New release Darkroom Door Film Frame

Love this new frame stamp from Darkroom Door - it's an awesome film frame, and is fantastic for framing photographs (or important parts of photos!).

 

 

Here I have used it to frame a photochip of a couple from the Venetian collection:

 

 

I stamped the film frame onto some acetate, which made it a breeze to position it onto the card. It's such a romantic image, exactly what I needed for an anniversary card.

 

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Moustache Cards in Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft

I had fun making a couple of moustache cards that appear in the latest issue of Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft:

 

Click on the pic below to get to the magazine website:

Thanks for looking!

New Darkroom Door Brick Wall Background Stamp

Now, I know I said that the Sunshine background was my favourite, but check out this brick wall background stamp:

Exactly what I needed in my crafting arsenal! Something to use with all the boy cards I need to make yay! 

Here it is used with one of the images from the Skater stamp set:

Isn't it the perfect grungey background for a boy themed card?

For this background, I chose some patterned paper and then covered it in a thin layer of gesso. While it was wet, I stamped the Brick Wall Background into it and left it to dry. Then I sponged some Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges, and stamped the word 'Skater' with Coffee Archival ink.

To complete the card, the skater image was stamped with Coffee Archival ink onto kraft cardstock, then fussy cut. I also made a second generation impression of the words 'Born to SK8' int he top right hand corner to look like faded graffiti.

Thanks for stopping by, and as always, I'm happy to answer any questions.

New Darkroom Door Sunshine Background

Of all the gorgeous new release rubber from Darkroom Door, I would have to say this stamp has me the most excited. It's the Sunshine Background stamp, and I'll say now that you'll be seeing lots of this one in my future:

 

For now, I have this card to show you:

 

 

I've combined one of the hottest trends (neon) with my favourite alphabet, the Alphabet Medley set to make this encouragement card.

 

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Photobooth Layout

I wanted to scrap one of the many many photos we took at a recent wedding. They hired a photobooth, and invited the guests to go to town with it (and we did LOL).

The photos we took were in black and white, so colour matching was a breeze. I chose pink with black and white - one of my classic favourite colour combos. I used Bazzill cardstock, Spellbinder dies, Glimmermist colour sprays and some gesso to achieve the look:

The full details and a couple of close-ups are on the DownUnder Direct Inspiration Blog, so pop on over for a look if you're interested.

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Spellbinders cards

Time to update this blog with a couple of cards I made for DownUnder Direct.

Here's the first card:

 

A little heat embossing of the JustRite Stamps butterfly, some distress stain and white gel pen dots. You can read all about this card on the DownUnder Direct Inspiraton blog.

 

The next card uses the dressform shape as a window. Behind the window is an array of little white buttons:

 

Note the embossed calico piece too. Information for this card can be found here.

Thanks for stopping by today, and as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

May Challenge at CCAYR

New month (mind you, I'm sitting here scratching my head wondering what happened to April!), time for a new challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round.

 The theme this month is Gingerbread - Create a card featuring gingerbread men/woman. To add a little interest your card must also include ribbon and at least 3 buttons.

Here's my card:

The prize this month is 4 files (images or cut files) from Platypus Creek Digitals.

Samples from the rest of the design team can be found here.

Hope you can join us!