Sunday, 31 May 2015

Pile It On! Challenge - Focus on your colouring

We have a new Pile It On! Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Focus on your Colouring'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Inky Impressions:
Prize - $10 Gift Certificate!

I used a large Penny Black stamp on my card...colouring the image using watercolour pencils...then simply added a few strips of washi tape (from Freckled Fawn)...that's it!


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Heffalump Birthday

Today's card features a cute elephant stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller (for Crafter's Companion). I coloured him using watercolour pencils to match the papers from the 'Wildflowers pad by My Mind's Eye. I inked all of the edges using 'Pumice Stone' Distress Ink, then distressed the edges a little, before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The flowers are by Dovecraft, the brad is BasicGrey, the sentiment stamp is from the 'Critter Party' set by Penny Black, and the twine is from the Ribbon Girls.


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Wednesday, 27 May 2015

ABC Christmas Challenge - K is for...

We have a new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...I'm the host, and the theme is:

'K is for Keep it Simple'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Faery Ink Digital Stamps:
Prize - 3 Digital Images of the winner's choice!

I like to 'keep it simple' on as many Christmas cards as possible...makes them quick(er) to make and (hopefully!) saves on postage too! I've used a Lili of the Valley image called 'Penguin Pals'. which I coloured using watercolour pencils, and then cut out. For the background, I simply layered a piece of snowflake paper (from the 'Merry Little Christmas' pad by My Mind's Eye) behind a piece of plain white card stamped with a sentiment (from the 'Joy to the World' set by Penny Black).


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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Monday, 25 May 2015

Beehave!

I've used an old favourite stamp on today's card...'Beehave!' by Penny Black. I paired it with some Studio Calico papers (from the 'Here & There' pad) and created a little scene using some dies ('Picket Fence' & 'Grassy Edges' by Die-namics, and 'Puffy Clouds' by Memory Box). The sentiment is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.


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Thursday, 21 May 2015

You make me smile...

Today's card is really very simple...just a couple of papers from the 'Indie Chic' pad by My Mind's Eye, a cute Lili of the Valley bear ('James with Butterflies') and a Simon Says Stamp sentiment (from the 'Sending Sunshine' set)...oooh and some doodled borders.


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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Christmas Bunnies

I have a Christmas card to share today...using a Lili of the Valley image stamp called 'Winter Bunnies', which I coloured using watercolour pencils...I added some sparkle to the snowy ground using a Sakura Stardust pen, but it doesn't really show in the photo. For the background, I embossed plain card using my Cuttlebug and Sizzix folders. I distressed the edges a little, then added some twine (from Lakeland) and a button.


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Monday, 18 May 2015

Cheesecake Parade

Today's card features a cute Penny Black stamp called 'Cheesecake Parade'...and papers from the 'Yours Truly' pad by Pebbles Inc...and not a lot else...just a little bit of distressing, and some faux stitching.


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Sunday, 17 May 2015

Pile It On! Challenge - Not Cute

We have a new Pile It On! Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Not Cute'

Our sponsor for this challenge is SLS Lines:
Prize either 3 Single Digital Images or $10 worth of Digital Merchandise from the SLS Lines store!

Considering that about 99.9% of my craft stash would be considered 'cute', I found this theme quite a challenge! I decided to go for an elegant/shabby chic look...and picked papers from the 'Vintage Charm' pad by My Mind's Eye. I cut the butterflies from some of the plainer papers in the pad using Memory Box and Joy Crafts dies, and layered them up...they're not exactly the same shape, but it worked quite well. I embossed the bottom one using my CuttleBug 'Tiny Bubbles' folder. I inked around the edges of everything with 'Tea Dye' Distress Ink...then distressed the edges of the green panel, and added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Big Sentiments' set by Paula Pascual, and the adhesive pearls are by Papermania.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Thursday, 14 May 2015

Fishing!

I'm sneaking on with a super quick card...I couldn't resist making something for the 'Water' themed challenge over at Less is More. I used a cute Penny Black stamp called 'Fishing!', that I coloured using watercolour pencils...simply adding some multicoloured twine that I picked up in TKMaxx.


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Wednesday, 13 May 2015

ABC Christmas Challenge - J is for...

We have anew ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Carissa is the host, and the theme is:

'J is for Joy'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Wild Orchid Crafts
Prize - £10 Gift Voucher!

I found a 'Joy' sentiment in a cute stamp set by Simon Says Stamp called 'Furry Friends'...so used the animal stamp too. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, and combined it with papers from the 'Merry Little Christmas' pad by My Mind's Eye. I distressed all of the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The brads are by BasicGrey.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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Monday, 11 May 2015

Birthday Dog

I found a little time to play with my stash yesterday...and made a few cards, including this birthday card using one of my oldest (and most favourite) stamps 'Birthday Dog' by Penny Black. The papers are from the 'Cut & Paste Charm' pad by My Mind's Eye. I inked the edges with a little 'Tea Dye' Distress Ink, then added a Studio G Sentiment and some doodled borders.


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Sunday, 10 May 2015

Get Well Soon!

Wow...I can't remember the last time that I went a whole week without blogging! I've had a busy couple of weeks...and am looking forward to getting back into my craft room today, but before I do, I have a card that't been saved in my drafts folder for a couple of months waiting to be blogged. I needed a 'get well' card in a hurry for an elderly gentleman that comes to a chamber music class that I teach...so used scraps of brightly coloured card and my 'Olivia' Cuttlebug alphabet dies to make a simple card...I was aiming to make it look like fridge magnet lettering on a white fridge door:


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Sunday, 3 May 2015

Pile It On! Challenge - Mother's Day/For a Woman

We have a brand new Pile It On! Challenge starting today...the theme is:

'Mother's Day/For a Woman'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Prize - 4 Digi Images of the winner's choice!

Mother's Day was a couple of month's ago here in the UK, so I'm getting a head start on next year! My image is 'Blooming Meadows' by Hero Arts...I stamped it using the watercolour technique with Distress Inks. For the background, I embossed some plain card using my 'Swiss Dots' folder...one of my oldest and most used folders. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp (from the 'Sentiments' set)...I cut it out using one of my labels Nesties, then simply distressed the edges and added some adhesive pearls.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Saturday, 2 May 2015

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Trees/Nature

It's the first Saturday of the month...so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...and this month the theme is:

'Trees or Nature'

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Prize - a $20 voucher

I have a little collection of Christmas tree stamps...and picked 'Before the Snow' to use on my cards. I started by spritzing a piece of card with water, then stamped my tree several times using 'Peeled Paint' and 'Forest Moss' Distress Inks. Then I watercoloured the 'sky' background using 'Stormy Sky' and 'Faded Jeans' Distress Inks. Once the card had dried, I stamped the tress again over the top in the same colours to give a clearer impression. Then, I simply added a sentiment (from the 'Handwritten Christmas Messages' set by Lili of the Valley), distressed the edges a little, then matted using black card. I made two cards...just in case I messed up the stamping, but I think they both turned out ok...and that means two more Christmas cards for the pile, which is always good!




I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
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