Birthday wishes

Hi everyone.

Today's card features a scribby birds stamp by Dina Wakley. I love these cute birds and have not used them often enough. This one is coloured with Promarkers - Y247,  R766,  R555,  and R244.

I stamped onto my background paper, and again onto a separate scrap, using my Misti to get a good coverage. I tore out the paper, distressed the edges a bit more and layered it onto the card base. The birthday wishes is a peeloff which I recoloured black with a sharpie. It is raised on mounting tape.

Challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - #441 Celebrations

Paperbabe #72 - a/g

Through the craftroom door - a/g

Crafty Gals Corner - a/g

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Dragonfly

SumMoreFun's mood board

I love the colours in this MB and have focussed on the blue, green, mauve and black.

 I dabbed the colours (Brilliance) onto my stamp, and after stamping, I trimmed, distressed and edged with black soot DI

I used Dox's on a scrap and then stamped with my very old dragonfly stamp, fussy cut and inked the edges.

Challenges

SumMoreFun - mood board (as above)

Paperbabe - sketch

Southern Girls - fairies/fantasy/flowers (my b/g stamp has flowers)

Cardztv - a/g

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I'm back at last!

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Hi everyone, It seems such a long time since I have had a card to blog, but when I saw the kraft challenge at Paper Artsy, I knew I had to CASE Chrissie Stokes card.

I have stamped my SU swallowtail stamp in brown and embossed with clear ep. I used 2 shades of coloured pencils to colour with, the black splotches are from a Paper Artsy set, and the white dots are done with white enamel. I added a tag with a twine tie on it.

Challenges

Paper Artsy - kraft

Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets

Bizzy Becs - a/g

Through the craftroom door - a/g

Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate your comments

Black and White

Hi everyone.

I managed to find time today to make this card, especially for this weeks challenge at Allsorts

The topic is black and white, and only gold, silver, or skin tones added.

I needed a sympathy card so used my Darkroom Door orchids and a very old word stamp from R & R Pocock (dated 1996) The ink is Memento Tuxedo Black, and I used my Misti to get a good coverage. I added a little touch of Wink of Stella gold to the centres of the flowers

Allsorts -black and white

Nautical

Hi everyone.

Today's card features my new die  from Serendipity. I cut it twice, once in red and once in white, so that I could inlay the stripes. For the background, I sponged on various DI's and used stamps from SU Wetlands set, and also a Stampers Anonymous set.

Challenges

Paper Artsy - nautical colours

Southern Girls - die cuts

Love to Scrap - a/g

The Crafty Addicts - a/g

Thanks for visiting. I am away on holiday for a couple of weeks, so will catch up when I get back

Sea dreams

Hi Everyone, sorry I have been absent for a bit.

Today's card is the result of having a play with Brusho's and Infusions and plastic wrap, for the background.  I did not like the walnut brown that came through with the infusions, so wiped it over with a baby wipe, which softened the colour a lot. I then went all over with DI cracked pistachio. I stamped the seaweed from Kaisercraft 'Coastal escape', added some diecut leaves, seahorse and shell (cut from scraps) from the same stamp set and the message from a TH set, stamped in Adirondack 'espresso'. I layered it all on to a pale cream card base.

Challenges

Paperbabe #69 - green palette

Bizzy Becs- a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - used snippets

Penny Black and More - Feature a creature

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your week

Cats and dogs!

Hi everyone.

Today's card is similar to one I made last year, but this time I have coloured all the cats with my Promarkers. I used Saddle Brown, Caramel, and Cinnamon for the focal cat and Silver Lining for the rest. This fabulous set is by Indigo Blu.

Challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - cats or dogs

The house that stamps built - anything goes
CardzTV - anything goes

Best wishes

A simple card today, just in time for a couple of February challenges.

I sprayed water on the card and then scribbled lime green, turquoise, and orange watercolour crayons in a diagonal pattern. When it was dry I stamped with a turquoise ink pad, the script and the birds from Stampers Anonymous Mini Ornates CMS064 set. I tied a matching ribbon around and added a diecut which has not scanned true to colour. I then adhered it to a turquoise card base.

Challenges

Rubberdance - orange, turquoise, lime and/or hearts

Paper Artsy - watercolour

Allsorts - starting with 'b' - birds and best wishes

Creative Fingers #143

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reach for the stars!

Hi everyone, sorry I have not been around for a few weeks.

Today's card was made for a February birthday. I used a snippet from my ever-growing scrap box and printed an image that I found on the internet.

I used some sparkly gold thread to link the stars together, and the attached some little gold stars over the holes. I used my gold pen on the edges and then attached it onto my base card.

