Denise's Artwork & Crafts

Double Slider Card

2012-01-02T16:04:00.006+13:00

I found this double slider card on youtube and had lots of fun making it... it uses part of a plastic bag and the bookmarks are mounted on and slide easily... Have just posted away to Nelson...

Slider Card

2011-12-30T10:03:00.004+13:00

This is such a clever card & can be found on youtube, hero arts... The slider is on a separate ribbon, even though it looks like the same... will be using this technique again...

Telescope Card

2011-12-03T10:53:00.004+13:00

I was inspired to make this telescope card by Barbara Kelley in Sacramento, she sent me her version for the November Just One. So much fun making and assembling, will make a few more for Christmas as I am sure children will love them.

Calendar 2012

2011-11-20T09:26:00.004+13:00

I have finished the month of April for the Calendar 2012 through NZ Stampers. I chose to use serviettes and after applying with Jac paper to cardbord, I embossed them with my Cuttlebug, the letter are cut from glitter cardboard with my Tim Holtz alphabet die.

Just One for November

2011-11-12T12:17:00.003+13:00

I used double embossing and cut technique for my Just One November card... the first two attempts didn't work but realised that Ann had posted a tip and turned it up the other way and it worked perfectly. The scrolls and flower are all cut from Tim Holtz dies... hope my partner likes it as much as I do.

Angela's BDay Card

2011-11-06T09:51:00.004+13:00

Made this card this morning for my niece's birthday... Used Tim Holtz's die to cut the birdcage and bird and spellbinders dies to cut out the sentiment and surround... Happy Birthday Angela

Christmas Card 3

2011-11-01T06:58:00.004+13:00

I have had these Impression Obsession stamps for many years but this is the first time I have used them together. I coloured them with copic markers and then ripped some cuttlebug embossed cardstock to give the snow effect, thought a cheery surround of yellow and red would look good, very happy with the look.

Christmas Card 2

2011-10-31T06:16:00.002+13:00

This card evolved, I coloured the Holy Images with copics and then added Tim Holtz stickles to give lift. I bought the scroll from the craft shop and coloured with copics and added down the middle strip of card. Cut the sentiment by Montarga with my spellbinders dies and I am pleased with the outcome.

Christmas Card 1

2011-10-27T07:14:00.002+13:00

Woops, what do you do when you cut the oval the wrong side and go eek, I did a recut and ended up with extra framing, thought it looked great though. Image coloured with Copic Markers and Sentiment by Montarga.

Vittoria's Birthday Card

2011-10-08T09:40:00.005+13:00

This card, I made for Vittoria, my granddaughter, she was 17 this week. I sprayed two different Spray Mist colours on the white card stock, stamped the cats with black StazOn and mounted jewels as embellishments. The round circle had love across it, but unfortunately it just went into one circle when I embossed it, so mounted the jewel over the top to cover. She was delighted with it so always encouraging when you get good feedback.

Opalites

2011-09-25T17:43:00.002+13:00

This is my new cuttlebug embossing folder and my first attempt at using it. I coloured a plain black piece of cardstock with three of my opalite stamp pads, then put it through the cuttlebug using the embossing folder. I ran my finger over with copper buffing cream to lift up the embossing, tied a ribbon and then slipped the stamp image down inside, finally stamped the sentiment. Voila, a simple card!

Grungy Wings Shrine

2011-09-18T07:35:00.002+12:00

Really pleased with the look of this, we assembled our shrines, painted with gesso and then stuck a photo inside. I chose a picture of two men standing beside an old steam train, we coved with different colour inks to give it an antique look and attached the wings. The bullets below, we glued together and the wrapped a cigar wrapper around them to cover the join. Oh forgot to mention that the chain went in as I assembled it. To the door we attached a door knob and screws to attach it to the hinge and I glued it to the shrine and covered the holes with two little pearls.

