A friend's birthday

A dear friend's birthday is at the end of the month, and I have been struggling to make an appropriate card, then I remembered I had these stamps (which to be honest, are really a bit fiddly to colour in) She is an avid shopper so think it might be appropriate. I tried to come up with some sort of background but failed miserably, so decided to keep it very plain and simple.

Charity Cards

I've made these two cards to send off with my challenge as the forum sends cards off to a chosen charity every month. They look so much better when put in a cello bag ha ha ha.

I've left them blank for someone to write their own message in as they could be used for any occasion.

Tissue box holder

Another challenge, and this is to make a tissue packet holder, for those handbag size packets of tissues.

I've enjoyed making this and as our Music club will be holding a Charity night to raise money for MS I might make a few to sell on the night.

Tilda Challenge

Here is my latest Tilda Challenge, using the format suggested in the challenge.

Having watched Nicky on IW the other day using her promarkers (how clever is she) I decided to do this one just in browns. All the papers, backgrounds and flowers are made by me.

Brown butterflies.

Yes it's those Tim Holtz butterflies again, using an idea from Craft Stamper. I have lots of birthdays and anniversaries this month and made several of these as men's cards, although my OH doesn't think they are really 'mens' cards, I can't see why not having used the colours I have. Too bad...I've sent them off in the post now ha ha ha.

Same card, different colours.

Was able to have a play over the weekend, after a busy time last week.

I used Tim's distress ink pads to blend the backgrounds and Hobby Art clear stamps to build up the images. I'm not sure which colour way I prefer.

One colour card.

Someone on one of the forums I go on is making 'one colour cards' using just one ink pad, so I thought I MUST try this.
I used a fairly simple stamp and inked it with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans (or Denim, can't remember the name of it and it's upstairs at the moment!!!) I then put some of the ink on a tile and used water and a paint brush to water down the ink and to build up the colour where necessary. I used the paintbrush and ink to go around the edge of the die cut shape, and of course the same inkpad and a stamp to make the background sheet.
Quite nice to try something different.

Here comes Tilda...again

Well it is time for another Tilda Challenge, and unfortunately my mojo seems to have gone walkabout so this has spurred me on to get cracking again. Things just haven't gone right recently, totally uninspired and things have gone into the bin. Ha ha ha. This challenge had to be made in this layout and able to fold up, having worked out how to make it from an A4 sheet of plain card it seemed to go reasonably smoothly.

It's those TH butterflies again

My friend's daughter had a lovely surprise whilst they were all on holiday in Norfolk recently, her boyfriend, out of the blue, and whilst they were on Holkham beach, suddenly proposed to her....what a shock, and it was her birthday too.

Aaah, just soooo romantic.

I wanted to make them an engagement card, and of course, you like to do something different to the shop bought ones don't you, so I masked a heart shape and inked with TH inkpads in two different pinks, and yes, I think I'm hooked on this butterfly and foliage stamps so used those......again ha ha ha

Simliar but not quite the same!!

This card is a take on the one in the Craft Stamper this month, my dragon flies are larger, and less of them as I couldn't fit so many on the card!!!!!!! and the 'splodges' aren't splodges but made with a stamp... still it is near enough to the original, and I feel reasonably happy with it. Makes a change to do something different.