beautiful sympathy...

• W plus 9- beautiful bouquets: ranunculus 
• Avery elle- with sympathy die
• SU!ink pads- blushing bride, so saffron, wisteria wonder, pear pizzazz, soft sky
• Archival 'jet black ' ink pad
• Daler Rowney- Aqua fine smooth watercolour cardstock 
• 6x4" Kraft card blank & cardstock 

I cut a matt of watercolour cardstock to fit my card blank, leaving a small border. I stamped my floral image and watercoloured it using stamping up ink pads. I diecut the  sentiment  twice and layered these together to give more dimension to my card.

Mx

Challenges i would like to enter: 

Case this sketch #178

Floral fifty!!

• W plus 9- beautiful bouquet mums
• SU!- express yourself 
• SU!- large numbers framelit dies
• Lawn fawn- stitched scalloped borders dies
• SU! Ink pads- pear pizzazz, daffodil delight, tangerine tango, melon mambo & Bermuda bay
• Archival 'jet black's ink pad
• Daler Rowney- Aqua fine watercolour cardstock
• 6x6" Kraft card blank & cardstock
• Bermuda bay yardstick
• Dovecraft- serendipity sequins

 

I cut a Matt of watercolour cardstock to fit my card blank. I stamped my main floral image slightly off centre and watercoloured it using the SU! Ink pads. I used some ink on my paintbrush to make splashes of colour across the entire panel. i cut a strip of Kraft card, die cut a scallop edge to the bottom and stamped my sentiment at one side. I diecut the 50 from teal and Kraft cardstock, then layered these together to provide a shadow. The final touch was a scattering of coloured sequins.

 

Mx

Challenges I would like to enter:

Freshly made sketches- #242

simon says 'add some glitter' Wednesday challenge

a pretty big birthday !!

• LOTV- james butterflies
• LOTV- dress shoppe 8x8" paper pad
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad & copic friendly cardstock
• copics- E31,35,37. YR31. R81,83,85. YG95,97,99
• wink of stella 'clear' glitterpen
• sakura glaze pen #849 (black)
• uni-ball signo 'white' pen
• lawn fawn cuts- finleys 123's
• 5x7 kraft card blank and cardstock

I cut a matt of the lighter paper to fit on my card. I then cut a panel of the pink paper and matted this onto kraft before sticking onto the card. I then created my topper by stamping the image, colouring with copics and mattand layering this onto kraft. For added detail in the image, I added black glaze pen to the nose and eyes, allowing this to dry before adding white highlights and sparkling the flowers and butterflies. To complete the card, I die cut the numbers in kraft and blue card and layered these onto the card.

 

Mx

the sketch challenge I would like to enter is:
sketch Saturday- #417

festive flurry

• SU! - Flurry of wishes & Endless wishes stamp sets
• SU! Pool party & island indigo ink pads
• 4x6 white card blank & cardstock
• sekura clear stardust pen

I cut a matt to fit my card blank. I inked the card blank and stamped my sentiment onto the matt using the island indigo ink. I then used pool party to stamp the snowflakes around this, following the sketch. I stuck the matt to the card and added a touch of sparkle to complete.

 

Mx

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Pals Paper Arts #305 colour challenge

case this sketch #177

 

furry friends

• Avery Elle - 'furry friends' stamp set
• Lawn fawn dies - stitched scalloped borders
• Stampin up! making spirits bright stamp set
• Tim Holtz distress ink pads - salty ocean, tumbled glass, broken china
• copics - e31, e35, e37
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• sekura clear glaze pen
• memento black brush tip pen
• 6x4 white card blank and cardstock

To begin, I cut a matt to fit my card blank. I created an ombre effect background on this matt. First I stamped paws working from the bottom upwards with salty ocean at the base, then 2nd generation salty ocean in the centre and tumbled glass at the top. I then inked the matt with the tumbled glass with some broken china blended in at the very bottom. I die cut the bottom with a scalloped edge die and stuck this to my card. I then stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner of the card blank. For the focal image, I stamped the dog, coloured him with copics and fussy cut him out. I then used a memento black brush tip pen to colour the white cardstock edge. I added him to the card using foam and glazed his nose to complete the card.

 

Mx

 

 I'd like to enter the following challenges:

freshly made sketch #241

Simon Wednesday challenge says 'animal magic'

bear hugs...

