Birthday card for my collegue’s Mother

Hello and welcome, 

I made a birthday card for my collegue’s Mother. She own’s a French bulldog, so I decided to use that as the theme of the card.

Products used are Tim Holtz, and the stamp is an old digital from Kenny K design.

I made a brick wall as the background. I used a 3D embossing folder and followed a tutorial from Zoe Hillman, link here Brickwork. 

I stamped one of the stamps from CMS238 Crazy thoughts on the brick wall with Distress embossing ink and then used Black embossing powder. Then heated with heat gun. I inked all the edges with Distress ink Scorshed timber. 

The fence is diecut from Distress Woodgrain cardstock with a really old Tim H die called 657030 On the fence (an on the edge die). I colored it with Distress spray stain, Oxide spray and when dry I applied Distress paint lightly with a brayer on the raised areas. (From a tutorial by Tim Holtz). I used Mini fasteners and a Hitch fastener on the fence. 

I colored the Bulldog with Distress inks. 

I used Glossy accent on the glasses, his eyes, the clock and the buckle. 

The pipes are from a die set called Vault industrial, 666874. I used texture paste through a stencil and then used acrylic paints and made some rust. Technique’s I have learned from Andy Skinner. 

Nr “60” is cut from Alphanumeric 660056 from black sanded Kraftstock and white cardstock. I glued them together a little bit offset to get a “shadow”, then highlighted with a white Posca pen.

The bones are stamped with CMS271 Crazy dogs, embossed with black powder on watercolor paper, cut out and then I picked a hole in them and put them on a swivel clasp.

I mounted the card on cardboard, then made a cardbase from black thick cardstock.inked the edges on the cardboard with Scorched timber Distress ink.

I will try this card over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - 4 Legged friends. 

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne

Happy Easter tag

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I needed a tag for a bouquet of flowers that I gave away so I made one with Tim Holtz Papercut chicks.

The tag itself is a Mixed media heavystock #8. I used Distress spray stain, Distress Oxide spray’s on the tag.

Then I stamped the “Happy Easter” from the clear stamp set Hipster Bunny. After that I used the Intertwined 3D embossing folder. All edges are inked with Distress ink.

The chicks are colored with Distress inks.

I will try this tag in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Emboss it. 

Thank you very much for visiting.

/Susanne

Happy Easter gift box

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Today I will show a small giftbox that I have made using an old die from Tim Holtz. (The Curio box), I saw Tami B used it to make a giftbox a couple of years ago. Other products are also from Tim Holtz.

The box is cut from Watercolor cardstock and colored with Distress spray stains and Oxide sprays. The edges are colored with Distress ink. I used Sizzix 3D embossing folder Intertwined to get the pattern and structure on the box. 

I have used the Papercut chicks dies for the chickens. 

The dots on the tag are stamped with a stamp from Mr rabbit stamp set. And the text Happy Easter is from Hipster Bunny clear stamp set. 

I used a thin plastic sheet as a window.

I will try this make in a challenge over at Simon say stamp Monday challenge - Emboss it.

I wish you all a Happy Easter 🐣🐰.

/Susanne

Flowers for birthday

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Today I have another Birthday card. My Mother’s former collegue turned 91 in January, so I made her a card.

I wanted her to have a little taste of spring in this card. So I choose some flowers and pink color 🌸.

I used the stamp CMS460 Tiny prints on the background and used clear embossing powder, heated with embossing gun. Inked the background with some pink Distress inks and oxides. Then I used my iron and ”ironed away” the embossing powder. A very cool technique that I have learned from Tami Baastians. 

By doing that you get rid of the blank finish you get from the embossing powder. 

For this card I also used one of these nice collage strips. And the flowers from 665853 Modern flowerstry. 

The text is from 666873 Vault edges. 

The stamp in the uppger right corner is from Tim’s Stickerbook - Postmarked, an fun is that there are some  Swedish stamps in it. An old stamp. 

I have decorated the card with some Distress spritz, some pearls and some white Posca pen. I stitched the edges with my sewing machine and I also stitched some on the collage strip.

Products used:

Watercolor cardstock, CMS460 Tiny Prints, Clear embossing powder, Distress inks and Oxides, 665853 Modern florestry, 666873 Vault edges, Stickerbook-Postmarked, Collage strip. 

I will try this card over at Simon Says stamp Monday challenge - Beautiful blooms.

Thank you very much for visiting my blog.

/Susanne 

Birthday card for my collegues Mother

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A while ago I was asked by my collegue if I wanted to make a card for his Mother’s birthday. Of course I felt honored and answered yes. 

My colleague have 2 sisters and all the children was going to give away some kind of experience for their Mother. So the theme of the card should represent the gifts in some way.

Two of the children are giving travels, one to Austria and one to Italy, therefore I used the mountain die, the suitcase, the aeroplane and the globe.

The wineglass stamp is for Italy. And the third gift was a gym card and some training gear. Therefore me and my husband made some handlebars for the card🙂. I made two small tags as Italy’s and Austria’s flags and put them on the suitcase. Stamped a ticket that I inked as well. 

