TLC250

This is my entry in TLC250 which is the technique Challenge for this week on Splitcoaststampers, the directions are all there on Splitcoast so if you want to have a try you will end up with one of these lovely little Tag Bag Boxes. I thought I would use the Pink Flamingo DSP from SU and I have embellished it with some extra flowers cut out from the same sheet. The base of the box is made with Tempting Turquoise  cardstock and the ribbon is alsoTempting Turquoise. The tag is done using the Oval All Stamp but I put For You in it instead of Best Friends.  If you look closely there is also some Dazzling Diamonds on there (as if I could leave that off)

The Works

This card has a bit of everything in it and I just love how this card turned out. I was at my upliners Sue Madex borrowing ribbon yet again yesterday and she was showing me all the lovely swap cards from the Incentive Trip she went on. A couple of cards used flowers that had a double image which I thought looked great so I had to make one and try it out.


As with most of my cards they start off simple and then I keep adding layers. I thought I would do the flower through a window so when you open the card you have this lovely 3D flower

I had my daughter Rebecca on the job here she is both holding and photographing the picture as you all know my photography skills are not the best so she has taken lots of photos from all different angles. After doing the flower I thought it needed a bit of a lift so I put Crystal Effects on the flower and before it dried I added a bit of chunky glitter in the middle. (Oops there is still a little bit of pencil mark left) I definitely had to use the Stamp-A-Ma-jig(who thinks up these names) to get this positioned in the middle of the window.

Then I thought the front needed something extra so out came the punches. First the round punch and the scallop circle punch for around the window, then came the oval punch and the scallop oval punch for around the stamp "Fabulous Friends from the Oval All set. I actually coloured that little flower in with my markers and put Crystal Effects on that as well.

Next came the Eyelet Punch along with Pink Pirouette cardstock and some ribbon and the beautiful Bella Rose DSP. A very pretty card for someone special.

A Sense of Time

Once I got playing with this set that was the end of the housework for today - oh well it will still be there tomorrow. I love the Kraft and Night of Navy together and I think it makes a great man's card. I hadn't used my crimper for a while so I had a little play with that as well and added the triangle panel just as something different:

Stamps: Sense of Time, Oval All, En Francais
Paper: Night of Navy, Kraft and Very Vanilla
Ink: Night of Navy and Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Brads and Crimper

Mojo Monday Week 97

Here is this weeks Mojo Monday sketch which I had fun with but as you can see below my little helper did not want me to photograph it he thought it was his new toy. So after he had knocked it down twice I finally got a photo - I think the ribbon is a bit crooked after being knocked down so many times.
Card: Almost Amethyst, Old Olive

DSP: Tea Party

Stamp: Oval All (embossed in white)

Lots of cutting out - the flower was cut out three times and layered with dimensionals.

The first picture is the culprit(Franklin) at work trying to help as he knows what a bad photographer I am and I think he was just trying to place the card in a better position to catch the light (I think the sun must be getting to me if I thought for one minute Franklin would ever do anything nice to help). You can see there is no card in the photo - that was the first time he knocked it onto the ground.

Here he is after his second attempt - he really is such a naughty boy!!!!!!