Time Warp

Now that I know my ATC arrived safely to its destination, I thought I'd better blog about it.  The theme for March was "Time Warp", so I decided I'd try to imitate the black and red colours on the cover of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" album.

Originally I was trying to drip both red and black inks on white card, but that just looked awful, and then it occurred to me to use a red piece of card for the ATC and drip black Dylusions ink which looked much better, with a little bit of spattering added.   In browsing a scrapbooking store I came across a chipboard 'film strip and camera' which was the right size and would be in keeping with the Rocky Horror movie.  I carefully went around the film strip with a black Sharpie pen, sponged the camera with Archival 'watering can' ink, and the surrounding circle with a silver pen.  I adhered acetate behind the film strip.

I stamped "Gooseneck" onto white card with 'watering can' and cut to shape matching the film strip.  I added the words 'Time Warp' with Kaisercraft adhesive letters and finished with a black mat (which is actually the correct ATC size).

For a little extra something for my recipient, I made an easel card using the same colours.  I couldn't help but think that Gooseneck reminds me a little of Susan Sarandon as 'Janet', what do you think?

The background stamp on both the ATC and the card is a Tim Holtz stamp 'time' from his Components Collection.

Happy crafting!

21st Birthday

A few weeks ago, you may remember I helped my friend and her daughter make 21st birthday invitations.  Well, the 21st Birthday party was on Saturday night, which unfortunately I wasn't able to go to as I was away  for the weekend.  As it was a family invitation my DH, DS#1 and DS#2 joined in the celebrations and a good time was had by all.

This is the card I made for her 21st.  I continued the invitation theme (a masquerade cocktail party) with the same colour card and mask (she had cut tiny masks without the feather which were put onto each invitation) and made an easel card.

Although it is hard to see, next to the key stamped in concord crush is the word 'Congratulations' from SU "Well Scripted".  The mask and dress came pre-made and just needed attaching to the card.

The Mother's Group girls and I had a lovely relaxing weekend away at Terrigal.  The weather was perfect for autumn and we had lunch at the beach, went for a couple of leisurely walks and visited a fruit winery, very different but quite nice.

This was the view overlooking Terrigal from the verandah of the house where we stayed.

Have a crafty day!

Easel Card

Another of my favourite types of card to make is an Easel Card.  Really easy to construct, folds flat for postage and displays well without bending or falling over.    This one was made using all Stampin' Up! products.  Stamps used are: Eastern Blooms; Heard from the Heart; and Bird Builder punch for the leaves.

Have a crafty day!