Happy Birthday Little Mermaid

Dimension is the word this week so I've pulled out my pop dots and dies! I've used lots of layers, there are seven different heights on this card from card base to gem and a glitter paste that is very dimensional giving lots of sparkly texture.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is celebrating a birthday this month and so are we. Birthday season has officially started with the old new year!

I've distressed both backgrounds with Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire. I love this mix of colours especially with a misting of iridescent Glimmer mist. The upper background and happy diecut was created with the smooching technique and the lower one using emboss resist with a distress inking tool. I found the glitter paste while browsing my local-ish online store and it jumped into my cart & arrived the next day- I'm so glad. I love all the glittery dimension it gives.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #103: Dimension

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Happy Birthday

Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers and Dimensions

Supplies

Stamps: EK Success Disney Collection, Hero Arts Magical Background
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Corner rounder

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights:glimmer mist, wink of stella, Simon Says Stamp blue gems, white embossing powder, stickles, label maker, Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver & Gold Glitter paste.

Colouring: Promarkers & Flexmarkers & red colouring pencil

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

30th Mediallion

Photography on the move! I love orange and blue, add in some silver & stickles and here is the result.

Challenges:
Craft for the Craic November Challenge #10: Birthday
Lawnscaping Challenge #94: Count Me In

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Year Two, Quinn's Capital ABCs, Quinn's ABCs & 123s

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts butter bar and orange soda, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Salty Ocean

Dies & Punches etc: Hero Arts/Sizzix Mediallion EF, Quinn's ABCs, Simon Says Stamp Small Folded Banners Die

Paper: White & silver card from stash

Highlights:  Stickles

Colouring: Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Just a quick post for now, hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon :)

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.

10 Minute Craft Dash

This is such a great challenge and preparation is the key! My stamps were on their blocks, all my tools, inks and cardstock were laid out, my sketch was ready and just the pop dots might hold me back (and the embossing and the glittering).  As I peeled my last back off and popped my layer down on the card I had under 2 minutes to add my glitter. My final time was 9 minutes 51.12 seconds. Yay! 

Challenges:

Pretty Pink Posh 10 Minute Craft Dash #31 {Favorite}

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love, Hero Arts sentiment 
Ink: Memento Luxe Love Letter, Encore Silver
Paper: White & green card from stash 
Highlights: Distress stickles, Stickles, glitter glue, silver embossing powder  
Colouring: Promarkers- Ruby, Gold, Forest Green

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.

Peggy's Picnic Party

In my last card inspired by the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger the tangerine shone through, in this card I wanted the green to take centre stage. I love this Hero Arts/Sizzix Medallion Embossing Folder and the Hero Arts Orange Soda and Butter Bar Inks. I swiped the ink cube carefully on the embossed surface, cut, stamped and coloured the other elements and 'pop dots' my finished card!

Challenges:
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Scene in Tangerine
Passion For Promarkers Theme 206: Use the Colours of Your Flag- Ireland (Green, White and Orange)

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home, Hats Off To You, Quinn's Capital ABCs, Quinn's ABCs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts butter bar and orange soda

Dies & Punches etc: Hero Arts/Sizzix Mediallion EF, Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home, Quinn's ABCs, Dovecraft Corner Punch

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Stickles

Colouring: Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Thank you for visiting, see you again soon.

ETA: Some blurry photos of what I brought to Peggy's Picnic Party

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