Black and White ...

A quick post this evening to share this:

A simple quick card inspired by a couple of challenges:

Color Hues Challenge #14

Addicted to CAS #194

I used:

STAMPlorations Flutter Zen #1 die

Stampin Up Off the Grid Stamp

UNIKO Simply Said Block

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

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Courage ...

A quick post this afternoon to share a tag inspired by two challenges - The Male Room Challenge, anything but a card; Color Hues, Yellow and Blue

 

It is a very wet and windy day in the UK so crafting seemed to be the only way to spend the day ... not that I need an excuse!!

The Male Room Challenge #148

Color Hues Challenge #13

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Floral Corner ...

It has been a strange old week for me this week ... but I have found some time to get creative.  Inspired by a couple of challenges I created this 'hello' card:

I stamped and heat embossed the floral image before water colouring with distress inks, I added the sentiment and that was it! 

I used:

Rubber Dance - Sketchy Flowers #1

Distress Inks - Peeled Paint and Dried Marigold

Wow Fine White Embossing Powder.

I was inspired by:

AAA Cards #183

Color Hues #12

I hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Red and Pink ...

 Today's inspiration came from two challenges - the CAS Mix Up challenge that requires heat embossing with and stencil and the new challenge at Color Hues to use Red and Pink.  With Valentine's day this month I created with this in mind.

I used some distress ink to blend and colour a panel of card before die cutting the hearts.  I then took a stencil and using an embossing ink dabber inked up the background before covering in magenta embossing powder which I then heat set.  Finally die cutting the sentiment and layering up the elements.

The challenge details are:

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge February Stencil Challenge

Color Hues #11

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Navy and Cream ...

It's amazing how time can go slowly and quickly at the same time, for me anyway!! Individual days seem to last for hours and yet we are already at the end of the third week of January ... it doesn't seem possible that Christmas was almost a month ago.  Trying to look on the positives at least we are a month closer to the arrival of Spring!

I have a card to share inspired by the current colour challenge over at Color Hues:-

Unfortunately navy looks very black when photographed so you'll just have to take my word for it but the card stock used for the bubbles really is navy blue.  Hopefully I will be in time to enter the challenge this time - the last challenge I was confused between EST and PST and GMT and missed the closing time ... at least I'm not trying to enter on the last day this time.

Color Hues Challenge #10

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Red and Grey ...

Another day in UK lockdown, a morning of housework followed by a couple of hours crafting!!  This afternoon I have taken two challenges for inspiration.  Firstly I've taken the colours for the current Color Hues challenge of Red and Grey.  Secondly, the new challenge at TIME OUT Challenges where the theme is 'You' the idea is to show something about yourself ... this could be something you like, a hobby you have, your style of card making, anything about you.  I've gone with my card making style ... if you follow my blog you will know that my style is CAS (Clean and Simple) so my card today is also Clean and Simple.

I stamped and heat embossed the image before water colouring with distress inks.  While to focal image was drying I created a water colour wash to create a background, using water colour paint adding some small splatters using distress inks.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment before adhering the elements to the card base with foam tape.

I used:

Archival Ink - Watering Can

WOW Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Inks - Pumice Stone and Festive Berries

STAMPlorations - Bloom Sketches

Windsor and Newton Water Colour Paynes Grey

The challenge details:

Color Hues #9

Time Out Challenges #179

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Pink and Brown Tag ...

 Another dreary Saturday afternoon ... chilly weather and overcast sky ... and we are still in lockdown!  It makes you wonder when all this is going to end.

I've just made a tag with a colour scheme inspired by the current challenge at Color Hues - this time the choice is Pink and Brown, another colour combination that I don't think I've ever used.  I finally came up with a design for a tag:

I stamped 5 outline circles which I masked before using a collection of small background stamps to add colour and interest to the vertical line - for a grungy effect.  I die cut and stamped 'Christmas' and adhered the panel to the tag with foam pads to add a little dimension.

I used:

Gemini Christmas die and matching stamp set.

CUTplorations Stitch Tag Nesting die

Simon Says Stamp Lots of Dots

Kaisercraft Wood Grain

STAMPlorations Mixed Media

Lawn Fawn Milos ABC

Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Distress inks - Picked Raspberry and Vintage Photo

Ranger Archival Ink - Potting Soil.

Color Hues The Color Challenge #6

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Kraft and Yellow ...

A quick post this evening to share a birthday card ... inspired by the current Color Hues challenge to use Kraft and Yellow.  Although I'm trying to only create Christmas cards at the moment I just could not come up with an idea using these colours but I did have an idea for a birthday card:

The card base really is kraft coloured but seems to appear very grey in this photograph!

I will see if I can get a better photograph in the daylight tomorrow.

I used:

STAMPlorations - Framed Carnation Stamp

Poppystamps Stick Frame die

Distress Inks - Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber

Color Hues #5

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Time ...

 ... and it is still raining as it has done most of this week ... not my favourite kind of weather but it does mean that I can justify spending a lot of time crafting!!  So I thought I would share one of the cards I made today:

This card was inspired by The Male Room Challenge (see details below) using the colours from the current Color Hues Color Challenge of Blue and Orange.

I used:

AALL and Create Lotza Dotz stencil

Tando Creatives Cogs Group stencil

UNIKO Simply Said and Today, Tomorrow and Always:TIME stamp sets.

Tim Holtz Scribbles and Splats dies

Distress Inks - Carved Pumpkin and Faded Jeans

The challenges are:

The Male Room Challenge #143 

Color Hues:the color challenge #4

I hope you are all keeping well.

Blue and Orange ...

 Now this is an interesting colour combination for me and one that I don't think I've ever considered for a Christmas card!!  I was inspired to try this combination by the current challenge at Color Hues: the color card challenge:  I was stuck for ideas especially as I need to concentrate on Christmas cards so just 'went with the flow' ... I cannot decide whether I like the end result or not but here it is:

I heat embossed a background stamp before colouring with a water colour wash using distress inks and oxides.  The geometric stag was also created in the same way before fussy cutting it out.  The blue panel is flat to the card base and the stag is adhered with foam tape to add dimenson.

I used:

STAMPlorations - Yuletide Deer

Tim Holtz - Stripes and Holiday Type

WOW Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Inks and Oxides - Spiced Marmalade and Salty Ocean

UNIKO - Simply Said II

These are the challenge details:

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Cream and Gold ...

I hope the sun is shining where you are ... it is raining in my town and looks like it could be raining all day ... not my favourite type of weather!!!

I thought I would pop by and share this card with you:

I was inspired by the challenge at Color Hues - to use the colours Gold and Cream.  I've been making a lot of very CAS cards recently and just fancied making something with a few more layers.  To me it still has a CAS feel to it as there is a lot of white space just more layers than I usually use.

I began by stamping and heat embossing the background grid before adding a strip of designer paper.  The die cut floral images were adhered to the base ... the top 'flower' was die cut a number of times and stacked and glued together to add additional dimension.  I added the small banner with the gold embossed sentiment as it seemed to tie the floral elements together.

I love these colour challenges ...

Color Hues #3

I've also told about another challenge, this time a weekly one:

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #WWC291

Have a good weekend!

Stay Safe.

Yellow and Green ...

 I really am on a bit of a roll at the moment ... I blame Darnell at djkardkreations for this creation ... if you don't know Darnell please pop across and check out her blog she makes some amazing cards and writes such wonderful blog posts.  I popped over to check out a recent card of hers and found out about a new challenge in the blogging world called: Color Hues: the color challenge.  So I thought I would give it a go ... well it would be rude not to!!

It is quite a simple card just die cutting and a simple stamped an heat embossed sentiment.

The details of the challenge are:

Color Hues: the color challenge #1

There are some awesome designers involved with the challenge so if you don't have time to take part it is worth checking out.

Stay Safe!