Clean and simple Dr Who

It is a cooler day here in Melbourne (for Summer ) and  a little damp so a great excuse to stay inside and make a card while we wait for Summer weather to return! Today's card is inspired by the team at the Friday Mashup.

This is the first time I have entered one of their challenges but when I saw the Theme was "Time" I knew it was time for a Tardis and some Time Travel so had to have a go especially as I need such a card for a friend's birthday coming up. I hope he likes it too!

The base of the card is Smoky Slate and is embossed with the lovely Delicate Dots EF which is one of the FREE products available during Saleabration later this month. The Pacific Point layer is embossed with a Clock themed EF (Sizix but not SU!)  Unfortunately it's bit hard to see in the photo. 

The Phone box or Tardis, is first inked with Pacific Point Ink then I used a Midnight Muse marker to go over the outline before stamping. It is from last year's Saleabration set, Feeling Sentimental and is one set I just couldn't let go of! Here it is layered onto some Silver Foil card with dimensionals. The Grunge dots are supposed to give the idea of flying space matter or flying through Space :-)

The little greeting is from Itty Bitty Banners and is cut with the co-ordinating framelits as were the black banners layered underneath.

Card Stock: Smoky Slate, Pacific Point, Silver Foil, Whisper White

Ink: Pacific Point, Smoky Slate

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Itty Bitty Banners, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Delicate Dots EF, Clocks EF, Bitty Banner Framelits, Nickel Buttons, Navy Bakers Twine

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Its Not a Christmas card!

Yes! its time to have a brief break from the seasonal mad rush to get all the Christmas cards made and do something a little bit different! Its almost a Public Holiday in Melbourne today - tomorrow is Melbourne Cup day. So a lot of people take today off as well to make it a lovely long weekend. Although not all people - we ran into 20 odd pupils from a local Primary School having a bike ride day at the Park today! They were having  a great time feeding the ducks their lunches!!

Today's card is inspired by a challenging sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

And yes, I did TRY and come up with a Christmas card but instead decided to keep it simple and just stick to the sketch - somewhat :-)

Yes, somewhat indeed! As changed the squares to Hexagons and came up with a Clean masculine card. The gingham stamped hexagons are from the Six Sided Sampler Stamp Set and are punched out with the co-ordinating punch. The base of the card is embossed using the Chevron embossing folder. 

The Star is punched from the lovely Gold Foil card stock and it has such a bright shimmer!

 The button is made from Simply Pressed Clay. For this button I sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds into the mold before pressing in the Clay. So that does two things a) it adds the glitter to the top of the button and b) the glitter also acts as a release agent for the clay making it easier to get out of the mold. You can put the molds with the clay inside into the freezer for half an hour if you like but I find leaving a piece of the Clay flat on the table for 20 mins before pressing into the molds works just as well. Both processes allow the Clay to dry out a bit and so you can use whichever is easier for you. This button I coloured with a red marker afterwards too. You can colour the Clay with reindeers before using in the molds or colour with markers afterwards. It is so versatile, I love it!!

The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and is cut out with the co-ordinating framelits. So a pretty quick and easy card today :-)

Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Gold Foil

Inks: Black Stazon, Real Red (marker)

Stamps: Six Sided Sampler, Itty Bitty Banners

Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron EF, Bitty Banners Framelits, Hexagon punch, Star punch (retired), Simply Pressed Clay, Dazzling Diamonds, Bakers Twine

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Dr Who for Fab Friday #29

It has been a strange afternoon in Melbourne - sun comes out for five minutes, goes away, it rains and then the sun returns - over and over. Just the sort of strange occurrence that Dr Who would take in his stride!! I have a couple of friends who are big fans of the Dr :-)  so I have been meaning to add another Tardis card to the collection and have used the Sketch this week at Fab Friday. Its the first time I've entered one of their challenges:-)

When I saw the Chevron punch idea I decided it was time that  mine came out of its packaging!

The Tardis ( or Phone Booth from the now retired Feeling Sentimental set) is first inked with Pacific Point ink and then I ran a Midnight Muse Marker around the edges and some details before stamping.

The "flying mud" is a stamp in the Gorgeous Grunge set used after I made a mask for the Tardis with a post it note and is stamped in Smokey slate ink - as is the striped image at the bottom of the chevron. 

The chevrons are added with dimensionals.....with the Itty Bitty Banners greetings also raised up.

Hopefully Dr Who fans will approve  :-)

Card stock: Smokey Slate, Pacific Point, Basic Black, Whisper White

Inks: Pacific Point, Smokey Slate, Black Stazon, Midnight Muse (marker)

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental ( Saleabration 2013) Itty Bitty Banners

Accessories: Big Shot, Itty Bitty Banner Framelts, Chevron Punch, Corner Rounder punch, Post it note

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

More Rev Up the Fun

Today's card is inspired by the Sketch challenge at Just Add Ink this week

AND to create a Clean and Simple Masculine card from The Paper Players

 Yesterday i was joined by wonderful friends for some lunch and card making to celebrate a little birthday of mine:-) We had lots of fun  - and even made some cards!! A card with Rev Up the Fun was top of my list and it was fabulous that Katerina came ( and brought her set!!) to play along.
I also just had an order arrive with some Silver Foil paper and just couldn't wait to use it :-)

So we ended up making the same card - together and pooling our ideas too. One of the best things about working together!! We turned the Sketch on its side so there could be a "road" for the bike and then decided to use the Sentiment as a Bridge. This was a fun card to make and love the Silver Foil background - it adds a little Bling while still appearing clean and simple :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Foil

Ink: Black Stazon, Real Red

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, Gorgeous Grunge, Itty Bitty Banners

Accessories: Big Shot, Houndstooth EF, Itty Bitty Banner Framelits

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Six Sided Sampler for Just Add Ink

Its another lovely Melbourne Spring Day - so yes, that means warm and sunny one minute and cool and overcast the next but so far no rain so not quite the Four Seasons in One Day we are so well known for having. Today's card is for a sketch challenge over at Just Add Ink -#183

I had wanted to try to do a Christmas Card - but the attempt of using the triangles of Pennant Parade didn't really work with the sketch - they just didn't sit so well together.. well, not at ALL well together :-) So instead I decided to start with the DSP from Polka Dot Parade and a male card was born.

The Paper clip ribbon detail is inspired by the new ribbon clips in the current Holiday Catalog and I discovered they are much harder to make than I had thought! The knot here is tied and the ends tucked under the clip and secured with a Glue Dot.

Card Stock: Early Espresso, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Polka Dot Parade and a retired piece for the Espresso banner

Stamp Sets: Six Sided Sampler, Itty Bitty Banners

Inks: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Big Shot, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Hexagon Punch, Clips Assortment ( for the paper clip), Chocolate chip ribbon, Neutral Brads (retired)

This morning the dogs had fun at the Park as always....

Not quite sure how they got from resting quietly to this:

But it made for a fun time for all watching!!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan