Weekend Fun

Hi there, I've had a little time to create over the last couple of nights. My main aim was to use stamps that hadn't been inked up yet. 

Card #1

This card is for my boss's birthday

I stamped the sentiment (Penny Black - Birthday Love) and Toad (Penny Black - Toadily Happy) with versafine ink and then embossed with black powder. I added sequins for interest. My boss has a musical hobby and has saxaphone lessons but I didn't have anything like that in the way of stamps. So, my guitar playing toad was my next choice :)

Card #2

I bought this Stampin' Up! set called Carols of Christmas (with coordinating dies) off a destash page on FB and it needed to be inked up. I used some patterned paper for my background. The sentiment has been embossed in silver powder. I used some strips of silver mirror card to create the top and bottom border and lastly added some silver sequins to finish it off. 

Card #3

A new to me set by Waffle Flower called P-aar-ty Time. I had stamped and coloured a heap of the little images and then realised there had been a bit of a muck up with the packaging of the coordinating dies. I had one too many of the same die, so I was missing a die for one of the mice. A quick email to Waffle Flower and I should be getting a replacement. 

I created the background with distress ink and flicks of water. The images were coloured with polychromo pencils. 

Card #4

This set is by Penny Black called Butterfly Trio. It's a beautiful set of butterflies. I embossed the butterfly onto watercolour card. I used a combination of zigs and brusho to colour in the image. I fussy cut it all out and used foam tape to adhere to my card panel. The sentiment is from another Penny Black set called Furry Affection. 

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

Card #1 - Inkspirational (Funny Sentiments), Day of the Month Card Club (Frog Jumping Day), Watercooler Challenges (Occasions), Penny Black and More (Men and Boys)

Card #2 - 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (Embossing), Crafty Hazlenuts Christmas (Anything Goes), Jingle Belles (Bling)

Card #3 - CAS on Friday (Animals), Cut it Up (Boys will be boys), Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes), The Library Challenge (Peter Pan)

Card #4 - Animal Friends Challenge (Insects), Crafters Cafe (Feminine), Try it on Tuesday (Fussy Cut), Crafty Cardmakers (Butterflies)

      

Less is More #420 - One Layer Card

Happy Saturday! It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More!

We would like to see ONE LAYER CARDS following our theme -



Here is my card -

I used a Lawn Fawn stamp called Let's Bokeh. I stamped my circles with archival ink and then the outlines with black.

We have a wonderful guest designer joining us with this challenge - Jen Mitchell - welcome!

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

Krafty Chicks (CAS), Seize the Birthday (Anything Goes), AAA Cards (1/3 + repeating image), 

        

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

Perfectly CAS #9 - Animals

Hello! The 15th of the month means the start of a new challenge over at Perfectly CAS.

Here is our theme -

Here is my card -

These cute little reindeers were coloured with my polychromo pencils and gamsol. I used distress ink and splashes of water for my background.

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

Unicorn Challenge (Use Dies), Christmas with the Cuties (Red and Green), 12 Months of Christmas Link Up (Anything Goes), 2 Crafty Critter Crazies (Anything Goes), Crafters Cafe (Anything Goes)

I hope to see you over at Perfectly CAS where the designers have amazing inspiration for you :)

Happy 16th!

Hi everyone! I had to make a card for a co-worker's son who turns 16 tomorrow. Nothing scares me more than creating something for a 16 year old boy... it can't be too 'lovey dovey', or 'babyish'. I think I came up with a fairly good design for someone his age :)

I used the whimsy stamps 'Say What' sentiments with speech bubbles and coordinating dies. I decided the words like OMG and Epic were good ones for a 16 year old. You probably can't tell but the numerals and some of the speech bubbles are mounted on foam tape to achieve a little dimension.

The die cut numbers are by PTI.

The speech bubbles and words are all embossed.

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

Creative Craft Cottage (Make it Masculine), Penny Black and More (Men and Boys), Seize the Birthday (Anything Goes), AUD Challenge (Masculine + Sentiment)

Thanks for popping in :)

Less is More #419 - Colour Challenge

Happy Saturday! It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More!



For my first card I utilised a cream card base, added a white tag and cream hearts.

For my second card, I reversed the colours by using white card as my base and a cream die cut butterfly. I used embossing enamel to create texture under the butterfly.

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

Card #1 - Cardz for Galz (Birthday), Try it on Tuesday (Black, White, and one other Colour), Simon Says Stamp (Dies and/or Punches)

Card #2 - Seize the Birthday (Anything Goes), Watercooler Wednesdays (Feminine), PaperMinutes (Butterfly), AAA Birthday (Things with Wings)

    

Thanks for popping in today :)

Mother's Day Trio

Good morning! I had to get started on Mother's Day cards so I got them finished over the weekend.

Card #1

This one is for my Mum -

I got the idea for this card from Kristina Werner's card HERE. This stamp set is new to me and I wanted to watercolour the mama and baby bear. It's called Bear Hugs by Mama Elephant.

I used my zig watercolour pens for the colouring. The background is an embossed stamp called Heart to Heart by CAS-ual Fridays.

Card #2

This one is for my step-mum

I used the eclipse technique for this card. The rose is from a set called Merci Beaucoup by Clearly Besotted. The alphabet dies are by MFT. The rose was coloured with Polychromo pencils.

Card #3

This one is for my Nan 

Using the same set by Clearly Besotted I decided to emboss my flowers and mask to create a pretty bunch of roses. Again, I used polychromo pencils to colour the roses.

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

Card #1 - The Paper Players (Make you Smile), Cute Card Thursday (Feminine), Watercooler Wednesdays (Anything Goes), Shopping Our Stash (Mother's Day)

Card #2 - The Clever Dexter Challenge (Spring Blooms), CAS on Friday (Favourite Flower Stamp), The Card Concept (Mother's Day)

Card #3 - Stamping Sensations (Say it with Flowers), Dare2BArtsy (In the Garden), Creative Moments (April Showers bring May Flowers)

         

Thank you for popping in today and take care :)

HLS May CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! It's time for our new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers :)

We want to Smile!

Here is my card -

I simply embossed my image and sentiment with white powder on a kraft base :)

This set is Up Up and Away by Mama Elephant.

See you over at the challenge blog!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Happy Saturday!

Today is the start of a new monthly challenge over at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Our theme this month is

ANYTHING GOES OR 'INSPIRED BY A SONG'

I chose a nursery rhyme as inspiration for my card - "See Saw Margery Daw"

Here is my card -

This wood mounted stamp is by Penny Black (obviously!) and called Ups and Downs. The sentiment is from my PB Betsy Bluebell set :)

I coloured in the image with polychromo pencils and gamsol.

I hope to see you over at the PBSC blog!

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

Little Red Wagon (White Space), 2 Crafty Critter Crazies (Anything Goes), Colour Crazy Challenge (Anything Colouring Goes), Lavinia Stamps (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in :)