Thursday 14 March 2024

Thank you card with bold letters

I'm here again with a thank you card. I think after the birthday cards and the name-day cards (because I'm Hungarian)  this is the most needed card. I didn't want to make it too complicated and I wanted the text to be highlighted on the card. So I made a design like this.




And here is the tutorial.

I painted blue a 300gsm paper with Uncharted Mariner Distress paint (like here). When it was dry I stamped the rose background stamp on the surface using embossing ink. I heat embossed with Sky Blue embossing powder. I cut off the excess parts where there were no flowers. Then I took another rectangle panel and I drew the line of the main panel and heat embossed around the lines with Sky Blue embossing powder. 




I cut out the letters from cardboard paper and painted gold with DecoArt Americana paint. But then I wanted this strong gold to be somewhere else on my card, so I made another layer, creating a gold frame of my card.




What I used:

Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet die, Deco (661815)

Stampers Anonymous, Vines and Roses (CMS298)

Ranger Distress paint, Uncharted Mariner 

Ranger embossing powder, Sky Blue

DecoArt Americana paint, Emperor's Gold 





Tuesday 27 February 2024

Harrison the lion king

Hello everyone, I'm here with a card that I created for one of my nephews, Mátyás. I made it for his name-day. Hungary had a great king, Matthias Corvinus, or Mathias Rex in latin, and I played with this name to make my nephew happy.




And here is the tutorial.

I cut out the pieces of Harrison from different shades of brown. For this, I used textured paper. Then I assembled him. 

I took a rectangle paper and I put Harrison on it. I wanted a slimline card, so I cut off the unwanted parts from my panel. Then I blended red Distress inks to the surface. The background of the card was mostly coloured with Festive Berries ink. Then I added Aged Mahogany to the edges and Ground Espresso to the very edges. Then I spritzed with water.

The background of the nameplate was made with Broken China ink. The letters were cut out with Alphanumeric Label dies from black paper.

I used the same gold paint for the crown, the bigger layer of the nameplate and the stars.






What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harrison Colorize (665218)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Label (664177)

Sizzix Bigz die, Crescent Moon&Stars (658716)

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

Ranger Distress inks (Broken China, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Ground Espresso)

etc.




In the very end, when I glued all the elements in place, I smeared Micro Glaze to the surface of the red panel. This is not just good for protection but also deepened the background colour.




With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fur or Feathers



Thursday 15 February 2024

Tag with swinging bird

This tag was made for another name-day, my friend's name-day. She saw one of my previous tags with the same bird on a swing and asked me to make her the same but only with neutral colours: beige, grey and brown.

So I made this:



And here is the tutorial.

I cut out a tag with Tag&Bookplates Bigz die from 300gsm watercolour paper. I painted grey with Hickory Smoke. When it was dry I stamped the rose pattern on the surface with Ground Espresso Archival ink.



Then I muted the original colours with white paint. I applied layer after layer until I was satisfied with the result.


I inked the edges with Ground Espresso Archival ink, then stamped the text with embossing ink. I heat embossed the text using black embossing powder. In the end I splattered the tag with white paint.



The base of the bird was painted with brown paint. Then the second layer was a sheet music patterned paper.

With a piece of twig and jute twine I created a swing and then I glued to the tag with hot glue.

The ribbon was coloured with brown Distress inks. 




What I used:

Sizzix Movers&Shapers die, Tag&Bookplates (656938)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Feathered Friends (664433)

Stampers Anonymous, Noteworthy (CMS446)

Stampers Anonymous, Vines and Roses (CMS298)

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Ground Espresso)

Ranger Distress paints (Hickory Smoke, Picket Fence)

Ranger Distress embossing powder (super fine black)

etc.




With my tag, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Tie It Up



Tuesday 13 February 2024

Card with dragonfly

Hello crafty friends, today I would like to show you my card that I made for my mum's name-day. Her name is Zsuzsanna (Susan, Susanne) and we celebrate her name-day on 19 February. 



And if you need a tutorial, here it is.
I took a rectangle panel and I painted blue with the Uncharted Mariner Distress paint.



