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.

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Stamp Ink Paper:

Moving Along with the Times: 'Add a Sentiment'

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

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

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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

Spring Tulips

Hi! I bought a new stamp set... I really need to show some restraint :-s  But anyway, it's lovely, and here are a couple of cards I made with it! I stamped the black part of the image, then inked up the coloured part and spritzed with water before stamping. The blue & purple one blended a little better because I used watercolour paper, but I like the effect on both. There are more contrasting patches of colour on the red one, and I like the simplicity of the stamps on the texture of hammered card.

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Dragonfly Dreams: 'Flowers'
Pink Gem Challenges: 'Spring Flowers'

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Sparkles Monthly: 'Clean & Simple'

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Ingredients:

Stamps By Me: Beautiful

'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'

Artistry Inks: Indian Jamun, Blue Chase

Stampin' Up! Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Trying out new dies!

Hiya! Here's a card I made using a couple of dies I bought last month, but hadn't had chance to use. I cut a stitched square and then used the hearts border across the top. I made a background with Distress Oxides and Glimmer Mist, cut a small strip for a border, cut the sentiment, and used the rest behind the die cut hearts. I used red, pink and orange, but I might make another with deep, rich reds instead. I glued the border and sentiment on, and added some of the little hearts from the die cut.

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HLS Die Cuts:

Stamp Ink Paper:

Shopping Our Stash: 'He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not'

CASology:

Ingredients:
Elizabeth Craft Designs 'Stitched Squares'
Hearts Trail Cutting Die
Lawn Fawn 'I love You Border'
Distress Oxides: Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple
Glimmer Mist: Iridescent Gold

Watercolour Painted Harvest

Hi! Here's another card made with the Painted Harvest set - I'm obsessed. I didn't really have a plan when I started this one. I cut a panel of watercolour paper, and wanted to see how the stamps looked when using really wet ink and letting it bleed. I spritzed some red Brushos with water, plonked my stamps in, and stamped on the watercolour paper. It looked pretty, but lost too much detail, so I dried the paper, and tried inking up the stamp, then spritzing that with water before stamping. That held more detail, and looked really pretty. You can see those flowers behind the clearer ones. I dried the paper again, then stamped without spritzing, to just get a normal image. I love the watercolour background behind the clear flowers!

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Stamp Ink Paper:

4 Crafty Chicks: 'Anything Goes with twist of Watercolour Background'


Ingredients:
Stamps from Stampin' Up! 'Summer Silhouettes' set
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Artistry Ink pad: Rosy Cheek
Distress Ink pad: Picked Raspberry
Adirondack Ink pad: Wild Plum
Stampin' Up! Ink pad: Rose Red
Brushos: Rose Red