butterfly greetings

• Stamping Bella- tiny townie Brianna the butterfly
• SU!- cottage greetings
• Copics- E31,34,55,37,93. N5,7,8. R81,83,85. YG03. BG10,11,23,34. 
• Neenah classic crest cardstock 
• Tim holtz ‘squeezed lemonade & fossilised amber’ distress ink pads
• Archival ‘jet black’ ink pad
• Wink of Stella ‘clear’ glitter brush pen
• Sequins  

To make this card I firstly stamped and coloured my image using copics. I added a touch of sparkle to the pink details on her wings (although this doesn’t show on the pictures). I then decided on a layout using the sketch and stamped the ‘thanks’ sentiment in place.

 

before

I felt this was a little too much blank space, so I added a ombré of yellow to the card blank to create a background. I then added a few sequins for embellishment. 

Although the yellow turned out a bit darker than I planned and the card is possibly too fussy. I quite like it and feel it is more appropriate for the recipient.

Mx

The challenge I would like to enter is 

Case this sketch #286

thankyou stars

• SU!- so very much
• Archival ‘jet black’ ink pad
• Watercolour cardstock 
• Tim holt distress ink pads/reinkers 
• Pixie powders
• Silver star sequin/ embellishments

To create my main panel, I brushed water on to a piece of water colour card. I squished the ink pad onto a palette and added some water. I used a big brush to pick up the colour and touch it to the wet cardstock. I added a small tap of coordinating pixie powders over the top to add shimmer. I left this to dry, removing excess water if necessary. You could use mica powders and reinkers to do this technique if you preferred. 
  

Once fully dry, I stamped the large sentiment stamp slightly off centre, then added the smaller phrase to the bottom corner. I cut the panel down to size and matt and layered onto some black cardstock. I glued this onto the front of my card blank.

The final touch was to add small star embellishments to the card, I think this helps balance the design and completes the sketch. I like how this card uses distress ink to create quite a soft and pretty finish.
  

Mx

I would like to enter:

Simon ‘Wednesday’ says - “distress it”

Cas(e) this sketch #284

Butterfly kisses

• Mama elephant- butterfly kisses
• Lawn fawn- thank you borders
• Watercolour cardstock
• Archival 'jet black'ink pad
• Zig clean Colorado real brush markers (052,023,021,045,041,068)
• Tim holtz 'worn lipstick & tumbled glass' distress ink pad
• Wink of Stella 'clear' glitter brush marker
• 4x6" card blank

I stamped and watercoloured my floral and butterfly images. I cut these out using the coordinating dies. 

I die cut the sentiment twice from black and a third time using cardstock that I coloured using the pink ink pad. (You could also use the watercolor marker instead). I glued these on top of each other to add dimension. 

I used the sketch as inspiration to add a bit of blue ink to the card blank, creating a soft circle. I glued all the elements on to the card blank following the sketch. I used foam on the outer edges of the butterfly wings and glued flat in the centre to add extra dimension. To finish the card I addded a bit of sparkle detail to the wings, sentiment and flower centers.

 

 Mx

I would like to enter:

freshly made sketches #329 

simon Wednesday says 'floral frenzy'

Curious forest friends...

• W plus 9- curious forest friends 
• Lawn fawn- small stitched circles stackables 
• Lawn fawn- large stitched rectangle stackables 
• Copics- bear:E81,43,44. Tree/honeypot:E35,37,39.YG63,67. background: B41.BG70. bees/honey:Y13,15 ground:C00,1.
• Memento 'tuxedo black'ink pad 
• Tim holtz distress 'tumbled glass' ink pad
• White & Kraft cardstock 

To make this card I die cut 3 panels of white cardstock. One I inked blue and added a sentiment. The second I cut again at an angle. I stamped a small bee image all over and coloured using copics. I added shimmer with wink of stella. I then die cut a circle of white card and stamped my image. I used my copics to colour the image and add a blue haze around it to give it more depth. I die cut the same circle out of funky foam to create a layer to add some dimension to the card. I glued all these pieces to my card blank to match the sketch. I used the third panel of white cardstock to decorate the inside of my card. I stamped a sentiment in the middle of the panel and a image in the bottom corner. I coloured this with copics and glued it inside my card to finish. 

Mx

Challenge i would like to enter:

Freshly made sketches #250

Simon Monday say- 'summer fun'

Simon Wednesday says- 'make for the border'

with thanks...

inside

• SU! So very grateful
• Hello you thinlits
• Black and white card stock
• Memento ink pad and pen
• Copics
• Wink of Stella

I made a 5x7" card blank, then mat and layered black cardstock on the front. The top layer is copic friendly white cardstock, which I stamped with the flowers to fill the top section of the card. I used copics to colour these flowers in. I then die cut the sentiment from black cardstock and glued it in place. For the inside, I cut a mat of cardstock, stamped flowers in the corner, then coloured these with copics. I edged the mat with a memento pen to define the edge before sticking the layer down. The final touch was glitter highlights on the flowers using Wink of Stella.

challenges I would like to enter:

• case this sketch #143
• simon says blog wednesday challenge- anything goes

Mx

star gazing...

outside

 

inside

• navy 4x4" card blank
• lawn fawn stitched stackables (dies)
• distress ink pads- tumbled glass, broken chine & chipped sapphire
• distress spray stain- picket fence
• perfect pearls mist- pearl
• mama elephant - bear hugs stamp set
• uni-ball signo white pen
• craftwork cards digi cardstock
• memento ink pad- tuxedo black
• copics
• archival ink pad- cobalt

I cut a strip of card using the dies to make a panel for my card blank. I used the blue distress inks to colour the background, I added spray stain and pearl mist to create stars to make a night sky. I used elements from the stamp set to add a moon and stars. I coloured these with the white pen. I stamped the bears and coloured them using copics. I then fussy cut and added the bears on to the card using foam for dimension. I die cut a stitched square for the inside of my card and stamped the message onto it using a navy ink pad.

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• simon says 'anything goes' Wednesday challenge
• simon says 'stamp & mist' Monday challenge
• freshly made sketch #192

Mx

classic cobalt...

 

for this card I decided to keep it simple, I only used one stamp set and 2 colours. I mat and layered with white and blue cardstock, using the 6x4" landscape card blank as my base layer. I stamped various images, from the six-sided sampler set by stampin' up!, across the page using cobalt archival ink. I used the stamp-a-ma-jig from stampin' up! to line them all up neatly.

 



sketch- #96

 

Mx