Birthday wishes Brother!

It's my big brother's Birthday today!

As he now lives down under (Australia), 

so he's been celebrating for hours!

Stamp Set: Animal Outing, greeting from Better Together

Card stock: Lemon Lime Twist, Shaded Spruce, 

Animal Expedition DSP

Ink: Shaded Spruce

Accessories: Animal Friends Thinlit (co-ordinates with the DSP), 

Tropical Thinlit, Circle punches

With their Australian citizenship now, 

seems appropriate for the Kangaroo and Koala,

Happy Birthday Bruv!

Keep on crafting,

GenGen xxxx

Shadow Box card

The best thing about workshops is that sometimes there is a request for a card type that I haven't attempted before, and a shadow box card was one such thing. The most difficult thing here is that you can't really see the card in photo form, but I have had repeated difficulties in trying to upload a video, so have taken a couple of photos of the inside to try and illustrate how it moves when you open it!

 Lets start with a picture of the front . .
this is the Tropical Escape Suite,
and the possibilities are endless ;-)

Stamp Set: Tropical Chic

Card Stock: Shaded Spruce, Basic Black, Tropical Escape DSP, Whisper White

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Tropical and Stitched Seasons thinlits

I found a fantastic tutorial for Shadow Box cards here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqkh9vYSRfc&t=249s

Keep on card making,

GenGen xxxx

Teenage Boy Birthday!

I try to make cards appropriate for the individual.

Stamp Set: Epic Celebration (SAB), Birthday Wishes For You

Card Stock: Silver Foil, Basic Black

Ink: Staz On, Versa Mark & Clear embossing powder

(Black Ice Technique)

Keep on crafting,

especially for teenagers,

GenGen xxxx

Current Obsession with Dandelion Wishes

As always, I have a serious love of nature orientated stamps and the Dandelion Wishes Stamp set is seriously turning into my latest obsession.

Stamp set: Dandelion Wishes, Bokeh Dots

Ink: Blushing Bride and Basic Gray

Card stock: Silver Foil, Whisper White

Accessories: Retired Perfect Plum Satin Ribbon and Rhinestones

It just makes such a superb Wedding card ;-)

Celebrate Love!

GenGen xxxx 

Very Vintage, two ways!

Stamp Set: Very Vintage, Better Together

Card stock: Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Stitched All Around Framelits, Delicate Lace Edgelits, Rhinestones

Take two - a simple congratulations card . . .

As above, with a greeting from the Stitched All Around stamp set and some Bermuda bay ribbon and card stock for the greeting :-)

Keep on cardmaking,

GenGen xxxx

Relax with a little colouring in!

As the Talgarth workshop was around the time of the Designer Series promotion I decided to make the most of the promotion and match up with some of the stamp sets and thinlits I already have ;-)

Stamp Set: Animal Outing

Card Stock: Berry Burst, Shaded Spruce, Lemon Lime Twist, Animal Expedition DSP, Whisper White

Ink: Staz On

Accessories: Animal Friends Thinlits Dies

Then of course coloring in . . . .

With water colour pencils and blender pens ;-)

Keep on crafting,

GenGen xxxx

Congratulations - catalougue casing!

Having purchased embossing paste I was looking for a project to explore the possibilities. So the fabulous ladies from Talgarth gave me an opportunity to play with making a mask from dies I already have, and then cut sections out of the die to make the contrasting flowers and leaves :-) 

Straight from page 109, with a little interpretation.

 

Stamp set: Floral phrases

Ink: Pear Pizzazz

Card stock: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green

Accessories: Detailed Floral Thinlits, White Embossing Paste, Triple Banner Punch, a little white satin ribbon from my stash ;-)

Keep on crafting, in the cool,

GenGen xxxx