Tim Holtz July tag: Journey

Oh my, last day of July so soon

and i had not made my Tim Holtz tag.

So I set to work today.

My tag became a card for

vacation time in July.

Let's get out the vintage car

and hit the road.

For this card i used the same techniques

as you see described on  the blog of

Tim Holtz.

See how wonderful the suitcases are

in the background like they are on top

of the car.

Here a closer look of the car with the

crackle paint and distress ink.

Thanks Tim for this wonderful technique,

I love it! It gives a wonderful llok.

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Wisteria Blog Hop

Welcome to another great

Club Scrap blog hop!

If you came from Tricia's

Efficient Crafter's blog: welcome!

Was't it a wonderful project?!!

If you loose your way hopping along.

please go the the 

Club Scrap Create Blog

were you will find all the blogs that

are participating.

Here is what I have in store for you:

1. a scrap page ALSB style

2. a card with triple stamping technique

3. surprise box

This is the 2nd layout you find in the ALSB

instructions, that I thought was perfect for the pictures

I took in May when I was in Amsterdam, not knowing 

that the Wisteria kit was coming.

It always feels, that Club Scrap knows what we are doing

or where we take pictures of. 

Here you see a part of the page, where I used one of the frames

 that was included in the box.

I had an earlier post about this triple stamping and I just

love doing it. You can find a video HERE.

The first time I looked at Wisteria, I thought of these 

gazebo's where one has a little tea party.

So getting out my 2008 Infusions stamp to make

this card together with the wisteria stamps.

If you want to make a card like this to,

here are the measurements I used:

(first is cardstock, 2nd is paper you stamp on)

card base: 8 1/2"x 5 1/2" + 4"x 5 1/4"

2nd layer: 3 1/4"x 4 1/2" + 3"x 4 1/4"

3rd layer: 2 1/4"x 3 1/2" + 2"x 3 1/4"

This box I found just by accident.

I wasn't looking for another project to do,

but when I noticed it it just said: wisteria.

So I took it home, sanded it and painted it.

After the paint was dry I used the rubber stamps

to decorate the box. Here are a few pictures.

I guess you want to know what is inside

......well I think this post is getting way to long, 

so do come back tomorrow

and I show you what is inside!

Thank you for visiting my blog.

It is time to move along to 

Kay's Keepsakes Blog

and see what she has in store for you.

ENJOY!

Have a creative day!

Turtle and more

My friend Paulette from

Create with TLC

has some wonderful new images that you

receive absolutely FREE

when you buy only

one item from her shop.

These images go great with my new

Michael Strong turtle stamp,

so i just had to have it!!

Below you see a few samples of the free digital images

but there are more!!

Here the card I made with a combination of the stamps

ans the digital images. The weed and the turtle

are colored with distress markers.

If you click on the picture, you see a larger version

and you can see the glitter gemstones I added and 

see that i cut the weed and folded it on top of the 

shells and also wove the turtle through.

Hope I have wet your appetite!

BTW did you comment to my blog candy

to win the turtle stamp?

No....you can do so HERE

You have until Saturday August 3rd.

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Wisteria Blog Hop sneak peek

When I received my new Club Scrap box

for July with the title WISTERIA

I had no idea what it was....

so after I googled the word, I learned about

the plant it was (dutch: blauwe regen).

Then I realized I just made a picture of it when 

at a birthday in the middle of Amsterdam.

I just love the new stamps and the colors of the paper.

Come and visit my blog and that of

19 others for a lot of card, scrapbook

and project inspiration.

Here a sneak peek of my project.

Want to know what it is?

Come  back July 31 and see.

All blogs you can find on the

Club Scrap blog:

Club Scrap Creates

Have a creative day!

Hambo Hoedown125: Stripes

 

Here is my card for this weeks

Hambo Hoedown Challenge

which is

**CHALLENGE: Create a project that uses STRIPES**

For my card I used a stripy background and 

Hambo's digital image called: robot

and you can find it HERE.

and some thinlets with these gears

that I punched out in black.

The silver metallic background is a

Tim Holtz embossing folder.

Here you see a part of the card with

all the gears and the brads I used.

There are also to metal gears.

And this is the inside

of the card.

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap page: Oops!

The theme for this week is: "Oops!" at the

Weekly Chronicles by Club Scrap.

It was hard, but I think I managed to

come up with something especially

when my new sea turtle stamp 

by Michael Strong arrived.

Yes, you quessed right, I had to use it!

I printed the text on the paper and embellished it

with these wonderful gemstones that came with

the Club Scrap Castaway kit (2011) and it

was the last piece :-((

(click on the picture

and you can read the text).

This fun sea turtle also comes with the wonderful seaweed

that is great for cards and scrap book pages on the background.

I stamped it and embossed it on lime green on the dark blue

paper and stamped it in green on the yellow.

It is easy to cut the seaweed with a craft knife

and make it come alive by folding it over

the picture at the bottom and

also along the side of the paper.

I am sure you will see more of that turtle!!

Thanks for looking.

Have a creative day!

Saturday Sketch and blog candy: Turtlely Awesome

YEAH!!!!

My Michael Strong sea turtle stamp

has finally crawled into my mail box.

This calls for a celebration!

I have one extra stamp (in the package there

are two stamps: the turtle and the seaweed)

for a give-away

How can you enter?

1. become or are a follower of my blog

2. leave a comment and make sure I can email you

3. any suggestions for turtle sentiments??

On Saturday August 3 I will announce the winner.

Now here is my first turtle card.

I made it for a sketch challenge

 on  the Friday Sketch challenge Blog.

Wondering about some of the techniques I used?

Here follows a description:

The background of the card is made with alcohol ink

and I used the colors citrus, pool and stream.

If you like this, but you don't have alcohol ink,

you can use my background.

by saving above picture to your

computer with a click of your right mouse button.

The seaweed on the alcohol ink background is

embossed with lime green embossing powder.

The sentiment is printed with the

computer in the font called skwirl

(you can find it free on www.dafont.com)

I stamped and embossed the turtle in black

and colored the image with distress ink in the

colors peacock feathers, broken china and 

mowed lawn by putting a drop on my craft sheet

and adding a drop of water.

To give rhe card some extra bling there

are a few sticky gemstones on his shield and

on the background.

Thanks for looking and leaving your comment.

Have a creative day!