Quick Birthday Card

Hello everyone, I hope that you are keeping well. I have a card to share with you today that I made for a recent family Birthday. The recipient has now received the card, so I know that I am safe to share it.

The card was for a significant Birthday, but I did not wish to add any numbers, etc, so I chose to keep the front of the card free from any wording. 

I used a background that I already had in my stash made from Distress Oxides made in a previous crafting session. I stamped the pretty images from Darkroom Door using Versafine Clair Nocturne and coloured them with Luminance pencils.

Thanks for stopping by, xx

Forgotten Friday 57- Darkroom Door for Father's Day

Hi Folks what's the weather doing in your neck of the woods? We've had a very changeable day today, sun, rain, thunder, and now sun again. I just don't know what to wear, lol! My OH was watching the football earlier and the match was stopped due to bad weather, the word maelstrom sprang to mind watching the lightening and rain streaming through the opening at the top of the stadium, it was very freaky.

Anyway, I've been indoors mostly, trying to get my Father's Day cards sorted out. My Dad's is winging its way to him as we speak. I need to make something for my FIL and also for my OH. Neither of them really care for cards that much, so although I like to make an effort, I know that they aren't that interested in the techniques or the creativity behind the cards.

I chose to use some Kraft resist paper from Tim Holtz which is definitely a neglected item in my craft stash. I really like it, but don't like to cut it up. Silly really, but I can always buy another pad. I used a single sheet for both cards, and chose appropriate wording to use behind each image. 'Memory' seemed to fit the old car that I used for my FIL. I coloured the card with Distress inks, and flicked water over the top to help give an aged appearance to the background. I disressed the edges, and added more DIs.

I used the same Stampin' Up sentiment as on my previous post, just stamped onto a piece of Kraft card, and fixed to the card with some string.

For my OH's card, I used the second piece of Kraft resist, using the word 'amusement' as my focal word this time. I coloured the background as before. I stamped the Darkroom Door pub image this time, and added some Artistic Stamper flags as a decoration. He is down the pub watching the football tonight, and I wanted to give his card a football feel. The flags should be English flags, rather than Union Jacks, but it is just a hint of the footie flavour, and I know he'll understand where I was going with it.

I hadn't used either of these Darkroom Door stamps before, in fact I had to put them both on EZ mount before I could use them! I like to do that with photorealistic stamps to ensure a good impression.

Well, that's my Father's Day cards all finished now. I'm off for a cuppa and a rest! If you would like to make something with your neglected stash, please leave me a comment, and I'll pop along to your blog and take a look. Thanks for stopping by, xx

Forgotten Friday 27- Darkroom Door Bicycle

Hi Folks, it's Friday again, and slightly later than usual, I'm posting my submission for this week's post. We are preparing to go away on holiday on Monday, so I am working my way through my 'to do' list. It's very long, and I am trying to get everything done, not an easy task in this house! Especially as my list seems to get longer every time I look.

This week, I have chosen to use a fabulous set of stamps from Darkroom Door, called 'Enjoy Life'. It is the first time that I have used the lovely stamps, I really like them, but just hadn't got around to inking them up, have you heard that one from me before? I chose to put them with a piece of lovely Kraft resist paper from Tim Holtz, which I am very miserly about using. I love this paper, but can barely force myself to use it, as it so gorgeous. The paper seemed to go so well with the stamps though, so it had to be done. I raided my button collection, and added some paper string to complete my card.

Don't forget to rummage through your own stash to see what you have forgotten or neglected. Make something with it, and I'll pop along to your blog to take a look. Thanks for popping by today, and have a great weekend xx
P.S. What do you think to my new signature block?

WOYWW 88

Hi folks, I didn't make it to What's on your workdesk Wednesday last week. The week just flew by, but I'm trying to be more organised this week. I cut my finger on a cat food tin this morning, so I'm typing this with one finger. I'm sorry if I don't comment on many of your Blogs this week, but it's really sore!
I went To the Stamperama Show at Stevenage on Sunday, so I've got lots of goodies sitting on my desk this week. There are lots of bird themed pieces, as I have a bit of a thing for birds at the moment. I went and watched Hels Sheridan demo with beeswax, and bought a couple of lovely silicone moulds and some beeswax too, so I'm itching to have a play with that as soon as I get a chance. I found some gorgeous keys and locks, and some fab little bird embellishments. Several stamp sets that I wanted to buy, and other bits and pieces that I've already put away. It was a good day, and I took some of the girls from my card class with me. They really enjoyed themselves, as some of them hadn't been before. It's only an hour's drive from where we live, so it makes it a good day out.

I hope that you are all having a good week, happy Wednesday, and thanks for popping by, Judith xx