Birthday card for my Father

Hello and welcome,

Today I will share a card I have made for my Father’s birthday, which is today. Happy Birthday Dad❤️. He turns 78 this year and we are not able to celebrate together the whole family as usual. But I baked a rhubarb pie, picked some flowers and made this card for him, so that he should feel that it is a special day anyway. I left it off outside their door and talked to him and my Mother in distance.

I have used Tim Holtz products for this card and used some of the techniques that Tim has shown in his FB lives.

I started with the background, cut a piece of Mixedmedia heavystock. Used Distress ink and Distress oxide in the new beautiful color Speckled egg on my craftmat, spritzed some water and started to layer. Drying in between layers. Then I added some Distress ink in Rusty hinge and Ground espresso. Inked the edges with Ground espresso Distress ink. Stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. 

Then I stamped with Inventor 7, CMS374 using Jet black Archival ink. I also used a tiny stamp from Glitch 2, CMS404. Then I spritzed with water and used Embossing glaze in Walnut stain and Rusty hinge. Love the look of it! 

I applied a thin coat of Micro glaze on the upper part of the stamped image. Heated with my heat tool, and then it is “safe” to color with Distress ink’s without bleeding from the ink’s on the background. This is such a great technique that Tim has been demoing. 👍🏼. 

Here you can see all the colors on the stamped image. I also used a stamp from Tiny text, CMS394 on a piece of Speckled egg inked paper. I inked the edges withGround espresso Distress ink, and mounted it with 3D adhesive on a piece of sanded and inked Metallic Kraft stock paper.

I stamped “No 78” with a small stamp from the Correspondence set, CMS225. The original stamp is No 74, but I masked off the number 4 and took number 8 from the same stamp. I love these fiddely things. 😊. I used Embossing glaze in Rusty hinge on an Index clip and then put the clip over the stamped piece. I stamped number 78 because it is how old my Father turns today.

Here you can see the small Glitch stamp.

I used the Steampunk parts Bigz die 664185. First from chip board and then from Mixedmedia heavystock. I glued the two different substrates together.

The propeller is cut from Woodgrain cardstock instead of Mixedmedia heavystock. To color it I used Distress ink and Oxide in Weathered wood. Then I took my Mini Distress ink pad in Ground espresso and drag over the surface, then inked the edges with the same color. I put a Hex fastener in the centre of the propeller. To color the Hex fastener I used Embossing glaze in Rusty hinge. 

I painted the circle part with Distress paint Brushed pewter, let dry. Added translucent Grit paste, let dry. Then I applied Distress crayons in Gathered twigs, Rusty hinge, Black soot and Peacock feathers, to achieve that rusty look.

The bolts are colored with Distress ink Ground espresso, then translucent Grit paste, and finally I used the same Distress crayon colors as on the circle. 

I mounted my card on a background cut from water color paper which I Sprayed with Distress Oxide spray in Faded jeans and Black soot. Inked the edges with Ground espresso Distress ink. Next layer is a Metallic Kraft cardstock #3 that I have sanded and inked the edges on as well. And finally a black card blank. I have used 3D adhesive between all layers for dimension. 

I will try this card in the following challenges: 

Simonsaysstampblog mondaychallenge - Make your own background

Sandee-and-amelie steampunk-challenge June - Anything goes Steampunk/ Industrial

Thank you very much for visiting, 

Take care, 

/ Susanne.  

Mother’s day card

Hello and welcome,

Hope you all are safe and well in these crazy times.

Today I will show a card that I have had in mind for a while. I got the idea when I first saw the Sizzix Tim Holtz dies 664439 Baggage claim. Here in Sweden we celebrate Mother’s Day in the end of May, so this year it took place the 31:st. As the situation is as it is, we took my Mother out for a picnic to a calm lake here in the Swedish forest, and brought some coffee, cake, a homemade card (this card) and some Tim Holtz goodies as a gift for my Mother who also enjoy’s making cards.
I have used a couple of techniques Tim so generously has been sharing in his very inspiring FB lives on this card.

