sweet baby

• LOTV- sweet baby stamp set
• Lawn fawn- large rectangle stitched stackables
• LOTV & nit wit- country meadow paper pad
• Neenah classic crest cardstock 
• copics- E21,50,51,93. C00,0,1,2. R85,83,81. RV91. Y15,13,11. YR30
• Wink of Stella ‘clear’ glitter brush pen

I printed my custom sentiment made on the computer, onto cardstock leaving space for the image. I stamped the image above the sentiment and die cut into a panel. I coloured with copics and added sparkle to the dots. I then diecut some patterned paper using the larger die which fits neatly onto the card blank. I simply layered these together flat and glued onto the card front to finish.

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my birthday cake

• LOTV- my birthday cake
• LOTV & nitwit- pastel dreams
• Tattered lace- essentials circle dies
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad
• Copics- E21,50,51,93. R85,83,81. RV91. BG23,11,10. Y13. YR30. E31,35,37,43,44,55,57,59. C00,1,3.
• Wink of Stella ‘clear’ glitter brush marker
• Ranger glossy accents 
• Pink cardstock

I stamped, coloured and die cut my image into a circle. I layered this onto the next size die-cut circle, in a coordinating coloured cardstock. I printed my sentiment onto cardstock and die-cut it into a circle, then layered it with pink the same as the image. I mat and layered the card blank with coloured cardstock and floral paper. To complete the card, I glued everything onto my card blank, using different depths of foam pads for dimension. The final touch was a bit of sparkle and some glossy accents on the balloon.

 

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Rainbow thanks

• Lawn fawn- louie’s ABCs dies
• SU!- simply wonderful stamp
• Tim holtz distress ink pads- festive berries, candied apples, carved pumpkin, fossilised amber, mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers, salty ocean, shaded lilac & dusty concord
• Watercolour cardstock
• Black cardstock
• Black funky foam
• Archival ink pad- jet black
• Landscape dl cardblank

I cut a piece of white card stock to the size of my card and used the ink pads to create a rainbow background. I used a lot of colours to get a smooth blend but you don’t need to. I then lined up the alphabet dies onto the background and cut, keeping all the pieces. I stamped the sentiment underneath. I trimmed the background down and layered onto a matt of black cardstock, then glued to the card blank. To add depth, I die cut the same letters from foam and glued them into the gaps on the background, topped with the saved cardstock pieces. I love how simple but effective this card is.

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I would like to enter simon Wednesday says 'anything goes' 

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.

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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.
  

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I would like to enter:

Simon ‘Wednesday’ says - “distress it”

Cas(e) this sketch #284

thankyou sunshine!

• Altenew- hello sunshine
• Avery Elle- tag for all die
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle stackable 
• Neenah classic crest cardstock 
• Copics- R81, 83, 85. RV91. V01, 12, 15. Y08, 15, 17, 18, 38. YG03, 05, 23, 25. G02, 12. 0.
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad
• Brilliance ‘star lite silver’ ink pad
• Silver Miri & black cardstock
• Metallic silver thread

I used the floral image stamps to create my background. I die cut this using a largest rectangle die. I coloured my images with copics. I also used a silver ink pad and the tiny image to fill in some of the spaces between the flowers. 

I looped the silver thread and placed it in the corner of my card panel. I die cut the ‘thankyou’ first from black cardstock and glued it in place, (this also holds the thread in place). I then die cut the words from silver Miri cardstock and glued this on top, slightly off set to create a shadow. 

Since I am posting this card I wanted to keep it quite flat,but felt it benefited from the slight dimension of the words and thread.

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Challenge I would like to enter:

Simon ‘wednesday’ says ‘make your own background’

Donut treats

• Mama elephant: donut treats stamps & dies
• Stampin up!: hello you thinlits dies
• Craftwork cards: guilty pleasures paper pad(sprinkles)
• DCWV: fresh florals (dots, i think only had a scrap left)
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad
• Copics: mice-W00,W1,R01. donuts-E41,E31,E55. frosting & hats- Y08,Y11,Y15. V01,V12. R81,R83,R85. BG34,BG23. box- BG10,BG11.
• zig wink of stella 'clear' sparkle brush pen

I covered the front of my card blank in the pink dotty paper. I cut a mat of sprinkle cardstock as a layer. I diecut the ‘thanks’ from the centre top. I glued this onto the card.

I stamped coloured and diecut the mice and donut images. I played about til i had an arrangement i was happy with. Then glued all the pieces down using both glue and foam to add dimension. 

The final touch was to add sparkle to all of the donut frosting.

 

To decorate the inside of the card, i added a coordinating sentiment from the stamp set in the centre. I also stamped, coloured and die cut a small image, and glued this to the bottom corner of the card.

 

 

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I would like to enter the following challenges (linked below):

 

Simon Wednesday says- ‘use a die or punch’
 

The paper players- #402 'use negative space on your card'