of green ribbon.  The sentiment was a rub on from my stash and medallion used up some tiles I have had for ages.  The fold was in my Circle of Crafters file.








Beautiful embossing on this card and a shiny image, printed on glossy paper.  Inside there was a heart shaped doily and an embossed purple strip.
Thank you LindaS.

Style - Floral


I used a card kit which came with a magazine for this swap.  Everything was diecut but the design is my own.  I added a few bits of greenery as it seemed very bare to me.  I also added the filigree diecut butterflies as an afterthought.

I received this gorgeous card by return, purple with some stunning papers and 3D decoupage.

Thank you ChrisF.

Technique - Stamping


I CASed this design from a magazine.  I diecut a mask from plain copier paper, attached to the card with masking tape and then stamped the roses inside the spaces.  I watercoloured the images while the mask was in place.  I cut a small piece of white card and painted it with the same colour as I used on the roses an then stamped & embossed the sentiment.  After removing the mask I added the sentiment with some foam DST.





Love this card, especially the cutout for the sentiment.


Thank you MaryC.

Another July Birthday

This was another 'Special Birthday' and an extra special one for an extra special person - our son in law (SIL).
I managed to find a 'nice' graffiti paper on the web, but could not get it to print to the size I wanted so ended up with several copies, but chose the best printout for this card.  I am sure that the other printouts will be used at a later date!!
I joined the Forum on this site many years ago and saved a couple of the templates for later use and this is now one of those times.

I printed the number onto black card, cut it out and then traced and cut another copy from the graffiti paper.  

It was tricky making sure that the paper covered the card, yet leaving room so that it folded and matched perfectly.
I cut another copy from some white paper but this time cut inside the pencil lines so that I could use this as an insert.

I took the card round to the house when we collected Little Soldier along with his pressie.  Whilst there I found out that his birthday cake had not materialised, so managed to make one at home while Little Soldier slept.
I used my silicone cake tin, making two plain sponges and the numbers.
Once they were cooked, I sandwiched the sponges together with buttercream and jam.  My idea was that I would stand the numbers upright but I just could not get it to happen.  In the end I attached them with some buttercream so that they lay at an angle on the top of the cake. 
I smothered them with icing sugar 'cos I happen to know he likes that!!
When we took Little Soldier back home, we walked in with the cake and singing Happy Birthday - he was surprised and very pleased.