Old train card

Here's another card I made using the K&Co Life's Journey collection. The background paper is a collage of ticket stubs with went great with a Tanda Stamp I had. I used an dimensional embellishment from the K&Co collection and then used a Fiskars corner punch to finish off the card.

Until my next post,
Diane

Sorry for the inconvenience

I've gotten some inappropriate comments from folks that think it is OK to pollute my blog with their spam and possibly spyware. I've deleted them but am tired of this and for the future will require all posts to be monitored. I wish I didn't have to do this but this is the way I believe I can combat these low lifes. When you comment now you won't get instant gratification from seeing your post. I will get an email and will then decide if it is appropriate.


Until my next post,

Diane

Enjoy the Journey card

Here's a card I sent recently with an ATC swap. The paper is from the Life's Journey collection by K&Co (I really like this collection). I used a corner punch from Fiskars on that paper. I added a little piece of trim the I cut with decorative scissors and a tag stamped with a Crafty Secrets stamp. The last touch is a corner embellishment that I cut from a Cuttlebug die.

Until my next post,
Diane

Boys and Their Toys Birthday Card

Here's another birthday card I made for a guy using alcohol inks as the base and Crafty Secrets Stamps. The background stamp by Stamp Camp really helps give the alcohol inked background a granite feel. The patterned paper is by Marcella. I used two Spellbinders dies to highlight the happy driver.

Until my next post,
Diane

Getting Grungy

Last Sunday I took another class from Tina at Beach Scrapbooks. This time we played with Rangers Grungeboard and Grungepaper. It was another technique class so there are finished items but not really a finished "project". It was another instance of me having the stuff but not having played with it too much. We applied Mod Podge to a Grungeboard letter and then applied an old dictionary page. We sprayed with Glimmer Mists. We used Ranger Distress Inks and we used Ranger Alcohol inks to make a Grungepaper flower. We embossed with the Cuttlebug too. All in all it was a fun class. Tina stared a "contest" where each student would guess a number and whoever came the closest got the project board as a gift. I came the closest so I've got the originals she made for the class and since she gave the OK I'll be using them in upcoming projects and giving her proper credit.

Until my next post,
Diane

Simple Anniversary card

Here’s an anniversary card I made modifying a simple layout by Sheetload. I used a combination of patterned paper by K&Co along with some handmade paper. The Happy Anniversary embellishment is by Crafty Secrets.

Until my next post,

Diane

Altered Playing Card ATC

ATCs are basically the size of baseball and other trading cards. They are also the size of many playing cards. At the Altered Designs Yahoo group recently we had the theme of Altered Playing card. I used some alcohol inks and cut out the jester and cards from another card and used pop dots for elevation/dimension. I lathered on a bunch of Rock Candy Stickles.

Until my next post,
Diane

Pointy Hats ATC

A recent theme at the Altered Designs Yahoo group had the theme of Pointy Hats. I used another one of my oil pastel altered cereal boxes as the base. The stamp is from Stamp Camp and I finished it off with
some glitter glue and my twisted humor.

Until my next post,
Diane

Hotel Victoria card

I sent this card recently with an ATC that I made for the Altered Designs Yahoo group. The card uses paper from K&Co Lifes Journey collection. I added a Tim Holtz designed Stampers Anonymous stamp. I added a bit of Crackle Accents on top of the Hotel Intercontental logo on the stamped image. I added two mini safety pins and some faux postage stamps as embellishments.

Until my next post,
Diane

Oriental Themed ATC

I made this Oriental Themed ATC for the Altered Designs Yahoo group using a two techniques I never done. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder from the new Asian bundle set. I inked the back part of the folder with dye ink then ran the paper through the Cuttlebug and the design is impressed into the paper. Next I stamped (Stamping Ground) the lady twice, once on plain paper and the second on origami paper. I cut the parts I didn't want from the origami paper and glued that to the plain paper. The finishing touch is a bit of red jewels that are hard to see in the scan.

Until my next post,
Diane