Sunday Snow! ...

 Good afternoon ... it seems that the weather is increasingly unpredictable, it is almost the middle of April and we have just had a snow/hail shower ... I'm sure this time last year the sun was shining!!  As always it means finding stuff to do inside, what better way to pass the time than getting creative.  

I stamped and heat embossed the floral image with Versamark ink and WOW white embossing powder before water colouring with distress inks. I fussy cut the image out but before adhering it to the card base I stamped some splatters and the sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

Addicted to CAS #195

Happy Little Stampers April Watercolour Challenge

Stay Safe!

Daffodil Delight ...

 In the blink of an eye January is no more and we are in to the second month of the year ... that is the UK remains in lockdown ... essential activities only and staying home for most of the time.  As time passes I thought it might get easier but to me it seems harder.

So once again I'm using the time to create or at least trying to create, ideas are a bit on the short side!!  Today has been different as a couple of new stamp sets arrived which provided me with some inspiration to create a couple of cards. It is very unusual for me to use new stamps minutes after they have arrived in the post but I just could not resist this new Visible Image daffodil!   The first card I'd like to share is inspired by thoughts of Spring:

I stamped and heat embossed the background before adding a watercolour wash using distress inks.  I stamped the daffodil and water coloured it with Inktense pencils before fussy cutting the image and adhering it to the panel with foam tape for added dimension.  I finished with a sentiment before adhering the panel to the card base.

I'm entering the following challenges:

Happy Little Stampers - February Water Colour Challenge

Country View Challenges - February First Signs of Spring

NBUS Challenge #23

I used:

Visible Image - Flower Art Stamp set

                       - Fibonacci Background stamp

UNIKO - Simply Said

Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron

Inktense Pencils

Keep Crafting!

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!