Bottled Christmas Wishes

Hi! I used to make 'Magic Pills' bottles, filling them with chocolates, and adding a label which would mean they had magical properties, such as 'Protection from Spiders', 'Self Confidence', or whatever seemed appropriate for the recipient.

I was trying to work out how to make some Christmas cards with the same kind of idea, and this is what I came up with. I filled the tiny glass bottles with glue, glitter glue, nuvo drops, loose glitter, ink and glow in the dark pigment powder. I glued the cork in, so the bottle could be removed from the card and used as a tree decoration, or a pendant. I printed off some tiny labels, tore the edges and glued them on, then went around the edges with a glitter gel pen.

The blurry photos are where I've tried to show them glowing in the dark!

 

I'm entering this one in the Just Us Girls challenge: 'Anything Goes'

I'm entering this one in the Addicted to CAS challenge: 'Blessings / Blessed'

I'm entering this one in the Pinspirational Challenge:

I'm entering this one in the Watercooler Wednesday challenge:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations: 'Festive Fun!'
Time Out: 'Merry & Cheerful'



I'm tempted to get some larger bottles to make some tree decorations, too :)

IndigoBlu Heart

Hi! Here are three valentines cards, made with one of my favourite IndigoBlu stamps. The image is quite detailed, so I've kept the colours simple, and just added a bit of sparkle with a gelly roll pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams: 'Include a Heart'
Watercooler Wednesday: 'Feminine Anything Goes'
Creatilicious: 'Anything Goes with optional Love/Hearts'
Simply Create Too: 'Anything Goes with optional twist: use hearts'

 I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: Include a Heart'
Double D: 'Hearts'

AAA Cards:

Uniko:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: 'Add some red'
Time Out:

The Card Concept:

Ingredients:
IndigoBlu: 'Love Is'
Promarkers
Gelly Roll - Clear Star

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'

Rainbow Flower

Hi! When I was making a rainbow background for the card (here) for the Time Out challenge, there was still a lot of distress oxide ink on the block, so I used it on another piece of scrap card. This time it was a much softer rainbow wash, and I had a flower stamp just the right size for the piece of card. I wanted to make another card for the challenge, but keeping to the simple black lines of the flower this time. I stamped the image and embossed in black, then added Glossy Accents to the flower centres and buds, and the border. I had tried Glossy Accents on a scrap of card that had some distress oxides on, and it had changed the colour, bringing out the orange and yellow from the oxides underneath, so I was hoping for the same effect here. Unfortunately the colour stayed the same, so maybe it only works when you have layers of oxides and mixed colours. In this card the colours are in separate lines. I'll have to experiment! So I coloured the petals a darker shade of the colour from the background, then added Glossy Accents to them, to make them stand out. I printed out the sentiment, going with ' Happy Birthday Sweetie' because the colours remind me of sweets!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Time Out

CAS Mix-up (Heat embossing and Glossy Accents)

Tuesday Throwdown: 'Happy Birthday'


Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Wilted Violet
Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Stampendous embossing powder: Detail Black

Glossy Accents

Here's the scrap of distress oxides, with some Glossy Accents added. Strange how it has brought the oranges and yellows out!

Block Watercolour Stamping

Hi! The challenge over at Just Us Girls is all about block watercolour stamping. There's a video here about how to do it. I had to have a go, and I tried it with my distress oxides, because I am obsessed with them. I wanted to make a rainbow background, inspired by the CASE challenge at Time Out, so I inked up the block in lines of colour, spritzed it with water, and plonked it down onto a spare piece of hammered card. The video said to use watercolour paper, so I wasn't sure how mine would turn out, but the colours are really rich! I let it dry completely, then stamped the border, the flower and the sentiment. I coloured the flower and the stems in the border with inks, used a Wink of Stella brush on the flowers and leaves. I added a button to the centre of the flower - it's a painted abalone shell button which I have a stash of but had never found a use for, but it matched the colours perfectly! I added a small black ribbon and bow to the underneath of the border to finish it off.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Just Us Girls

Time Out: 'CASE Beverley Brown'

Simply Create Too: 'Use Ribbon & Buttons'
Rubber Dance Forever Stamping challenge



Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Wilted Violet
Rubber Dance Stamp Set: 'Textured Flowers'
Lavinia stamp: 'Hill Border Floral'
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'

Wink of Stella pen

Abalone button

Many Thanks

Hi! Here's a set of small Thank You cards I made, coloured with inks and a water brush, and gems for the flower centres.

I'm entering this one in the Color My Heart challenge:

I'm entering this one in the That's Crafty! 'Bright!' challenge.

I'm entering this one in the Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes' challenge.

I'm entering this one in the The Sisterhood of Crafters: 'The Letter B' challenge ('Blue' and 'Bug').

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Always Fun: 'CAS'
Addicted to Stamps: 'Clean and Simple'

I'm entering this one in the Time Out challenge: 'Flowers with the optional twist of kissing'


Ingredients:
Bugaboo images: 'Thank You Flower'
Artistry Ink pads: Fall Fiesta, Indian Jamun, Midnight Blue

Adirondack Inks: Cranberry, Butterscotch, Meadow

Distress Inks: Fired Brick

Crystal Parade gems

Tulips & Butterflies

Hi! Here's a card I made today, using a new Bugaboo digi. I coloured with inks and a water brush, and added a couple of gems to the butterflies.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

The Card Concept: (CAS)

Time Out:

Curtain Call:

Ingredients:
Bugaboo image: 'Tulip Jar'
Artistry Ink pads: Apricot Nectar, Hay Stack, Old Parchment, Midnight Blue, Green Garland
Crystal Parade gems: Topaz