Dr Who birthday card

Hi Friends

I  have been away for 4 days in Brisbane visiting my daughter for her 21st birthday so haven’t had a chance to post anything for a little while.

Also an update on my tennis elbow.  As I have mentioned in a previous post I had an injection to help with the pain, well it took almost a week but the injection finally started to have some effect.  My pain didn’t actually cease until Sunday just past, but since I have returned to work today I am again experiencing pain, although no where on the same level as before.

The card I want to show you today is one I made for my husband, who is celebrating his birthday tomorrow.  Happy Birthday Mal I love you xoxo

I have already given him his card so it is safe for me to show you without spoiling the surprise.

I guess I better give you some background information on this card.  My husband is a mad Dr Who fan, I think when you are as fanatical as he is you are called a “Whovian”…lol

Anyway I came across a lady who makes wooden stamps to order sometime last year.  I noticed that she had a TARDIS stamp for sale so I decided to order it.  I figured with my husband, step daughter and now grand baby being crazy about Dr Who I would get plenty of use and it would be worth ordering it from the UK.

I stamped the TARDIS on Midnight Muse card stock four times before I fussy cut it out and layered it upon itself.

The brick wall background is made from a stencil I bought and texture paste.  I just love the texture paste, you just spread it over the stencil, peel the stencil off and then dry it with your heat gun and it expands.  It feels really lovely and is a quick and easy way to add dimension and texture to your creations.

I started with a base card of Crumb Cake card stock, then added a mat of Midnight Muse and Crumb Cake card stock and stuck my TARDIS on.  As an afterthought I decided to add a strip of Burlap Ribbon and tied it together with some twine.

Being a masculine card I kept the inside nice and simple and just added a couple of mats of Midnight Muse and Crumb Cake.

I think my husband really liked the card, I am so happy with how it turned out.

Hopefully now with my arm feeling a little better I will be able to get back to crafting over the weekend.  I am falling a bit behind in my crafty commitments.

Thanks for visiting

Tina xo

 

 

ESAD mystery box – Feb part 3

Hi Friends

Sorry for the break in posting I have been super busy at work and the like that I haven’t had a chance to post.

I think the last time we spoke I had just showed you my second project for the ESAD mystery box.  Well today I have part 3A to show you.

As I have mentioned the criteria for February’s mystery box cards is to make non-standard cards.  This third project is all about love, whether for Valentines day or just to show someone you love them, LOVE is the theme.

I have recently found a fantastic blog that has some really easy to follow videos on how to make lots of different type of boxes.  So I thought I would give one a go.

This little box would hold a small heart chocolate, although, because this will be going in the post in December I am not going to add a chocolate to it.  

Cute hey?  I used Whisper White card stock for the box and then added some of the new Fresh Prints DSP pack on the side and top panel.  The ribbon is Real Red grosgrain stitched ribbon and the valentines ticket are from That’s the ticket stamp set.  The butterfly is punched out in Pretty in Pink card stock and the small heart is punched out in Real Red card stock.  I added a couple of diamentes for a bit of bling.  I am also going to make a card to match this box however, I just haven’t had time yet.  So stay tuned for the matching card.

This is what you find when you open the box.  I used the Hearts Framelits to cut out the heart and the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and matching framelits for the greeting.   The chocolate heart would sit inside the box behind the banner.

I hope you like my little project would love to hear your comments.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo

Update: I am writing this section after I had originally wrote this post.  I have recently been diagnosed with tennis elbow and have to rest my arm, so I won’t be posting or crafting for a little while until the pain (fingers crossed subsides).  I am currently on medication for the pain, however, if this doesn’t work it’s back to the doctors for an injection into the elbow to manage the pain.  I will be back as soon as possible.  Please check back regularly to see what else I have been up to.

Remember if you would like to purchase any of these products to make a box like mine then pop on over to my business blog at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/tina-janejohnson/ or email me and request a catalogue.  Alternatively if you would like to earn fabulous FREE products and save yourself a massive 20% discount on all your Stampin’ Up! purchases then consider joining my team.  I am always on the look out for fun, friendly, crafty ladies (and men) who would like to join my team.  It is really easy to do too, either click on the “Join The Fun” tab on my business blog or email me at mtjohnson02@hotmail.com or give me a call at 0405 154 906 and we can chat.

