Sketched Flowers

Today's card features one of my favourite floral stamps...'Sketched Flowers' by Simon Says Stamp. I stamped it on to a piece of watercolour effect paper (from the 'Watercolour Feelings' pad by Craft Sensations) using Versamark ink, then heat embossed it in white. I heat embossed a sentiment, using a stamp from the 'What This' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company, in white to match, then doodled a simple border using a white gel pen. I trimmed the panel down to fit a DL card blank, then distressed the edges a little before adding it to the card.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Birthday - Fabulous Flowers
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Daring Cardmakers - Happy & Bright
• My Time to Craft - Summer Florals
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes

 

July Desk Calendar

Today I'm sharing my desk calendar page for July. Inspired by the start of the Tour de France at the weekend, I picked a cute cycling image from the 'Cheering Critters' set by Penny Black. I stamped him on to a snippet of watercolour paper, then coloured him using watercolour pencils...of course putting him in the maillot jaune! I paired him with snippets of yellow papers from the 'Breeze' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing the edges and adding some faux stitches using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this calendar:

• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Incy Wincy - Circles and/or Handdrawn Sewing
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Transport
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Vehicle