CAS Happy Birthday OLC

For this card I decided to blend some paper and some Promarkers. I've used diffuser plates to partially emboss my card, so that the raised swirls blend to flat cardstock and I've blended 3 Promarkers so that there were no harsh lines. I've also used some distress ink around the outside, so the white transitions to Peacock Feathers ever so slightly.

It's hard to see in the photograph but the paper aeroplane's trail has been stickled!

A close up of some of the blending.

Challenges:
Craft for the Craic February Challenge: Birthdays or Anniversary
Lawnscaping Challenge #99: Clean & Simple
One-Layer Simplicity Challenge OLS13: You Blend!

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Flying, Year Two  
Dies & Stencils etc: Provocraft D'vine Swirls, Tim Holtz Diffuser Set 1

Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Peacock Feathers

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Stickles Colouring: ProMarkers- Turquoise, Petrol Green, French Navy





Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you again soon. Can't believe how many one layer cards I've made this week, it must be a bit like buses!

OLC Watercolour Thanks

I've coloured directly on to the Paper Smooches stamps with distress markers, huffed and stamped while masking the silver vase. The leaves were then shaded with a distress marker. The Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Inspirational Photo was a great starting point, I focused on the big blooms in a solid darker vase, the pink colours and the silver mirror surface. 

I have a very neglected large silvery vase that used to be polished and displayed, but now languishes in a corner. I may have to get the polish out this weekend and bring some bright springtime cheer to my house. Instagram has the before shot, but I don't know when the after shot will go up, if you discount my stamped vase!

Thick watercolour paper meant that my die cut nearly all the way through, so a label is keeping everything in place on the inside, just in case we have a wardrobe malfunction and something falls out! However it was worth it as I love the watercolour effect of all the blended distress makers on the textured watercolour paper.

Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays CFC136: Must Love Watercolor
One-Layer Simplicity Challenge OLS13: You Blend!
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge 8-14 February: Inspiration Photo
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: All Things Bright & Beautiful

 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches Crystal Clear
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles, Scripty Thanks

Ink: Encore Silver

Paper: Watercolour card from stash

Colouring: Distress Markers- Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Shaded Lilac, Mowed Lawn

Hope you enjoyed your visit today and see you again soon!

Blended OLC Poppy Birthday

 

I love the way in which Distress inks blend. However, my flowers blended a little too well, as I stamped the second colour while the first was still very wet, resulting in very little definition between them. I restamped the darker colour and used a watercolour brush to aid the process. The stems underwent the same procedure minus the restamping and the background square was doodled with a watercolour brush.

I added some Wink of Stella to the flower sentiments and stamped the sentiment in Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black.

This is a special birthday card for my Auntie Pauline. I've posted it a little early, but as she doesn't have an internet connection, I'm pretty certain it will remain a surprise until the postman delivers it! Hopefully this will bring a little brightness and beauty to the still dull February days!

A quick shout out for Craft for the Craic who turn one this month: Lá breithe sona duit, go maire tú an céad!

Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays CFC136: Must Love Watercolor
Craft for the Craic February Challenge: Birthdays or Anniversary
One-Layer Simplicity Challenge OLS13: You Blend!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: All Things Bright & Beautiful

Supplies

Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps Brushed Poppies, Sentiment
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone

Paper: Watercolour card from stash

Highlights: wink of stella

Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you again soon!

Hearts & Dots

This card started life as a bit of fun background building, messing about with hearts and dots. I tried a bit of generation stamping with the hearts, misting the dot fade stencil, using gelatos on the stencil, using gelatos with the dauber and flicking the solution from the stippling brush. Flicking was my favourite, even if it was a tad messy!

Once I had the background stamped I really wanted to use it as a one-layer CAS card. I covered a small area with gesso and stamped the post box. I used some more gesso under the letter but didn't want to wait for it to dry so I used my heat gun for added texture (My story and I'm sticking to it!). I coloured the image with the gelato/mist solution adding more colour or black ink as required.

This was a lot of fun and I hope to find more time to experiment with all the textures.

Challenges:
The Card Concept Challenge #3: Use Monochromatic Pink
Lawnscaping Challenge #75: Dots & Hearts
One Layer Simplicity Challenge #2: Can You Repeat That?

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love, You've Got Mail, Into the Woods
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Luxe Love Letter
Dies etc: Tim Holtz Dot Fade Stencil, corner rounder
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Glimmer mist Pink Poodle, Wink of Stella, white enamel, gesso, Blood Orange Gelato


Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!