Have a Sunshine Day

Today I used a silhouette leaf stamp and cut a circle mask to create a window on the panel to accommodate the sentiment..  I use Distress Oxide inks in orange, yellow, green and purple randomly stamped round the circle... and a few extras that I fussy cut.. Then stamped and gold embossed the sentiment and drew around the circle edge and gold embossed that and a few lines on the edges of leaves.
I am playing along with Power Poppy Creative Confetti - Feeling Fall  .... AND .... with The Paper Players PP461 Tic-Tac-Toe challenge  - using left vertical : Fall, orange, leaves.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping

 

Happy Birthday

All the elements for this card are snippets from my stash... the die cut piece was already trimmed and the red Brushos background was easily trimmed to fit - I added a spritz of Perfect Pearls so it's all shimmery.  The stamped sentiment too from my stash - I really like this stamp - the layout and lettering and it belongs to my friend so when I visit I stamp a few up for later.  And to keep the card Monochromatic I fussy cut this little red stamped butterfly and added a couple pearls to finish.

I am playing along with The Paper Players PP429 - Clean and Simple challenge - Monochromatic, and also with Pixie's Snippets Playground challenge #346.  Thanks for visiting, I  really appreciate it.

 

Dear Friend

Well I wasn't into the movie hubby was watching so decided to do some blog snooping and visiting Darnell's lovely blog I immediately decided to join in a new challenge - Pixie's Snippets Playground - this weeks challenge #344,  because I have stacks of snippets and it didn't take me long to put this card together.  I had on my desk the background panel made with the reverse sponged stencil (that's when you sponge over the stencil and then have ink everywhere so you flip it onto card with a slight water spray and presto you have another background). Remembered seeing the stamped and embossed and fussy cut floral in my stash, so hauled that out and then the sentiment, just needed a trim and to help the floral pop, magically I had a circle frame and a light aqua die cut circle to add behind it...done. I'll be back to Pixie's because this year that's been my plan - use up my stashes.
I also used the sketch at The Paper Players PP426, and am joining with Addicted to Stamps and More #326 - Anything Goes.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it,  - happy card making.

ps on the side Darnell has arranged a Thank You Di Blog Hop to celebrate Di's seventh anniversary at Pixie's Playground and I'm joining in...



  

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #344

For You..

This afternoon I have a card using the layout from The Paper Players PP37 sketch challenge, and a little bit of colouring after my messy paint session. I used Brushos to watercolour my stamped image, then found this bright background DP and die cut some leaves. I used a stitched tag die to cut around my stamped sentiment.
I am now quite a few days behind in the 30 Colouring Challenge - here is my day 10 effort, but I simply love the helpful gorgeous colouring Kathy is sharing with us.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

 

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

Wishing you well

Lately I've been inspired to create cards using my stamps and watercolours to create a scene. This set of trees is a Stamplorations set - Tree Silhouettes and the grasses -Penny Black Enjoy Life. I masked off the hill slope and stamped my trees with Distress Inks and then with my Brushos painted in the sky, fence and hillside. Lastly I stamped the grass and my sentiment. I love creating like this.  I am posting my card to The Paper Players challenge #356 - Theme: Great Outdoors.
And to Stamplorations Theme and Sketch Summer Vacation - Anything Goes.  I will also post to their Never-ending Stamplorations challenge Anything Goes using their products.  Thanks for taking a peek

From ALL of Us

 

Look who we had visiting in a palm outside our bedroom window this morning... a cheeky possum - wonder where he's been living??
Anyway I have made a card with inspiration from the July Sketch over at 52 (Christmas) card challenge and the palette from The Paper Players #352 Colour challenge.  I stamped and embossed the ornaments in the three shade of 'berry' and fussy cut them.  I stamped and white embossed my sentiment and mounted these all on a dry embossed background, then using a deep berry card to help the colours pop.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Happy Father's Day

Well I hope you are having a lovely start to the week... it's beautiful here, weather perfect, chores are done and I've free time at my desk.  Earlier this year I remember this owl stamp in the back of one of my stamp drawers and when I saw the challenge at The Paper Player #349 Feathered Friends I knew he'd have a staring role.  I have also used 'masculine colours' for the Stamplorations CAS Card challenge for June and then followed with the theme at Stamplorations June Theme and Sketch challenge.... Stamps and Family.  I used coloured pencils for a change to colour the image and then added some feint shading to the background - the mauve and blue influenced my choice of layering and card.  To finish I added a stamped sentiment for Fathers' Day.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Happy Birthday

Over the weekend I found a folder with unfinished cards in it...forgot I had it....so I've been busy changing/assembling a few cards.  A pretty pink floral card...love this image that I coloured and fussy cut, also a couple extra flowers to scatter about.  My background was created with stencils and misting and some light script stamping. I used a dark pink strip with a sparkly white ribbon as a base for my image and finished with a stamped sentiment.  I am posting to The Paper Players PP#347 -Birthday theme, also Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes challenge, and lastly The Flower Challenge #9 for June - Anything Goes.  Thanks for taking a peek

 

Embrace Life

A very clean and simple card from me today... not my usual thing, but I'm quite happy with the finished card.  I stamped the flourish in Distress Ink and my sentiment in black so it will be the focaal point. To finish I layer the top  panel on matching green card and onto a black card and added a green gem. I playing along with The Paper Players #332 challenge - Use a Sentiment as your focal point.  Thanks for taking a peek

Love and Best Wishes

 Last week I thoroughly enjoyed colouring my stamped lily image with pencil that I decided to do another in different colours.  I really like the crisp bright colours with lots white from the inspirational photo at The Card Concept 65 - Fresh and Bold , so I chose the bright pink to colour my flowers. To finish I just layered the panel onto a white card and added a stamped sentiment.  I am also playing along with The Paper Players PP328 - Clean and Simple: Flowers, and Addicted to Stamps and More #226 with their Anything Goes challenge.