Love to you

Hi there,

I have made a card which I have decided to call a Poem-Inspired Card. I have always loved poetry and loved the fact that each person can interpret a poem in a different way. I came across the sentences below and it inspired me to make this card.It would be great if you can play along and see how this extract from this poem can inspire you...If you do, please put a link in the comment section so I can see what you did.Thanks for visiting me today and stay and play...

"If things on earth may be to heaven resembled,
It must be love, pure, constant, undissembled."

Aphra Behn (1640–1689) from "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses"

I have used Hero stamp for the sentiment 'Love to you', Cardbase and patterned paper by SU. And the rose stamp is from Kitchen sink stamps.I hope you like it and if you have any questions, please just go ahead and ask.

Take care, and have a lovely week end!

Taslimah.

x

Hugs to you

This is a card I have made using the following: Great impression stamp(the flowery one-not sure what its called though), Hugs to you by Hero Arts, Carl corner punch, and watercolour pencils. I found this flower stamp to be quite unique and challenging. It looks simple but the minute I saw it I knew, I could do much more with it than just a stamped image.

So, I have decided to try rotating the image but, to my big surprise, even though the four middle corners meet to give a repeated image, however, the main flower in the picture doesn't give a mirror image. I do not understand why!If I didn't try this out, I would somehow think it would give a mirror image...but come to think of it now, the whole point of rotating it is to have a continuous rotating image and surely not mirror image!!(excuse my conception of rotation- I do not like maths). Anyway, if the image is found at the corner then it gives a mirror image.Does that make sense?Oh well, never mind!

I have stamped the images four times, coloured them in and used a water brush to slightly go over the colour. Then I cut them out and placed them on a piece of orange card and decide on the size of my orange card . I stamped the hugs to you message four times around the square along the edge of the orange card. I punched out the corners. I then placed some 3D sticky foam under the four squares and stick them down to give a raised effect. I used some double sided tape to secure the orange card onto my greeting card. I think, I do not need any more embellishemnt to go with it.

I think its high time we get some colour coordinated sticky foam pad, don't you think so??

I hope you like it!

Take care,

x.x.x

Tassy

Kitchen Sink Stamps

This is a project I have made a few weeks ago but I didn't get the chance to upload them simply because I was dealing with too many things at once and really didn't have the energy to do so......And now I thought I would catch up on things that have been lying on my shelf for too long, far too long!

I have used the 3 Steps -Hearts and Roses from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I found these stamps very different and this is what really attracted me to them. And they were really fun to use. It gives you the push to think outside the box and play with colours and tones. It is called 3 steps for the very reason that you will achieve the final stamped imagine in three steps. Gosh, I should have taken a photograph of what I mean. Well, I had lots of fun using them and I think they are so versatile that you can do so many projects with them. The acrylic stamps are really strong and they give nice clear print. I love them!

I made this project specially for Suzanne (LiquidIllusion) who has been a great support for me in my time of 'don't-talk-to-me-I-dunno-what-I'm-doing!'. She has constantly been in touch, letting me know she is thinking of me, asking me when I am posting new things as she finds my work inspiring.....These words meant a lot for me. So I wanted to thank her and show her how much I appreciate her friendship. The only reason I couldn't send this over to her was because (well its a long story but hopefully I will manage to send them soon). So for now, I will share with you what I have made with Kitchen sink stamps and also, what Suzanne will be receiving from me!:) Thank you Suzanne and hugs to you!

I was also experimenting with taking shots during the day and since the sun was shining I thought I would include them in my pics....Im just playing around to find different ways of presenting a project....sorry about that!


This is a complete gift set with the box, gift tag, small bag and card.

I have made this small bag with an envelope. I have made the envelope using craft brown paper using an enveloper score board...then I made this bag-a-lope following instructions on youtube from a stampin'up demo...Im sorry I cannot remember the link now but if you are interested , let me know or I will put a link later....If I remember:)
And of course I have stamped the roses on a piece of pink card and attached them to the front of the bag, front and back actually.

