Tuesday 30 March 2021

The Lost Balloon

Today's card is a very simple one, featuring an old Lili of the Valley stamp called 'The Lost Balloon'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper and coloured it using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts, and I doodled a simple border using a black gel pen before adding the panel to a kraft card blank.


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Sunday 28 March 2021

Reindog

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring one of the stamps from the 'Wintertime Cheer' set by Penny Black, stamped on to watercoour paper, then coloured using watercolour pencils. I made an inky snowy sky background for him, by stamping my 'Falling Snow' background stamp (by Simon Says Stamp) on to smooth white card using Versamark Ink, then heat embossing it using white embossing powder, then blending Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Broken China & Chipped Sapphire) over the top. I trimmed it down, then matted it onto a snippet of navy card, before adding my pup on top, and attaching it to my card blank. The sentiment stamp is from a set by the Colorado Craft Company.


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Friday 26 March 2021

Background Meadow Sympathy

I have another simple sympathy card to share today...this time featuring one of the stamps from the 'Background Meadow' set by Viva Decor. I stamped it along the bottom edge of a kraft card blank, using Versamark Ink, along with a sentiment from the 'Sketched Flower' set by Simon Says Stamp, then heat embossed them using 'Metallic Gold' embossing powder by WOW. 


I love the way gold looks against kraft, but it's not the easiest thing to capture in a photograph, so here's another view:


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Wednesday 24 March 2021

Burst into Bloom Sympathy

Today's card is a sympathy card featuring part of my Woodware 'Burst into Bloom' stamp. I inked up three of the five flowers on the stamp using Versamark Ink, then stamped it on to a navy card blank, heat embossing it in white. I used watercolour pencils to colour the flowers, and added a heat embossed sentiment (from the 'Sketched Flowers' set by Simon Says Stamp.


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Monday 22 March 2021

Boo Boo Bear

I have a 'Get Well Soon' card to share today...featuring an old Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Boo Boo Bear'. I stamped him on to a snippet of watercolour paper, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. The papers are snippets from the 'Refreshing Basics' pad from The Works...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Go To Words' set by Visible Image...I had to stamp it in two sections to fit the space.


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Saturday 20 March 2021

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Flowers')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Flowers'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:
Prize - a $20 voucher!

This time, I used a stamp called 'Blossom Branch', inking the stamp using felt tip pens, and spritzing with water before stamping on to watercolour paper. I added a sentiment from the 'Sketched Flowers' set by Simon Says Stamp, then distressed the edges a little, before mounting it to a co-ordinating purple card blank.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Thursday 18 March 2021

Easter Hares

I have an Easter card to share today, featuring a Happy Hoppers stamp called 'Easter Hares'...stamped on to watercolour paper and coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with snippets of papers from the 'Pretty Please' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing all the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I added a couple of really old Poppicrafts paper flowers, held in place with a BasicGrey brad, and a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.


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Tuesday 16 March 2021

Let it Snow...Please!

Today's card was a bit of an experiment...I had a set of normal felt tip pens, and wanted to try using them for inking up some stamps. I picked a lovely big snowflake stamp from a set by the Colorado Craft Company, and used a couple of different pens to add colour, spritzing with a little water before stamping on to watercolour paper. I added a sentiment from the same set, then distressed the edges a little before adding the panel to a DL card blank.


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Sunday 14 March 2021

Happy Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day in the UK, so I'm sharing the card I made for my Mum. I actually made this card just after Christmas, so that I could leave it with my Dad in case I wasn't able to visit again before now...turns out that was very good planning! I used a stamp called 'Deco Roses' by Woodware, that I received a a Christmas gift...stamping it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment made using my 'Graffiti Alphabet' stamps by Paper Smooches. I coloured it using watercolour pencils, then distressed the edges a little, before matting it on to some matching pink card.


I made a matching tag for the gift...stamping the image off the edge of a kraft tag, along with a Hero Arts sentiment, and adding some colour using watercolour pencils. The twill ribbon around the gift was from Home Sense.


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Friday 12 March 2021

Snug

I have a New Baby card to share today featuring a Penny Black stamp called 'Snug'. I stamped it directly on my card blank, along with a sentiment (from a set by Art Impressions), then coloured it using watercolour pencils.


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Wednesday 10 March 2021

Blossom Branch

Today's card features on of my favourite floral stamps...'Blossom Branch' by Penny Black. I stamped it using Versamark /ink on to some navy card, along with a sentiment (from the 'Sketched Flowers' set by Simon Says Stamp), then heat embossed them in white. I distressed the edges a little, then added it to  matching navy DL card blank.


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Monday 8 March 2021

Totally Excited!

Today's card features a couple of old Penny Black stamps...the chicken is called 'Totally Excited'. I stamped them directly on to a kraft card blank, then coloured the chicken usinh watercoloure pencils.


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Saturday 6 March 2021

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Flowers')

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

'Anything Goes'
or
'Flowers'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:
Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used a stamp simply called 'Amaryllis' to make a Christmas card. I inked up the stamp using Distress Inks (Scattered Straw, Crackling Campfire & Fired Brick for the petals, and Forest Moss & Rustic Wilderness for the stem & leaves), spritzed it with a little water, then stamped it on to watercolour paper. Once dry, I inked around the image using 'Old Paper' Distress Ink, and embossed a sentiment (from the 'Letter It - Christmas' set by Ranger) in 'Metallic Gold' embossing powder by WOW over the top. I doodled a simple border using a gold gel pen, then distressed the edges a little before adding it to a kraft card blank.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Wednesday 3 March 2021

ABC Christmas Challenge - E, F & G are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Carol is the host, and the themes for this month are:

'E is for Elf'
'F is for Fir Trees'
&
'G is for Garland'

There's a lovely prize from Carol for the lucky winner:


I picked a Penny Black stamp called 'Bauble Balance' to use on my 'Elf' card...stamping it directly on to a kraft card blank, along with the matching sentiment, then coloured it using watercolour pencils.


My 'Fir Trees' card is a little bit of a cheat...I actually made the watercolour panel at the same time as this card last December...it was originally A5 in size, but just as I finished I managed to get a smudge of green ink in the middle of the sky, so had to trim it down. It's been sitting in my image box (along with a skinny snippet) since then waiting to be turned into a card. Anyway, here's how I made it...I started by painting the sky and snow banks on to watercolour paper, using Distress Inks (Stormy Sky & Chipped Sapphire). I then stamped my trees ('Before the Snow' and a smaller matching one from a little set called 'Wonder Collection')...using 'Evergreen Bough' Distress Ink...masking off the snow bank in the foreground. Once dry, I stamped each tree several times, then added a little more colour to them using more of the same ink (and a little of 'Pine Needles'). Once the trees were dry, I added my 'snow' by splattering a thick mixture of white watercolour paint all over the image. Finally, I stamped my sentiment (from a set by the Colorado Craft Company), then distressed the edges before adding the panel to a kraft card blank.


On my 'Garland' card, I stamped my image directly on to a kraft card blank, along with a Lili of the Valley sentiment, then coloured is using watercolour pencils.


I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.