Wplus9 Comfort Zone

As usually I'm rushing, so I really needed my comfort zone for this card. A quick CAS card in about 10 minutes. Wplus9 do this so well with matching dies for their build an image stamps. I die cut my shapes, embossed my panel, stamped my images, added gems and Wink of Stella then assembled. I've marked my dies where the stamps line up, so with a small pencil mark I can stamp exactly within the die cut shape. Woodland Wreaths is one of my many favourite Wplus9 stamp sets and I'm looking forward to creating some spring, summer and autumn wreaths too, but that would have been a little outside my comfort zone at the moment.  I want to take my time any experiment with different colours before I show you those! Here's a close up of the wreath:

Challenges:
Wplus9 Birthday Celebration Week 1: Comfort Zone

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths, Tim Holtz Sentiment
Ink: Memento Luxe Love Letter, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peeled Paint

Dies & Punches etc: Tim Holtz Texture Fades Woodgrain embossing folder

Paper: White and red card from stash

Highlights: Wink of Stella, gold gems, Lawn Fawn Lawn Trimmings silver sparkle cord

Hope you enjoyed this quick post and see you again soon.

WMF#10 Widescreen Over the Edge Heart

For this card I've used Waltzingmouse Fanatics sketch in widescreen!, tried my had at looping some thread beneath an embellishment and created part of the constellation Orion with Stickled fussy cut stars. For my first attempt at controlled mayhem, I'm surprisingly pleased!

My over the edge heart is Stella'd to within an inch of its life and coated with copious amounts of Glossy Accents. The stars and moon are liberally coated in Antique Linen distress Stickles.

Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC127: Over the Edge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Have a Heart
Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge #10: Sketch

Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge #10

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes, Teeny Trees, Hero Arts Starburst background

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Peacock Feathers, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Picked Raspberry, Versamark, Encore Silver

Dies etc: Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Heart Dies

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: White gel pen, glossy Accents, Stickles, Wink of Stella, Glimmer mist, White embossing powder, twine

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Love, Muse & Sketch

This card was inspired by my Lawnscaping muse, Yainea's Thank-you card. I've used lots of glitter, tags, cord, a central die cut shape, white embossing and glimmer mist spray.  I love Yainea's cards and find great inspiration on her blog: My Paper Journey.

My layout is taken from CTS#61 and the Lovey Dovey theme from Sentimental Sundays Challenge #191.

To make the card for the tags, I brushed white card with gesso and allowed it to dry. I then applied and blended Black soot distress ink and Memento London Fog onto the card. Lastly I liberally sprayed with glimmer mist to add lots of shine. For a fabulous example of this technique see Gayatri's gorgeous card on her blog. For the background, I randomly stamped 3 solid hearts from different Lawn Fawn sets in Picked Raspberry, stickle-ing and stella-ing some of them.

My next challenge is to decide if this is a valentine's card or a bride to be on her hen night's card and choose an appropriate sentiment for the inside. What do you think?

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch #61 
Lawnscaping Challenge #74: Inspired By
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #191: Lovey Dovey

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Peace Joy Love, You've Got Mail, Into the Woods, Winter Gifts
Ink: Tsukineko Versamaek, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot, Picked Raspberry, Memento London Fog
Dies: Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Heart Dies, Tag You're It
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Glimmer mist, Silver Sparkle Cord, Wink of Stella,  white  embossing powder, glossy accents, stickles



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CTS#61 Boy Birthday Blast

I had the idea to use silver mirror card, white on the inside so easy to write a message and gloriously shiny on the outside evoking machines and space. What I didn't spend much time thinking about was photographing it, in any lighting conditions never mind the dull wet Irish days! 

I've used CTS #61 for the  layout of this card but I rounded the elements a little. My planet is a woodgrain embossed circle die cut which has been coloured with distress inks and lightly misted with white paint. The Waltzingmouse sentiment wouldn't fit into the Lawn Fawn speech bubble so some masking and partial die cutting was called for. This was my first attempt at this technique and I love the options it opens up for your stamps and dies.

I like this card and layout, however I couldn't stop. I love the idea of the astronaut talking from his rocket- speech bubbles are so much fun! So I've added another one and then some die cut letters so you know who he's talking too. 

I think this is a fun card for a five year old boy and I love the punny WMS sentiment that comes with the rocket and the countdown which allows me to highlight the age (more masking).

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch #61
I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #203: For the Boys 
Passion for ProMarkers Challenge #232: Anything Goes 
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Let's Have a Laugh 

Supplies  

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes, Lawn Fawn A Birdie Told Me

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Neon Blue

Dies etc: Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Circle Stackables, A Birdie Told Me, Cole's ABCs, Tim Holtz Woodgrain Texture Fades

Paper: Silver & White card from stash

Highlights: Silver gel pen, glossy Accents, Stickles, Wink of Stella, Dylusions white linen ink spray

Colouring: Promarkers/Flexmarkers

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

WMF#9 CAS(E)#60 Air

I wanted to join in with Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge 9: Fabric, so I've stamped with Stazon on felt and done a bit of 'Felt Piecing'! I've kept with the fabric theme and used lots of sequins to colour my clouds. My layout was taken from CAS(E) this sketch #6 and I'm also taking Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge A is for.......AIR. Hopefully you can see the embossed AIR swirling around the hot AIR balloon!

Challenges:
Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge #9: Fabric
CAS(E) this Sketch #60
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge A is for ... AIR

Waltzingmouse Fanatics #9: Fabric

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroines, Half Pint Heroes

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Chipped Saphire, Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Jet Black

Embossing: Provo Craft D'vine Swirls

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Stickles, Sequins, Glossy Accents, Pink felt

Colouring: Promarkers/Flexmarkers

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Paper Smooches Muse

I've taken my inspiration for this card from Therese Calvrid who is our muse at the Muse Card Club this week. I inverted her layout, kept 5 shapes, lots of white space and a 2 line sentiment. I've only used pink, green and blue and added some gold embossing and sequins. My triangles were created with twine stuck to my stamp press, stamped with Versamark, gold embossed and water coloured with distress inks.

I've tried my hand at shadow stamping the Paper Smooches sentiment with London Fog and Tuxedo Black inks. I like the effect but it can be a little disconcerting for the eyes. My photography doesn't help whether the poor lighting or bad focusing, I apologise.

Challenges:
Muse Card Club Challenge #50
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Anything Goes {featured player}

Supplies  

Stamps: Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire, Evergreen Bough, Picked Raspberry, Versamark
Paper: White card from stash
Highlights: Sequins, gold embossing powder

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Owl I Want

As soon as I saw the Merry Monday photo I knew I had to make this card.  I've cut an aperture in the front of the card using Lawn Fawn Circle Stackables and framed it with paper from the Peace Love Joy Paper Pack (also used this for the hearts). My die cut circle was stamped, coloured, distressed and then lightly misted for a snowy effect.

Challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #88: Use an animal on your Christmas card

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn You're A Hoot, Winter Gifts,Smitty's ABCs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Luxe Pistachio, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire
Paper: White card from stash, Peace Love Joy Petite Paper Pack
Highlights: Stickles, Wink of Stella, Dylusions White Linen Ink Spray

Dies: Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Circle & Scalloped Circle Stackables, Hearts

Colouring: Promarkers/Flexmarkers- Forest Green, Poppy

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!