Club Scrap Blog Hop: Big Deal

Hello!

You have arrived at Club Scrap's monthly blog hop

from Tricia's Efficient Crafter's blog

to show you what you can make with the papers

and stamps that arrive with the Club Scrap kit.

This month it is Big Deal:

It is all about cards and games.

But the first thing I made is a birthday card,

for today my youngest daughter has her 23rd birthday.

Happy Birthday, 

dear Zora,

I hope you have a wonderful day!

and of course i made a scrap page too. 

Sharing the picture I made yesterday,when I posted

Zora's birthday card with him and hopefully it arrives in time

(ps Zora,it is not this one ....)

The card is 5,5 x 4 1/4 inch from the 

yellow paper I had left from the scrapbook page below.

And for the background I stamped with Club Scrap

topaz ink and the card stamp from the Greetings

UM stamps (as well as the sentiment). By turning the stamp 

several ways I created a background.

The card is also a stamp, but from UM Borders

& Backgrounds. I used a cirle spellbinder to create

the opening for the picture. The crown is embossed

in silver and is from the Art Nouveau stamp sheet.

I just love to see the difference from when

she was young and how she is now.

The numbers I cut out of the

bingo unmounted stamps.

As for my project:

I love the gift box we have made at the

Retreat last year and as my MIL plays

bridge at least 3 times a week,I wanted to make

her a gift box with cards for her bridge -friends.

I made 4 cards and 6 little cards (for she never goes

without a little gift for the hostess and these gift

cards are easy to attach).

This is the finished box with all the cards.

So I choose some papers for the cards and the

gift tags first and cut them all to size.

I decided to make some easy stamped cards,no difficult

stamping techniques.

Here are the cads:

On the left card I used the bingo stamp from the UM art nouveau

sheet on the background and on the front. 

On the right card I used a queen playcard embossing folder

as a background. I used a blending toolwith topaz ink to

color the raised part of the paper.

All 4 large cards are 5,5 x 4 1/4 inch.

This background stamp on both cards is from the UM Big Deal

stampsheet and stamped in india black ink.

I used some red ribbons from my stash for a

little more color.

Here the gift tags:

All the gift cards are 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch.

I used some small wooden stamps fromvintage kits

as sentiments. The big heart stamp is from the

UM Big Deal sheet.

For the background of these cards I stamped  the collage

stamp from the art nouveay sheet with versamark

and white embossing powder.

After heating it the background is colored with ash and 

topaz ink. The white embossing powder works as a resist

and gives a great background.

Tied the cards with enveloppes together

with a red ribbon and my gift set is ready.

Now if you get lost,you can always find yur way around 

from the Club Scrap Create Blog

and for more inspiration please

hop on to

Kay's Keepsakes Blog.

Thanks for looking!

Have  creative day!

Club Scrap Bootcamp: die cuts3

 These cards are made with Club Scrap's

Gratitude kit.

 The circle stamp is from Club Scrap Sorento,

but I forgot where the thank you stamp

came from (vintage kit,for it is a 

wood mounted stamp).

The flower stamps is embossed with 

pearlscent ivory embossing powder

and in the middle a pearl brad.

Club Scrap Bootcamp: die cuts 2

Here more cards with the use of die cuts.

These are made with 

Club Scrap's Birds of a Feather kit.

Background done with an embossing folder

and adding some distress ink. Birds are

made with a punch,sentiment is a die cut.

Background stamped with BOF stamp

and all the rest are die cuts.

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap page: Bootcamp week 3

We are in week 3 now at the

Club Scrap Bootcamp

and the challenge is:

**use die cuts**

and the theme for the Weekly Chronicles

is Morning Glory.

I used this to make the page about Owen, who happily comes

running into my house every Tuesday morning to play

with the animals at my house. He opens the box and the

first things he gets out are the elephant and the hippo.

So for this page I used the Club Scrap Safari papers

and die cuts and Michael Strong's Elephant stamp.

