Interactive birthday card with crazy bird and dog

Hello crafty friends, I'm here with the second inspirational project for the July challenge of the Country View Challenges. The theme was chosen by the lovely Sue, Do more of what makes you happy.

Well, you might know that I love polka dot and I love to create polka dot backgrounds. I also love Tim Holtz's products and mainly the Crazy series. What else? I love cheery cards too. For this card, I used one of my earlier cards as an inspiration (you can see it here). 

So here is my new interactive card:

This is not my first interactive card and when I posted my dinosaur card, I wrote a tutorial about how to make an image movable. 

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Polkadot Layering Stencil (THS068)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk (CMS236)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Crazy Birds&Things (CMS250)

Ranger Distress ink (Twisted Citron Pumice Stone, Broken China)

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Black Soot)

Ranger white embossing powder

Copic Sketch markers

etc.

I think this crazy bird is so cute how she hops (flies) up and down.

So if you have a project with things you love, please don't hesitate to join our July challenge where you can win a £20 voucher. I think this is a real anything goes challenge.

And here is a little video of how it works.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Moving parts

Christmas card for love birds

One of my acquaintances asked me to make a card for her father who has found love again in his eighties. 

This is the Christmas version of my earlier card but here it was important to make the female bird in the same hight as the male bird. Since this female bird stamp looks into the same direction as the male bird, I had to try the mirror stamping to place the female bird and a male bird into a face to face position. This was the first time I tried this technique :-) 

I put their initials on the Christmas hats and a heart over the USA because they will visit the US next year.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Destination

Sizzix Side Order, Valentine

Sizzix Thinlits de, Alphanumeric Label - for the initials on the hats

Stampers Anonymous, Bird Crazy (CMS212)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things (CMS237)

Ranger embossing powders (Princess Gold, Black)

Ranger Distress markers

Idea-Ology, Sticker books (retired)

Micro Glaze - sealing the images

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Traditional Christmas

Birthday card with crazy dog and crazy bird

I didn't want to miss the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week where the theme is Happy Birthday. So I made this:

For the background, I used Weathered Wood and Stormy Sky Distress ink, then I spritzed with water. 

Next, I took the Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink and the Numbered layering stencil and stencilled some numbers.

I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap ink, then I stamped the text and the bird's outline with Jet Black Archival ink. 

To protect this background, I took a plastic sheet and spritzed Distress Resist Spray on it. With a piece of sponge, I dabbed the liquid onto the surface. With this technique, you can put an even layer without smudging the inks.

After drying it looks like this, a little shiny.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Bird Crazy&Things (CMS250)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Dogs (CMS271)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk (CMS236)

Ranger Distress ink pads (Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, Frayed Burlap)

Ranger Distress Oxide ink pad (Faded Jeans)

Ranger Distress Resist Spray

Ranger Archival ink (Jet Black)

I hope you like it!!! Happy crafting!!!

With this card, I would like to join the August TIMI Challenge of the Craft Stamper Magazine: Anything goes

Card with crazy birds and a globe

Hello everyone, I'm here with the first inspiring project for our May challenge, Opposites.

Now let me tell you, why this card fits into our challenge.  First of all, you can see a tall bird and a small bird, a male bird and a female bird. And I also used the two opposite colours (green-red) of the colour chart. Three opposites! 

These birds are not others than my husband and me. My hubby is a 195 cms tall (6 feet, 4.7 inches), blond guy and me a 152 cms tall (nearly 5 feet) brown girl. And our tempers are completely different too :-)

Here is my background:

Actually, I made this card earlier for another project but I didn't use it up until now. It was inked with Distress inks, then spattered with white and brown acrylic paints.

I adhered the new Sizzix globe die by Tim Holtz.

Behind the globe, I put a paper from Tim Holtz Paper Stash.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Destination by Tim Holtz (664179)

Stampers Anonymous, Bird Crazy by Tim Holtz (CMS212)

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Bird Crazy by Tim Holtz (CMS250)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things by Tim Holtz (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Papillon by Tim Holtz (CMS106)

Ranger Archival inks (Jet Black, Potting Soil)

Ranger embossing powder (Liquid Platinum)

Idea-Ology, Small Talk Stickers

Idea-Ology, Occasions Small Talk Stickers 

Ranger Distress ink pads

Ranger Distress markers

If you have a project which fits our May challenge, please don't hesitate to link your project to the Country View Challenges where you can win a £20 voucher.

Hungry kitty likes birdy

Now, this is a completely unusual Valentine's Day card but I can't stop making fun Valentine's Day card. After my monster cards (Silly monster in love, Valentine's Day card with monsters) here is my card with crazy critters.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Crazy Birds

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Cat

MFT, BB Best Friend (the hearts)

Idea-Ology, Big Chat

Copic Sketch markers

DecoArt Americana paints (Pebble, Dove Gray, White Wash)

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love Is In The Air

MentésMentés

Mini canvas board with crazy bird

I have made this mini canvas board (10x14cm) for our August challenge: Blues and Greens. Actually these are the favourite colours for my lovely teamie, Corrie who is the hostess of our August challenge.

