Birthday Feathers

Once again we had another chilly morning that turned into a beautiful sunny day - absolutely perfect Winter weather and I sure hope it continues. It's not long to wait now until the Shortest Day - June 21 and although the days and nights are usually colder after that I don't mind - with the days lengthening again it is much easier to believe that Spring is coming :-)

Today's card is one I made before all the new goodies arrived. I am so sad that Four Feathers is being retired and so I will hold onto it for now at least! This card is a lot more shimmery in real life of course too.

I wanted to keep it relatively clean - but it didn't quite end up that way with the Grunge Splotches. The feathers are all different, One gold embossed on Strawberry Slush, one stamped in SS on White and one embossed in White on Vellum.

Card stock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Vellum

Designer Series Paper: Back to Black

Inks: Pink Pirouette, Encore Gold, Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Four Feathers (retired), Sassy Salutations

Accessories: Big Shot, Feathers Framelits, White and Gold EP, Strawberry Slush twine, Gold sequin trim

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope are having a great weekend with some crafting time featuring :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy Feathers

Welcome to another fine Wednesday afternoon in Melbourne! Yesterday was a holiday for "the race that stops a Nation"….yes, only in Australia does sport have such a hold! However, after the running of the Melbourne Cup yesterday two of the horses have tragically died. One, collapsed after the race and the other suffered a broken leg after being spooked by spectators…such a terrible result and calls for inquiries into how this could happen hopefully won't be ignored. Regular readers will know I am an animal lover -though am no activist. However I was also disappointed at the liberal use of whips during these races  - surely we can do without them in 2014? Surely if, as race supporters say, the horses "love to run" then whips shouldn't be needed?

Anyway….time for happier thoughts!! It is also time for another sketch from The Paper Craft Crew.
Lots of layers in this sketch which is a style I often find challenging :-)

But this came together quite quickly in the end.

With a mixture of black, white, pink and silver glimmer! The retro black and white DSP is from the fabulous Back to Black pack which I am loving at the moment as it is Black and WHITE and not the usual Vanilla backing. The Strawberry Slush paper is part of the In Colour DSP stacks and is topped with some Black Satin Ribbon.

Card stock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer

DSP: Back to Black and In Colour Stack

Inks: Strawberry Slush, Momento Tuxedo Black, Encore Silver

Stamps: Four Feathers, Four You, Gorgeous Grunge, Kinda Eclectic

Accessories: Big Shot, Feathers Framelits, Circle Framelits, Hexagon Punch, Butterfly punch, Black Satin Ribbon, Silver Twine, Neutral Candy dots, dimensionals, Frosted Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you have time to check out all the great cards by the rest of the Team at The Paper Craft Crew and maybe you too may be inspired to join in the fun challenge this week.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Feathers for the Paper Craft Crew

OOPS!! It's been a bit crazy here this week..I had a birthday on Wednesday ( lots of fun!) and have been a little busy and oops…am a bit late with my Paper Craft Crew challenge post! So here it is at last  - and I trust you have been able to enjoy all the other great cards from the Team this week :-)

This week's sketch:

Lots of interesting detail in this one :-)

And here is my card:

For my card I used the Four Feathers stamp set  - in Blackberry Bliss, Strawberry Slush and Lost Lagoon. Both the DSP's used here are from the Moonlight DSP stack  -such a handy little pack! The beautiful ribbon is the new Lost Lagoon Silky Taffeta and the sequins are from the In Colour  pack.

Card stock: Lost Lagoon, Strawberry Slush, Whisper white

DSP: Moonlight Stack

Inks: Versamark, Blackberry Bliss, Strawberry Slush, Lost Lagoon, Silver Encore

Stamps: Four Feathers, a Dozen Thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

Access: Big Shot, Feathers Framelits, Lost Lagoon Ribbon, In Colour Sequins, Silver EP, Banner Punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you can drop over and check out all the great inspiration from the rest of the Team at The Paper Craft Crew

And I do hope to be back posting some new creations  again after the weekend.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just feathers

Good evening and welcome to the end of another School Holiday period and the beginning of Daylight Savings! I so love the start of Daylight Savings as for me it heralds those long and warm summer evenings that we are all so looking forward to :-)
Today I wanted to create a thank you card and also have a play with my newish Four Feathers stamp set. As usual I had the card idea before I sat down to create it and in this case I think it turned out a little better than I had imagined it!

The card base is Bermuda Bay and I decided to keep the colour palate quite gender neutral for this one adding some Smoky Slate for the other feather and background. And just also to help highlight the feathers I've added some of the beautiful All is Calm Washi tape and topped the feathers' base with Coastal Cabana twine bow.

Card stock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate

Stamps: Four Feathers, A Dozen Thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Feathers Framelits, All Is Calm Designer Washi Tape, Coastal Cabana Twine, Silver Sequins (Non-SU)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today and I hope that you are having a great week whatever you have planned and whatever the weather in your part of the world!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

First Feathers for FMS

Good morning and welcome! Today has the promise of being a wonderful Spring Day - you know the type, a cool night but a beautifully clear and warm sunny day :-) We are expecting a lovely 24 degrees Celsius - the warmest since Winter  - and it is time to get into the garden and get the summer veggies planted - am so looking forward to doing that later this afternoon with a couple of good friends who are popping over to help :-)

For today's card I was inspired to use the new Four Feathers stamp set after going to the Nutcracker Ballet on Thursday evening! The last time I saw this Ballet was for my 10th Birthday present  ( so a little while ago) from my lovely Uncle and Godfather who knew I had been studying the music and the ballet at school. I was treated like a Princess for the evening and I have never forgotten it :-)
And this time, I went with some lovely friends and we too had a great night :-) As soon as I saw the wonderful costumes of the Flowers -  a beautiful mix of white, pale to dark crimson pinks and silver and sequins - I knew I wanted to make a card using the feathers to try and capture the magic of the night :-)

And the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches helped my tie all the ideas together - here it is:

And here is my card:

I see I have mixed up the height of the side pieces of the sketch - oh dear!

To create the richness of colour of the feathers I embossed them all - the silver and Cherry on white card stock and the black on vellum to give it a soft feel :-) And for the Cherry embossed one I also sponged it with pinks to try and create an ombre type feel - Pink Pirouette at the bottom to Cherry Cobbler at the top.

And the background is stamped randomly using my favourite background stamp (of all time!) Gorgeous Grunge using the Encore Silver ink.

This was my first play with this stamp and it was such fun to do and so easy to cut out using the matching framelits. I can already see this stamp that I initially wasn't that excited about is going to become a favourite :-)

Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Versamark, Encore Silver, Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: Four Feathers, Gorgeous Grunge, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Feather's Framelits, Square Framelits, Cherry Cobbler EP, Silver EP, Black EP, Basic rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have time to check out the great cards by the Freshly Made Sketches team and maybe you too may be inspired to enter and join in the fun!

Also don't forget to pop back later today as I will be posting as part of the Creative Blog Hop and have a lovely friend to introduce to you whose work you will really want to check out :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan