On Trend Birthday

Pink and orange hot distress ink sunset as the backdrop to my shiny silver city. Another quick entry for the 10 Minute Craft Dash. After inking and misting I heat set the background for a minute and liberally covered it in powder from my magic bag. I had all the stamps on one block and quickly restamped the skyline before heat embossing in silver. Masking tape and sequin ribbon to ground the image and stop the clock. 9 minutes 54.13 seconds, yay!

Lots of glitter and shine for a sparkly new year birthday. Outside the 10 minute window I added some die cut letters to personalise the card. This card is also for Sentimental Sundays 'Pick from our Favourite Challenge', under Challenge #170: Happy Birthday and Papertake Weekly Challenge: Pick of the Year under the challenge from June: Hot Hot Hot.

Challenges:

10 Minute Craft Dash #32: Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #187: Pick from our Favourite

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Pick of the Year

Supplies

Stamps: Fresh Squeezed Stamps On Trend 2013

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Versamark

Paper: White & silver card from stash

Highlights: Glimmer mist, silver embossing powder, ribbon & masking tape from stash

Dies: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Get Well 10 Minute Craft Dash Circle

This card is for a friend who had an accident recently. I wanted to cheer him up, make him smile and hopefully forget about his injury for a bit! I hope this falls under the category of Get Well as I wanted to play along with the 4 Crafty Chicks. 

The deer was coloured very quickly using three shades of brown and a pink, please don't look too closely! Then I stamped my speech bubble and set to die cutting. It took 5 passes through my die-cutting machine to get all the shapes. More stamping, liquid glue, pop dots, Wink of Stella and a crazy dash for a few dabs of enamel! Did I make the 10 Minute Craft Dash cutoff? 

I created this card in 8 minutes 54.13 seconds. Now I just have to hope this posted in time to link up to the challenge.

I designed a circular card so the I could enter Sentimental Sundays 'Pick from our Favourite Challenge', under Challenge #177: Shaped or Easel Cards, but mine isn't a birthday card so I'll have to enter it under Challenge #146: Anything Goes. I missed these first time round and really wanted to give it a go.

One last photo with the special envelope I created for the card. This time the card is facing away from the sunlight so you can see the pattern on the pale blue paper.

Challenges:

10 Minute Craft Dash #32: Anything Goes {Favorite}

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #187: Pick from our Favourite

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #175: Get Well

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Into The Woods

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

Paper: Kraft card from stash, Lawn Fawn Dalphne's Closet, Pink Lemonade

Highlights: Wink of Stella, Enamel

Dies: Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Circle & Scalloped Circle Stackables, Into The Woods, Paper Smooches Borders 1 Wise Dies

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers

Hope to see you again soon!

Green Rocket Bling: RIC#50, CTS#58, P4P#228

I love the colours in the latest Runway Inspired Challenge, my only problem was I needed a little boys card and my mind kept showing me beautiful white embossed flowers. (Must see if I can do this before the challenge ends!) I stamped the rocket from Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes and used the shades of green, a little grey and white enamel found in the inspiration photo to colour. To highlight Jack's age I stamped the 5 in Memento New Sprout ink and brushed clear Wink of Stella over it. I also added some onto the light green on the  rocket to mimic the sheen of the fabric, plus some Star Dust Stickles to the rocket's plume. My port hole is covered in a copious amount of Glossy Accents and ringed with white enamel to mirror the sunglasses in the photo. I have used CAS(E) this sketch #58 for my card layout.

As usual at this time of year, natural daylight is in short supply and all my glittery bling appears quite understated. I assure you the card shines bright to the naked eye. I captured a little of it from the Stickles, Glossy Accents and enamel. However the Wink of Stella has remained elusive to the camera lens!

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch: CTS#58
Passion for Promarkers Week 228 Mega Christmas Challenge: Include a Sentiment
Runway Inspired Challenge: RIC#50
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bling it On!

Supplies  
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes, Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs Lawn Cuts
Ink: Memento New Sprout,  Tuxedo Black
Dies/Embossing: Hero Arts/Sizzix Dot Swirl
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Stickles, Glossy Accents, Ranger Whit Enamel, Wink of Stella, silver & white gel pen
Colouring: Promarkers/Flexmarkers- Moss, Pear Green, Soft Lime, Icicle, Sunkissed Pink, Apricot, Mustard, Cinnamon


Hope you've had time to craft in amongst all the festivities!

Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop 2013

Welcome from Lisa's fabulous blog! 

I hope you enjoy my winter card that I have created for my first hop with Lawnscaping Challenges! I'm really looking forward to the gorgeous creations to be seen along the hop. If you want to start at the beginning so as not to miss out on all the fun go to the Lawnscaping Challenges Blog.

This card has gone through many revisions and I've finally gone with the less is best approach and removed all my extra snowy hills. I love the crisp line of the sledding slopes against the distressed ink snowy sky. Blue and orange may not be the first colour combination you think for a winter card, but this one has a special recipient in mind who's favourite colour is orange!

The bunny is on a spring so my little one can have some fun when he opens his card. Unfortunately the gloomy winter sky over Ireland didn't allow the camera to catch the lovely sparkle provided by the Wink of Stella glitter brush on the bunny's scarf.

I've coloured the gem using a Mandarin Flexmarker to match the scarf.

Next is Sabine's wonderful blog. 

Don't forget to comment on each of the hoppers' posts as there will be lots of prizes. All information about the sponsors and prizes can be found on the Lawnscaping Home Page. Everyone will have until Sunday 15th December at 11:59pm EST to leave comments.

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love, Winter Bunny, Winter Gifts
Ink: Tsukineko Versamaek, Encore Silver, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Broken China, Chipped Saphire, Stormy Sky, Peacock Feathers, Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Glimmer mist, Lawn Fawn Snowflake Sequins, Silver Sparkle Cord, Wink of Stella, silver gel pen, white & silver embossing powder, orange gem, spring
Colouring: Promarkers- Gold, Mandrin, Burnt Orange, Icicle, Blender

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Lawn Fawn Tag

I've just received the Winter Bunny stamp and die, and I love it! Keeping the bunny & sled white with just a little grey shading and sliver metal work make this tag quick to produce in bulk. I've created my own distress ink background, using some trees from the Peace Love Joy stamp set, for Winter Bunny to whiz through. A smattering of  glitter and a splash of glimmer mist add a lovely shine to the background. Wink of Stella on the scarf, fabulous Lawn Fawn sequins and gold sparkle cord finish the tag.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #71: Tags or Treat Bags  {Honorable Gnome}

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make Your Own Background

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love, Winter Bunny
Ink: Memento Luxe Love Letter, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Broken China, Chipped Saphire, Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn,  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Stickles, glitter glue, Glimmer mist, Lawn Fawn Sequins, Silver Sparkle Cord, Wink of Stella  
Colouring: Promarkers-

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

10 Minute Craft Dash

This is such a great challenge and preparation is the key! My stamps were on their blocks, all my tools, inks and cardstock were laid out, my sketch was ready and just the pop dots might hold me back (and the embossing and the glittering).  As I peeled my last back off and popped my layer down on the card I had under 2 minutes to add my glitter. My final time was 9 minutes 51.12 seconds. Yay! 

Challenges:

Pretty Pink Posh 10 Minute Craft Dash #31 {Favorite}

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love, Hero Arts sentiment 
Ink: Memento Luxe Love Letter, Encore Silver
Paper: White & green card from stash 
Highlights: Distress stickles, Stickles, glitter glue, silver embossing powder  
Colouring: Promarkers- Ruby, Gold, Forest Green

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Pinspired Polka Dots

I have a box of buttons that I love to look at, touch and admire. I bought them to adorn cards, to share their beauty with my card recipients, but they've languished in their box, mine the only eyes to light upon them. I seem to have passed my love of buttons on to the next generation and the squeals of delight as I caught my little one tossing my cherished buttons in the air and letting them run through her hands has encouraged me to share and post my buttons (only a few though!). 

The Lawnscaping Challenge #70 is to use polka dots and I've taken my colour scheme from the Pinspired Challenge #21.  I've distressed the polka-dot patterned paper and card stock with Antique Linen distress ink and coloured with pink Promarkers and some stickles.

Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #70: Polka Dots {Honorable Gnome}
Pinspired Challenge #21 [Inspired by dots and pink & cream cakes] {Runner Up}

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs, Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Worn Lipstick

Paper: White card from stash, Dovecraft Back To Basics III

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Stickles, buttons, twine

Dies, et al: Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacy Circles, Xcut Shape Cutter, Lawn Fawn Lawn Circle & Scalloped Circle Stackables

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.