Hi everyone,
I’m Christina, from the Crafty Card Gallery Design Team. Today I’m going to share a card I created for this months challenge. The theme is – Flowers –
My inspiration came from one of my talented crafty friends, Emma Williams.
Here is my adorable card….
Supplies used: Tim Holtz watercolour card stock/distress inks – gathered twigs/tumbled glass/pumice stone/water brush/Stampers Anonymous – Crazy Birds/Flower Garden/black archival ink/heat tool/neo colors 2 – turquoise blue/light blue/vermillion/distress crayons – walnut stain/spiced marmalade/picked raspberry/twisted citron/scissors/cheese cloth/3 in 1 glue/
Getting CraZy with the Flowers
Notice how colourful the flowers are – I used Tim Holtz distress crayons. They blend and react well with water. It’s a beautiful thing.
Any questions or comments, just ask.
Thanks for stopping by,
Christina
Hello friends,
I’m Christina.
Welcome to this months card challenge, from the Crafty Card Gallery. This months theme is – Female Birthday.
Check out my birthday card I created for this months challenge.
Don’t ya just love those Crazy Birds and accessories?! You can mix and match them for any occasion.
Supplies used: Stampin’ Up card stock – Whisper White/ pattern paper/ mixed media paper/ Ranger distress inks – Mustard Seed – Worn Lipstick/ Sizzix – Tim Holtz – Crazy Birds stamps/accessories – dies/ Crazy Talk/ Archival ink – Black/ Neo – Colors 2 – (Water Soluble Crayons)/ pop ups/ Fabre Castell pitt pen – black.
Thank you for stopping by,
Happy Spring!
Christina
Hello! Here’s a quick recap of My 2nd day at CHA!
I was up early to go to a breakfast event with Michaels stores. And it was a beautiful morning.
Then on to the show:
A fun make & takewith Art Impressions an easel card
Loving these cat & dog cards and shaker cards using product from jillibean soup
Loving the great paper from Adorn it – you color & use it for cards. Want!
Love this cat card from Stampendous
Impressed with the blinged out Porsche – over 200,000 gems!
Loved this water art!
LOVED The make your own music boxes from Little B!
Another of Tonyas fabulous banners on display at canvas Corp
We made a cool succulent planter at FloraCraft
How cute are these quilled minions from quilled creations?
Angry birds with foil! At thermoweb
Reverse coloring book! Super cool
Beautiful cards (and super helpful guy) at Hot off the press!
Cheerful cards from spellbinder a
And a light up card!
Then we had dinner at Cheesecake Factory!
Today’s our last day so I’ll post again tomorrow. Hope you’re enjoying! I finally figured out Instagram/facebook/Twitter last night 🙂
Hi everyone!
Welcome to this months Crafty Card Gallery card challenge. Theme: Christmas
This is my favourite time of year – from decorating the house to designing cards, it’s pure bliss.
Here is my card for this months challenge and tutorial to follow…
Background – Tim Holtz Watercolor Card Stock (I used the smooth side) or Strathmore mixed media paper (brown series)
Using a blending tool, blend various distress inks on paper. I used Antique Linen and Iced Spruce.
Next use a Mini mister or spray bottle and mist into your hand then flick the water onto the paper, and heat set. This gives the illusion of water droplets. This background technique is super fun and easy.
Stamp Crazy Birds in Black archival ink with Black embossing powder, heat set. I find this last step easier when colouring and it gives more definition. I used mixed media paper, because I was making a lot of them.
For the colouring of the Crazy Birds, I used Neocolor 2, water soluble crayons – they work well and come in various colors. You can also use Ranger distress markers.
There is an option for cutting out those Crazy Birds and accessories. You can either fussy cut them or use the Sizzix coordinating dies, which are super cute and easy to use.
I used the balloon string stamp from the Crazy Things stamp set and dies to create the “whip” and Holiday Joy stamp set/die for the antlers on the “dog”.
The beauty of having the coordinating dies, is you can add layers to the birds, to give them more dimension.
For a nice finish, glossy accents was put on certain areas of the birds to give dimension and crackle accents on the whip. The outlines around the background I used a Fabre-Castel Pitt pen (black-medium). For mounting onto card stock, any colour is fine. I usually try and coordinate them.
I just love playing with the “Craziness”, the possibilities are endless!
Thanks a bunch for stopping by and happy creating!
Christina
Hello friends,
Ever since I received my Tim Holtz Crazy Birds and accessories – dies/stamps; I knew I would fall in love with them. They are so adorable and super fun to play with. These Crazy Birds came in handy for this months card challenge theme; Trees. Here is my card….
Handmade mixed media card
I decided to use a tree branch from Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz die – Branch Tree -, used distress ink walnut stain with the Woodgrain embossing folder to create dimension on the branch. His wings/face are popped up for definition and I couldn’t resist to add a saying from the “Crazy Talk” stamp set – define normal – it just seemed to fit perfectly.
I just love to get in with all the craziness – the possibilities are endless.
Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!
Christina
