Old Goat

I've had a go at something a little different for me: Peel off outline stickers!  I won these in a raffle and thought they'd go well with the cupcake goat. I've used the CAS(E) this sketch #115 and a freestyle collage style for the Card Concept's cupcake challenge.

This little goat was coloured for  Kathy Racoosin's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Colouring Challenge and I'm so glad he made it to a card. The goat is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, clear embossed and coloured with distress markers. The cupcake decorations are stamped in sliver & iridescent sparkle embossed.

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #115

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday March 2015: Stamping

The Card Concept #31: Cupcakes {winner}

CCEE Stampers CCEE1513: Lamb or Farm Animals [A goat was as close as I could get!]

Supplies

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals, Mama Elephant Balloon et cetera
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Farm Animals die.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Encore Silver

Paper: White card from stash

Colouring: Distress Markers- Iced Spruce, Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry, Victorian Velvet, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters, Weathered Wood, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Seedless Preserves, Gathered Twigs, brushed Corduroy, Old Paper, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Picket Fence. 

Highlights: wink of stella, stickles, white gel pen, white enamel, silver peel off stickers, silver thread,  glossy accents, MME enamel dots, Judikins Iridescent Sparkle & clear embossing powder.

Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you again soon.
So busy with birthdays around here I almost forgot to link to the CCEE Stampers Challenge so I've updated the post!

Bun in the Oven

I missed the deadline for linking my last card to the first Sparkle and Shine Challenge, so I'm made sure this one doesn't miss the boat! I've used Pretty Pink Posh sequins on the top half and glimmer mist on the bottom half of my card base as per the sketch. The sentiment is clear embossed so it won't run, but the distress marker block has spread out nicely at the bottom.

The Lawn Fawn oven was white heat embossed and coloured with distress markers as part of Kathy Racoosin's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I've liberally coated the glass portion of the oven with glossy accents and set the timer for 20:15 as my SIL's baby is due later in the year! I've kept the colours neutral as we don't know the sex of the baby, it'll be a wonderful surprise.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #102: Distress Addicts

Sparkle & Shine Challenge #2: Sketch

Virginia's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Plus One
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: White card & watercolour card from stash

Colouring: Distress Markers- Tattered Rose, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Old Paper, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac.

Highlights: wink of stella, translucent embossing paste, clear embossing powder, glimmer mist, glossy accents, black & silver gel pen, silver thread, Pretty Pink Posh Sugar Plum mix Sequins.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Quilled Shamrock

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh! Hope you are having a wonderful Paddy's day and are revelling in the green. For this special day, I've had another go at quilling with my toothpick. This is so much fun, if there were a few more hours in the day I could spend my time quilling landscapes! It's very relaxing and simple to do.

This card would fit under a few of the choices for BINGO at Craft for the Craic. I chose the central column, even though I don't have any chipboard, because I wanted to make faux-chipboard. This is great for adding dimension by using any of your dies or punches to fake chipboard embellishments. I diecut the happy sentiment three times and stuck them together, you could use even more layers for chunkier chipboard. And yes I did spot the P in need of more adhesive just before it was posted, but not in time for more photos!

I wanted to keep the white spaced uncluttered as the shamrock was very detailed and also stick to the CAS(E) this Sketch. Instead of stamping on all the layers I used sequins on all the layers and positioned some of them half under the layers similar to the sketch.

Challenges:

Addicted to CAS Challenge #59 Codeword: Green

CAS(E) this Sketch #114

CCEE Stampers CCEE1511: Go Green

Craft for the Craic Challenge #14: BINGO [Central Column: Sentiment, >2 Layers, Chipboard]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Violet's ABCs
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Happy die.

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black

Paper: White & green card from stash 

Highlights: wink of stella, quilling paper, NT birthday sequins.

Happy Paddy's Day! Hope you all get a chance to enjoy wearing the green and have fun!  See you soon.

Note:

Paddy is the diminutive form of Patrick taken from Padraig (Irish for Patrick). Pat is also used, I've even known a male Patsy but I don't know any males who use a double T in their pet name. Some Patricia's do use it along with Trish.

Pig Day

A birthday card for a pig mad sister. When I saw this pig I had to use it to make a card for my sister, who adores pigs. This little pig looks like he's about to take flight aided by his helium balloon. Lucky pig!

I've used translucent embossing paste through Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil and everything is coloured with distress markers. The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Liquid Platinum.

Challenges:

Moving Along With the Times: Three In A Row- BINGO [Diagonal Row: Die, Image, Gems]
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Things That Fly
Virginia's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed

Supplies

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil, Farm Animals die.

Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Walnut Stain.

Paper: White card from stash

Colouring: Distress Markers- Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers, Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry,Victorian Velvet, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade.

Highlights: wink of stella, stickles, white gel pen, translucent embossing paste, Liquid Plaitinum embossing powder, glossy accents, Doodlebug green glossy sprinkles circle gems.

Happy Birthday Sinéad!
Hope you've enjoyed you're visit and you'll stop back again soon!

Butterfly Mums

In memory of two very special Mums, who meant the world to us. Butterflies, symbols of metamorphism, but I've used them because they're pretty! I've layered silver card, washi tape and vellum butterflies topped with pearls and twine antennae.

