Wild

Hi! Here's a card I made using a jungle image from Vectorstock. I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and blended with a water brush. I added white dots with a Uni Posca pen, and some raised white dots with Nuvo Drops.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

City Crafter: 'Jungle Animals'
Inky Chicks: 'Animals'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'I see Spots'
4 Crafty Chicks: 'Polka Dots'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Image from Vectorstck
Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils
Uni Posca pen: White
Nuvo Drops: Gloss - white

Later In The Evening

Hi! Here's another card with the tree and birds, but this time I wanted to do a late evening version, with blues and purples. I coloured with ink dusters, and then smothered it all with Glimmer Mist. I love the colours in this one, and I'm thinking I'd like to make a version with a tree stamp and some little bats, for Halloween!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sunday Stamps:

That's Crafty: 'Fly Away'
Inky Chicks: 'Use Your Favourite Colours'
Time Out: 'Paint The Flying Spirit Of The Birds Rather than its Feathers'


Ingredients:
Image from Vectorstock

Adirondack Inks: Purple Twilight, Denim, Sailboat Blue, Butterscotch
Artistry Ink: Rusticana
Distress Ink: Peacock Feathers
Glimmer Mist: 'Iridescent Gold'

Obsession with Butterflies

Hi! Here's yet another butterfly card. This one was embossed with fine clear embossing powder, then painted with inks. The embossing has a glossy sheen to it, but it's hard to see in the photo. The colours were inspired by the current  MFT challenge.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

MFT:

HLS Watercolour:

Curtain Call:

Inky Chicks: 'Butterflies'

Allsorts: 'Embossing'


Ingredients:
Inkylicious Stamp: 'Big Butterfly 1'

Versamark

Wow! Clear Gloss Super Fine embossing powder

Artistry Ink pads: Apricot Nectar, Old Parchment, Blue Chase, Midnight Blue

Uniuniunicorns... I loooove them

Hi! Here are a couple of cards I made with another Bugaboo image. I fell in love with this unicorn image! I coloured with inks, added some Glamour Dust, and used Nuvo Drops for the flower centres.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Inky Chicks: 'Use Purple'

Less Is More: 'Spring Walk'

Cupcake Inspirations:

Pearly Sparkles: 'Anything Goes'

Ingredients:

Bugaboo image: 'Bugunibeyou'
Artistry Ink pads: Old Parchment, Aged Stucco, Pampas, Indian Jamun, Blue Chase, Dark garnet
Glamour Dust

Nuvo Drops: Pale Gold

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Crafting When We Can: 'One for the Girls'
Come And Get It: 'It's a Girl Thing'


Ingredients:

Bugaboo image: 'Bugunibeyou'
Artistry Ink pads: Old Parchment, Aged Stucco, Pampas, Fall Fiesta, Dark garnet

Adirondack Ink: Cranberry
Glamour Dust

Nuvo Drops: Dandelion Yellow

Getting Messy with Brushos

Hi! Here's a card which is very similar to one I made a few weeks ago, although when you use Brushos the resulting colours are always unique. I still can't seem to use Brushos without getting them everywhere, but I love the rich colours and how they mix together.

I embossed the image with Stampendous Shabby White embossing enamel, which has gorgeous gold glitter in it. Then I broke out the Brushos and watched the colours mix. This has to be my favourite technique! When it was dry, I cut around the image and used 3D foam to fix it to the card. I added gems to the base of the tulips, and added the sentiment.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Celebrating Women'

YNS:

Inky Chicks: 'Flowers'


Ingredients:
Woodware stamp: 'Love Tulips'
Stampendous Shabby White embossing enamel
Brushos: Rose Red, Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Gamboge
Crystal Parade gems: Clear

Woodland Scene

Hi! Here's a card I made using one of my favourite colour combs - blues and browns. I created the background with ink dusters over the stencil, and then stamped the leaves and mushrooms in brown, and a few flowers in blue. I punched a butterfly (that doesn't sound right at all!), coloured it blue with ink dusters, and stamped with the leaf stamp. I added gems to the butterfly and flowers, and used wood-effect packing paper as a frame.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Inky Chicks: 'Happy Birthday'
4 Crafty Chicks: 'Stencils'
Unicorn Challenge: 'Butterflies and/or Hearts'
Pink Gem Challenge: 'Favourite Colour Combo'
Simon Says: 'Anything Goes'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'

Ingredients:
Lavinia Stamps: 'Creeping Vine', 'Small Mushrooms' and flower from 'Leaf Trail'
Sentiment from HOTP 'Flower Frenzy' set
Memory Box stencil 'Birch Landscape'
Artistry Ink pads: Rich Mocha
Adirondack ink: Butterscotch, Aqua
Crystal Parade topaz gems

Lavinia Trailing Leaves

Hi! Here's a card inspired by a sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches, and colours from the Color Throwdown challenge.

I masked a section at the top for the sentiment, then stamped the leaves and flowers. I added Nuvo Drops to the flower centres for some dimension and glitter.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown:

CAS Colours & Sketches:

Shopping Our Stash: 'Stickle Me Elmo!'
Creative Inspirations: 'Fabulous Flowers'
Inky Chicks: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lavinia Stamps: 'Leaf Trail'
Sentiment from Woodware 'Special Bird'
Adirondack ink pads: Aqua, Butterscotch
Versafine Onyx Black
Nuvo Glitter Drops: White Blizzard

Christmas Jumpers

Hi! Here are some cards I made for friends and relatives this year - I'm always so disorganised and send out my cards really late, but these were quite quick to make, which took the stress off a bit!

I found clipart images of a sweater and a reindeer, layered them and printed them off. I coloured with promarkers and then added eyes and nose with Nuvo Drops. I used Nuvo Drops on the trim of the jumper too.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Inky Chicks: 'Christmas Card in Traditional Colours' (the red one!)

Deep Ocean Challenge: 'Silent Night' (the blue one!)

Crafty Creations: 'Any Holiday' (the green one!)

CAS-ual Fridays: 'Christmas or Hanukkah' (the red one!)

Pink gem Challenge: 'Anything Christmas Goes' (the purple one!)

My Time To Craft: 'Christmas But None Traditional Colours' (the black one!)

Christmas Cat

Hi! Here's another Christmas card. It's only 4x4 inches and fairly quick to make with a simple sky and a couple of snow banks. I'm trying to come up with quicker designs so that my Christmas cards get made BEFORE Christmas. Mine are usually late, and are still being made during the Christmas holidays...

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Inky Chicks: 'Winter Wonderland'

Craft for the Craic: 'Use Two Colours'

Inkspirational: 'Chill'

Sweet Stampin': 'Got The Blues'

Come And Get It: 'Baby It's Cold Outside'

Belated Birthday Card :(

Hi! It was my Aunt's birthday last Sunday, and I forgot :(  I feel awful about it, and am still fretting about what to buy her, but at least I've made a card now.

I used a digistamp from All Dressed Up, and printed it onto patterned paper as well as the white cardstock. I cut out the dress, head band and butterflies from the patterned paper and layered it onto the image. I coloured the rest of the image with Promarkers, and added a little bit of glitter to the butterflies. I really really really don't like fussy cutting, as it is so faffy and I'm not very good at it, but I like the result. I hope my aunt will like it! :)

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Inky Chicks: "Lots of Butterflies"

CAS-ual Fridays: "Black & White with a Pop of Colour"

Inkspirational: "Primary Colours" - red

Just Us Girls: "Photo Inspiration" - butterflies

Come & Get It: "Black & White plus One"

Creatalicious: "ANYTHING GOES with optional black & white + one colour"

Spring Flowers

Hi! Here's a card I just made, inspired by ColourQ's colour challenge and Hand Stamped Sentiments' sketch challenge:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

ColourQ:

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

Inky Chicks: "It's Birthday Time"

The Sisterhood of Crafters: "Birthdays"

Stencilled Eggs

Hi! Here are a couple of Easter cards I made. I used a mask for the egg shape, and stencils for the flowers. I used embossing paste for the daisies one, and just ink dusters on the swirly flower pattern one.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Crazy Challenge: "Flowers"
Crafty Creations: "Spring Fever"
Creative Inspirations: "Nature"
Moving Along With The Times; "In The Garden"
Friday Mash-Up: Easter Theme"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Inky Chicks: "Happy Easter"
Time Out: "CASE With Your Own Twist" - inspired by the soft colours & floral theme!

Dream Factory: "Chicken Little - eg. use chickens or eggs"
Crafty Sentiments: "Anything Goes"

Flowery Heart

Hi! Here's another Valentines Day card, made my masking with a heart stencil. I coloured the background with ink dusters, and then stamped the flowers. I coloured them with Promarkers, and then added gems to the centres.

I'm entering this one into the following challenges:

Inky Chicks: "Love Letters and/or Hearts"

Unicorn Challenge: "Lots of love"

Curtain Call:

Cute Card Thursday: "Ladies Only"

Crafts Galore: "Use a Digi or Stamp"

Crafty Sentiments: "Anything Goes"