Travel card with Idea-Ology elements

Hello everyone, it's 1 July so a new challenge begins on the Country View Challenges blog. The theme is Travel. 

For this challenge I made a card using almost only Idea-Ology elements.

Well, I had a polka dot panel in my stash. I wanted to use it for another project a long time ago but it ended up in the drawer. But now I took it out and I found perfect for my new travel project.

I selected all the Idea-Ology pieces that seemed good for the travel theme and I started to arrange them on my polka dot paper. In the end, I found this layout the best.

I inked the edges of the ephemera elements with brown Distress ink and I glued them in their place. The only exception was the young man. Then I spattered the surface with white paint covering the baggage with a piece of paper. 

The only Sizzix die that I used is the Bigz Baggage Claim by Tim Holtz.

So if you have a travel project please don't hesitate to join our July challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop.

Card with a traveller boy

Hello everyone, at last, I'm here again. I have made a card with two of the suitcases I had shared with you last time (here is the link if you need). 

For this card, I used the new colour of the Ranger Distress colour series, the Speckled Egg. It's a wonderful light blue colour. I also used the Tumbled Glass and the Faded Jeans colours, in original and in oxide version. I stencilled my background with Picket Fence Distress paint. For this, I used the Linen stencil (THS061). I splattered the surface with Walnut Stain Spray Stain.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz die, Baggage Claim

Sizzix Thinlits die, Globe

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cityscape Commute

Stampers Anonymous, Layering Stencil, Linen (THS061)

Idea-Ology, Baseboard Dolls

Idea-Ology, Ephemera Pack, Emporium

Idea-Ology, Small Talk sticker book, Occasion

Ranger Distress ink (Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg, Gathered Twigs)

Ranger Distress Oxide ink (Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg)

Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Walnut Stain)

Ranger Distress paint (Picket Fence)

With this card, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: It's a man thing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Masculine

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.

Travel with dog

It's my turn to inspire you and to show you something in the theme of TRAVEL. This is the title of our September challenge which was chosen by the very talented Jennie.

For this challenge I made a travel card with one of the dogs of Tim Holtz.

I chose a dog for my travel themed card because since we have a dog, a Bichon Bolognese we always try to take her with us for our journeys. And during our holidays we always meet other dog owners who also bring their dogs on vacation. So travelling with dog becomes more and more popular, I think. 


For this card I cut out a basic card.

And I started to make a card with following Tim's July Remix Technique tag.

I coloured the globe with Ranger Distress Markers. I scribbled to a plastic sheet and I just put the colours onto the paper with a wet brush. 

The dog was coloured with black watercolour pencil but in this case I coloured right onto the stamped dog. I put more colour to the edges and after I brushed it towards the inner part with a wet brush this is why I could achieve lighter and darker areas on the dog.

And although this chosen dog looks like a Schnauzer and definitely not a Bichon, many people know about me that beside the Bolognese my other favourite dog breed is the Miniature Schnauzer.


What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rectangles

Stampers Anonymous, Travel Blueprint Set (CMS148)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Dogs (CMS271)

Sticker Book

Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Vintage Photo) - I spritzed the white paper with this

Ranger Distress Ink Pads (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain) - I inked the edges of the cards with these colours

Tim Holtz Ide-ology, Chit-Chat Sticker Book (TH92998)

Ranger Distress Markers

Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black, Potting Soil) - I stamped with these inks


The edges of all the rectangles on my card was distressed with a knife.

And here is a photo about Rozi during our journey in Aix-en-Provence this summer.

If you have a crafting project in the theme of travelling, please join our September Challenge where you can win a £20 voucher!

With this card I would like to join the September TIMI challenge of the Craft Stamper blog: Anything goes.

Happy crafting!

Travelling with family - travel card

Hello dear crafters, Here is my quick card I have made when we returned from our holiday, just in the very last moment before the deadline of the September challenge over at Country View Challenges. The theme is: TRAVEL.

What I used:

Tim Holtz Ephemera Pack - Emporium

Tim Holtz Ephemera Pack - Expedition

Tim Holtz Big Chat Sticker Book

Ranger Distress Ink Pads (Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain)

Sizzix Embossing Folder, Postcard by Tim Holtz (656946)

If you have a project in the theme of travelling, please join our September challenge where you can win a £20 voucher. Happy crafting!