Just One September

2011-09-18T07:08:00.001+12:00

For my September Just One I decided to do an early Christmas Card. My Partner lives just out of Perth and the technique I chose is called Colour Pop. I mixed glue with each paint colour and applied with baking paper, sprinkled glitter in places and it looks shiny and a bit lumpy, really cool and so easy. The image is by Montarga in Christchurch and I coloured it in with my copic pens.

Heart Shrine

2011-09-17T10:23:00.001+12:00

Went to this amazing camp last weekend at Forest Lakes and was challenged by the projects but one by one I am managing to get them completed. Annette Husband came from Humpty Doo, 45 kms from Darwin and taught us all some amazing things. This is the heart shrine and the little room inside the doorway is a matchbox.

Charms for Stamp Camp

2011-09-04T09:24:00.001+12:00

Off to Stamp Camp next week and finally all my charms are made. I bought dominos at the $2 shop and altered them with opals which I stamped into. The backs of the charms have stick on felt and I bought the hooks from Mitre 10 and Murray added them this morning.

From Sue Jeans

2011-08-21T07:33:00.003+12:00

My return Just One for August arrived on Friday and my partner Sue Jeans used one of the latest techniques, vellum sentiment. So love getting mail from the US, increasing my geography skills by looking up where they live. Love your card Sue!

Just One August

2011-08-21T07:33:00.001+12:00

Birthdayday Card Double Emboss

2011-08-15T06:58:00.000+12:00

I found the background technique on YouTube and like the effect it gives with part of the background embossed with the cuttlebug folder and then embossed again without cutting with the spellbinders die. I masked the BG and then stamped the cups, cut out another lot of cups and glued over the top to extend the centre border, then carefully cut the steam and glued on top, fiddly but worth it. The images were coloured with my copic markers...

Just One August

2011-08-13T10:30:00.001+12:00

This is my card for August Just One through Technique Junkies... the technique is called Colourful Silhouettes and it is in the latest Newsletter August/September 2011. It is on it's way to Omaha, Nebraska, googled this morning to see all about this area of USA.

RAK for my friend Shirley

2011-08-07T08:45:00.000+12:00

Shirley Ross has been my very good friend since I joined Technique Junkies and this is a return RAK to her. I was looking at youtube and found this technique for double embossing, coloured the outside with chalks and stamped and coloured with copics a butterfly on the blank piece of the embossed background, sending away tomorrow.

Tim Holtz die Card

2011-08-03T18:46:00.000+12:00

So pleased with the look of this card I made recently. I started with plain white cardstock and coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks. The scrolls and flowers were all cut from two of Tim Holtz's dies and finished with glitter centres and a dragon fly embellishment. Lots of work but worth the effort, one of my better cards!

Alcohol Ink Press

2011-07-16T09:16:00.000+12:00

This is one of my favourite techniques from Technique Junkies. I stamped onto acetate and embossed, then applied alcohol inks to the back of the acetate, gives a rich colouring and looks so great on collage stamps. I recently bought the cogs and the keys from America so just had to use them to set the card off. The letters ART were cut from my Tim Holtz alphabet die, love the look.

Birdcage Birthday Card

2011-07-09T10:00:00.001+12:00

For the BG of this card I used a piece of white cardstock, spritzed it with a light coating of water and coloured with Tim Holtz worn lipstick distress ink. Waited until it was dry and then crumpled it into a small ball, unfolded and then coloured the ridges with the same colour stamp pad. The stand is made with spellbinder's dies and the birdcage and bird is from a TH die.

Butterfly Card

2011-06-19T10:14:00.000+12:00

I just so love this card, made with a cuttlebug BG and a medallian spellbinders die to set the butterfly off. I highlighted the butterfly with a white gel pen to give it a greater impact...

Vintage Art Just One

2011-06-11T10:12:00.000+12:00

This is my card for the Just One Swap through Technique Junkies in America. The BG was done with Tim Holtz distress inks in old paper and tea dye, then stamped with music. I love the ballerina image which I stamped with Chocolate Ancient Page onto plain white cardstock. The flowers were coloured with gold buffing cream and pearls applied, the ticket came through an image google search. Sending to America today!

Vintage ATC's

2011-06-07T06:57:00.000+12:00

This month's theme is Vintage Man, I downloaded this image, added a bit of Gold and mounted on an old book page I found.

Bookmark Swaps

2011-06-06T09:57:00.001+12:00

NZ Stampers run regular swaps and one of the latest was a bookmark for your partner with their interests on. I had just seen this corner page technique on Technique Junkies so decided to make one of those as well.

Yahoo I have solved it

2011-06-05T10:03:00.001+12:00

Have spent two days off and on trying to solve how I can get blog posts to transfer to my facebook... at last success!

Swap Card NZS

2011-06-05T06:37:00.000+12:00

I love slicing up backgrounds, I started with white cardstock, coloured with Kaleidacolor browns & then embossed with my circle cuttlebug folder. I cut the background into 1 inch squares (yes I am a quilter also), mounted on jac paper and sprinkled gold glitter in between. The image and sentiment are by Impression Obsession and I coloured the coffee cup with copics and then covered with dimensional glue.

Glenda's Birthday Card

2011-06-04T08:33:00.000+12:00

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This card was made with Tim Holtz's distress inks which I coloured white cardstock with. When dry I masked with a plastic mask given by friend and fellow stamper Jinny and coloured over top with more distress ink. The bird and birdcage were cut with a Tim Holtz die, I added pearls and a swirl also from a TH dies and the sentiment was added last.

Open Window Card

2011-01-24T08:36:00.000+13:00

Had a 40th Birthday card to make... Stamped scrolls on scrap booking paper and then embellished with tiny rhinestones... the handbags were stickers mounted on the same scrap booking paper and I added a Happy Birthday sticker, 40 cutouts and a large bow to set it all off. This is a TJ technique from their fancy folds & Motion Paper Cards CD, really excellent.

Christmas Card

2010-12-15T06:56:00.001+13:00

I have had so much fun this Christmas working through various fold cards on my "Fancy Folds & Motion Paper Craft CD. This was one of my favourites...

Window Pop-Out Card

2010-12-09T17:54:00.000+13:00

I do a just one swap through Technique Junkies each month and this is the card I made for it. It comes from the Fancy Folds & motion card DVD, I am loving working through the various cards on this DVD. When you open it up the window is exposed and the inside stands out to display the holly image.

Christmas Box

2010-12-05T19:36:00.001+13:00

My latest toy is my Ultimate Pro and I made this Christmas Box yesterday to put goodies in for someone special...

Birthday Card

2010-12-04T09:13:00.000+13:00

This card evolved as so many of my cards do... I used white cardstock and stamped with black the lacy background, I used my new spellbinders die to cut out card for butterfly to sit on, added brads & a sentiment and sent off to my sister-in-law, her birthday is on Monday...

Tri Fold Birthday Card

2010-11-27T07:21:00.000+13:00

This card is a lot of fun to make! I used alcohol inks, my cuttlebug folders and my spellbinders dies and this is the finished effect.

Technique Junkies Tri-fold Christmas Card

2010-11-14T08:28:00.001+13:00

I have had so much fun so far with my Christmas Cards, I decided this year to make motion or fold cards. This one was featured in the August/September 2009 Newsletter, easy and quick to make...

Mask

2010-10-09T18:05:00.000+13:00

I have had so much fun making this mask, it started out white and I painted with Lumiere Indigo, gold glitter, blue glitter, stick on flowers and plumes bought from Spotlight and the silver clip and beads of a necklace bought at the two dollar shop. Every year we have a staff photo taken for our Christmas card and of course this was ideal for me, making a mask.

Wedding Card

2010-09-24T05:34:00.001+12:00

I love weddings and we are off to one in Christchurch. I had a bit of difficulty with making a card, couldn't decide how to colour the image. I decided after several attempts on alcohol inks and then highlighted some of the images with copic pens, pleased with the final result.

Cuttlebug BG

2010-09-11T09:56:00.001+12:00

Have just completed another card with a cuttlebug BG, another Impression Obsession Stamp and look, how exciting have used my new punch again. This Card is on its way to USA for a member of Technique Junkies to encourage her during a difficult time. Do hope she likes it!

Waterlily Card

2010-09-10T07:10:00.001+12:00

Finally I have located a slot punch and this is the first card made with it. I made a couple of these cards cutting with a scalpel but was never happy with the tidiness of the slot, look how neat this one is. Stamp by Impression Obsession, coloured by copics and I used two different cuttlebug folders on the BG which was coloured by Kaleidacolor Carribean Sea.

BEREAVEMENT CARD

2010-09-05T09:49:00.001+12:00

I had a bereavement card to make for a cousin who lost her husband recently. The BG I coloured with Kaleidacolor Riveria then cuttlebugged with two different folders and covered the middle with a cuttlebug cut out. The image made by Impression Obsession was coloured with copics and the sentiment in silver, a sticker. I used a few mini beads on the flowers and the plumes, and put a small heart under the sentiment.

BDay Card

2010-08-30T07:09:00.001+12:00

This card was done with a brayered BG, coloured with one of my kaleidacolor stamp pads and put through my cuttlebug. The coffee cup was coloured with copic pens and amazing glaze gives it the shiny glossy look, a bit of glitter gives it zing. The sentiment was a happy birthday sticker and I cut the scalloped edge with my spellbinder die. Happy Birthday Howard!

Embossed Melted Crayon

2010-07-10T10:07:00.000+12:00

Wanted to see if you could emboss on top of melted crayon (TJ technique) and it worked perfectly, like the effect it has produced!

Two New Posts

2010-06-20T07:44:00.000+12:00

New Technique Junkie's technique using melted crowns, I just love the rich colourings it gives. My daughter-in-law's birthday on Friday so I made it especially for her. Will be using this technique again soon...

Antique Wallpaper

2010-06-13T08:08:00.001+12:00

Love this look, it is a Technique Junkie BG and you can check it out by following the button to that site. The stamp was in a box of discarded rubber stamps given to me, I so love her beauty!

70th Birthday Card

2010-06-04T14:23:00.000+12:00

We are off to a 70th birthday party tonight so have just finished this card... coloured with copics, covered cardboard 70 with gold embossing powder, added a dragonfly and three black studs (not too evenly).

Swing Card

2010-05-29T08:21:00.000+12:00

My first attempt at making a swing card. The edge of the card is cuttlebugged, the BG a paper I loved and bought, sentiment on the back, so much fun to make.

Autumn Swap

2010-05-22T16:42:00.001+12:00

This swap was for two A5 Autumn themed pieces of artwork. I used glossy card, stamped with versamark leaves, brayered in Kaleidacolor Creole Spice and then over stamped with the same stamppad and clear embossing powder.

Cuttlebug Dragonfly

2010-05-16T17:44:00.000+12:00

LaVerne from the Technique Junkies group I belong to send me a beautiful card for my birthday and this is her return RAK. I coloured the background with one of my Kaleidacolor stamp pads and then put through my cuttlebug.

Ashley's 7th Birthday

2010-05-09T09:01:00.000+12:00

I decided for Ashley's card to do a tri-fold card and used a classy paper that I bought recently, the inside is done with the Birthday Cuttlebug and then inside the sentiment page, Ashley was absolutely thrilled with it and the present we gave her.

