Valentine Flowers

Hi! Here's a Valentine's card I made, using heart punches borrowed from my lovely friend Linda. I probably ought to give them back at some point, and buy my own! I love this folk heart shape, and the 2 sizes means you can layer them up :)  I finished off each flower with a little heart gem.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday: 'Hearts'
Stampin' Royalty: 'Valentines'
Pink Gem: 'Hearts and/or Flowers'
Uniko: 'Anything Goes - Optional Twist of Love'
Addicted to Stamps: 'Anything Goes'

Ombre

Hi! Here's a card inspired by the Less Is More challenge 'Ombre' and the sketch for the Fusion challenge.

I masked the central panel and coloured the borders with ink dusters. I then added the flower stamps, coloured the lower ones with a deeper blue, and used a water brush with no ink to remove some colour from the flowers at the top. I used Nuvo drops for the centres of the flowers.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Less Is More: 'Ombre'
Fusion:

CAS On Sunday: 'Black and white, with one color of your choice'


Ingredients:
Flower stamps from Crafty Notions
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Adirondack ink pads: Aqua, Denim
Nuvo Crystal Drops 'Morning Dew'

Snowflake Tree

Hi! For this card, I used ink dusters over a stencil colour the tree, and then added snowflakes with white ink and embossed them with clear. The white ended up a little muddy, but I quite like the texture.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Just Us Girls:

CAS on Sunday: 'Christmas'

My Time To Craft: 'No Layers'

Before I Give the Borrowed Stamp Set Back...

Hiya! I borrowed the SU 'Wetlands' stamp set from my lovely mate Linda, and thought I'd make a couple more cards with it before I give it back! Here's one I made this morning, inspired by the current CAS Colours & Sketches colour challenge:

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches

CAS on Sunday: "Thank You"

Crafting When We Can: "Squares"

Little Bird

Hi! Finally got around to using the Woodware stamp I bought last November! Here are a couple of cards I made with it. I coloured them with inks, and added a Wink of Stella for some sparkle.

 
I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Clear It Out: "Add a Flower"
Suzie Bee's: "Anything goes with a twist... CAS"
Come and Get It: "Bright Colours"
Creatalicious: Things With Wings"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
That's Crafty: "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
CAS on Sunday: "Flowers"
Deep Ocean Challenge: "Spring is in the Air"

Pixie Valentines

Hi! Here are a few Valentine cards. I made a heart stencil and used ink dusters to colour the heart sunset and the background. I used promarkers for the pixie wings and plants, and then added stickles and liquid pearls.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Pearly Sparkles Challenge: "All You Need is Love"

Pink Gem Challenge: "Love is in the Air"

Sweet Stampin': "All you need is Love"

Just Us Girls: "Valentine"

Moving Along With The Times: "Things With Wings"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

MFT:

Crafty Cardmakers: "Love, Love, Love"

Deep Ocean Challenge: "Hearts"

Crafty Creations: "Hearts"

Simply Create Too: "Love or Valentine's"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday: "Valentine"

CASology: "Valentine"

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

That's Crafty: "First Love"

The Corrosive Challenge: "Love, Love, Love"

Christmas Trees

Hi! Here's a card I made using a Digistamp Boutique image and a lot of glitter:

My desk is now covered in Glamour Dust. It's so sparkly though :)

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday: "Stars"

That's Crafty: "Season's Greetings"

Allsorts: "Clean & Simple"

Corrosive Challenge: "Merry Christmas"

Addicted to Stamps: "Holiday"

Stencilled Christmas Trees

Hi! Here are a few cards I made earlier. I'm trying to catch up on my Christmas Card makes, so I'm trying to make variations of the same card to speed up the process!

I used my new stencil from Artplorations, and added colour using ink dusters and Adirondack inks. I left them without a sentiment, and layered the white card on white, to keep them CAS.

I'm entering this one in the Hiding in my Craft Room challenge: "Any Holiday"

I'm entering this one in the CAS on Sunday challenge: "Christmas"

I'm entering this one in the The Shabby Tea Room challenge: "O' Christmas Tree"

And I'm entering this last one in the following challenges:

Always Playing With Paper: "Make a NON-Traditional Christmas Card!"

The Crazy Challenge: "Everything Goes"

A Tag Card

Hi! There are a couple of challenges at the moment to use a tag on a card. Here's the one I am entering:

These are the challenges:

That's Crafty: "Tag You're It!"

CAS on Sunday: "Tag It!"

More Sprays

Hi! Here's another card I made with clear embossing a stamped image and then going crazy with glimmer sprays & water sprays! I'm quite pleased with how the colours have blended on this one:

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Less is More: "Sprays / Mists"

CAS on Sunday: "Splash - make a card with water on it"

Seize the Birthday: "The Weather" (I think it looks like it's heavy rain in my card...)

Birthday Fishes

Hi! Here's another Birthday Fishes card. This time I used white embossing paste through the stencil to create the textured background, and then inked over it when it was dry. I added a few gems, and added white dots to the leaves and fish to bring the colours out a little.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Colour Q:

City Crafter: "Let's Go Nautical"

Creative Inspirations: "Anything Goes"

4 Crafty Chicks: "No Stamping" - I printed the sentiment!

CAS on Sunday: "Embossing" - I'm hoping that embossing paste counts, and I'm not sure if my card is CAS enough, but it is a simple design so it might be allowed ;)

Birds & Blossoms

Hi! I have been trying to come up with a card that meets the criteria of 4 different challenges, and I have a lot of half-finished and discarded projects on and around my desk!

Here is my card:

I chose the layout based on the Case This Sketch challenge, which I have had a lot of difficulty with:

I was inspired by two colour challenges:

MFT Card Challenges:

Color Throwdown:

Fortunately the Color Throwdown challenge is to use any shade of blue, red and yellow, so I could make a card to fit both challenges! Although unfortunately the flowers in the photo of my card look more orangey - they are actually a deeper coral red. 

The last challenge I was determined to make a card for is the CAS on Sunday challenge: "One Layer CAS". I find one layer cards quite difficult, but I am pleased with how this one turned out.

Father's Day

Hi! I've just made a simple Father's Day card, using an image from Little Claire, and inspired by the colours in the CAS On Sunday challenge, here:

Here's my card:

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments: 'For A Man'

Papertake Weekly; 'Something For The Boys'

The Friday Mashup: 'It's All About Dad'

And more flowers and butterflies...

I also made another card with the same stamp, inspired the colours in the Fab Friday challenge:

and also by the CAS on Sunday challenge 'Tic Tac Toe' :

Using 'Birthday', 'Butterfly' and 'Ribbon', here's my card:

I'm also entering this one into The Crazy Challenge 'Use ribbon or lace'