A 21st Birthday Album for Lauren

I have another 21st album to share from a client order all the way from the United Kingdom. I received the order just before going on the craft retreat a few weeks ago and I was able to work on the album at the retreat. I made this album vintage style in keeping with the album she saw on my blog. The album is quite easy to make with two pieces of cardstock joined to make a concertina album. The pages within the album are all 6.5x6.5 patterned paper from Kaisercraft. All my patterned paper pads at home are all missing pages with not many patterns on them!! I painted the numbers with Kaisercraft paint and heat embossed the Hero Arts Leafy Vines background stamp in gold. The edges are sponged with gold paint - all the materials I used are listed below.
I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Things with Wings and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
Papers - Kaisercraft Curiosity
Paint - Kaisercraft, Viva Decor Gold paint
Stamps - Hero Arts Leafy Vines, Antique Flower, Antique Butterflies, Penny Black Soft Wings, Altenew Beautiful Day
Dies - MFT Butterfly
Washi Tapes from MT and Kaisercraft
Brass key from Tim Holtz Ideology collection
Wooden Letters from Kaisercraft
Inks - Ranger Archival Coffee, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Versamark
EP - Hero Arts Gold EP

50th Birthday card

I've got a few significant birthday cards to make this month. This is the first of the 50th card. This one is for a client. I used left over papers from the Kaisercraft Curiosity collection and the sketch from Retro Sketches. I'm also adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes challenge. I'll be back for more...

Materials used:
Kaisercraft Curiosity 6x6 pad, Hero Arts sentiment and gold embossing powder, MFT Dienamics Big Numbers, Fishtail banner and flower dies, Gold vellum, Hemptique hemp, gold and red card stock and Lil Inkers stitched squares dies.

Runway Case

It has been 10 days since my last blog entry! Well, we have been very busy since Easter due to a wedding with guests coming from overseas. It feels so good to get back into the craft room again! I could not resist the current combined RIC58 and CAS(E) this Sketch #73 challenge. I'm also adding this card to the Hero Arts April sketch challenge - Sketch #1 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything goes challenge.. Here is my card and thanks for dropping by!

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Ingredients

Card - Via Vellum Kraft

Paper - Kaisercraft Curiosity, Collectables - Miss Match

Stamp - Hero Arts CL574

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Others - True Hemp from Hemtique, MME enamel dots

Vintage 50th Birthday Card

This is a card I made for someone at work and I wanted to make a vintage style card just to break away from all the modern CAS cards I have been making. This is an extra large card A5 21x14cm (8x5.5") made with papers from Kaisercraft with a little bit of stamping using the current Retro sketch #89. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:
Canson Colorline card, Neenah Desert Storm, Kaisercraft Curiosity 12x12, Collectables Miss Match, Lace tape and blossom, MFT Dienamics Numbers, Cherry Lynn Designs Doily die, Hero Arts CL574, Darkroom Door French Script, Hero Arts Cup O'Joe, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Ranger Archival Jet Black and chevron twill ribbon.

Curiosity?

The Kaisercraft Curiosity collection is finally out! A few months ago, I submitted some cards to Kaisercraft for the 2013-2014 DT call and I got into the second round (Top 20)... I think I might have been #20. Anyway we were given some 12x12 papers from two new collections and had to make a card and a layout out of each collection. I'm showing my submissions for the Curiosity collection below. The photo I used in the layout was one that I took of all the cousins from my side of the family, taken at a wedding last year. My son is the only male, the girls are my sister's and brother's children.It's a rare shot of them all as one of my nieces live in Sydney and the rest are here in Melbourne.  I'm also linking this to Simon Says Stamp's Anything Goes Challenge and Moxie Fab World's It's Completely Collagical challenge.

The projects that got through were fantastic, so I'm not surprised mine wasn't in the running. I was encouraged to try again.
As I had left over papers, I made a 'Sympathy' card for someone from work. As a lot of people had to sign it, I made it A4 size using heavy duty Canson Colorline cardstock as the base It's a struggle to make big sized cards as a lot of the smaller stamps will not work. I went for my biggest flower stamp, the PTI Year of the Flowers Rose stamp and this seems to fill up the card quite nicely. Banners always work well for these big cards as well.

MFW Tuesday Trigger - It's Completely Collagical!

Ingredients:
Kaisercraft Curiosity 12x12 used in all projects
DT Card
Neenah Desert Storm, Fiskars lacey punch, MS Butterfly punch, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Tim Holtz Distress Gathered Twigs
DT Layout
MT Tape, MS Butterfly punch, Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers, MFT Dienamics Scallop Die, Hemp from Hemptique, Kaisercraft pearls and pearl brads, Tim Holz Distress Gathered Twigs
Sympathy Card
Canson Colorline card, Kaisercraft Miss Match 12x12, Kaisercraft Recollectables These Days, Hero Arts CL508 and CG509, PTI Year of the Flowers Roses stamp, HA Cup O'Joe, Tim Holtz Distress Gathered Twigs

Sketchbook Saturday Wedding Card

Here is my second wedding card that I made for my work colleague! It is an A4 size card which I often have problems with - this is why I don't scrapbook! I wanted to avoid banners as I usually resort to when I have no mojo! When I saw Chupa's sketch on the weekend, I wanted to see if it would work in an A4 format. I've used Kaisercraft's new Curiosity collection which is being revealed in CHA in Las Vegas this week. It is not yet available in the shops. I've made a few cards already with this collection and I just love the colours! Here is my card and the Saturday sketch below it.
I had a query about the vellum I used in this post. I bought this a while ago and I'm not sure if Daiso still stocks them as some of their craft items seem to change whenever I go there. It is not available online. I believe they do have some stores in the US. It's great to shop there for various crafty items. I get my containers, misters, tweezers, washi tapes, origami papers,etc... Although the items are only $2.80 each, when I check out at the counter.... $$$... ka-ching!!!
I'm looking forward to the Craft and Quilt Fair tomorrow. I'm taking a well deserved day off to attend and I've also booked myself in for a class with Prudence Mapstone, so really looking forward to doing a bit of knitting and crochet with her.
Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:
Canson Colorline cardstock, Kaisercraft Curiosity 12x12, Kaisercraft Collectables Timeless Icons and These Days, Kaisercraft Flourish Stampset, Ranger Archival Coffee, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, PTI Big Bold Wishes and Kaisercraft rhinestones