Paige's Wreath

I have yet another version of the arch shaped wreath card that I posted last week.  Those were showing off the wax seals, this one is just to show the pretty wreath, and is a birthday card for my daughter.  This is the Fall Wreath from the vault by Tim Holtz/Sizzix - and this one is using all kinds of the bits and pieces that come in this die set.

I am really loving shades of blue on my fall cards this year.  The shaped dies are Essential Arches by Spellbinders, and the sentiment is created with my Betterpress machine using It's Your Day press plates, and the Spellbinders Treasured Gold cardstock.  Happy Birthday, B!

You can get your Spellbinders and Tim Holtz products at the Papercrafter's Workshop.

Crazy Birds cards

I haven't had the fabulous Tim Holtz' Crazy Birds out for a while!  And I needed a whole stack of masculine cards for a bunch of November family birthdays, so I stamped and coloured up five of them with Copic markers in a rainbow style. 

 I pulled out the remnants of some Doodlebug and Echo Park papers that I've used with the birds in the past, and set about making five variations, depending on what paper pieces I was using.  I also grabbed the Crazy Birds Add-On set, which has the hats, bow tie and balloons.

I would've loved to have a few of these in my stash, but they're all making their way out the door asap, all over western Canada!  Links to the stamps are below if you're interested!

Wine cards

I had a little time to play with some new things this week - Tim Holtz Blueprint mini stamps: Wine, and a new-to-me My Favorite Things stamp set called "Uncorked" (a whole bunch of fun wine themed sentiments).  I also played around with my Oxide Distress inks, doing an ombre blend of Candied Apple, Abandoned Coral, Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade & Wild Honey:

 I experimented a little with water spatters, and some gold paint spatters...

 And I am in love with these "Hemstitch Rectangle" dies from Spellbinders!  I love the effect.

Next up will be the Tim Holtz Beer Blueprint minis, so stay tuned :o)

Second Coffee Card

Here is my second card for the Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - using Freshly Brewed by Tim Holtz, and the Coffee stamp set and die from Verve:

Here is my card with the coordinating one that I made yesterday:

The last Crazy Bird

You may have seen me posting Crazy Birds cards over the past week... so here is the final one in the set.  Scroll down to see all five together!

I had a blast making these!  And my girlfriend Chelsie who received them, loved them too.

Get your party on!

This is such a great sentiment (Art Impressions Uptown Girls Set #4129) - and it works really well with my next Crazy Bird card:

Patterned papers are Hip Hip Hooray by Doodlebug Designs; Stamp sets are Crazy Birds, Tim Holtz and Uptown Girls, Art Impressions; Tuxedo Black ink, Memento; Copic markers.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #287

I'm using this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch to make up the third Crazy Birds card in my set:

What a great sketch... I think I'll be using this one again.

Patterned papers are Hip Hip Hooray by Doodlebug Designs; Stamp is Crazy Birds, Tim Holtz; Copic Markers, Cardstock is CTMH.

Freshly Made Sketches #203

I'm sharing another Crazy Bird card today... using the Freshly Made Sketch from this week :

Patterned papers are Hip Hip Hooray, Doodlebug Designs; Stamp set is Crazy Birds, Tim Holtz; Sentiment is Cheer Set, Art Impressions; Blue Raspberry Gumdrop by Your Next Embellie.

The Challenge #41

I am happy to be playing along with The Challenge this week - I haven't been able to do many challenges over the past while, but with my children away at school now (sniff!) I hope to have a little more time.  Like many of you, I am a bit obsessed with Tim Holtz's Crazy Birds, and even though I've owned them for a while, I haven't used them as much as I would like... so here is the start of a set of cards that I'm making for a girlfriend:

Patterned papers are Hip Hip Hooray, Doodlebug Designs; Stamps are Crazy Birds, Tim Holtz & Sentiment is Bench Set by Art Impressions; Copic Markers; Pumpkin Gumdrop from Your Next Embellie.