Travelling card - Where?

I wanted to make a little different travelling card which isn't about how fantastic is the travelling. It is, anyway, but before the travelling there is a long procedure to choose the destination. And if you are a big family where everyone has a preference it's rather difficult to decide. 

On my card this little chap is quite desperate because he can't decide "where" he can go. London? New York? Paris?

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Labels by Tim Holtz (660060)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Ractangles 

Hero Arts Stamp, Map of the World (CG664)

Stampers Anonymous, Paris to London (CMS160)

Stampers Anonymous, Papillon (CMS 106)

Ranger Embossing Powder, Super Fine, Black 

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Walnut Stain

Ranger Distress Ink Stain, Antique Linen

Kraft-Core, Nostalgic Collatection 12x12

Ide-ology Ephemera, Expedition 

With this card I would like to join the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: World Traveler.

Mixed media board of travelling - Rome, Paris, London - On your travel

I am so happy!!! I have a great news to tell you, I got a position on the designer team of Country View Challenge blog. Yeah! 

In May there was a DT Call and I applied for it, and here we are, now I am a designer team member with other two talented crafters! I can't believe it!

I am especially glad for two reasons. I don't know who made the final decision of the new members but in my case they didn't care that 1. I have never been designer team member before and 2. I am Hungarian who speaks (and writes) the English terribly :-D 

So thank you for these!

On the blog of the CVC they will introduce us today so I had to write a biography and I had to make a project on the theme of "On your travels". If you would like to join this challenge, just click here and link your card, mixed media canvas, embellished box etc.

But me, I have made this:

For this I took an old chalk board which was in the attic among the junk. I sanded with a sandpaper I wiped off with a wet cloth.

When it was dry I gessoed with one layer, then I put a layer of modelling paste too. I tapped the modelling paste onto the board with a sponge because I didn't want a smooth surface. 

I stamped Tim's cities (Rome, Paris and London) to a printing paper.

After I tore off the unwanted parts. 

With decoupage glue I added three torn book pages on the surface of the board.

I painted the board with acrylic paint, in the end I tapped the paint with a sponge.

The yellow area is made for Luxembourg where we can make our trip to Paris and other cities. I cut out the shorten name of Luxembourg with Tim's letter die.

I always put the new elements on the board (without gluing) to see how it looked like.

I cut out the vehicles and the arrows.

Then a new try:

With this label die I cut out the stamped addresses of Paris and London.

I painted the letters of LUX to the colours of the Luxembourgish flag. To make the colours of the flag I covered the middle area of LUX with a white paper and painted the top and the bottom part.

I stamped the postcard image directly to the painted board.

I coloured the edges of the torn papers with Distress ink (Tea Dye).

I also spritzed the arrows with Distress Spray Stain (Brushed Pewter).

I cut out the letters of ROME with Tim's die but I wanted to use this as a stencil, so I placed the letters properly and after I fixed them with a cello tape.

I placed my special stencil on the board and I applied green acrylic paint.

I glued the papers of the stamped cities with decoupage glue.

I coloured the cardstocks of the stamped addresses with Distress Markers (Chipped Sapphire and Festive Berries) but I used a wet brush immediately. 

I used these two Distress markers to paint colour the hot air balloon.

I gave Distress Crackle Paint on some parts of the board and acrylic medium onto the other parts.

With this board I would like to enter to the challenge of A Vintage Journey: Destinations.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Cityscapes by Tim Holtz (CMS224)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Labels by Tim Holtz (660060)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Alphanumeric by Tim Holtz (660056)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Artful Arrows by Tim Holtz (659433)

Stampers Anonymous, Papillons by Tim Holtz (CMS106)

Signature Die by Joanna Sheen, Beetle (SD089)

Signature Die by Joanna Sheen, Classic Mini (SD090)

Signature Die by Joanna Sheen, Passenger Jet (SD166)

Ranger Distress Ink, Tea Dye - I used this to brown the edges of the papers and cardstocks

Ranger Distress Marker, Festive Berries

Ranger Distress Marker, Chipped Saphire

Ranger Distress Crackle Paint, Clear Rock Candy

Schmincke Acrylic Fluid Medium

Amsterdam Modelling Paste

Marabu Acrylic Paints