CAS No Line Bunny

I've been busy this month playing along on Instagram with Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker for the 30 Day Colouring Challenge. Thought it was time I blogged one of the cards as it is Day 26 already and I'll hopefully get time to do a review of the finished pieces at some stage. This is my first time trying no line colouring, though I think the rabbit has changed shape a little bit! 

I've used the CAS(E) this sketch #183 and my background is all about colour for Virginia's View Challenge #22.

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #183

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge Day 26

Virginia's View Challenge #22: All About Colors

Supplies

Stamps: Mama Elephant Up and Away, Starry Night

Dies, stencils et al: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Memento Desert Sand

Paper: White card

Highlights: Posca white pen

Colouring: Promarkers & Distress Crayons

Have fun and enjoy the colouring!

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.

 

 

Week 2 Summer of Creative Chemistry

Week 2 and stamping with stains. I started out using the marbled stains technique to create the background, layering up the colours until I achieved something I thought would work. This technique has been on my to do list since I first watched the video, but I've just been brave enough to give it a go! Why did I wait?! It's so much fun!

Stage two was stamping with picket fence distress stain and then archival ink.

Stage three distress inking and colouring the piggy bank with distress markers.

Some more stain for a quick pop of colour.

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #197: Make Your Mark [Distress markers, white pen, graphite pencil, inks & stains]

Stamping Sensations June Challenge: Feature A Creature  [pig] 

Summer of Creative Chemistry Week 2: Stamping with stains

Virginia's View Challenge #22 Summer Challenge: All About Colour [Layers of background colour stains, ink blending, distress marker colouring/highlighting ]

Supplies

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Childhood Blueprint

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Stains Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Picket Fence, Ripe Persimmon, Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Black Soot

Paper: White & black card from stash

Highlights: Stickles, Heidi Swapp Gold, Posca white pen, graphite pencil

Colouring: Distress Markers Picket Fence, Picked Raspberry, Black Soot, Frayed Burlap, Squeezed Lemonade

Hope you had fun 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.

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

WMS June PJ Party #3

I've used one of my favourite Old Pajamas, Half Pint Heroes for this challenge with a not so old hello die! Lots of pearlescent embossing paste, a few sequins and distress inking completes the background.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Paste

Virginia's View Challenge #15: Ombre/Monochromatic

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #3: Old Pajamas

 

 

 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes
Dies & Stencils etc: Waltzingmouse Stamps Hello die, Tim Holtz Rays, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Antique Linen 

Paper: watercolour & white card from stash

Highlights: Pearlescent embossing paste, sequins.

Hope the Pajama Party is still going strong and see you for Challenge #4!

Challenge #2

Challenge #1

 

We Totally Click

Monochromatic ombre smooching using Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles. I love how these colours blend together. My addiction to glitter continues as I've sprayed the background with iridescent glimmer mist and added a row of glitter paste through a Simon Says Stamp dot stencil.

The pens are heat embossed in white and liquid platinum on vellum, then fussy cut. The perfect image for the giant ink splat background! This is an anniversary card for my hubby, who after all this time still gets me!

Challenges:

Craft for the Craic June Challenge: The Big Occasion (Anniversary)

Paper Smooches Sparks: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make It Masculine

Virginia's View Challenge #15: Ombre/Monochromatic

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches We Totally Click
Dies & Stencils etc: Simon Says Stamp Dot Stencil, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles
Paper: White & watercolour card & vellum from stash

Highlights: Bo Bunny Double Dot Gold Glitter paste, white & liquid platinum embossing powder, glimmer mist, green star gems.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

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.

WMS April PJ Party

I've created a gift card card for a new arrival for the Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party Challenge #2. I'm addicted to glitter paste so I've covered the card base in dimensional silver glitter polka dots and used vellum for the next layer because I couldn't bear to cover them up or the stamping on the gift card. The sentiment is embossed with liquid platinum adding to the dimension.

Poor lighting conditions as I sought out the last of the sun's rays in the garden for my photography session. Lots of shadows, but I hope you can get the gist!

Challenges:
CCEE Stampers CCEE1515: Stencils 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: April Showers and/or Spring Flowers 
Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers & Dimensions  

Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party Challenge #2: Gift Card It

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps A Good Egg
Dies & Stencils etc: Waltzingmouse Stamps Gift Card It die, Simon Says Stamp Polka dot stencil

Ink: Memento Luxe Angel Pink, Morocco, Dandelion, Pear Tart, Bahama Blue, Love Letter.

Paper: White card & vellum from stash

Highlights: Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter Paste, Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Unicorn Shaker

Shaker card inspired by Kristina Werner's video of a shaker card made using fun foam. I've created a springtime watercolour background with rainbows and clouds from the Paper Smooches Spectrum stamp set, added white sequins and clear seed beeds to the fun foam and vellum shaker window.

A little watercolouring and some stickles for the unicorn and we're almost ready to go! A fun and surprisingly quick card to make, ignoring the glue drying time. I'm still experimenting to find the best glue for foam.

Challenges:

Graph'it Colour Challenge Wk13: Springtime
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge April5-11: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday
Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers and Dimensions [layers of fun foam]

Supplies 
Stamps: Paper Smooches Spectrum, Sentiment Sampler, Lawn Fawn Violet's ABCs Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black
Paper: White card, vellum & fun foam from stash

Highlights: sequins, seed beeds, stickles, glossy accents, wink of stella, clear embossing Colouring: Distress Markers- Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Old Paper, Walnut Stain, Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves, Weathered Wood

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.