Steam Trains and a warning

 Hi Everyone, the cards today are for my brothers who were steam train Firemen and who still love their steam trains, and hubby's Great nephew, who is a Steam Train enthusiast. The actual stamp is from Pat, who kindly sent me the stamp in different colours and embossing, after I complimented her on her fabulous use of the stamp. Thank you so much Pat.

#3 brother had his 84th birthday on the 5th of this month, #1 brother, 88 in February and Nephew 21 in March, but I decided to do them all together and put them aside for later. However, it wasn't a good time for me to do them, with no mojo. I did the lined card twice and the brown card just once. I may strip the 2 apart and make different ones, but I am completely stripped of any design element in my head. Not only that, but I hope that I start getting some mojo soon, as the start of the year is busy with birthdays for me. I am happy to say that #3 brother liked his card.  

Anyhow, the stamp is fabulous and having a different embossing on each was wonderful. I started with trying to match the  GWR (Great Western Railway) colours, these were the nearest I could get in printing them. I looked online for some tickets and was able to find some that had Paddington on them, (South Wales trains, start there.) I copied and printed them and cut them out with Silhouette. I also saw the sentiment online, but changed it  to suit these cards. The Great was changed to GWReat to incorporate the Company. They were printed and cut with a die and the double layer tickets were added to the cards. The brown card has gold peel off stickers added. I'm not sure if I did the stamp's justice, but the first one was much appreciated. Even the photographs aren't good, the cards look misshapen. OH! dear. I wanted to do Pat's generosity justice, not sure that I have.

train stamp - Chunky Steam Train Tag

striped and plain paper - Creative Bloom Vintage patterned paper

brown embossed paper - Just So Scrappy 

 

Now the 

Warning

If you live in the UK, pease be aware,

 if you are buying Post Office stamps online. They could be counterfeit.

 

This is the envelope of a Christmas card received after Christmas, I was astounded to be charged £5 to receive it. I was in two minds to refuse it, but thought I would contact the sender and let them know that their stamps were counterfeit.  

The postman told me the QR Code should have texture and the counterfeit one doesn't. 

I've blurred out my address.

Lion King!

 Hi Everyone, I am slowly getting back into the run of things. Thank you for your many messages of support, I can't tell you how I have appreciated them.

Anyhow, I have a card today that I made during my down time, for our Great Great Nephew, who was one in August. He is a little Leo, so I decided to use a Disney Lion. I downloaded him amongst others, many years ago as freebie, from the Disney website. 

I couldn't think of anything to do at the time, so decided to case one of my own cards  here

I used the Silhouette to print and cut my images and shapes, including his name, at the time I needed quick and easy. I printed one layer of his name and added 3 white layers to offset as a shadow effect. The lion is 3 layers also, laid onto an oval shape, cut with the Cameo. The stars are 2 layers, the 1 is 3D'd. As is the star it's attached to. I embossed the background for a little texture. Everything placed onto gold mirror card. The only colouring on this are the edges of the stars. The sentiment was printed also and added to the bottom. Very simple, but as much as I could manage. 

lion - Disney image

name/number - KAagard alpha

paper/stars - Just So Scrappy

mirror card - stash

ef - Craftwell Modern Stripe

Bowl of Cherries

  Hi Everyone here I am with my first of two DT card for today, it's for the challenge at QKR. Our challenge is on the 1st and 15th of every month, so you have 2 chances every month to enter the challenge. 

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

I had an image of a cherry and I decided to copy the shape and make a die cut out of the image, with a red card for the top layer of cherry and a pink for the bottom layer or the shine of the cherry, then different colours for stem and leaf. I embossed the leaf to shape it and curved the cherries. I added gloss to the cherries and sparkle pen to the leaves. The background arrows are from the sketch I followed. I also cut a bowl shape and placed the cherries into it.

The extra cherry was placed as if it was out of the bowl! I'm really pleased with the result of the cherries.

