From owl of us

This is a birthday card for my Aunt who like me is quiet fond of the odd owl or two. This is another stamp from the Woodware's Perfectly Clear range.
I really like this stamp but as the Mother of twins it was missing a vital element, originally it was a Mummy, Daddy and one baby. So I stamped the image three times so I could decoupage the image.

I coloured in the images using Spectrum Noir pens using the following colours:
JG1, JG2, PL2, PL3,
TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, TN5
CT3, LY3

The first layer was the three original owls, the next one I cut out the Mummy and baby, with the third image I only cut out the baby. I added the second baby to the image in front of the Daddy owl.

I used the Marianne die Anja Squares to cut the fancy shape around the image as well as the background square.

Finally I added the greeting from the same stamp set.

Cool Dude

This young man is J-Cool from the KennyK stamps range, he is brilliant for a teenage card but could be used for any male card.

I stamped the image onto Neenah card and coloured it using Spectrum Noir markers using the following colours:
TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4   TB6
EB3   EB4   TN2   TH3   TH4
CT3   DR1   DR2   DR3
IG2    IG3    BLACK

I stamped the greeting using a Crafty Impressions clear stamp.

I mounted the image and the greeting onto red card using foam tape to give it a little depth.

The background is a piece of grey card embossed with the Crafters Companion embossing folder Gunmetal
The whole thing is mounted onto a 6x6 card.
I am entering this card into the Crafters Companion Clean and Simple Challenge
                                              Spectrum Noir challenge

Doctor Who

 I had been struggling with Craig's Valentine's card this year until I remembered something I had seen on Pinterest a few years ago. The original was a dark blue t-shirt by http://sallydiamonds.deviantart.com/

My card has a fez and bow tie printed from free clip art, the TARDIS is a stamp that belongs to my Mum and the letters are stamped using a SeeD set from many years ago ( I'm embarrassed to say I had never used it until now)

I really hope Craig likes it because I am quite pleased with it.

Captain Underpants

It's almost here, that time of year we are all supposed to go slushy and declare undying love to that special someone. Bah who needs romance when you have these fantastic undies!

This was a really easy card to make, firstly I stamped the pants onto red card and added the words, then I cut out several little white hearts using an Xcut punch.

While this was drying I cut a piece of white card and stamped the Valentine's greeting, I used an Xcut die to create the red heart corners and mounted the whole lot onto a red square card.

These beautiful boxers are a great little set of stamps from Woodware, it consists of the pants and several witty words including the Captain Underpants I've used on the waist band.

We owl wish

It was my Uncle's birthday a few days ago so I made him this sweet little owl card.

I've love owls for years and have loads of stamps but it seems I am also a little obsessed with the cute little stamps from Woodware (yes it's another one).
This stamp is really nice and really simple. I stamped him onto a piece of white card and coloured him in using Spectrum Noir pens.
The colours I used were:
TN1, TN2,TN3,TN4
JG1, JG2
EB3, EB4
LY3, CT3

I then used a Marianne die (Anja's Squares) to create the fancy square around the image and mounted it onto a lime green card background.

 

The greeting came from another owl stamp set (also from Woodware) and just gave the card that little extra something.

The brass tortoise

As you know there has been a theme to my last couple of posts thanks to Steampunkery by Christi Friesen.
This is another piece inspired by the characters you can find in the book. I was not as happy with this piece as I was with the others but I am using it as prototype for a better tortoise.

Tortie was made from brown Sculpey lightly dusted with mica powder to create the metallic finish. I used a clay tool to add the shell effect on the top. He has several watch parts on his body including around his eye. I added a 'leather' strap to give him a more steampunk feel.
Next time I think I will make him a little rounder, after cooking he seemed to have become a little flat.
I am currently working on some more ideas along the steampunkery lines so watch this space.

Hello little octopus

This is another creation inspired by Steampunkery by Christie Friesen.

I apologise for the photograph but for some reason I had real problems trying to a decent image.
I had lots of fun making this octopus, I had to make his legs separately from the body as well as his top hat.
I added suckers to the bottom of his tentacles and watch parts on the top, as well as on his eyes and his hat. Then the finishing touch of purple/blue mica powder to give him a shiny finish.
I was a little worried about how this would turn out as this was my own idea (no patterns to follow), but I do like him he has his own little character.