Playing with paper

 

I cased this card from one I saw somewhere on the internet, but did not take note of the designer, sorry

For the background, I used a piece of old sheet music and sponged with DI and layered onto my black card base

Using a torn scrap of cream card, I diecut the design and also coloured with DI

I arranged the fabric leaves and flower onto a wreath and attached with glue dots

Challenges

Yes Virginia, Sept show and share

Sognandoscrap #83 - a/g (2nd entry)

Paperbabe #128 - dimensions

Unstampabelles

Pixies Crafty Workshop #387

Be a rainbow

 

 Hi, I am back again with another card for today

I chose a background out of my 'ready to use' box, which is such a pretty shade of green, and has been stamped using Penny Black 'daisy pattern'

The rectangle and square were cut with my Cameo, and I have used one of the crazy birds from Tim Holtz

Challenges

Sketch Saturday #628

 The House That Stamps Built #S2320 - a/g

Lavinia World #36 - a/g

fun!

 

Hello again

Today's card features one of Tim Holtz' Crazy Cats

I stenciled a background with Dried Marigold DI and then stamped the cat with Memento

Colouring was done with Copics

Challenges

The Cat's Pajamas #372 - include an animal

Show us your pussycats #58 - a/g with a cat

AAABirthdays #17 - animals and critters

AAACards #174 - up to one third

In my garden

 

Hello everyone

Today's card features a stamp that I have had for a number of years, Hydrangea by Rubber Stampede

I have double layered it with a matching teal mat and layered onto a white card base.

I have coloured with the following Promarkers

Arctic Blue

Cloud Blue

Pastel Blue

Pastel Green

Herb Green

I finished off by winding some silver cord around and attaching a wee silver butterfly

Challenges

Allsorts #590 - my lovely garden

Passion for Promarkers #560 - leaves/foliage

I love Promarkers #419 - a/g

Sognandoscrap #83 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Vintage Beauty

 

Welcome friends

Today's card features a lovely stamp that a friend lent me, I believe it is by Kaisercraft.

I made the background using shiny card, Brusho's and cling wrap. I love the results you can get with this technique. I have roughened the edge and run a purple ink pad around, then layered onto a green card base.

The sentiment is raised with mounting tape.

Challenges

Countryview  Challenges - complimentary colours

We love Chocolate Baroque - a/g (2nd entry)

Lavinia World #35 - a/g

Creative Fingers #193 - a/g

Thanks for visiting today

dig it!

 

Hi, I am back again today with this gardener card

I stamped and embossed in black and coloured with the following Promarkers

Y247 summer sun

R346 antique pink

R766 molten red

Y524 herb green

O356 saddle brown

The sentiment is computer generated, and I added 2 strips of washi tape for grounding

The card base is a creamy colour, but did not scan well

Challenges

YNS #147 - CAS

Casology #373 - September (it is spring here)

ColourCrazyChallenge #35 - a/g

Passion for Promarkers #559 - Autumn/Fall (have used autumn colours)

Stamping Sensations - The great outdoors (gardening)

Your Scrapbook Place - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Steampunk

 

Welcome everyone

Today I have 2 ATC's to share with you, something I have not made for such a long time, and I had forgotten how much fun they are

The theme is steampunk and I have printed my background images and added embellishments. The bicycle one is printed over the background, and touched up with a black gellyroll pen.

The cogs are stamped with Hickory Smoke DOX.

I added some  distressed silver peeloffs to both, and the first one has an old watch face attached. 

The edges are sponged with Black Soot DI

I would like to enter into the new  Steampunk Challenge #1

I then decided to make these into cards

I dry embossed 2 pieces of mirror card and swiped over the raised surface with Brilliance graphite black, then heat embossed with a black EP

Layered with black and then onto a black card base

Challenges

Crafty Creations #413 - a/g

Crafty Friends #144 - a/g

Ally's Angels #38 - a/g

Cardztv #123 - a/g

Cardz 4 guys - monochrome

Thanks for visiting

Purple!

Welcome

This is my first post using the new blogger, so hope it goes OK

I would love to get rid of the extra step of redirect when reading blogs, it is so unnecessary. If anyone can help, I would be very grateful

I have followed this sketch from Sketch Saturday 

the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, and I am not sure about the butterfly

I used snippets of black and white for the diecuts

Challenges

Sketch Saturday#626

Crafters Castle#33 - a/g

Crafts Galore Encore#79 - a/g

Crafty Calendar - a/g

Pixies crafty Workshop #386

We Love Chocolate Baroque - wings or a/g

Thanks for visiting today

 

Vintage!

Hello crafters

Today's card uses a sketch from Poetic Artistry

I used 3 designer papers from my 6x6 Authentique pad, which I have had for some time. I layered onto some black paper to make the design stand out. I diecut the 2 circles and stamped my vintage car (unknown brand) onto a scrap from my snippets box, and coloured with copics. I also used  Dimensional Magic on the windscreen to look like glass

 Challenges

Art Impressions - to die for

Allsorts #588 - handcoloured image

A Perfect Time to Craft #9 - a/g

Allys Angels #37 - a/g

Cardztv #122 - a/g

Crafty Catz #517 - a/g with option, not a square (mine is a rectangle)

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments

Pretty Butterflies

Hi everyone

The challenge this week for Sketch Saturday is to use one of the sketches from  2016

I have chosen #394 for my card. I have used this gorgeous digi that I won from Stamplorations, and re-sized it to fit on an angle on my white card. I have coloured with copics to match my base card. I added a strip of black that I punched with a Fiskars border punch and the stamp is from a set by Clearly Besotted stamps

I would like to enter the following challenges

Sketch Saturday #625

Art Impressions - quick and simple

Stamplorations - never ending challenge

The House that stamps built #A2630 - a/g

All in Blue

I am back with a second post for today

I have used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for this card.

The background is stamped with 'french script' and I have used my Lavinia stamp on the central oval, embossed with silver. I have added a blue flower with a diamante centre and a silver ribbon bow

Challenges

Sketch Saturday

YNS #146 - Decorations

Lavinia World #34 - a/g

Bird in a cage

Hi everyone, and welcome to my blog today

I have managed to find some time this morning to make a couple of cards, and this is the first one.

I used shaded lilac, broken china, wilted violet, and mermaid lagoon distress inks to make my background. I pressed the colours onto a stamping block, then spritzed with water, and layered the colours onto my art paper, drying in between. I also added a splat stamp and postmark stamp, both by Paper Artsy.

I cut out the bird in the cage on my Silhouette Cameo, and added a little colour to the edges.

The sentiment is clear embossed, and the the piece was attached to a matching card base.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Paperbabe #126 - a/g

All fun challenge #14 - a/g

Through the Craftroom Door - a/g

Cupcake Inspirations #500

Tropical

Hello all

Another slimline card from me today

I cut a white mat smaller than my base card and diecut 3 circles into it, and glued to the base.

I stamped and coloured 2 pineapples, fussy cut them and attached with mounting tape.

The centre flower uses 3 die-cuts from my scrap box and the black stamens is a punch

I wrote the message by hand in a matching calligraphy pen

I would like to enter the following challenges
Art Impressions #289 - Tropical Treats
Lavinia World #33 - a/g
The Cats Pajamas #374 - slimline
Pammy's Inky Pinkys #2033 - a/g

Thanks for visiting and your encouragement

Bold and Bright

Welcome crafty friends

Today's card follows the sketch at Sketch Saturday, a fun way of using scraps.

I cut 3 colours at 1.5 cm and random lengths, which I cut on angles.

I glued them to my white piece in no particular order. I layered my white circle, stamped with a lovely yacht (unknown) onto a red stitched circle. The yacht was coloured with Promarkers, molten red and cloud blue, then the whole piece glued to a dark blue card base

I would like to enter the following challenges

Sketch Saturday #623

Pixies Crafty Workshop # 384

Allsorts # 585/586 - summer fun

Cute Card Thursday #647 - bright colours

C.R.A.F.T. #566 - sports and leisure

Creative Fingers #191 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Sketch Saturday

Hi everyone

We are back in lockdown level 3 so I have had some time to make this card.

I have used the sketch at a 'new to me' challenge blog called Sketch Saturday, to make this card. The sunflower is a very old Hero Arts stamp, coloured with the following Promarkers

Y247 summer sum

Y337 tulip yellow

Y417 buttercup

O949 pastel yellow

O345 saddle brown

O727 caramel

I used some snippets of DP for the background and stamped the message with GinaK amalgam

I would like to join the following challenges

Sketch Saturday #622

Passion for Promarkers #555 - flower power

Penny Black & More - say it with flowers

Creativ Fusion - a/g
Ally's Angels #37 - a/g

'Latte'

Welcome to my blog today and welcome to my new follower Sally Bownes

I have made this card for my son's birthday, which is later this month, but have to post it overseas, so good to get it done early

I used a coffee ring stencil with walnut stain DI directly onto my kraft card base

The coffee pot is a Stamplorations sticker which I applied to a scrap of kraft card, and the sentiment I found on my pc, but have no idea where I got it from. I coloured the latte word with a black gelly roll glaze pen, which gives a lovely shine

Challenges

Allsorts #583/4 - Make it masculine

Unstampabelles #103 - Good News / make your own background

Dragonfly Dreams - a/g

Arty Divas - a/g

The Corrosive Challenge - a/g

Through the Craft Room Door  - a/g

Thanks for visiting