Thank you card with Feathered Friends by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, here is my latest make, a thank you card.

Let's start the tutorial.

I took a piece of watercolour paper and stamped with one of the background stamps from the Vines&Roses stamp set on it. I inked the stamp with embossing ink and heat embossed with Sage embossing powder.

I  cut off the excess paper and inked the edges with Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy. I also spattered the paper with a drop of watered Brushed Corduroy re-inker.

The bird was cut out from the same paper and coloured with Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire, Broken China Oxide inks. I mixed these colours.

The text and one of the card layer was painted with gold acrylic paint (Schmincke Gold).

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Feathered Friends by Tim Holtz (664433)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Stretch Upper by Tim Holtz (665206)

Stampers Anonymous, Vines&Roses by Tim Holtz (CMS298)

Idea-Ology Big Chat Stickers 

Ranger embossing powder (Sage)

Ranger inks (Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy)

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Insects/Birds

Bookmark with MFT Blowing Kisses stamp set

Hello everyone, I made a quick tag or bookmark using the colours of the MFT Color Challenge 181.

What I used:

MFT Stamps, Pure Innocence, Blowing Kisses stamp set

MFT Stamps, Birdie Brown, New Best Friends stamp set

MFT Stamps, Stitched Traditional Tag Die-Namics

Copic Sketch markers

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Tag with Wacky Transport by Tim Holtz

I'd like to show you the tag I just finished, which I made for myself and not for anyone else. On Tuesday this week, after 15 years, I parted with my old car, a Toyota Yaris. I loved it dearly, which is why it had been with me for so long. The new car that replaced it was a green Mini Cooper. The new car is greeted by this tag, which I will use as a bookmark.

I cut out a tag from 300gsm watercolour paper and painted the bottom part with Pumice Stone Distress paint and the top with Winter Blue DecoArt Americana paint. 

The houses were cut out from the same watercolour paper I used for the tag. I cut out the roof from grey paper. I inked the edges of the houses with Hickory Smoke Distress ink and the edges of the tag with Hickory Smoke Archival ink.

The car is also cut out from the same watercolour paper as the tag. And I coloured with a mixture of green acrylic paints.

I cut out the "mini" word from black cardstock and the heart from red. 

I always glue a plain paper on the back of my tags, and since I usually chose darker paper, I colour the edges the same colour as the paper I use for this. This time I used grey paper and grey marker for the colouring.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Wacky Transport by Tim Holtz (665220)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cityscape Suburbia by Tim Holtz (661811)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Classic Lower by Tim Holtz (664224)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Falling Hearts by Tim Holtz (664415)

Idea-Ology Sticker Book, Small Talk (TH93193)

etc.

Here is a photo of my new car:

And on the tag :-)

With my tag, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Transport it!

Thank you for stopping by!

Birthday card with Ice Flake by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I'm here with the second project that I made for our January challenge over at the Country View Challenges. The theme is A Year To Sparkle And Shine. For my second project I chose the same background as for the first, a birthday card with Cozy Winter bear. 

My first project, my first card was made for my sister but this one was made for my daughter, Eszter who is turning 16! Another January birthday girl :-)

And now on to the preparation.

For the background I took a 300 gsm paper, the Sparkles&Christmas stamp set and a silver embossing powder and heat embossed a sparkle background.

Then I blended Tumbled Glass ink onto the whole surface and Faded Jeans to the edges. 

I cut out the Ice Flake from white paper, then from silver glitter paper. I cut out the big snowflake from blue glitter paper and the mini snowflake from silver glitter paper. I placed them on top of each other and glued them together but I put the glue just in the middle. In the end I glued a half pearl too in the middle.

The text was stamped on black cardstock with super fine white embossing powder. Don't forget to use the antistatic pouch!

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Sparkles&Christmas stamp set by Tim Holtz (CMS324)

Stampers Anonymous, Saying Stuff stamp set (THJ009)

Sizzix Bigz die, Ice Flake by Tim Holtz (663109)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Paper Snowflakes by Tim Holtz (660059)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Paper Snowflakes, Mini by Tim Holtz (661599)

Ranger Distress inks (Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans)

Ranger Distress embossing ink

Ranger embossing powders (silver, super fine white)

Ranger anti-static pouch

glitter papers

etc.

So if you have a sparkly project please don't hesitate to join our January challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Crafts online shop.

Tag with MFT New Best Friend

Just a quick tag or bookmark for my daughter's friend who will be 16 tomorrow. She has a dog with similar colours and spots and her favourite colour is orange. 

What I used:

MFT Stamps, Birdie Brown, New Best Friend

MFT Stamps Balloon Bouquet

MFT Stamps, Mini Well-Connected Alphabet&Numbers

MFT Stamps, Birdie Brown, Happy Pawlidays

Copic Sketch markers

etc.

Birthday card with Cozy Winter bear by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone and happy new year! And since it's not just new year but the first day of January a new challenge begins on the Country View Challenges blog. Your hostess will be the lovely Jo and the theme is A Year To Sparkle. 

For this challenge I made a birthday card for my sister's birthday who turns 45 on 11 January. To meet the expectations of the challenge, I used the Sparkle background stamp by Tim Holtz and glitter paper for the number.

And here is the tutorial.

I took a piece of watercolour paper (300gsm) and stamped on the Sparkle background with embossing ink. Then I heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

I cut around the pattern and then I inked the whole surface with Tumbled Glass ink.

I inked the edges with Pumice Stone, later I added Frayed Burlap too. I also inked the edges of the bear with Frayed Burlap ink.

The number was cut out from glitter paper with Deco Bigz XL die but I inked the edges of the number with an alcohol marker (Copic Sketch Fig).

The bird was hand painted with Distress paints but the eye was made with white gel marker. 

The text was stamped on black cardstock, using first an antistatic pouch, then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cozy Winter by Tim Holtz (665574)

Sizzix Bigz XL die, Deco by Tim Holtz (661815)

Sizzix Movers&Shapers die, Mini Cardinal&Poinsettia (658266)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Regions Beyond by Tim Holtz (664207)

Stampers Anonymous, Sparkles&Christmas by Tim Holtz (CMS324)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk by Tim Holtz (CMS236)

Ranger Distress paints (Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin, Ground Espresso)

Ranger embossing powders (silver, super fine white)

Ranger Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap)

etc.

So if you have a sparkly project please don't hesitate to join our January challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Crafts online shop.

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

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #119

This year this is the last Christmas postcard that I show you from my collection. Adorable scene with two lovely girls and a little dog, the colours are muted. 

It's a signed postcard by R. Kratki and it was posted in 1913.

You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #118

An another beautiful vintage card with subtle colours! This is a charming scene with a little girl in bed who is reading with a Christmas tree in the background.

This card was posted in 1918 and this is a signed postcard by E. Frank.

You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #117

This card was sent by a mother to her daughters and she wrote her daughters nicknames above the heads of the girls on the card.

I just love the colours of the girls' clothes.

This postcard was posted in 1935 and the logo of the manufacturer is EAS.

You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #116

Well, this card is beautiful and I love the Christmas cards with the three wise men.

This card was posted in 1939 and the manufacturer was the Albrecht&Meister AG (Amag), Berlin.

You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.