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Hi, my name is Jill. I am a stay at home Mummy, born in Scotland and living in Dubai. I love to scrapbook, make hand-crafted cards and paper projects. I am a full-time mummy to Adam and have a wonderful husband and great family. I love stamping and being creative. I lie awake at night thinking up new designs! Does everyone do this or is it just me? :) Thanks for stopping by. Jill x
Showing posts with label Walnut stain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walnut stain. Show all posts

Monday, June 4, 2012

My new goodies

Good afternoon all!

Today i have been playing with my latest goodies that i bought from Paper Lane on Saturday.  The stamp is a Poly Clear stamp by Hero Arts, the die cuts are Spellbinders Nestablilites Lacey Ovals and the paper is from the Summer Soul paper pad by Fancy Pants Designs.  There are some really cute papers in this pack which i am sure you will see on my cards very soon.  This is what i came up with today ...


Supplies:

Do crafts card base
Paper: Fancy Pants Designs - Summer Soul
Die cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Ovales
Inks: Tim Holtz distress ink - Walnut Stain, Worn Lipstick
Adhesives: glue stick, double sided tape and dimensionals
Stamps: Hero Arts Watercolor Petals (flower) Paper & Such (sentiment)
Pearls

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   Hugs, 

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Get Shirty!

Good evening crafters, hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. The weekend starts here today so yipee! As my cards tend to be more for the ladies i decided it was time to create a card for the boys today. I must admit that i do find it much harder making masculine cards but i did it, here it is.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge Blog Challenge 68 (Punches and/or dies)  http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/

DYSU Challenge Blog Challenge #49 (Something Old) http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/2011/12/dysu-challenge-49-something-old.html

Crafty Creations Challenge #147 (A Card with a Sentiment) http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/

Materials used:
k i memories 'Friends' patterned cardstock paper pack for the shirt and punched circles
Cream and Brown cardstock
Brown buttons from stash
Dimensionals
The shirt i made by folding a 4'' x 7'' piece of cardstock
Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Walnut stain) to distress the edge of the card, the punched circles and the shirt to give the old worn look!
E K Success corner rounder punch
1 1/2 '' circle punch
Stampin Up! Happy Birthday stamp which has a flower in the centre so i disguised this with a coordinating button.

Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes, Jill :)