Citrus with a twist!

Hey there!
I am playing the Simon Says Stamp "Citrus with a twist" challenge today with this card.

I just love the sentiment stamp from Verses rubber stamps! I don't use it very often, but it was perfect for this challenge. The lemons  are from the Stampendous 'little fruit' stamp set and the brads are from recollections.

I used  Faber Castell colour pencil and Windsor and Newton watercolour cakes to paint my background.

The heat embossed sentiment panel is popped up with double sided foam tape to give it some added dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great weekend…I have a busy one..entertaining the kids! ;-)

Green

Had a few minutes before taking my daughter swimming, so decided to act upon the idea that just came to me!
I am playing retro sketches #157 and Addicted to CAS 'Green' challenges.

The idea for this card has come from this awesome card by Ardyth Percy-Robb of Maskerade!

I masked off the card topper and inked the edges with Timholtz distress ink 'Crushed olive' and Memento 'Pear Tart'. 

Wanted a bold sentiment so I added my favourite one from Hampton Arts.

Thanks for stopping by…

Have a great evening!

Taheerah's new challenge!

I am so excited to play Taheerah's 'Cure for the Monday blues #40' challenge on her blog!

Here is the inspiration image…

And here is my take…

I had made this card way back in June for my daughters birthday, but remade it now using fun foam for the shaker.

Thanks to the foam, I love the way there are individual shakers within the words! so much fun!

the stamp and die are the 'Phraseplay' set from Paper trey Ink and the sequins are from the local bazaar!

Inks are from Memento.

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Have a great day!

Using one stamp two ways

Hi all!

Today I made two cards…using the same stamp.

For the first card I prepared a water colour background and then stamped the flowers and the sentiment. really simple…really fast!

For the second card I stamped the flowers on white card stock, water coloured them and then cut out the flower partially so that it could hang off the edge.

I then created a panel using Tim Holtz's woodgrain layering stencil and white ink. I just love the look of that panel.I added a sentiment and put the card together using 3D  foam tape.

The sentiments are from Fiskars and the flower stamp is from Stampendous.

Inks are from Versafine and Brilliance.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a good night!

Nicest Thoughts

Good morning!

I made this card for a very very dear aunt on her birthday.

I saw Kristina Werner make a similar panel on online card classes, and decided to try it…

I embossed the panel using the Papertrey ink die. Once embossed I coloured the panel using Camel artists water colour cakes.

The awesome sentiment is a woodblock stamp from Hero Arts which I fussy cut and popped up with 3 D tape to finish the card.

I haven't heard back from my aunt yet, but I hope she enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed making it!

Thanks for stopping by…

Have a nice day!