The sentiment was printed and then, you may remember I hadn't tried "sploshing" here and used a dp, well here I sploshed! Not quite as I would have liked but OKish.

sketch - Freshly Made Sketches #425 

sentiment - QKR Bowl of Cherries digital stamp

papers - Just So Scrappy 

inks - Distress Inks

card for cherries - Papermania Solid

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

sparkle pen - Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen

Graduate

Hi Everyone, my card today for the Limited Runs Progressive Challenge where this month we had extra images, how generous is that?  You can enter the challenge by buying them for $1 - incredible.

On to my - NOT a card! for a change. I have a digital scrapbook page. I'm not sure if it will be accepted, but I had to use those images with the photo. (It was!)

The images reminded me that I had recently been sent a wonderful video of my GGNiece at play centre. BUT, I didn't have a photo, so I had to learn how to get a single frame from the video and convert to a photo, this is the one I chose. The scrapbook is a template I followed. I thought the title could be her in the future?

apples and worms - Limited Runs

scrapbook template - Aziko (too cute layout)

background number paper - Just So Scrappy Designs

all put together in Photoshop CS6

Foxy?

Hi Everyone, my project today is a bookmark, why? I went to read a book and put it down, looked for a bookmark and I couldn't find one! There's lots I can't find atm.

Anyway. it's for the Outlawz Progressive challenge. We were given this fabby

image - MMedel Illustrations named Dreamy Fox, I just LOVE him.

paper - Just So Scrappy Designs

bookmark shape - Pixelscrapper blog hop

I saw the text idea in one of my files, but haven't the designers name - sorry.

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2018/10/qkr-stampede-challenge-317.html ATG

https://animalfriendschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/67-oktober-herbsthalloween.html Autumn/ Fall Must have an animal

http://www.josscrapshack.com/2018/10/ffc-255-always-anything-goes-with-2.html ATG

https://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/challenge-151.html ATG must use stamp - digital

https://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.com/2018/09/sept-15-oct-14-challenge.html Animals

Autumn Girl

Hi Everyone, my last DT card for TTCRD after a fabulous 6 months, I learnt to do a few things that I wouldn't have, so I am grateful to Cara and Sandra for their help and to the SUPER talented Team.

Through The Craft Room Door challenge

Team:B

Our Sponsor for this challenge is
 Twinkle Lane Designs

Twinkle Lane Designs was started in 2015 - created by Suzanne Porter BA (Hons) Graduate in Fashion Enterprise. I have always been creative, I love all types of crafts, sewing, papercraft, drawing. As an avid cardmaker I created Twinkle Lane so I could make unique characters and papers to make wonderful cards.

The Prize is 2 digi's and 2 Patterned Papers

 Autumn Clip Art Girl 
with sentiments

image and sentiment - Twinkle Lane Designs

coloured in Photoshop CS6

with umbrella and skirt 3D'd

background paper - Just So Scrappy

coloured leaves paper - Just So Scrappy leaves - my design 

corner leaves die -  unknown

coloured with Spectrum Noir markers

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2018/09/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html Patterned paper - Yep!

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2018/09/wk-39-anything-goes-challenge-digi.html ATG - Yep!

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2018/09/218-autumn-colours.html Autumn Colours - Yep!

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/challenge-10-fall-halloween.html Fall colours - Yep!

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/challenge-80-autumn-fall-colours.html Autumn/Fall colours - Yep!

Goat-able

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

Morgans Artworld

I have used this fabulous image 

Farm Goat Mick

coloured in Photoshop CS6

papers - Just So Scrappy

frame also by JSS was cut on the Silhouette Cameo and 3D'd

flowers - Tattered Lace die cut from the floral paper 

with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen added.

sentiment - my own!

https://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.com/2018/08/aug-15-sept-14-challenge.html Animal - Yep!

http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2018/09/challenge-18-sponsored-by-ikes-art.html Crazy Critter, well don't think my goat is crazy but it is a "critter"?

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/09/just-us-girls-challenge-456-word-week.html Celebrate -Yep!

http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-91-and-winners-ch-90.html Animal / Bird - Yep! Animal

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2018/09/challenge-89.html

 ATG - Yep!

