Swirly Mondrian

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters' Team Project Highlight this week.  Do take a look at all the great projects and vote for your favourites!

I was really happy with the Mondrian inspired card set that I made recently, especially the card box.  I knew I would be revisiting the theme sooner or later!

The Swirly Scribbles thinlits combined with primary colours give a crisp, graphic look to a card

 

The basic card is a 6" square of Basic Black.

I cut the long die in the Swirly Scribbles thinlit set  from Basic Black card stock and applied the lines onto a strip of  Real Red cardstock.  I then cut the same die with Pacific Point, Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight cardstock.  

I adhered pieces of the coloured cardstock into the Basic Black lines - leaving some spaces red.  The strip of red cardstock was wider than the Swirly Scribbles die, so I had to make a join.

I then adhered this decorated red strip to the front of the card.

This is how the dies fit together

I knew I wanted a circular label to cover the join on the front of the card and decided to use the larger of the round Swirly Scribbles dies to decorate the circular label. 

I wanted to inset the design, so I cut the circle and the Swirly Sribble at the same time from Whisper White cardstock.  I removed the Swirly Scribble and kept it for use on another project.

I cut another circle with the same Layering Circles framelit and glued the other white piece onto it.

I then the cut the Swirly Scribble again in Basic Black, Pacific Point, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight and Real Red.  I adhered the Basic Black Swirly Scribble into position on the circle and then glued in a variety of coloured pieces.  Since I wanted a smooth surface, I then adhered the Whisper White Swirly Scribble centre back into position and stamped the greeting from Tin of Cards. 

I used the Swirly Birds stamp set with Basic Black, Real Red and Crushed Curry ink to decorate the inside of the card.

The inside of the card decorated with the Swirly Birds stamp set

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time

Stephanie


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2-Way Glue Pen

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Abstract pattern with Botanicals - the card that designed itself!

To make the squiggle, I inked part of a stamp in the Tin of Cards set

As I was sitting at my table this afternoon, moving things around in a not very inspired fashion, I came across a stash of Botanical Builder "extras" left over from previous cards.

Some of the flower centres (two Basic Black and a Bermuda Bay) fell onto some Whisper White card and my brain went "hello!"

Nearby on the desk was a previously rejected frame in Blackberry Bliss and a folded Basic Gray card base left over from a change of mind - and the card started to pull itself together!

I cut some layers of Whisper White and Bermuda Bay - using very fine margins (there is only 1mm of the Bermuda Bay showing around the edge of the Smoky Slate layer) and cut a few more of the flower centres.

The yellow centres are from the It's My Party Enamel Dots pack and, since I only had six left, I added a Bermuda Bay Candy Dot on a brad base to the centre flower.

The Bermuda Bay Candy Dots on the greeting panel tie it all together.  About half way through the process of making this card I decided it was going to be for one of my friends in England who I miss very much - hence the choice of greeting.

So really, this is a card that almost made itself!  If you like it - do go over to Kylie Bertucci's blog and vote for it in the Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlights!  

'Til next time.

Stephanie

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No Bones About It - Dinoparty!

If you saw my previous post featuring dinosaurs, you may be wondering .... what happened next?

Even if you aren't wondering - I'm going to tell you now!

Continuing the story of the Dinosaur Party

On the front of the card, the T-rex couple are arriving at the party, bearing their gifts, while the brachiosaurus puts the finishing touches to the bunting in the trees (who better to reach high enough?).

T-Rex's bringing gifts

Inside the card, we find our two Triceratops friends.  They haven't quite made it to the party yet, but they're close and they're bringing a balloon as their contribution to the festivities!

Triceratops couple bring a balloon, following the T-Rex footprints

The card is Night of Navy with layers of Daffodil Delight and Lost Lagoon (doesn't that just sound like an inviting name for a dinosaur?!).

I have used black ink everywhere.  The only exception is the Smoky Slate marker I used to fill in the flowers, tree trunks and parcel.  I also used a Basic Black marker on the bunting to hide the "Merry Christmas" wording!

Can you pick all the stamp sets I combined in these little scenes?

Ready for the answer?...

No Bones About It (that was easy!)
White Christmas (the trees and bunting)
Sheltering Tree (the leaves on the trees)
Santa's Gifts (the parcel)
Hey Girl (the grass, balloon & string)
Tin of Cards (the birthday sentiment inside the card)

Til next time
Stephanie

Dinosaur Hunt

Today I needed to make a birthday card for my pre-school age great-nephew.  I'm not sure what it says about me but this was my creative thought process:
"Must make a card for Hunter ... oooh, I haven't used those dinosaur stamps yet ... boys like dinosaurs ... Hunter ... T-Rex hunting vegesaurs" !!

Dinosaur scene - are they being hunted?

I like to think of the lead Triceratops saying to the other one "Run, Forest, Run!"

It all ends well though .... the T-Rex just wants to invite them to a birthday celebration!

No, it's just a dinosaur birthday party!

I was a bit pressed for time, so it's a very simple card.  The base is Cajun Craze followed by a layer of Lost Lagoon and the stamped layer is Crushed Curry.

I stamped the leading Triceratops first and masked it.  Then stamped the second Triceratops and masked that too.  Then I stamped the tree, leaves and foreground dots (I'm not sure if they're footprints or rocky ground!).  Then I stamped the T-Rex and sentiment.  I stamped the T-Rex right in the corner to try to give a little more depth to my simple little scene.  I used Mossy Meadow ink.

For the inside I stamped the T-Rex again, this time giving him a party hat and some foot prints.  The birthday sentiment is from the Tin of Cards set - it's one I use a lot.

I hope you like my simple little card - it was a lot of fun to make.  My mind is now spinning with more dinosaur scenes with more details (like a sky!).

Til next time
Stephanie

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