Happy Wishes

Some more soft colouring today with Brushos, for day 10 at the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. And for the challenge at Power Poppy Power and Spark challenge - Grab a Map... I chose the sketch (below) for my square card... using the PP orchid stamp and some DP and sequins from my stash.
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You Brighten Everyone's Day

Finally at last I have my card finished for the Power Poppy Power and Spark Mix and Match challenge for August....with just hours to spare.... and it is nice, relaxing and 'feeling normal' to be at my desk... it's been 'a month' - lots of changes with jobs, child minding and then sadly the passing of my father-in-law - Bill was 93 - RIP, so flights south and cold weather and a funeral, now it's good to be home.
I decided to make a cheerful card - bright colours and then used some different techniques.... I used pearl gold embossing powder on my flowers from the Dynamic Duos: Glads & Gerberas set and then used Mungyo Pastels (chalks) to colour them... purposefully not keeping in the lines something I find very hard not to do - interestingly the embossed surface took on some of the colour of the chalks. Then I used the sentiment from the Poppies set and sponged chalk around the edges of my panel. I found some designer paper to layer under the image and decided to add a strip of green and a matching bow.  I also decided to use Versamark to stamp the sprig from the Countryside Bouquet Deluxe set on the green strip. I'm glad I was able to play along this month, thanks for taking a peek

Hello Friend

So today my card is inspired by Christine's card below for this months Power Poppy challenge - Copy a Bloomie  - copy and share your inspiration from one of the PP team.  I just love the bright colours of this card and the fact that Christine formed a wreath from a small stamp on a set.  I have chosen two small sprays from the Countryside Bouquet Deluxe set and stamped and masked them into a wreath shape, then coloured them with Brushos and fussy cut.  I copied the other aspects of her card too... the layout, the stitching and ribbon bow and firstly the bright green main panel.  I'm very happy with how it turned out and I also love to use stamps in a different way. I am also  posting to Colour Throwdown challenge CTD453  with the colour theme - Crimson, Yellow and Green and also to Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.  Thanks for taking a peek

Simon Says: Anything Goes

 

 

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Breathe out ..... Relax

Feeling a bit weird at the moment... been to the dentist this morning as I broke a tooth and have had that removed and my new denture put in ... now the anesthetic is wearing off too.  But being at my desk making this card has kept my mind busy and off the tooth.
I have used a very old stamp and with some masking and rearranging the stamp have created a foreground for my holiday themed card.  I used my Brushos to colour the images and to created the landscape, then stamped on my silhouette trees and the sentiments.  To join in with the Power Poppy Power and Spark June challenge - Add a bug, I added a couple of bees.  I am also posting to Rubber Dance June theme challenge - summer holidays, Shopping Our Stash SOS309 - Lazy Summer Days and Addicted to Stamps and More #248 - Holiday.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

SOS309 - Lazy Summer Days

Peace Love Hope

I so love water colouring....very relaxing for me and here I am taking liberties with the Power Poppy Poinsettia stamp... turning it shades of yellow and green.  Then I die cut a square in my top panel to one side and stamped the sentiment on the white space.  To make my image fit I had to fussy cut around a part of it and fitted it above the panel with rest behind. To finish I layered onto two shades of green and added some white gel pen to the tips of the berries.  I am posting to CAS Watercolour challenge for March - Spring and to Power and Spark at Power Poppy challenge... green theme. Thanks for taking a peek

  

Happy Birthday

Two challenges for this pretty pink card for my MIL whose  91st birthday is coming up soon..... at Power Poppy Power & Spark challenge - Say Yes to No lines!, so I stamped my image in DI Antique Linen and water coloured with Brushos .... I was also inspired by the lovely card by Jenni (below) at Muse challenge #204 - the beautiful pink rose colours and my interpretation of the framing of her image.  After colouring my image I die cut it and left the die in place and sponged grey around the edge. Then I mounted the top panel on two shades of pink card and dry embossed the top one.  Then I thought it all needed something extra so I added a ribbon and a few gems before finishing off with my silver embossed sentiment.  Thanks for taking a peek

   

