My mojo is back......kind of...and I have Jennifer McGuire to thank for it!! I've been finding it hard to sleep since Oscar died, so have been watching lots of card making videos on You Tube. I've been watching a lot by Jennifer, even much older ones and learning all sorts of things.
On one video (unfortunately I can't remember which one....) she talked about putting die-cuts back to back to create a fantastic pattern. I thought this was a brilliant idea, so my fourth entry to the The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia #5 was born!
I only own one background die (by Winnie and Walter), would love more but they are so expensive. But as this is a Winnie and Walter challenge, it couldn't be more perfect:
I wish I could capture for you the shimmer on this die-cut background, its just incredible!!
So, I've become rather addicted to my Nuvo Mousse (so much so that I've just ordered a few more pots....) and thought it would be fantastic to have it on the die-cut itself.
I started off by painting the mousse (mixed with a tiny bit of water) straight on some white CS, in two shapes big enough to fit the faceted die. It dries really quickly, so I was able to do three coats in a very short period of time. Once it had dried I put the shapes thru with the die and it worked perfectly!!
I used some liquid glue to dot the back of one die, glued it straight to the card front, turned the other one upside down and glued it right on top.
To create more of a focal point, I cut a piece of vellum the same size as the card front and die-cut a large circle (from Couture Creations) from it. I used teeny tiny pieces of double-sided tape to adhere over the die-cuts. The 'happy' die (from W&W) was die-cut twice from white CS, glued together and popped up on foam tape. I then stamped and heat embossed the rest of the sentiment (from W&W 'The Big, the Bold and the Happy') in gold and put on foam tape too!
This was so fun to do and hopefully it means that my lack of mojo will finally change and gradually come back. Maybe I'll go into overdrive and make 100 Christmas cards!!
I'm going to link this to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'.
Its another long weekend for us this weekend, although I do have to squeeze in a 2hr gardening job on Monday. Max spent last night at a friends house and Ella is coming over tonight to stay with Phoebe. They are going trick or treating tomorrow night with friends (and their Mum's) which should be interesting. Halloween is not a very popular holiday in New Zealand but hopefully they will at least come back with one or two pieces of candy to make them happy. Will make sure I have a stash here just incase but will be hard not to eat it all first.......
Take care
Shona
Happy Friday everyone! One more sleep till the weekend and we are very lucky in New Zealand to be having a long weekend as Monday is a public holiday. We aren't going anywhere but just nice to have an extra day to spend with the kids!
We have a very stylish photo to inspire you for the Just Add Ink challenge this week:
There are so many different things on that table, lots of inspiration so I can't wait to see what catches your eye!!
My eye immediately went to the teal blue and white block in the front of the photo with Ugmonk? on it. That, the wood underneath and the red banner turned into this on my card:
To replicate that blue/white block, I stamped the 'happy' and heat embossed in white on white CS. I then used my mini-blending tool and Mama Elephant 'Ocean' pigment ink to colour around it. I die-cut it out using a rectangle die and then cut a red paint chip so it would show a tiny red edge when underneath. I popped the blue rectangle on top of the red with some foam tape.
For the rest of the sentiment I stamped the 'birthday' in red ink twice and then fussy cut around it and put it on foam tape. I used a larger rectangle die to cut out some patterned paper (yes, I know, I haven't used any paper for months!!!), adhered it to the card front and then glued on the rectangle pieces.
It seemed a bit bare so I stamped out three balloons in the same red ink twice and then again with Versamark Ink so I could heat emboss them all with clear powder. This gave the balloons some shine. I fussy cut them out and put two of them on foam tape. A few teal blue and clear sequins finished it off nicely!!
The stamps are all from Whimsy Stamps 'Happy Everything'. The paper is from Rosies Studio 'In Style' and the sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
You have until next Wednesday October 26th to link your projects to the Just Add Ink challenge and for any ideas, pop over to the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team came up with. Look forward to seeing your projects in the Gallery!!
Take care
Shona
Hi there, I'm popping in with a reminder about our current TIME OUT challenge. We have a card for you to CASE by the amazing Ardyth of Maskerade:
I love the colours she used, they have an Autumnal feel about them and the hint of gold along the bottom is gorgeous!! You can be inspired however you like by Ardyth's card. You could use the design, the colours or the flowers...its totally up to you!
Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Marina of My Perfect Life and I'm sure she will have another stunning card for you as a reminder.
For my card I was inspired by the flowers, the colours and the design of the card itself. I love how the flowers are flowing up the panel, so this is what I came up with:
I cut a panel of white CS slightly shorter than my card front and went to town stamping the flowers and leaves across the card. Once I was happy with the design, I stamped the sentiment in black and put lots of foam tape on the back. For the gold glitter strips I put a strip of double-sided tape along the top and bottom edge of the card front, tipped on gold glitter and rubbed it in with my fingers. The panel was then put on top. Nice and simple!!
The leaves and small rounded flower are from Altenew 'Vintage Flowers' and the other flowers and sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp 'Thinking of You'.
You have until Wednesday October 26th to link your project to the TIME OUT
challenge and if your struggling with ideas, pop over to the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team and our Guest Designer Marina have created for you. Looking forward to seeing your designs in the Gallery!!
Take care
Shona