2010-05-01T10:06:00.000+12:00

What an excellent birthday and I received this beautiful cards from Elli and Roz of NZ Stampers. Elli, love the way you have stitched the image with embroidery cottons and Roz, your frame and butterfly image are beautiful. Thank you for making my birthday a really special one, D

60 years young

2010-04-26T09:11:00.000+12:00

What a great birthday, I have been so spoilt with flowers, a party and lots of presents. I certainly don't feel like 60, where did all those years go, Love D

Thank you LaVerne

2010-04-24T09:42:00.001+12:00

LaVerne, an American TJ sent me this exquisite card, it is just so beautiful and I love the colours! She has used one of the TJ techniques Re-Inker Splash and the textures on the splashed bit feel crusty in parts, which adds to it's charm. The digi image was downloaded from Squigglefly, must look up and see what is available.Thank you so much LaVerne. Hey, just as a little side note, Praise God, I am going to be 60 tomorrow!

April's ATC

2010-04-10T08:06:00.001+12:00

This week has flown by and tomorrow I am off to Brisbane for work leaving at 6.15am in the morning, I have to be at the airport at 4.15am so an early start for me. The theme for this month was children, I am a bit lacking in this area for stamps so used this one and coloured with my water colour crayons, they faded with the scan so had to boost the colour with help from the iphoto software. Next month's theme is black and white.

Good Friday

2010-04-02T06:40:00.000+13:00

Today is Good Friday, the day we commemorate Jesus dying on the cross to save all mankind. We are off to Nelson for our son's 40th birthday tomorrow, travelling down on the Bluebridge ferry. The day has dawned with no wind so the Cook Strait between the North and South Island will be calm. I made this card to give him and coloured the image with my copic markers. Really looking forward to spending Easter with our son and family, quite a while since we have been to the South Island. Happy Easter everyone!

Another Copic's Card

2010-03-28T08:37:00.000+13:00

I am improving all the time with my copics, love the way you can achieve light and shadow in your artwork. I stamped the BG card with versamark and my BG stamp and then applied clear embossing powder. The black hearts are to give it a lift.

Copic Markers

2010-03-27T10:02:00.000+13:00

This week has been an adventure discovering how to use my copic markers more effectively with the help of my TJ friend Ann Clack, she has given me so many good tips and a website which has clear instructions and tutorials. This is the card I made this morning to send to her as a big thank you, she is the greatest, as is Melanie who I have purchased the markers through. So good to have the help of stamping friends.

Double Bugging

2010-03-20T17:30:00.000+13:00

Double Bugging - a technique junkie technique - I decided to use yellow after seeing cards posted in yellow and really liking them. The pear is a stamp I used to have and it perished so much to my delight saw it on trademe and was able to purchase again. I stamped it with my kaleidacolor stamp pad in browns and then covered with metallic copper embossing powder which gives the pear a nice sheen.

RAK for Muriel

2010-03-17T19:15:00.000+13:00

This technique is out of one of my favourite books, used powdered pigments and alcohol inks. The book is well worth having "Texture Effects for Rubber Stamping" by Nancy Curry, I am sending this card to Australia in the morning.

RAK for my friend Robyn

2010-03-17T06:25:00.000+13:00

Made this card for my friend Robyn in Robina, Qld, we have been friends for a long time. The technique is a TJ one and it was easy to make and look cheery. The cup and saucer and the coffee pot are both Montargo stamps, I used them as I wanted Robyn to know that I would love to pop in and have a cuppa.

Modification

2010-03-15T19:39:00.000+13:00

Wasn't completely happy with this card, couldn't see the sentiment so unmounted and remounted and used Black Detail Embossing powder. Happy now!

RAK for Germaina

2010-03-14T12:29:00.000+13:00

I so like slicing up cards and making them to look like window frames. I made this BG a long time ago and was searching through a drawer for something else and decided to use it, it truly was a forgotten treasure. The images are all embossed with metallic bronze embossing powder (Judi-Kins) except for the little rabbits which I stamped in detail black and the Best Wishes which I cover with Fantasy Torquoise.

