Thank You Angela

The image of an energetic young gal jumping for joy is by Mo Manning & I have chosen to use her for this card as she seems so happy & full of life. She has been coloured with Promarkers to match my papers and all the cut-work is done using my Silhouette Cameo using files I have created myself.

I did of course, decorate the inside of the card as well to coordinate with the front.  The image in this instance is lighter than the one on the front so that I can write over it before I give it to a friend. The short but to the point sentiment is from Digital Doodling.

I have even managed to keep this short & sweet too! Wonders will never cease! LOL.

Thanks for dropping by my blog & thanks too for your comments.

Tine :)

Challenges:
Mo's - thank you
{PIN}spirational - colours
Creatalicious - for the girls
Joanna Sheen - girls
Crafter's Cafe - Mom/Mum/ &/or for a woman
Corrosive - sentiment on the front (cut out on front mat & all around the edges)
Di's Digi Designs - bling (gems)
Crafts & Me - layers
Delightful - celebrate friendship (this one is going to a friend, you guessed it - called Angela!)
Passion for Promarkers - anything goes (using Promarkers of course - no problem!!! LOL)
I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes (*waving*)
Ecletic Ellapu - anything goes
OSAAT - anything goes
One Stop Craft - anything goes
Wags 'n' Whiskers - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Forever Friends (monthly) - anything goes
Challenges4Everybody - anything goes
Whimsy Inspires - anything goes
Barely Mine - anything goes
Our Creative Corner - anything goes.

Damask Wedding - the box

Here as promised, is the box to match & co-ordinate with the damask cut-work card.  This time a lot more simplistic in design even though it matches and nice & deep of course, to accommodate the shaped card with flowers on the top.

Additional sentiments on the box's liner

I have used the same LOTV image "Wedding Couple", coloured with Promarkers as I had used on the tag inside my card but kept the layering nice & flat to make it easier to transport to this special event. (I haven't done a close-up photo of the image as I usually do as it is so similar to the one on the card's tag, even in a circular mat, that it is probably not necessary. However, if you missed the shaped card in my previous post & want to see it the link is here).  If I am creating a matching set like this I always colour the images at the same time - whatever I do to one, I do to the other to ensure they match as much as possible.  The cut-work was done using my Silhouette Cameo of course - an enlarged variation of the design for the top of the box to match that of all the various ones on the card itself.  I also used an individual element from my pattern along each of the sides of the box to allow the shimmering pearlescent gold card placed behind, to peek through. As I always do, I added a selection of suitable & meaningful sentiments to the box's liner.

The box - shown with  the card. so you can see how they coordinate.

CAS - lovely & flat!

Thanks for popping by my blog!

Tine :)

Challenges I wish to enter my box for are:
My Time to Craft - show us the inside (sentiments on the box's liner)
Joanna Sheen - music & lyrics (different one for the box - David Bowie - The Wedding)
Great Impressions - celebrations
Crafty Boots - celebrations
Papertake - the sound of music (White Wedding - Billy Idol)
Lexi's - black & white plus one (gold)
Moving Along With The Times - CAS (the box certainly is, even if the card inside isn't!)
Sweet Stampin' - CAS
Lili's Little Fairies - anything but a card (well, this is it's box so I hope this counts)
Delicious Doodles - anything but a card
Tip Top - box
Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes
Simply Create Too - anything goes
Our Creative Corner - anything goes
Crafting Musketeers - anything goes.

Damask Wedding

Not sure where to start with this one as it is quite a complex design - but suffice to say, it is all done using my favourite mediums of Silhouette Cameo & Promarker pens. Why damask? Well, I was working on this theme for a wedding card I needed (always pretty classy to my way of thinking), when I finally saw the actual invitation & as luck would have it, it was itself a damask design - black on white. Couldn't have planned that better! Decided to add touches of pearlescent gold to their colour-scheme too to prevent it all going a bit 'funereal'.

I had created myself a set of damask based cut-files a while back when I was 'playing' with my Cameo - a full set of variations on a theme which I tend to create when caught 'by the mood'. I layered two of these for the front and added rolled flowers to the centre-piece which, in this gorgeous pearlescent card, look for all the world like fine porcelain.

Tag front

The actual style of card I am not even sure has a name, but I have been calling it a 'pocket fold' which seems to sum it up to me. I wanted to include several pockets into the design as I needed to find a spot for a gift card & then I do like a good verse/sentiment to help convey what I want to say to the happy couple, not to mention in this case - needing a perfect spot for me to add an image. Much as I love to create cut-files I just have to colour too if I can! LOL.

