Tim Holtz May tag: smile

On the last day of May

I present you my tag.

Sorry Tim,

but this time the tag did not inspire me :-((

 

Just could not get the

technique to work for me,

so this is the

unfortunate result.

I will keep on trying!

 

For all instructions

visit Tim's blog here:

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-may/

Looking forward to see what you have for us in June.

 

Have a creative day!

 

 

Michael Strong Technique Thursday

When I was shoping I found

this cute hanger for the home

(Dutch ladies: it is available in Action

and only € 0,99).

 

When i saw this, I knew I had to alter it

with my Michael Strong stamps.

 

This is what you need:

1 house stamp

1 heart stamp

Viva Decor inka gold colors

spray bottle with water

versamark

black/ white embossing powder

paper

heat tool

 

I prepared the paper with Viva Decor inka cold colors.

There are two ways of doing this.

For the first way you take some colors of inka gold

out of the pot and onto your craft sheet.

Spray with water amd mix a little with a brush.

Take your paper direct on the craft sheet

and pick up the paint until you have covered your paper.

This is tghe finished paper.

Leave it to dry.

The other way is the dry way.

Take two pots on color that you want to use.

You can use your finger or a sponge

to color the paer with. Start with the

lightest color.

And then ad the next color.

Cover your complete oiece of paper.

With the dry way you can stamp and

emboss right away on the paper.

For the wet way you have to either dry the paper

with your heat tool or just wait until it is dry.

Here is the finished project.

You see I embossed the house in black

and the heart in white.

 

In the heart of the flowers I glued little gemstones.

There are also red gemstones on the heart.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Have a creative day!

 



Club Scrap Cape Cod Blog Hop

WELCOME

to another wonderful

CLUB SCRAP

blog hop.

 

This time we present to you

the May kit called "Cape Cod",

and honestly this is going to be another

of my favorite kits! The designers at

Club Scrap keep on amazing me:

I have too many favorite kits :-)

 

I hope you have arrived her from

Tricia's blog, with her wonderful ideas

of using the kit in the most efficient way.

I start with sharing one of the ALSB pages (#7)

of this kit. Have you never tried ALSB: assembly

line scrapbooking? It is the best way of using

the papers that come with you kit in the most

effective way. You get 13 wonderful pages out

of one pizzabox. You find all of the

ALSB instructions here:

http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/assembly-line-scrapbooking

 

On to some cards!

I have found lately that

pop up cards seem to be in fasion

and there are many dies for fancy

cards you can buy, but how about

the easy way, no die needed!

You know I go for the

easy to make cards. Here are

some instructions:

 

You need one piece of 12x12 inch

scrapbook paper. I used the

light blue print paper of this kit.

Some cut outs, and stamps.

Ruler, spencil, scissors

and glue or double sided tape.

 

If you click on these instructions,

they are easier to read.

 

1. Cut your 12x12 inch paper in 3 strips of 4"x 12"

 

2. fold them all in half.

 

3. For the pop up card you need 2 pieces.

So you have one piece left for another card.

 

4. Take one of the folded pieces and your pencil

and ruler. Now fold the card close and

measure 3/4" from both outsides and mark

on the folded side of the card.

5. Cut one inch towards the inside of the card.

 

6. Open the card and fold the just

cut part towards the inside of the card.

Now you have a little platform

where you can stick you image to pop up.

The card looks like this now:

7. The second piece of folded

4"x 12" is the outside of the card

to cover up the part where you have made the cut.

 

Now here is my finished card:

This is the front of the card,

with ribbon and a piece cut

from the designed scrap paper.

I added a few sticky pearls from my stash.

Now to fold open the card and

see what is inside.

 

This is the inside of the card.

I stamped the top part of the inside with

the rubber stamps and on  the bottom I

used the stencil that came with the kit.

The lighthouse is from one of the

 8,5"x11" papers. I hope you

see how easy it is to make this card.

 And from the left over 4"x 12"

strip I made another easy card :

Outside I used a cut out

and a stamped image

and the left over part of the cut out

you find inside of the card.

 

Now on to some more inspiration.

Your next blog to visit is:

KAY's Keepsakes Blog

where she has more tips

and wonderful ideas ready for you.

 

If for some reason you lose your way,

or have a bad connection, there is alwasy

the master list on the

Club Scrap Create Blog

to help you navigate to all 18 of

the participating blogs.  

 

 

 

Have a creative day!

 

Sunday Scrap Page: scrappy border

Theme for today is: Self-Portret

and because I have lost quite some weight,

I share with you two pictures to show

the difference between then and now:

before and after.

I also made this page for the May 5 challenge:

scrappy border.

Papers are Club Scrap Artifact

And for the border I used a few

different stamps by Michael Strong:

the square

the circle

and the octagon

This is what I did:

I took 3 colors of paper.

On each of the papers I used

one of the stamps.

Than I cut the shapes and punched

out the circles.

I arranged everything on the background before

sticking it down, so it was the way i liked it.

The little squares are stickers from the

Club Scrap Artifact kit.

Thanks for looking,

Have a creative day!

Saturday Sketch: Technostamper 264 and Club Scrap again

Today I made a sketch from  one of my favorite blogs:
The Technostamper
You find all info here:
http://technostamper.blogspot.nl/2013/05/monday-lunchtime-sketch-challenge-264.html

Of course  I used Michael Strong Stamps:

The Little Houses and a sentiment

The paper is Club Scrap

from the kit Equestrian November 2012

The bird is a punch by Stampin'Up!.

The squares are all punched out and

stamped on with stamps to give the

papers a more interesting look.

 I have a tutorial done in 2009 if you want to see more details:
http://craftchaos.blogspot.nl/2009/10/quilt-kaartquilt-card.html
I love this technique for it is great to use
the scraps that are on your table.

When it comes out of the die, it looks like this.

And here is the finished card.

The paper and stamps of this card are all Club Scrap

from the kit Equestrian November 2012.

This card is made for the Die Cut challenge (May 12).

 Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Challenges you!

Still Scrapbooking Month at Club Scrap

with a challenge every day. Here are some of

my cards.

Above was a card for a sketch challenge

This card, with my favourite

coffee stamps, was for the thorn paper challenge.

Here my card for the 

rainbow challenge,

with punched out flowers 

in rainbow colors.

For the doodle challenge I used 2 different

flower stamps and doodled in and around them.

And this one is for the petal challenge.

I am so glad I have some papers lying around!

Have a creative day!