Just to say....

This card panel was created a few weeks back when I was trying out the CAS Card Mix Up challenge to use die cuts as stamps....from some recycled card I die cut this floral cluster and used Distress Oxides to colour the flowers and stems, lightly spritz with water and stamp onto the white card - I did this a couple of times and then it got lost in the piles on my desk.  So today I die cut one more image in white card and then three more times in scarp card.  Watercoloured the die cut with Distress Oxides in oranges and green and glued the layers together.  I trimmed the panel to a square card adding a strip in green as the panel was a bit narrow.  Stamped and clear embossed the sentiment and assembled the card adding so clear Nuvo Drops to the flowers.

I am playing along with

• Inkspirational challenge #236 - Grow.
• Happy Little Stampers April  Anything Goes with Dies

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

     

Card Recipe 

Stamps:  Crafter's Companion - Florence

Dies: 

Inks:  Versafine - black, Distress Ink - Abandoned coral Worn lipstick, Peeled paint

Other:  clear embossing powder, Nuvo Crystal Drops

Love

I have a simple CAS style Valentines card today -- for my hubby....
I sprinkled peony scarlet Magical Micas over my large heart/love script stencil, and lightly sprayed with water.  I didn't quite lift the stencil quick enough so some areas are a bit washed out - still I love the shimmer of these powders.  The heart is a little too large for a card so I used a die to re-size it and simply added it to a red square card and to finish - just the right stamped sentiment for us.

I am playing along with CAS Stencil February challenge -- Powdered Inks, and also CAS Watercolour February challenge. - Pink and Red theme, also Inkspirational challenge #180 - Text , and The Card Concept #108 - Love is in the Air.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it, happy Valentines day

 
 

Love a Rainy Day, it makes me Smile

This Rainy Day card came about because last week I was my brayer, embossing folders and Distress Oxide ink...the coral colours.... well I'm not one to waste the ink so I ended up with a few EF images and then there was still ink on the brayer so I misted card with water and quickly ran the brayer down and it left these great water drips... 

Hence when I spotted the Inkspirational challenge 158 - with a Rain Photo, I had to give it a go again with blue ink.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut my puppy image and the same with the umbrella.  Then I scrounged through my sentiment and letter stamps and came up with my sentiment... I decided to stamp it onto a separate raindrop sheet as I was confident enough to do it straight on the card panel... I cut out the sentiment and used a marker around the edge. I used foam tape to mount the sentiment and puppies.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

Serenity.....

I've had this Artistic Outpost stamp for quite a while and it has been used much but I love it.... and when I saw that Inkspirational challenge #138 - Word Prompt this week is "RURAL", I knew it was perfect for me...
I just love the countryside, my sister lives in the farming hills near Gympie and I find it so peaceful when we visit. I made a couple of cards as I find so easy seeing as you've already inked up the stamp. So I just found a couple of Distress Inked smooched backgrounds in my stash and using the Misti makes it easy with a block silhouette like this stamp if you're a bit light on the ink in places.  On the blue one I just added an extra sentiment to finish. And for the other you'll see added some extra black pen lines so hide the 'squared' look and then to finish added a die cut leaf.  Thanks for taking a peek

 

You & Me the Perfect Blend

Oh I do enjoy a cup of tea especially in a nice china cup and saucer..  so I'm happy to post my card today with the inspiration from Fusion Card challenge - Pretty in Pink.  I used both the sketch and photo for inspiration... including cups and an embossed back panel.  I stamped and embossed my image in gold and used Distress Inks to colour it and then fussy cut it out.  I found this pink background in my stash made with stencils and DI and light stamping in slightly darker pink...I stamped on my sentiment and attached the cups with 3D tape. I am also posting to Inkspirational challenge #129 with word prompt - Connect.... no nicer way to spend a few moments than with a friend over a cuppa.  Thanks for taking a peek

 

Just a Quick Note..