What I used:

for the background:

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil, Polkadot

Ranger embossing powder, White 

Ranger Distress ink pad, Twisted Citron

Ranger Distress ink pad, Cracked Pistachio

for the images:

Stampers Anonymous, Bird Crazy by Tim Holtz (CMS212)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things by Tim Holtz (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk by Tim Holtz (CMS236)

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Bird Crazy&Thingsby Tim Holtz (CMS250)

Ranger Distress ink pad, Black Soot

Ranger embossing powder, Clear

Ranger Distress markers (greens and blues)

others:

canvas board (10x14cm)

Ranger Glossy Accents (for glueing)

Ranger Distress, Micro Glaze (for protection)

I hope you like it! And if you fancy to make something just with greens and blues, please don't hesitate to join our challenge where you can win a £20 voucher.

Canvas board with crazy birds by Tim Holtz

When I was a little girl I just loved this song: Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep... by the Middle of the Road. I think I loved the simplicity of the text and I loved it because it was a very happy song. Well this song inspired me to make these canvas boards with Tim's crazy birds for our new challenge at the Country View Challenges: THINGS WITH WINGS.

As you see these boards are complementary and make sense just together. For making them I just stamped the birds who look in the same direction onto the same canvas. 

Now let me show you the process... 


Although my canvas was primed I applied a layer of gesso to the surface. After drying I outlined the branch cutout with a pencil.

I coloured the branch with DecoArt Americana paint, then contoured it with Posca Pen.

The contouring was very important part of my project. I wanted strong contours and bold, cheery colours because I wanted my canvas to look like an illustration of a children's book. 

I stamped the images directly onto the canvas with Ranger Archival ink (Jet Black).

I coloured the birds with DecoArt Americana paints.If the outlines faded because of the acrylic paint I drew the line again with Posca Pen.

For the leaves I used an old Sizzix Framelits dies and stamp set by Stephanie Barnard (657917): Leaves.

I hope you like them! And if you have a project with some wings, please don't hesitate to join our July challenge at the Country View Challenges where you can win a £20 voucher!

Easter tag with Tim Holtz crazy bird

Hello Everybody, I'm here again with an Easter tag what I made for the Country View Crafts blog where you can find the whole tutorial.

Crazy bird on a pickup

Hello Everybody, I'm here again with a fun card! Tim Holtz Crazy Bird hopped on a Stampendous pickup to go home to her love. I think this bird is just too fat to fly :-D

This card was specially made for the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Transport It :-)

Birthday card with Tim Holtz crazy creatures

At the Country View Challenges blog the January theme is ANYTHING GOES. I bet you love this theme :-) 

For this challenge my first inspirational project was a birthday tag with polka dot background and with Tim Holtz crazy creatures. As you can see my second make is a birthday card with the same background pattern and with the same stamp sets - and yet it became so different.

I wanted to use vivid colours this is why I chose the Twisted Citron with Pearl Silver dots to make the background.


What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rectangles

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Dogs Stamp Set (CMS271)

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Bird Crazy&Things Stamp Set (CMS250)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things Stamp Set (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk Stamp Set (CMS236)

Stampers Anonymous, Layering Stencil, Polka Dot (THS068)

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Twisted Citron 

Ranger Distress Markers

Ranger Embossing Powder, Silver Pearl

Ranger Archival Ink, Potting Soil

Misti Stamping Tool

Since I've never used before the Pearl Silver Embossing Powder, I would like to join the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: START AFRESH.

I hope you like it! Happy crafting!

Birthday tag with Tim Holtz Crazy creatures

Happy New Year to all of you!!!

In the new year on the very first day we have a new challenge over at the Country View Challenges blog. Our hostess is my very talented teamie, Brenda. I think you will really like the challenge theme: ANYTHING GOES.

So I made a birthday tag, because for me the January doesn't only mean the new year but two very special birthdays. First, on January 11th there will be my sister's birthday, and on 16th we will celebrate my daughter's birthday.

For this tag I cut out a tag shape from white cardstock, then I put Tim's polka dot stencil onto the tag and with the Brushed Corduroy ink pad and a sponge I made dots on my tag. Now here I have to tell you that I usually use coloured inks for the heat embossing instead of clear embossing ink. Because I like to see exactly how the shapes look like, it doesn't matter that I use stamp or stencil for the embossing. And anyway the embossing will cover perfectly your stamped image. The only exception when I want to use white embossing powder and I try to use the same colour in stamp and in embossing powder.

So first I made the gold embossing:

Then with a sponge I smeared Tumbled Glass ink onto the white tag to make the background.

With my Misti Stamping Tool I prestamped many "Crazy" images with Potting Soil ink. These can be very handy later.

What I used for this tag:

Sizzix Movers&Shapers Die, Tag&Bookplates by Tim Holtz (656938)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Dogs Stamp Set (CMS271)

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Bird Crazy&Things Stamp Set (CMS250)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things Stamp Set (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk Stamp Set (CMS236)

Stampers Anonymous, Layering Stencil, Polka Dot (THS068)

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Tumbled Glass 

Ranger Distress Markers

Ranger Embossing Powder, Princess Gold

Ranger Archival Ink, Potting Soil

Misti Stamping Tool

With my tag I would like join the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: PARTY TIME.

And don't forget to join our challenge at Country View Challenges where you can win a £20 voucher!!!