Again, thanks for visiting I really do appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to look at my blog.

 

 

ESAD mystery box – Feb part 2

Hi Friends

This post today is showcasing the second card I made for the ESAD mystery box for February.  As mentioned in my previous post for the month of February we are to make three non-standard cards and envelopes to go in out mystery box.

My second card is a wedding card made in the easel card format.

The only stamping on this card is the greeting which is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set.  The card stock used for this card are Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum and Coastal Cabana.  I used Whisper White for the base card and matted it with Coastal Cabana and Vellum which I embossed with the Lacy Brocade embossing folder.  Another smaller layer of Whisper White was then adhered to the Vellum. A second layer of Coastal Cabana card stock was popped up with dimensionals onto the Whisper White mat and then the two love hearts (groom and bride) were stuck on.  The hearts were die cut out using the Hearts a Flutter Framelits.  The grooms buttons are the new Candy Dots and the Large Basic Pearls were added to the bride.

The greeting was stamped with Coastal Cabana ink and punched out with the Modern Label punch.

As I mentioned this card is an easel card so this is what it looks like when it’s open.

Looking forward to reading your lovely comments.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo

 

ESAD mystery box – Feb

Hi Friends

I’m back today to show you the first card I have made for the ESAD mystery box challenge – February.  For the month of February the requirement is to make 3 non-standard cards with envelopes.  Non-standard cards are listed as baby cards, happy retirement, house warming, wedding cards etc.  The sort of card you don’t make all the time.

For this first card I decided to make a baby card.  Now that sounds simple enough doesn’t it?  You’d think so until you remember that I am making this card for someone who I don’t know and does not yet potentially have a friend/family member with a baby on the way.  Any hoo, I decided to create a baby girl card just for the fun of it.

I used Pink Pirouette and Very Vanilla card stock, Pink Pirouette ribbon and small pearls to make this card.  I embossed the Very Vanilla mat with the Cloudy Day embossing folder, available from Stampin’ Up!.  The word BABY was die cut out and I used the negative image rather than the letters themselves.  The Very Vanilla squares are mounted with dimensionals on Pink Pirouette card stock.

The inside of the card also has a strip of Very Vanilla card stock that has been embossed with the Cloudy Day embossing folder, and a small amount of ribbon tied around it.

This is the envelope I handmade.  I used a normal white envelope as a template, which I had pulled apart all the glued sides and then traced it onto some Pink Pirouette DSP and then fussy cut it out.  Then I cut out a banner with the Banner framelits from Stampin’ Up! in Pink Pirouette and used the letters that were cut out for the front of the card were stuck on, before I embossed the whole thing again with the Cloudy Day embossing folder.

I am so proud of my envelope the card fits perfectly and it looks so much better than a plain old white envelope.

I would love to hear what you think of my card.

Don’t forget to come back to see my second project for the ESAD mystery box.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo

 

 

 

Happy 21st

Hi Friends

Well here in Cairns this weekend it has been wet and steamy.  The perfect weather to stay inside and create.  So that is exactly what I did.

My darling daughter is turning 21 in 12 days so I have been busy this past week working on her birthday card.  Unlike me, my daughter is a real girls girl, she loves pink (ever since she was very little pink has been her favorite colour).  She is even having a birthday party with her friends from work and Uni a week early and the color scheme for everyone is black and white but for her it is black, white and PINK…lol

My husband and I are flying to Brisbane (Mal flying from Sydney where the navy boat is currently moored, and I am flying from Cairns, where we live), to celebrate this special birthday with our daughter.  We are fortunate that she doesn’t want a huge party, instead we are planning a big family dinner.  My mum is driving down from Gin Gin, my dad is driving up from Tocumwal (NSW), and some relatives who live around Brisbane are also coming to help us celebrate.

I really loved the black, white & silver 21st card I made for one of the girls at work a little while back.  Now I didn’t want to make another card exactly the same, but I did want it to have the WOW factor.

