Hello there. A little break from posting for me, but I’m back with a new challenge at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge. The theme is always ‘anything goes Christmas’. Here is my card:
I matted and layered some Lawn Fawn card stock – the foiled snowflakes – onto silver mirror card and teal card, then added a the die cut sentiment from Hero Arts.
I think the foil is enough shine and bling so I didn’t add any other jewels.
I hope you can come and join us – I look forward to seeing you in our gallery.
Hello. Another card to share today, this time a CAS card for the new challenge starting at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge. This time the theme is ‘BLEND’ – as long as it’s a CAS card – then you’re good to go. Here is my card:
For this card I used a Pinkfresh Studio stencil – it’s a layering stencil but I masked off everything except these leaves. I then ink blended – Distress Oxides – through the stencil. The second layer – the leaves detail – I used Gina K Design glitter paste.
Onto a second piece of card I ink blended the same colours, and adhered it to the side of the card base, just reversing the order – purple opposite the yellow leaves and yellow opposite the purple leaves.
I stamped the sentiment and adhered it as you see.
I hope you can come and join us with your CAS ‘BLEND’ cards. xx
The Alphabet Challenge has started another challenge. Having reached the letter ‘B’, Debbie has chosen the theme of ‘BLOOMS’. Here is my card:
I chose another stamp set from Clearly Besotted, it must be an older one as it also has the matching die – something they don’t do any more. I love the vase full of the Spring daffodils and tulips.
Once stamped, coloured with Copics, and die cut, I added some white gel pen for some detail.
The ‘hello’ sentiment was die cut several times and layered for dimension.
The background strip was an off-cut from a previously used piece of patterned paper.
I look forward to seeing lots of colourful blooms on our gallery. xx
Hello once again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. This time the theme has been chosen by Helen, and she has chosen ‘Think Pink’. Here is my card:
I think I may have fulfilled the brief!
I used a Lawn Fawn stitched scallop die on some patterned paper, also cutting out the centre and layering this with some pink splattered paper – also from Lawn Fawn.
The sentiment was die cut with some pink sparkly card stock – layered a couple of times with white for dimension.
I then added some pink gems from Doodlebug Designs which are from a previous online class.
I’m looking forward to seeing all your ‘pink’ makes in our gallery – it should make for some very bright viewing. xx
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Seize The Birthday – anything goes birthday (option signs of Springs not taken)
This holly wreath and berries is another die bought from the Charlie and Paulchen company based in Germany. I die cut the wreath in white, then again in green, and the berries in shiny red card stock.
The panel on the card base is embossed using a 3D embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp, with the white wreath adhered, then the green wreath on top and off-set.
Once I had added the red berries, I added glossy accents to the green holly leaves for extra shine.
I hope you can come and join us with your festive/Christmas makes – I look forward to seeing your creations. xx
We have started a new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. H is for ‘Ho Ho Ho’ and I is for ‘Inky‘. As long as they are Christmas/Festive related – then you’re good. Here is my card:
I attached the patterned paper onto a white card base. The words are from an MFT die, die cut out of white glitter card, and layered several times with plain white card to create some dimension.
Santa was stamped coloured with Copics, die cut with the matching die, and some white gel pen added.
I wanted him to overlap the letters, so he has been raised with 3D foam squares.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas/Festive makes – following the themes – and increase the stash ready for the end of the year. I look forward to seeing your creations. xx
The Alphabet Challenge has started at the beginning of the alphabet, and this time Meg has chosen the theme of ‘A for Animal Antics‘. Here is my card:
I used the Lawn Fawn circle stitching dies to create circular frame in the patterned paper. Into this I adhered another circle – going for bright and fun colours.
I then stamped, coloured and die cut all the images – playing around with placement for quiet a while, then settled on what you see here.
Once these were stick down, I added the grass and flowers, layering and snipping as needed.
The sentiment was and adhered in a crooked manner to add a little more whimsy.
I’ve already sent this to my sister-in-law who is going through some stuff at the moment – hopefully it will brighten her day a little.
I hope you can come and join us with your ‘Animal Antics‘ creations – I look forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx
Hello again. Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge has started another challenge. This time the theme is ‘Tropical‘. Here is my CAS Tropical card:
For this card I used an older stamp, stencil and die set from Catherine Pooler. I first used an oval stencil on a white card base, then placed a piece of masking paper across the bottom to create the straight line, then added the leaves stencil on top of all that.
I used two colours of Distress Ink to create an ombre look.
Whilst this was drying, I stamped the images, coloured them with Copics, then used the matching dies.
Before sticking them all down, I stamped the sentiment – I remember this time to do this before I had virtually finished the card!
I played around with placement of the images until I came up with what I liked – some snipping of the leaves so I could put them under the branch a little more.
I hope you can come and join us with your CAS cards following the theme. xx
The Alphabet Challenge has reached the end of the alphabet again. For the letter ‘Z‘, Caz has chosen the theme of ‘Zig-Zags‘. Here is my card:
The pink background is an Altenew stencil and pink Distress Ink, then framed by the Hero Arts infinity frame. The floral image is from Altenew, and lightly coloured with warm grey and cool grey Copics. Once the floral images were coloured, I then die cut them with the matching dies, snipped a little, and arranged as you see. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.
The Design Team has a wide variety of inspiration using the ‘Zig-Zag’ theme, which I hope you will have a look at, and also hope you will join us.
Hello once again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge, the theme chosen by Caz is for ‘Spring Flowers for UK Mother’s Day or just ‘Spring Flowers’. Here is my card:
This took a bit of fiddling, but I’m pleased how it turned out.
The background is one of my many ink smooshing and playing backgrounds. I love to just play creating these, and this this colour-way was the perfect background to the the cover plate.
I die cut the cover plate in white card stock, then took some alcohol ink backgrounds and tried to die cut them so I could paper piece……however……these alcohol ink backgrounds are from a thinner kinda Yupo paper and it didn’t want to die cut. At all. No matter what I tried, how many times, against a precision base plate, another shim – nope. No way was it going to die cut….
So – as the impression of the tulip plate was in the paper – I just cut them with my scissors – which was easy – but ensuring there was no overlap, or extra bits sticking out – now that took a little fiddling…
The alcohol ink pieces were glued down behind the cover plate die cut – but the glue I was using went all over the white – so I just cut another and layered it on top…..
Phew – what a palaver!
Anyhoo – I hope you can come and join us with your spring flower creations. xx
