Please feel free to use any of the vintage images on the website in your artwork. Be sure to share your artwork with us. This is a labor of love and I love to see what you create. Please do not post the original unaltered image on the web but post your artwork and link back to this site for the original image. Please do not sell or post the image alone or in a collection without my permission. Thank you. I can't wait to see what you create!


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Digital Two for Tuesday 145


This week our guest designer is another long time follower Maxine Diffey.  Maxine has a wonderful eye for color and texture.  She has created two whimsical cards with today's images.  I love all the glitter and glitz she has added to the fairy image and the elegance of the doily background on her second card.  Be sure to follow the link below to Maxine's blog to see more of her lovely projects and cards.

Here is a description of Maxine's cards in her own words.  You can see how Maxine has used dry embossing to accentuate the images.

"I dry embossed both background panels, and on the pink floral paper I applied the ink  ‘direct to paper’ to highlight the embossing, then painted it with iridescent medium.

The image I coloured with chalks, then used Kindy Gltiz for the sparkle on the wings and the frock, fussy cut it and mounted it on foam dots for dimension.  The final touch was to run a piece of double sided tape across the base of the card and add micro beads to it.
                                               

For the second card I embossed the card base and layered over that – I used the Argyle folder which gives and angular contrast to the circular pattern of the doily and oval of the die cut."




Maxine's Bio:

"I have been stamping/cardmaking for about 10 years, mainly on my own.  I learned the basic embossing of images from a friend, but most of my learning has been initially from magazines, and then the internet.  I have attended some classes, and I love learning new techniques.  I started blogging here about three years ago, and have enjoyed the experience, it is a great way to connect with other card makers.  I first experienced digi stamps two and a half years ago and have learnt to love them, especially  once I discovered how to size them, and which mediums worked best to colour them with.

I live in a relatively small town in New Zealand with my husband – we have two adult offspring who are married, and three grand children whom we visit, and have to visit, as often as possible – they keep us young and active. Although I have strong Christian beliefs, I am not particularly active in my local church due to health issues.

I also garden, knit, embroider and make bobbin, crochet and needle lace, and sew for the grandies on occasion – having a myriad of hobbies keeps me occupied, and the skills often ‘cross over’ from one to another."


8 comments:

  1. Fabulous cards--they are just gorgeous!!

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  2. Cora, thank you for these 2 images. I especially like the one with the children. Thank you for your Sunday posting as well. I will be using the Sepia image. Your generosity and hard work on our behalf is truly appreciated!!!!! Wishing you a great rest of the week. With kind regards, Enjay xo

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  3. Maravillosas imagenes, muchas gracias.
    Besitos.

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  4. Wow! Maxine's cards are absolutely beautiful!!! I love the embossing. She did a great job with it. I have nrver seen it so pretty before. Love the coloring of the images she used. Thanks for sharing Maxine
    Love the images. Thank you Cora for sharing them. Edwina Brown

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  5. Love these digis and the card samples are awesome. Thank you bunches hugs, Cathy k

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  6. You never disappoint. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Beautiful images... and Maxine did a fabulous job with them! Thank you for sharing.

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  8. Great card by Maxine! Thanks so much for the images. I have made a card using one of them. You can find it here:http://mystampingaddiction.blogspot.com/2013/10/flutter-by-wednesday-255.html

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