Cosie's Creative Corner

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

Winter Chill Cabin in the Snow When I started this card it was 38C and my DH thought it was strange I was making a card about snow, cold and Winter. We have had a very hot summer so far. Bought a Stampers Anonymous stamp set by Tim Holtz called Holiday Drawings  last year and never  managed to make any cards with it for last Christmas but it was perfect for this challenge. I will have quite a few ready for next year as I just love this set. I stamped the image in the bottom right corner and used a sentiment from the same set. Went with my copics to colour the cabin a tried to keep it soft and cold looking. Added some snow with white enamel accents and then left it alone. I think I am finally getting the hang of CAS cards. Copics: Cabin: E001,13,37,71,Y04,17. Trees: E71,Yg63,67. Deer: N3,7. Snow: B0000,000,01, white gel pen. I used a copic sepia multiliner 0.3 for highlights on the cabin and Fence.

Enjoy the Journey Steampunk This was a fun ATC for me as I had never really embraced the steampunk look but I think I might have been missing out. Checked out Pinterest and Google then went looking for stamps. Was really surprised how many I found that was suitable and I had really not played with. Is this a sign I have far to many and should not be buying more? Don't really think that will happen. I started with a old piece of  background paper and tore it to fit a 31/2 X 21/2 piece of cardstock. Glued it down then coloured with distress inks. Stamped images from Stampers Anonymous Tiny Things  and Ultimate Grunge   by Tim Holtz but it needed more so used an old stamp from Urban Stamps by Docraft called Chronology (cogs) and the small Eiffel tower by Justjohanna. The extra embellishments are from my stash and a Tim Holtz Game Spinner.  The sentiment was computer generated. Distress inks used: Hickory Smoke Brushed Corduroy Vintage Photo Old Pa...

Lets take a Spin This card came about because I decided to clear off my work space. I found a pack with lots of home-made backgrounds that I guess I was probably going to use then they just got lost in the mess. I really like a few off them so the cleaning was relegated to later and this is the first card I made. I do a few male cards and as we belong to the Harley Owners Group I have lots of bike stamps that don't get used enough. This image is from Bombshell Stamps  and is nice and easy to colour and doesn't need much added to make a quick Card. Layered the image on some torn coloured CS, adhered to background paper then black card base. The sentiments are from the same set and the metal tag is from Tim Holtz idea-ology Word Bands...The desk is not much tidier but at least I got rid of one piece of paper and had fun. More cards will be on the way. Copics: Bike: C0,1,3,5,7,N3.5.9,R46,59. White Gel Pen Ground: W3,5.