Water!

Hey there!
For my official Craft Adda post today, I have a nautical themed card for a 60th birthday for a gentleman who likes boats.

This is a smaller card…what I like to call a notelet…

I punched some holes on the side and threaded a bit of coir rope through it, to create interest. 

Supplies used…

The background stamp is 'Bark' from Local King Rubber stamps.

Boat and knot and wheel from Paper Smooches 'Wicked Nautical'.

Die cut numbers from Lawn Fawn

Happy sentiment from Winnie and Walter.

Inks used are from Memento and Tim Holtz.

I used watercolour pencils to colour the boat rand the knot.

I thought it would be interesting to try and make a water themed card…without depicting water!

Would love to hear what you think…

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Have a great day!

Cup inspired!

I made this fun card today, inspired by the cup I was drinking coffee in this morning!

The cup is from the Venetian in Macao and one of my favourites!
After many false starts...I tried to make the stripes by masking, but that didn't quite work out!

So then I used stamps from the  Winnie and Walter Stripes set  and heat embossing powder to recreate the effect from the cup.

The die is from Simon Says Stamp..Always edge.

I had a lot of fun making this card..maybe it will inspire you today?!

I am submitting this for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Let get sentimental".

Thanks for stopping by…

Have a great evening!

Mother's Day tag

And here is  a quick tag I made for my moths-in-law.

The stamps used are from Stampendous (Orchids) and Simon Says Stamp (Mother's Day) stamp sets. 

I think the sentiment was well shared by all of us!

I am submitting this for the Friday Mashup 'It's all about MOM' challenge and the

Simon Says Stamp 'lets get sentimental' challenge.

Thanks for stopping by…

Have a great day!

Mothers Day notelets

Hi there! 

I have been home bound with a sprained ankle so have not posted in a while.

The florist in my apartment building requested me to make a few mother's day cards for her. i decided to try out a new size of card..3"x4" which I like to call notelets. They are a nice size to give out with gifts or flowers and come with an envelope.

Here are what I made for her...

Stamps used: Stampendous 'small fruit', Simon Says Stamp Mother's day set

Stamps used: Darkroom door 'rosse' background

MFT 'feminine graphic tee' and MFT 'fabulous sayings'

Stamps used: Simon Says Stamp 'Mother's Day', Hero Arts 'butterfly background'

Stamps used: Stampendous 'Hand of Friendship'. 

Card Inspired by Deepti Malik

Stamps used: Stampendous 'Hand of Friendship'

Stamps used: MFT 'Feminine graphic tee', Fiskars 'Love Latte'

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Have a great day!

I am submitting these cards for the Friday Mashup 'its all about MOM' challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge 'Let's get sentimental'.

Vintage Roses

Ever since I bought this stamp set, I have been dying to use it and I finally did!!! I don't know why I waited so long!!!!

Its mesmerising how beautifully the colours come together! I followed the technique as demonstrated by Neha Bhatt.

I cut the edge using Mama elephant's landscape trio dies and added some printed paper for interest.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts…just love it! Its just that something more than just a happy birthday!

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Have a great day!

Anniversary Anthuriums

Hi!
I have a card today which I made with the Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge in mind.
the challenge is a colour challenge… Butter yellow, Blue sky, Rose pink and Lime green.
So here goes…

I first created a background using a Winnie and Walter stencil.  I stamped the image ( a really old wood block stamp) on watercolour paper and coloured it using Camel watercolours.

I then inked up my Happy stamp from Winnie and Walter with Tim Holtz's  worn lipstick marker, spritzed it with water and stamped it on the card stock to give it that water colour look.

I then added the other sentiments( from Winnie and Walter and and Hero Arts)  to finish the card.

I cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp's Stitched rectangles die in order to get the stitched effect at the top and bottom only.

Quite happy with the results!

Am linking this card to the 'Paper Players 'CAS Water colour' and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Clean and Simple"

thanks so much for stopping by…CAS

Have a great day!

Indigo birthday

A quick post this Tuesday morning!

Here is another indigo background that I made using Memories Unicorn white ink and the Crafters Workshop Mini Fish Scales stencil.

The Happy die is from Winnie and Walter  as is the rest of the sentiment which is heat embossed in black.

I cut the Happy out of a patterned  and textured card stock which was part of a wedding invite!

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Have a great day!