• mama elephant- bear hugs stamp & dies
• SU! guy greetings
• lawn fawn- large stitched rectangle stackables
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad & copics
• tim holtz distress inkpads (various bright colours and black soot)
• black card blank
• black & white cardstock
• black funky foam
• uni-ball white gel pen

 I cut a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than my card blank and used distress inks to create a night sky background. For the background, I first covered the card with spots of bright colours and then covered the entire sheet with black ink. I sprayed some water on, added bigger drops in places and lifted off some colour with a paper towel. I added water to some white paint and flicked it over my panel to create the look of stars. finally I stamped a moon image in the top corner and coloured it using a white pen. I glued this flat on to the centre of my card blank. I die cut a frame from black cardstock and funky foam and glued these layers together. I then glued this to the card blank. I stamped my sentiment onto some green cardstock and cut this into a banner shape. I used some more funky foam to glue this onto my card. I stamped, coloured and die cut the bear image. I used foam tape to attach this to my card and give it even more dimension. the final touch was a couple of silver confetti stars to complete the sketch.

Mx

challenges I would like to enter:
cas(e) this sketch- #176
simon says 'fathers day/for a guy'

sunday drive...

• lawn fawn- stitched rectangle stackables & louie ABC'S
• hunky-dory- little book of manly moments
• black & kraft cardstock
• black funky foam

 

to make this super quick 'fathers day' card...I used a sheet from the little book (with a car image) to cover the front of a black card blank. I created a frame using the stitched dies from kraft cardstock and glued this on to my card. I die cut the letters from both kraft cardstock and black funky foam, to spell dad. I glued these layers together to add a dimensional element on to my card.

I took the inside of the die cut frame and stamped a fathers day greeting. I glued this to the inside of my card, to create a finished look and somewhere nice to write.

 you could easily use a different image and die cut words, to change the look of this card for other occasions.

Mx

challenge I would like to enter:
simon says: father's day/ for a guy

super striker!!

 

• LOTV- super striker & for him sentiments
• lawn fawn- happy birthday border die
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad & copic marker friendly cardstock
• copics (E000,00,01,11,55,57,59. N0,1,6,7,8,9. R24,27,29. G24,28,29.)
• 6x6" black card blank
• black & blue cardstock
• foiled star cardstock (had it for years and im not sure where its from)

I mat and layered a black card blank with some blue cardstock. following the sketch, I cut the triangle shapes from a strip of star patterned card. I matted this on to black and attached it to my card. I then cut a piece of white cardstock, stamped the focal image and coloured this using copics. this was also matted onto black and added to the card using foam. To complete, I added a stamped sentiment at the bottom and a black die cut sentiment across the top.  

Mx

challenges id like to enter:
sketch Saturday- #416
paper players- colour challenge #299

summer fields

• SU!- flowering fields
• lawn fawn- stitched rectangle stackables, thank you border
• memento- tuxedo black ink pad
• promarkers
• alcohol friendly cardstock, black card blank & cardstock
• wink of stella

 

I die cut a stitched rectangle and stamped my floral images in the centre. I coloured these with promarkers and added some glitter. I die cut a 'thank you' sentiment from black cardstock and glued it across the lower section of the card panel. to finish my card i attached the panel to a black card blank.

Mx

challenges I would like to enter:
cas(e) this sketch-#175

sunflowers and sentiments ...

• LOTV- sunflowers
• sentimentally yours- elegant milestone birthdays
• script background stamp (not sure on the brand)
• daler rowney aquafine smooth water colour cardstock
• archival 'jet black & coffee' ink pads
• tim holtz distress ink pads
• American crafts twine
• sakura 'clear star' glitter pen

To make this card I cut a piece of card slightly smaller than my card front. I inked the background with yellow and added some brown around the edges. I stamped some script over the piece to create a background paper. I cut a smaller second panel of card and stamped this with my image and sentiment. I then water coloured the image using distress inks. I added glitter to the sentiment and bee wings. I wrapped twine around the edge of the panel and secured it with a knot. I used foam tape to glue my panel to the card front to add dimension.

 

Mx

challenges I would like to enter:
paper players #297 (yellow, twine, birthday)
sketch Saturday #414