When it was totally dry, I stamped the rose background stamp on it with an embossing ink. Then I heat embossed with Liquid Platinum embossing powder.


I cut off the parts where was no embossing. 



I took another piece of paper and drew the outline of the rose panel on it. I heat embossed with Liquid Platinum along the lines. So this became the layer under the rose panel.

I cut out the dragonfly and coloured with the mixture of these paints: Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Salvaged Patina.


Then with an embossing pen I went through the dry embossed lines. I also put embossing ink on the legs. Then I heat embossed with Liquid Platinum. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo and Prize Ribbon Archival inks.



What I used:

Sizzix Bigz die/textured fades, Layered Dragonfly (659579)

Stampers Anonymous, Vines and Roses (CMS298)

Ranger Distress Archival inks (Vintage Photo, Prize Ribbon)

Ranger Distress paint (Uncharted Mariner, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Salvaged Patina)

Ranger Distress embossing powder (Liquid Platinum)

etc.









Friday 2 February 2024

Birthday car with beer and bear - Happy beerday!

Hello everyone, I'm here with a card that I created for my dad who will be 75 soon. My dad loves beer, especially wheat beer, so you can see why I put beer on the card and why I chose this birthday text.



Since he hung my previous cards in his room, I decided to make a card that he could easily hang. So I put two eyelets to the top corners, I threaded a wire through the holes and twisted it at the back. 

For the bear I just used textured papers. But the beer was cut out from white cardstock and I blended Scattered Straw Oxide inks to the surface and Fossilized Amber to the edges. The foam was cut out from white paper and I inked the edges with Antique Linen ink. 




The main panel is from an old and retired paper pad, the Dapper. I so liked it, so I bought two sets while it was available.

Earlier I cut out a lot of hearts with the Falling Hearts die and I kept them for later. Now I used four from them.


What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Theodore Colorize (664410)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Happy Hour (664435)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Falling Hearts (664415)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Tiny Type Upper (664406)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric 3/4" Tall (660056)

Idea-Ology, Dapper Paper Stash, 12x12 (TH93260)




With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Have a heart



Tuesday 30 January 2024

Tag with sheet music and bird

Hello everyone, I'm here with a tag that I made for one of nephews' music teacher. Actually, this is a thank you tag. The THANK YOU text is on the back side and I used the letters of the Santa Greetings, Colorize die set.



I have found the sheet music paper in a 8x8 First Edition paper pad. The bird is from the Feathered Friends die set. This is the bigger bird and I coloured the big part with Faded Jeans, but unfortunately, I have no idea what greys and browns I used for the other parts.


I attached a real twig to the tag with a heat gun. The hearts were cut out with the Falling Hearts die set from red cardstock. The ribbon was originally white, but I coloured with Faded Jeans and Stormy Sky inks.


What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Feathered Friends (664433)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Falling Hearts (664415)

Sizzix Bigz die, Tag&Bookplates (656938)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Santa Greetings, Colorize (666338)

Ranger Distress inks

First Edition, Perfect Moments paper pad 8x8"




With my tag, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Have a heart


Tuesday 16 January 2024

Birthday card with Mary Poppins

This is a birthday card for the most important female in my life, my daughter who turned 18 today. I am incredibly happy that almost 19 years ago, on a holiday in Rhodes, we were chosen by this wonderful soul. Well, without further ado, here is the card that I made her.



I chose the lady from The Park die set, because she loves Marry Poppins. For the lady I wanted to make a festive background so I chose the Retro Flakes stamp set, because they snowflakes look like firework sparks. And the Mary Poppins text is just so perfect for this occasion.

And here is the tutorial.

I took a blue cardstock and started to stamp the snowflakes with embossing ink. I used silver and gold embossing powders for the heat embossing.






When my panel was filled with silver and gold snowflakes, then I spattered the paper with silver and gold acrylic paints. When it was dry, I inked the edges of the panel with Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink.




I made a golden frame for the text and for the blue panel too. For this, I used the same gold embossing powder that I used for the gold flakes.




I also put transparent rhinestones to the middle of the silver sparks. 

I cut out the numbers and the lady twice from black cardstock. Then I glued the together. I also put a layer of matt black paint to the surface of the die-cuts. 


