Tinstar Designs

It’s a bit unusual for me to get crafty mid-week but I had some spare time last night.

First up is a card for The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #141

For this card I used a stamp from Katzelkraft, which I watercoloured in and added to a card front with my PC generated sentiment. I also added a sentiment for the inside of the card (to slightly softed to blow!)

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Next up is a card for Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies – August

I used the Stampin Up Frosted Frames dies to create this wreath from green glitter paper. Nice and easy with a banner across the middle and a si=oft white bow.

Next is a card for TGIF Challenge #225.

I stamped and embossed my Concord & 9th floral image on black cardstock. I then selectively coloured some of the petals and leaves with white chalk and then used pink, blue and yellow inks over the top for a really subtle look using the inspiration photo colours.

Lastly is a card for CAS Christmas – August – Glitter.

I created an alcohol ink background panel with a bit of gold flakes and a gold embossed sentiment over the circle feature.

Well that’s it for today. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Marsha is our host with an anything goes masculine challenge this week!

For my card I created a stencilled background using my Oxide Inks, used a banner for the sentiment and added a bit of black and white twine

Come join in the fun and make a masculine card. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 27th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 26th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Well hello and welcome to week 3 0f my Guest Designer roll over at Just Us Girls. This week we have a colour challenge for you – it’s all about hot pink, red and grey.

I’ve been having fun lately with sponging and stencils, so thought this technique was good for this colour challenge. I used my Altenew layered dahlia stencil set with Catherine Pooler Designs ink in Rose Petals and Rouge on a grey card panel. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions ‘Simply Strips’. As you can see, my pink and red are from the darker more muted spectrum, but I do like the look on the grey base.

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 23rd August(Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 22nd August (US Eastern Standard time) .

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

It’s the weekend again and I’ve got some time to get crafty while Miss K is having a sleep over at a friend’s place.

First up is a card for 2 challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge – Only One Third
• CAS Colours & Sketches #334

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For this card I used Stampin Up products – stamp set ‘Beautiful Friendship’, inks Grapefruit Grove, Coastal Cabana and Basic Black, the Subtle embossing folder and some Coastal Cabana ribbon. I love this EF and will be using it a lot more.

Next up is a card for another 3 challenges:

• AAA Cards #146 – Made in Minutes
• Cardz 4 Galz #103 – Wings
• Seize the Birthday #172 – Butterflies

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Again I used Stampin Up products – stamp set ‘Butterfly Wishes’; inks in Fresh Fig, Rioch Razzleberry, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake and Basic Black. I added a few diamantes for a little bit of bling. The large butterflies are punched out and popped up for some dimension.

Lastly is a card for 2 challenges:

• Just Add Ink #470 – No Stamping
• The Male Room #117 – Birthday

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This time I used a Stampin Up Memories & More kit ‘Come Sail Away’ for this card. I chose a variety of papers, one of the sentiments and added a charm and this card was done!

Well that’s it for today. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Dawn is our host with an all about occasions challenge this week!

I created a card for a friend of Miss K’s who’s having a 13th birthday this weekend. I used a die set from CAS-ual Fridays called ‘Huggable Critters’ and I’ve used no stamps on this card, just card stock with some sponged ink.

Come join in the fun and make a card for an occasion of your choice. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 20th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 19th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Well, this month we have another challenge over at Sweet Stampin’ Christmas challenge blog with an optional twist to use snow people on your project.

I used a Bugaboo digital image which i coloured with my Stampin Blends, mounted on some black cardstock and then a white card base. This is a small 10 x 10 card perfect for a gift.

Come join in our fun and add to your Christmas card stash. Visit the challenge blog to check out the inspiration the other CaSSettes have made. Link up your card by 3am 11th September (Melbourne time) or 6pm 6pm 10th September (UK time).

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Well hello and welcome to week 2 0f my Guest Designer roll over at Just Us Girls. This week is a milestone for the challenge, we’ve reached 500 challenges – woot woot!

Since it’s a milestone challenge, we have 3 give-a-ways from CAS-ual Fridays $25 gift code,  STAMPlorations $25 gift code and Dare 2B Artzy $15 gift code for 3 random drawn winners.  

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So, let’s get started with this week’s challenge, which a trend week challenge to use circles on your card.

I’ve been playing around with some colouring of critters and I just loved how cute this little mouse was from Katzelkraft and thought he’d look adorable on a card that looked like swiss cheese!

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 16th August(Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 15th August (US Eastern Standard time) .

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Karen is our host with feminine anything goes challenge this week!

I created an alcohol ink background, which is sort of a shimmery coral colour. I then die cut a floral frame from back cardstock and layered them together onto a black card base. i added the sentiment from Taylored Expressions ‘Simple strip background’ and the card was done!

Come join in the fun and make a feminine card. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 13th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 12th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Well hello and welcome to today’s post. It’s time for another challenge over at Get Creative Challenges where its Anything Goes with no optional twist this month.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:  

• Drawn by Krista
• Chubby Mermaid
• Oddball Art

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I have used an image from Drawn by Krista called ‘Sea Creatures’ that comes with 4 images; a shark, octupus, seahorse and fish. I decided to use the shark only and coloured him in with my Stampin Blends, cut him out with my Scan’n’Cut and popped him on top of a distress inked background. The sentiment I made on my PC – I recommend you read it as if you’re listening to the movie Jaws!

Check out the Get Creative Challenge blog for details on the sponsor prizes and links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your anything goes project by 1pm Monday 1st September (Melbourne time) or 11pm Sunday 31st August (US Eastern Standard time)

I’m also entering this card over at:

• Cut It Up Challenge #179 – Critters
• Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers – S for Sea
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #29

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Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s Sunday here in Melbourne and that means I’m in my craft room while the rest of the house is sleeping in! I love the quiet time to be able to create and get myself ready for the week ahead.

My first card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches #399 challenge.

When I saw this sketch, I knew exactly the stamp set i wanted to use – Your Next Stamp’s ‘Photo Booth’. I die cut some squares from my frint panel and stamped 3 of the images on the background card, then coloured them with my Stampin Blends, added the sentiment to the top panel and mu9nted it with foam tape.

Next up is a card for TGIF Challenges #223, which is a beautiful colour challenge.

I used a stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays called ‘Be a Unicorn’ which lends itself beautifully to this colour combination. I stamped the unicron and then ink smooshed the colours over her, added the sentiment, a bit of gold ink to the horn, then mounted the panel on a white card base and the card was done.

Well, seems like the rest of the house is waking up so time to pack up my crafty goodies.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.