Nature always wears the colours of the spirit

Today I've a floral card using Power Poppy Strong and Beautiful image along with the sentiment from Power Poppy Pure Prairie Spirit set

Power Poppy - The Blossom Challenge ... Sentimental

• Stamped this beautiful image with smokey gray Versafine and watercoloured with Distress Inks
• Using Versamrk I stamped and gold embossed the sentiment
• Trimmed the panel and added a purple border and attached to a white card

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful day,     

Cheers Robyn

Red and Black Silhouette

Reminder for February CAS Watercolour challenge

RED & BLACK

Something a little different from me today...

I started with a light water wash over white cardstock then using Brushos - Rose Red, a water wash which came out pinkish.  Next I stamped the silhouette image (which is two stamps aligned) in black.  Then when dry I used a brush to add layers of deeper red using Brushos Rose Red, Scarlet.... which then looked like distant hills, and some to the moon as well.  I added two border layers in red and black and attached to a white card.  Lastly I stamped the sentiment in black and added a red frame to the strip.

I hope you are inspired to create a red and black CAS card and to share it over on the CAS Watercolour blog..... the DT ladies have lots of fabulous inspiration to check out too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---  have a Happy Day


Card Recipe
Stamps: Crafty Individuals - Four Tree Landscapes set - landscapes and sentiment
Dies: 
Inks:  Brushos - Rose Red, Scarlet, Versafine - black
Other:

Natures Colours

I have to say that I love Natures Colours - nothing nicer or more relaxing than to wander through a garden taking in the shapes, smells, textures and colours of nature in the plants and wildlife ---- my hubby would have all concrete so he wouldn't have to mow the lawns and I'd fill every space with plants - but he does like how 'our place' looks.   I tried out some new texture paste that I coloured up with some red DI with a floral stencil.  While the paste was still wet I added clear EP and heated it... it bubbled up and I got more dimension, I even sprinkled on some glitter and heated it again... I used green EP on the stems and then painted in the flower centers with yellow DI.  Oh and I did this on a DI smooched panel which was most light red shades and as it didn't stand out well, so I water coloured in the spaces with blue grey DI.   To finish I framed the panel with a stitched die cut onto a matching red card.  I am playing along with Stamplorations ARTplorations Mixed Media June challenge and STAMPlorations Never Ending Anything Goes challenge.   Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy times

   Happy Flowers Stencil

Laugh Often, Live Well, Love Much

Just let the words say it all!!!   Used some left over smooched Distress Oxide background teamed with matching plain card to display my stamped sentiment.... I did a bit of fancy cutting around the letters and added some Dimensional Magic to the pencil coloured letters.
I am playing along with A Place to Start February challenge - I've used an Inspirational stamp.  Also joining in at Simon Says Monday challenge - Typography
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it.... and happy card making.

 

Simon Says: Typography

February Creative Challenge : Use An Inspirational Die or Stamp

Sprinkle Joy, Plant Kindness, Harvest Love

Harvest is the theme this week at The Paper Players PP362 - Clean and Simple challenge.  I stamped my country boy image in black on cream card and coloured the background with a waterwash technique, leaving a clear margin.  Framed my panel with burnt orange card and stamped my sentiment on a stitched die cut label. I sponged the edge and to finish added a die cut leaf.  Thanks for taking a peek

Hope Your Day Absolutely Blooms

So excited to use my new Prairie Spirit stamp for this months Power & Spark challenge - Cozy Krafty Colouring.  I stamped my image in black on Kraft card and coloured it with pencils -that bit I enjoy - now the finishing off, selecting colours and a style not much more difficult.  So I've chosen to layer the image panel on blue and red card and mount to a light yellow card to help 'pop' the flowers. To finish I added a raffia bow.  Thanks for taking a peek

Watch the Sunset

 What a fabulous challenge this month at CAS Watercolour - Silhouette.... I love experimenting and watercolours are high on my list.. I've been trying my hand at clouds and this panel turned out quite well and suited beautifully for my silhouette trees stamp ........ and I'm just mad about sunrises and sunsets, my hubby thinks I'm nuts, I've so many photos of them and as I was about to write up this post I peered out my window and there was a lovely soft sky with the glow appearing behind the trees and roof tops... so of course I rushed out with the camera... photo below.  I'm amazed at the colours a sunrise or set can share with us but mostly I love calming affect it has on me - breathe in a new day and relax at the end. I mounted my panel on navy and even had a stamp to go with it.  Thanks for taking a peek

Life is Beautiful

I was inspired by Time Out Challenge #80 and Simon Says Monday challenge to create a card with a rainbow....  and this little scrap of blue card was begging to be used... so I've hand drawn on my rainbow with pencisl and stamped my tree silhouette over the top.   I painted the rainbow with Perfect Pearls so it is all sparkly. Then to finished I added a stamped sentiment tag with the edges inked in pale blue and 3D mounted.  I am also going to post to Addicted to Stamps and More #236 - Anything Goes challenge.  Thanks for taking a peek

Time Out challenge #80 - 'Inspired by Words' challenge. Our words are:

When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars'

Simon Says: Make A Rainbow

Together is a Wonderful Place To Be

For my last card today I'm CASEing Shery's card for this months Stamplorations CASEplorations challenge.  I sponged some Distress Ink over a background created with ink on scrunched plastic bag. Then stamped the sentiment in black but it was kinda lost so I cut it out and mounted on white to frame it.  Thanks for taking a peek

Do What You Love

Last week Joanna at Inspired by Stamping offered this sentiment to download and use with our creation on the weekly  FB challenge.  I printed it on light card and teamed it with the fressias from the IBS Friends Forever set.  I used Distress Ink to colour the image and layered it onto green card. Thanks for taking a peek