July 2012 Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party

This is my first blog party with Waltzingmouse Stamps. The theme is 'The Great Outdoors'. I immediately thought of star gazing on a clear Summer's night & I ended up very far outdoors indeed! Outside the atmosphere rocketing through space. I used the sketch on the blog page only to realise it was last weeks, oops. 

 

My background paper was inspired by Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger. The lines going in different directions, the colours & the triangle shapes like my fours. I think the colours have an Olympic Parrot feel as well, which ties in with Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge. I've also added sparkle to my rocket's exhaust plume, Stickles to the rocket's lights & glittery silver gel pen to accent the rocket's antenna & trim.

Hope you enjoy all the inspiration as you hop to the beat of the Waltzingmouse Blog Party :)

Challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge R#80: Olympic Parrot

I ♥ Promarkers  Challenge #126: Sparkle

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Allegro con Brio

Waltzingmouse Make: July 2012 Blog Party

  Image Credit

                                            

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes, Teeny Trees, Lawn Fawn Quinn's 123s

Paper:  White, Teal & Silver card from stash, Digital Paper from Barely Mine Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac

Embellishments: Glossy Accents, White & silver gel pens, white enamel, white embossing powder, stickles

Promarkers: 

Happy Birthday Peggy!

The Stampalot Challenge Blog has posed the question, 'What's your crafty passion?' and my card has a little bit of everything I love about cardmaking: fussy cutting, heat embossing, glossy accents, distress inks, promarkers & die cutting. Oh and of course stamping! I really loved using my new stamps from Waltzingmouse Stamps and I followed their sketch challenge #106.

Going Buggy's Challenge this month focuses on weather and what could be more appropriate than clouds, as that's mostly what I see whenever I look out the window this Summer.

Passion for Promarker are advocating the use of gingham and I found a lovely digital paper in just the right colour created by Bev Rochester.

Crafts4Eternity have a recipe for you to take your colours from the olympic parrot. I've chosen to focus on blue and this ties in nicely with the DYSU challenge which wants you to play with cool colours, so I picked cool blues for Peggy's card.

Challenges:
Stampalot Challenge July: What's your Crafty Passion?
Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge: #106
Going Buggy July Challenge: Under the Weather
Passion for Promarker Challenge Week 157: gingham/checks
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge R#80: Olympic Parrot
DYSU Challenge #80: Cool Colours

Hope you enjoyed sharing my crafty passion!

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroines, Half Pint Heroes

Paper:  White & Silver card from stash, Digital Paper from Bev Rochester
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk, Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stormy Sky, Shaded Lilac

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Stars

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

Promarkers:

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:

Happy Birthday!

I love playing with distress inks & fussy cutting. The cat, dog, bee, butterfly & tree were paper pieced and the flowers, sky & grass were coloured using distress inks. I've highlighted the flight paths, the bees wings & the birds on the patterned paper with glitter glue and I've only used one Promarker to stripe the bee. The flower stamps come in parts, so each one is unique.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #35: Use patterned paper  

Young Crafters Unite Challenge #10: Flowers or flower image

Do You Stack Up Challenge #75: Paper Piecing

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters in the 'Burbs, Jessie's ABCs, Gnome Sweet Gnome

Paper:  White card from stash, Dovecraft Back to Basics II, Docrafts Woodland Folk, Papermania Birdsong
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Stormy Sky

Embellishments: Glossy Accents, Glitter glue, Stickles, Gems

Promarkers: Black

Thanks for dropping by, bee happy :)

Chrysanthemum maybe

I had so much fun making the flower, but I'm not sure of its classification, chrysanthemum maybe. Every card needs a bit of sparkle & the glitter glue catches the light even in this low light situation. I adore this flocked patterned paper, it was difficult cutting it but it had to be done (I'll just have to buy some new ones). This was my first time embossing on vellum & my only purple ink was a colorbox chalk so I had to work very fast! (Must get a more suitable ink for embossing)

Here's a close up of the flower in better light conditions.













Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #35: Use patterned paper 
Going Buggy June Challenge: Make a card using one colour
Young Crafters Unite Challenge #10: Flowers or flower image

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Jessie's ABCs

Punches: Various sizes Daisy punch

Paper:  White card & vellum from stash, Doodlebug Designs flocked paper
Ink: Colorbox Queue Misty Meadows

Embellishments: Purple gems, clear embossing powder, iridescent glitter glue

Thanks for dropping by, hope you enjoyed your visit.

Good Luck!

The Leaving Certificate Exams started today & I wanted to wish everyone Good Luck especially Dee. May you have the correct answers to all the questions you are asked! 

I've been seeing spots and dots all over the place & I wanted to give it a go. For Going Buggy's 'Make a card using one colour', I've used lots of lucky green & a punch-art* four leaf clover.  In total, I've only used 3 promarkers to colour all the cardstock, with some peeled paint distress ink for the stamping. All the green ties in with Fab 'n' Funky Challenges 'Go green!'

Sentimental Sundays have provided a bonus sketch with their 'Show me your SPOTS' theme. I masked the centre of the large circle to create a spotty edge, fully spotted one of the smaller circles & edged the other. A dotty embossed background provide even more spottiness!

*The punch-art is actually die cut hearts:

Challenges:
Going Buggy June Challenge: Make a card using one colour
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #105: Show me your SPOTS
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #124: Go Green

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Jessie's ABCs

Dies & Embossing: Spellbinders Ovals, Xcut Alphabet Dies, Nesting Heart Die, Circle Template,  
                  Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Paper:  White card from stash
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peeling Paint

Embellishments: Glossy Accents, Green gem

Promarkers:

Sketch:

Hope you enjoyed your visit & see you again soon.

Bee Happy

Finally getting to use the Lawn Fawn stamps I won in their Spring Release Giveaway! I love curving the bee's trail into different shapes. My background stamping is an accurate portrayal of my knitting skills (Last time I knitted I was 11). Not quite up to the standard of the beautiful cardigan in the {PIN}spirational Pic Challenge #7, but none the less inspired by its chevron knitted pattern. I've used kraft cardstock (cardi colour), metallic letters (metal jewellery), glitter glue (shiny buttons) & brown ink (hair & tights colour).

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Sally's ABCs, Chevron Backdrops, Gnome Sweet Gnome

Paper:  Bazzill Kraft cardstock, white card from stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black , Tim Holtz Distress Walnut, Barn Door
Embellishments: Gold Letter Stickers, Glitter Glue

Challenges:
{PIN}spirational Challenge #7
Going Buggy May Challenge: Things with Wings
Papertake Weekly Challenge: In the Garden 
Lawnscaping Challenge #33: Clean & Simple