Jane's Birthday Card

Seeing as it's STAMPtember I had to stamp my own background! I've used the beautiful Hero Arts stamps [and paper flowers] that I won from Julie's Oh Well... 300 Posts Giveaway.  Julie has some beautiful card and project inspiration on her blog which is well worth a visit. 

This is my first time using this type of paper flower. I've used a few of the petals for a fuller look, added extra glitter, covered the brad with silver liquid pearls and topped with a half pearl I had coloured with distress ink.

The Simon Says Stamp Happy die cut was layered a few times with the top coloured layer placed off centre for a shadow effect and lots of stickles and glossy accents to finish it off. I love using staples to adhere embellishments and this card has the added bonus of one of my favourite colour combinations: pink and silver [& a little navy!] As the background is very busy my birthday sentiment was stamped on vellum and I kept the embossed banner white with some distress inking around the edges to tie the two pieces together. I tried to keep this card as CAS as possible using the same colour of distress ink & embellishments and a large white banner.

I've used this week's CAS(E) this sketch for my card layout and A Blog Named Hero's challenge to "Spell It Out For Me" to personalise this card for a very special Jane. Hopefully Jane can use the banner as a bookmark.

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero Challenge #51: Spell It Out For Me

CAS(E) this Sketch #91

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make Your Own Background

Supplies  
Stamps: Hero Arts Sparkle Clear: Glam, Simon Says Stamp Happy Sentiments, Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink  Picked Raspberry, Memento Paris Dusk, Memento Luxe Lilac Posies
Dies/Embossing: Hero Arts Medallion Embossing Folder
Paper: White card & wellum from stash 
Highlights: Prima Paper Flowers, flower brad, Stickles, Glossy Accents, half pearl, silver liquid pearls

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you soon.

Retro Rocket Birthday

I love to combine challenges so when I saw the Waltzingmouse Fanatics Colour Challenge and the Retrosketches challenge, a rocket was launched! I wouldn't normally mix reds, peaches and black, but nature does so I gave it a go.  I inked my background with Barn Door, Festive Berries, Antique Linen, Iced Spruce, Black Soot, Potter's Clay and London Fog hoping to achieve a nebulous sky. Over the red portion I masked and misted Starburst Background for the rocket's plume to echo the rays from the sketch. My rocket was coloured with red, peach, gray and beige Promarkers, black enamel, Wink of Stella and Stickles.

I've also taken A Blog Named Hero's Challenge to use 1 & 4: One Hero Arts stamp and 4 Waltzingmouse stamps. I hope you can see all the glittery bits on this card a little better than my last rocket photography attempt.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero Challenge #35: 4 & 1 {Heroine}
Retrosketches #95
Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge #8: Colours {Top Three}

Supplies  

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes, Studio Calico/Hero Arts Starburst Background

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Barn Door, Festive Berries, Antique Linen, Ice Spruce, Black Soot, Memento Tuxedo Black, Potter's Clay, London Fog

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Glimmer mist, Stickles, Wink of Stella, Black enamel

Colouring: Promarkers

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Wobble Trio

A trio of Christmas cards a little early for the season. I've fussy cut my Hero Arts deer, snowman and Lawn Fawn drum and stuck them on with a spring so you can wobble them to your heart's content.  Each image is coloured with Promarkers and I've placed a corresponding Promarker coloured card sprayed with glimmer mist, behind the Hero Arts sentiment. The base layer is embossed with different folders and adhered to the base card with foam squares.

Now for a closer look at all three:

Card #1:

Hero Arts deer coloured with Wild Cranberry Promarker, Hero Arts Sentiment stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Papermania Snowflake embossing folder.

Card #2:

Lawn Fawn drum coloured with Island Lagoon Promarker, Hero Arts Sentiment stamped in Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers and Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder. I added the pa-rum-pa-pum-pum to ground the drum in the season, as I use this image all year round.

Card #3:

Hero Arts Snowman coloured with Twighlight Sky Promarker, Hero Arts sentiment stamped in Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stormy Sky and Kars Snowflakes embossing folder.

I think this set would be great for the males in my life. I love the colours, bold stripes, wobble action and simple layout with only a hint of bling which is perfect for the boys.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero Challenge #32: Game. Set. Match.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes [Card #1]
Passion for Promarkers Challenge Week 217: One for the Boys  [Card #2 Little Drummer Boy]

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts SD412, CL469, Lawn Fawn Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stormy Sky, Peakcock Feathers, Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies & Punches etc: Embossing Folders- Papermania Snowflake, Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls, Snowflakes

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: white and gold gel pen, glimmer mist, glossy accents, springs, stickles

Colouring: Promarkers & Flexmarkers

 

