Friendship matters ...

Good evening ... a quick post to share this:

I've been playing with alcohol inks recently ... makes a change from gelli printing ... creating backgrounds with added foiling.  I love the effect that the gold adds to the panel.  For this card I die cut lots of hexagons and then spent ages (and ages) deciding on the layout ... I must have tried hundreds of layouts before arriving on the above.  I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder before adding it to the card.

I'm entering the following challenges:

"Less is More" #373

Happy Little Stampers June

Enjoy!

Another Mixed Media Sunday ...

Another Sunday morning spent getting messy with paint, stamps and lots of other stuff!  These ATCs started as a print created using my gelli plate, acrylic paint and stencils.  I always hesitate before cutting my prints up ... but I do it anyway!!

I added modelling paste through a dotted stencil and some stamping to add more interest to the background.

I'm entering these into the Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge:



Enjoy!

Daffodil Delight .

A quick post to share a card:

I stamped and heat embossed the daffodils before water colouring the images.  The sentiment is heat embossed onto a piece of vellum before wrapping around the stamped panel.  The panel was adhered to the card base using foam adhesive to add a little extra dimension.

I used:

UNIKO - Spring Botanicals: Daffodils

Winsor and Newton Water Colour Paints

Versamark Ink

WOW White Embossing Powder

I'm entering the following challenges:

TIME OUT #105

Happy Little Stampers

UNIKO

Craft Stamper Magazine Blog - March "Anything Goes"

Enjoy!

Exploding Anenome ...

Good afternoon, I hope you are having a good weekend.  I've been busy creating (in between surfing the internet!) and have a card to share.

I stamped and heat embossed the anenome before water colouring with distress inks.  I cut the panel up and placed it around the sentiment, added the panel to the card base and that was all!!

I used:
Indigo Blu Colour Me - Anenome
UNIKO Spring Botanicals: Daffodil
Distress INks - Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade and Squeezed Lemonade
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
WOW Clear Embossing Powder.

I'm entering the following challenges:

Calling all Sistahs CAS #11


Happy Little Stampers


Enjoy!

All about dies ...

It's amazing what you can achieve when deadlines are looming ... it's Father's Day in the UK on Sunday and I needed to get two cards made ... and I did!!  One design, two colourways ...

I forgot to add a red heart before I photographed this one!

I used:
X Cut - Cogs and heart dies
PoppyStamps - Stick Frame die
CUTplorations - Alpha plate
UNIKO - Simply Said sentiment stamps

I'm entering the following challenges:

UNIKO #41
 

Happy Little Stampers June Challenge
 

Enjoy!

Artist Trading Cards ...

Another busy day ... ironing, gardening, cooking and, of course, crafting!  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm over run with cards so I've been trying my hand at new paper based art. Today it has been all about Artist Trading Cards - ATCs for those in the know!  I have created one before but not shared it on my blog ... today I've created two cards so I thought I would let you all have a look,

These were both made with a print created on my gel printing plate with acrylics and stencils. Then I used Tim Holtz dies to add interest and detail.

There aren't many challenges for ATCs specifically but Kylie at Happy Little Stampers has launched a challenge this week ... so I might just pop over and enter these!



I've really enjoyed creating these and will no doubt be creating more ... they take up so little room.

Enjoy!

Orange flowers ...

Back again for my second post of the day ...

Less colours than my earlier post!!

I used:

CUTplorations - Uppercase Alphabet die, Lowercase Alphabet die, Trendy Spring Bloom dies

I'm entering the following challenges:

STAMPlorations May Theme and Sketch




STAMPlorations
 

Happy Little Stampers


Enjoy!

Pretty blue ...

A quick post this evening to share a card. There are times when I just need to switch off and being creative gives me that time ... an opportunity to distract my thoughts ...

This is the first outing for my new stamp set from Happy Little Stampers ... I was the January winner over at "Less is More" sponsored by the lovely Kylie at Happy Little Stampers. This flower is one of the stamps (Especially for You) that I was "forced" to buy!!

I'm entering the following challenges:

"Less is More" #316


Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge


Enjoy!

All about Christmas ...

Time is running too fast for me at the moment ... Christmas Day is a mere 20 days away and I still haven't made enough cards, I'm also frantically knitting jumpers and scarves for presents!!

I created this card using one of my favourite techniques - emboss resist.

I heat embossed the poinsettia onto a panel of card and then blended red and yellow distress inks over the whole of the panel.  I die cut a rectangle and frame from the panel, added a sentiment heat embossed onto some vellum.  The frame is adhered flat to the card base and the central panel has a piece of fun foam behind it to add a little dimension.

I used:
UNIKO - Pure Florals: Poinsettia
STAMPlorations - Christmas Bell Medley
Distress Inks - Festive Berries and Squeezed lemonade.
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles
WOW White embossing Powder

I'm entering the following challenges:

"Less is More" #305 - colour challenge - use at least one primary colour

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge


TIME OUT Challenge #71 - Christmas with the optional twist of glitter/shimmer

Enjoy!

Another Poinsettia ...

My first post today was all about a Christmas card that is easy to replicate ... this card is lovely but takes more time to create ... I used Zig markers to water colour the image which takes time:

I used:
UNIKO Pure Florals: Poinsettia
Creative Expressions Happy Christmas die
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Versafine Onyx Black Ink

I'm entering the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Anything Christmas

Happy Little Stampers


Enjoy!

Poinsettia ...

Another day, another Christmas card!  At this rate of production I should have this year's cards finished by June 2017!!  I really need to find a design that I like that is simple and I can make quickly - I like this one but it's not that quick to make.

If you follow my blog you will see that red and gold seems to be the flavour of the year for cards!  I heat embossed the image with gold and then water coloured the flower.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, cut the panel and adhered the flower with foam adhesive to add some dimension.

I used:
UNIKO - Pure Florals: Poinsettia
Distress Ink - Festive Berries
Gold Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink

I'm going to enter the following challenges:

 "Less is More" #300 Celebrations and Festivals

Addicted to Stamps and More #217


Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge


Enjoy!

Stars, stars, stars ...

Repetition is the theme of the week ... repetition is the theme of the week!  Just in case you haven't guessed already the theme of this week's challenge at "Less is More" is Repetition.

I began by die cutting the stars and then stamped the stars onto the card base (having marked where the die cuts were!!). Added the sentiment strip and put the card together using foam tape to add dimension and interest.

I used:
Clearly Besotted: Superstar stamp set and coordinating dies
Distress Inks - Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire and Wilted Violet.

I'm entering the following challenges:

"Less is More" #285 - Repetition

STAMPlorations July Theme and Sketch Challenge


Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes challenge with dies


Enjoy!