pastels

Welcome to my blog today.

This card was inspired by Natasha from her you tube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOigPKBc3sjtegDYcDDiXA

I loved this design and had fun finding suitable stamps to use. I used only 2 shades of watercolour and stamped with Memento 'bamboo leaves' for the flowers and black for the message

Challenges

CardzTV - a/g

The Cats Pajamas - Spring Forward (I have used spring colours)

Southern Girls - a/g

Allsorts - pastels

Brown Sugar Challenges - a/g

Bye  for now and thanks for visiting

So Pretty!

Hello and Welcome

My card today was made to celebrate the engagement of my nieces eldest twin daughter. Her fiance proposed in Paris which is why I have used s French theme. 

The stamp is from Penny Black "j'aime Paris" and I have used Promarkers to colour

I  have layered onto a DP and then onto a white base card

Challenges 

Penny Black and More - make it feminine

Stamping Sensations - favourite stamp (one of many)

Creative Knockouts - a/g

Lavinia World #17 - a/g

Crafts Galore - a/g
and I have just found that Lets Craft and Create have a challenge for a/g with the option of Love is in the air, so this is most appropriate

happy birthday bird

Welcome

Today's card features one of the Crazy Birds that I have not used very much, but he just seemed to suit this design.

My background was made with a piece of blue card and embossed after rubbing my Cracked Pistachio DOX pad over the raised side. I also flicked some gold acrylic paint over for more interest.

I coloured my bird with Promarkers, Y247 and R555, added a diecut 'happy' and printed birthday on my PC

Challenges

Passion For Promarkers - a/g

Allsorts - a/g (2)

Creative Knockouts - Celebrations (2)

Mod Squad - make your own patterned paper

Creative Inspiration - Something old (my bird stamp)

Lost Coast - a/g

bbq master

Hello and welcome. 

This is possibly my final post for 2019 - I can't believe where this year has gone!!!!

I have 3 family birthday's in January, so this is the first of them.

I have made this one for my Son-in-law who loves cooking on his BBQ

The whole card was cut out with my Cameo and I raided my snippets box for the black and grey card. I hope he likes it!

Challenges

Allsorts - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets

Arty Divas - a/g
Creative Knockouts - celebrations
Southern Girls - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Starry!

Welcome and a Merry Christmas to all my lovely followers

A quick and easy Christmas card today using a piece of DP layered onto a red base card. I scuffed up the edges with my Tim Holtz tool. I then added  Merry Christmas peel-off which I coloured with an a red Sharpie alcohol marker, and some gold stars to finish.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Unstampabelles - Star Struck Starry Night

Emerald Creek - a/g - Christmas - Winter

Allys Angels #29 - a/g

Uniko #56 - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - a/g

Be Merry

Hi everyone and welcome

Today's card features the cutest little robin from a set called 'Rockin Robin' from Clearly Besotted that I won recently. I also won the matching die set

I used a piece of DP for the lower piece of the background and used a stitched edge die for the upper half

I stamped the branch, holly, and words directly onto this and stamped the robin on a separate snippet and used mounting tape to raise him up a little

I have coloured with Promarkers, but forgot to take note of the colours, I think the red is R766 Molten Red, and the brown O837 Praline.

 I also added some white spots with my Sharpie paint pen

Challenges

Passion for Promarkers - Christmas Critters

Takes from the craftroom - It's Christmas

Pixies Crafty Workshop - snippets

Creative Knockouts - Christmas Delight

The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is Coming

Thanks for visiting

happy everything

 Hi everyone

I am back today with a card that loosely follows the instructions by Tracy Evans in the magazine Australian Simply Cards issue 117

For my stencil sponging, I used cracked pistachio, spun sugar, and abandoned coral, distress inks. The random stamping was also with the coral, and I used a very old Paper Artsy stamp from a set

The cat is from Inkadinkadoo 'Catitude', stamped onto a snippet, heat embossed and cut out with my Scan n Cut, happy is a die cut and 'everything' was computer generated.

I am very pleased with the end result.

Challenges

Through The Craftroom door - a/g

Stamping Sensations - a/g

Lavinia World #15- a/g

Art Impressions #27 - animals

Cardztv #104- a/g

Pixies  Crafty Workshop - use snippets