52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
I sat down at my craft desk today with a totally blank mind. I had no idea what I would be making. If truth be told, I wasn't quite in the right head space having attended a funeral earlier today. However, I was pleasantly surprised with this fun little tag.
The tag started life as a Tim Holtz Distress Ink background in slate blues & grey colours, with a few navy coloured speckles across the surface. I added a few white spots with a Signo pen too.
I die cut a circle in a sort of orange colour and then dabbed the circle with Cosmic Shimmer Blending Ink (in a shade of "White Clouds") to provide a more mottled/moon type surface. I then added a few dabs of yellow ink to it too.
Sorting through my die-cut off-cuts box, I came across the skeleton trees. They were a bit short, but I decided I could cover that area. I stuck the moon on to the tag and then layered the trees above, to give a kind of forest effect.
I found another off-cut of white embossed card. It was originally embossed using the Stampin' Up "Seaside" die. I cut the card into three sections, following the waves and layerd them above the trees to provide a snowscape look.
Finally, using a free stamp and die from Issue 150 of Papercraft Essentials magazine (the set is called "Enchanted Corner"). I stamped the image, coloured it with Promarkers and then die cut the little gnome. I used foam pads to stick him to the tag, so that it gives the impression of dimension.
I'm rather happy with this cheerful little fella!
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Last week was emotional. On the Monday we said goodbye to our gorgeous and loyal Springer Spaniel, Polly. On Saturday we celebrated the marriage of our elder Son, Philip to his love Carly, with a small group of family.
The colour scheme I opted for ties in with that of the wedding party. I started by embossing the coloured background using the Stampin' Up "Seaside" embossing folder.
Using my Big Shot, I die cut the central areas using Spellbinders "Majestic Ovals" nestabilities die set. The corner scrolls were also die cut using the Spellbinders Sapphire "Fleurs and Flourishes" die set. Finally, I stamped the sentiment in a matching shade of ink using Rubbadubbadoo stamps.
So it is bank holiday weekend and the sun is shining here - I hope it is where you are too.
The prompt for Week 35 is "Use a Verse".
For my tag, I have used the "She sells sea shells" verse as I like creating sea/watery tags. They just seem to come easy to me as I love the blue/green shades more than all the other colours.
I started off using blue Distress Inks. Then with a paint brush, I made wavy green lines using Distress Inks too. Once dry, I then ran the tag through the Big Shot using a Stampin' Up embossing folder called "Seaside". I don't think the photograph picks it up, but I also used Glossy Accents in wavy vertical lines too. I then put it to one side to dry.
I then raided my pre-cut dies for seaweed type foliage and found a small die cut fish that I hadn't used on an earlier project. On the beach earlier in the week I had picked up a few small shells that I thought would be suitable for the tag.
On the computer, I typed the verse, changing the font and colour and leaving plenty of clear-line spaces between each word. Once printed, I then cut the words up and inked the edges using a lime green and a blue ink.
Once the tag was dry, I was able to assemble all the bits. (To secure the shells, I used a mixture of foam pads and glossy accents).
Finally I added clear rubber dots and self adhesive dots to replicate air bubbles.
Idly playing with paper while listening to the TV, I made this card.
The textured section uses the Stampin' Up "Seaside" embossing folder. The sea shells are stamps from the "By The Tide" Stampin' Up set. The sentiment is a stamp produced by Papertrey Ink and is part of their "Everyday Classics" set.
It came as a surprise to me when I realised that our eldest son will be 30 this week. Making a card for a male is always a bit of a challenge but I'm quite happy with the way this one has turned out.
For the background of this card I used the Stampin' Up "Seaside" embossing folder. I then stamped and die cut the balloons using the "Lift Me Up" stamp set and "Up & Away Thinlit Dies.
For the sentiment I used is by Rubbadubbadoo using a Spellbinder die to cut the shape.
Today I have made two butterfly cards, both in similar colour tones, one more fussy than the other.
I used a stamp & die from Papertrey Ink set called "Love Lives Here" for the stamped & die cut butterfly. The background is embossed using the Stampin' up "Seaside" embossing folder. The Swirly rose is also from Stampin' Up, called "Swirly Scribbles" and the love sentiment is Stampin' Up from their "Sunshine Wishes" die set.
I made this card with the remains of other cards I have made.
The tree uses the Stampin' Up "Beautiful Branches" die set. The senitment is from the "Sheltering Tree" stamp set. The background is embossed using the "Seaside" embossing file.
This card is made out of the following Stampin' Up products:
- Seaside embossing Folder (card background)
- Scalloped Tag Topper
- Love You Lots stamp set (ladybirds)
- Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set (sentiments)
