#gelypostcardplay, Card Number 27-doing it with circles

 Morning Peoples! It's Saturday! The sun is shinning, hoping to pop out to the market today, then...do a bit of gardening, but it's never ending! As fast as I pull up the weeds, they grow back again twice as fast! And that brings me nicely to my Number 27 postcard for Ceri the Crafter's July challenge #gelypostcardplay, 'Never Ending Circles'. I wanted something quick as I didn't want to get behind over the weekend. So I just die-cut loads of circles out of some of the scraps left over from geliplate printing. 

 Some are tissue, some are on copy paper, some are on book pages and there's even a couple on wallpaper. I then inked round them with a black Posca pen. I haven't signed it, so instead added a tissue spider, with eight legs not my usual drawn one, which only has five! 

The only thing I wish I hadn't done was to use rectangles for the numbers, I shoulda used circles. Smaller circles. Never mind! I'm ahead of myself... almost, and that's what I wanted to achieve today! 

 All the circles are fixed onto to a geli rolled file card, but it was still a bit flimsy, so I added a black backing to it. That's it! My Number 27 postcard for  Cerithecrafters #gelypostcardplay challenge, is done!! Thank you for stopping by!

#gelypostcardplay, Card Number 20-Just A Few Butterflies...

  Evening Crafty peoples! I'm late with my card number 20 for CeriTheCrafter's July challenge, #gelypostcardplay. And why am I  late? It was my printers fault, my new one, just wasn't having any today. All the bells and whistles were working, so I kept pressing print, and nothing happened, except two sheets of stuff all about the printer shot out. (????) So I turned it off and on a couple of times... all I wanted was the last bit of the wording for my card... 'Believe, wishes can come true', (I wished the flippin' printer would work!) Anyway, at last it did, so I nipped off to finish the card not thinking what the printer was up to... yep... it printed that sentence out, nine times!

This geli-printed postcard started life as a  wishi-washi blue that I'd stamped or pressed  a wooden shape of a butterfly into the paint. And because I still can't find the embossing folder I want to use for my 'Surf's Up' card, decided to play with this instead. 

 My Posca pens arrived today, Yay!! (Ceri's fault of course, I had to have more) Really quick service from Hobby Craft, more colours and different nib sizes. So I had a play with them to brighted that shaped butterfly up a bit. The butterflies  down the side are a  from a magazine; diecut from a paler wishi-washi bluey/pinky scrap. The leaves/branches in the corner are diecuts from more geli-printed paper.

I also had a diecut for the little catterpillar, but it was too small, so I drew that one. (on geli-paper) He's saying, 'I wish I could fly.' And of course, we all know one day his wish will come true. The very tiny butterflies disappearing into the blue are from Katy Sue.

I went around the edges in white and purple pens, plus a bit of Distress Oxide Tim Holtz Blueprint Sketch. And that's it! Look out for number 21 tomorrow. Maybe some keys? I was thinking along the lines of Catch 22 for number 22...(the novel) which was originally called Catch 18... (That's why writers need agents!) Thank you for stopping by! 

#GelyPostCardPlay_Number 14-A few Flowers and Hearts

  Morning! Off to the beach in a few minutes, meeting family so, I aimming for a quick post this morning! I'm following the challenge set by #cerithecrafter, #gelypostcardplay, so! That link leads to Ceri's no 14, and here's my 14th postcard!

I'm quite pleased with this quickie, as I've not used papers from a paper pad before and it seemed a very good way to get this done quickly! Th3 14th reminds me of PanCakes and Valentines, so, I added TimHoltz hearts to my geliprint piece of card after fussing cutting out the image, and then did a bit of stamping. Of course I wanted to stamp, 'be mine' or just Love, but could only find tiny worded stamps.

 

The 8x8 'Arty Paper Pad' is called 'Out of This World' Not one I would normally pick up but in was in a closing down sale at my now 'gone' not so local Craft Shop. The pictures in it are making me thing, 'Glue Book!'  (and the 'Legs Eleven' for postcard number 11 that I wanted to do- a long legged bird, is in there!) Well! That's it from me! I'm off!Don't forget to call into #cerithecrafter, #gelypostcardplay, Thank you for stopping by!

#GelyPostcardplay-card Number 13_Unlucky for Some

 Afternoon peoples, crafty or otherwise! Another card has appeared. I think I must be doing them in my sleep! Number 13 for #cerithecrafters #Gelypostcardplay, everyday for the whole of July.

This card started off as a blackish-grey swirly thing, with added gold lines, which you can't really see. I wanted a ladder, but couldn't find one I liked, so fancied using the film strip instead. While hunting for that, I found/remembered the skull and cross bones by Tim Holtz.

Haven't used that in years! So it came in handy. I added tissue paper skulls to his eyes, plus another tiny die-cut to his other eye cut from a small bit of geliprint.  The cat on his head is also tissue. There's also a Spider's web, some stamped words and numbers, and a bit of scribbling. Well, that's it I think, at least it's not Friday the 13th!

Hope you're having a look at some of the video's over on YouTube; You'll find Ceri's number 13 at #gelypostcardplay. Have a great weekend. Thank you for stopping by!

Cerithecrafters-#gelypostcardplay, Card No 12

Here's My No: 12 Postcard in Ceri the Crafter's #gelypostcardplay, click the link to see Ceri's number 12. W-elll, I was thinking of stamping out 12 monkeys, with 12 bananas...but they didn't fit! And in any case, I only had two monkeys, I was sure I had more, sooooo after I covered a multi coloured stripy, dotty green card, with  jungle type tissue, I then coated it in decopatch. Once dry, I set to stamping out and colouring said monkeys. Then came up with the idea of turning the whole thing into a puzzle, that way I wouldn't need twelve monkeys just 12 pieces of monkey. (Don't worry, it's just paper and card, no monkey was harmed in the making of this postcard!)

