Watercolour butterflies

I have 2 cards to share with you today using butterflies by Layers of Color. I stamped the butterflies using Stazon on to watercolour paper before colouring them using Derwent Inktense pencils (for the pink butterfly) and Reeves watercolour wax crayons (for the pastel butterfly).

I then cut the butterflies out and added them to the cards (made using watercolour paper) before stamping sentiments using Unity stamps.

This one uses a stamp from Insightful Meadows and I've used watercolour pencils around the edge.

The second one uses the sentiment stamp from the Unity/ Webster's Pages Itty Bitty stamp - Dream Big ( which is unfortunately out of stock at the moment). I added a few rhinestones at the bottom of this card.

Thanks for visiting

Jo xx

Flutterescence....

I've a couple of cards to share today using the gorgeous Layers of Color - Flutterescent set:

The first is very simple using kraft cardstock:

and the second is slightly less clan and simple using a couple of patterned papers and a Unity sentiment from an old kit of the month:

Materials used:
Kraft cardstock, Papermania cardstock, Papermania Rose Garden papers
Layers of Color stamps (as above), black Versafine ink, brown Memento ink, Unity sentiment
Martha Stewart edge punch, Fiskars edge punch
Kaisercraft rhinestones

Thanks for visiting!
Jo x

So This Is........

LOVE........
Morning! Today I have a card to share with you with stamps that the lovely Emily has just sent me...love them.

I seem to be in a 'Purple' phase at the moment.....the beautiful background card was on my desk after I'd been making, so set the tone for this one!
I have used 'Garden Wall Frame' from Layers of Color.........this fits one of the new Nestie shapes I have just got too.....I think it took me longer to get the image onto the Nestie shape than to do the rest of the card!! It was a bit easier after I'd stamped and embossed the image and than lightly stuck the nestie to the card before cutting.........trust me this is the easiest way!! I have coloured it with ProMarkers and Glossy Accented the Bird. The sentiment is by {ippity} 'So This Is Love' I've just added a paper flower and some beautiful ribbon (which I think was round a box of choccies!! I never throw anything away!!)

Thanks for looking, I hope you have a wonderful Monday.... I'll see you soon.

She xx

More Tags...

Hey All, it's Tuesday and that means it is my day on the MTDS blog and this week I have a tag for you and following on from She's fabulous tag posted yesterday.

I've used the Layers Of Colour Joyful Noise which is back in stock over at Make The Day Special.

Such a great stamp set!

Have a colourful day.

See you next week.

Kim

Nature Walk

Here is another card from me using the lovely Nature Walk set from Layers of Color, available from Emily here.

 I stamped 3 of one of the flower stamps and coloured them in with Promarkers, then matted that onto some Crafty Individuals bp.  I added a stamped greeting (unknown brand) and stamped one of the flourish stamps from the set around the edges of the card using Dusty Concord Distress Ink.  Finally I added some gems to finish.

Materials
Stamps - Layers of Color,
Inks - Memento, Distress Ink, Promarkers
Other - Crafty Individuals, adhesive gems 

Flowering Gems

My card today uses the Layers of Color stamps - Flowering Gems.

I've used these before by stamping then colouring them with Promarkers but today I decided to use them stamped on paper and then decorated with pearls. There are already circles in the stamped image which make it easy to place your choice of pearls/gemstones/Stickles etc.

Materials used:
DCWV cardstock, paper unknown (from my scraps box)
Layers of Color stamp, black Versafine ink
AC Thickers and rub-on
Papermania adhesive pearls, Kars pin
cotton lace and satin ribbon.

Before I go, just a quick reminder that there are still some bargain Unity kits on sale for only £20 in the shop. These are a fabulous bargain for quality red rubber stamps!!

Jo x

Wonderfully Flutterescent

Today's card makes use of the gorgeous Layers of Color - Flutterescent stamps. These are fantastic for either stamping and colouring or just as easily stamping on to patterned paper which is what I chose to do for this card.

Materials used:
Papermania cardstock, SEI Jocelyn papers, K&Co Wild raspberry tag
Layers of Color stamp, black Versafine ink
Fancy Pants ribbon, black Signo pen

Layers Of Color Tag

All distressed today - don't worry, I'm not distressed but my make is LOL!

I have been playing with the Layers of Color stamp set called Joyful Noise, so pretty. I made a little distressed tag which was actually inspired by the project idea on the back of the stamp set packet.

I've grunged up the papers with my seam ripper and distress inks, with a little tear here and there.

Hope you are having a fabulous Distressed day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Layers of Color stamp set called Joyful Noise

Inks - Rangers Distress inks; Archival coffee

Paper - HOTP

Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Silicone glue

Other - Crop-a-dile; Eyelet; seam ripper

Flocked butterflies

I love the Layers of Color butterfly set "Flutterescent" and having bought some flocking powder last week decided to try it our with these stamps.

I stamped the butterflies on to lightly patterned paper using the Essential Glue Pad before adding black flocking powder then cutting out the butterfly. The card base was made and I used Laura Ashley flocked paper as a background.

I added organza ribbon and a rub-on sentiment and accent to finish the card.

I love the effect of the flock on the stamping and can see myself using this a fair bit in the future!!

Flowery thank you.

My card today uses the Layers of Color set "Flowering Gems". I love this stamp set as there are so many ways it can be used......my next card I'm going to stamp on patterned papers.
For this card I stamped each flower and leaf with brown Memento ink before colouring them all with Promarkers and cutting them all out.

Papers used: Provocraft and Papermania

Inks and colouring: Memento and Promarkers

Also used: Martha Stewart border punch, sewing machine, Heidi Grace sentiment stamp.

Butterfly for you and robots for the boys

My card to show you today is using a butterfly stamp from the gorgeous Flutterescent set by Layers of Color and available to buy at Make The Day Special:

I cut a shaped card from Bazzill Bling card and then sewed together my patterned papers before adding ruffled ribbon and the alphabet stickers. The butterfly was stamped using Memento inks on to cardstock before cutting it out to stick on the card. As a finishing touch I added some paper roses.

For the men/boys I made some cards using the awesomely cute robots from the Spaceships and Robots set but I've noticed that this set is currently out of stock in the Make The Day Special shop. However I thought I'd just show you them as they really are quite cute.

I'm sure Emily would be pleased to help you if you want these stamps :-)

Christmas in May?!

Have you seen the gorgeous new Layers of Color stamps in the shop? I've been playing with the reindeer set and made a few tags ready for Christmas gifts.

I started by stamping the images on to plain white cardstock using Versamark ink and then heat embossed using metallic embossing powders:

The stamped images were all cut out and then placed on the tags and embellished. All the papers used were scrap pieces that have been in my stash for quite a while!

Hope that seeing Christmas stuff has cooled you down during the current hot spell and as ever thanks for visiting!!