Squiggly Christmas Trees

Hiya! I recently bought a new Lavinia stamp, which I think is really designed to be for trailing foliage, but in the Lavinia For You FB group I saw someone use it as a Christmas tree, and it looks beautiful! So I had to have a go... I stamped the 'tree', and then masked off the panel, and used torn paper, ink dusters and inks to create the background. I added some 3D sparkle with Nuvo Glitter Drops, and then added snow by using watered-down gouache, flicked at the card. Yes, it went everywhere! But I love the effect. Thanks very much to Debbie for helping me with the technique! xx

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

HLS CAS:

Rubber Stamp Dance:

Allsorts: Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
Mix It Up: Anything Goes + optional twist



Ingredients:
Lavinia stamp: Small Whimsical Whisps
Adirondack ink: Denim
Nuvo Glitter Drops: White Blizzard
White gouache

Mother's Day Silhouette Cards

Hi! Here are a couple of Mother's day cards I made. I masked the circle, then stamped the image and inked the backgrounds. I added extra colour to the seeds, and then went a bit crazy with gems!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Less Is More: - 3 colours

Mix It Up: 'Anything Goes + optional twist of Inked Background'
Creative Inspirations: 'Spring Greens'
Addicted to CAS: 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps:

Pearly Sparkles: 'Make it Girlie'
Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes'
My Time to Craft: 'Mother's Day or For a Female'


Ingredients:
Woodware: 'Grasses'
Adirondack Inks: Meadow, Butterscotch, Cranberry
Artistry Inks: Midnight Blue
Crystal Parade gems

Cuddle Monster

Hiya! Here are some more valentines cards I made - I tried to do something a bit different from the usual hearts and flowers, and went for … monsters!

I smooshed inks onto acetate and then squished the monster image into the ink. When dry, I cut it out and layered it onto the card. Then I added sparkly horns with a gelly roll pen, and coloured the eyes and fangs with a white gelly roll pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Stamp Ink Paper:

Moving Along with the Times: 'Add a Sentiment'

I'm entering this one in the Pink Gem challenge: 'Anything Goes'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations: 'With Love'
Corrosive Challenges: 'Anything Goes'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

My Time to Craft: 'Men Only'
Mix It Up: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lili of the Valley - Jolly Unicorns
Artistry Inks: Indian Jamun, Cotton Candy
Distress Ink: Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers
Distress Oxide: Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, Lucky Clover, Peacock Feathers
Adirondack Inks: Sail Boat Blue, Hazelnut, Denim, Cranberry, Butterscotch
Wink of Stella - Clear
Gelly Roll - Clear Star, White

First card in ages... Sparkly Unicorn!

Hiya. Here's a card I made for a friend's birthday. I masked the unicorn, then used ink dusters to colour the background. I coloured the unicorn with a gold Wink of Stella pen and a Clear Star gelly roll pen. I used Lavinia stamps to add the flowers, and added Nuvo drops for the flower centres. I added the gelly roll pen to the word 'Magical', to give it some extra sparkle.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: 'Things with Wings'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Make it sparkle'
Crafty Calendar: 'Make it Flowery'
Just Us Girls: 'Pastels'

Your Next Stamp: 'let’s see smiles'
Stamping Sensations: 'Fabulously Feminine'
Mix it Up: 'Anything Goes + Sentiment As Main Focus'
Creative Inspirations: 'Anything Goes'
Pink Gem: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lili of the Valley - Jolly Unicorns
Flower stamps from Lavinia
Adirondack inks: Purple Twilight, Eggplant, Cranberry, Butterscotch, Denim
Wink of Stella - Gold
Gelly Roll - Clear Star
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Violet Galaxy

Colourful Daisies

Hi! Here are a couple more cards made with my new daisies stamp set. Seriously, inking, spritzing and stamping is my new favourite way of colouring, especially as I'm pretty bad at colouring with markers! I really love this watercolour technique! I added Nuvo Drops to the flower centres in the first card, to give a bit of dimension, and the colours are inspired by the current Color Throwdown challenge - they are so pretty! I like the softness of the second card, from the chalky-look of the Distress Oxides. The colours are inspired by my friend Debbie, as she often uses these two colours together in her cards, and they look stunning! :)

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown:

Addicted to Stamps:

Simon Says Stamp: 'Anything Goes'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Mix It Up: 'Anything Goes + optional twist of Clean and Simple'

Seize The Birthday: 'Anything Goes'

Watercooler Wednesday: 'Anything Goes'

Ingredients:
Stamps By Me: Amazing Daisy set
Adirondack ink pad: Aqua
Distress Ink pads: Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade
Distress Oxide Ink pads: Twisted Citron, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry
Nuvo Crystal Drops: Gloss - White
Crystal Parade gems: Clear

Thank You!

Hi! Here's a card I put together today. I actually made the flowery background a few years ago, but wasn't sure what to do with it, so it's been kicking around in the unfinished projects pile! The background was made with Crafty Notions colour sprays, gilding flakes and stamped flowers. I covered the flowers with some sort of glaze, but I can't remember what I used now. Then I glued the glass pebbles to the flower centres. The background was a much larger piece, but I liked how this section of it looked through the frame so I cut it down to fit, then added the sentiment.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: 'It's a Stitch Up'
Tuesday Throwdown: 'So Very Thankful'
Fusion:

CAS-ual Fridays:

Cupcake Inspirations:

Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Thanks'
Mix It Up: 'Anything Goes with Optional Stencilling'


Ingredients:
Flower stamp from Crafty Notions
Crafty Notions Colour Sprays
Gilding Flakes
Glass Pebbles
Some sort of glaze
Sentiment from Stampin' Up! set: Easy Events

Little Bats!

Hi! Here's a card I made for Halloween. I created the background by smooshing with Distress Oxides, then spritzing with Glimmer Mist. I punched a circle of double-sided adhesive for the moon, stuck it to the card and smothered it with gilding flakes. I absolutely love the look of gilding flakes, but I don't use them very often because they are so messy and seem to get everywhere! But I thought they worked really well for a Halloween moon. I die cut my bats out of black cardstock, and then used a bit more double-sided adhesive on a scrap of card, covered it with more gilding flakes, then cut a couple of pieces down to fit behind the bats, to give them bright shiny eyes.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

{PIN}spirational: (Inspired by the Halloween theme)

Come and Get It: 'Halloween'
Fusion: (Inspired by the gorgeous orange on blue colours in the photo)

Mix It Up: 'Anything Goes + optional twist of Watercoloring'


Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Faded Jeans

Bat cutting die

IndigoBlu Gilding Flakes: Lancashire Rose