Fireman Luka Card

Hello, I hope your Sunday is going well. My (hush hush) commission card was picked up today and was very warmly received which all bodes well for the eventual receiver.
My card today uses another La La Land stamp that is a particular favourite of mine - Fireman Luka.

Here it is:

On a white card stock  base I added a piece of teal design paper from HOTP, on top of that I added a striped sheet from Crafter's Block 1.

I cut a strip of the teal paper and used a Martha Stewart Deco Fan punch on the edge of a piece of check patterned yellow design paper also from Crafter's Block1 which I then adhered to the strip of teal paper. This strip was then stuck to the card base (slightly to the right of the card).

I printed my Fireman Luka Digi stamp onto white Neenah Solar card stock and coloured him with a variety of Copics, Prisma Color pencils and a clear and gold spica pens. I then cut him out.

Here is a closer image of Luka,

Having cut Luka out, I layered him on rectangles of teal, gold and teal patterned paper from my stash and used a corner punch (on my Clevercut 5-in-1 paper trimmer) to round off the corners.

I glued a piece of "Bayleaf" seam binding to the card before mounting my Luka medallion using foam pads to the card base too.

Lastly I cut and layered 2 sets of stars from Red, Teal and Gold card stock, and on top placed a single pearl cut from a pearl ribbon strand.

The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from JustRite stampers - Fleur De Lis Labels Twenty - CL-02210, stamped onto a piece of patterned paper layered on silver Mirri card.




Here are more details of the ingredients I have used:

La La Land Digi stamp - Fireman Luka	White Neenah Solar Card Stock	COPIC Sketch Markers	Prisma Color Pencils	At You Spica Pens - set B
Provo Craft Paper Symphony Crafter's Block 1	Hot Off The Press Pizazz Jewel Papers	Martha Stewart Deco Fan around the page punch	Clevercut 5-in-1 Paper Trimmer	Bayleaf seam binding from Really Reasonable Ribbo
Pearl Ribbon White Large - Craft Queen	JustRite Stampers Fleur De Lis Labels 2

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Thanks for popping in to have a look at my card for today. Hope you are having/were able, to relax and have a soothing Sunday.

Cody's Balloon Card

Hello, how are you today? Today I had a special request to make a card for a neighbour's husband's Birthday. Yikes a commission!! Double Yikes a card for a man!!!!
The brief was this; it needed to be a red and black card, I cannot say any more at the moment, as his Birthday is on the 11th July and it will need to remain a secret until then. I will show it to you after he has received it.

My card today uses a Digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil that I really love, it is called Cody's Balloon.
Here's my card.

This card seemed to come together really nicely. I began by printing out the image on smooth white card stock, I coloured it with a mixture of Copics and Prisma Color Pencils, in a few places I used a clear Spica pen to add a little glimmer.
Copics:

Skin: E50, E51, E11

Balloon, R29, R27, R29, R89

Dungarees: B34, B95, B000

Shirt/jumper/shoes: Prisma Pencils

Hair: E13, E15, E17

I cut out the image using Spellbinders Label Twenty-Two S4 - 346, I used the "out of die" technique so that the red balloon wasn't "cut off" from the rest of the image. I also used a light blue piece of DCWV neutral mat stock card stock and traced around the outside of the metal die itself to create a smaller incremental matting layer.

I used this same light blue card stock with Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two S5-030 then fussy cut a piece of white card stock and adhered this on top. I fished this off by adding a silver Peel Off "Happy Birthday" sentiment and a couple of Kaiser Craft Denim blue pearls.

I used the light blue card stock to create a matted layer on top of my card base, then adding a piece of lined patterned design paper on top (from my stash) then I cut a strip of light blue gingham design paper (also from my stash), layered it on the same light blue card stock, and stuck this to the middle of the card.

All I needed to do to finish my card, was to place the tag and image in place with foam pads to give the images some dimension.

Here is a closer view of the Tag and the coloured image Cody chasing his balloon.













Ingredients I used to make my card:

Cody's Balloon Digital Image	Prisma Color Pencils	COPIC Sketch Markers	DCWV Neutral Mat Stack 12 x 12	Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two - S4-346
Clevercut 5-in-1 Paper Trimmer	Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two S5-030	Kaiser Craft Denim Blue Pearls	At You Spica Pens - set B

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Marci and her Critter Friends

Hi, how are you today?
It has been REALLY cold here today. I live on the Eastern Seaboard of New South Wales in Australia and the wind has howled through today. If you are able to be in the sunshine and out of the wind it is a typical pleasant winter's day. The weather can have an effect on us all one way or another, so I hope wherever you are the weather is Glorious!