Again, I chose to make a pop n cuts (available from Stampin’ Up!), card.  I found a scrap booking page that used the mini banner punch really effectively and decided to replicate that to some degree too.

 

This is the front of the card, I used Basic Black and Melon Mambo card stock and the Garden Gingham designer series paper.  The number 21 has been coated in Crystal Effects to make it nice and shiny.  I love the new mini banner punch in the Sale-a-bration catalogue, and the best thing is if you place an order with me for $90 or more you can choose this punch as a FREE gift.  Yes I said FREE, that’s the best thing about the Sale-a-bration time, you can earn lots of fabulous FREE gifts just by ordering your Stampin’ Up! products.

I carried the same banner theme through to the inside of the card.  Each little black banner has a small rhinestone, and I added a couple of rhinestones on both of the Melon Mambo panels, just for a little bit of bling.

Again, I have used the Beautiful Birthday single stamp (retired) and embossed it with Melon Mambo embossing powder.  That is one of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! products they all co-ordinate from card stock right down to embossing powder.  Makes creating beautiful projects just so much easier.

Along with making this card I have also been busy working on a couple of others, so don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see what else I have been up to.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo

 

Reason to smile when turning 60

Hi  Friends

Recently one of my bosses at work turned 60, and I thought “that’s a pretty memorable birthday”, so I decided to make an extra special card for her.

As you have already seen, if you follow my blog I am experimenting with the decoupage technique and I did promise I would be back with another card using this new skill.

I decided to go with the much neglected (in my house at any rate) stamp set called Reason to Smile from Stampin’ Up!  This was a specialty stamp set from 2 years ago that I purchased, or did I receive it for FREE???  It’s been a while and I really can’t remember.  Any hoo this is the stamp set I decided to use to make this 60th birthday card.

I started with Daffodil Delight card stock then layered it with Basic Black card stock and added a layer of Daffodil Delight DSP, then finally adding a strip of Basic Black card stock again.

I stamped 12 sunflowers and then fussy cut them all out.  The flowers were stamped with Black StazOn on Daffodil Delight card stock.  I daubed/inked the flowers with Daffodil Delight ink too so they had a lot depth in their colour.  I then used my Basic Black marker and coloured in the centre.

The leaves are from the Fabulous Florets stamp set and were stamped on Whisper White card stock with Garden Green ink.  These too were fussy cut out.

The 60 was die cut from Basic Black card stock and then layered with Crystal Effects to make it nice and shiny.  I also used Crystal Effects on the top layers of all the flowers.  The flowers are layered two to three times with diminensionals.  Sorry I forgot to take of photo of the layers.

On the inside I adhered a layer of Basic Black card stock and then added a layer of the Daffodil Delight DSP.  The happy birthday is the Beautiful Birthday single stamp.  I love the writing of this stamp and it tends to be my go to “happy birthday” stamp.  The happy birthday was stamped with VersaMark and then embossed with black embossing powder.

As this card has to travel to Brisbane via our internal mail system, and the front is quite delicate and probably wouldn’t arrive in the state it left Cairns, I decided to make a box to send it down in.

The box is made with Basic Black card stock, and as usual I found making the base of the card quite simple but the lid did challenge me a bit.  This lid is actually my third attempt….Sorry Mrs M I think I need more lessons on how to make box lids…:)

This is the front of the box.  I added a layer of Daffodil Delight DSP and a strip of Daffodil Delight card stock with a strip of Basic Black card stock to hid the seam line.  Again, I embossed the happy birthday with black embossing powder, and added another sunflower and leaves.  The sunflower is also layered like the ones on the front of the card and covered in Crystal Effects.

I am so happy with how this card/box combo turned out.  I really hope my boss likes this card.

I would love to hear your comments.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo

 

 

 

 

Envelope Photo Book

Hi Friends

I know I said on my last card post that I would be back with another project very soon, but I decided I should tell you all about the amazing specials and offers Stampin’ Up! have on at the moment.  Some times there are just so many of them all at the same time, and I really don’t want you to miss out on all the fantastic bargains.

Today’s project isn’t a card, it’s more of an off the page type of project.  I guess if you want to get really specific you could even say it’s a form of scrap booking….lol

I found this amazing envelope photo book on a Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration blog hop and checked out the YouTube tutorial and gave it a go myself.

Although the project isn’t complicated you do need a few hours to yourself to focus so you make it just right.  I found the tutorial to be really easy and clear to follow, and really enjoyed making this album.

Actually, I enjoyed it so much I am going to make another one as a special gift for someone.  I can’t tell you who just yet as it’s going to be a surprise.  I will need to go back to the tutorial to make the second album as it’s a bit complicated.

This is the front cover.  At this stage it is still undecorated and has no embellishments. I will get around to doing that but at the moment I am a bit preoccupied with a couple of other projects so this will be one of those ones that I will come back to and will re-post once I have decorated it.

Inside there are lots of pages, pockets and flaps to stick photo’s to.

Some of the pockets are full size and others, like the one’s in the above photo are half size.

As you can see I punched out a semi-circle to make it easier to pull out the inserts from the pockets.  There are lots of hidden spots in this album for photos, etc.

Well that’s it for today I will be back tomorrow to show you what else I have been up to.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo

 

 

 

 

 

Nature’s Pace Thank-You

Hi Friends

Did you miss me yesterday?  I was so busy card making I totally forgot to post yesterday.  Oh well, just an extra day of suspense for you before you get to see this next card.

Recently my husband and I were fortunate to experience an incredible act of kindness from an amazing women who we both love very much.  Although we profusely thanked her, I felt it really wasn’t enough to show how deep our gratitude is.  So as soon as I was able I made this card for her in an attempt to express how very much we appreciate her and her selfless act of kindness.

I really, really, really wanted this card to have a large amount of WOW factor, so I worked extremely hard to create this card.  The inspiration for this card came from a tag I saw while blog hopping, and I converted it to a card.  I used a technique on this card that I haven’t done before…..Decoupage.

 The base card is made of Very Vanilla with a mat of Crumb Cake then another mat of Very Vanilla which has been embossed with the Beautiful Baroque embossing folder by Stampin’ Up!.  I then cut out a tag in Crumb Cake card stock and used the Very Vintage wheel which is embossed with white embossing powder down the centre of the tag. Then I punched out a circle in Very Vanilla and used my crop-a-dile to put an eyelet through the circle and tied some Crumb Cake Seam Binding.  All card stock is daubed with Crumb Cake ink around the edges.  I punched out a frame twice and attached the bottom one to the tag.  The oval is actually the centre of the frame cut out and popped up on dimensionals.

The grapes are stamped in Perfect Plum and the leaves in Always Artichoke ink from Stampin’ Up!.  The grapes and leaves were stamped and fussy cut out three or four times to make the layers, which are popped up with dimensionals too.  I then wrapped the bottom of the tag with some Crumb Cake Seam Binding and then attached the tag to the card.  Here’s a close look at all those layers.

Once the tag was attached I stamped the thank-you three times in Crumb Cake and Early Expresso ink and then used my Itty Bitty Banner Framelits to cut them out.  You can see from the above photo I layered the grapes four times and the leave three times.  A lot of fussy cutting let me tell you.  I also decorated the inside of the card.

Again, I used the decoupage technique to layer the grapes and leaves on the inside of the card.  I also layered the inside with a mat of Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stock.

I am over the moon with how well this card turned out, and I know the lady who will be receiving this is going to be blown away which is exactly my intention.

I am going to try the decoupage technique again in future cards so stay tuned.  I have another project to show you tomorrow so don’t forget to come back and have a look.  If you would like to purchase any of the fabulous Stampin’ Up! products mentioned in this post or in any of my previous posts, you can either email me and request a catalogue which I can post out to you, or if you prefer you can pop on over to my business blog at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/tina-janejohnson/ and click SHOP and purchase all your yummy Stampin’ Up! goodies online and have them delivered straight to your front door.   Oh I must mention the online shopping option is only open to Australian residents only.

I hope you will come visit  me tomorrow and see what else I have been up to.

Thanks for visiting.

Tina xo