Challenges

CardzTV - monthly birthday

Southern Girls - Nature (stars are nature!)

Pixies Crafty Workshop - using my snippets

DLArt - a/g

Crafting by designs - card for a friend

Crafty Catz - a/g

Thanks for visiting and leaving comments for me, very much appreciated

Roses Are Red....

Today's card features a lovely rose stamp that I found at a charity shop. My background was a combination of DI's and Dylusion sprays. I stamped again on an old dictionary that I use when I am spraying, so this is the same red dylusions. It is embossed in bright gold. I do not know who the sentiment is from, as I bought it from a fellow crafter. It is stamped in red and embossed with detail clear.

Challenges

The Artistic Stamper - Roses are red

Bizzy Becs - a/g

Stamping Sensations - anything with flowers

Penny Black and More - Love, hearts and flowers

Stamplorations - paint it red

Thanks for visiting, your comments are always welcome

round in circles!

Hi everyone 

I have cased this from a card I saw somewhere, and loved the style. If anyone knows whose it is, I would love to acknowledge them.

I typed the sentiment onto the card first, then diecut 2 circles, one black, and one using some of my Brusho's playing, using my stitched circles dies, and glued them in to position, after tying a spotty ribbon around. 

Using my Misti, I first stamped onto the card, and then onto a snippet, which I coloured with copics and overlaid onto the card. Doing it this way means I don't have to cut out the feet and tail!

Challenges -

Southern Girls - circle embellishments

Cuttlebug Mania - happy birthday

CardsTV - a/g

Pixies crafty workshop - use snippets

Noor Designs UK - celebrations

Congratulations

A card I made this week using some lovely cream metallic card stock. the background piece is diecut from the same card, sorry I can't remember the brand, someone may be able to help with that!

I added a pretty piece of gold ribbon, tied in a bow, and the glasses of bubbly, which is a very old stamp from Artee Stamps (Australia), stamped in gold.

A peeloff congratulations finishes it off. (I must start using up these, as I have so many!)

Challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop - I used a snippet to stamp the glasses

CardzTV - a/g

Allsorts - old favourite (my stamp)

I may add some more later, as my granddaughter has just arrived, it was her first day at Intermediate school today

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A little bit vintage

This is my second post today, so I am catching up a little!

I have used my brand new stamp that I won from Serendipity, and stamped it on a 'mop-up' piece of card from my previous post. I coloured the bike purple, and cut it out with my wonky stitches die. I attached a pretty piece of lace to the base card, and attached the bike on top. The flowers were a pale green, so I tinted them olive with a copic marker and glued pearls to the centres.

Challenges-

Rubberdance - use purple, blue, and olive green, and make it vintage

Happy Little Stampers - watercolours (in my background)

Penny Black and More - use something new

HB2U

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well.

Today's card features one of the birds from the Stampers Anonymous 'bird crazy' set.

I made my background using 2 colours of Brusho's on watercolour paper. The HB2U was then printed from my pc. I used my Misti to stamp the bird, and stamped another on a scrap paper. On the second bird I reversed the colours, and glued it over the first image. The little parcel is a peel-off and I coloured just the ribbon with a sparkly blue pen. The whole piece was then attached to a black card base.

Challenges -

Bizzy Becs - a/g

Craft Stamper - a/g

Colour Crazy challenge - a/g with colouring

Allsorts - no patterned papers

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Peace!

The challenge at Paper Artsy this month is ATC's, small pieces of art measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

I chose to use pieces of an A4 background that I had made with Brusho's, stamping and doodling. I thought the colours were quite peaceful. I printed the quote on my computer, then smudged some blue/purple ink pad using a baby wipe to take the brightness from it. The butterflies are cut from velum (a spellbinders die) and then embossed in my cuttlebug, then adhered over a piece of white feather.

Challenges - 

Paper Artsy - ATC's

The Artistic Stamper - a/g with stamps (I used them on my background)

Noor Designs - a/g

Stamping Sensations - cold frosty colours

Cardztv - a/g

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting

Walkies!

Hi everyone, I hope you are all ready for a new year of crafting!

This one is my first for 2018.

I have printed off this image for the first time from a set I won from Charmed Cards and Craft 4 years ago!!!!

I used the following Promarkers - B318,  B336,  Y337,  O837,  O727,  O345,  Y524,  R555,  and blender

I used a Stamplorations die to cut out the rectangle, added a strip of DP down the left side, then mounted all on kraft card after adding a little string tie

Challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - make it digital

Pixies Playground - using up my snippets
Paperbabe - anything goes

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