Card making: Christmas card #6

I made a few more cards, this one is for my niece. Don't ask me how I did this, I have no idea!!!

It all started when I attempted to make a flower like a paper rosette but it was a disaster, it was torn in two, so, I threw it away.
I cut the red cardstock for the card and then I cut a window and then the phone rang. So while talking, I absentmindedly played with the card and when the phonecall was over, I was looking at a bent card that looked like a futuristic hotel room! It goes without saying that it was rocking like a granny's chair, so I added the bottom round piece for some balance!

So, while I was thinking what I should do with it, I imagined a room with a window so I added this and that and guess what, I took the torn paper rosette out of the paper bin, I cut it in half and it was perfect on top of the window!

Of course no window is comlplete without a little hanging pot, so I made one too!

I also made another card, a totally different one, and I tried for the first time some Glimmer Mist in combination with a Tattered Angels mask. As you can see, I also succeded in making a paper rosette!
I don't have Tim Holtz's die, I just used my trimmer's scalop blade on a strip of pp and then scored it.

It is really fun to experiment, you never know what will come out!

JYC 2010: December 13

Music is the prompt so on the right I printed a Sinatra album cover, I chose this one because I really liked the desing. On the left I colored an image with my copics and the background with distress inks, I also printed a greek christmas song (I experienced some smudgiing though).

I also printed my favorite christmas song, Sinatra's White Christmas, I adhered it on a pp and folded it in too, when it's closed it's like a mini book. I used a Tattered Angels snowflake mask for coloring the white paper.

Can you believe it that I barely used the clear Sakura Stardust pen, just a little on the lamp!

I also remembered to find my cd with the christmas songs, it is currently in my car so I don't miss the christmas spirit even when I'm driving!

Card Making: Easter Card #6

When I saw this image in BW, I wanted to color it right away! When I did, I wasn't so happy with the result because the colors were too flashy and intense for me, and I didn't know what to do with it, but then I had an idea: I colored it lightly with the Ranger Antique Linen distress ink and the effect was just what I wanted (without knowing it!), it took a light yellowish tint, like pages from an old book, so vintage looking! Then I mounted it with foam pads on a piece of white cardstock that I had already colored with the Tattered Rose distress ink, I also accented the edges with a dark brown Copic and then adhered the lot on the card using foam pads once more, it gave a 3d look to the card.
For the card base I used light green cardstock but decided to give it an aged look, so I colored it with Bundled Sage distress ink, I also used a Tim Holtz mask.
Last detail the ribbon, I colored it with my copics because I wanted it more coral pink, I also added the pearls. It was missing something, so I decided to use one of Tim Holtz's Fragments, I had already printed some vintage postcards I found online and adhered a piece behind the fragment using Ranger's Glossy Accents. Then I made it into a pendant and tied it behind the ribbon with some DMC embroidery floss after coloring it with my copics because I wanted it to match the ribbon.
I must confess, I seriously LOVE my copics!

Baby Layout: August 2009

Once more I used my favorite color combo, pink and green. The backround paper is K & Company and used cardstock mats in order to enhance the focus on the large photos. The creative element that I like the most in this layout is the journaling spot I made: after positioning the photos, I took a piece of patterned paper and a ruler and drew the shape and rounded the corners with a corner punch. Then I used a Tim Holtz mini mask and distress inks and last step I added the white faux stitch around it.Then I added the date using the Cuttlebug "Harmony" alphabet and the green flower (Prima from the "Whispers" collection). The little button on the flower was clear and I colored it with a Copic marker.

Baby Layout: June 2009

It is a fact that pink and green is my favorite color combo but for this layout I decided to use green and orange since these colors were present in the photos.
The fun part in this layout is that I used a Tim Holtz mask, with distress inks, and you can achieve a diversity in results depending on the mediums and the colors you use. I really like the mask, the only con I find is that it doesn't stick as well on the paper after a few uses.

Apart from that, it is a little akward doing summer layouts and christmas cards simultaneously, but fun too!