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Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Welcoming Elephant

I almost forgot I had this Rayher elephant! Normally I catalogue all the crafting goodies I buy, but this one was an impulse physical purchase not an online one, and the little bag it was in was overlooked until a recent tidy up. "There's something in this little bag, I wonder what it is? OOO lovely, forgot I'd bought that!" was roughly how the discovery went!

I cut him and the balloon from some spotted packing paper that came with a recent order! I can't remember which order it came with as I was rather good to myself over the pre-Christmas period but it was too lovely to throw out!!! I stacked him up with a little of the matching turquoise card stock I used for the card base and the string. You can see I've popped his ear open with a little foam tape for dimension! The balloon (also from the set) was coated with two coats of glossy accents to give it more of a balloon-y appearance!

The Lisa Horton Padded Quilt Embossing Folder was gifted to me by my son for my birthday but he never got around to sending it back in October and with my lengthy stay in Australia, decided to bring it with him when he visited us post Christmas!

Inkspirational Challenge #281 has the following prompt which inspired me to create this Welcome Baby card with my new stash!

The current Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge and Daring Cardmakers Challenge have also asked us to show them our new crafty stuff so I'll be entering those challenges as well!

I'd also like to enter the current Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge to show off my new Embossing Folder there! I even get to play with the twist as well because of the dots on patterned paper!

I'd also like to enter the Crafty Animals Challenge #68 - Anthing with an Animal!

And finally I'd like to enter the amazing NBUS Challenge #46 - the challenge I go to when I want to see all the new crafty supplies I simply must have!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Monday, 28 December 2020

Anker's Aweigh

Hi everyone, hope you enjoyed your down time during the festive season. We are in strict lockdown now - with tighter curfews and school won't be recommencing until the 10th January. I'm not sure what's expected of my youngest son (or me) next week yet as his school hasn't yet told us - this latest lockdown was announced after school broke up!

I made this card for a friend of mine who wanted to welcome a new addition to her family in Sweden. Anker means anchor and she definitely wanted a nautical theme so I made up this card for her - not so different from others I have made for graduations in the past. This sentiment (Waltzing Mouse Ocean Bound) works well for births and graduations in my opinion!

Here's a close up of the ship's wheel. I stamped and cut out the ship (also from WMS Ocean Bound). I attached the ship to a Tim Holtz Gadget Gear cut from thick card - the sort of card stock used to frame pictures. I'ts a Bigz die so can handle the thicker card stock. I centred a small acetate circle with a hole punched in the middle under the gear and used the large centre of the gear to "hide" a brad head. That way the top of the brad was flat for mounting my medallion on. Once mounted I set about making it sparkle and shine - glossy accents were applied liberally and a rhinestone was set on one of the stars while it was drying. Of course I had to add an anchor to the design and decided on this one (Verve Strong Anchor stamp set with matching dies) but given the time again would choose a silver die "tarnished" with green (verdigris) embossing powder. But we do what we can with the time we have and I didn't have a lot of time for this one!

Here is the wheel in action!

I'm entering this card in Color Hues Challenge #8