Travel ATC's

2010-03-06T07:49:00.000+13:00

This month's theme is travel and once again I have used distress inks because they are easy to work with and I like the finished effect. The travel stamp is by Judi-Kins, I used metallic copper embossing powder, a travel add on done with my label maker and it was all finished.

Ben's BDAy Card

2010-02-28T11:37:00.000+13:00

I did a card for Ben and then at the last moment decided to do a new one. My new brayer is great and I used Kaleidacolor fresh greens and then cuttlebugged and then ran over it with the stamp pad to give greater lift to the raised bubbles. Murray gave me the pukeko stamp - a New Zealand swamp hen, several years ago, but I had never used it, the swirls in the BG make for a ferny look. I added Amazing Glaze after colouring and a Happy Birthday to finish it off.

Watercolour Crayons

2010-02-14T09:56:00.000+13:00

This card started with the use of all the pink crayons in my watercolour set and I masked each section to pick up the definition between each colour. When dry I stamped the image with a light stamp pad and then with the darker to give a shadow effect. I used the scor-pal to give more interest, applied a ribbon and the spell binder scallop & happy birthday circle. The hardest part was finding cardboard to look good with the colour of the background. :)

Brayer Card

2010-02-13T08:16:00.000+13:00

So thrilled with my new brayer... my old one was getting past it and wasn't transferring as well as it used to. I used gloss card, my favourite leaf stamp and stamped the image with versamark ink. I brayered on top with kaleidacolor bouquet stamp pad, a ribbon to highlight, tied in a knot and then on cream card stamped the image again and added the sentiment on top. Voila, a quick and pretty card...

Red & White ATC Swap

2010-02-06T14:50:00.000+13:00

This is the theme for the ATC Swap through NZ Stampers for this month, I have signed up to do a 6-4-5 swap each month through 2010. Well, we all have days when our artwork looks great and we decide to add that little extra and just like that it doesn't work. Today was one of those days, I reached this point and decided to add glitter and it looked awful so had to redo these but I decided that it didn't matter and this time no glitter. I am really pleased with the final look, distress inks in fired brick and worn lipstick - love these inks so easy to work with.

Tapestry Technique

2010-02-03T07:01:00.000+13:00

I love this technique by technique Junkies, it is a sure success card. I masked the BG and used my Kaleidacolor stamppad to do the background. I am hunting out old techniques at the moment to use, oldies but goodies.

Art from the past

2010-01-30T13:11:00.000+13:00

Thought I would add some art from past days as I am busy at present and haven't had a chance to create. Summer has finally come and I am making the most of it, all the bedding has been washed, the doors are all open and I am in shorts and t-shirt, how I love long hot days!

Jinny's Triptych

2010-01-23T09:26:00.000+13:00

I received Jinny's triptych and it is just so gorgeous, the building are all done in mosiac form and then painted around. It is proudly displayed on my sideboard at the moment, I now have two pieces of Jinny's fabulous artwork. How the swap worked, each member submitted photos of their triptych and one name was drawn at a time and we could chose, only the coordinator knew the creator of the works of art.

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Anniversary Card

2010-01-20T16:59:00.000+13:00

Today we are celebrating our 42nd Wedding Anniversary and what an excellent day we have had. We drove over to Greytown in the Wairarapa, had lunch at the French Bakery and then called in to see our daughter-in-law Sandie and two of our granddaughters Ashley & Katie. The card on the left is not one we received but one I made for my sister-in-law Lyn and brother-in-law Howard, they celebrate their anniversary a week ahead of ours, I think they are 48 years, but could be wrong. I coloured the image with copics, highlighted with glitter, so pleased with the look.

Thank you Card

2010-01-18T20:20:00.000+13:00

I made this accordian fold card yesterday using the new stamp set I fold in the craft shop in Upper Hutt. I have highlighted the flowers and leaves with glitter.