Terrific Day is from the Tribal kit.

Thank you for looking and enjoy your Sunday!

Club Scrap Boot Camp: Torn Paper

Here two cards for Club Scraps Boot Camp

in the technique that Kay Williamson is sharing

with us on the Club Scrap Create Blog.

It is a technique with stencils, white paint and

ink. Have a look for her tutorial HERE.

For my cards I used Club Scrap Gratitude papers

and Mocha Java stamps.

For this card I used the Fizz stencil.

You see the torn paper just above the 

sentiment on both cards.

For this card I have used Tim Holtz coffee

stain stencil.

It is such a fun technique. I did make

more ackgrounds so you will see

more of this!

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap: Love and Spring

Today my scrap pages are also for Club Scrap's Bootcamp

and the challenge is to use torn papers.

Week 7: Love is in the air

and with Valentine'sDay this week,that is

not so difficult.

For these pages I used Club Scrap's retrat 2013 kit.

On the border I added my text and the date

with letters from a Tim Holtz strip die with

the alphabet that is called Vintage Market.

The heart for this photo is cut with a spellbinder die

and the letters are from the same die as on the border.

Cupid is Tim Holtz mini love stuck movers and shapers

die and the hearts are the mini heart stamp by

 Michael Strong decorated with little red gemstones.

Here you also see the torn border for the challenge.

Here is also the page for next week:

Is it spring yet.

Here I used Club Scrap's Bold Bloom paper

and the same letters as I did in the previous page.

This time I tore up all the porder of the paper

around the photo's and used another color to mat the 

torn paper and photo.

Here another close look at the border of this page

where I used some colorful letters to make it look

more like spring.

We are lucky to have this mild winter this year.

I feel sorry for my friends in the UK with so much

rain and my friends in the US with so much snow.

Hope it will soon be over and spring will realy be there.

The tulips are by Michael Strong

I embossed them with green distress embossing powder

and colored them with green and a touch of orange.

Have a creative day!

Journal52: Love Notes

Another weer and a new page for my Art Journal.

This time the theme was The Lost art of Love Letters.

If you are intersted in doing a page a week, visit

Journal52 promts HERE.

Here is the background to my page:

I started with coloring the background red with distress paints,

but that was just todark so I put a layer of gesso on top 

with a creditcard to soften the color.

Then I used a heart template and a word stamp.

The suitcase stamp by Tim Holtz you may wonder about,why?

Well my husband keeps all my cards in a special vintage

looking suitcase. He needs another one though! ;-)

The enveloppes on the page i made with the envelop punch

board by We R Memory Keepers. And the hearts

I cut out with my spellbinders.

Thanks for looking.

Have a creative day!

Tim Holtz tag 2014 Febuary Valentine

Here is my second tag of this year for the 

 Tim Holtz challenge and because it

is a Valentine tag,why not having it ready on

Valentine's day?!

If you want to see Tim's tag first, go HERE

and see all the instuctions too.

It is always fun to try and make a tag like Tim's

even when you do not have all the right materials.

I made the tag for my DH and he has a mustasche,

so I thouight i would use the mustasche stamp.

First i colored the tag with distress stains

(loving them a lot!).

Using a heart template of my own for the background 

of the tag,with different colors of red distress ink.

And embossing the hearts with clear embossing powder.

The heart die I have and so I cut it from grungeboard,

colored the heart red and added glossy accent on top.

Used fired brick red glitters and let it all dry.

For the arrows i cut these with one of the dies

and embossed the arrows with silver embossing powder.

Meanwhile i also stamped and embossed the mustache stamp

 like a chalk board,but forgot to take a picture.

For the sentiment I ussed Tim's label stamp in red

and a box of abc stamps to make up the sentiment I wanted.

Cutting out the sentiments and distressing them before

adding them to the tag.

The bottom of the tag is a silver cardstock border

from  the vintage lace decorative strip die.

 Have a lovely and creative day!