Envelope Mail not EMail

I had some fun today putting together this envelope for the 

Lost Coast Portal Creativity challenge #121 - Mail Art.

I found a page of outline ladies and printed one off onto a A4 sheet that I then folded into an envelope.

Scrounged through all my stamps that relate to MAIL  and some doodle edges  --  most of these are unused ones that are additions to a set of stamps, and stamped away as unplanned as I could... not very good a freestyle.  Then another scrounge through and heap of used stamps and I thought this one titled  "Who Sank the Boat?"  was pretty cool and the colours added to the red and blue I had used.

Thanks for visiting.... have a Wonderful Creative day..    Cheers

With Love

I made this card for my Mum for Mothers' Day, this Sunday 9th May

It is a digital print that I coloured with Colouring Pencils, then framed it with white onto a yellow card and to finish added a die cut label with gold embossed sentiment.

I am playing along with 

• Watercooler Wednesday WWC325 - Marsha's challenge - All things Feminine
• Double D Challenges - Flowers of the Month January thru June - I have chosen April Gerbera Daisy

Thank for visiting    --- have a Wonderful Creative day   - cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps:  Power Poppy digital - Kindness is the Way,  Inspired by Stamping - Poppies (sentiemnt)

Dies: Becky Higgins Project Life Nesting Dies, unknown tag die

Inks: Versamark

Other: gold embossing powder, Coloured  Pencils

Hello

My take on the CAS Mix Up May Stencil challenge... Rainbow Ink Blending..

Well I thought immediately of the rainbow colours of those Kaleidacolour pads that were the rage many years ago and wondered if there was enough 'juice' in my old pads ..  not too bad

So my 'blending' is really what you can achieve with a brayer... and I started out thinking to brayer through the stencil, using both pads so I could get a rainbow  -- no success at all - BUT - there was heaps of ink on the stencil, so I quickly placed my watercolour card panel on top and pressed firmly... a sneak look and I needed to lightly spritz with water... and whoopie it worked....the texture of the card doesn't give a smooth blend but you do get a cool outline of the stencil design.   To finish I trimmed the panel and from my stash found this 'Hello' die cut (kindly sent from a friend) in metallic card, so found some matching card to give the panel a frame.  Hope this is CAS enough --  I find it terribly hard to trim a panel when the whole thing is just lovely.

Thanks for visiting.... have a Wonderful Creative day  - Cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps: 

Dies:  Altenew - Simply Hello

Inks:  Kaleidacolor - Birthstone and Melon Melody

Other:  Tim Holtz - Flourish Layering Stencil, brayer

Thinking of You

A quick card from me this morning - using a card panel I had on my desk from a few weeks ago that fitted perfectly for the Just Add Ink challenge...  love the off the edge yellow flowers, and this piece was already coloured to suit--- watercoloured with Distress Ink and pencil and blotting paper blended background. I just need to add the stamped and embossing sentiment and attach to a card.

I am playing along with Just Add Ink #552 - photo inspiration

Thanks for visiting  ---  have a Wonderful Creative day,    cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Kaisercraft - Fly Free, Craftworld mag (sentiment)

Dies: 

Inks:  Versafine - black,  Distress Inks - scattered straw, fossilised amber, spiced marmalade, 

Other:  clear embossing powder, coloured pencils (green)

Guest Designer at CAS Christmas

This month I have the honour of being Guest Designer for the 

CAS Christmas Card  Foliage & Berries challenge

I have this lovely Holly outline stamp and decided to go with the traditional Christmas colours - red, green and gold.

• Stamped the holly image in Distress Inks which lend themselves beautifully to watercolour the image drawing the colour from the outline... I did this twice and fussy cut them out.
• Die cut some pine sprigs and watercoloured these with Distress Oxide inks.
• Stamped and gold embossed the sentiment on a white card panel
• Assembled the elements on the card using foam tape

Thanks for visiting and I do hope you can join in the card making challenge at CAS Christmas

Have a  Wonderful Creative month,    cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps:  Hero Arts - Watercolour Holly Outline, Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Joy

Dies: Crafters Companion - Winter Wonderland

Inks: Versamark, Distress Inks - Rustic Wilderness, Candied Apple, Distress Oxide - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint

Other:   gold embossing powder

April CCC card - Hello

This month my card for the Card Chain Challenge went across the seas to Arlene in USA.

I used the colour palette, die cuts and friendship theme

I really love how this card turned out - I'll be loose watercolouring lots now and it's fun using it with the die cuts.

• Die cut 3 Vine leaves and loosely watercolored the with Distress Inks
• Die cut the front card panel and used a stencil to lightly add some interest to the background
• Die cut a purple strip and white embossed the stamped sentiment.

Thanks for visiting... sadly as this goes to air my card hasn't arrived from Linda so I will add a pic when it arrives.

Have a Wonderful Creative weekend....  cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Power Poppy - Everything's Rosy (sentiment)

Dies: Kaisercraft - Vines, CUTplorations - Crazy running double stitched nesting rectangles

Inks: Versamark, Distress Ink - Shabby shutters, Peeled paint, Gathered twigs

Other:  white embossing powder, Prima stencil

May Calendar

First of a new month..... already May, and time to share my calendar page

and it's our Anniversary today  --  45 years  WOW!!

Thanks for visiting.... have a Wonderful month,   cheers

Guest Designer for Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper 'O' for Outdoors challenge

A bit of fun this month as Edna moves "Outdoors" and with me as the invited guest designer for

   The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge

I do love the outdoors and have spent the past few mornings in my garden giving it a tidy up and make over and for me there is nothing nicer than a stroll anywhere away from the house to refresh my mind ( and exercise) - so I can get back to my desk and the crafts I love

I had this outdoor tree scene already stamped in my stash so thought to use it as the background through a window card in my old stash.  Hardest part was deciding on a snarky sentiment.

• stamped the crafty objects in grey ink and coloured my images with coloured pencils and fussy cut these out.  Coloured the scene too
• found some DP to use as the table top and matching card strip for the sill
• blending ink over the textured card surface and attached all the elements
• my Word doc is working so had to dig out my lettering set and stamped the sentiment, trimmed and edge them in black

Hope you can join in the fun at 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers "Outdoors" challenge 

Thanks for visiting,   have a Wonderful Creative weekend, cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Flourishes - Stitched for You, and From the Desk of.. ,    We R Precision Press+ lettering, scenery stamp unknown

Dies: 

Inks:  Versafine - black and smokey grey

Other:  window card, coloured pencils

Just thought I'd share a few pics of the garden

I have installed in the garden two ends that were leftover from the girls cubby house and have been leaning about in our storage space

.....now part of the garden

and this is the quiet space where I can sit and enjoy a cuppa and the garden