City Triptych

2010-01-17T09:57:00.001+13:00

I was quite nervous about doing this triptych for a swap but really it wasn't that hard after all. I decided to make the highest building my workplace in Wellington, to celebrate the city and all it's activities. The building in the middle is all about the many visits as a child I made to Wellington to see movies, go to pantomimes, shopping and visiting Mum's friends. The smallest building is to showcase some of the great cities New York, London, Paris and Sydney. So enjoyable doing something different and challenging, try making your own!

Butterfly ATC

2010-01-10T08:52:00.001+13:00

I joined a monthly ATC swap with NZ Stampers, a yahoo group and this is my contribution for this month... 1 of 6... the BG is done with distress inks and masked in the corner with a flower, the butterflies have glitter to give them lift and the embossing is done with metallic copper.

Technique Junkies techniques

2010-01-09T08:47:00.000+13:00

I decided to use two of Technique Junkies' techniques together from the latest newsletter. Herringbone on the background and painting outside the lines on the image. The rubber stamp image is by Stampers Anonymous and the papers and cardboard by Stamping Up.

Shirley's Christmas Card

2010-01-08T06:39:00.000+13:00

My good friend Shirley Ross from North Carolina, USA sent me over this masterpiece and it has taken pride of place on my sideboard. Shirley and I met through Technique Junkies, she has been such an encouragement and inspiration since I joined. Love your card Shirley! Thank you!

Cuttlebug Folder

2010-01-04T09:32:00.001+13:00

I love this cuttlebug folder, it embosses so well and saw this idea of ripping and applying another colour top and bottom in a craft shop window in Milford, Auckland, alas it was closed during the Christmas/New Year break so couldn't venture in. I was given this folder by family in Nelson and I was really keen to try it out on a birthday card for my nephew Christopher, the star of the show!

Back Home

2010-01-03T08:40:00.000+13:00

Happy New Year to everyone, hope your Christmas was safe, blessed and happy. Murray and I went to Northcote, on the north shore of Auckland. The weather was superb and I have come back with a nice tan. As usual when staying with family we ate too much, time to get ourselves back into eating sensibly. I have posted my beautiful rose given to me when my mum died, I hope to be stamping again this afternoon so watch for new posts, Love Denise

Christmas snow flakes

2009-12-21T20:41:00.000+13:00

Even though we don't have snow at Christmas, we still love to do our Christmas cards with snowflakes. I coloured matt card with Kaleidacolor blue breeze, stamped and embossed my snowflakes and added a Christmas tree in the corner. I used a rub on for the sentiment and highlighted the card with crystal glitter glue, so it sparkles.

Alcohol Inks

2009-12-20T07:03:00.000+13:00

I so enjoy working with alcohol inks and as you can stamp onto and emboss immediately, they allow for a quick and easy card. I used bottle, denim & terra cotta and the image is by Impression Obsession.

Love Distress Inks

2009-12-19T06:29:00.000+13:00

Love this theme as you can tell by the many varying versions of it. I bought this tree image many years ago but couldn't quite get it to work but on these cards it works great.

Dark Room Door Stamps

2009-12-18T06:02:00.000+13:00

I bought this Christmas set at SENZ and have used it so much, love the background writing and the postage and block believe & hope stamps, the dear prancing gives it life.

Love this mouse

2009-12-16T06:36:00.000+13:00

This is an Impression Obsession image and I love it! The background was done with Kaleidacolor stamp pad in Blue Breeze and then I sandpapered over the cuttlebug embossing to give it the white highlights, very easy and I find it prevents the white ink down in the ditch look.

Another distress ink card

2009-12-14T18:58:00.001+13:00

Really like this style of card so couldn't resist making another... I am sending this Christmas Card to a stamping friend in Australia.

5 x Christmas Cards

2009-12-14T06:05:00.000+13:00

Christmas Card made in a hurray along with four that look much the same, thought I had two weekends to go before Christmas but no, only one. It is very simple, Christmas paper put through the cuttlebug, spellbinder pendent die cut, cut out stamped image, added glitter highlights and my new distress stickles on the leaves.