Looks like the season of pink and brown to me as this is what I seem to be doing right now, pink and brown!!!!I have stamped the roses and leaves onto pink card, mounted onto brown card then onto pink again.The card itself is pink here. Finished off with pink ribbons and hugs to you sentiments from Hero Arts.

I have made this box using the Eazi Score board where you can make a hexagonal box within minutes.

Look, even I do not like fussy bits and pieces with glue, I have managed to do the edges and corners quite neatly. So trust me when I say , this is not hard at all!

If I am doing something, my obsession of having it perfect overtake my mind. And sometimes, instead of having fun, I am too stress about having a perfect finish project. But I can say that with this one, I didn't have to try too hard. The score board allows you to be more relaxed, you only have to do the cutting and sticking the edges together. Lotsa fun!

I hope you like it! and most of all, Suzanne, hope you like it!

Sweet and simple Friendship

I told you , there will be a few cards from me...

When I made my Nestabilities card, I used a Hero Arts stamp. It is an image which comes with a frame and a middle message. I have used the middle message for my previous card so I thought I should still use the frame. I made this card by stamping the image sweet and simple on dotty paper(DCWV glitter stack), then I used the frame(I already cut the middle section out) and used foam pad to layer on top of my image. I used a corner rounder and did some matting and layering. Finished off with another Hero Art stamp 'friendship'. I kept it simple and I like it!

Have a purrfect day!

Its the time for a new challenge at PCJ. This week it was my turn to set the challenge. Quote:'This week is Tassy's turn to pick a subject - 'Black, White & Red'My challenge is called 'Black, White & Red' and I'd like you use in a project of your choice'

Don't forget, Each week the Design Team will choose the best uploaded picture and that person will receive a 15% discount code for our on-line store and sister site, CraftyCarrot.com (should an international crafter be selected, the cost of shipping will apply to the order. Also you must be registered separately with www.craftycarrot.com).

Have you ever given it a go at PCJ? Well why not try this challenge out? Its fun....if you want to see the other Design team's take for this challenge, have a look HERE.

I have used Hero Arts Dots stamp set to make the background of the card, using black and red ink.The stamp is from Pink Cat stamps which I really like and the wording also is from the Pink cat set. I have stamped the image three times so I could cut and layered part of the image, like the flower on the hat, the cat and scarf and mounted them with foam pad.

S for Sweetness

This is my take for the 5th papercraft junkies challenge which can be found HERE....Come and Play with us.

I have used Hero Arts Dots stamps for the background of the card, the smaller square has been done using alcholic inks. If you want to know more about this technique, scroll down as I have more info on them. The icecream is a stamped image from Stampendous. I finished off with Chipboad letter S, mini paper flower, some ribbons and the word sweetness from Hero Arts again. Hope you like it!

Very vintage

I have been asked to do a card which is vintage but not too vintage for my friend's friend!

I hope I have managed to meet up to her expectations:)

I have used See D's stamps set vintage to do the dress and Hero Arts stamps for the Sweet and Simple one...I have warned you that you will see this stamp on almost all of my cards as Im going a bit mad with it! And I have chalked the image using red and brown and the dress has been coloured in using watercolour pencils and a water brush.

Yummy Cakes

I am not a very brilliant blogger as even though I really wish I could blog everyday, I can't. I will try and be very good this week....Anyway, I had my eyes on those lovely stampendous stamps - Sweet delights - for a while and finally managed to buy them from thestampman.co.uk. I think its a lovely and cute design.

I have stamped the image once , then a second time. I've coloured the image with water colour pencils and use a waterbrush to create a watercolour effect. I've cut out a few cakes on the second one and mounted them with sticky foam pad on the first one to create a 3D image.I've mounted them onto a lovely gingham paper from the spring stack (DCWV) and use a Hero Arts script messages to spell the word sweetness. Im loving these messages and don't be surprised if you see them on my cards at the moment:)

Thank you in pink

Thank you

I miss you

A little something - TAG

Thank you

Get well soon

Spring Time

A little something

A little something