I've kept a monochrome colour palette, silver diecut happy and clear embossed black sentiment on vellum.

This makes me happy!

Challenges:
Moving Along With the Times: Three In A Row- BINGO [Top Row: Die, Washi Tape, Punch]
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Things That Fly
Virginia's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, Home Sweet Home
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly punch

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black.

Paper: White & silver card and vellum from stash

Highlights: washi tape, clear embossing powder, twine, pearls

Happy Mothers' Day! Hope to see you again soon.

Watercoloured Bundle of Joy

I love this week's CAS(E) this sketch but as my last card using it wasn't very CAS I thought I'd give it another go. Distress inks are so much fun, whether they be markers or pads! A surprise bundle of joy is on the way in our extended family later in the year, so I thought I'd spread a little cheer.

I've used Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil with translucent paste for the stars and these are my dots for the Lawnscaping Challenge.

I've embossed the images to make watercolouring easier and the sentiment for a bit of sparkle. More embossing for Virginia's View Challenge- love this technique!

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #113  [Favorite]

Lawnscaping Challenge #101: Dots and/or Stripes  [Mow-It-All]

Virgina's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Plus One, Home Sweet Home
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Evergreen Bough, Black Soot.

Paper: White card from stash

Colouring: Distress Markers- Firebrick Red, Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters, Weathered Wood,Evergreen Bough,Iced Spruce, Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs, Old Paper, Tattered Rose, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade.

Highlights: wink of stella, translucent embossing paste, black sparkle & clear embossing powder, glossy accents, green star gems

Hope you've enjoyed you're visit and you'll stop back soon!

Embossed Flowers

With the fabulous inspiration from the Card Concept photo and design team, I wanted to create a card using flowers in the classy and elegant style. I love the Painted Flowers by Altenew and used their March Challenge From Places Abroad to design the gold geometric background on vellum taking a little inspiration from each of the photos.

I've also played along with Craft for the Craic's Bingo using the diagonals: flowers, more than two layers [five] and diecut or image, more than two layers [five] and stitching. I wasn't sure if my flowers should be classified as such or as an image, so I hedged my bets!

Virginia's View Embossing Challenge was also on my mind with the embossing paste background, platinum embossed flowers and my die also embossed the card base a little as well.

Challenges:

Altenew March Challenge: From Places Abroad [gold ceiling design, geometric pattern on glass door, flower mosaic]

Craft for the Craic March Challenge #14: Bingo! [Diagonal]

The Card Concept Challenge #30: Thinking of You [Pink roses, white container/frame] {winner)

Virginia's View Challenge #13: All things Embossed [Embossing paste & powder]

Supplies

Stamps: Altenew Painted Flowers, Wplus9 Fresh Cut Flowers
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Moroccan Stencil

Ink: Memento Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Pear Tart, New Sprout, Versamark

Paper: White Card & vellum from stash

Highlights: Gold embossing paste, platinum embossing powder, gold thread.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Mixed Media & Embossed Thinking

Mixed Media background card with lots of embossing: embossing paste dots sanded back to white after applying gelato colour, sprays and stamped stripes, embossed label tape and white heat embossed then watercoloured images. I chose the background colours from the Card Concept's inspiration photo and sanded the embossing paste back to white as a nod to the vase in the photo.  But how did I go from flowers to postbox, I hear you ask! When your thinking of someone you might send flowers, but mostly you'll send a note through the post (or email through the internet) and as our postboxes are green and all spring like it was settled!

I've used the CAS(E) this sketch but, as the card involved lots of steps, fussy cutting and messing about with gelatos and sprays, it doesn't fall under their CAS theme. It does contain dots, stripes and lovely Lawn Fawn images so perfect for the Lawnscaping Challenge and three types of embossing for Virginia's View Embossing Challenge which is one year old this month. Embossing was one of the first techniques I tried as a cardmaker and I still love it in all its forms.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #101: Use dots and/or stripes

The Card Concept #30: Thinking of You Mixed Media

Virginia's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed

Media: Distress markers, pigment ink, gelatos, Memento marker, sprays; cardstock, watercolour card; embossing paste, embossing powder, Stickles, glimmer mist, wink of stella, staples, wooden peg, label tape, thread, glass beads & sandpaper.

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn You've Got Mail, Clearly Besotted Basic Stripes
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party Stencil, Tim Holtz Dot Fade Stencil

Ink: Memento London Fog, Versamark

Paper: Watercolour & Grey Card from stash

Colouring: Momento Tuxedo Black marker, Gelato- Aqua Dolce, Butter Cream, Banana, Guava, Bubble Gum, Lavender, Squid Ink, Distress Markers- Mowed Lawn, Old Paper.

Highlights: Stickles, wink of stella, seed beads, white & pearlescent embossing paste, Heidi Swapp Gold, dylusions white linen ink spray, glimmer mist, embossed label, gold thread, wooden peg, staples.

Anyone following me on Instagram will recognise the postbox. I originally coloured this as part of Kathy Racoosin's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Colouring Challenge. It's lovely to see the coloured image on a card!

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.