Christmas Card 3

2009-12-11T06:20:00.000+13:00

I made this so long ago, cannot remember what ink I used on the background, have a feeling it was alcohol inks and then I cuttlebugged it, a ribbon to give it a lift, an embossed sentiment and the stars to make it pop... it is on it's way to Nelson today.

Christmas Card 3

2009-12-10T06:40:00.000+13:00

Another Distress Ink Card, I love the look and the over embossed trees, highlighted with glitter, so easy but so effective.

Chrstmas Card 2

2009-12-09T05:36:00.000+13:00

I love distress inks, they are easy to work with and after watching Tim Holtz yesterday on youtube making a tag I came home and made this card. Lots of different stamping on top, plus embossing the snowflakes and then highlighting with glitter, easy but effective.

Christmas Card 1

2009-12-06T10:56:00.001+13:00

This is my first Christmas Card sent, it is at this very time on its to Dubai, where my niece Sharyn and her husband live with their two children. I used matt cardstock, sprayed with memories mists in three different blues, then ran a Brilliance stamppad in white over the top, a ribbon and a sentiment and the card was done.

Jinny's masterpiece

2009-12-02T18:09:00.000+13:00

I belong to a group called NZ Stampers and a group of us met in Levin at Yvonne's shop for a day of crafting. We all put in for a secret santa and I picked out Jinny's offering and what a masterpiece, I so love it and it now hangs proudly in the hallway.

My sister-in-law's birthday card

2009-12-01T05:58:00.000+13:00

I couldn't resist this paper yesterday, it is just so pretty and I bought these flowers on Sunday at the craft day we had for NZ Stampers. I used a spellbinders pendant die and a cuttlebug die for hearts and leaf scroll...

Bingo Blast

2009-11-27T06:48:00.000+13:00

This card was so much fun to make & the technique is one from Technique Junkies. Using three different Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers & misting water on the sponge applicators, blast the paints onto plain white cardboard. I found it was best to do each one indivually & let each colour dry before applying the new one. Some of the blasts didn't splatter, so I reapplied the water & repeated, so much fun... an overstamped and embossed swirl for a lift and one of my favourite sentiments mounted on top. Voila, an easy, fun card.

18th Wedding Anniversary

2009-11-24T06:27:00.000+13:00

This card would not scan well so I took a photo, our son Damien and our beautiful daughter-in-law Jamie celebrated their 18th Wedding Anniversary yesterday - what an achievement!

Our front garden

2009-11-22T09:22:00.000+13:00

When we first moved into our house the front garden was full of grasses and flaxes... Murray removed them all and we have put in mainly roses, ground covers and other flowering plants. We have had a very wet winter which seems to have agreed with the roses, as they are all out in masses of colour.

Birthday Card

2009-11-21T11:32:00.000+13:00

Murray's cousin Stella has her birthday tomorrow so before going into Wellington I made this card with my spellbinders pendant and using stampin up paper and stamp.

WTA Card for November

2009-11-17T06:47:00.000+13:00

Love this card, like the way it turned out... the BG was done with distress inks, overstamped with white embossing and the heart was painted with H2O's.

WTA flip side

2009-11-16T06:13:00.000+13:00

This is the flip side to the page I did, wanted to create something really different to the first... again I used matt card and coloured it with my Kaleidacolor Cappuccino Delight stamp pad and then went over it with Brilliance coffee bean to give the pattern a lift, coloured the coffee cup image with tombows.

November WTA

2009-11-15T10:45:00.000+13:00

This month we have two Winner Take All... the first is a double page to make into a book, the second is a Card... this is page 1 of the double page. I coloured with blue ink on matt card and then masked the crown and the swirl and went over with distress blue, then overstamped with white embossing.

Glitter Tree

2009-11-11T06:31:00.000+13:00

This card was made with a stamped and embossed bakground and the tree image was done with one of the green plastic templates and glitter, has a nice effect... the glitter sparkles.