Grungy Journal with Finnabair

So love my Grungy Journal made with Finnabir at Kapiti, NZ - what a great class, thoroughly recommend her if she comes your way

Similar Cards

Two birthday cards along similar theme, BG with distress inks using Tim Holtz clock die to add watermark, stamps all by Tim Holtz except for the sentiment and Happy Birthday.

My brother-in-law's BDay Card

So pleased with my new Tim Holtz stamps, the BG were coloured with my spray mists, I stamped the plane separately, cut out and glued on after rest of card was finished.

My Copper Clock

So love my new clock, the BG was pounded with a texture hammer and then we used a Brûlée torch to bring out colours. The enamelled pieces were done over a high powered flame, which caused me a few nervous thoughts, but once I got started was OK. The enamelled pieces were mounted over opal covered cardboard shapes, the square was painted and then misted, can't remember with what, the CD was painted with gesso and then copper leaf pressed on, beads added later. Should have had etched numbers but unfortunately mine didn't take so I used die cut numbers.

45th Wedding Anniversary

Today is our 45th Wedding Anniversary and I made this card for Murray. I used gloss cardstock for the BG and stamped with versamark and then covered with white embossing powder. With three complimenting distress inks I coloured the cardstock and when dry rubbed off any surplus ink to expose the swirls. The scrolls were cut from Tim Holtz dies and the sentiment was stamped onto plain white cardstock and cut from a spellbinder's die and to finish off I put 45 in the corner.

Lupita's Birthday Card

Haven't used this stamp in such a long time and I so enjoyed colouring it with copics and bringing it to life. The wings have clear stickles applied to give the a see through look. The BG is done with distress inks and once dry I stamped with my BG stamp with a darker blue. The flowers and butterflies were coloured from white fabric lace and bling applied. I coloured the happy birthday which was gold with a Sharpie pen in the same colour. Bright and cheery with yellow mounting card.

Vittoria's Handbag

Granddaughter Vittoria turned 18 and I made this handbag for her, I scored the background paper in threes making the flap smaller, then ruled lines and used a round shape to round the flap. The flower is made from lots of different dies mounted on top of each other and hearts folded in half with a flower jewel on top, I popped a gift voucher inside which you can see peeping out. The handle was a bit tricky but next time I make one will draw two semi circles instead of cutting and trusting that I won't go wonky.