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Some Odd Girl Take Two

I wanted to try the Some Odd Girl Sketch the right way round, so I flipped Shy Fairy vertically and went in search of some new inspiration. First I found 4 Crafty Chicks inspiration photo and immediately thought of Mel Stampz tutorial on making your own patterned paper. I dropped the colours into her chevron overlay and set about choosing matching Promarkers. The Patterned paper is very busy and I wasn't sure what I could use with it to keep to the sketch, until I remembered A Blog Named Hero challenged us to use vellum, which I embossed with the HA/Sizzix Dot Swirl. Then with Shy Fairy masked I white embossed a swirling sky using Hero Arts Magical Background coloured with distress inks. Next my Paper Smooches sentiment on the banner and I set about making my embellishments: 1. Diecut glittered letters for the birthday girl's name, 2. White embossed swirly star with her age and 3. Sequins (less making for these and more finding them in my big mixed bag).

Challenges:
Some Odd Girl August Sketch Challenge
4 Crafty Chicks 4CCC#156: Inspiration Week
A Blog Named Hero Challenge #30: Victorious Vellum
Passion for Promarkers Week 213: Recipe- 3 papers [Chevron, black, vellum], 1 image [Shy Fairy], 1 sentiment [Happy Birthday], 3 embellishments [name, star, 3 sequins as above]

Supplies

Stamps: Some Odd Girl Shy Fairy, Hero Arts Swirl Christmas, Magical Background, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, Lawn Fawn Quinn's 123s, Quinn's ABCs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Seedless Preserves, Broken China, Stormy Sky, Tsukineko Versamark

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs Lawn Cuts, Corner Punch, Hero Arts Sizzix Dot Swirl embossing folder

Paper: White & black card from stash, Vellum, Mel Stampz Chevron Overlay

Highlights: Glossy accents, Stickles, white gel pen, white embossing powder, sequins

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers 

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

10 Minute Craft Dash

This is a quick CAS card & post! This is my first time trying anything like this. I created in less than 10 minutes for the CAS-Friday 10min Craft Dash & if I'd pre-applied the stamps to the block it would have been even quicker. I choose my colour scheme based on Moxi Fab World Tuesday Trigger, lots of white space with golds & blue. The sentiment is from Hero Arts & the snowflakes are Hero Arts, Kars and Papermania. This is the first inking of my snowflakes.

Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays CFC83: Dashing Thru The Holidays
Pretty Pink Posh Challenge #9: 10 Minute Craft Dash
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Sweet Dreams
A Blog Named Hero Challenge #17: New Year, New You

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts CL469, SD412, KARS X-mas Collection, Papermania 907921, 907924

Ink: Encore Gold, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers

Punch: Dovercraft Corner Rounder
Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Stickles, iridescent gems

Boo!

I won some Hero Arts clear stamps a while back from Simon Says Stamp & have just got round to using the haunted house in the set. I thought the paisley leaf would make a fabby ghost and the googly eyes were a must. One of my favourite background stamps is Magical Background by Hero Arts, give it a wobble when you are stamping & you too can get the extra swirls that make your eyes think they are out of focus. Totally intentional as I'm sure you know :) I liked the effect so didn't stamp it again. I misted the background with Glimmer Mist & highlighted a few areas with Stickles for a bit of glitter & shine.

This card was a thank you card for someone who loves the Halloween festivities. The sentiment was a bit of fun with the thank you on the inside. This card has a lot of dimension: googly eyes, raised embossed background, foam squares for the ghost & haunted house plus it's a thank you & a Halloween card rolled into one. Hopefully this exemplifies the Fall spirit (Halloween, thank you & an actual spirit). 

Sorry for another low light level photo, yeah for the Winter days!

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero Challenge #15: The Ol' 1-2 Punch
Sentimental Sunday Challenge #127: Dimension
Ribbon Carousel Challenge RCC74: Fall Spirit
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes (I didn't use the option)
The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #195: Anything Goes at the Crafty Pad

Distressed Ink Seascape

 

Playing with paints/inks, what a great challenge at Sentimental Sundays. I crumpled my card and applied distress inks with the darkest at the bottom and a little yellow sunshine filtering through from the top. My attempt seemed a little flat (probably need more distress ink colours!) so I stamped on top with my favourite HA background stamp to add some water movement. I initially used water to stamp, but only the left corner was visible, so I then switched to versamark and am much happier with the result.  I'm not sure if the submarine is caught in the net or is just floating by, but the birthday boy looks happy!  I kept the birthday sentiment crisp & white so that it really stands out from the background.

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero Challenge #9: Freestyle

Passion for Promarker Week 160- Theme: Underwater

Sentimental Sunday Challenge #113: Paints/Inks

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #108

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes

Paper:  White card from stash, Orange plastic packaging
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stormy Sky, Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac

Embellishments: Glossy Accents, black enamel, orange eyelet, WMS button twine

Promarkers & Flexmarkers:

Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you next post.