When is Twine Twine?

Or "what is twine?"  According to Wikipedia "Twine is a light string or strong thread composed of two or more smaller strands or yarns twisted together.  More generally, the term can be applied to any thin cord."

Why am I puzzling over this?  Because it is one of the Challenges over on Gingersnap Creations and I have a yen to enter.  Missed out last month when the themes were centred around "Asian" (I adore Asian themes) so am trying to enter some this month but not got many things I can use as the general overall theme is Cowboys.  OK so mine is not Cowboyish at all.

Here is my card for "Twine"

As you can see I have stamped a Tim Holtz image for my background (used Momento London Fog) and then cut out a shape with Labels 20 (new - bought at weekend) and stamped and embossed in Black another TH image.

To finish off I have cut out some buttons (coloured with UTEE) and cotton reels (again TH but this time dies) and both with Twine on.

Didn't get around to showing you any photographs of when I went to Aintree on Saturday - only took a couple so here is one showing some of my friends from Victoria Stampers who met up and were introduced to Marie from Greece.

from left to right: Mo, Marie, Jeannie, Carmel, Jacqui (Lorraine and Sue were sat outside on a bench which I never found).  Poor Marie, everyone talked her head off and I rummaged in her shopping to see what she had bought.  Then encouraged her to buy more - not that she needed that much encouragement.  It was lovely to meet up with her and really quite comical when it finally happened.  Hope you have a safe journey back to Greece Marie and come again soon - please.

Asian Again

Well, I did finish off my second entry for the Gingersnap Creations Color Challenge by adding some beaded fringing to the base of the card when I got up this morning.

I had begun this card ages ago by stamping the Geisha on acetate twice.  That meant I could turn one of them back to front and so get a mirror image.  I wanted to create the illusion of twin Geisha's welcoming you to the karyukai as I thought twin Geisha's would be quite novel in a situation like that.  I then added the acetate to some gold mirror card and made a shrine type frame for it in black cardstock to which I added some red jewels.  

I then added some red beads which to me looked as if they could have been Asian and a second row to fill them out.  The whole was then mounted on Gold mirror card and finally on red cardstock.

This really is a last minute entry to the Challenge but one which I started when the Challenge was first put up - hence the determination to finish.

I Nearly Did it Again

Almost forgot to post my card/bookmark before the closing date on Gingersnap Creations.  Would not be the first time!!

This is my card for the Colour Challenge - Red and Gold.  I hope it is ok that it has black in it but when I looked at the DT samples they were not pure red and gold so I guess it is.

The white bit at the base is the scanner lid - it's because of the beads dangling on the bookmark part.

I stamped and embossed in gold the small fan and then cut out, painstakingly, the  struts at the base of the fans so that I could mount the whole on red cardstock.  Next it was mounted on gold, then more red and finally on the black base card.  The writing down the side is on the inside back page and has perforations down the side so that it can be taken off by the recipient and used as a bookmark.  Hope you follow that.  Another fan, this time with beads attached, finishes it off.

I did start another one but whether I will manage to finish it or not remains to be seen - maybe it will get uploaded tomorrow as I think there is still time to enter.  Maybe it will remain unfinished and as an idea in my head.

Dragons Dream TIO

Over on Dragons Dream TIO (I thought that was "T - ten" - doh!) Zoe has chosen the theme this week and it is "All the Write Postage" so I guess it is about sending some form of mail.  I decided to use a Postcard stamp I have as I find Postcards evocative simply because we rarely use them apart from on holiday and because the Victorians used them a lot and you can find some very elaborate ones in antique shops.

Then I thought about the type of people who might have used the Postcard and went to my Non Sequitur "Love Letters" rubber stamps and used a couple of images from there.

The background is Distress Inks Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire, a combination I have not used before but which I will use again.

Anywhere, here it is:

... minus fibres (I am not a fibre person with tags which probably explains why I have a tin full LOL) but with the obligatory postage stamp.

It's Postcards This Week ...

... On Just for Fun.  My third week of choosing under the umbrella "Size Matters" is Postcards (wonder what I chose for next week?).  Postcards are something that we automatically associate with holidays and send, hastily scribbled on the beach or in some cafe with a "Wish you were here" theme.  But they needn't be!  We can send a postcard at any time - to wish someone well, to cheer someone up, to congratulate or thank them - the possibilities are endless.  And the beauty of them is that they cost minimal postage.  (OK, so I have begun my last two sentences with a conjunction but I am writing as if I am talking to you so in my book I can get away with it.)

Why not go the whole hog and make someone a postcard, stamp an image and colour it in, make a scenic postcard, do a pattern, use a diecut, the possibilities are endless.  It would be fun to receive one through the post and imagine the look on the Postie's face as he pushed it through the letterbox.  You know what?  Think I will send myself one.  Only kidding!

I digress - here is my entry for the Just for Fun Challenge this week:

I adore the Mad Hatter - nothing to do with Johnny Depp although he does rather have a pair of gorgeous eyes - so the Mad Hatter had to be in on the scene.  You may have gathered I am an Alice fan so I had to do a second one

This was my original to be honest but I coloured in with Promarkers and, of course, they bled through.  Have now included the first one as one of my swaps on the Challenge.  There's even a message on the back from Alice for whoever gets it so why not do some swapping yourself this month.

Read all about it, lots of information regarding Postcards on the Just for Fun blog so let your fingers do the walking and take a trip over there - you won't be disappointed.

WOYWW 102 and Flying

Nothing much to show you on my desk today as I had a major clean up after the previous posting of my Steampunk Album.

There's a card in the making (see below), some legs with red shoes (don't ask) and a clear acrylic album I finished off that had been started at CHA.  See - I have been finishing stuff off - two more albums since my Steampunk one below.

I have been dumfing again - this time little bits and I have made some inchies (a bit late for the JFF Challenge) but it was an idea I saw on the web somewhere and I thought I would make one bookmark for each of my fellow DT'ers.  I can also enter this into the Spotlight Challenge which is to use at least three inchies - and there are three here on this card.

Don't look too closely at my stitching!  Please!  My lettering is not that brilliant either but I cannot remember how to do wiggly writing using "Word" so I did it by hand and stamped the illuminated "F" for contrast.

Now it is time to pop on over to see Ms Dunnitt and what she is up to (a new look blog no less) and chase around all those links to the various blogs with lots of inspiration (unlike mine today).  

Steampunk Album

I decided to upload my Steampunk Album via Video as I thought it would be better for you all to see.  Not sure now I have viewed it so may add some photographs.  At least I am talking you through it but a  little annoyed as my head has got on the film and I didn't want to be on at all - not in the state I am in tonight!!!

Anyway, here it is

Think I had better get some photos taken as well and then you can see it better - sorry about that - afraid Chas will not be taking over from David Lean!

Sorry about all that folks - hope you get the picture with both still and movie!