Stamp a Scene

I had great fun playing with lots of Lawn Fawn stamp sets & Fluffy Stuff to create my Spring themed card for my craft club. I managed to use Cruising Through Life (prize from Papermade Bakery), Critters in the 'Burbs and Gnome Sweet Gnome (toadstool eggs & cracked tulip egg). I originally coloured my bike in a bright red that didn't work one little bit. As time was of the essence to get to my club, out with the blender an a mellower red bike emerged. Stickles, Glosssy Accents,  gel pens and my cheap non branded fringed scissors aka document shredder for a little grass. It is meant to be Spring so the grass has started growing and should be knee height, right?!

I tried to choose my promarkers to match my Lawn Fawn papers, but also used some pastely ones.






Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #52: Stamp a Scene
Simon Says Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations February Challenge: Fur & Feather

You are loved

Paper Smooches set us a special challenge this week to create a project with a heart on it. I've used this weeks designer draft sketch, die cut a foam heart, & Stickled the heart in my sentiment. My fur ball is coloured with Cool Grey Promarkers & left hanging on some washi chevrons atop my mini card.

Top Tip:

Washi not wide enough, you can line up strips side by side to get different widths and as it's repositionable you can more it around without ruining your project until you get it right.

 

Challenges:
Paper Smooches Special Challenge: PS project with a heart
PS Sparks Designer Drafts Challenge: Sketch
Allsorts Challenge Week 193: Valentines
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #141: Love is in the Air
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge: Let Me Call You Sweetheart 
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #202: From the Heart (with Sentiment)

Happy Valentine's!

I really wanted the heart to be the focus of this card, so I coloured my heart thief from Mo Manning in shades of grey & kept my cardstock to layers of white on white with some Stickles for glitter & Glossy Accents for shine. 

Top Tip:

If your piece of cardstock is larger than your embossing folder, choose a pattern that you can easily match up & re-emboss with a pokey tool from behind.

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Week 193: Valentines

Crafts4Eternity R#110: Be My Valentine
Sentimental Sunday Challenge #141: Love is in the air
Simon Says Stamp: White on White
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge: Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Hope you've had a lovely day & see you soon.

Watercolour PTI Birthday

Papertrey Ink's 6th Birthday celebrations are continuing with a challenge to create a project that uses some type of watercolor technique or look. Using Sunday's sketch #5, I've heat embossed my flowers in white, then dipped them in distress inks which were smeared on a craft sheet & sprayed with glimmer mist to mix them. I've accentuated the flower centres with Deep Cadmuim watercolour pencil so that they have a daisy quality. I've added some Stickles to Dawn McVey's digital Papertrey Ink freebie & inked the edges in Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

It's A Wrap Challenge- PTI Tag

Papertrey Ink is celebrating 6 years & today's challenge is to find an inspiration photo and create a wrap, tag or gift packaging based on it. Pinterest yielded a beautiful sunflower & butterfly. I used water colour pencils on my butterfly & covered it with glimmer mist for some shine. The PTI Simple Sunflower was stamped with Memento Rich Coco & Tim Holtz Distress Inks with Stickles for a bit of glitter. I distressed the edges of the tag with Antique Linen, added some Trendy Tape & threaded some yellow buttons onto twine. More twine for the butterfly's antennae and some doodling & Stickles for its contrail. I wanted a tall sunflower so I used the Sending You Sunshine sentiment as its stalk. Hopefully this will bring some sunshine (à la glitter) with my gift.

In the spotlight:

Hope to see you soon :)

Happy Birthday To You...

Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday dear Emer...
Happy Birthday to you!

 

There were more songs in my head like "99 Red Balloons", but as there was only one on the card, I chose to be super original with Happy Birthday to You! I love this image by Saturated Canary, the eyes are fabulous. I kept singing "Don't you make my brown eyes blue", but this is a happy card. I have used Jen's sketch from Sketch Saturday for the layout of the card. I felt it made the card look like a present all wrapped up for a party. Initially I intended a large star with happy birthday on it where the ribbons meet, but I loved the deeper colour where they crossed over each other & wanted to leave it showing. So with some masking of the Paper Smooches happy birthday, we have a lovely right aligned sentiment.

Challenges:

Saturated Canary Challenges #34: Song Inspiration [Happy Birthday To You]

Sketch Saturday #239: Jen's Super Sketch

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Cards Galore January Challenge: Anything Goes

The Perfect Sentiment PSC60: Metal Embellished Birthdays

Supplies

Stamps: Saturated Canary Ava, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: White & Silver mirrorboard from stash

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Stickles, red ribbon, silver & white gel pen, iridescent stars

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers

Have A Blast!

I've disguised this birthday boy's age as part of the rocket's count down, but I think the big red glittery 65 probably give it away! I love the silver embossed panel so much, it's tactile & shiny and I want to find more ways to use it. Another favourite is white embossing powder, I love watching it develop and the end result. The glossy accents on the window even picked up a little glare, how it did under the Winter sun I'm not sure.

Challenges:
Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge #129
ABC Challenge: E for Embossing
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes
The Perfect Sentiment PSC60: Metal Embellished Birthdays
Cards Galore Challenge Blog January Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Supplies

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

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls

Paper: White, Navy card & Silver mirrorboard from stash

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Stickles, white embossing powder, silver gel pen

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers