Z Card in the Vertical Orientation!

Hi there,

It has been an interesting few days for the Walpole family, to say the least! It isn't much fun when your billylids fall ill, even when one of them is 20!

Here is a Z fold card which stands alone as you can see in the first photo. The stamps are an unknown factor (they belonged to Grace!), apart from the sentiment, which is a Hero Arts clear stamp.

I have used a torn edge to make my waves and added Kindyglitz for the surf at the crest of the waves. The main image is layered on to black, which is then mounted with DSFT, so there is room for the card to slot under the circle tab....enabling the card to "stand".

This card is destined for a children's hospital in Canberra and was part of a challenge. The challenge was to make a child's card, and incorporate the wording "Happy Birthday" on the front.

Flap Fold Card in Pink

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Hi all,

Here is the Flap Fold Card done in pinks....which, in my opinion, is so much prettier than the purple! I guess, though, given the right circumstances, both would suit really well.

The little sentiment is by Hero Arts. Hero Arts have some wonderful stamps out there, at present. I am so glad they are keeping up with the other big leaders in stamping.

I scrounged this paper off Cheryll...again...I took Bazzill with me...Just didn't think to take DP too.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Metric Flap Fold

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Hi there,

I am a wee late posting today, as I was called away to help move equipment to the next farm for planting. This took ages...Like half the day!

Anyway, here is a little Flap Fold Card I made using the instructions on the Scor-Pal site. Naturally, this can be made without the aid of the Scor-pal, but, again, I wanted to see if it was easier. You know, it is! The biggest draw card is that you don't need to get out ruler and pencil to measure everything. I tell you, this cuts a fair swag of time off construction part.

The only stamping with this is the sentiment on the front! The DP, I scrounged off Cheryll :)

(And I know she does not like this one. I liked hers the best!)

Sending Smiles

This is the card Closed

Fully open laying flat.


And standing.

Hello there,

We go on a little break from trees...Phew, you all say!

This horizontal Z card was made using the Scor-Pal and instructions from their site. I can make them without those directions, of course, but I wanted to see how efficient the tool was. I am happy to say that I quite like it.

In effect, this is a really simple card, but becomes a little special because of its orientation, I think.

I tried it in olive as well, and they both set quite a different mood.

Back From Canberra

Hello All,

I am now back in the land of little or no winter and have a swag of things for show and tell.

My time in Canberra was wonderful and rejuvenating. Between the three of us, this time, as a couple of others could not come, we spent a lovely week prior to camp stamping up a storm. I did spend quite a deal of that time working on perfecting the Stampscapes scenes, but in between I managed to do some construction cards.

This is one of them. This is called a hidden message card. I found the directions over at the Scor-Pal site. One of our varying missions over the course of our visit, was to try out some of the wonderful tutorials Scor-Pal has to offer. I have both the metric and imperial boards, so it was a good excuse to get into it.

One thing I found I did not like, was that the message pulls straight out. I have "fixed" this by putting stoppers underneath.

I have used Grace's (Grace being my gorgeous hostess for the last 12 days!) stamps, some of her papers and her watercolours to achieve this card. The backing card is my own Bazzill.

I am so very tired now all the excitement has disappeared, but am really pleased to have spent some time with my mates Cheryll and Grace and to have had the opportunity to meet up with lots of other lovelies from Canberra. Judy in particular...and others...too many to name!

Another Easel

Hi there folks,

I am back from playing in the dirt, way out at Rubyvale. I did not find very much of note, but my lovely hubby bought me two rings....two...because I just could not decide between the two!

I meant to post this as an auto-post for when I was away, but, alas, I ran out of time.

This is a card I made for an online Yahoo group and is a secret sister card. I tried to photograph it from a few angles so the dimensional aspect can be seen. The jury is out on how well I managed that! By now, she will know who gave it to her, so all is sweet.

Here is a funny story for you:- (Though, I would have been hopping mad, had it happened to me!)..... One of the girls received her secret sister card...neatly addressed, stamps attached, in an neat space of time. The weird thing was, that it was also neatly slit across the top and the envelope was empty....minus the card! How cheeky is that????

Six ATCs down, forty to go. I think that may have to be my mission tomorrow!

Recessed Window 1

Good afternoon everyone,

Something totally different today! This is a recessed window card which I found the instructions for at SCS. The camera really doesn't have the recessed part show up too well...but the man collaged image is indented 1/4" into the card.

I slipped a torn piece of vellum in between the DP and the card front. It was stamped and sponged with an unknown UM text stamp with Colourbox Dark Brown ink.

The focal image is also stamped in D. Brown ink on the reverse side of the DP. Can anyone help me with the manufacturer of the UM please?

I Opalised the chipboard (from Collections), which has a couple of beads thrown on top of the second last layer to add a little bit of texture...would have had more texture 'cept I burned my finger, so decided it could well do without! The little ruler embellishments come from Collections, a great Australian company which specialises in ephemera. Email me if you are interested in anything from her, as I am one of her retailers.

The only thing totally not male is the butterfly embellishment....Though my hubby would say I was being sexist! He loves the really pretty ones we get around here!

One Sheet Baggie

Hello there,

Here is my first attempt/protype/practise one sheet bag. The tutorial for this bag can be found here http://splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/one_sheet_box/

The stamps used here are from an old SU set and were stamped in Colourbox Dark Brown.

I have been thinking I would have loved to have all this knowledge many years ago when I was still teaching in the primary sector. We could have played with paper ALL year and not revisit or get bored!

Just a quick project today as I have been rearranging my dungeon (aka art room) since my air con is getting right up my nose....literally! The new one either blows lovely cold air at my work or straight at my head! (My old one did not do this!) This has forced me to have a bit of a think as to how to sort out my area without being blown to Timbuktu. I have finished the task and now must get ready for a webinar tonight....learning how to make the website stuff.

*** Not sure that I should have attempted to do that rearranging. Yes, Cheryll! I am now extremely sore and more than a bit brittle!***

An Easel Card! Fancy That!!!

Now are you surprised?

Here is my third easel card for showing. A fun one, I am sure you will agree. The image is by American Art Stamps. I have quite a few of these quirky stamps and find they are just right for certain moods! I coloured with Marvy Markers and an aqua brush and used some old DP I had laying around. I DID have to manipulate the sizing to bear with a larger square but didn't find that too hard to manipulate.

I DID have trouble trying to get the Bazzill Pansy to be the right colour (I didn't get to take the piccie until late afternoon)...and have had a go at Photoshop to correct it....The jury is out on the result!

Open and Standing on the Easel

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What do you think?

Another Easel Card Variation

Open and on the Easel

Laid Entirely Flat

Good morning everyone,

I have been playing with the Easel card form, some more. I varied the dimensions to suit the stamped image.

I had this set of flowers already stamped up from a little while ago and decided to see if I could incorporate them into this format. The main image stamps are from Stamps By Judith. The little wording on the main panel is by SU and the main wording at the bottom of the easel is by Hero Arts. I like to spread my manufacturers around....NOTHING like variety! Stamping was done using Adirondack Denim and Kaleidacolour Spectrum inks.

The sun is shining so brightly today, it actually hurts your eyes to be out in it. Very hot and humid, the tennis is on the telly and the dungeon (aka, Shell's Art Room) beckons. Have a great day, all!

Easel Card

Sitting as an Easel.

Laid totally flat.

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Hi all.

I hope everyone had a marvellous Xmas break. I sure did! But now, I am ready to stamp, BIG TIME!

Here is the Easel card I finished off this morning, using a Split Coast tutorial by Beate Johns, found here http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard/ . I have really enjoyed making this, so now I know the way, be warned. I will be doing more.

As you can see, I have now used my birthday prezzie from my friends (obviously also stampers!!!!!). I guess I need a little practise with the sewing machine, but this little Sew Mini sits on my desk beautifully, so I don't have to take it out and put it away all the time. THAT has to be a great selling point!

Stamps used in my creation are by Darkroom Door from the set DDRS005 Wildflower, with the reeds from Stampscapes. All stamping was done using Colourbox Dark Brown Chalk Ink.

Off to create some more and watch the tennis. I LOVE tennis season.

Secret Message

Closed....The black gets tied in a bow to the little pink ribbon i tucked underneath!

Top flap untied and opened.

Middle section. The tie at the top (from the last picture) has been undone and this is what it opens out to.

Left side untied and opened.

Right side untied and opened. Obviously, this is where I get to write my little missive!

Good morning everyone on this lovely showery Boxing Day!

We had a lovely family get together yesterday at my daughter's home to celebrate Xmas. Everyone was sufficiently stuffed and really happy with all their goodies. Today, everyone will descend to my house for another afternoon of fun and games and of course, more eating! Sigh.....It will take a month of Sundays to be rid of all the excess!

Here is a secret message card I made a while back...Lots of different nooks and crannies to this one, Each section is tied off, making it a very interesting card to receive as it takes a while to untie all the ties. I have them untied coz I wanted to take the piccies today...in between the showers!

What do you think?

Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page which I have been stressing over for the last few weeks. The background was made using alcohol inks...in particular Denim and Stonewashed. I cut out the layers using Nesties (don't they make life easy!), layered on to Cuttlebugged Argyle and Just for Fun Borders. The little tag was stamped with SU Terrific Tags. All card, apart from the white gloss for the alcohol inks and the A4 sheet, was Bazzill.

And, of course, the stamp is by Inkadinkadoo...a really beautiful stamp to work with! I used the same sketch and colours as a previous card I did with this stamp....coz I didn't have time to think up something brilliant!

Signature Book

Good morning everyone,

I could say on a fine morning but we are enveloped in a smoke haze and I cannot see any hills! At this point in time, we are hoping Neil does not have to go out fighting fires.

Here is the signature book I made for my son's girlfriend for her 21st birthday bash tomorrow night. It isn't QUITE finished as the youngsters are yet to send me along some piccie files. I want to cut them with my nesties and mount them on my nesties inside each of the covers.

I began with a Kaiser chipboard book in three pieces, painted the edges in Kaiser Pink, covered all three pieces with pretty DP and spent a huge amount of time sanding them back to the edges.

