Dancing in the Rain-bows!

I took some time out to make this card and was inspired by Time Out Challenges: Dancing In the Rain. Such a happy dancing unicorn deserved special rainbow and gold rain!

Lots of distress markers, washi tape and gold embossing paste to make this fun card.

Challenges:
Time Out Challenges: Dancing in the Rain.


Supplies:
TBA (Sorry dashing at the moment!)

Watercolour View #2

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I couldn't stop with one card for Virginia's View Watercolour Challenge and this card has two more types of watercolour techniques on it and some watercoloury patterned paper. I've used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #68 and lots of Paper Smooches stamps and dies and had a go at some inlaid die cutting.

  

The flowers are diecut from some watercolour card which had been daubed in distress ink on my craft sheet. I misted the distress ink with glimmer mist and sprayed a little white paint on it too.

The bookmark is stamped using a watercolour mixture. I applied distress inks on an acrylic block, misted and then inked my stamps with the watery liquid.

I like the idea of including a little gift with the card, so a part of it goes on!

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #68

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge March 16-22: Anything Goes

Virginia's View Challenge #1: Watercolour

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches We Totally Click, Mimi Monograms, Sentiment Sampler
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire, Picked Raspberry, Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies etc.: Paper Smooches Polaroid Dies, Bookmark Dies, Memory Box Prim Poppy Die

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash, Crate Paper Maggie Holmes

Highlights: Tattered Angels glimmer mist, twine

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Watercolour View #1

This card has been in the making for quite a while, but as usual family has to be the first priority. I'm glad to be able to join in with Virginia's first challenge as I was afraid I would miss it.

This card has been inspired by Virginia's View first challenge: Watercolouring.

I've use heavy watercolour paper as I loaded the cardstock with a water wash before I introduced the distress ink colour and glimmer mist shine. While the background was drying I watercoloured my birthday fish with distress inks and gelatos mixed with water. Once the background was fully dry I heat embossed the sentiment in white and stamped the fish. Then stickles, sequins and glossy accents to finish.

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters In The Sea, Year Two, Quinn's ABCs
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Broken China, Salty Ocean Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Seedless Preserve, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stazon Jet Black

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights: Stickles, white gel pen, sequins, glossy accents, Tattered Angels glimmer mist, gelatos

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Wplus9 Week4 Stretch Paste Wednesday

Wplus9 wants us to stretch it and try something outside our creative norm for their Birthday Celebration Week 4.  I've decided to try a shaped card with embossing paste and embossing powder. I love this font from Wplus9, perfect for filling with stickles!  I've used Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil, but it was smaller than my card base so I had to carefully reposition it to continue the stripes across the card front.

I let the embossing paste dry before heat embossing. I found it very difficult to tell when the embossing powder had melted and am not sure if this is a characteristic of the verdigris embossing powder or the embossing powder on the embossing paste. Another possibility of course is that it's just me! Anyhow my project was created on Wednesday in time for my craft club and Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday and Monday Challenge.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Paste
Wplus9 Birthday Challenge Week 4: Stretch It

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Onesie Two-sie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Dies & Punches etc: Spellbinders Nesting Ovals, Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripes Stencil

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: white embossing paste, verdigris embossing powder, stickles, ribbon

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!