What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, The Park (665204)

Stampers Anonymous, Retro Flakes (CMS417)

MFT Die-Namics, Pumped-Up Numbers

Ranger embossing powder (Silver, Princess Gold)

rhinestones

acrylic paints (black, silver, gold)

etc.




With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sparkle and Shine



Friday 22 December 2023

Gingerbread man Christmas tree ornament

Hello everyone, I'm here again with another Christmas tree ornament, a gingerbread man. For this, I used an old and retired die set, the Fresh Baked 2 (663116). 



And if you like it, here is the tutorial for you.


I cut the gingerbread man figure 8 times from a thicker cardboard. It was as thick as the paper of a roll of a paper towel. I glued them together one after the other. In the middle I also placed and glued a little cap that I cut out using another old and retired die, the Carved Ornaments 2 (657475).






Then I painted white both sides.




Then I painted gold with Emperor's Gold DecoArt Americana paint. Actually, I applied at least 3 layers.




Then I added a thin layer of Schmincke gold paint too, because it was less orangey.

Then I added flat back pearls for the eyes and the buttons. The rest of the decorations were cut out from glitter papers (black, red). The scarf is part of the Cool Yule die set (663099). Now this is one is not discontinued yet! 




And see how much fun Gingerbread man is having on the Christmas tree, under the little house. And yes, I also made the little house with another Tim Holtz's die, the Paper Village. And here is the tutorial for that one.




Thursday 14 December 2023

Angel Christmas ornament with a Sizzix die

A few days ago I posted here, on my blog a card with an angel. And because I really liked how that angel turned out I wanted to have one on my Christmas tree.




If you click on my earlier blogpost you will find the tutorial of the angel. Here I just write down what I made differently.

Since it's an ornament, I wanted to give it a little dimension, and both sides needed to be done, to be covered with glitter paper.


To have a little dimension, I cut out the angel twice from chipboard and I glued them together. The die I used was a Sizzix Bigz die, Angelic by Tim Holtz. Then I added the glitter paper on the top. Both sides, of course.




Since it was dimensional I had to take care of the edges, so I painted the edges with similar colours. With turquoise the edges of the dress, with silver the edges of the wing, with gold the edges of the trumpet etc.




Then I inked the edges with Ground Espresso Archival ink. And in the end I put Marabu Glitter Liner to the edges with matching colours.




With my angel ornament, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use dies





Friday 8 December 2023

Christmas card with angel

Hello everyone, here is my second Christmas card with a Hungarian text. "Mennyből az angyal" is another Hungarian Christmas song that I really like. It means: the angel from heaven. For this card, I used old dies and an old stencil. 



Now let's see how I made it. 

First I cut out the window from chipboard with the Sizzix Cathedral Frame Bigz die. Then I drew the outlines of the window on a blue paper.



I cut out the window from the blue paper. And since this blue wasn't enough dark for a night sky I blended Chipped Sapphire ink to the surface and Black Soot to the edges.


Then I spattered the window background with gold paint.




I glued the background to the window frame. Then I continued with the angel. I cut it out from a white cardstock, then I cut out the clothes, the trumpet, the wing from different glitter papers.







I also drew the hair and coloured the face. I inked the edges of the glittery parts with dark brown ink, then I glued to the white paper angel.



Then I took a dark grey cardstock and drew the outline of the window.


Then I masked the window with Tesa masking tape.



Then I made the walls using Grit Paste and wall stencil.



When I was ready with the stencilling I let the panel dry. Then I painted grey the bricks.



I chose a black paper to place it behind the wall panel.



I started to glue everything in place. Then I realised that I need something to the left top corner. So I chose the Sizzix Deck The Halls dies to cut out the holly leaves. For the greens I used green glitters papers. 




I splattered the leaves with white paint and I placed three pearls from the Baubles Findings Idea-ology set to the top of the greens.






What I used:

Sizzix Bigz die, Cathedral Window (664974)

Sizzix Bigz die, Angelic (660032)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Deck The Halls (664229)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Holiday Greens (658759)

Stampers Anonymous, Bricked (THS038)

Idea-Ology, Baubles Findings (TH94099)