Birthday card with Harrison, the lion king

Hello everyone, I just finished this card that I made for the partner of my sister. He was born at the end of July, so according the horoscope he is a lion. This is why I made him this card with Harrison. 

I cut out a 14x14 cms base panel from a brown paper. It's not that one you see on the card. This panel is hidden, and I just used it to overlay the sky part and the grassy bottom part.

To the surface of the sky part I blended Salvaged Patina and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks. First I spritzed with water, then, when it was dry, I spattered with Stormy Sky Distress ink. For this latter, I used a drop from the re-inker.

The grass part was made with Bundled Sage and just a little Mowed Lawn Oxide inks. Here I did the same. First I spritzed with water, then spattered with Mowed Lawn re-inker (not Oxide). And for having grassy edges, I cut the top with the Deckle Trimmer.

The edges of the sky part and the grassy part was inked with Gathered Twigs ink.

The sun was coloured with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed inks with a little brown at the edges.

Harrison was cut out from brown papers. 

The crown was painted with Schmincke Rich Gold paint.

The text was stamped directly to the grass part and I heat embossed with black embossing powder.

And one more thing... In the end I covered everything with Micro Glaze which enhanced the colours. Harrison became darker too. But I wanted to give my card a protection.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Colorize, Harrison (665218)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Circle Play (663868)

Sizzix Movers&Shapers, Mini Crown&Fleur (657210)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Text (CMS394)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina)

Ranger Distress inks (Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed)

Ranger Distress embossing powder (Black Super Fine)

Tonic Studios, Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer 

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sun, Moon, Stars.

Thank you card with Blossom by Tim Holtz

Let me show my latest make, a thank you card that I made with Tim Holtz's new die set, the Blossom.

Last month, I made another thank you card using the same die, but that flower was yellow and I placed it on a striped background. You can find it here. 

And here is the tutorial.

After I blended Broken China Distress Oxide ink to the surface, I placed the Linen stencil on the paper and spritzed with Stormy Sky Spray Stain. After a few seconds, I used a paper towel to soak up the excess.

When it was completely dry, I started to stamp on the background with different stamps. For this I used the Black Soot Archival ink.

I inked the edges with Ground Espresso ink and splattered with white paint.

The flower was cut out from 300 gsm watercolour paper and I coloured with Kitsch Flamingo and Seedless Preserves inks. I mixed these colours a little. For the centre pieces, I used Mustard Seed, Fossilised Amber and Walnut Stain.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Blossom (666283)

Stampers Anonymous, Toadstool (CMS377)

Stampers Anonymous, Shabby French (CMS087)

Stampers Anonymous, Paris To London (CMS160)

Stampers Anonymous, Odds&Ends (CMS100)

Stampers Anonymous, Postcards (CMS099)

Stampers Anonymous, Reflections (CMS111)

Stampers Anonymous, Linen stencil (THS061)

Ranger Distress inks and Oxide inks, Spray Stains

Ranger white embossing powder

etc.

Tag with London bus - Wacky Transport by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I'm here with my second inspirational project which is also my last. In June I'm leaving the team, as I've already said in the post of my first project.

The theme is Vehicle and I'm also the host of this challenge this month. My second project is a tag with a London bus and Big Ben.

I cut out a tag from 300 gsm watercolour paper, then I stamped the Big Ben with embossing ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. As you can see the bus was already ready. I cut out twice from red paper. I glued them together but then I added a red paint coat for protection.

The background was made with Distress Oxide inks first, I used Salvaged Patina, Broken China and Frayed Burlap.

Then I added the dots with Brushed Corduroy to the bottom and Faded Jeans to the top.

Then I added diluted white paint for interest which is also a great sealing of the Distress inks. I dabbed the paint with a sponge to the surface.

After drying it looked like this and I inked the edges with Distress Archival inks, Prize Ribbon and Ground Espresso. Yes, and I forgot to mention that I coloured the Big Ben with Antique Linen Distress marker.

The text was stamped with Distress Archival ink, Ground Espresso, but it didn't become that dark. I think it happened because of the background. I suppose the Oxide ink was not completely sealed with the paint.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Wacky Transport (665220)

Stampers Anonymous, Psychedelic Grunge (CMS056)

Stampers Anonymous, Papillon (CMS106)

Stampers Anonymous, London Sights (CMS158)

Ranger Distress inks, oxide and original

Ranger Distress Archival inks

etc.

So If you have a project with a vehicle or vehicles, please don't hesitate to join our May challenge where a randomly selected lucky winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Crafts shop.

With this tag, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Paint it

Graduation card with Road Trip die by Tim Holtz

This will be a special blog post for me. Not just because I'm hosting the May challenge of the Country View Challenges, but also because I'm saying goodbye to the CVC team. This and my second inspirational project will be the last ones I do for the CVC. It was a fabulous 8 years in my life and the CVC team was a fantastic team. Thank you for letting me be part of the team. 

So the May challenge theme is Vehicle and my first card was made for my handsome nephew who is graduating from primary school. In Hungary, kids usually leave primary school at the age of 14 and start secondary school.

And here is my tutorial. 

The background was created with Distress paints. The bottom part was made with Hickory Smoke paint. For the upper part I used Stormy Sky with a hint of Cracked Pistachio.

The pine tree was coloured with Distress inks, Rustic Wilderness and Mowed Lawn.

For the traffic sign, I took a 300 gsm watercolour paper and an old Sizzix embossing folder by Tim Holtz, the Woodgrain (656644). I inked the embossing folder inside with Walnut Stain, then embossed the paper. Here I got a paper with nice woodgrain pattern. I spritzed with water and spread the brown ink everywhere. Of course the deeper brown remained in the recesses. But I wanted to stamp on it, so I ran it through the Sizzix machine again with all the plates and make it flat. 

The sun and the clouds are from old and retired My Favorite Things die sets. These had the perfect size for this scene. But I cut out the eyes and mouth with the Sizzix Circle Play die set. The sun was coloured with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed. The edge of the clouds were inked with Iced Spruce. 

The two largest parts of the car were painted with paints but I mixed colours, so I don't give you an exact recipe. All the other parts were just cardstock papers.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Road Trip Colorize (666288)

Sizzix Thinlits die,  Circle Play (663868)

Sizzix embossing folder, Bricked&Woodgrain Set (656644)

Stampers Anonymous, Noteworthy (CMS446)

My Favorite Things, Puffy Clouds Die-Namics

My Favorite Things, Sun, Moon&Stars Die-Namics

Ranger embossing powder (black super fine)

Ranger Distress paints 

Ranger Distress inks

etc.

So if you have a project with a vehicle or vehicles, please don't hesitate to join our May challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop!

Thank you card with Blossom by Tim Holtz

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! But what I would like to show you today is not Easter at all. You could call it spring, but it's more like a thank you card with flower.

My sister needs thank you card so I decided to make one, and my new Blossom die set was a perfect choice. 

My background is very similar to one of my previous cards where I wrote a tutorial. So please hop there if you would like to know the process. 

The big flower was cut out from white watercolour paper then I coloured the petals with Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber.

For the leaves, I used Forest Moss and Peeled Paint. 

The branches are from the Wildflower Stems 1 set and I think I coloured them with Walnut Stain. 

I spattered the whole card with diluted white paint.

The text is from an MFT stamp set, Bitty Thanks&Gratitude, and heat embossed with white embossing powder on black paper.

Thank you card with bird

Hello everyone, here is my second inspirational project that I made for the April challenge of the Country View Challenges blog. The theme is Things with wings.

My first project was also a thank you card but with a butterfly. This time I say thank you with a yellow bird.

And I have to admit that I've already used this design in the past, I made a birthday card where I used the same background and arranged the elements similarly. Here you can see that card.

And if you visited my earlier post, you could see that the colours are not identical either.

For the background, I used Forget-Me-Not embossing powder from Ranger. I slightly splattered the background with diluted Antique Linen ink.

The bird was coloured with Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Walnut Stain.

The text is part of the Crazy Talk stamp set.

In my previous blog post, you will find all the other creative supplies. 

So if you have a project with a bird, a butterfly, a dragonfly, an angel,  or anything else with wings, please don't hesitate t join our April challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop! Good luck!

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Texture

Thank you card with butterfly

Hello everyone, I'm here with my first inspirational project that I made for the April challenge of the Country View Challenges. The theme is Things with wings.

As I've done many times before, I went back to my previous design but changed a little bit. Here you can see my my earlier design. There you will find a tutorial too.

Here for the background, I used Cracked Pistachio and added Evergreen Bough and Walnut Stain to the edges.

The butterfly was coloured with Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Rusty Hinge Distress markers. Yes! I still have some Distress markers :-)

Everything else is like the previous design.  

So if you have a project with bird, butterfly, dragonfly or anything else with wings, please don't hesitate to join our April challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop! Good luck!

Bear in the spring sunshine

Here I am with a tag that I made for my husband who really liked my card that I created for her mother. If you want to know the story of that card, please visit my earlier blogpost, here. You also have to visit that blogpost, if you need a tutorial, because the process was quite the same.

I just love this bear. So cute, right? I imagine him waking up from the hibernation, drinking a cup of coffee with honey and focusing on all the good things that await him this year.

The only difference between the tag and the card that the text here is from the Tiny Text stamp set.

With my tag, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Easter/Spring.

Focus on the good - Card with a bear

Hello everyone, let me show you my latest make, a card that I made for my mother-in-law. My husband will give it to her for Mother's Day. And this text is just perfect for her, because she is recovering from a major illness and my husband wants to encourage her.

I've used this bear on cards many times, but only for the second time with flower in his hand. You can see my previous card here with this bear holding a flower in his hand. 

I've also used this sun a lot, but this is the first time with clouds. I got the idea from Emma to use the exhaust gas although Tim mentioned this in one of the YouTube videos but I forgot about it.

And here is the tutorial of the background. 

I cut a panel from white paper and first I blended Broken China Oxide ink to the top and Frayed Burlap to the bottom part. Then I also blended Speckled Egg to the top. After this I chose the dotted  piece from the Psychedelic Grunge stamp set and stamped on the panel with Faded Jeans and Brushed Corduroy ink.

Then I muted back the colours with diluted white paint. In the end I inked the edges with Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Archival ink.

Most part of the bear was coloured with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain ink and the stomach and the muzzle with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. I always added the darker colour to the edges. 

The sun was coloured with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed.

The text was heat embossed with black embossing powder.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Road Trip Colorize (666288)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Circle Play (663868)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cozy Winter (665574)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Funky Foliage (663087)

Stampers Anonymous, Psychedelic Grunge (CMS056)

Stampers Anonymous, Noteworthy (CMS446)

Ranger Distress Oxide ink (Speckled Egg, Broken China, Frayed Burlap)

Ranger Distress ink (Faded Jeans, Brushed Corduroy, Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn)

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Vintage Photo, Ground Espresso)

Ranger Distress embossing ink

Ranger embossing powder (Black Super Fine)

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Whatever The Weather

Masculine birthday card

Hello everyone, I'm here with my second inspirational project that I made for the March challenge of the Country View Challenges. The theme is: Birthday card for a man

For this card, I had an inspiration from my first project, two birthday cards that I made for twins.  You can see them here. This one will be for my husband, but just in July!

I won't write you a tutorial here because you can find a detailed one if you click on the link of my earlier project.  

Here I'm just talking about the only difference, the colour of the balloons and the bow-tie.

So for creating this yellow I used the following Distress colours: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber.

So if you made a masculine card, please don't hesitate to join our March challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop! Good luck!