Then, I glued the 21 to the top board, stamped the Inkadinkadoo Flourishes and Hero Arts Happy Birthday in StazOn ink. I then sat, for what seemed like forever and stuck all the pearls and diamantes on the front. The name was created using Thickers and I added a few other embellishments as well. The key hanging from the book was the most frustrating part of the whole exercise. The cropodile did the hole beautifully but then it all went belly up! The key kept falling off...the pliers were working overtime! Hopefully, it will stay together now!

The inside pages were inked and sponged with Colour Box Pastel Pink with the owl and tree (both Hero Arts) stamped in Colour Box Lime Pastel and Pink Pastel. I thought the owl appropriate as people will be adding their words of wisdom to the book throughout the night!

Still to make the actual card!

Scor-Pal Peek A Boo BoxBox

I did get to play with my Scor-Pal for a bit over the last little while, but won't again until I rescue it from Grace...since I carelessly left it in Canberra! That's sad that is, when you can't even clean up after yourself....mmmm.....maybe Gracie kidnapped it!

I found the directions for this Peek a Boo Box a bit off....but then that could just be me reading them! (I don't think so, though, as I was the second person in the crowd to cut it incorrectly. ) Please cut a dummy one before using your good stuff!

I do love the finished piece. It will make a great little gift down the line. I know I bought this little stamp off Phillippa Barr from Lime Tart, but can neither find the stamp, nor remember who made it! It was coloured with Derwent Pencils with Odourless Mineral Solvent and blending stumps. The centre of the flower has been microbeaded.

Journal Book

Good morning everyone,

What a fine morning it is here in Canberra.

Today, I am sharing with you the journal we made at stamp camp over the weekend just gone. Julie Van Oosten from Collections was our very gracious tutor who kept us hopping all weekend. Us out of staters were given our very own little gift of Collections stuff for making the long trip to camp! Julie specialises in working with chipboard, ephemera and bibs and bobs to come up with the most stunning olde worlde projects.

This was our major project for the weekend and we sat up to midnight on Saturday night in order to finish it. I think it is pretty cool. I have just photoed some of the main pages in the journal to give you a feel for what we were playing with. What do you think?

I am going to become a retailer of Julie's as soon as I get the paperwork in order, as well :)

Windshield Wiper Card

Good morning ladies,

Here is a windshield wiper card I made yesterday. Cheryll thinks it isn't good enough...there should be a video showing me opening and shutting it with great glee watching the wipers do their thing! I agree with her that it misses something just as a flat photo....but no way am I putting a video of my mug up here!

For those who do not know what a windshield wiper does....when you open and shut the card, the two little wipers (flaps here with the Cheers Chick and Red Wine Glass) work just like wipers on a car. Really cool to see actually.

It isn't QUITE finished....I have to go snaffle a scallop punch from someone to layer under the wording "Aged perfectly".

All colouring was done with Prisma Pencils and Derwent Watercolours with Odourless Mineral Solvent. I also paper pieced the roof with Kaiser Paper scraps.

What do you think?

Kaleidascope Card

Good afternoon everyone,

I have had an exciting couple of days here in our chilly nation's capital (Canberra to non Australians), and today will be no different. We are off to the new mini catalogue launch for SU in the next hour, so will have an opportunity to catch up with even more people from around the ridges! (Yes, I KNOW! This can only be exciting to a fellow stamper!).

We toddled off to Queanbeyan this morning to visit Spotlight on a button mission for Grace to finish off her camp ATCs. Spotlight in Canberra has Martha Stewart stuff....very good to know and keep in one's memory bank. (I bought a punch....I have no control, I know!) I find it hilarious that Spotlight is SOOOOO FARRRR away and it is a real mission to get there...It is 20 minutes in the car. I drive that every time I get in a car to go anywhere! Perspective is a funny thing.

Here is another Kaleidascope card made when showing Grace how to do one, yesterday! The papers are by Kaiser and I haven't a foggiest who makes the stamps! I am going to try a prescheduled post for tomorrow in a tick, because we are off to the snow before dawn on an all dayer.

Cooking Anyone?

Good morning people,

Today, I have my last task for my Secret Sister...for those who are involved with this ....I have not done them in order! This last task was to make a shaped card. Seeing as I seem to be in the kitchen more times than not this last fortnight, I thought I would make a simple little apron! Very symbolic for me! I am feeling somewhat the domestic slave not the domestic goddess right about now. Mind, this is my own doing, as I want everything just so before I fly out on Wednesday!

The paper used is from Kaiser and the stamp is from TAC.

Enjoy.

A Construction Card

Good morning everyone,

Here is a little slider card for you today. It is destined for my Secret Sister in America which I will be posting before I leave on Wednesday. I love these double sliders. I think they are awesomely clever in the building! I sometimes wonder about the people who make these things up!

Anyway, a busy day ahead of me today, so must away! Enjoy!

Materials: Stamps: I Brake For Stamps, Pink Cat Studios, "Surprise" Unknown Inks: StazOn Black Cardstock: Bazzill Other: DSFT, Pop Dots, SU Window Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, Prisma Pencils, Odourless Mineral Solvent, Blending Stumps