Use up those little white scraps with collage tissue.

I have been following a NZ crafter on You Tube.... Natasha Foote and a few weeks ago she posted a video using white scraps and collage tissue. (here)   I didn't think I had any collage tissue (found it later on) so decided I need to make my own.  I used white tissue paper and took a stamp set from Pink Paislee  that I've had for many years.  It has lots of different vintage looking stamps - typewriter, bees, music, postage stamps, etc.   I stamped the whole page all at once. 

And here's what I made. 

I took my little scraps and used some 1/4 inch masking paper around the edges.  I used some Nuvo powders to colour the background.  I trimmed bits of the tissue paper and used some Matte Medium to adhered to the scraps.  I added to a black base for contrast.  Added some sentiment stripes and that finished the card.  Definitely something a bit different.   I might try again with the Tim Holtz collage paper I found in my storage cupboard.  

Thanks for stopping by... I'm under the weather again... with a chesty cough that has cause a bout of asthma.  Spent the morning in bed and managed to get a cancellation appointment  at the doctors.  Got a new inhaler and a course of steroids. Hopefully it will improve quickly.    

Retiform Card

This month's swap on my NZ card group was to use the Retiform technique.  Suna set the theme after seeing Gina K doing this technique recently.   She gave us a number of different You Tube tutorials.

Here's the card I sent to Maxine

I started by stamping the flowers in the centre of my card and then using post it notes I made the different retiform shapes.  I used some purple inks to do my inking and stamping.  The images around the retiform are all from a Pink Paislee set that I've had for a very long time.  It has lots of different images.  I was really happy how this turned out.  I like the focal floral image that really stood out on the card. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Day one back in the office was manic.  We had over 200 customers coming into our counter which kept us super busy.  A normal pre-Covid day was around the 80 mark.  Hopefully it will settle down over the next few days.  After 3 months of no contact with Inland Revenue in a face to face basis, people were happy to have someone to see.  The contact/call centres are very busy as well. 

Nutcraker Holiday Card

One of my LSS ~ Scotties ~ is having a 12 days of Christmas sale and Monday, they had half price on Tim Holtz dies... I ordered the Tattered Poinsettia and Toy Soldier ( actually ordered two of this one... but that's another story!)  I saw a great video from Vicky (at Clips'n'Cuts) where she used a Tim Holtz stamp to make a Nutcraker card.   I have cased her card using what I had.



I pieced the solider with a variety of card stock.  Added some silver stickles.   I die cut a Cherry Lynn flourish and added some stickles to it as well.  I took a Post Card and distressed the edges.  I stamped Hero Arts French Writing on one side.  Added some Pink Paislee stamps to the other side.  The Holly is part the Tattered Poinsettia, inked up with some distress inks and the berries, some red Kindyglitz.  I added a couple of punched leaves.   Finished with a silver Peelcraft sentiment.

Entering into the Play Date Cafe ~ Christmas is coming challenge

I'm off for the weekend tomorrow afternoon.  We are heading to a family gathering.   So no internet for me for a few days.   I'll be back for my sample for Red Carpet Studio on Sunday night.


Dawn

Over the Top!

Today I want to share a card with you.... that really is OTT..




Not my usual style at all!  But I got the stamp set with this pretty little fairy with a Magazine
~Australian Simply Cards and the girls at stamping on Saturday, challenged me to make a card similar to the ones in the magazine... lots of layers, PP, flowers etc...  I stamped the little Fairy and coloured with Copics.  PP's are from Pink Paislee and a freebie pack.  Used Lace and ribbon, hand made flower, purchased flowers, punched butterfly and a die cut corner flourish   - whew just tiring listing them all.... but it finally came together.   It is good to challenge yourself to do something that is outside your comfort zone.    I really like my cards much simpler.
Edited:
thanks to Barb for pointing out my card is great for Moxie Fab World's  Asymmetry challenge.  I think I did get some good balance here.... so into the mix it goes.  Moxie Fab World are challenge us to try out some the the design techniques in the Card Design Handbook.  Think I need to get this book! 

Thanks for visiting today.  Hope that your week is going well.  The weekend is nearly here and then only 7 days till the holiday... can you tell I'm getting excited!

Dawn 

        

More Pink and Aqua.

A couple more of my weekend cards.... using the pink and aqua theme again.  And another Z-fold card

I finally got the Z-fold half die cut in the right place on my card.  The PP is from a Pink Paislee 6x6 pack.  I used a second sheet to cut the oval to fit inside the Floral oval.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.

And my second card is made up of scraps from the other cards.

I trimmed down the kraft card to fit my pink scrap of paper.  I used a Fiskars punch to edge the top.  The blue oval was cut out for the previous card, but I decided to use another piece of the PP.  The Floral oval was cut in black as a mat.  Added a sentiment from Kaisercraft.  The die cut words are a Simon Says exclusive.

I have entered the second card in A Blog Named Hero's Krafty challenge.

I am going to leave you with a picture of the orchid that is flowering on my back deck

Dawn

Type Hype over at Moxie Fab World

The Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World is this fabulous pic

 I took inspiration from the old time typewriter and went for a vintage type card



I started with some white card stock and this Pink Paislee stamp set

 I took a number of the stamps and made a collage by using Pumice Stone distress ink.  I then sponged the ink all over and used a tool to distress the edges.  I then inked them with Vintage Photo.  I stamped the typewriter with Black Archival ink and used the Vintage Photo to distress.  I spritzed the panel with some gold Perfect Pearls and water mist.  The card base is some Neenah Desert Storm cardstock.  I finished the card off with a Cherry Lynn flourish and  a Dienamics rolled rose.  My sentiment was made with the computer using Travelling Typewriter font(free here from dafont.com) die cut with a Dienamics die.

I'm adding this to Die Cut Diva's challenge Anything goes challenge as well.

Thanks for stopping by this week.  And a big welcome to all my new followers.... hope you enjoy your stop over.

Dawn