WMS June PJ Party #4

Oh so much fun! Gesso, gelatos, sprays and beads for Challenge #4 at the Waltzingmouse PJ Party. I've followed the Bedtime Story sketch from WMS and taken inspiration from the Card Concept for this mixed media card. Rainbow ombre butterflies and ombre blue gelato background with burlap flags. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Paste
The Card Concept #37: The Butterfly Effect

Virginia's View Challenge #15: Ombre/Monochromatic

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #4: Bedtime Story Sketch #12 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Teeny Trees
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Hillside Borders, Spellbinders , Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Seed beads, burlap, white spray, iridescent glimmer mist, stickles, Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter Paste, sequins.

Hope you enjoyed the WMS PJ Party and see you again soon.

Challenge #3

Challenge #2

Challenge #1

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!

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.

Get Well Inlaid Diecut

This card owes it existence to something akin to the chicken and the egg debate. Inspiration from The Card Concept, Paper Smooches Sparks and CCEE Stampers Challenge blogs. I've used the PS Sparks February sketch, inlaid diecutting from CCEE Stampers and the colours, textures and multimedia style from The Card Concept inspiration photo.

I've stamped with distress inks and pigment ink. The background is watercoloured with distress inks, with aqua dolce gelato blended with my finger and more distress ink around the edges. I've covered the embossing paste with stickles and splatted some distress paint. I've white washed the wooden vase with distress paint and a white colouring pencil to mimic the white wood in the inspiration photo. The central vase is a homage to the vase I instagrammed a few weeks ago and is coloured with brushed pewter distress spray stain. The third vase is velum, coloured with a Sky Blue ProMarker and I've added seed beads to look like the decorative glass beads that can be added to vases. 

Perspective is a tad skewed with the sliver vase and it appears to be floating a little. My die cutting was a little high and I only noticed it as I  edited the photos, when it was too late to start again. I don't know if I would have started again anyway, as the die cutting was quite intricate and this is a piece of art where the rules of physics don't need to apply!

Challenges:

CCEE Stampers CCEE1509: Inlaid Diecuts

Paper Smooches Sparks Designer Drafts February Sketch

The Card Concept #29: Get Well Soon  [Photo Inspiration- White wood, Stitching (wool) Colours: Blue, Green, Red, Orange; Style: Multimedia]  [Winner]

Media: Distress inks, pigment inks, gelato, ProMarker [alcohol marker], colouring pencils, distress stains & paints; cardstock, wood veneer & vellum; embossing paste, Stickles, glimmer mist, wink of stella & glass beads.

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches Crystal Clear, Chit Chat
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Paper Smooches Crystal Clear 3 dies

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Crushed Olive, Ripe Persimmon

Paper: Card, vellum & wood veneer from stash

Colouring: Sky Blue Promarker, White & Green Colouring Pencils, Aqua Dolce gelato, Distress Markers- Firebrick Red, Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon, Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters, Salty Ocean, Weathered Wood.

Highlights: Stickles, wink of stella, seed beads, embossing paste, brushed pewter distress stain, picket fence distress paint, glimmer mist 

 

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Pumpkin Patch Thanks

This autumn I was fascinated by all the white & gold pumpkins to be seen on the interweb, I wasn't brave enough to do it myself so I'll have to live vicariously through my cards. Virginia's View All Things Metallic Challenge has allowed me to indulge in my creative impulses without upsetting the kids who just wanted to carve the pumpkins. I've taken inspiration for my pumpkin patch from the Lawnscaping's Fall & Pumpkins Challenge and The Card Concept's Thank "fall" Challenge.

 

I've masked the face from my pumpkins and stamped in gold ink. Shading was added with a Cool Grey 3 ProMarker and a Bronze gel pen was used to colour the stalks. The pumpkins were then decorated using masks & gold embossing paste and stamps. The masked chevron stencil border echoes the wooden cladding in the photo inspiration.

At this time of year at 53ºN and with low pressure about, the quality of light is not all that you would wish, so my photos are a little darker than I would like. Oh for a photographic studio, but then I'd have to find another excuse!

