Birthday Showers

Hello friends - I enjoyed a little time in The Studio and in an attempt to clear away the some of the layers (and there were many) on my desk - I ended up creating this masculine card - yes the 'dreaded man card!'.  I do love the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man and had an embossed image which I sponged over using Imagine Memento Ink in Desert Sand and Summer Sky.

The sentiment is from a Penny Black Inc. set. I have stamped it using Imagine Memento ink Rhubarb Stalk.  The tag has been adhered using Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z Adhesive Runner,  tabs and a button have been added to the card front and a ticket stub popped in, secured with a little glue.

The layers have been popped up onto a card front of patterned paper using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares..  This in turn has been popped up onto a pre-cut card base also using Canvas Corp patterned paper and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Lavinia World Challenges - Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Paper Shelter - Shades of Blue

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Optional Twist Friendship

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft - Always Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Another Year Older

Hello friends - thanks so much for stopping by!  It is our sons birthday today - hard to believe he is 25 - time certainly flies!  I am sharing the card I created for him - very quickly I might add.

I used a retired Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder and Kaisercraft patterned paper from the Antiquities Collection.  Once embossed the paper has been lightly sanded to highlight the embossed cogs.  Next I have drawn around the cogs using a White Gel Pen.  The card front has been popped up onto a slightly larger card front using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 6" x 4" Adhesive Foam Sheets - it gives dimension but not as much as

The Hot Air Balloons have been cut using a Kaisercraft Die and popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 6" x 4" Adhesive Foam Sheets that have been trimmed to size. The sentiment is from Little Birdie Crafts, with the words being cut out and popped up across the Hot Air Balloons; the second part of the sentiment has been computer generated and adhered overlapping onto the cloud.  The fabulous Chipboard is also from Little Birdie Crafts.

The Pop Up sentiment is such a lovely surprise when the card is opened, I have used the Karen Burniston Katherine Label Pop Up for the inside label and Pop Up and Twist Mechanism. The sentiment is from  Little Birdie Crafts,  The chipboard cloud is from an adorable little set my DH got me from - of all places - Bunnings.

You can find Karen's Video Tutorial HERE - it is so easy to follow.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Just Us Girls - Anything Goes 

Brown Sugar -  ANYTHING GOES 

 Creative Fingers -  ALWAYS  ANYTHING GOES

QKR Stampede - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 

Crafting With An Attitude -Always Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenges - Happy Birthday

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

 Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + optional Stitching (Real or Faux)

Scribbles Designs Challenge - For the Boys

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Little Birdie Crafts - Happy - Pieces of my Heart Layout

Hello friends, welcome and thanks so much for stopping by.  I am excited to be sharing a tutorial on the Little Birdie Crafts Blog - something different for me - a layout - and a masculine one at that! There are so many wonderful products to choose from - Chipboard, patterned paper, handmade embellishments - love those succulents and Cacti, Color Sprays and more.  You can see all of the details HERE.

This layout is linked to the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs - May Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes 

Pile It On - Lots of Layers and/or Use Your Scraps

We Love 2 Create  - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Recycled Presents Galore

Hello friends, welcome and thanks so much for stopping by!  I have been busily trying to work ahead with everything as I head off to my homeland (New Zealand) to celebrate my Mothers 80th birthday - it is even sweeter as my youngest daughter and the grandson will be coming too - quite a special time.  Thankfully I have worked ahead with tutorials and Design Team work but due to complicating things by literally 'hitting the ground running' which has resulted in a Cortisone injection into the hip and a tear in a tendon, I have not been able to complete 'other' posts - I do apologise in advance - my Tutorial are all done and are scheduled here - I hope you enjoy those.

In the meantime I have been working on some cards in case the Shop that sells them needs them while I am away - they just had 28 sell in two weeks and 36 the month before that - not complaining at all!  I have upcycled this image - so cool for a masculine card.

 The card front  has been embossed using the Spellbinders Em-bossing Fold'ers Grid.  This has been sponged using Imagine Inks, trimmed and popped up onto a slightly larger white card front using double sided tape.

The image has been fussy cut/handcut using scissors and popped up onto the card front using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares,  The Penny Black Inc sentiment has been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black, lightly coloured using Markers and popped up below the image. 

White and yellow paint splatters and have randomly added to the card front.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes 

The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Critter

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Papercraft Business Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes + optional: Flowers

Dream Valley Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge -  Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES   

Just Add Ink - JUST ADD EMBOSSING

QKR Stampede - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an 

amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless yo

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It is the Little Things Layout

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  I have a layout to share with you today, with both myself and my son, using Kaisercraft and Spellbinders - there is so much dimension on this layout but it was not easy to capture in this photo - hopefully you ill get more of an idea in the close ups.

