WMS June PJ Party #2

WMS June PJ Party Coffee Colour Challenge with a pop of red. I've used clear embossing powder over the inks and the CAS(E) this sketch #127.

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #127

Craft for the Craic June Challenge: the Big Occasion

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #2: Coffee Colour

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps A Good Egg
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Love Letter

Paper: Kraft card from stash

Highlights: Clear embossing powder, thread, MME enamel dots.

Hope you're having fun at the PJ Party and see you again for Challenge #3

Challenge #1

CAS Patterned Paper Home

Time to pull out the papers and get piecing! I needed a quick CAS card before I visited a friend's new home, so took Lawnscaping Challenge's advice and used patterned paper. No colouring except for a little shading, just some die cutting and a little embossing. Hey presto, a sweet little card for my friend's family of four. I positioned my dies and stamps so the images' colouring made sense and would have a bit of interest. This took a little bit of time, but I had to wait for the embossing paste to dry anyway! I've one little boy bird and one little girl bird flying about as their parents keep watch.
I've kept this card Clean & Simple with lots of white space to enter Virginia's View Challenge #8 and have used Retrosketches #114 rotated 90º to enter their World Cardmaking Day Challenge. There are lots of great sketches in their Archive.

Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #91: Use Patterned Paper  
Retrosketches #135: Your Choice - Retrosketches #114 
Virginia's View Challenge #8: Clean & Simple 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black 

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home Lawn Cuts, Wendy Vecchi Honeycomb Stencil

Paper: White card from stash, Lawn Fawn Daphne's Closet, Pink Lemonade

Highlights: white embossing paste, glossy accents

Colouring: Tim Holtz Distress Markers Old Paper, Iced Spruce, Squeezed Lemonade, Salty Ocean

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Happy New Home

Lots of my friends have moved so I'm in the new house cards zone for the last while, hence my take on the current Muse Card Challenge.  I love Therese's card inspiration for Muse #34. As soon as I saw her little houses, I wanted to get out my Home Sweet Home stamps and dies, but I had to wait until today to play! I've also used twine, white embossing, hearts and reversed the kraft on white colour scheme.

I'm addicted to paint sprays and had to forcibly restrain myself from spraying more. At least it will be a reminder to the new home owner to protect their surfaces lest they get splattered with paint! My houses (especially the middle one) are more muted in real life and I've used an Icicle Promaker to add a little shade and definition to the white embossing. My happy die cut is coloured with Antique Linen distress ink and adhered with microdots.

Challenges:
Muse #34
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Embossed [Heat Embossing]
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Emboss It! [Heat Embossing]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home, Smitty's ABCs
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Mustard Seed, Tsukineko Versamark

Dies & Punches etc: Simon Says Stamp Happy Die, Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home Lawn Cuts

Paper: White & kraft card from stash, Lawn Fawn Daphne's Closet

Highlights: twine, dylusions white linen ink spray, white embossing powder

Colouring: Promarker Icicle

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Gnome place like home

 

I completely forgot to photograph this card before I left the house, so please excuse my impromptu photo studio.  There was plenty of sun to pick up the colours, but also to cast lots of shadows.  I can't complain as I was lucky to be able to use my camera out doors at all, considering the weather we've been having lately! My friend has just moved back from Spain to set up her home & I thought this sentiment from Lawn Fawn was just perfect for her new house.

I've use chevron backdrops to make the patterned paper & Gnome Sweet Gnome for the rest.

Foam squares give lots of dimension to the layers. Three layers for the gnome & two for the toadstools.  I've curved the layers for that extra 3D effect!  Fabulous 3D paper-piecing tutorial by Mariska was the inspiration for this.  I had great fun with my Promarkers trying to use shading to increase the depth of the images & glossy accents for the window shine.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #37: Use Dimension

Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge: Layered

Young Crafters Unite Challenge #11: Many Layers

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Chevron Backdrops, Gnome Sweet Gnome

Paper:  White & Black card from stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peeled Paint

Embellishments: Glossy Accents, White & gold gel pens, eyelet, white embossing powder

Promarkers: