A glass of Red Wine

Challenge #88 - Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - 'W' is for Watercolour

• Stamped a favourite from Stamps Happen - Red Wine Cellar with black Versafine
• Used Distress Inks to watercolour the image
• Computer generated sentiment
• Trimmed the panel and layered with dark blue card

Thanks for visiting,  have a Wonderful Creative Weekend,   cheers

I Hope Everything's Rosy with You

I'm thinking my mum will enjoy this rosy card since things are turned a bit for the worse down where she lives with the pandemic in a second wave....  just letting her know I'm thinking of her always.

I decided to make another slim line card, and stamped the rose randomly around the edge of the panel, white embossed them and watercoloured with Distress Oxide inks.  Stamped the sentiment from the same set through the centre and silver embossed it.  Then made a slim card from white card stock and added a matching bright pink border.

I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC284 - Dawns' challenge: All About Occasions 

Thanks for stopping by my blog  ----   have a Happy Day and stay safe

   

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Power Poppy - Everything's Even Rosier

Dies: 

Inks: Versamark, Distress Oxides - picked raspberry, festive berries, old paper, mown lawn

Other:  white embossing powder, silver embossing powder

It takes a long time to grow an old friend

Just a short time for the June Rainbow Card challenge #18- Pastel Rainbow, to close.... so I put together this card.   I blended soft rainbow shades of Distress Oxide inks over a white panel and then embossed it with a flourish design.  In my stash was this wildflower die cut so I used the same colours to colour it rather than leave it white.  And to finish from my stash of stamped sentiment I chose this one - trimmed it and sponged the edge with blue ink.

Thanks for stopping by my blog  --- have a Happy Day and stay safe.


Card Recipe 
Stamps:   sentiment unknown
Dies:  Sizzix - Wildflower stems #1
Inks: Distress Oxides - Twisted citron, Squeezed lemonade, Carved pumpkin, Worn lipstick, Milled lavender, Shaded lilac, Salty ocean, Versafine black
Other:  Mpress embossing folder - Flourish, 

Heat embossing resist

How was your weekend??

Well it felt like a lazy Sunday here... but in actual fact I got four loads of washing done and dried..  because yesterday's drizzly cold weather has turned into a sunny Autumn day... bit cool but breezy for the washing...so I'm a happy person getting some crafty time too.  

 I was every bit inspired by this inspirational photo over at Just Add Ink #506 challenge --  great the colours - a lovely combination I would not think to use.

I started stamping the white flowers with Versamark and heat embossing with white embossing powder.  Next to get aubergine colour I mixed two shades of Distress Oxide ink on a small flower stamp and one by one I stamped and heat embossed with clear EP.  Then with a sponge I blended over Crushed Olive Distress Ink - and wiped away the excess when dry with a baby wipe.  I used blue DI to sponge in the bottom of the panel..
I die cut two vase in navy and purple card and used an embossing pen and clean EP to add dimension to the jars...and to finish stamped on the sentiment.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog  ----    have a Happy Day and stay safe

Card Recipe 
Stamps: Darcie's Heart & Home - sentiment stamp
Dies: Build-a-Bouquet - vases
Inks:  Versafine - black, Versamark, Distress Inks - Crushed olive,  Distress Oxides - Wilted violet, Seedless preserves, Storm sky
Other:  White embossing powder, clear embossing powder 

Take Good Care

I made this card this week and mailed it off to my mum today... she lives in another state and I don't see her very often... we did have plans to visit in November when it's her 90th Birthday, so hopefully things might have settled down by then and we'll be with her to share lots of hugs.

I masked and stamped the camellias a number of times on a stitched rectangle, then used Distress Inks to watercolour them.  I blended grey ink around the bare edges and stamped the sentiment in black.  To help bring out the colours of the flowers I added two strips of card along one side

I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC268 - Dawn's All About Occasions challenge.
Thanks for stopping by my blog  ...   have a Happy Day and stay safe


Card Recipe 
Stamps: Power Poppy - Simply Camellias - flowers and sentiment
Dies: Poppy Craft - Rounded corner stitched rectangles
Inks: Versafine - smokey grey and black, Distress Inks - worn lipstick , abandoned coral, old paper, fossilised amber, hickory smoke
Other: coloured pencils

Beautiful Reasons to be Happy

Recently I bought a couple of these large glass vases... bit big for a vase...  but I thought they'd be great as a terrarium... so I've planted them up with small plants and this one is in my craft room

So today I tried out a new technique (for me)   --  I was really inspired by Linda's card from the CAS Mix Up DT. 
I blended Crushed Olive Distress Ink over a white card panel and then stamped and gold embossed the flower.  Using a dilute bleach solution and  a paint brush to bleach the colour from the petals, then I used and orange coloured pencil around the flower centre and red gel pen on the stamen.  To finish I trimmed the panel and attached to a white card with foam sheet and stamped my sentiment on black card and white embossed it... before attaching with foam tape.

I am playing along with CAS Mix Up April challenge - Bleaching ... my elements bleaching, stamping, heat embossing.
Thanks for stopping by my blog  ---  have a Happy Day and stay safe



Card Recipe 
Stamps: Stampendous - Fresh Bloom, Kaisercraft - Rosabella (sentiment)
Dies: 
Inks: Versmark, Distress Ink - Crushed olive
Other: Bleach, gold embossing powder, white embossing powder, coloured pencils, red gel pen

You Brighten Everyone's Day

Hi and how is everyone managing with the restrictions, I do hope you are all ok and enjoying lots of time crafting.   All good at our home and I'm finding plenty to keep myself occupied - even deciding it's a good time to have hubby help with some spring cleaning and gardening...

Now it's time for our April challenge at
 CAS Watercolour 
with Susan our host wanting to see lots of happiness with SPRING FLOWERS 

I was inspired by  William Wordworth's poem -  I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vale and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

I stamped my daffodils with grey ink and used Distress Oxides ti watercolour them ... then I continued using the colours to create a field in the background and used coloured pencils to add fine line details.  Then I stamped on the sentiment, and to finish I trimmed the panel and rounded the corners and used foam sheet to attach to a white card.

Do hope you are inspired to join in our  Spring Flowers challenge - pop over to the CAS Watercolour blog and check out the design teams fabulous card, also Vicky's who is our guest this month.
Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---   Have a Happy Day and Stay Safe

Card Recipe 
Stamps: Hero Arts - Daffodil portrait,  Power Poppy - Poppies (sentiment)
Dies: 
Inks: Versafine - Smokey grey, black, Distress Oxides - Mustard seed, Carved pumpkin, Bundled sage, 
Other:  Coloured pencils, corner rounder

Hold on to your Dreams

Here today with my card for my last week as Guest Designer at Daring Cardmakers...              I have enjoyed this month and challenged my card making with some really cool themes.

This card immediately came to mind when I saw the theme for this week was - 

TAKE A FLYING LEAP, to celebrate 2020 being a Leap Year.

My frog stamp is very old and the rubber is softening but I did get a usable image when I inked it with Old Paper Distress Ink... and then I used my Distress Inks to watercolour it and finished off with some coloured pencil details.   I die cut some gum leaves and then used the negative of the cut to sponge some leaves around the edge of my card panel, also sponging in some blue for the background.  To finish I stamped on my sentiment in black and attached to a green card.
We'd love to see you join in the fun over at The Daring Cardmakers this week.
Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---   have a Happy Day



Card Recipe 
Stamps: Stamp It - Green tree frog, Scrappy Cat - Inspirations
Dies: Ultimate Crafts - Eucalyptus Blossom 
Inks: Versafine - black, Distress Inks - Old paper, Peeled paint, Forest Moss, Shabby shutters, Squeezed lemonade, Stormy sky
Other: coloured pencils

Freedom..... Happiness

For the Daring Cardmakers January Elemental Inspiration challenge - Feeling Blue!!  -  we had to chose 3 elements from the  picture (below)... which was highlighting the Pantone colour of the year Classic Blue.
I chose to use elements including the colour blue, the Willow Pattern, Vases, and the contrasting pink daisies. I stamped the willow elements in Blueprint Sketch DI and fussy cut the vase.  I inked card in the same color to cut a blue frame for my willow pattern then I die cut two pink daisies and green stems. I cut a panel to fit the white card and used an embossing folder to create a background.... using a brayer to colour the raised sections of the pattern in matching blue ink.  To finish I arranged all the elements on the white card added some brown micro beads to the flower centers and added the stamped sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by my blog --- have a Happy Day


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Clear Impressions - Cherry Blossom collection
Dies:  Sizzix - Small Tattered Florals
Inks:  Blueprint Sketch, Versafine - black
Other: Couture Creations Embossing Folder - Royalty , Micro beads

Have a Great Day

Some quiet time during the Christmas/New Year week to make a few cards.... here I have a floral card using a Penny Black shadow stamp - Flower Field, that I stmaped in light brown ink, then used my coloured pencils to over colour the image.... I love doing this technique.  To finish I added a white border to the stamped panel and attached to a buttercup  yellow card... finally added a stamped sentiment.  I am playing along with Penny Black & More Monthly challenge for December - theme Flowers  ....  AND  .... Watercooler Wednesday WWC252 - Marsha's Special 3 week challenge - Anything Goes.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy s.tamping


 

Life is Beautiful

Back again today using Baby Wipes with my Stencil... using part of the stencil in the corner of my panel with Distress Oxide inks on my Baby Wipe to apply the three colours.  Found a stamped sentiment in my stash, trimmed and inked the edge and use foam sheet to lift it and add dimension.  I am playing along with CAS Stencil September challenge and hope you may find time to join in with team and have some fun with stencils.... Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy card making.

It's the Little Things

A bright fun card from me this afternoon, full of fluttering butterflies....
the background panel I made using 3 bright shades of DO inks and inking up some scrunched up plastic wrap and spritzing with water and laying the crinkled wrap onto white card and letting it dry.  Next I stamped solid mini butterflies in matching colours and then stamped an outline mini butterfly in grey.  I stamped extra solid butterflies and fussy cut them.  I used a die cut oval front panel to frame the butterfly panel and to finish added a stamped sentiment and die cut butterfly in white.
I am playing along with CAS Watercolour August challenge - Colourful Butterflies and also STAMPlorations Summer 2019 CAS challenge.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it, happy stamping