Inkspirational #194 - Photo

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational! We have a photo to help inspire you.

I really tried to capture the funky colours within the letter 'r'. I stamped randomly (using dots, chevrons, etc) with neon ink onto paper then die cut my sentiment using alphabet dies. I used foam tape to pop them up.

My photo is a little wonky, sorry.

After the letters were cut, I used a black pen to go around the edges to help give them definition.

I hope you will play along over at Inkspirational!

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Moo-Mania (Letters and/or Numbers), Simon Says Wednesday (CAS), Sisterhood of Crafters (use dies as the focus), Tinker Dream (Sentiment)

Thanks for popping in today :)

Inkspirational #193 - Travel

Hey there everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational where our theme is TRAVEL.

I used my London skyline (HLS - Wish you were Here) and paired with a sentiment from Whimsy stamps. I have been lucky enough to travel to the UK three times over the last few years. I really love London, especially the theatre. Sandie and Val look after me so well when I visit and I hope to visit more!

This card seriously only took a few minutes to put together - easy!

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Try it on Tuesday (Wish you were Here), AAA Cards (Made in Minutes), Unicorn Challenge (Fully loaded or CAS)

Thanks for popping in :)

Inkspirational #192 - Fold

Hey there everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. We have a word prompt for you - Fold

I ummmed and arrrrred about this one. I didn't really have any stamps that would even let me think outside the box. So, I went right out of my comfort zone as a one fold gal to following a couple of tutorials to create a card with more than one fold!

I used my new MFT set to create a Christmas card. I love this Santa. The sentiment is from HLS.

Then it folds down quite nicely to fit into an envelope.

Perhaps I have inspired you to make something not in your comfort zone :) See you over at Inkspirational!

Inkspirational Challenge #191

Hey there everyone! We have a photo challenge for you over at Inkspirational and you have two weeks to play along!

Here is my card -

I decided to use the theme on some of the cupcakes to create my card. I used a stencil to create my background and coloured the images from Lawn Fawn with polychromo pencils.

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

CAS on Friday (use a stencil), Country View Challenges (Blues and Greens), Watercooler Challenges (all about occasions), The Library Challenge (thanks for the reminder, Marina - 5 weeks in a Balloon)

      

Thanks for popping in today, see you over at the challenge blog! :)

Inkspirational #190

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Inkspiraitonal where we want you to use 3 or 5 of something. I went for 3 little birdies for Christmas.

I embossed my background using a star stamp. I coloured my Lawn Fawn birds with polychromo pencils, die cut them out and popped them up with foam tape. The sentiment is also embossed.

Our wonderful guest designer for the next 2 weeks is Milla. Thanks for joining us!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papercraft Challenges (Stars), Sweet Stamping Christmas (Anything Goes), Merry Little Christmas Challenge (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in today, take care! xx

Inkspirational Challenge #189 - Garden

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at Inkspirational. I hope you will play along.

To be honest, I struggled with this challenge. I tried a number of cards trying to reflect garden. In my garden, we have a variety of native plants and lot's of flowers. We also have quite a lot of wildlife - kookaburras, wallabies, etc. I also own 2 Indian Running ducks that roam around the yard. We even have snakes at times... So, I was going to create an Australian themed garden card but nothing worked :( 

I went with a good old flower. Even though it's winter in Australia, where I live the temperature doesn't get too cool so everything flowers all year around.

Here is my card -

I embossed the flower and leaves (from CAS-usal Fridays) and coloured them with my Zig watercolour markers. I also embossed the sentiment and die cut it with a banner die. I popped everything up with foam tape. The background is a cover die which is really pretty.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Fab 'n Funky Challenge (Blooms), Inspire.Create.Challenge (Embossing), Watercooler Challenges (Occasions), The Alphabet Challenge (F is for Flowers)

Thanks for popping in today :)

Inkspirational #188

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. We have a photo to help inspire you over the next two weeks.

Here is my card -

I used the STAMPlorations CityGirl stamp set to try and recreate the funky design in the photo. I paper pieced her dress then masked her so I could stamp the background in a softer colour. The sentiment was stamped in black for contrast.

Here is our photo -

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Crafty Cardmakers (Birthdays), The Library Challenge (The art of stripes - book image below), 

Thanks for popping in today :)

Inkspirational #187 - Gold Dipped

Hi everyone! Time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational :) We want to see you use a gold dipping technique.

I used some enamel embossing powder to create my background. and add texture.

I also used some on my die cut feather.

I decided to double emboss the tip of the feather using some gold embossing powder.

