Chevron Thanks

Some geometric fun with Lawn Fawn Chevrons and archival ink. I love this colour combo Chartreuse, Teal and Brown with complimenting geometric sequins from Neat & Tangled. This card takes lots of inspiration from Seven Hills Crafts Challenge Photo.

A little close up of the shimmer!

Challenges:

Seven Hills Crafts August Theme Challenge: Geometry

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: It's Hip to Be Square

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Chevron Backdrops

Dies & stencils et al: Lawn Fawn Stitched Squares, scripty thanks die

Ink: Ranger Archival Potting Soil, Paradise Teal, Vivid Chartreuse

Paper: White & silver card

Highlights: Wink of Stella, Neat & Tangled Birthday Bash Sequins Mix

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Week 4 Summer of Creativity

Archival resist technique on glossy paper for Week 4 of the Summer of Creative Chemistry. Having lots of fun with this one and it's my first time using glossy paper. The background is stamped with archival ink and coloured with distress inks. The main image is stamped with Jet Black archival ink and I've used the mini ink blender to stamp distress ink over the blocks for a touch of colour. If you look closely you can even see some faux second generation stamping around the top edge.

Don't look too closely or you'll see my fingerprints, where my heat gun missed a tiny bit of the ink and I promptly put my finger there. Advisory: make sure you fully heat set!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add Some Shimmer
Virginia's View Challenge #22: All About Colours

Supplies

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Childhood Blueprint, Prima Finnabair Honey Comb, Vintage Vanity Notes, Harlequin

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Forget-Me-Not, Tea Rose, Buttercup, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Mermaid Lagoon, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke

Paper: Gloss & black card from stash

Highlights: Stickles, glossy accents

 

 

Hope you had fun and see you again soon.

 

 

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

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!

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!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I've had to make a quick card for Chaitali's Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop as I've been relaxing with my family and therefore wasn't surfing the internet so there is less than 12 hours left! Coincidentally one of my crafty friends just handed me a bunch of stuff which had this cafetiere stamp in it (my one and only coffee themed stamp) so this card was meant to be! I wanted to make her a thank you card and as I'm not a latte drinker I had to come up with a different sentiment.

I've die cut the main sentiment and placed some ivory vellum behind it, which catches the lightly beautifully. You would be able to see this, but as it was photographed in the late evening, the sunlight was only reaching the tree tops and not my card!

Hope everyone is enjoying National Coffee Lovers' Day and that you've been perked up by all the caffeinated inspiration along the hop! If you are quick there may still be time to link up and win some prizes,  if not grab a cuppa and enjoy! Thanks Chaitali for all the fun.

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

Die: Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks

Paper: Kraft card & vellum from stash

Highlights: Glossy Accents, silver gel pen

Colouring : Promarkers in my big coffee mug!!

Now I need to remove the Promarkers and fill it up with some Java.  On second thoughts I'll leave that until the morning! Have fun and see you again soon.

Academic Autumnal Thanks

More fun playing with CTS#78 and Make the Day Special's Colour Scheme B: carrot colours. With the new academic year approaching I thought I'd better tackle some thank you cards and nothing means back to school like stomping through leaves on your way there! I've distressed my embossing paste, card and label with Antique Linen Distress Ink and coloured the leaves with lots of messy distress inks (I'm still cleaning my hands!) and a spritz of glimmer mist which I've also used as the splatters from the sketch.

 

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch #78
Lawnscaping Challenge #87: Back to School Themed Project [Honorable Gnome] 
Make the Day Special August Colour Challenge: Colour Scheme B [Runner Up]
 

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Winter Gifts, Smitty's ABCs
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Barn Door, Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Pine Needles,  Peacock Feathers,  Seedless Preserve,  Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies/Embossing: Lawn Fawn Tag It You're It Lawn Cuts, Stitched Leaves, Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe Mask
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Glimmer Mist, Glossy Accents, twine, embossing pate

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you soon.

Dotty CAS(E) Wplus9 Mood

I couldn't wait for Wplus9's Pretty Poinsettias release, so I had a go at making my own using Fresh Cut Florals. I tried to echo the shape of the flowers in the Monday Mood Board #21 and pick up the red, green, white and gold colours from the board. 

I've use CTS #48 by N@ Ali and a dotty swirl background by Hero Arts with dotty gold liquid pearl flower centres. Seems I'm going dotty for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

I've stamped the larger double leaf from Fresh Cut Florals three times for the poinsettia petals and three times for the leaves, then fussy cut and layered them.

This is one of my World Card Making Day creations, I'll post some more when I get/make the time. Hope you we're able to get creative and had fun yesterday!


Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch #48
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: We're going Dotty
Wplus9 Monday Mood Board #21

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals
Ink: Tsukineko Versamark, Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Bamboo Leaves

Dies & Punches etc: Hero Arts Sizzix Dot Swirl embossing folder

Paper: White and gold card from stash

Highlights: Gold liquid pearls, gold embossing powder

Enjoy the week ahead and happy crafting!

Obrigados

A special thank you from all of us for a Portuguese friend. I hope I've got the sentiment correct (he speaks at least four languages fluently).

The main sentiment is die cut from black card, heat embossed on patterned paper, fussy cut and paper pieced. I've stamped the present in Versamark ink, partially paper pieced it and shaded it with antique linen distress ink.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #62: Paper Piecing

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #105: Hexagons and/or Circles [Circles]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs, Home Sweet Home, Pa rum pa pum pum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Versamark

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Circle & Scalloped Circle Stackables, Quinn's ABCs Lawn Cuts

Paper: Black, kraft & white card from stash, Lawn Fawn Bright Side Petite Paper Pack

Highlights: White embossing powder, white gel pen

Thanks for visiting, hope to see you again soon.

7 or Less

I've been intrigued with Marie's 7 or Less Cardmaking Challenge. I usually use lots of Promarkers, glossy accents and glitter glue, so 7 or less items seemed a little impossible. I used Sketch Saturday #254 for the layout. I've improvised a speech bubble from Paisley die cut (solid shape) and stamped with distress stain on Island Lagoon Promarker solid background. If I hadn't been limited, I would have heat embossed the sentiment.

Challenges:
7 or Less Challenge #4 Optional Theme: Solid Shapes
Sketch Saturday #264: Your Favourite Sketch since Jen Started (#254)


Hope I make Marie's deadline, I've left this post until the last minute!