Kaszazz Scarf Teddy large with Dreamweaver stencil Lace Border

In an effort to get a number of cards done in as shorter time as possible I stamped out a lot of this Kaszazz Scarf Teddy stamp.  I reckoned it would not take too much time to colour in and I could do them all on a sort of production line.  Once I had the cards laid out I choose different backgrounds and colour inks which make it quite easy to match them to the stamp when I coloured that in.

I used the following on this card :
Dreamweaver stencil Lace Border - Distress ink Weathered Wood
Sentiment is from Stampin Up Many Merry Messages using Distress marker Weathered Wood.
Stamp is Kaszazz Scarf Teddy Large 1861J

Coloured in as follows :
Scarf     Distress Stains - Weathered Wood and Fired Brick
Hat       Distress ink pad Festive Berries and Tombow marker Carmine (845)
Bear     Distress Stains - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain
All the Distress Stains, ink pad and marker used with a paint brush and water to dilute.

Dreamweaver - Zig Zag Xmas Tree

Not sure if other crafters do this but I have little plastic bags with border punch left overs in.  It comes in handy when you need circles like these or eyes on a punch art figure.  So, I am unable to tell you where the circles on the Xmas tree came from other than from my little bag of circles !

This Dreamweaver stencil LL595 - Zig Zag Xmas Tree was sponged using Distress Inks onto cardstock which I got in the left over bin of an art supply store.  They make up piles of offcuts and sell them for next to nothing.  Most of my card toppers use these offcuts.  The border punch used on the red cardstock is an old, un named EK Success one.

Dreamweaver - Coil Christmas Tree

The Dreamweaver stencils are fun and easy to use.  I prefer using Distress inks with a finger sponge as I find there is more control this way.

Distress inks used on this coil tree were Evergreen Bough and Mustard Seed.  The sentiment is a Clear Dollar one from the Filled with Cheer set.

Tag - Hero Arts With Sympathy

I do not believe I have made a sympathy tag before.  I thought it could be attached to flowers, a gift of food or even a box of thank you cards.

The orange strip in the middle was made using a Dreamweaver Fibreglass screen, a stencil brush and Distress inks Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge.  The image is from the Hero Arts set With Sympathy as is the sentiment.  Both were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Stationery Holder

The finished product - a notepad, post-it note and bookmark gift set

The size of the holder is 228mm x 150mm, scored at 60mm / 85mm / 145mm and 170mm.  The corner rounder used is from Creative Memories.  Yellow cardstock is Stampin Up Barely Banana, the patterned paper is Creative Memories Shades of Orange with the orange cardstock being Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie.  The tab on the right hand side is a Stampin Up Round Tab punch.

The post-it note pouches on the left hand side are 58mm x 66mm.  You would need to check the size of the post-it notes for the scoring.  The trim added was from scraps I had and the flourish stamp was off of an un named Inkadinkado set.  As the holders had no sides I made 4 holes (2 front, 2 back) with a paper piercer and threaded some embroidery cotton through the front hole, then the same side back hole, along the back to the next side and out the front, knotting both sides.

 

The notepad holder in the middle is a MFT Die-namics die Gift Card Pocket.  Instead of taping it flat I added a couple of pieces either side to make it into a box.  The owl on the front is from the Stampin Up set called First Friends stamped with Archival Coffee ink.  The small dots around the owl are from the Flourishes set Medallion Motif which was die cut with Spellbinders Circles small and large.

 

The bookmark pocket on the right hand side is a Memory Box die called Library Pocket.  Again I altered the die by trimming off one side so as to be able to slide the bookmark in.

Below is the outside of the holder.  The image is from Whimsy - Owl shaded with SU Close to Cocoa crayon and a blender pen.  The die it is framed in is MFT Peek-a-Boo Trio.  The 2 mesh like areas on either side of the holder were made using a Dreamweavers stencil brush, Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade with a Dreamweavers Fibreglass screen.  The is a quick and easy technique and I like the look it gives.  Think I will be using this a lot in future as I like to make my own backgrounds.

Bookmark - MFT Bookmark Duo and stamps on SU Pumpkin Pie. Background on the bookmark is a Hero Arts stamp - Old Letter Writing.  The edges of the cardstock are Distress inked with Rusty Hinge and the patterned Creative Memories paper, Shades of Orange, is done with Spiced Marmalade.

Punch art Mouse in Xmas hat

This is one of those cards which took on a life of its own !  I saw something similar on the internet but cannot for the life of me find it again.  Apologies for not giving that crafter the credit !

The background is a Dreamweaver Stencil LG611 - Stone done with Pumice Stone Distress ink and a stencil brush.  The window and shutters are Memory Box dies called Small Madison Window and Small Madison Window Shutter.  The shutters were sponged with Aged Mahogany Distress ink.  The curtains were made from Spellbinders Classic Squares cut and angled, the Xmas tree is a sticker and the mouse was made up as follows :

Face - the circle is an old Cuttlebug die with the face being from Peachy Keen PK757 - Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment.
Ears and hands - Stampin Up Owl punch
Hat - Cottage Cutz Santa down the Chimney

The snowman is from an Inkadinkado set called Doodle Winter and was coloured in using a variety of markers and aqua pencil crayons.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts Holiday Sayings and it was stamped with Maroon Archival ink.  It was die cut on Sweet Stack Labels from MFT.

Paper Artsy - HP1208 London Bus

Masculine cards are always difficult for me to create.  When I tried this Paper Artsy London Bus stamp I thought it could do with a bit of a background so, after making a mask of the bus, I used a Dreamweaver stencil called Bare Trees and sponged it with Distress Ink.  Then I thought it looked a bit boring and was going to toss the image but came up with the idea of cutting it into four and matting it onto black card stock.

The paper behind the black card stock is from Creative Memories and I swiped a white ink pad around the edges.  The sentiment is from an unnamed set.

Dreamweaver Stencil - Baby Carriage

I started off with the Dreamweaver Stencil for the baby carriage and the card sort of went on from there.  The sentiment is from a Cuttlebug alphabet die, the card stock which the stencil is on was die cut using Spellbinders classic and scalloped rectangles.  I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder underneath and edged card stock with Distress Ink.

The little panda is from an Inkadinkado set called Baby Animals and the nest die it is seated on is from BossKut.

Clear Art Stamps - Little Boy

Ok, so I am on a mission with the Dreamweaver's Stencils at the moment.  I really love making my own backgrounds and these stencils make it really easy.  For this card I used a glossy cardstock and blocked off the sections with Post-It notes.  The stencil is called Rolling Hills and I sponged the ink on.

The little boy with the kite and the dog was stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured in using an aqua painter, blender pen and a combination of Distress Inks, Tombow, Stampin Up and Marvy Le Plume markers.

The houses are from a Stampin Up set called Right at Home and were stamped directly onto the card using Archival Ink.  They were then coloured in with a combination of Momento, Distress and Stampin Up markers.  The sentiment is from the Clear Dollar set called Goose Hugs.

Flippin Men - Golf

With finishing this card late at night and it being taken by DH (who commissioned it for a function) I had to take the photo using artificial light.  The true colours have unfortunately not come through.

The Flippin Men Golf image was stamped onto Neenah Solar white cardstock using Momento ink.  With this particular stamp I struggle to get all the image stamped out and have to use a Rock-a-Block which seems to work better.  The colouring in was done with Copics.  The golf bag is from Kaszazz and was stamped onto watercolour paper.  I used an aqua pen and Distress inks plus a few markers to colour it in.

The green background is a Dreamweaver Stencil called Rolling Hills (LJ 910) and I used 3 different colours of Distress Inks.  The multi coloured stripe background was made from scraps of paper and it was all popped onto a large card which had been edged with a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop called Fence Frame.  The sentiment is a Hero Arts one.

Kaisercraft Mini Clear Stamp - Owl

Not the greatest photo as it was taken at night, apologies.  I started by stencilling the background, which is from a Dreamweaver's stencil called Bare Trees (LJ 849), with 3 different colours of Distress Ink.

The owl is a cutie which I bought from Simply Creative a couple of days back - I could not resist her.  I stamped the image onto watercolour paper using Coffee Archival ink and coloured it in with a variety of markers and a blender pen.  The branch she is standing on comes from a Cottage Cutz die called Winter Owl and the sentiment is a Penny Black one.

Marianne D Creatables - Ballerina 1 die

Back again after computer problems earlier this week.  This card started off with me wanting to try out some new stencils I picked up on a recent visit to the UK.  Dreamweaver make a number of interesting stencils and the one I used here only has a code on it - LG609.  I worked with a stencil brush and Distress inks to create the squared off background.

The Marianne D Ballerina 1 die was cut using black cardstock and the sentiment is from the Hero Arts set called Good Friends.