I've returned today with another card using the embossing and brayering technique.... after putting the white card through the cuttlebug with this embossing folder I ran over it with an inked brayer to colour the raised image. Then I stamped and embossed the vase onto orange card, fussy cut it and die cut the two pieces of foliage - I tried lining up the stamped image with the die but that didn't work so I just sponge green on the cuts. Mounted these with foam tape and finished with a layered sentiment.  I'm posting to Simon Says Monday challenge - Love this Technique, Simon Says Wednesday - use die cuts on your card and to Inkspirational colour challenge Orange/Green.  Thanks for taking a peek

Challenge: Love This Technique

Simon Says: Die Crazy

Joy

Here's my attempt at 'Gunge' Christmas.... I find this fabulous stocking really hard to colour, so with the prompt from Inkspirational #86 - Grunge, I thought I'd just smooch some Distress Ink over the image. I did use a small acrylic cube so I could position the colours in certain area a bit. Then I did touch up some spots, like the green strips with a paint brush.  Wasn't sure if this would pass for grunge so I tore the bottoms of the two layers and inked the edges a bit more. I am also going to post to Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Extra July challenge - Anything Goes.Thanks for taking a peek

  

Share with a Friend

Today I have had my Twinkling H2Os out and colouring in these "Wild" Kingfishers...lol

Anyway ...I have used one of my backgrounds created with a favourite technique...applying Distress Inks and then overspraying with Perfect Pearls Mist...which gives it a gorgeous soft shiny finish, then I added some stamped leaves to frame it. Next I used my favourite product...Twinkling H2Os, to colour my image/s (I decided one just needed a friend and that solved my sentiment problem) - I just love the bright shiny colours and that you can mix them to create your own shades. Finished the card with a sentiment and a few fussy cut leaves.  I am posting to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Favourite Technique or Product and to Inkspirational..with their theme WILD....I think my Kingfishers could be classified as wild. And I am CASEing Deepti's cool bird card for the CASEplorations June challenge and as I have also used Stamplorations stamps - birds and leaves I am posting to Stamplorations - Anything goes challenge. Thanks for taking a peek

ps Sorry about my dark photos, sadly my camera hasn't been returned yet

USE YOUR FAVORITE TECHNIQUE and/or PRODUCT

     

Best Wishes on Your Birthday

Well today I have enjoyed being home and back at my desk...
...sorted out my gear and even found time to make this card between the washing and shopping.
I've used the layout at Freshly Made Sketches #190 and the photo inspiration at Inkspirational.
I used a stencil sprayed background and a strip of DP. Then stamped and water coloured the image and die cut it into an oval shape. Finished off the edge with sponged ink and a sentiment layered on a banner. Thanks for taking a peek

 

Best wishes

Another super pre stamped image in my stash drawer this week has come in handy for this weeks challenge at Inkspirational #78 - image of a woman. Doesn't she look stylish in her "flapper" (cloche) hat. So I decided just to colour her hat and play with two challenges asking for Black and White and my choice of one other colour.....Just Us Girls #285 and Time Out Challenges #27. I have used the sketch at Fusion Card Challenge for my layout.

Thanks for taking a peek Robyn

 

Clean and Simple

 with the optional twist of:

Black and White plus a Splash of One Colour. 

Life brings simple pleasures

Hi there today.... I have been playing with my stencils for the ARTplorations bloghop over at Stamplorations and created this background piece, cut from a larger sheet - the zigzag pattern is using distress inks directly over the stencil and the letters top right are coloured texture paste. There is other stencil work but it is hard to see as it fades into the background and I've stamped a few script spots and my flower twice to give the effect of a few flowers. I finished the card with this super Stamp-It sentiment and die cut it to fit and added a sprinkle of tiny glitter spots from that little bottle.  I've also used the colour palette at Just Add Ink challenge #254 - really love these soft colours for a floral theme and with my sprinkling of tiny glitter I'm also posting to Inkspirational #77 challenge and Scrapbook Fantasies #8/2015 - Stenciling

Thanks for taking a peek Robyn

  

Weekly Inspiration Challenge #8/2015

Just Add Ink Honorable Mention