I used a postagestamp and stamped on random places on the background. 

The flag is diecut from Watercolor cardstock with 660953 Crazy things, and then I cut some fabric to cover it. The fabric is colored with Distress inks, to look old. The text and ”60”, is diecut from Watercolor cardstock, inked with Distress inks and then glased with Glossy accent. 

The wineglass is colored with Distress inks and then also glased with Glossy accent. 

The globe is diecut from Watercolor cardstock and then colored with Distress inks. 

The mountain is diecut from Watercolor cardstock and inked with Distress inks. 

I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. I also decorated the card with hex fasteners in three corners.

I matted the card on a black piece of cardstock with 3D foam and then I used a piece of cardboard behind that. Then I made a black card front. 

All edges are inked with Ground espresso Distress ink.

Products used:

Dies:

664439 Baggage claim, 665580 Mountain top, 664179 Destination, 666606 Vault world travel, 657188 Tiny tabs & tags, 660223 Celebration words, 662698 Ticket boot, 660953 Crazy things, 660056 Alphanumeric. 

Stamps: CMS337 Ticket boot, CMS225 Correspondence 

Glossy accent, Watercolor cardstock, Distress inks, oxides, Jumprings, Hexfastener, Metallic Kraftstock, Cracked leather cardstock, Archival ink Black soot, Black Posca pen.

I will try this card in a challenge over at Simon Says stamp Monday challenge - A bit O’green

Thank you very much for visiting, 

/Susanne

Birthday card with a cat

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Today I will share a birthday card that I made for a friend. 

I have made this card with a specific cat in mind. The women who received this card is living in a house on the countryside and one day this cat came and stayed with them, and it is still living with them. 

He has his knitted sweater on and are having a cup of hot chocolate 😻🙂.

I have used some different stamps from Tim Holtz. The snowflakes are embossed with Platinum embossing powder. I love the snarky sayings from Tim.

For the moon I used Tim’s moon mask.

Products used: 

Stamps: CMS392 Snarky cats (text), CMS225 Correspondence, CMS499 Mr Frostie, CMS476 Winter wonderland, Stamptember 2020 (the cat).

Dies: 657188 Tiny tabs & tags, 664177 Alphanumeric label

Distress Watercolor paper, long fastener 

Moon mask, Kraft cardstock 

I will try this snowy card in a challenge over at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge - Whatever the weather.

Thank you for visiting, 

Susanne

Valentine card for my Dear husband

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Today I will share the Valentine card I made for my Dear husband this year.

The background is a monoprint with Tim’s stencil THS073 Heartstruck. Inspired by a card that Tami B recently made.

I used the heart from 664156 die set as a balloon 🎈. 

I diecut the Love you twice with 665847 Bold text #1, and colored the letters with Distress inks and then glued them back into the first cut panel. 

I splattered black acrylic paint on the whole card accept from the Mickey and balloon for some extra interest.

Products used in access of the products mentioned above:

Distress inks, Watercolor cardstock, Black acrylic paint, white Posca pen, Spellbinders Steamboat Willie duo die, chit chat stickers, 3D foam, red cardstock, black cardstock, white cardstock as cardbase.

I will try this card over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Spritz & Splatter.

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne

Celebrating a diamond wedding (60 years!)

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Today I am happy and proud to share a card made for my Dear parents who celebrated 60 years of marriage this new year. Not every human are fortunate to celebrate such a long and happy marriage. ❤️

I’m so happy that my parents had that opportunity ❤️ and that we were able to share their moment and happiness. 

I made the background first, on Watercolor cardstock. I started to ink my craft sheet with some pink and Saltwater taffy Distress inks, sprayed with water and dipped the background. Dried between layers with my heat tool and then stamped the text stamp from CMS328 Entomology with Distress embossing ink and used Platinum embossing powder. Heated with embossing gun. 

Then I used Distress texture paste opaque through stencil THS017 Hearts, I “dabbed” my palette knife in the paste to get the extra textured look. Then I lightly sprayed the background with a little mist of water and then used Distress Mica spray, (opened the bottle and applied the spray with the end of the “mister”.

Then sprayed some more water to get some movement, and then dried with my heat tool. Inked the edges with black Distress ink. 

I diecut the rosette and number 60 from Distress Metallic Kraftstock which I have sanded. Inked the edges with Scorched timber. The number 60 is diecut twice and glued together offset for a shadow effect.

The dies used are Sizzix 665367 Countdown, and the rosette from Spellbinders Classic Mouse holiday wreath S6-265. 

Mickey and Minnie are cut from Spellbinders Classic mouse dies, from Watercolor paper (which I colored with Distress inks) and their clothes from sanded Metallic Kraftstock. I used a white Posca pen for some highlights on the figures. 

As 60 year of wedding is named “diamond wedding”, I wanted to add a lot of “diamonds” on my card. 

I mounted the card on a piece of red cardstock then on a piece of metallic Kraftstock, both with 3D foam between layers. Finally I mounted the card on a black cardbase that I made from cardstock. Also there with 3D foam between layers. 

Thank you very much for visiting today, 

/Susanne