Two similar but different Cards

I cannot believe we are in March 2014! Gracious ... I have been on my travels for work, recently returned from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. I had a super time meeting some familiar and some new faces on the TMI Malaysia team. I was looked after so well and being on my own this time I was made to feel very welcome by George Aveling his wife Poh Lan and the team. Rajes if you are reading this - thanks for signing up to Bloglovin' today.

I am now preparing to travel overseas again this time to Zambia and Kenya leaving Friday 7th, we'll get back home on 1st April. It'll be a bit of a whirlwind but again meeting new and familiar faces of our Customer there.

I needed to quickly create two cards and these are what I would like to show you now. One is for a Birthday (on the day we leave) and the other is a Thank you for a couple who will be looking after our home and our horses whilst we are away.

So here they are:

Here is the first card.
Firstly I embossed a sheet of shiny cardstock from my stash using the Spellbinders Delightful Daisy embossing folder.
I then used Pan Pastels 430.5 Magenta and 470.5 Violet which I sponged on using a Sofft oval art sponge.

By making two sets I was able to cut pieces out and layer them onto the bottom sheet to give the image more dimension.

I used a few pearls and a bit of glue to stick this cover sheet to my A5 cardstock and I was done. I did trim the card down a little as the margins looked a little large at first.

The sentiment is a Just Rite Stamp.

Just a close up of the detailing in this embossing folder. Just gorgeous. I used the fixative spray to ensure the Pan Pastel chalk didn't rub off.






















.... and here's the second card.

Made in much the same way as the first. This time I used Pan Pastels 250.5 Diarylide Yellow and 640.5 Permanent Green Shade.

The sentiment is from a Flourishes stamp from the "With Gratitude" stamp set.

I decided on the Yellow and Green as it is the colours of Australian Wattle and the National Australian colours and I think the couple I ma giving this to might appreciate that!

again a close up image showing more detail of the embossing folder.






















Well there you go, here are the main ingredients I used to makes these cards.

Quill White MultiBoard 210gsm Card stoc	Sofft Big Oval Art Sponge 61041	Spellbinders Delightful Daisies 3D Embossing Folder - E3D-003	Pan Pastels	Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative Spray 400g
Zva Creative - Self-Adhesive Pearls - Basic Lines - White	PORTACraft Self Adhesive 5mm Pearls	Tombow Mono - Aqua Liquid Glue	Pearl Ribbon White Large - Craft Queen	Just Rite Stamps Large Fancy Sentiments CR-03810
Flourishes With Gratitude Stamp Set	Craft Foam Pads 5mm x 2mm

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Thanks for stopping by to read my blog, apologies for the long time lag since I last left a posting. Looks like it'll be April 2014 before I am back again, so  ....

Surf is Up - Bird House for Harrison

Hello how are you today. It's hard to believe that it is already the first day of February already. I hope I find you well and enjoying the start of your weekend.
I have a project to share with you today. Something I made for my Grandson Harrison. It is another Bird House and Photo Album. I have photos as well as a video clip to show you.

Here we go with the Bird House itself. I'll add the papers I used to cover the chipboard in the list of ingredients. The main papers are from Simple Stories and Bo Bunny. I also used some Kaisercraft Base Coat papers.

Here is a closer view of the front. I used Jute twine for the top of the deck and on the front I used a chipboard anchor which I distressed with some silver and bronze Adirondack ink.

The back of the Bird House remains fairly simple. The roof is covered with the Kaisercraft paper.

By lifting the roof you access the album inside the house.

Here is the album outside of the Bird House.

The album I covered with some Graphic 45 paper and some more of the Bo Bunny paper. I cut some strips using a Tim Holtz vintage lace die to join the edges. I made a hole in the tops of the album and used some navy cord I had in my sewing basket as the tie mechanism.

Inside the album I used a MME paper pad. I can't think of the name off-hand but I will find it and place it in my ingredients list.

The album is made of 6 pages that look like boats, I decided to decorate them as the first six winners of the 2013 Boxing Day Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Tags then sit inside them and it is on the tags that you stick your photos, journals etc.

Inside the front cover I made a pocket with a tag which on one side I wrote a message to Harrison with a photo I had of him on the other side.

The larger Tags are folded in half and have four spaces to stick larger photos. The smaller tags are double sided and allow for journalling space or smaller images.
This boat was Wild Oats.

The next boat is Perpetual Loyal and you can see how I decorated the tags using the MME papers.

On the Ragamuffin boat I added another couple of photos of Harrison, this time I used some Cricket stickers and a photo of him playing cricket.

These may not be in order but you get the idea.

The last one of the six with the tags open for you to see.

and back to the house again. I wanted to show you the acrylic on the sides and under the deck. Underneath the acrylic is sand - yes real sand and some sea shells.

You can also see the wooden perch that I had made locally by someone who has a lathe. The Life belt I made using white and red card from my scraps. I used a Copic marker to distress the white colour a little. Then I added some red and white Bakers Twine around the edges.











OK that's all the photos. I also made a video clip of the project  and I link that here if you'd like to have a look.

Here are some of the main ingredients I used to make this project:

Chipboard 12 x 12 - 1.2mm width	Simple Stories I Heart Summer Paper - Teal Boardwalk/Dotted Line	Bo-Bunny - Key Lime Collection - 12x12 - Makin Waves Paper	Kaisercraft Base Coat 12x12 Shabby Chic Paper	Acrylic .020 Mil 9x12 sheets
MME Stella Rose 12 x 12 Design Paper	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad Vintage Photo	Sizzix Decorative Strip Die - Vintage Lace	RRR - Bakers Twine - Red & White	Paper Accents - Chipboard shape Anchor 8 pc Kraft
Adirondack Metallic Silver Mixatives	Adirondack Metallic Copper Mixatives	Kaisercraft wooden medium letter H	Kaisercraft 6.5 x 6.5 Base Coat Paper Pad	The Crafters Workshop Mini Fishies 6 x 6 Template
Kaisercraft Bluebell weave 12 x 12 card stock	Kaiser Craft Cheddar Weave Card Stock	Kaisercraft Pistachio Weave Cardstock CD160

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Thank you for stopping by today - it's a long post but I hope you liked it