A Crooked Card

Hi!

Today I have a bit of a shocker of a card to show you.  Now, I really should clarify.  I love the card itself - the 'shocker' part is the construction and stamping.  It's the most crooked card I have put together in a long time!

Can you see just how crooked this card is? That's all I can see now!

Moving on from the crookedness, I thought I'd also show you how I did the multicoloured sentiment.  It was as easy as stamping twice in two different colours, trimming one and popping it up on Dimensionals.

I did the same thing on the inside, minus the Dimensionals, just to keep it flat.

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Add Ink #210: Just Add Easter Boxes, Bags and Baskets

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I'm a bit excited about today.  As well as being Friday, it's the last day of school for the term.  Yay!  I love the school holidays as we tend to spend a lot of time chilling at home.  After an 11 week term, the kids and I are well and truly ready for a break!  Before that though, it's time for another Just Add Ink Challenge.

This week Kim has challenged us to make an Easter Box, Bag or Basket.  I'm a bit partial to my 3D items, so I had a blast with this challenge.

I found the template for this cute little Easter Box on Kate Morgan's blog.  It's such a fabulous tutorial.

Once the box is sealed up, you open it up by pulling on the tab at the back.

Hopefully you can see the perforations around the top of the box, made using the Perforating Blade for the Trimmer.

I hope you have fun playing along with us this week at Just Add Ink. Will you make a box, bag or basket?

Bye for now,

Tina

Scallop Tag Topper Punch Card

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When I buy a crafting product I like to get as much use and versatility out of it as possible.  I loved and coveted the Scallop Tag Topper Punch as soon as I saw it in the catalogue.  It wasn't long before cards using the punch started appearing on the Internet showing off the versatility of the punch.  I just had to give some of them a go!

I reckon this card came together in about 20 minutes.  I kept it fairly simple as I was focusing on the technique of using the punch to create the closure for the card.  I'll definitely be trying it again and making the card a bit fancier.

It's pretty simple to do, and is a great look for the card.

In case you weren't sure HB2U is short for "Happy Birthday To You".

Bye for now,

Tina

Craft Project Central: Creating Pretty Cards #32

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Today's card was made for the Craft Project Central's monthly card sketch challenge: Creating Pretty Cards. I think sketch challenges are one of my favourite types of challenges to enter.  What about you - what's your favourite?

Isn't this a fabulous sketch, designed by Yapha Mason.  Here's the card I came up with.

Lots of yummy new products on this card!  I'm really loving the Retro Fresh range - it's a fantastic colour combo with lots of great designs. And coordinating washi.  Bliss!

As the background of my card is fairly busy I wanted to keep the main circular panel uncluttered.  I think the word bubble is the perfect accent for the sentiment, helping it to stand out from the background.  I cut the Vanilla word bubble using the new Framelits set, adhered it to some Tangerine Tango cardstock and then hand cut the larger word bubble.

Some more of that delicious Retro Fresh washi to finish off the inside and I was done.

I hope you can join in the fun at Creating Pretty Cards this month.

Bye for now,

Tina

Thank You In Blue

Hi!

It's good to be back blogging again after a bit of a break over Christmas and New Year's.  I meant to be back a bit sooner, but school holiday play dates and illness scuttled those plans.  I received my preorder goodies from the upcoming Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Catalogues and I've been dying to have a play.  I finally found some time over the weekend.

Today's card was made on commission.  The brief was a thank you card for a girl who likes blue.

Look hard for the sneak peeks!  There's a new stamp set, DSP and twine.

The flower was stamped in Coastal Cabana and then given a very gentle wash with Pool Party using an Aqua Painter.  I say a very gentle wash because if you use too much water you're just going to end up with a blurry mess.  Ask me how I know!

Here's the inside with an old favourite, Sweet Essentials.  The orange cardstock is Tangerine Tango. Not colours I would have put together, but I really like the combo with the blues.

Bye for now,

Tina