Sweet Baby Girl

my friend just had a baby last week, and i've been meaning to make a card and get it in the mail. today's challenge on 365 Cards for day 113 - Super Sketchy Sunday for some reason inspired me to make it into a baby card. i'm not sure what it was about it that inspired this... but thank goodness it did!


the clouds are rolling away this afternoon and it's looking fairly sunny out. from the way it was this morning i was sure it would pour rain all day. looks like i should get out there and take a walk on the dyke. we have a great walking/biking trail that leads along the water for many kilometres and there's so much to see there! there is a heritage farm, a beach, a dock where swans swim around... it's wonderful! gonna have some lunch and head out there. enjoy your day!

stuff used:
Making Memories - packaging tape collection 2
- Sweets dimensional embellishments (baby)
- mini metal circle tabs (baby set)
Basic Grey - Two Scoops 6x6 paper pad
yellow speckled cs
vellum tags from ??
Pebbles Inc - 'it's a girl' rub-ons
Michaels ribbon - pale pink (thin & looped sizes)
Slice machine - animal crackers design card

cheers!
crafty girl

hand-made elements

TGIF to all! our weather is supposed to rock this weekend so i've got my sprayon sunscreen stashed in the car, just in case i get caught outside somewhere. me & my freckles and strawberry blonde colouring fry faster than a cat on a hot tin roof! (grin)

this week on the hero arts club blog, the challenge is to make manly cards. always tough, but i think this example below fits right in!
i love working with great elements and embellishments to add to my cards, but man, they can be expensive, especially here in Canada!
i took matters into my own hands, so to speak, and made my own! i used some plain chipboard pieces that I multi-layered with embossing powder (platinum UTEE used here, 3-4 layers). when the final layer was still molten hot, i pressed patterned stamps into the EP then let it cool. voila! cheap and might i say AWESOME looking embellishments! you could also use thin cardboard, and cut out shapes using a Cuttlebug or other diecutting machine. i inked my stamps with versamark first to be sure they would release easily from the hot EP.


what do you think? give it a whirl - i'm sure you'll love the results as much as i do!

stuff used:
Basic Grey - [un]dressed Chipboard Elements
Tim Holtz - Visual Artistry clear stamp sets Life's Possibilities & Regal Flourish
Hero Arts - Geometric circles stamp
Judikins - Thin Lines cube (4-sided stamp with great patterns)
Tim Holtz Distress - multiple inks & walnut stain EP
Ranger - platinum UTEE & ink blending tool
gunmetal brads and screw-top brads
PearlEx powder - Micropearl
white, chocolate and purple cs

cheers,
crafty girl

playing with t!m holtz

does anyone love the Tim Holtz products as much as me? playing with his trinkets, masks and stamps really makes me feel like an artist! or at least a crafty girl with a capital 'C' !!
i've included a video from YouTube showing his masking technique, along with a pic of a card i made after i bought some masks. they are so cool!

cheers!
crafty girl