Watercolour masking

Hiya! Quick post from me as I have a poorly little lady with me :-( Here's a card I started a few weeks ago and have only just got around to finishing. It's using this tutorial from Kristina Werner using masking fluid to draw a circle, then splotch in Distress Inks and water so they blend together. Then, once everything was dry and I had rubbed away the masking fluid, I used the same colours of ink and flicked little splatters over the top along with water and some white misting ink. Once that was dry I stamped and embossed what I think is my fave sentiment stamp ever, over the top, and matted everything to a purple card base.

I'm going to enter this into these challenges; Addicted to CAS Distress, AAA Challenges Watercolour Rain, Viginia's View Embossing and Sieze the Birthday Anything goes option. I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies;

Ink - Distress Inks 'Seedless Preserves', 'Chipped Sapphire' & 'Peacock Feathers'

Sentiment - Mama Elephant 'Make a Wish'

Other - white embossing powder, watercolour masking fluid & Studio Calico white spray mist

Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Blackberry Bliss'

 

Hugs & Kisses (SSS Feb kit #3)

Hiya! This little card is my 3rd so far with this months Simon Says Stamp card kit. I've used the cardstock, patterned papers and the cute little Mason jar paper clip. I filled the heart with a piece of pink paper which I triple embossed with the clear powder, also from the kit. The sentiment is from a new Clearly Besotted set.
I've made it for this weeks Less is More challenge of Pink & Grey - mine's a shiny version of grey ;-) It's also for the current Addicted to CAS challenge of Hugs & Kisses and also another entry for the Fushion challenge. I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies;

Paper, cardstock, clear embossing powder & paper clip -Simon Says Stamp 'February 2015 card kit'
Sentiment - Clearly Besotted 'Simple Silhouettes'
Dies - Lil' Inker 'Stitched Rectangles' & Nestabilities 'Circles'
Other - WOW! embossing powder 'Platinum'

Happy New Home

Morning! I'm back to share this card I've made for my friend who has just bought her first house. I used this weeks Less is More colour scheme, the current Wanna Sketch as well as this fortnights Addicted to CAS challenge of Dots. I used this pretty spotty paper as my starting point and paper pieced the house along with some Pool Party cardstock. I wanted the sentiment to look like smoke from the little chimney so I drew some wiggly lines to stamp my letters along (it's with a mini wooden alphabet set and heavy reliance on my Stamp-a-ma-jig! Haha!) For the little smoke swirls I masked off the flourishes in the Papertrey Sending a big Thank You stamp, then added some gems. I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by! (Apologies for the drab photography!)

Supplies;
Stamp - Doodlebug Home Sweet Home & Papertrey Sending a big Thank You
Paper - Echo Park Springtime
Cardstock - Stampin' Up Pool Party
Ink - Stampin' Up Pool Party & Smoky Slate
Other - clear gems

Cheers!

Hello! I hope you're having a good week so far! I'm back to share this card I've made for this weeks Addicted to CAS challenge of Luxury. I immediately thought of black, gold, pearls & diamonds, then as I was making it, this little champagne glass popped up too, what could be more luxurious? Time to drink it in my case! Haha! ;-) I've followed this weeks CAS(E) this sketch and CAS on Sundays colour theme of Black and White plus another colour, mine is gold. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Supplies;
Paper - Basic Grey 'Little Black Dress'
Dies - Lil' Inker 'Stitched Squares', MFT 'Celebratory Greetings' & 'Let's Toast'
Other - gold glitter embossing powder, gems & pearls

5th Birthday card

Hi again! I'm back with this card I've made for my nieces birthday. It's not until December but I had to go with the idea when it struck. She's going to be 5 (or number 5 as she tells us!) and her fave colours are pink and purple so hopefully she'll like it. I've made it using this weeks Retro Sketches sketch, Merry Monday Birthday challenge, Seize the Birthday Anything Goes and also this weeks Addicted to CAS which is Celebrate. Thanks for looking!

Supplies;
Cardstock - Hobbycraft
Sentiment - Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler'
Dies - Papertrey Ink 'By the Numbers', 'Suffix Style' & 'Hello Sunshine'. Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Journalling card' (stars), Simon Says Stamp 'Holiday Shapes' & Nestabilities 'Circles' & 'Squares'.

Stencilled #1

Hello! I hope you've had a good weekend! Not sure if you've seen but there's a sale on at Online Card Classes. I love these classes but never have a solid chunk of time to take part in them so don't want to spend the money. However, as they're now both finished and cheaper, I thought I would take the Stencilled class in my own time. I've got quite a few stencils but need a jump start to use them. Here is my first card using Debby Hughes' sponging technique & card idea. I've made it in my fave colour scheme; coral & gold, for the following challenges - Avery Elle - Die cuts, Addicted to CAS - Celebrate, Less is More - Anything Goes & Simon Says Stamp - Embossing. I forgot to take a pic of the inside of the card but I've stamped Happy Birthday and a little cupcake to go with the sentiment. I hope you like it, I'll hopefully be back with tomorrow with another card.

Supplies;
Stencil - That Special Touch 'Large Polka Dots'
Inks - Distress Inks 'Tattered Rose', 'Dried Marigold' & 'Worn Lipstick'
Sentiment - Avery Elle 'Cake & Candles'
Candle - Papertrey Ink 'Wishes Come True'
Dies - Papertrey Ink 'Fillable Frames #1' & 'Wishes Come True'
Other - gold embossing powder, gems & vellum

One layer thank you card

Hi! I've had a go at a one layer card today - they don't come easily for me! But there were a few challenges I could combine so it meant I could concentrate on not bodging up my stamping! I did anyway but never mind! It's a Thank You card for this weeks Less is More One Layer challenge but I used Heathers cards as a starting point on this weeks Papertrey Make It Monday Clustered Stamped Sentiment challenge. I only really had flower stamps but I quite like how that looks. The colours are for this weeks Paper Players challenge and I'm also going to enter into this fortnights Addicted to CAS challenge of Off the Edge - 4 for the price of 1! ;-)
I'm not sure if there's something wrong with my clear embossing powder but after I wiped the ink off, there was loads underneath it so my white sentiment looked a bit muddy. I lined it up and stamped over it again with more VersaMark and embossed it, this time in white, it's given a more raised and glossy effect so a bit of a happy accident! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like it!

Supplies;
Stamps - Papertrey Ink 'Rosie Posie', 'Sweet Life' & 'Sending You'
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink 'Think Big Favourites #5'
Ink - VersaMark 'clear' & Stampin' Up 'Calypso Coral', 'Pear Pizzazz' & 'So Saffron'
Other - white embossing powder

My Mum's Craft Shop August Challenge!

Hiya! I hope you're all well and having a good week! I'm here today with my first card as a Guest Design Team member for My Mum's Craft Shop! Yippee! It's the first of the month so there's a brand nw challenge, this months theme is -

Summer Sun!

Pretty apt with the weather due today! :-) You have until August 31st to join in with us and there's a voucher for the shop up for grabs!

Here's my card - why does my mojo disappear when I'm 'needed' to make cards - grr! So I decided to make a fairly simple card using the cool new MFT Sun Ray die and some sparkly paper, I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies;

Dies - MFT Die'Namics 'Sun Ray'

        - MFT Die'Namics 'By the Letters'

Paper - My Minds Eye 'Collectable Memorable'

Glitter paper & yellow card - stash

Challenges;
Colour Throwdown - these colours (no orange though) -->
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Addicted to CAS - Glitter

Sunglasses ready?

No, not for any actual sunshine, (chance would be a fine thing!) just for this card! I really wanted to use this sentiment stamp for the current Seize the Birthday sketch but thought it might look a bit plain, until I thought to combine it with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge of stamping on pattern paper! I wanted to make it really stand away from the pattern so I embossed it with some glossy black embossing powder. The result isn't quite as simple as I thought but at least it's clean ;-) Thanks for stopping by, Have a lovely day!

Challenges;
Seize the Birthday - this sketch -->
CAS-ual Fridays - stamping on patterned paper
Addicted to CAS - Birthday

Supplies;
Sentiment - Purple Onion Designs
Papers & brads - Doodlebug
Washi Tape - Queen & Co

...and another!

Hiya! I seem to be on a masculine card kick at the moment, here's another I've made. I used a combination of negative and positive die cutting to make all the little stars pop off the card. Thanks for stopping in!

Challenges;
Fusion Challenge - this sketch -->
Addicted to CAS - Birthday
Dynamic Duos - these colours -->

Supplies;
Dies - Papertrey Ink, Sizzix & Simon Says Stamp
Washi tape - Queen & Co
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink

40th Fireworks!

Hiya! I hope you're enjoying your Sunday! I've been crafting up a storm! Not all card making but just tinkering about with some new techniques. I went to the Make It Show in Farnborough on Friday and I always come back all inspired so I thought I would strike while the iron is hot and have a play!
I did make this card using one of the stamps I bought though. My mum was buying me a birds stamp from this range for my birthday (which I'm supposed to forget about but I'm really excited to use!) when I saw this fireworks stamp on a card on the display stand, I had to have it! I've gone a bit crazy with the embossing powder! Its quite busy but as the layout is so simple I'm entering into a few CAS challenges, feel free to discount this entry if it isn't CAS enough. I hope you like it though and thanks for looking! Oh, and this card is for my brother-in-laws birthday in May - organised huh?!

Challenges;
Seize the Birthday - male card & this sketch -->
Sweet Stampin' - Embossing
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
CAS-ual Fridays - Stamped background
Addicted to CAS - Masculine
CAS-ology - Circle

Supplies;

Sparkly Hearts!

Its Friday!!! Yeeeaaahhhh!!!!! ;-)
I'm back again (every day this week, maybe thats a record!) with this little Anniversary card I've made. I love negative die cutting so there's lots of that here, plus a bit of sparkle and embossing thrown in too. I hope you like it, thanks for popping by!

Challenges;
Simon Says Stamp - Have a Heart
Creative Inspirations - Sent with Love
Cute Card Thursday - Love Struck
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges -Valentines/Love
Addicted to CAS - Heart
Supplies;

Love You!

Hiya! I hope you're having a suitably relaxing Sunday! I was up at 7 to take Jamie to get his car so I've been back to bed for a while, hee hee! I thought I'd get going with his Valentines card and here's what I came up with! Not sure if its too girly with the pink letters & glitter though so I may make another! And on a side note, I'm pretty proud of myself for having the actual Stampin' Up cardstock for the Dynamic Duo challenge! Small pleasures! Thanks for popping in, enjoy the rest of your day! :-)

Challenges;
Dynamic Duos - these colours -->
Addicted to CAS - Heart
CAS-ual Fridays - Love Letters
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - Valentines/Love
The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentines

Supplies;

Way to Go!

Hiya! I hope you're all having a good week and haven't been caught up in too much snow! We got about 2 inches on Monday morning but it was gone by lunchtime and that was all - fine by me!
I've just popped in to show a quick card I made yesterday. I got some of the Embossing Diffusers and my first thought was they'd be great for one layer cards. As this weeks LIM challenge is one layer week I had to try it! That's when the problem hit - this is the only sport or exercise related image I own! And I live with sports loving man!! I've had this little stamp for years though so I'm glad I've found a use for it! I coloured it with a white gel pen then went back over any mistakes with a black fine liner. I then used the same white pen to give some borders, it looked a bit lost without those. I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Less is More - One Layer Sports/Exercise
CAS-ology - Blue
Addicted to CAS - Embossing
CAS-ual Fridays - Round of Applause (encouragement & a circle)
Supplies;