TH inspired Tags

Finally got to making some Tim Holtz inspired tags. I used peeled paint, shabby shutters, mustard seed, aged mahogany, victorian velvet, spun sugar, tea dye distress inks. I sprayed them, dapped them on, used them with the applicator…the works. Really amazed with the result and I will definitely try making some more.
Also..first Christmas related craft thingy…jeej, it’s coming closer! :D

(Grand) Mothers day 02

Grandmother card nr2 features three roses that were created in the same way as the Tim Holtz's grunge flowers. I first designed a simple flower drawing in Illustrator, printed it on white cardstock and cut them out (I didn't have a punch or die, so I went 'old school' ;) ). I coloured the cardstock with a combination of Spun Sugar, Victorina Velvet and Tea Dye with some bronze perfect pearls also in the mix. I then made the flowers.
Added some green Tim Holtz alterations flourishes, ran the background through the swiss dots cuttlebug folder and punched a hole for the 'grandma' sentiment (WMS).

I hope both grandmothers like their card...now I just have to think of a layout for my mom.

(Grand) Mothers day 01

I wanted to try and work a bit more 'classic' than I'm used to for the grandmother cards and this colour scheme matches perfecty with a new kitchen table cloth my grandmother just got (brown, beige and turquoise).
The brown and turquoise plaid background was created using WMS stamps. The frame was cut out by using two labels nestabilities. The flower is from WMS and was coloured with copic markers.

Fly by

A one dimensional card! WMS 'stitched border' PTI butterfly and say it with style stamps on kraft, coloured with copic markers and some bling.

Fly me to the moon

I kept humming 'Fly me to the moon' when making this card.

I was looking for an excuse to try out my new copic markers et voilà... :D

The butterfly stamp, sentiment and die are from PTI.

Fly me to the moon

Let me sing among those stars

Let me see what spring is like, on jupiter and mars

In other words, hold my hand

In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song

Let me sing for ever more

You are all I long for

All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true

In other words, I love you

Tag

All the stamps are from WMS 'asian gardens'. I realy like the backgroung pattern, fills the void without being to dominant.

Get well in green

I love my new cuttlebug embossing folder...bold dots! The frame was created by stamping one of WMS 'labels ten' stamps with versamark on brown cardstock and using green embossing powder (lettuce-adirondack). For the label I used a spellbinders die and then just cut of the side parts where u usually put the ribbon through. The setiment is also from WMS.

Felt like using felt 3

Final felt for today! Layerd the cuttlebug die and PTI butterfly die and sowed them together. I have a sowing machine at hand, I just never used it. So that's one of the things on my 'to do' list. For this card I first pierced the holes using the Tim Holtz ruler. The text stamp is from Crafts'nthings (http://elke-verschooten.blogspot.com/). The border was created by tracing a spellbinders nestability with the versamark pen and adding green (lettuce) embossing powder.

Felt like using felt 2

Same felt, same colour scheme. 'Celebrate' stamp, Rick Rack border and butterfly die are from PTI, the arrows on the tag are from WMS, the tag was die cut using a spellbinders labels die and the flowers were embossed using a cuttlebug folder.

Felt like using felt 1

I wanted to try working with felt for some time now... so friday I went out and got me a sheet of brown, pink and green felt. First thing i tried was using a punch on it...NO GO! Rolling it through the cuttlebug with a die however worked like a charm. I did notice a big difference in the quality of the felt. The green and brown are thicker and more expensive but they result in less fluffy edges when (die) cut .
Used flower dies (unknown) and the eyelet lace border die (PTI). The text stamp ('small card for a big thanks') is from Crafts'nThings(http://elke-verschooten.blogspot.com/). The small leaves are from WMS.

WMS Blog Waltz July

Here it is, my july's entree for the WMS Blog Hop. Used a combination of WMS Labels ten and say it with style. The flowers and the rhinestones in the middle of them are coloured with Copic markers. The petals of the center flower are raised just a bit.

Anniversary

So my parents 30th anniversary is here...this means I'm turning 30 myself next year. Not realy a reason to celebrate! ;)

My mom has just redecorated their living room and has used bright fuchia as an accent colour...so tataaaaaaa same brightnes in the card. The flower and setiment are from WMS.

New Ones II

This time for a boy. Used the colour scheme from the birth card the parents send us. First time I used the 'Alterations' swirls and it won't be the last. The image and sentiment are from baby button bits by PTI.

New Ones

We have a lot of 'new ones' on the way. This is for a baby girl named 'Fien'. I used a WMS background and the image and sentiment from PTI baby button bits.