Crafting @ Eighty

Good afternoon everyone. Today I have another CAS card that I have made for the Clean & Simple Facebook page. I am quite enjoying making these CAS cards, which is quite testing as it is even more important to know when to stop.  The stamp image is from "Clearly Besotted", & has a matching die.  It is part of a set of 5 different floral arrangements in vases. I have had them for some considerable time & this is the first time I have used them, due to normally making busier cards. I really must work out a way to ensure my sentiments are straight. I find that with clear stamps they tend to cling to my finger when trying to straighten them. I will persevere! Thank you for visiting my little blog.

 Good afternoon everyone. Today I have a clean & simple card design to show you.  I found a new technique, well unknown to me anyway, recently - to use dies as stencils. You use the actual die - not a paper or card die-cut of it. This was the result. I really liked the look & will be using it again. More importantly it has given my mojo a lift. Thank you for visiting.

 Good afternoon everyone. I do hope you are coping well in this very hot spell. Its very nice to see the sun but we have our curtains closed in the hope of it being a little cooler in here, & also a fan running. When I posted a couple of days ago I was surprised to see I hadn't shown any of my work for a month! Well, for some reason it would appear I just forgot to do it, as I had made several cards. Here are 2 of them, both a very similar design but different images. They were inspired by some  cards I have seen somewhere - probably Facebook or Pinterest. Both cards use Honey Doo stamps & some stencils (which I own up to having quite a lot of) which I haven't used for a while. This one I used the most of the stencil design using Distress Inks in pale greens. Then I stamped & coloured the flowers & foliage, with some nice colouring pens, cut them out & then arranged around the stencil image. This one, again I used Distress Ink for the stencil, & the col...

Good heavens! Over a month since I last posted. I have slowed down quite a bit but didn't think it was that much. I think I have just forgotten to sit here & let you know what I have been up to. I decided to test myself & make a clean & simple card for a change. I don't make particularly busy ones, but wanted to try cutting back a little more. The bluey-green square is a piece left over from some encaustic art work I did. I layered it onto a white square added the flower & foliage, & a stamped greeting. Before attaching the topper to the base card I scored some vertical lines in the centre to add some texture.  Very pleased with the outcome. Already there are bits & bobs from other projects on my desk to create some more cards. It's a good way to use up left overs. I will now look at projects I have made recently & see what I haven't yet shown on my blog. Thank you for visiting, please come again.

Hello everyone. Are you all prepared for any street parties that may be happening in your area?  Its hard to believe that 70 years have gone by since the coronation, & goodness me hasn't our Queen worked hard during those years. Today I have an 80th birthday card to show you. I made it for my friend for whom I make the fund raising cards. It is one of many 80th birthdays during 2021/22. Normally cards for men give me quite a problem on design, but this friend is a great jazz enthusiast so I have a theme to research. For this card I turned to the internet & jazz theme images.  Here is what I was able to make; I just printed the group as was, giving a nice silhouette design, then layered it onto a black card that had been dry embossed & added the "80" & "Happy Birthday". All mounted on a white card, Here is the inside. I found a royalty free image of jazz music sheet for "Happy Birthday To You".  I put this through my Serif Craft Artist p...

 Hello everyone I hope you are all well.  I cannot believe that we are fast approaching the end of May, this year is going so fast! I have been busy making cards for my scouting friend to help raise funds for his group.  So, this last couple of days I have used a card making kit that came with a magazine. The kit is The Secret Garden by Christine Griffiths of Card Making Magic. I still have some pieces left but have made 17 cards so far; The kit was very pretty & also very easy to use. It included the background papers which were patterned one side & plain the other. As some of the embellishments were quite busy I had to make the decision to use the plainer side in some cases. I hope you found them interesting to look at & enjoyed your visit.  Have a lovely weekend.

Good afternoon everyone, how is your weekend? Once again it has been a little while since I last posted here.  So today should make up for it as I have several cards to show you. It fell to me last week to provide a challenge for one of my clubs.  I chose the subject "music".  As it had been my idea I felt I should create several different ideas. Here they are -  This one is Distress Ink through a stencil, using the whole design. The music image was a stamp, I have had it for quite a while & cannot remember the maker. The flourish was also a stamp but the words were another stencil which I inked in 2 parts. The background is from a part sheet of music that I tore into smaller pieces,  then distressed the edges with Distress Ink in Vintage photo. I am not happy tearing books - but this sheet of music had been part of some  items in a small card making kit. So, I didn't feel so bad using it. The Beethoven image is a stamp - again unsure of make. I have wa...