String Art

This month it is all about strings

in the Technique Challenge

at the Club Scrap forum.

Every month I choose a technique to explore for a month.

This month I was inspired by Kay Williamson's

blog with her String Art boat

and wonderful technique explanation

at Kay's Keepsakes Blog.

 For my samples I used some of the Club Scrap

wooden stamps from a older kit called Rhapsody.

Perfect for punching holes and using some string

to make art.

For this one i used a circle of holes to embroider

some string in and out of the card and punched out some

butterflies on top.

 Here another card with a little more bling bling.

This time I used a stamp from

the Gratitude kit.

The embroidery thread I used is a lot thinner

than on the first card. It is a kind of silvery blue.

 Adding some beads to the string gives a wonderful

elegant look to the card. In the heart a brad with a gemstone.

 

This is the other corner ad the card with a kind

of spirograph way of adding my thread. I remember

doing this with a pen and some cirles when I was young.

 

Hope you give this technique a try too!

Have a creative day!

Scrapping Mother's Day

 Here is my scrappage about Mothers Day.

It is made with the new Club Scrap kit

"Wild Flowers

which is absolutely beautiful

and so right for scrapping about the mom's.

 Here are some of the details of the page.

The flower is the mini cloiconné flower

by Michael Strong.

 Some cross stitches with baker's twine.

 I make this page for the ongoing challenge

of Weekly Chronicles at the Club Scrap forum.

The letters are done with the cloisonné alphabet

stamps by Michael Strong.

 

Have a creative day!

Happy Mother's Day!

I typed "subway art mother" in google

and found all these nice projects,

that are just wonderful to print and frame

or use on a card.

Hope you are all wonderfully spoiled by your children!

 

 And for my daughter:

you just have to wait for the next Mother's Day!

Have a creative day!

Mother's Day inspiration

 Here is some Mothers Day inspiration.

First I share with you a tag I made

with dies of the ideology line by Tim Holtz.

 The background is embossed with a sizzix folder

that I painted with vintage photo distress stain before

embossing. Than I also added some new distress inked

squeezed lemonade and copper perfect pearl mist.

I cut the body with sewing sewing room,

embossed it, added some versamark and 

sprinkled a little white embossing poder on it

and used my heat gun.

The body is decorated with a Michael Strong

mini cloisonné flower embossed in cold and 

a button from the sewing room die.

Also I cut scissor and button with sizzix sewing edge

out of grunge board. Colored the scissor with

weathered wood distress stain and rock candy

stickles on top. Fastend it with a brad on the tag.

Banners decorated with a printed sentiment and

stapled to the tag.

All completed with ribbons on top and 

a cute little wooden spool and asewing

machine charm.

Here is an  another card. This can easily be

used as a gift card and is very easy to make.

I found this as a free printable card here:

http://www.ellinee.com/mothers-day-gift-card/

 If you go for easy and quick,

you follow the instructions on the link above 

and you have a quick card.

I had to make it a little more personal and

used again the Michael Strong mini cloisonné flower.

After cutting out the card, you have 4 corners left of

the backside paper and this is perfect to stamp

the 4 flowers.

 I ambossed them in white, gold, copper and black.

The heart is a gemstone,

Here you see the inside of the card and

also here the flower stamp is used. With vintage photo

I distressed the border of the card and stamped

the flower all around.

 This is the backside of the card.

Hope all your Mom's have a wonderful day!

Have a creative day!

Thank you Sizzix

 Remember I shared with you

the Sizzix Vagabond promotion?

You find it here:

http://craftchaos.blogspot.com/2012/03/sizzix-vagabond-promotion.html

 

Well, I have some wonderful news.

Yesterday I received an email from

Tammy Tutterow. telling me I won

a prize over at the Sizzix Blog

for my picture with my vagabond.

No idea what the prize is, but I just love

surprises. Of course I already got the

Gauge Keys and the lables, but I will keep you

up to date on my prize.

Do take another peek at the

Sizzix Blog,

 for they have great project

with tutorials as well.

Enjoy! 

Have a creative day!

Fashion cards

 

Today I share some fashion cards with you that I made

with images of Create with TLC.

The sewing spools are by Marks Finest.

The way the spools are organized, is a technique

by the Technique Junkies called 

cascading images and you can find it in the 

April/May 2012 Newsletter.

The card is stamped and printed on kraft paper.

The images are colored with pencil.

 

Some stapled ribbons, sticky pearls 

and sewn on buttons finsh the decoration of the card.

De background is a piece of left over scrap paper.

The digital set from Create with TLC has two images.
You can see the set here. It is called Fashionista Girly Girl.

 And I just could not resist making another card with

the second image. For this card I used some real material,

that was sewn to the paper with my sewing machine.

 I cut out the skirts of the images and this

way you see through to the material and

looks like the skirts are made out of this material.

 

The images are colored with pencil and I added some buttons, 

pearl brads and flower ribbon from Tim Holtz ideaology range.

as well as a cut out body wioth a sizzix die. 

This is colored with walnut stain and

sprayed with copper perfect pearl mist.

Have a creative day!

Create with TLC May Blog Hop

 Hello!

Here is another  

Create with TLC Blog Hop

and by now, you must know, that means

a lot of FREEBIES!

There are 7 blogs to visit and each

blog has a different image for you.

You have arrived here from the Create with TLC Blog

and I have a lovley SMILE FREEBIE for you.

Just click on the image and save it

with a right mouse click to your computer.

This card is to inspire you and as always there is a 

technique tutorial for you.

I colored the front of the card with copic markers

and punched the heart border with a Martha Steward punch.

The flowers are cut again out of another print of the

image and added on top with double sided foam tape.

On top of the flowers I added glossy accent 

and a gemstone in the heart of the flower.

 When you open the card, there are many more

flowers. Seven to be exact! and this is easy and 

fun to make. I even made these flowers one year

with the children in my class. There is a wonderful tutorial

with video for you HERE.

 For the Mother's Day sentiment I

used this lovely digital set called

"Old Fashioned Mother" also by CTlc.

Now on to some more inspiration.

You will find this at Creative
 Marsha's Blog.

Enjoy your tour!

Have a creative day!