The layout is very simple to create, the patterned paper does a lot of the work, especially when combined with stickers from the Kaisercraft Misty Mountains Collection.

I have added some co-ordinating embellishments that were in a Kaisercraft Magazine the circles have been cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles SM Etched Dies and the Platinum Die Cutting Machine.  Next they have been popped up onto the layout using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.  There you have it - it really was as simple as that to create - and I am very happy about that!

This project is for the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - ANYTHING GOES

Creativ Fusion Arts & Crafts Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

CropStop Challenge - ANYTHING GOES OPTIONAL TWIST INCLUDE A PLAID ELEMENT

International Art & Soul - Orange and Black

Pile It On - Black, Purple and Orange and/or Fantasy

The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes

Bimini Moose Scrapbook Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Die Cut Divas - Autumn and Halloween (colours)

Dream Factory - Happy Family

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - ANYTHING GOES

Moving along with the Times - For A Man

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy creating

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Postal - One of a Kind

Hello friends, thanks for stopping by.  My card today has been inspired by a package I received - it had numerous stamps on it and I instantly knew I had to use them on a card; funny isn't it the things that inspire us! I used 10 stamps for this card - and I might add I have a few put aside for me creating.

The stamps have been adhered in three rows of three onto blue card stock, followed by red.  Next cut/emboss two (2) Shapeabilities Vintage Stitched Squares Etched Dies Special Moments Collection by Marisa Job using the Platinum Die Cutting Machine. white card stock.  Score one Vintage Stitched Square at 1cm and fold forward.  Apply double sided tape to the folded portion, attach the second die cut, making sure to line up the edges to form the card base.

Layer one stamp onto slightly larger blue card stock and pop up into the centre of the stamps using 3D Foam Squares, making sure it is upside down - there is a little bit of symbolism with this.  The Kaisercraft sentiment has been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Rhubarb Stalk and cut out using the insert from the Amazing Paper Grace Vintage Elegance Becca Feeken Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set.   The inside of the die has been sponged using one of my Sponge Daubers which is always 'fully loaded' with brown ink, before it is removed from the die; and popped up to the right of the image using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares

  

This card is linked to the following challenges:

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - Anything Goes

heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + Stamp

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  Always Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Masculine Cards 

QKR Stampede - ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Galz - Dies & Or Punches

Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 

House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/Boys and Men

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Use a Stamp 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Spellbinders Fun Door Sign Tutorial

Hello friends - thanks for stopping by - today I have a tutorial for Spellbinders to share with you using some of the fabulous Die D-Lites to create a door sign for our grandson.  It is one of those projects you see in a shop and think - I can make that - well I did and had everything I needed - you have to love that!!

The Die D-lites are such a great size for this kind of project and so many different ones to choose from.

1. Paint the sign using blue paint.

2. Tear varying shades of green card stock and adhere to the sign using liquid glue.

3. Add smaller strips of kraft card stock near the base of the sign and glue to the sign to form roads.

4. Cut/emboss the three Dies from the Tractors Die D-Lites and yellow card stock.

5. Use the Die as a stencil and sponge inside the cutting edges using Electric Orange ink and the wheels using Golden Glitz.

6. Adhere the Diggers/Tractors using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Extreme Double Sided Tape.

7. Draw around each window using a Black pen

8. Add some Glossy Accents to each window and allow to dry.

9. Cut/emboss two clouds from the Rise 'n Shine Etched Dies using white card stock.

10. Adhere above the hills using Extreme Double Sided Tape.

11. Add some white stars and some sponging using white paint.

12. Cut/emboss the name for the sign using the Alphabet Etched Dies and Black Card Stock.

13. Adhere to the top right side of the sign.

14. Adhere fine granite/gravel to the diggers and randomly along the path.

15. Spray with Satin Sealer

Spellbinders Products:

• S3-295 Die D-Lites Tractors Etched Dies
• S4-784 Shapeabilities Rise 'n Shine Etched Dies My Little Red Wagon by Debi Adams
• S7-214 

  Shapeabilities Alphabet Etched Dies On the Wings of Love Collection by Joanne Fink

   
• T-001 Tool 'n One
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies: Chipboard sign;Yellow, green, white and Kraft card stock; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Extreme Double Sided Tape, 3D Foam Squares; Liquid Glue; Imagine: Radiant Neon Ink in Electric Orange; Delicata Ink in Golden Glitz, Sponge Daubers; Blue Paint; Granite/gravel; Liquid Glue; Glossy Accents; Satin Sealer

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting