Distressed Frog Prince

I love these old patterned papers from Lawn Fawn and had scraps left over from an old project, so here they are with a new lease of life. All they needed was some distress inking around the edges and some faux stitching.

Distress inking the lily pad has created great texture and colour with distress stickles adding to the lily's sparkle and the ink colours the stickles.

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #178

Lawnscaping Challenge #132: Distress Maniacs [distress inks] [Honorable Gnome]
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use Patterned Papers

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After, Birthday Tags

Dies & stencils et al: Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals, Xcut Heart dies, Daisy punches

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade

Paper: White card from stash, Lawn Fawn Bright Side Petite Paper Pack

Highlights: Stickles, googly eyes, Posca white pen

Colouring: Promarkers & Distress inks

Hope you've enjoyed your visit!

Summer of Creative Chemistry Week 3 (ii)

The Summer of Creative Chemistry and Perfect Splatter Distress Technique - oh so much fun! I made two backgrounds at once so no ink or perfect pearls were wasted. Initially I wasn't too sure about them but when I came back to them the next day I was thrilled with them. I love the shimmer.

The background made me think of sky and baby girls, so I pulled out my Lawn Fawn stork and set to stamping and watercolouring. I  raised parts of the images up with foam tape for dimension and used Retrosketches for the layout. 

Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #132: Distress Maniacs [lots of distress products]
Retrosketches #219
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Magic [stork] 
The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #25: 2nd Year Celebration [MMMC #23 Dimension]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Plus One

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Tag It You're It, Tim Holtz Rays Stencil

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Mermaid Lagoon, Hickory Smoke, Dusty Concord

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Stickles, embossing paste, sequins

Colour: Distress markers & ink

Hope you've had a fun visit and see you again soon.

Week 3 Summer of Creative Chemistry

Week 3 of Summer of Creative Chemistry and time for Perfect Distress! I love this shiny stamping technique. I wanted the distress ink to wick and colour the teddy in, so I didn't dry those bits immediately. Here's a close up of the perfect pearls just after application.

 And a final close up of all that shimmer!

Challenges:

Craft for the Craic June Challenge: Something Masculine

CASology Cue Card: Masculine

Lawnscaping Challenge #132: Distress Maniacs
Summer of Creative Chemistry Week 3: Perfect Pearls & Distress Inks 

Supplies

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Childhood Blueprint, Lawn Fawn Birthday Tags, Sally's ABCs

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Paper: White & kraft card from stash

Highlights: Perfect Pearls, Posca white pen

Colouring: Distress Markers Picked Raspberry, Frayed Burlap

Hope enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Bokeh Forty

After a busy and fun filled family summer, I've finally got a chance to post a card on my blog. Hopefully this is the first of more regular posting now the back to school routine is well established and in theory I've more time on my hands. 

 

Now to the latest creation, I've let the sentiment be the focal point as per the Lawnscaping Challenge this week and created a distress ink coloured bokeh background to display the glittery diecuts. A few sequins and hey presto, a fabulous card! Hey presto needs to be associated with the cards I make at the moment as time is a luxury in between the school runs and never ending laundry that piles up in the wetter weather! All magic welcome! 

Challenges:

Addicted to CAS Challenge #74 Codeword: Sparkle

Lawnscaping Challenge #115: Sentiments

Virginia's View Challenge #19: All Things Coloured

Supplies

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Circle Stackers

Ink: Memento Luxe Wedding Dress, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone, Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade 

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights: Brushed Pewter Distress Spray, Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter paste, gesso, sequins.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and have a magical day.

Bokeh Birthday

I've wanted to make a bokeh background for ages so the Lawnscaping Challenge and Yainea's card provided the incentive and CCEE Stampers the tools. 

I've blended distress inks on watercolour cardstock. Then stencilled white ink circles and daubed white gesso (faux acrylic) for more vibrant foreground circles, some gold splater and glittery sentiment to finish.

I love all the dimension created within the bokeh background. The diecut letters are layered and coated with glitter paste adding to the texture, sparkle and dimension. Just right to make a late entry for Virginia's View Challenge.

Challenges:

CCEE Stampers CCEE1520:Acrylics & Ink

Lawnscaping Challenges #106: Try a New Technique

Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers and Dimensions

Supplies

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Circle Stackers

Ink: Memento Luxe Wedding Dress, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone,Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade 

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights: Heidi Swapp Gold, Bo Bunny Double Dot Gold Glitter paste, gesso.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Happy Birthday Minion

I decided to recycle some wrapping paper for this card, as my lot are obsessed with the Minions and so are their friends. The pearlescent embossing paste was coloured with Memento Luxe Dandelion Yellow ink and spread on kraft cardstock through the Polka-Dot stencil from Simon Says Stamp. The card base is a little larger than the stencil, so I waited for the first lot of dots to dry, repositioned the stencil using some of the dry dots as a guide and embossed the rest of the cardstock.

I used a craft knife to have Phil crashing through the screen like they do in the film. As he is just wrapping paper I've coated him in matte multi-medium, added some white gel pen, wink of stella and googly eyes.

I've used black sparkly embossing powder on the happy diecut & birthday sentiment and Dandelion Yellow Luxe ink for the rest of it. The Lawn Fawn Quinn's No. 6 was coloured with the yellow ink then covered in stickles instead of stamping with it's coresponding stamp. 

Please excuse the poorly lit photos, today was a completely mixed bag. On the bright side there were lots of rainbows!

It's celebrations all round with Craft for the Craic's first birthday and Lawnscaping's 100th Challenge. Looking forward to many more challenges.

I also want to enter this into the first Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp Flickr Co-Challenge.

Challenges:

Craft for the Craic February Challenge: Birthday or Anniversary

Lawnscaping Challenge #100: Birthday Celebration! Our 100th Challenge
Lawn Fawn & Simon Says Stamp Flickr Co-Challenge #1: Get Crafty with Kraft

Supplies 
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Violet's ABCs
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Speech Bubble Border, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Polka Dot Party stencil

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Luxe Dandelion Yellow, Versamark 
Paper: White & kraft card from stash

Highlights: stickles, glossy accents, wink of stella, white gel pen, pearlescent embossing paste, black sparkly embossing powder, googly eyes, multi-matte medium
Colouring: ProMarker Gold

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

*Eoghan an Irish boy's name- phonetically Owen.