Spring Flowers

Hi! Here are a couple of cards I made with one of my favourite stamps. I masked the circle before stamping, then coloured the image with inks. I added some detail with a white posca pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

The Paper Players:

Happy Little Stampers:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Ladies / Girls'

The Flower Challenge:

Uniko Studio:

Ingredients:
Concord & 9th: Hello Lovely
Adirondack inks: Cranberry, Butterscotch
Artistry Inks: Indian Jamun, Midnight Blue, Amazon Trail, Pampas
White Posca pen

Never Chuck Your Rejects Away

Hiya! Sorry if you're bored of JOFY trees by now, but after running out of failed Oxide backgrounds to use, I found a failed Brushos creation. It was a beautiful heart from Indigo Blu, embossed in pewter, and I'd tried to create a lovely background with Brushos, but it just looked rubbish. It had been sitting in the Disgrace pile for a while, and I'd forgotten about it until I'd started hunting around for use-able rejects. I stamped the JOFY trees onto it, trying to get as much of the stamp positioned on the embossed design. The ink wiped off where the embossing was, but as the stamp is a scribbly pattern it didn't really matter that some of the design was lost. I used a glitter gel pen and some Nuvo Drops to bling it up a bit more, and I really like the result!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Let The Sparkle Fly'
Paper Players:

Ingredients:
JOFY stamp set 57
Brushos: Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre

Nuvo Drops: Silver Lining

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

More Oxides and Spookery

Hi! Here's another card using a background made from Distress Oxides. I made the moon by adding a circle of Zig 2 way glue and covering it with gilding flakes. I taped the background behind the black frame, and added the die cuts of the cats and witch with 3D squares.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

The Paper Players: (I'm hoping this is CAS enough as there is plenty of white (well, black) space!)    

House of Cards:

Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Halloween'


Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Black Soot, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Peeled Paint

Bats, cats and witch cutting dies

IndigoBlu Gilding Flakes: Lancashire Rose

Time for Another Cuppa

Hi! Here's another card using my teapot stamp, but this time I masked the teapot and used a stencil and ink dusters to create the background. You can read the sentiment more clearly that way!

I'm entering this one in these two challenges:

The Paper Players: 'Black + White + any one colour'
The Corrosive Challenge: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Paper Sweeties stamp set: 'Tea for Two'
Artistry Ink pads: Indian Jamun
Clarity Stamp stencil: 'Leafy Swirl'
Crystal Parade deep tanzanite gems

New Bike!

Hi! I got a new shiny bike the other week, and it's beautiful! There aren't many things better than cycling through forest paths to make you forget your worries :)

My bike is a mountain bike, and definitely hasn't got a basket of flowers on it! But I still love the image I used on my card, however impractical it looks...

I've coloured with Promarkers, and added Stickles to the flowers.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

MFT Card Challenges:

The Paper Players:

Inkspirational Challenges: "Vehicles"

More Easter Flowers

Hi! Here's another Easter card, inspired by this week's Color Throwdown challenge colours:

Here's my card:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown

The Paper Players: "Clean & Simple - Celebrate Spring"

Sweet Stampin': "Easter"

Sparkles Monthly: "Make It Girlie"

Forest Friends

Hi! Here's a card I made last night, inspired by three challenges:

These are the challenges I'm entering:

Colour Me...!


The Card Concept - Not sure which style this is. Somewhere between 'Clean & Layered' and 'Classy & elegant'?


The Paper Players

Combining Colour Challenges...

Hi! I'm always a bit worried about how strict colour challenges are, as I often struggle to match the colours exactly. This time, my almost nearly matching colours seem to work for more than one colour challenge! Anyway, here's my card, using my new Kaisercraft stamp:

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Pals Paper Arts:


The Paper Players:


Hand Stamped Sentiments:


Inkspirational Challenges: "Orange / Green"

Seize The Birthday: "Anything Goes"

Too much grunge for a Wedding card?

Hi! I'm going to a wedding next Saturday, and wanted to make a card for the Bride & Groom that wasn't the usual white / silver / gold. I clear embossed the stamped heart and then used glimmer sprays to create the background, but I'm not sure. Is it too grungy for a Wedding card? It shimmers different colours in the light, though. Maybe it would work better with just one colour spray, a light gold or something? I might have another try later. Anyway, here's the card:

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

The Paper Players: (Square, Embossing, Tip Top Taupe)

Less Is More: "Sprays / Mists"

Hiding in my Craft Room: "Anything Goes"

Tiddly Inks Birds

Hi! I bought a couple of digis from Tiddly Inks a couple of weeks ago. Here are a couple of cards I made with the 'For the Birds' set:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches


CASology: "Precious"



Here's another one, with a different sentiment:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Muse: (inspired by the sentiment)


The Paper Players: "It's Hip to be Square"