The Birds - Part Three

Yep, it's those wacky Bird Crazy stamps again!

I recently came across a set of stamps by Lindsay Mason called "Quips" that I thought would be a great fit with Tim Holtz Birds, so here are a few of my attempts so far:

Voices

For this one I created a splattered background using the Tim Holtz Stencil to give a slightly, dotty, psychedelic look which I (or was it the voices) thought would perhaps go well with the Lindsay Mason Voices Quip stamp.

 What I Used

Cardstock

Black - PayPer Box

White - Image Supersmooth

Stamps & Stencils

Bird Crazy - Tim Holtz

Quips - Lindsay Mason
Splatters Stencil - Tim Holtz

Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Memento - Tsukinenko

Promarkers - Letraset

Stand Out

The background for this card came from a card my friend gave me for my Birthday. The front had a filigree cut out section so it just had to be kept as a template for experimenting with! This effect was created by running it through my Spellbinders Grand Calibur with the paper covered by the rubber tan mat. The embossed paper was then rubbed over with Distress Ink to lift the design. The Tim Holtz Bird was cut out and attached with a 3D glue so it would, as the quip says, stand out!  

What I Used

Stamps & Stencils

Bird Crazy - Tim Holtz

Quips - Lindsay Mason
Splatters Stencil - Tim Holtz

Cardstock

Navy Blue - PayPer Box

Green - Crelando

White - Papermill Direct

Inks

Distress Inks - Tim Holtz

Memento - Tsukinenko

Promarkers - Letraset

Pigeon v Statue

This quip was the one that sold me on the "Quips" stamp set and I just had to have it for my birds!

I kept the background simple and stuck with an open air feel by using Distress Inks to create a grass & sky background.

What I Used

CardStock

Black - PayPer Box

Pale Yellow - Crelando

Stamps

Bird Crazy - Tim Holtz

Quips - Lindsay Mason

Inks

Distress Inks

Memento - Tsukineko

Promarkers - Letraset

A Belated Happy New Year

Ok, I know, it's February but I have been bereft of a laptop of late & Smart Phones aren't really designed for people with arthritic fingers to type blogs. My laptop problem is now sorted and I'm now able to get on with things again.

The weather here today is wild -  the wind is Blawin' a hooley while the rain is fair stoatin aff the grun!* Our wee Jack Russell is not happy with wet weather and it's as soon as he's out the door he's straight back in again - he's no daft!

The weather's been pretty wet and windy all year so far I just hope this is not a portent of the year to come!

*Translation: It's rather windy & it's raining so hard that it's bouncing off the ground.

This week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge is a fairly simple one which just

seemed to be ideal for one of my latest acquisitions - the All Occasions "That

Folder" embossing folder.

It originally a papercraft magazine freebie that I intended to get but by the time I went for a copy the magazine had sold out. A couple of weeks or so ago I was on the Craft Stash website (a company which supplies some of the freebie items to papercraft magazines) and they had released it on a special limited run and there was only 1 left . . .  hooray!

The folder is actually 6"x6" but for this card I trimmed it to fit an A6 (A2) blank.

  

The flower comes from a Craft Creations Creative Die "Floral" which was another magazine freebie, I hadn't used it before so thought would give it a try with this. It's a three die set and the largest of the flowers is a 3D die. I layered the components together and cut an extra leaf to create the embellishment. The sentiment comes from a Sizzix Thinlit stamp and die set and it was finished off with some fine glitter dotted across the central band of the embossed design. The glitter is another one of my bargain finds, it comes from a set consisting of NPW fine tip glue pen and five pots of glitter. I bought the set for the princely sum of 59p from Home Bargains, the identical set from Selfridges online costs £5.95!

CardStock

All Cardstock from Paper Mill

Embossing Folders Dies and Stamps

All Occasions "That Folder"

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Floral

Sizzix Thinlits with Stamps - Fancy Labels #2

Inks

Versafine - Majestic Blue

Promarker - Indigo Blue

Etc

NPW Glue & Glitter Set

Bling from own stash