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenges #93: Fall & Pumpkins [Honorable Gnome]

The Card Concept #22:Thank "fall" [Clean & Graphic]

Virginia's View Challenge #9: All things Metalic 

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Spooktacular, Chevron Backdrops
Ink: Encore gold

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles Lawn Cuts, Spooktacular Lawn Cuts, Scripty Thanks Lawn Cuts, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Zig Zag Stencil, Falling Snow Stencil

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: bronze gel pen, stickles, gold embossing paste

Colouring: ProMarker Cool Grey 3

Hope you enjoyed your visit and we'll see you again soon!

Lawn Fawn Halloween

Lizzy's Halloween card on the Lawn Fawn blog inspired me to try some partial die cutting and Pamela Ho has a great video for partial die cutting of masked/joined images. I stamped the bats and then my hat, cat and pumpkin using some masking and then partially die cut the images in succession before using a craft knife to create a circular aperture. More partial die cutting to extend the large stitched rectangle die, lots of distress inking and a spritz of glimmer mist for the night sky and hey presto a cute CAS Halloween card!

I've been planning this card for ages but went away for the mid-term break without any craft supplies, hence my nearly missing the Lawnscaping deadline and the poor quickly taken photos. Thankfully my local craft club allowed me to make the time to get inky and sparkly! This card came together quite quickly and I love the CAS look.

In Ireland, Halloween is the biggest celebration in autumn and I've co-opted some American staples, such as pumpkins not turnips will be carved in this house. My Mum carved turnips for Jack-o-Lanterns before pumpkins were readily available and I don't recommend it, as turnips are very tough and lots of upper body strength is required! Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #92: Halloween Theme or Use The Colour Combo
Passion for ProMarkers Week #271: Add Some Sparkle
The Card Concept Challenge #22: Thank "Fall" for Halloween [Clean & Simple ]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Spooktacular, Home Sweet Home
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Stormy Sky, Seedless Preserve, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles Lawn Cuts, Home Sweet Home Lawn Cuts, Simon Says Stamp Happy die

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: silver gel pen, Wink of Stella, star gems, glimmer mist, Tim Holtz brushed pewter spray stain 

Colouring: ProMarker/FlexMarkers

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Wplus9 Spotlight Floral Pearls

My first attempt at the spotlight technique. I've used stamping as I didn't have any suitable dies and wanted to play along with Wplus9's Challenge. All my images are stamped in London Fog or Tuxedo Black on the card front and I've used Love Letter, Pistachio and Cottage Ivy for the diecut spotlighted flower. I created a Clean and Layered card for the Card Concept Floral Theme and used pearls for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. I couldn't find any black card for my layers so I've used Black soot distress ink to alter some white card.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes with Pearls 
The Card Concept Challenge #4: Floral Theme
Wplus9 Spotlight Challenge

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals
Ink: Memento London Fog, Cottage Ivy, Tuxedo Black, Memento Luxe Love Letter, Pistachio, Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot

Dies & Punches etc: Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals dies

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: washi tape, stickles, Wink of Stella, half pearls

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Wplus9 Step Up Bold Pink

Embossing paste: how did I live without it? I love the depth and texture of the paste which has been coloured with Memento Luxe Love Letter and the jagged edges of the bold stripes which provide drama for the softer graphic image and coordinating sentiment. Glitter de rigueur!

Wplus9 are celebrating their birthday with lots of challenges, this week the focus is on dimension. I've used embossing and die cuts to achieve this. I've kept the embellishments to a minimum to allow the image and sentiment to take centre stage.

Challenges:
The Card Concept Challenge #3: Use Monochromatic Pink
CASology Week 82: Bold
Wplus9 Birthday Celebration Week 2: Step It Up

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Love Birds, Onesie Two-sie
Ink: Memento Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Tuxedo Black, Luxe Love Letter

Dies & Punches etc: Wplus9 Love Birds, Xcut Nesting Heart Dies, Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe Stencil

Paper: White card and vellum from stash

Highlights: white embossing paste, Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents

Hope you enjoyed your visit and all your valentine cards are appreciated tomorrow!