My card today features La-La-Land's Marci, along with her two critter friends.

Here's my Card:

I had fun making this card as I really like the La-La Land images, they are really good fun to colour.
I use Digi's in this card and you can by Marci separately from the Wooden Stump with the lovely little mouse and snail.

I used a piece of light blue DCWV neutral card stock as my main matting layer stuck to the card base of white card. On top of that a Design Ppaer from the Crafter's Block 1 paper pad.

I used Peacock and Bayleaf seam binding from Really Reasonable Ribbon on the left of the card, crossing one over the other.
On the horizontally placed peacock seam binding I layered a piece of patterned HOTP DP (sorry no idea which set of papers) and a few pearls on the vertically placed Bayleaf  seam binding. Where the two crossed I placed a paper rosette. 


TIP & TECHNIQUE:- MAKING A PAPER ROSETTE
This is easily made - cut a 24cm x 1.5cm strip of paper, score at 5mm intervals, concertina the paper using the score marks, then stick the ends together with glue. This is the hard part done, next  just fiddle until it sits as you'd like it too, then glue a little circle of paper on the top AND the bottom. By placing a disc of paper on the bottom of the rosette allows it to be glued easily to whatever you wish to stick it to.

Here's a closer view of the images I used on my card.

The Digi stamps are called: Ruffles Marci and I coloured them both using a variety of Copics. The other Digi's are called Stunp set (Set of 4 images).

I used a clear Spica pen to give a little gloss to Marci.

The lovely pearl piece on her headband is a Prima "Say It In Pearls - Regal Pink and Teal Set" - J530839.

The sentient is a silver Peel Off placed on light blue DCWV card stock, all adhered to the same patterned design paper I had used earlier.

Ingredients I used to make this card:

Ruffles Marci from la La Land	Stump Set (Set of 4 Stamps) La La Land	COPIC Sketch Markers	DCWV Neutral Mat Stack 12 x 12	Provo Craft Paper Symphony Crafter's Block 1
Scor-Pal Tool	Peacock seam Binding - Really Reasonable Ribbon	Bayleaf seam binding from Really Reasonable Ribbo	Kaiser Craft White Pearls	Prima "Say It In Pearls - Regal Pink and Teal Set
At You Spica Pens - set B

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The Rose Collector Fairy

G'day. Where did the last 36 hours go to? Time has just run away from me!
Do you experience that too - when you have been busy, you've done your "To Do" list for the day and you come up for air only to discover that your time frame seems to have slipped from the warp speed of life as it has gone on around you?

I also have a short report about the new "Spiderman" movie to give you as promised. (We were invited to the premier showing in Coffs Harbour (about an hour from us) yesterday). I will not give the story line or indeed the plot away; it's a definite "Go see it for yourself". It was REALLY good. Seeing it in 3D meant there were moments when you felt you were the one on the end of the spider thread as he weaved his way across the city. All I will say is this .... Do NOT get up from your seat until at least half of the credits have appeared (BIG clue!)

My card for today is the last of the Fairies that I have in my Stamp collection

Let me show you the card.

How the card was constructed:

I stamped the fairy using Memento Rich Cocoa Ink onto White Neenah Solar card.
I coloured her using a mixture of Copics and Prisma Pencils.
I used Spellbinders Beaded Ovals S4-294 to cut and emboss the image and layering on Black DCWV card stock.
I used my Crafter's Block 1 Paper pad for the background Design Paper.
I used a Martha Stewart Deco Fan punch to cut a strip in a darker coloured lilac paper, on top of this I placed a strip of pink plain paper on top of which I laid the strip of paper I cut from the main DP of the background paper used (used up my scraps!).

Here's a compilation of my card.
You can see the pearls added to the strip adhered behind the oval medallion.
I added purple square crystals to add some bling to the medallion before sticking it to the card.

The butterfly and sentiment tag were from my stash.
and there you have it.















The ingredients I have used:

Fairy blowing a kiss PSX stamp G-3253	Memento Rich Cocoa Ink Pad	COPIC Sketch Markers	Prisma Color Pencils	Spellbinders Beaded Ovals S4-294
DCWV Neutral Mat Stack 12 x 12	Martha Stewart Deco Fan around the page punch	Kaiser Craft White Pearls	Provo Craft Paper Symphony Crafter's Block 1

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