Bark background

I am going crazy with this Bark Background stamp from Local King Rubber Stamps! I am playing a couple of challenges today....
Freshly Made Sketches #179 challenge by Amy and a /2015/03/ftl4-take-two.htmlClean and Simple FTL4 Take two challenge

 

 

Supplies used...

'Bark' from Local King rubber stamps

Flowers from Hero arts

Smile from Paper smooches...scripty sayings..brand new!

Celebrate die from Penny Black

black adhesive gemstones from Simon Says Stamp

I am also linking this to the Never before used stuff (NBUS) blog.

 

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Have a great day!

OCC..watercolouring an embossed image.

Oh! I had so much fun with this technique that I learnt on Online Card Classes!
The technique was to emboss using a wafer thin die and then watercolour it!
To do this I used a Memory box die and a cottage Cutz die.
The sandwich ..A plate, B plate, tan mat, paper, die-cutting side down,tan mat, B plate, 2-3 sheets of card stock
I ran this through my cuttlebug and got the most fantastic impression!

Here's what I made...

The banner and sentiment are from the Simon Says stamp Tilted banners stamp and die set.

die..Cottage Cutz doily.

Sentiment...Hampton Art. 

I am submitting these cards for "The Paper Players" Wedding challenge and the Clean&Simple challenge 293.

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Have a great day!

Washi tape hug

Another post this evening...this time for the Clean and Simple challenge 280 and the CASology cue card BOLD challenge.

These gorgeous washi tape stamps are from Uniko Studio and the sentiment is from verses rubber stamps.

I just love the bright colours from Memento inks, don't you?!

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Good night!

Hug enclosed

Good Morning Everyone!Today I am playing the Clean&simple sketch challenge.

For this card I used the Simon Says Stamp and Memory box Custom envelopes stamp and die set.

I cut the envelope out of Vellum so that the vellum punched hearts would be visible on the inside.

finally I stamped the sentiment and border from the stamp set onto white card stock, trimmed it and stapled it on.

Bright and cheery don't you think?

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Enjoy your day!

Unrepeatable

It is 2 am and as I often tell people...I have no control over when an idea strikes!!

I went to bed a couple of hours ago, and then got this bright idea for a this card...and I had to get up and make it!

I have combined three challenges for this card...

The runway inspired challenge, the Addicted to CAS cue word Teenager challenge and the clean and Simple FTL 245 challenge.

The image is from  My Favourite things ' You are Unrepeatable' stamp set. 

The other stamp sets that I have used are from Stampabilities, Paper smooches 'Vogue Abode' and Hero Arts Design blocks (in white on the shirt).

The shirt, I have stamped with Brilliance white archival ink on  pink handmade paper and paper pieced it. 

As for the pants I stamped on green handmade paper, fussy cut them, embossed them with a cuttlebug folder  to add texture and paper pieced it onto the the image.

The Ipod is coloured with copic markers.

I coloured  the hair with Faber Castell colour pencils in shades of brown.

I stamped the shadow (in Versafine smokey gray ink) from the Paper Smooches 'vogue abode' stamp set, to ground my image.

Really love the way it has turned out...don't you!

Love to hear what you think!

I am also entering it for the Simon Says Stamp 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

Flower photocard

Good morning all!
I have been neglecting my photographs for a while so I thought, I would use them for the cards I make this week.
so, here goes...

The focal image is a photograph which I took of a pretty flowering bush in a nearby garden. To showcase it, I used a stamp from the Hero Arts Clear Design 'Mixed Design' stamp set. 

The ric-rac die is from MFT and the sentiment is by Danielle Johnson, cut with my spellbinders label die.

Inks are Pear Tart and Lady Bug from Memento.

I am entering this card for...

Addicted to CAS Challenge 11

FTL 237 from Clean and Simple 

and  CFC 99  from CAS-ual Friday Birthday Bash.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!!

Dynamic Duo Challenge

Hey everyone!
I am playing the Dynamic Duo Challenge for the first time along with a few other challenges.

These are the colours for this chalenge.

I am also entering this card for the Clean&Simple challenge FTL 234.

 The CAS-UAL Friday no.97 challenge...Chevron and Flowers.

And, the Crafter's Corner no.7-Bingo Challenge, where I have used 

'Distressing, Flowers and Charms'

for my card.

Here is my interpretation...

For this card I used The Chevron stamp from Technique Tuesday and heat embossed it with Pearl Lustre embossing powder from Stampendous.

The flowers are one of the first stamps I ever  bought. It is from Megilo.

I heat embossed the flowers with Aqua embossing powder from American Crafts.

The sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps, stamped with Onyx Black from Versafine, die cut using my spellbinders nestabilities and distressed using Tim Holtz broken china and crushed olive distress inks. 

The ribbon and butterfly charm are from my stash.

Turned out nicely, don't you think?