Sending Birthday Hugs

Here's my second card using my Tulip stamp... the photo inspiration at Power Poppy - Power & Spark challenge inspired to use yellows and purples - I don't think tulips are winter flowers but I know that their little bulbs hidden in the cold soil are working their magic to present a beautiful display in Spring. I masked and stamped this border of flowers and watercoloured them with Brushos.  Then mounted the panel  with a lacy die-cut border which I backed with a purple layer to make it stand out and then finished the card with a sentiment.  Thanks for taking a peek

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

oh dear!!!  we are sooo close to the end of November - now the rush to get all those Christmas cards in the post ... and still I can't help myself but make one more.
Today my card is "PINK" for the Power & Spark challenge over at Power Poppy.
I created the pink background by using a dry baby wipe and Spun Sugar Distress Ink on wood-grain card stock - I like to see how inks react on different card - well it work well, then I gave it a light spray with Perfect Pearls mist - it gathered in the creases.  Then I stamped my sentiment and stocking image and embossed in silver.  I fussy cut the stocking and coloured it with Distress Inks.  I found two decorative square frames in my stash and positioned them to display my images.  I decided to add a silver embossed edge to my sentiment and added a few sequins to finish.  Thanks for taking a peek

Just for You

Hello and yes welcome to November... at least it is here in Australia, so that gives me time to  finish my card and post it. I'm playing along with this months Power & Spark challenge at Power Poppy... did I say before I love these stamps.  Anyway I've been thinking on this "make it move" theme and decided to make a bookmark that you can 'move' from the card to use - this card is for my mum who'll be 86 in a week and she loves to read so this will be special for her - it is also held in place with magnets (just located under the vase) so it won't slip out.  I stamped the image from the Poppies set, twice and coloured both with Brushos as I went. Layered the main panel on green and coral cardstock onto a red card. Then on with the sentiment and the tricky part was lining up the layers on the top of the bookmark so it matched the card. Finished off with a 3D mounted 'happy birthday'. I am pretty pleased with the result, and thanks for taking a peek...

With Love

My card today is Inspired by Stacy's card below, I Copied her idea to use a die cut frame as my card base and then used part of the floral image from the PP Azalea set which I painted with Distress Ink and then fussy cut like Stacy to frame sentiment.  My card is for the monthly Power and Spark challenge at Power Poppy.  Thanks for taking a peek

Beautiful Bloom in a Bowl

So I'm at my desk early this morning with a lovely feeling of "I'm back", I'm making a card", just relaxing and satisfying, and smiling, as it's been quite a few weeks.

I've made my card for the Power Poppy - Power and Spark challenge for July.  The theme is B-HAPPY -to be inspired by the letter B ... so some thought went into not making a blue card which was my immediate though.... so mine is 'Beautiful Bloom in a Bowl'  using a stamp from the Simply Camellias set.  I would also like to thank Power Poppy for selecting my card back in April as a winner and glad at last I'm able to participate again...life is slowly settling back to normal.

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Happy Birthday

How excited I was this week to receive my prize for winner of last months Power Poppy - Power and Spark challenge, thank you Marcella.  I just love PP stamps and of course I had to make a card with my lovely Camellia set. I stamped the image of a different type of card stock... it's very shiny and textured and absorbs the inks quickly... I used my shiny Twinkling H2Os to colour it. I faintly stamped script on to the mauve card and layered it with soft purple. Then finished it all off with a bow, gems and a stamped sentiment. So I'm posting again to the Power and Spark challenge - May Flowers. Thanks for taking a peek

Happy Mothers' Day

My second Mothers' Day card today and both florals.   This one is made with a brand new stamp from Power Poppy Azalea set, so I am posting to their monthly challenge - Power & Spark, April - "you pick 3"....select three markers only to colour your image... well that was a bit difficult as I only have a few markers unpacked at this stage of our move back home - but came up with a double ended Brushables purple shade marker and a Distress Ink marker - Shabby Shutters. I am very happy with my colouring effort seeing as the purples weren't blendable. Finished off the card by mounting the fussy cut image over a purple oval onto an embossed background. Then I inked the edges of the the sentiment banner.  I am also going to post to The Card Concept #54 -Spring Flowers  I was inspired by the beautiful lilac colours in the inspiration photo and my card is a clean and layered style.