Kaszazz Christmas owl card

I'm involved in a Global Card swap group and we had to make a Christmas card to send to our partner. Lucky it was only one card! I have got so much use out of one particular Christmas Stamp from Kaszazz and that is the Christmas Hat. It is sensational, because you can turn any ordinary stamp into a Christmas one! Great value for money. I think I'll make up some more examples so you can see the versatility of it. All stamps used were Kaszazz. I stamped the poinsettia flower twice on scrapbook paper of corresponding colours. This just gave them a little bit more texture. It's quite fun stamping onto scrapbook paper. I then used coloured pencils to bring some depth into the stamps. I layered the petals on top. In the centre, I used gold smooch to bring some sparkle. Oliver owl is coloured in using a combo of Tria markers and coloured pencils. He also has some smooch highlights. The base of the card is white, with red essentials  card stock (I think!) . I used the cuttlebug to make a leafy design on the background, and I used nestabilities dies to cut out the background as well as the inside of the card. For the white parts on the hat, I used glossy accents and sprinkled with fairy dust. 
This was such fun to make, but I would only make a few I think! I'm going to see if I can turn some other stamps into Christmas ones, using the Santa hat!
Bye for now.
Deb x

Floral 100th Birthday card

Recently I was commissioned to make this card for a 100th Birthday. What an honour! I was able to also see pictures when the lovely lady received her card, she looked so lovely surrounded by a large family. I had to make it a big card so all could easily write in it- so it's A4 size. I confess I did buy one packet of small flowers, but I made the rest. It was so much fun creating these flowers. If you're wanting to know how to do that, head over to www.kaszazz.com and click on information sheets (I think), you will be able to see how to do some really great flowers. I know that when you receive a card it can bring you such pleasure, but I've got to say, it gives me even more pleasure to make them.
I hope you have a fantastic day
Take care
Deb x

Dragon card

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted! Sorry about that. I'm going to set up a schedule I think, so that I can be disciplined in my creating. I made this dragon card for a copic card competition. It was so much fun getting acquainted with my copic markers again- loved it. The dragon stamp is from Sweet pea stamps , the roses were made with a memory box die and the ivy and the words are stamps from Kaszazz, as is the paper. Quite a simple card yet effective. I've been doing a lot of colour experimentation lately doing paintings and art journaling, so I think it's trickled over onto my cards!
I hope you have an awesome weekend and get some creative juices flowing.
Take care
Deb
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Mermaid flower card

I just love this La la land crafts stamp of  mermaid Marci. It is always so much fun to colour in and create with her. I did this card for a friend who was leaving and she loves wearing flowers in her hair. The base card is from a pink pack by Kaszazz. I embossed the white card on the cuttlebug to create the frame. The mermaid is cut out and stuck down. (I think) The writing is just mine. The flower is created using retro daisy punches, spritz them with water (not too much) and then using tweezers, curl them into the centre of each petal. This gives 'sausage' type rolls of each petal. When you've done 3 large and 2 medium , then you're ready to build the flower. Finish it off with a diamante or some enamel accents.
The image was coloured in with Tria markers.
Hope you enjoyed and are feeling inspired to create !
Take care
Deb
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Welcome Little One card

I made this sometime ago for a friend who was having a baby. This card was a little larger than average because it needed space for lots of people to write. The pram is just a circle cut in half. The circles can be punched with the circle punch or rolled through the cuttlebug using nestibilities. With the yellow half circle, I used a texture embossing folder on some yellow cardstock and then rolled it through the cuttlebug to get a smaller circle shape to fit in. I did use mounting tape on the pram to lift it from the background making it stand out more. I stamped a Kaszazz giraffe stamp , coloured it in with lyra crayons and a water brush. The rest is quite self explanatory with the embossing and layering , pearl embellishments and ribbon.
I'd like to challenge you today to look in your scraps draw, find some patterned paper and see if you can use it on a card.... centre everything around this paper. Have fun !
Have a great weekend.
Take care
Deb
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Magical castle Card

 

When I got this great castle stamp, I had no idea how I was going to use it! This card just evolved over time. I coloured in the castle using Tria markers, the ivy, which is a separate Kaszazz stamp and the little front mushroom were all in tria markers. I then used the brick embossing folder for the cuttlebug and created a texture behind. The word " magical moments' is a kaszazz stamp.
Once all the elements of this card were all together, I added sparkle using ice stickles so that it gave it a more magical feeling. I think the challenge we face with some stamps is to see how many ways we can use them. Do you have a stamp that you're not sure you know what to do with?? Why don't you share and lets see if we can come up with some suggestions.
Well, I hope you have a magical week filled with sparkle.
Take care
Deb
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You are fabulous...

I just love this fairy image! She is from Whimsy stamps and called 'Silver Fairy'. It's definitely one of my favourites. There are several layers to this card. I used Kaszazz shield die for the craft colour background, the circle punch for the moon and a memory box die for the dandelion type image, which is actually called Chloe Stem. The grass die is also from memory box. They make great dies which come in handy little envelopes to store them in too. I coloured the image in using Tria markers and highlighted certain parts using Ice stickles. I used distress inks to colour the chloe stem and the shield. I then just layered them all together on a white card with the words "you are fabulous" , which is a mini messages stamp from Kaszazz.
Had a lot of fun creating this card. So, my challenge to you is, create a card using several layers which creates a bit of a scene . (and I do mean landscape- not a dramatic event!! )
Hope you are having a creative week.
Take care
Deb
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Sunset Forest card

I have quite a few stencils and must say, I don't play with them as much as I'd like. I used this tree stencil with distress inks and blenders. The colours used were fired brick, spiced marmalade and mustard. After creating, I cut it out and did a subtle highlight of black soot on the edges. I then tied this kaszazz grosgrain ribbon around it and stamped 'it's your birthday' on a small strip of card, edging it with black soot. I adhered the forest scene to a white card and then mounted it onto a base orange card from the kaszazz range.
All a bit of fun really, now to dig out some more stencils and have even more fun!!!
Take care
Deb
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Window Flowerbox Card

I"ve had this image for quite a while, but couldn't figure out what to do with it. It's great when you get that sudden burst of inspiration. I'm quite happy with the result! I coloured in the window with coloured pencils and burnished them to give a slightly shiny look. I used the inspiration words from Kaszazz mini messages stamps - love their mini messages. The flower stamp is a Stampin Up one from the set called Bliss. I used Tim Holtz Distress markers to colour in the flowers , huff on them and stamp. The base background is an embossed piece of cardstock - brick design. This has all been put together on an ivory card. Quite a bit of fun really. I feel inspired to try some more with this window- I wonder how else I can adapt this...
Hope you're having a creative time.
Deb
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Cute cat card

 

 

First of all, excuse the photography- it has a bag over it and so caused a reflection! This card was created with kaszazz card stock and ribbon, as well as the word stamp. The cute cat stamp was actually a free stamp with a magazine! It's a really cute set. I'm shocking at remembering names of dies and embossing folders, so I really can't remember that frame die- I think it could be a marianne D die??
This card is one of those that can be adapted into various colours and still have good appeal. If you wanted to make it more of a boy card, you would just need to have a straight ribbon (no bow) and obviously boy colours. The frame die could just be replaced with something a little more straight or a wooden look frame. I love taking a card that I love and adapting it , so why don't you give it a go, it's really fun!
Hope your Easter weekend is full of creativity and maybe a little chocolate!
Take care
Deb
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