My other hobby

If you don't know already, other than my obsession with all things crafty, I am also a very keen walker.  In fact I still have a large number of the 214 Wainwright mountains to climb in the Lake District, but fortunately the rest of my lifetime to try and achieve them :).

 

I'm currently in Lake Garda for a long weekend, hoping to collect a few more geocaches and hence the relevance of this post - ish!  Check out my travel site here if you are interested, which I will update with my travel posts as soon as I can.

 

Last year I got properly introduced to the world of geocaching which is a outdoor treasure hunt game, and have been completely addicted ever since.  Whatever the weather you will often find me out and about somewhere, if I'm not crafting the hours away, that is.

 

In August I collected my 1000th geocache, just over a month before the 1st year anniversary of my first find, back on 23rd September 2011.

 

And what better way to mark both those occasions than to combine my other hobby with my love of crafting and create something for my scrapbook?

 



You will see that Stampin' Up! products have got some use on these pages, with the Open Sea stamp set featuring on the background papers (if you look closely?), inked with Marina Mist.  I've also captured the geocaching logo colours using squares of card stock in So Saffron, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Calypso Coral, embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder.

 

I am so glad to see the Open Sea stamp set back and included in the new main catalogue... it's ideal for me and my travels and many other occassions...

 

Remember if you want to place an order just contact me at jadedcrafter@gmail.com, I will be back on Monday evening so can place your order then.

 

For special birthdays

I have a special birthday card to share with you - it's for my friend Natalie's 30th which she celebrates today, but this layout would work for any special birthday.

 

I couldn't resist using some of the papers from the upcoming Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue that will be released on 1st September... so this card gives you a sneak peek too!

 

 

For the base I have used Pool Party card and then adhered the new papers behind a piece of Shimmery White card stock, onto which I have stamped in Island Indigo ink, the 'legend' stamp from the Open Sea stamp set which is in the Summer Mini Catalogue.  Don't forget this stamp set will only be available until the end of this week (Friday) when the Summer Mini Catalogue ends.

 

I have cut some of the Beautiful Butterflies (embosslit) using my Big Shot machine, from Pool Party scraps and then added the sentiment from the Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess only) stamp set.

 

The numbers were cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies from the new papers...

 

I hope Natalie has a great birthday today, whatever she is doing x

Happy Birthday Derek

Not sure if he will be reading my blog... but 'Uncle' Derek is a big fan of my cards, so I had to make him something that has a lot on it :).

This card is the same as the one that I made at the Make and Take stand at the Bracknell craft show last month, designed by the lovely Fiona.  I liked it so much I have been making quite a few using the Old Olive and Night of Navy colour combo.



The card uses the Open Sea stamp set which is currently available in the Summer Mini catalogue but only until the end of August!

For a traveller

I have gone back to my favourite colour combinations to create this card... another of those we made at my Big Shot class.  I've gone for Elegant Eggplant (I just love all the purply shades!), Old Olive and Whisper White, which I think works really well.



Keeping it simple and using the Top Note to create a frame I have inked the image from the Open Sea stamp set in Old Olive and the sentiment (Petite Pairs) in Elegant Eggplant, before cutting out and mounting onto Old Olive card. 

The base has been stamped randomly with the compass image, using Versamark which once dry creates a lovely subtle background.  I've then fixed the Top Note with dimensionals.

All these travel related stamps make me want to get planning my next trip, I've already started compiling a scrap book for the places I've been to so far this year... why not check out my latest travel blog (see blog links on the left hand side) and give me some ideas of where to go next, cos I just can't decide ;)?!

Another Tiggerbird?

I think I might have stumbled across someone more tigger mad than me!

Is that possible?  Well, these days I live in a house that doesn't have hundreds of tigger beanies stacked up on shelves in my living room, and people don't come round and take photo's of them in disbelief!  However, the poor tiggers in Tigger's car that I spotted at the weekend may get a little bit hot inside, not to mention the 'bleaching' that just isn't good for his skin - eek!

Ok, enough insanity... back to today's project!

I was going to share with you the card that I made at the craft show in Bracknell that I went along to on Sunday... however I can't actually find it to photograph, so instead I will have to share with you the other 2 cards that I could have made at the Stampin' Up! make and take stand... apologies that I can't get them to lie landscape!

Both these cards use Night of Navy, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.  I always forget about Night of Navy as it's in the Regals Collection which I always seem to neglect... but I just love this colour combination and of course the stamp set!

The Open Sea stamp set was released in the Summer mini catalogue and I really hope it is hear to stay as it's a set that is very close to my heart, with a travelling theme, and great for mens cards too!

The first card uses the background stamp with Crumbcake ink to create a panel on Very Vanilla which has then been over stamped with the ship and world images in Night of Navy and Crumbcake retrospectively.  I am never brave enough to come up with my own ideas for overstamping, but this works so well I will definitely be creating more cards like this.

The second card uses the archor image across an Old Olive piece of card stock and then a Very Vanilla Scallop Trim border has been added.

Both cards use the sentiment from the Curly Cute stamp set which has words for a variety of occasions... you will notice some linen thread on the first card and a Antique Brad too.

Travelling at sea?

This is one of the cards that we made at my last class.  It features the Open Sea stamp set from the Summer mini catalogue.  I just love the background stamp, which could be used for all sorts of cards to create a background on a base card like I have done here...

The card base is Baha Breeze, and I have inked the background stamp with Pacific Point ink and stamped twice on the right hand side.  The 'boat' image has also been stamped with the same ink pad onto Whisper White and then I've used an embellishments box (buttons or brads will do) to draw a circle round and then cut this out.  For the outer circle I have stamped a piece of Crumbcake card stock with the Wood stamp in Chocolate Chip ink and then drawn round the inside of a reel of red sticky tape which fits nicely round the central panel.

It just goes to show you don't need lots of tools all the time...

For the wheel 'cogs' I have punch out pieces of the Wood stamped card with the Word Window punch and then adhered these to the back of the circular panel and then raised it up with dimensional sticky pads.

The sentiment is of course Teeny Tiny Wishes inked in Pacific Point onto Whisper White and punched out with the Word Window punch.

Here's a slight variation that I made for Father's Day...