When I was younger I wanted to go to London with my Mother but she was so afraid of flying, so she always said no. I tried so many times and years to talk her in to going with me, and one day she finally said yes. I was so so happy! We had a great time and after that flight she has done a lot of travels. She mostly like to visit big cities. And that’s why my choice of theme ended up in this card. And yes, we have been to London two more times together. Much appreciated time together. ❤️.

Now to the card:

I started with the background. Cutting a card from watercolor paper. Squeezed Distress ink Stormy sky on my Tim Holtz media mat, sprayed it with water and dipped it in Distress ink Stormy sky. Dried between the layers until I was happy with the result. Then I inked a stamp from CMS 397 Faded types, spritzed it with water and then stamped it on the background. This is one of so many techniques that Tim has shown in his FB lives during the last weeks. Then I dried the background again. Then I used Crackle paste through the star stencil from Stamptember 2019. Then I applied Weathered wood embossing glaze on the paste and let it dried completely. When dry I used my embossing gun and heated the glaze. Love this look, that also have been shown in one of Tim’s FB lives. Then I inked the edges with Distress ink in Walnut stain, and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine.

I then cut the city from kraft cardstock with 661804 Cityscape Metropolis die from Sizzix, and sanded all the houses. Then I cut the Destination die 664179 from mixed media heavystock and glazed it with Weathered wood Embossing glace. Then I took a crayon in Walnut stain above the glaze and smudged the crayon in to all small crevices. Another cool technique from Tim.

Then it was time for the suitcases; Sizzix die 664439 Baggage claim.
The brown suitcase is cut from Distress cracked leather paper from Ranger. It is such a cool paper! I used different brown Distress inks, then black Distress paint, and finally Distress crayons in Walnut stain and Rusty hinge to get this look. The corners and buckles are metallic kraft cardstock that I have sanded and inked with Walnut stain Distress ink. Then I cut a tiny tag from Sizzix set 657188. Stamped ”New York” using CMS 108 Travel labels,  then used the new beautiful color Speckeled egg Distress oxide on the background and  colored ”New York” with Fired brick Distress reinker. Then I took a black fine pencil and draw stitches around the edges of the tag. I also inked the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink.
I cut the middle suitcase from mixed media heavystock and used the Textured fade embossing folder. Then inked it with Hickory smoke Distress ink and Distress oxide. Then drag the whole ink pad in Black soot over the surface, and repeated with Rusty hinge Distress ink. Inked the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink. Then I put an idea-ology jump ring and story stick on the handle. To highlight the word travel I used white Distress crayon.
The third suitcase is treated the same way as the globe. The special delivery is an idea-ology ephemera piece
The handles on all the suitcases are inked with Walnut stain and Ground espresso Distress ink, and spritzed with water. All suitcases are glued to chip board to get the thickness.

The tickets behind the suitcases are stamped with CMS 337 Ticket booth and cut with the 662698 die from  media heavystock. Colored with different colors from Distress ink and oxides. Walnut stain Distress ink on all the edges. I have crinkled them to get some dimension. 

The paper dolls are meant to symbolise me and my Mother. The dresses are colored using Weathered wood and Rusty hinge embossing glaze. On the girl I also used Distress crayon in Walnut stain over the glaze. The rest of the dolls are colored with Distress crayons.

The text “go+see+explore” are from stamp set CMS 394 Tiny texts, stamped on mixed media heavystock which is colored with Speckled egg Distress oxide and Walnut stain Distress inked edges.  Then I mounted it on sanded Kraft cardstock on 3D adhesive. 

To symbolise the sun above the city I used an idea-ology milk cap which I sanded and then inked with Walnut stain around the edges and on top of the sanding scratches.

I placed an idea-ology Tiny clip on the pink ticket. I put Rusty hinge embossing glaze on the clip.

I mounted the background on a layer of sanded Kraft cardstock, then on a sanded and inked metallic Kraft cardstock, and finally on a black card blank. 3D adhesive behind every layer for dimension.

This ended up in a veeeery long blog post. But I wanted to describe every detail on this card, because we all know “ it’s all in the details”, right?! 

I will try this card over on Simonsaysstampblog mondaychallenge/ Make your own background. 

Thank you very much for visiting, take care and have a nice weekend. 

/ Susanne.