Keep in Touch ATC

I sponged blue and green Distress Ink on white card and used pearl white acrylic paint to create a faux mother of pearl effect, the stamped some swirl corners with grey ink.  I used a letter set to stamp the sentiment, used green card as a backing layer and lastly added a collectables old fashioned telephone mounted with foam tape.  I am playing along with Shopping Our Stash #392 - Make an ATC.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it.... happy stamping

To a Wonderful Friend

I do enjoy some relaxing time colouring images, and this one I did yesterday afternoon when all was quiet.  I stamped the poppies in Dried Marigold DO ink and left the stamp and stamped panel in place in my Misti.  Next I watercoloured the poppies with DO and when dry inked up the leaves on the stamp with green marker and stamped over the image - gives a great outline... then I did the same for the flowers but used DO and it looked great to start but as it dried, it lost the defined outline, so next time I'll use DInk... unfortunately I took it out of the Misti before it dried.  Then I trimmed the panel and layered it with green card and stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a label die and sponged the edges.  Finished off using a bright orange card and attaching the elements.  I am playing along with AAA Cards challenge #136 - One Image and the option Spring.  Also playing along at Watercooler Wednesday WWC214 - Marsha's "All About Occasions" challenge ... I think this sentiment could be used for a number of different occasions...birthday, get well, thanks.
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Merry Christmas

Oh boy, it's a stinker here today - very hot, bright blue sky and very sunny after a week of cooler, grey skies and some rain.  Good excuse to be playing at my desk..
So I have a Christmas card this afternoon... using to poinsettia flowers I had watercoloured weeks ago with Distress Oxide inks...fussy cut them and the masked off  the front left side of a white card and sponged the same colours with a stencil for my border.  To finish I stamped the banner and then the sentiment and fussy cut this and used foam tape to attached these elements.

I am playing along with STAMPlorations Theme and Sketch for March using the sketch for my layout. And also posting to Rudolph Days March challenge.
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Best Wishes......

I do love Fuchsias - gorgeous combination of colours that look like bells to me... so of course I love to stamp this one I have in my stash..  This one is actually a snippet that has been waiting a few weeks after I experimented by using watercolour pencils directly onto the wet shadow stamp and then stamping onto white card.... I love how it turned out - I added to bright stamen tips and a little colour to the petals... then die cut it with a stitched rectangle die.  Next I stamped my sentiment on white card and sponged seedless grapes DO around the edge, then cut a circle in my front panel, run a pencil around the inner cut edge, then matched up the flower panel, drew the circle onto it and hand cut the section and around the leaves.  To finish I layered and attached all the elements in place and added a couple of Nuvo drops.  I am playing along with Penny Black Saturday challenge - PBSC March, Anything Goes - option Clean and Simple, also with Penny Black and More ... Monthly challenge March - Going Round in Circles.... the PB stamps I used are Chandelier, and ....every day.
I am also playing at Pixie's Snippets Playground #348.
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Happy Birthday

It's been a while since I used DP on my cards, so today I have this lovely mauve gingham to use as a backdrop for my image and sentiment.  I stamped the flower and used pencils to colour it, then wide fussy cut it out.  I die cut my happy birthday in white and pinks/purple card and layered them.  Finally to finish I die cut a stitched frame and arranged the elements, using foam tape on the flower.  I am playing along with Double "D" challenge - Gingham.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping

Fathers' Day card

A bit of a fun card this afternoon using a dad image from my stash... I also stamped a tool box and saw and coloured them all with pencils adding some silver gel pen to the metal sections... then fussy cut the out and arranged them on a grey background....
I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC213 - Karen's Masculine "Anything Goes" challenge and The Male Room challenge #107 - DIY..... I have a hubby who's DIY - he's not too bad (mostly) - I'd just like him to put the tools away!!   Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping