Simon Says Stamp March 2015 card kit #1 & #2

Hello! I'm here to share a couple of quick and simple cards I've made with this months Simon Says Stamp card kit, I love the colours included in this kit and both cards use just the supplies provided. First up is a card inspired by this weeks Muse challenge card. I love the mix of patterned papers and thought it would be a good showcase for these ones too.

Then this card is using this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch. I've left a strip of the black card base showing as I thought it grounded the whole thing and the black Liquid Pearls act as the 3 little banner elements. I used the stamps from the set on to one of the Journalling cards. I hope you like them, hopefully I'll get a chance to squeeze in some more soon :-) Have a lovely weekend!

Supplies;

Stamps, papers, cardstock & Liquid Pearls - Simon Says Stamp 'March 2015 Card Kit'

Ink - Stampin' Up 'Crushed Curry' & VersaFine 'Onyx Black' & 'Smoky Grey'

 

CAS card for a Girl

Hiya! I'm back to share this little card for the new CAS on Sunday challenge of a Girls card using this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch. I think my version of CAS might be a bit different from everyone else's - my white space in teeny pink polka dots! ;-) But hopefully the cleaness is still visible. I'm also going to add this to the Seize the Birthday Anything goes challenge. I hope you like it, thanks for looking and I'll be back very soon with more :-)

 

Supplies;

Papers - Doodlebug 'Sugar Shoppe' & 'Sweet Cakes'

Dies - MFT 'Party Balloons', 'Bracket Edge Duo' (for the balloon string) & 'Accent It - Celebrate'

Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Daffodil Delight' & 'Bermuda Bay'

Other - clear Wink of Stellar

 

Sparkly congrats card

Morning! Taking a brief break from making Christmas cards to show this Congrats card I made using the gorgeous colour scheme at Colour Throwdown this week; Gold, Silver, Brown & White. I combined it with a flipped version of this weeks CASe this Sketch using die cut sequins for the embellishments, and also this weeks Papertrey Make it Monday Glittered Frames challenge (I need to get some thinner tape to try this again, I'm not sure I like how chunky it looks). It also fits this bill for this weeks Just Us Girls Sparkle challenge. Thanks for looking, have a great Sunday.

Supplies;
Cardstock - Stampin' Up Early Espresso
Die - Mama Elephant Confetti
Sentiment - Papertrey Think Big Favourites #5
Other - Martha Stewart Florentine Gold glitter & WOW! Platinum embossing powder

Rustic Christmas Wreath

Hi! I hope you've had a good weekend! I'm back with another Christmas card - properly in the flow now! ;-) It's using this weeks Case this Sketch, Festive Fridays photo challenge and the Pals Paper Arts colour challenge. I made the wreath by cutting a few different sized poinsettias in a mix of greens then cutting them apart and glueing them in a wreath shape. I used gold Wink of Stella on the bow but it only shows up in a photo when turned at a weird angle into the sun! Thanks for looking, I hope you like it :-)

Supplies;
Card stock - Stampin' Up 'Naturals white', 'Cajun Craze', 'Always Artichoke', 'Garden Green' & 'Pear Pizzazz'
Paper - My Minds Eye 
Dies - Spellbinders 'Poinsettias' & Taylored Expressions 'Basic Bow'
Other - Wink of Stella 'Gold' & pearls

Neutral Christmas card set

Hiya! Warning, this is a pretty long post! I've made another set of Christmas cards, 3 this time, and for a few different challenges.

Firstly is my own challenge. I've watched Kristina Werners holiday card series for the last 3 or 4 years and every year I've said I'll make a card inspired by every day - only just managed day 1! Haha! Though that's one better than previous years :-) It's fairly easy to see how I cased this card though instead of grey I used beige, instead of silver I used platinum and instead of the embossed background I used this beautiful patterned paper (hopefully in the close up you can see the shine on this paper) It's from this gorgeous pad from Buttons for Brains - love it!

This second card is using this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch. When I was making the previous card, I didn't know whether the gold or platinum embossing would go best so I made both using this gorgeous sentiment die and 2 layers of powder. Then I stamped and embossed the snowflakes and half the sentiment in the same gold.

Then for my 3rd card I used the other half of the gold sentiment this weeks Merry Monday challenge of neutral colours, snowflakes and dry embossing. All 3 of these cards are for this weeks Muse challenge which was to make 3 cards using die cuts, cream and a single sheet of paper - this is where I bent the rules, I only use 6x6 paper and only had one of each sheet so I made all 3 cards using papers from the same collection, I hope that's ok! Thanks for looking and making it to the end! :-)

Supplies;
1st -
Papers - First Edition 'Gilded Winter'
Sentiment die - Simon Says Stamp 'Merry Christmas'
Card stock - Stampin' Up 'Sahara Sand'
Embossing powder - Wow! 'Metallic Platinum'
Other - Simon Says Stamp 'Moonshine' sequins, vellum & natural silver twine
2nd -
Papers - First Edition 'Gilded Winter'
Dies - Simon Says Stamp 'Merry Christmas' & MFT 'Snowflakes Splendor'
Stamps - MFT 'Snowflake Splendor'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Christmas'
Card stock - Stampin' Up 'Crumb Cake'
Other - Simon Says Stamp 'Moonshine' sequins, 
Embossing powder - Wow! 'Metallic Rich Gold Pale'
3rd -
Papers - First Edition 'Gilded Winter'
Dies - Simon Says Stamp 'Merry Christmas' & Memory Box 'Country Landscape'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Christmas'
Embossing powder - Wow! 'Metallic Rich Gold Pale'
Card stock - Stampin' Up 'Sahara Sand'
Other - Simon Says Stamp 'Moonshine' sequins ' snowflake embossing folder

Halloween Wishes

Hi! I hope you having a good week. I've whipped up a little Halloween card this week. I don't send them or even do anything for Halloween but I still like to make one or two! This stamp is actually a whole witch flying on a broom image but I only wanted something small so I did a bit of masking to just get the witches hat, and of course that needed some sparkle! ;-) The pattern strip is a portion of a background die which I cut a few times from different colours then randomly slotted together. It's for this weeks CASe this Sketch, Less is More Autumn colours theme and also this weeks Paper Players theme of Halloween. I hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Supplies;
Stamp - Penny Black 'Halloween Mimi'
Cardstock - Kraft, Stampin' Up 'Pumpkin Pie', 'Basic Black' & 'Smoky Slate' 
Die - Hero Arts 'Triangle Background'
Sentiment - Dovecraft (old one)
Colouring - Copics & Wink of Stella 'clear'

Sparkly pink christmas card

Hi! I'm back with a card I've made using some of the gorgeous new Gilded Winter papers from Buttons for Brains - they're beautiful!! I've also used one of the wood veneers from the Winter Woodland collection, normally not a pairing I'd use but I flipped the veneer over to the plain side, smooshed it in VersaMark ink and covered it with embossing powder to match the papers. Then a generous helping of gems & pearls to make a girlie Christmas wreath :-) All this was inspired by the current Festive Friday challenge photo, and the layout is this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch. I've also used the top line (Sparkle, Patterned Paper & Embossing) of this weeks Merry Monday challenge. Thanks for stopping by :-)

Supplies;
Paper - First Edition 'Gilded Winter'
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Pink Pirouette' & Neenah 'Desert Storm'
Wood veneer - Dovecraft 'Winter Woodland wooden shapes'
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp 'Small Folded Banners'
Embossing powder - Wow! 'Metallic Platinum'
Other - adhesive pearls, pink gems & natural twine

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

Papertrey August Blog Hop Challenge

Hi again! What a drizzly bank holiday we're having! Hopefully this card brightens you up a bit. It definitely makes me happy; pink, gold, polka dots, glitter, ooooh! ;-) It's inspired by this months Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

I've had this gold glitter embossing paste for a little while so when I saw the photo, I embossed a panel with a polka dot stencil and left it to dry. Then this morning I made it up into this card. I think I'll do that more, I get put off using pastes because of the drying time. It looks kind of gaudy in the photos but its lovely in real life :-)
I'm also entering this into the current Seize the Birthday anything goes challenge, this weeks CASe this Sketch and AAA Cards challenge of stencils. This is also using techniques from the Stencilled Online Card Class (see, told you it would take me ages!! Haha!) Enjoy the rest of your Monday!

Supplies;
Stencil - That Special Touch 'Large Polka Dots' 
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink 'Keep it Simple: Birthday'
Card stock - Stampin' Up 'Melon Mambo'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Melon Mambo'
Other - Vellum, clear embossing powder & Imagination Crafts Sparkle Paste 'Gold Shine'

Child's birthday card

Hey! I'm back with a card I made for a few challenges; this weeks Case this Sketch, Just Us Girls colour theme of blue, green and a neutral (mine is grey), The Paper Players child's card theme and this weeks Papertake challenge of die cuts. I inked up my little balloons to give a bit of dimension then added lots of Wink of Stellar glitter, hopefully it shows up! :-)

Supplies;
Cardstock - Stampin' Up 'Smoky Slate', 'Pistachio Pudding', 'Soft Sky' & 'Coastal Cabana'
Ink - Stampin' Up 'Smoky Slate', 'Pistachio Pudding', 'Soft Sky' & 'Coastal Cabana'
Background - Hero Arts 'Tiny Star Background'
Sentiment - Penny Black 'Sweet Wishes'
Dies - Nestabilities 'Ovals' & MFT 'Party Balloons'
Other - Wink of Stellar Glitter Brush Marker 'Clear', silver embossing powder & silver twine