Happy Birthday

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well! Today I am sharing a birthday card that I created. I decided to play along with two challenges this week to and combined them in this card.

I followed the Mojo Monday sketch below and also the Tic Tac Toe challenge.

I used the clothespin - birthday- and patterned paper combination. Here are some close ups..

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors

Stamp: JustRite Hugs and Kisses Sentiments (circle frame) Large Elegant Sentiments

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Punches: Martha Stewart Rose leaf, Lace Heart Edge Punch

Dies: Spellbinders Labels One and Decorative Labels One, Standard Circles Small

Other: Kaisercraft Rhinestones Wine and Paper blooms fuschia, lace, clothespin, Green Tara flowers, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, hemp, Misti

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Friendship

Hello everyone! I have a new card to share with you. I have been colouring today (very relaxing) with my distress markers and also with a Whimsy Stamp. There are a few card challenges that looked interesting and I thought I'd have a go and been inspired by them.

My card follows the latest sketch from Mojo Monday

as well as some design elements from the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.

I have used green - friendship-charm in my card.

I am also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp challenge where the challenge is to have a bit of green.

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors, Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Stamp: Wee Stamps Whimsy Stamps Rosetta

Ink: Versafine Onyz Black Ink, Distress Markers, Distress Ink Peeled Paint

Dies: Spellbinders Back to Basics Tags, Sizzix Fancy Rectangle Frame, Prima Doily

Flowers: Green Tara Roses, Wild orchid Crafts, Petaloo Mini Daisy Antique Rose, Prima #577544

Other: Stampmin' Up! Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Hug Snug Seam Binding Chalk White, Hemp, Heart Charm, Wink of Stalla Clear, Krafters Korner Ribbon, Kaisercraft Pearls Pearl.

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Thank You

Hello everyone. Today I am sharing some thank you cards that I made last year. I had five parent helpers who assisted in my class throughout the year. I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire who shared a tutorial on mass producing cards using the MISTI. You can watch her tutorial here. I also fell in love with the Altenew stamps which she used in her demonstration...vintage and roses... I practised stamping the roses and I can say it does take practise and managed to create five cards in one night. I had the same design for each, but just changed the papers.

I used Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors Collection and each card still looks unique! The MISTI tool is expensive but is certainly worth the investment...particularly for layered stamping and also for mass producing cards.

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Thank You

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing a card with you that is one that I created on a night that I had a 'brain break.' Term four is so busy and I am working seven days a week with school, so I treated myself to a craft night. I haven't participated in any challenge for the longest time so I thought that I would enjoy the chance and do so. I have followed the current Mojo Monday sketch and also the latest JustRite challenge which is to create a card for someone that says something nice.

I  have used a stamp from JustRite Violette Vintage Labels stamp set and coloured it in using Distress markers and shaded it using a Dove blender pen. I stamped the sentiment Thank You as shown.

Here are some close ups....

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors, Strathmore watercolour paper

Stamps: JustRite Violette Vintage Lables

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Markers

Other: JustRite Label and Banner Dies, Green Tara Cherry Blossoms, Magnolia Rose Leaf Die, Doily.

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Laughter ~ Maja Design

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all well. Today I would like to share a layout that I have completed using the latest collection from Maja Design...Enjoying Outdoors. I took this opportunity to create another page for my brother's album that I have been working on. This photo is of my siblings many years ago with one of the dogs we had growing up.

The photo dictated my title. I used a Blue Fern title and applied two coats of gesso. Then I used some Gelatos and rubbed it in with my fingers to create the ombre effect. It was so easy to achieve!

Every part of the papers has potential. The title strips formed my journalling. I also used some left overs to create some banners as shown. The butterfly was stamped using a script stamp from Bobunny to give it a vintage look.

The collection has so many beautiful greens and purples. I selected approx three papers and inked the edges using walnut stain distress ink. I selected a dark, a medium and a light in terms of pattern so that they wouldn't compete too much with each other. As it is the outdoor, I used peeled paint distress ink as part of my background and the applied TCW chicken wire reversed stencil on top. I also did some stamping and added some random pieces of printed tape in places.

I can never get enough of flowers! I have used some Green Tara flowers here. These are called azaleas and I love that they are not too bulky but have enough dimension and also compliment the papers perfectly!

Maja Design papers:






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