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-18.html ATG - Yep!

https://alwayshappybirthday.blogspot.com/2018/09/september-challenge.html ATG - Yep!

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/09/anything-goes.html ATG - Yep!

CRS??????

Hi Everyone, after my late posts this month I think this card is VERY pertinent and as my SiL knows me so well, I decided to use it for her birthday, Yep! I remembered that, whew! If I carry on like this I will be very worried about me!

image - Bugaboo Stamps

coloured in PS

leaves dp - Printable Cuttable Creatables

background dp & stitching - Just so Scrappy

leaf die - Crafters Companion laid onto vellum and coloured from the back

butterfly die - Tonic

all layered onto bronze metallic paper

insert sentiment left - Bugaboo

right sentiment - my own

celebrate image Bugaboo

Bridesmaid card 2

Hi Everyone another card I hadn't shown you, this again for my Niece, 

Image Lunagirl

DP's, Lace Just so Scrappy

the corner overlay is by SweetmadeInc

ribbon and gems from stash

Cherry Love!

Hi Everyone, this is a card I made for my hubby, he will be surprised I did one, as it's been a number of years since we sent one another cards for Valentine's Day, he says he shows me love everyday so doesn't need a Special Day to say it, (he is right, he does - Aw!) AND after nearly 52 years too.

Anyhow on to my card. It follows the Outlawz Challenge sketch for this week. I admire those people who can see the sketch in a different form, my mind is too simple for that!

I can't remember why cherries were decided on, but I do love the image. I laid it all out in PS and used blending mode on the heart to make it appear 3D I also added a wood effect overlay, and shaped the text so it appeared to be in the wood, not sure I achieved that though. then printed it with a couple of layers of cherries and cut it out (by hand, my Cameo wouldn't play). The red background paper is pearlised so has a lovely sheen. I 3D glossed the digi buttons. The sentiment is mine!

Image Doodle Pantry

Digi papers & borders Just So Scrappy

Heart PS shape

http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/ants-in-my-pantry-digital-challenge-14.html Anything Goes

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-98.html  Anything Goes

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/love-is-in-air.html Love is in the air

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/157-love-love-love.html  Love

http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-6.html Anything Goes

http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/ch-32-must-include-hearts-winners-of-ch.html Hearts

Teacher Thank you card

Hi Everyone I know I am a little late! with this kind of post, but I haven't posted a card for a while with an Elizabeth Dulemba image and remembered this one.  It was made for a friend's daughter who was leaving her school.  The card was for her English teacher the butterfly book was a perfect image I thought for this.

Thought I would show the others I had to do too.  She wanted 3 for "Special" teachers.  All had to be yellow and blue, the school colours and had to have the school badge too.  Anyhow here are the others.

Religious Instruction Teacher

French Teacher

Images and embellies from the following artists.

Elizabeth Dulemba
Just So Scrappy
Word Art World
Snickerdoodles
Damayanti
Studio Linda Renee

Challenges
http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-136-back-to-schoolfor-teacher.html  For Teacher - Yep

Cherry Pie?

Hi Everyone, popping in to let you see one of my latest cards. Displayed a little differently to usual, I'm still trying to get myself a good place to get pictures of my cards and the mask hides "gaps".

The mask around the card is by Craftastical
The DP and cherry image are by Just so Scrappy
Sentiment by Create with TLC
Stitches are PS brushes Stitching Set by PSCS, straight stitches by Just so Scrappy and circle stitches by Mandy'sLoveableDesigns
I have 3D glossed the cherries and the leaves.

Challenges -

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-44.html  Anything Goes - Yep!

http://paperminutes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/paperminutes-330-3-farben-3-colors.html  3 colours - Yep! Red, Green and White

http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/challenge-90-use-digital-background.html  Use a digi background - Yep!

http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/show-us-your-colours.html  Show us your Colours - Yep! Welsh flag Red Green and White.