Cosie's Creative Corner

Happy Birthday Managed to get some time to craft and decided to enter this weeks Color throwdown.  I stamped this image awhile ago and thought it would be great to use my zigs marker for a change. Not the colours I would usually choose but like the way it turned out. The paper is from and old Echo park 6 x 6 pad called Times and Seasons and sentiment from a Darkroom stamp set  that I embossed and cut out. It has a great selection of birthday sentiments in different fonts. Added some twine and sequins for some extra interest. 

Motor Bike Adventure It has been so hot this Summer that we haven't done as much riding as we normally do. When the temp has been in the 40 degree Celsius range for days it is just too uncomfortable and I don't like the heat at all. Give me the cold weather any time. This was an easy card to make as there is no colouring, just layers. Lots of fussy cutting and I love that came together so well. The sentiments are from Dark Room Door word strips but are no longer available and the bike was cut from an old piece of wrapping paper that I couldn't throw out. Have a few bikes left and they make great male cards. The rest of the layers were all fussy cut from bits and pieces left from a kit I picked up a few years ago at a craft fair.   I find it hard to throw anything away and usually find a way to use them eventually. Entering this in the Outlawz twisted Thursday Challenge

Nap Time My card for this months challenge was a rushed one as I left it to the last minute as usual. It's the National Folk Festival here in Australia and I have my four day pass so I just about ran out of time. I haven't missed one since they moved it permanently to Canberra 20 odd years ago. The image was coloured with copics and then fussy cut and adhered to the background. Used distress oxide and a Darkroom Door stamp called gum tree to make the background then this was framed with patterned paper from a Kaiser 6 x 6 pad called base coat. Copics: Cat: R000,E11,47,49. Mouse: W1,3,5,R20. Cactus & Pot: G20,21,24,YR00,R01,05,08,B21,24,41. Books Flat: B95,97,BV25,E000,11,25,27,YG97. Books Upright: RV69,91,93,99,N5,7,9,R59,89,BG53,57,75,78. Tree: E71,74. 

Sending Hugs It's taking me a while to get back into my craft room after Christmas and I am late as usual with this months challenges. Today I decided to do a distress ink background and surprise I actually like it so it spurned me on to colour up the lovely image for the Outlawz monthly challenge. The image is from Di's Digis and it was fun to colour. I stamped a tree from the  Darkroom door   set Gum trees using a dauber to ponce the ink onto the stamp then a fine brush to paint the trunk to finish the background. Fussy cut the image and adhered it to the card after stamping the sentiment from a Create a Smile set - Just Because then added some glossy accents to the cupcake and ribbon. I did use my prisma pencils for some shading as the bunny looked like it was floating. Copics:  Bunny: W00,1,3,5,7,R01. Clothes: G12,14,16,BG000,B14. Ribbon: R43,59. Cupcake: E23,25,27,R000,21,22. Trolley: B93,97,99,E23,27.

The Journey Have been so busy with my daughters move back to Canberra that I just haven't had time to post on the blog. I did get some cards and my ATC done. Here is the ATC. Last month the topic for the monthly ATC was Geography so the theme was wide open. Maps and compasses, travel theme, landscapes images so there was plenty to choose from. I choose a Darkroom door world map background stamp  and used the Australian portion for the background that I coloured using distress inks. Stamped the sentiment from the Tim Holtz discontinued Journey set and the postal stamp (unknown) directly onto the background. Stamped the aeroplane (Urban Crafter) and suitcases (Tiddly inks) on scrap card, coloured with Zig markers and fussy cut them out and mounted them with dimensional tape.     The finished ATC

Spread Your Wings. This month the Image is designed by Mary Smith for Createful Heart Digis and on the Progressive  Freebie team. It is a lovely image and great to colour. I did have to Google hummingbirds as I had no idea what colours they where and there are a lot. I printed two, coloured one with my copics and just the bird on the second image. Used a Spellbinders circle die to cut it out and then placed a die from Kaiser called circle vines over the top and trimmed it to fit. I made sure the bud and the bird tail were not cut cut so they could hang over the die to give it some dimension. Added the second bird with mounting tape after I fussy cut it out, fixed to a purple card base and a nice clean and simple card to add to my stash. Copics:  Flowers: V04,BV11,13,17,YR68. Leaves & Stems: G12,14,24,28,29. Bird: E11,13,44,47,G24,YG41,N9. Shadow: N1,C0.

1920's Chic The challenge at Addicted to stamps this fortnight is to use a number and this is my entry. This very chic lady is from a Darkroom door set titled 1920's Chic and I die cut the numbers with an old cuttle bug set and made them a focal point. Coloured the image with copics, fussy cut it out and adhered her over another stamp from the same set. I stamped the words twice with memento London Fog ink as I wanted them to be in the background.  Copics: Skin: E50,51,53,R20. Dress: R17,22,29,C9. Belt: N1,7,100.

G'day from Sydney There is a new challenge up at Less is More and it's all about the alphabet. I have had a small background stamp from Hampton Art by 7gypsies that I have never used and thought this challenge would be the perfect time to ink it up.  First I stamped the Sydney Opera House from Darkroom Door onto a piece of white cardstock, stamped it again on masking paper and cut it out. Placed the mask over the image, stamped the cities of the world background using my Misti to make sure I had a good impression. I then stamped the g'day from the same Darkroom Door set and attached it to a black card base. Was going to just have it all white but I think I like the contrast of the black. This must be the first card in months I have not coloured  my image and I glad I tried something different.

The Tree of Life Some-one ask me what is your style the other day and I really had no idea. I tend to make cards of different styles for specific people or a request from some-one. Lately they have been more CAS and I am enjoying the results.  I still struggle a bit doing these cards but the challenges are helping . My first card uses a stamp from Darkroom Door called Trees and the sentiment is from the same set. Used distress inks in blue, green and yellow and stamped the tree over it when it was dry. Used the heat gun as I like the way it moves the colour around and it gives it some nice patterns. Mounted it on a blue card base and one down. The second card is similar but I used green , yellow and orange. The stamp is another Darkroom Door set called Wildflowers Vol 1 . They have some lovely sets that are great for this type of card. I adhered the card front to a green piece of cardstock then to a white card base. The cards do look white in real life. I am e...

Memories When I saw the colours for the Tuesday colour challenge this image just popped into my head. Haven't entered it for awhile but had to use the Old Truck from Darkroom Door and it is an old favourite, especially for male cards. The image was stamped on yellow paper then I used my distress inks to colour it up and then prisma pencils for some definition. The same paper was used for the backing and I tore the edge for some contrast, added some twine before adhering it to a black card base. The sentiment is from a kaiser set called True romance. The title doesn't seem to match masculine cards but love that the sentiments give a tile look. This was such a quick and easy card to make and I think it matches the colour criteria.

Winter Trees Friday was such a wet miserable day so had lots of time to have a play with my distress inks.  Made a few panels and decided to stamp some winter trees to match the day and these two are my favourites. The colours on the first one are twisted citron, mustard seed and spiced marmalade and the tree is from Darkroom Door  appropriately called Winter Tree. The second card combo is peeled paint, tumbled glass, stormy sky and faded jeans and the stamp is Silhouette Oak Tree by Sheena Douglass . Nice and simple cards and helped pass a miserable wet day.