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Showing posts with label Lucky Stars TIEF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lucky Stars TIEF. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

The Cardmaker's Children

Hi!

Do you know the saying about the cobbler's children? "The cobbler's children have no shoes". Sigh. I think the proverb could be applied to my house sometimes - the cardmaker's children have no cards. I often get so busy making cards for classes and other people that my own family tend to get neglected.  Today's cards are ones I made recently for Alex and Ada for their birthdays, which are in April and July respectively.  I know, parent of the year! To make matters worse, I showed them their cards and then told them they couldn't have them until I'd photographed them for blogging.  I think they are used to it by now!


Ada's card was made with the Hey Girl stamp set.  I would have been in big trouble if I'd used any other stamp set! I coloured it with my Blendabilities and then did a quick watercolour wash over the background, being very careful to NOT touch the Momento ink with my Aqua Painter.


Alex's card was CASEd from a fellow Demonstrator, Tracey Humphries.  I can't find a blog to link to though.  I saw her card in a closed demonstrator group. It's fantastically easy though - just the star within a heap of circles!  Awesome boy card.

EDIT: Tracey has a Facebook page here.


Having admitted being VERY late with my  two oldest children's cards, I will say that I was MUCH faster with Hudson's.  He turned 8 on Sunday and I made his card yesterday.  You'll have to wait until Friday to see it though, it's my Just Add Ink card for the upcoming challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

Monday, 3 November 2014

Festival Of Trees in Lost Lagoon

Hi!

Here's another Christmas card for you.  I'm really loving the new stamp set, Festival Of Trees.  The stamp and the matching punch make Christmas cards a breeze!


The Lucky Stars Embossing Folder is a fantastic addition to most Christmas cards, adding a lovely textural element to the card.


The new Lost Lagoon ribbon is gorgeous - so soft and pretty



I really love the sentiments in the Festival of Trees set, perfect for both the inside and outside of the card!

Bye for now,

Tina

Monday, 27 October 2014

Happy Wonderful Christmas

Hi!

Today I have another Christmas card for you in Gold and Purple.  I used the lovely, rich Blackberry Bliss with Rich Razzleberry and Brushed Gold for this card.  I'm not usually a gold person, but I love this combination for a luxurious looking Christmas card.


This card is a CASE of one I found on Splitcoast Stampers.  You can see the original card here.  While the original creator went for more traditional colours I wanted to try the richer colour combination to see how it worked.  I was pleased with the result.


I also changed the main sentiment - I really love the Happy Wonderful Christmas saying. It's very cheerful and perfect for Christmas!  I used Crumb Cake ink to stamp the background stars.  It's a lovely subtle colour and it echoes the Brushed Gold nicely.


I hope this has given you a bit of inspiration for your Christmas cards this year.

Bye for now,

Tina