Tag reverse

Layer upon layer on the inside of the card which folds/opens out with a central pocket panel and I had to adapt some of my damask cut-files so they fit into my chosen pocket shaping, not to mention the tag onto which I had added the LOTV image. Yes, a LOT of hard work & hours in this card! Personalised not only with the damask design but incorporating the happy couples' initials into a wedding 'ring'. The addition of pearls & black gems as finishing touches were bought from MeiFlower & the ribbon was from my stash.

Decorated the back too - with an area for me to add my made by/signature.

Will hopefully be back later with a matching box - (spondylosis, computer & Internet connection permitting), all of which have been persecuting me for weeks!

Thanks for visiting my blog and I would like to thank you for adding a comment as I appreciate the time it takes to do so.

Tine :)

Challenges I wish to enter this card for are:
Great Impressions - celebrations
Ribbon Carousel - celebrations (+spooled item - ribbon)
Card Mania - flowers
One Crazy Stamper - May flowers
Crafty Calendar - blossoms & blooms
Cupboard Trilogy - Spring flowers
My Sheri Crafts - flowers
By The Cute & Girly - flowers
Joanna Sheen - music or lyrics inspired (White Wedding - Billy Idol)
Use Your Stuff - texturize (all the cutwork creates loads of texture)
As You Like It - favourite dies/punches (in my case the Cameo - & my own design damask files)
Hobbycutz - more than one fold
Anything Goes - shaped
Scribbles - shaped card
Emerald Faeries - ribbons
Artistic Stamper - words
Crafty Sentiments - use a sentiment
Timeless Tuesday - use black accents
Crafty Ribbons - no designer paper
Di's Digis - bling (pearls & black 'diamonds')
My Time To Craft - show us the inside
Cupcake Craft - lots of layers
Lexi's - black & white plus one (gold)
Our Creative Corner - anything goes
Simply Create Too - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes.

Personalised Car

A design for a male card this time & it did take me some time to perfect the outlines so I would get the results I wanted.

Having created my car cut-files I cut a whole 'car' out of black card (featuring narrow embossed lines which reminded me of tyre treads as seen at a distance -and it is just about showing up on the photo above if you look at the tyres). This was the base.  Once cut, I used the reverse of this car as the backing to attach the car 'frame' which was also cut from the same embossed black card. To explain this more simply, if you can see 'black' on the card front it is part of the frame with the exception of the tyres which are pieced inside their frame. ( I do hope I am explaining this well enough for none Silhouette users!)  The front was then entirely paper-pieced using card (using a plethora of individual cut-files) into my skeletal car framework in colours matching the recipient's vehicle. As you can see, I personalised the car even more with birthday greeting & name too.

Verse inside the card - on yet another cut-file!

Using the reverse of my textured card stock as the base-layer meant that the embossing 'tread' could be seen on the inside of the card when opened.  I also added an appropriately car-themed sentiment to a more stark inside than I often have but I reckon it is appropriate in this instance - with the birthday verse printed onto yet another cut-file - a pared down version of my car so that there were no wing-mirrors sticking out etc.

Of course, obsessive crafter (cut-file maker!!)  that I am, I have several other versions of my car too - and you never know, I might actually get around to using those versions as some point. LOL.

Have a great week everyone.

Tine :)

Challenges I would like to enter this card for are:
Everybody Art - shaped card
Sentimental Sundays - shaped card
Crafting Cafe - let's celebrate
There She Goes - masculine
Cutie Pie - favourite films (The Italian Job)
Lexi's - punches and/or dies (Silhouette Cameo digital cutter)
Stamp and Create - at least one die-cut (each section & each layer a cut-file)
Penny's - red, white, black
Opus Gluei - go where you haven't gone before (not created this style of card before)
Whimsical - shaped card
MilkCoffee - anything but square
Hiding in my Craftroom - freestyle
Papertake - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - anything goes.

Sugar-Coated Spring

Hi everyone. Will keep try this post short & sweet as my computer has been playing up & I have so much to try to do on it before it changes it's mind about being cooperative again!

Do any of you recall the decorating paint that was 'Hint of a Tint'? This card is something along those lines, not all white but colours ever so pale & subtle. It is my take on a Spring card - Spring under a heavy frost! It is probably difficult to see, but the delicately coloured papers have either floral elements or an overlapping arc shape which happen to sort of match my cut-work designs. The Cameo was in use yet again to create all those lacy layers, not to mention the flowers & butterflies. The bottom of the card front is actually several layers in itself so that the icy blue paper can peep through. The image is that fairy favourite of LOTV's, coloured with Promarkers & the finishing touches are given by dotting two sizes of pearls in relevant places.

The inside is all kitted out to coordinate too & you can see the lacy cut-work design which is actually on the card front but hiding behind some of the other elements. Decorated all over on the inside, the first flowers of Spring are scattered here & there on a shimmering pearlescent (snow) white background - but realistically the butterflies would be hard-pressed to make an appearance for some time yet - so this is certainly a bit of artistic licence. I suspect most flowers would be reluctant to emerge too here in the UK, LOL.

A lot going on on the inside of the card - but all nice & flat. Quite 'girly' looking too, I think.

So as the snow continues to come down (though were I live we have escaped very lightly this time), I hope you are all keeping warm & safe.

Tine :)

Challenges I wish to enter are:

CLP - design sketch
Lili's Little Fairies - colours of Spring
Sweetpea Stampers - spring colours
Digitally Sweet - Pastel / Spring (plus digital elements - papers & Silhouette Cameo cutter)
Crafty Bloggers Network - pastel or Spring
Incy Wincy - pastel colours
Love to Create - pastel colours
Creative Cutting Challenges (NL) - Spring
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - bring on Spring
Card Makin' Mamas - Spring Colours
Heck of a Challenge - Spring/butterflies & pearls
Melonheadz - Easter or Spring
Kaboodle Doodles - Easter or early Spring
I ♥ Promarkers - Spring is in the air
Digital Tuesday - Spring colours (+digi elements of papers & Silhouette Cameo)
Delicious Doodles - fairies
Everybody Art - fairy
Artistic Inspirations - fantasy
Crazy - fairies & flowers
Forever Friends (monthly) - flowers
Crafty Boots - flowers
Sweet Stampin' - lots of layers
Creative Corner - layers
Bunny Zoe - girly
Creative Cutting - anything goes (using cut-files)
Paper Shelter - anything goes
ABC - just as you like (anything goes).

Leaving - the box

This time I have created a box for my 'Leaving' card & all the cut-files I have used on this project are to coordinate with this particular card. To do this, I have recreated the part of the cut decoration of the card base edges around the sides of the box top & I also added a name plaque - cut in the same font as the welded name mat of the card.

I used the same papers (from Nitwits) as the card, not to mention the same Precious Moments image (I even managed to paper-piece the jacket as I had done previously even though it was a reduced size). The image was coloured with Promarkers at the same time as the one on the card to ensure I used exactly the same colours. I did create a different layout for this project though, even though elements echo those on the card to hint at what is enclosed within.

The card in the box.

The box base is kept plain & devoid of extra cut-work features but I do like to add a box liner - a perfect opportunity to add an extra sentiment which I hope the recipient will find meaningful.

Tine :)

Challenges:
CRAFT -  embossing (dotty embossing folder)
Crafts & Me - dies/punches (used Silhouette Cameo digi cutter)
Crafting Cafe - favourite colour - blue
Brown Sugar - greeting
Creative Corner - designer paper
Sweet Stamping - embossing
My Time to Craft - embossing
Sweet Stamps - embossing folder, dies (used Silhouette Cameo digi cutter) & stamp
Joanna Sheen - layer it up
Crafty Boots - any combination of old, new, borrowed, blue
Hotshot - anything but a card
Divas by Design - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Catch the Bug - anything goes
That Craft Place - anything goes
Paper Playtime - anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes (using scripture or uplifting sentiment).

Leaving - the card

I wanted to make a 'leaving card' so chose this Precious Moments image which seemed 'just right' & paper-pieced the jacket with matching papers (Nitwits) & coloured the rest of it using Promarkers. For the image's base mats I created a special 'named' cut-file, cutting it twice & off-setting one of those layers when layering up to give a 'shadowed' effect. I actually used cut-files for most of my layers using the print & cut feature - going with a combination of both rectangular & faintly rounded-rectangles and created my circular sentiment also using the Silhouette Cameo software.

..& on the inside.

The Cameo also cut my card-base in yet another file I had created myself, (well, that is the fun of the Cameo is it not? LOL), including the back of my card of course & I was very good & 'controlled' & managed to keep the insides nice & flat & without too many layers.  I also added a sentiment  - leaving room to add a hand-written signature later. I have also made a 'Leaving' box for this particular card which coordinates rather than matches the card (& have added the link to it if you happen to be interested).

Thanks for taking the time & visiting my blog today.

Tine :)

Challenges I wish to enter are:
Crafts & Me - dies/punches
Natalie & Amy's - die cuts (digi cutter)
Crafting Cafe - favourite colour - blue
Brown Sugar - greeting
Creative Corner - designer paper
SweetPea Stampers - digital stamp
Joanna Sheen - layer it up
Craft Your Passion - odd number of embellishments (sets of 3 gems, one gem on sentiment)
Crafty Boots - any combination of old, new, borrowed, blue
Divas by Design - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Catch The Bug - anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
That Craft Place - anything goes
Paper Playtime - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes (using scripture or uplifting sentiment).