I die cut the thanks using gold mirror card.

We hope to see you over at the challenge :)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -
Artistic Stamper (Texture), The Happy Craft Challenge (Anything Goes) Happy Little Stampers (Anything Goes with Dies),

Inkspirational #186 - Adventure

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. You will have fun with this word prompt!

Here is my card -

I created a fun travel card using two sets from Whimsy Stamps.

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog :)

Thanks for popping in.

Inkspirational #184

Hey everyone! Time for another fortnightly challenge that's just started over at Inkspirational.

I had the pleasure of choosing the theme this time around - Pop it Up!

Here is my card -

I stamped the puppy dogs and coloured them in with pencils. The happy birthday was stamped and die cut with the coordinating sign. I created the background using distress ink. Everything was put together within a die cut Polaroid and popped up with foam tape :)

Check out the blog for more inspiration from the designers!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Alphabet Challenge (A is for Animals), Southern Girls (Frame It), Artastic Challenge (Pets)

Thanks for popping in today :)

Inkspirational #183

Hi everyone! We have a word prompt for you over at Inspirational this week. I wonder if you can guess what it is just by looking at my card?

This card was made with mainly die cuts and a simple sentiment to finish it off.

Here is the word prompt -

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Three Muses (April Showers), Ike's World Challenges (C is for CAS), Path of Positivity (Anything Positive + optional Friendship)

Inkspirational #182

Hey there! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. For the next fortnight we have a photo to inspire you and hope you will play along.

Here is my card -

I tried to mimic the teal colour in the photo by mixing blue and green brusho powders together over glossy card. It looked really good - and then it dried! It was more of a green colour.

I also mixed in some gold perfect pearls to give it that gold accent like some of the items in the photo.

I decided to go with the large sentiment covering the card like the words you can see on the shelf and in the mirror.

Check out the challenge blog for more inspiration by my fellow designers. Thanks for popping in :)

Inkspirational #181 - Use your Stash

Hey everyone! It's now time for a brand new challenge over at Inkspirational where our teamie, Carol, has decided on a fun theme for us. Use your stash!

I am lucky enough to have some new stash which has been begging to be used. Due to time contraints with working at the moment, I haven't had time to really play :( So, this challenge was the perfect excuse :)

This is a new to me 'two part' stamp set by Stampin' Up which is retired. I picked it up on ebay. The best thing is that you don't have to use the second overlay stamp to create your colour. You can just use markers or watercolours if you like. I stamped the scene behind straight onto my card panel then stamped a few more buildings and fussy cut them out to pop them up with foam tape.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

 

Thanks for popping in today and I hope to see you over at the challenge blog.

Inkspirational Photo Challenge

Time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational! We have an awesome photo to inspire you today.



Here is my card -

I created my background by smooshing grey brusho onto watercolour paper (drying between smooshes).

I embossed my flowers onto watercolour paper and coloured them with my Zigs. Once dry, I threw on little clear wink of stella and fussy cut them out. The sentiment has also been heat embossed.

The couch/sofa in the photo inspired me to give texture to the background. The watercoloured flowers are obvious :)

The stamp set is from Happy Little Stampers - Especially for You


I hope to see you play along with this fortnight's challenge. Don't forget to pop on over to my team mates to see their ideas!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Emboss It
The Crazy Challenge - Use Flowers
Moving Along with the Times - Embossing (wet and/or dry)



Thanks for popping by xx

Guest Designer for Inkspirational's 100th Challenge!

What a milestone! Congratulations to Inkspirational! I am very honoured to be a Guest Desinger for the awesome team. Not only that but I am sponsoring this challenge too!

Their challenge 'Blast from the Past' is a colour challenge and you need to choose one of their previous colour challenges.

It wont take much to guess which colours I chose. NEON!

Paired with the HLS Mix Mash stamp set is a match made in heaven! Having a black base really helps those neon colours to pop!

Don't forget if you play along you have the chance to win a gift certificate from the shop!

See you over at Inkspirational!

Guest Designer for Inkspirational!

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I have the honour of being the Guest Designer over at Inkspirational. There is a photo for us to work with for this challenge.

There were so many ideas I had for this photo. Originally I was going to start with using some newsprint DSP to symbolise the book but in the end I concentrated on the gorgeous flowers and how their stems looked like vines.

Here is my card

The little flowers were created by using the smallest die in the SU Flower Framelits set. I used my stylus to shape them and added pearls. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

This card is going to a lady who has just had surgery and the photo reminded me of her probably being home now and reading a good book while she recovers.

See you over at Inkspirational!

Thanks so much for looking xx