Happy Birthday

I'm really liking this birthday card I've finished off this afternoon.  I used the sketch at Always Playing With Paper #55.  An easy background created with a few brush strokes of Distress Ink, a strip of gauze and a fussy cut floral image...also coloured with DIs. Finished with a matching layer and sentiment banner. Thanks for taking a peek

 

Live Life Out Loud

Here is another card I started on Saturday using Brushos to watercolour the clear embossed poppies from Inspired by Stamping Poppy set. The Always Playing with Paper challenge #46 have an Autumn theme so I am posting to this challenge.  CAS Colours and Sketches #146 have a similar colour theme - Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Tangerine Tango and also to the Simon Says Monday challenge - Wonderful Watercolours.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Challenge: Wonderful Watercolor

It's the Life in your Years

Don't you just love how Distress Inks turn out sometimes... then I hate to cover them up with stamps. So for this background I was only too happy to simply stamp this 'so true' sentiment over the top and hide the gorgeousness of these two colours.  I'm posting my card to the July Stamplorations challenge - Stamps and Distressing. Thanks for taking a peek

Every Journey begins with a Single Step

Ok today I have finished this male birthday card - I don't make them very often but I did have this gorgeous sailing ship stamped up in my stash.  I just masked the image and "misted" the background with Magical Micas and to give it a really sparkly finish, misted on some Perfect Pearls.  I masked and darkened the bottom where the sea might be and used a white gel pen on the breaking wave tops.  I lightly coloured the ships hull and the flags  and layered it on a teal background. I searched for an appropriate sentiment and foam mounted that and then decided to add just a very small birthday sentiment. I am posting to CASology #152 and The Challenge #40 at Always Playing with Paper who are both having a "Nautical" theme. Also to Shopping Our Stash #207 - a Male card and Simon Says Monday Challenge - is to use Stamps and Mist.
Thanks for taking a peek

SOS #207: For The Boys

Challenge: Stamp + Mist

  

Don't Peek

Today I've put together this fun tag card, using some pre-printed kraft paper as the  background - layered on red and dark brown card.  I cut the tag from embossed whtie card and tied on a glitzy ribbon.  I marker coloured this cute elf from my pre-stamped images (he's actually very old, but he still came up cheerful) and finished with a cute sentiment. I'm posting my card to The Card Concept 23, Krafty Christmas and Always Playing with Paper challenge #18 colour palette.

 

Thanks for taking a peek Robyn