Anyway,  my puzzle diecut couldn't cut all the way though two pieces of card, the tissue and the monkeys. Boo! It had cut through the top layer so I traced round the cut marks in black and then finished it off with scissors.

So here's my Number 12 postcard...12 Monkeys In A Monkey Puzzle Tree... I finished off by cutting a shape out of a leaf and turning it into a stamp and adding the number12. So now I have lots of bits of monkeys all over the place!  There's a Wednesday freebie on a Friday below and if you google #gelypostcardplay, into google you'll find loads of youtube goodies to watch! Scroll down to see more of mine. That's it for now!  Number Unlucky for Some 13, tomorrow! Thank you for stopping by!

New Home, New Beginnings.

 

 I made two New Home cards. One for the grandkiddies and one for Emma and Tom as they have moved at last from their two bedroom flat to a three bedroom house, with a garden, just around the corner from where they were. This is the card I've sent to the Grandkiddies. I'll post the other card a little later. 

It's a 5x5 card, I added some green glitter card first, then the pattern paper and then for the topper I started with more green card but the background paper is TimHoltz, distress ink in as many shades of green that I have, then I just slashed it with water. I also used a white gel pen and a wink of stella on a few of the diecuts to make then sparkle. This was the fun part, cutting them all out using only scraps, to make up this cute little Potting Shed... I cheated a bit, as I used the picture that came with the dies as a guide and just added/changed a few things and shaded it with Tim Holtz Vintage ink before I fixed it on some 3D foam pads... 

The washi tape paper you can see behind this picture, I made last year on a 12x12 and scanned it as two A4's. You will find them here posted as a Freebie.

 Challenges

 simonsaysstampblog/wednesdaychallenge/simon says-anything goes

 avenue613.blogspot.-anything goes w optional New Beginnings 

 cardsgalorechallenges-anything goes

 

This weeks Forever Freebie.... and What I made with it!

 I called this weeks freebie  (see below) "It's not all black and white...." and as you can see, it's not! I printed off a sheet, coloured it with the rainbow colours of Tim Holtz Distress Inks...gave it a bit of a splintz with water and then splattered some white paint and some gold  cosmic shimmer. Then sorted out a few die cuts  and added butterflies, lables and tiny gems.... not bad really! What will you do!? Or, what shall I do next!? Happy CrAfTiNg! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Oliver. Card Number Two. A Tri Fold Card.

 Here's  Oliver's second card I made for his birthday. I've called him Ollie the Owl of course.This  die set, along with matching stamps is designed to go with aTri-fold card,  is by Crafter's Companion, which I'm happy to say was waaay less than half price (£2.20) at The Range and seeing all you get are the frames with a little bit of the owls outline, that's about right!  I would've been a little peeved at paying over £9 for them! (I also bagged a giraffe over the edge set from the Crafty Charity shop for 50p, worth it even if one thing was missing)  

 I swapped the heart in his 'wing' for a birthday pressy. Coloured in Promarkers and used papers from my stash from years ago, called Abstract Prints by the then Dovecraft.

The Happy Birthday die, the party word and party hats and the Banner dies were from The Range and were also well below half price. Yay!

   The paper on the right in this picture above came from a 6x6 paper pad called 'Neighourwood' Another one I love and just haven't wanted to 'cut into it'  But I will! I added it to cover the inside 'window' with some foiled leaves card so you couldn't see the sentiment through it. 

This is the back. I've made a 'pocket' with  a secret message, telling Oliver to say the secret code, which was 'I'm Ollie Owl', and nanny, me, would give him some birthday money! I loved making this card  and it would be very easy to make another using other animals in my stash! My only 'thing' was, I wish it had a whole die for the owls as well. As it was, you could only die cut the owls heads and then fussy cut the rest of them to fit onto the card.

That's it from me! Thank you for stopping by. 

 Challenges

Pennyschallenges.challenge 527 Anything goes

Cardsgalorechallenges-august-Anything Goes.

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Lilpatchofcraftyfriends-Anything Goes

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A Tattered Lace Stage Card

 

I thought I'd already posted this, but I can't find it anywhere, so here it is.  It's not very often that I make something entirely with die cuts! It's still not quite finished, I have to decide if it's going to be a Happy Birthday Card or some thing else! I bought the set of dies, by Tattered Lace, from a Crafty Facebook friend who was selling off some of her stash. It has loads of dies, some of which I didn't use, finding, nowhere to put them! but I'm sure they will all be useful for other projects. It needed very thick card, otherwise it would do the splits! So I used a double sided 12x12 card stock with a  wooden print on one side and a kind of dark black/grey flowery effect on the other. I touched up the coloured card flowers with Promarkers. I love the flower pots! Also added Glossy Accents to the bunting.

  

 This is the back,  but it could well be the front. The bench part of the card has two folds, no, three... which I wasn't sure what to do with, so I just bent one over and stuck it down, so the card stock was even thicker and then added a strip of card underneath so I could slip the end in behind. (I lost you at two folds didn't I?!) If I could've stuck it down it would've been stronger but not postable. Having it so you can unfix the bench and lay it flat means it will fit into an envelope for posting. That's it! Thanks for stopping by. I think I'll go and have a hunt for Anything goes, or flower...

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 Pennys challenges 495-Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door-Anything goes