Tuesday 30 June 2020

Wine Bottle Birthday

Hi there. I'm trying to add to my collection of Masculine cards and made this today...



I die cut the wine bottle and coloured with Distress Inks and then added lots of shimmery gloss with the Nuvo Shimmer Gloss Pen.  Next I stamped the label,  sentiment and border.  I used the kraft card to keep the whole look more masculine. 

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Sunday 28 June 2020

U + Me = Chemistry

I experimented (no pun intended)  all day until I settled on this design for a card requested by my daughter.
The beakers were stamped with the outline stamp  and then the liquid was stamped with Zig Markers.
I used both colours to stamp the love hearts.

Stamps: Clearly Besotted 'Scientifically Speaking'
Altenew 'Garden Grow'

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Here is another card, which will hopefully make you smile...

I stamped the Snugglepot & Cuddlepie babies (storybook characters) with Distress Inks and coloured the image and background with Daniel Smith Watercolours.
Stamps: Paper Rose 'Snugglepot & Cuddlepie'
Stamplorations 'Woodland Friends'

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Theme: So Cute

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Friday 26 June 2020

Altenew Inspiration Challenge June - Take 2 & 3

I played with some of my newer Altenew Stamps today and made a couple of cards inspired by this month's Inspiration Challenge.



I was aiming for a Masculine card with the leaf card.


I stamped the gorgeous big bloom and then masked it to stamp the gold leaves. The flower was coloured with Zig Markers and some shimmer added with Wink of Stella. 
Stamps: Altenew 'Wallpaper Art'' 'Leaf Canopy'


I stamped the leaves with Memento ink, Distress Oxide and added highlights with Zig Markers. 
I used 2 different Kraft cards for the matte and base card.

Stamps: Altenew 'Leaf Clusters', 'Leaf Canopy'

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Theme: Favourite stamps (my new fave Altenew stamp)

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Thursday 25 June 2020

Rainbow Cake and NBUS

I've been a bit obsessed with rainbows lately and made another 2 cards with a neglected stamp set:)






I had lots of fun making this rainbow background using Zig markers,  Nuvo  Shimmer Powder and Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder. Can you see the shimmer? 


I used Zigs and Wink of Stella for this card. 

Stamps: Concord & 9th 'Eat Cake & Celebrate'

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Vellum Birthday Card

Hi there. I've been having lot's of fun playing with vellum paper this month. This one is for AAA Birthday Challenge...


I stamped and heat embossed some of the foliage and the vase on vellum and then fussy cut the images.  I also stamped the foliage , sentiment and border on to the base card.  
Next I stamped the flowers and fussy cut. 
I cut a notch in the top of the vase to insert the flowers and then arranged it all on the base card. I used glue behind the embossed bits. 
The flowers and vase were coloured with Zig Marvkrs and Wink of Stella. 

Stamps: Altenew 'Pen Sketched Flowers', 'Versatile Vases', 'Leaf Canopy'
Mama Elephant (Border)

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Wednesday 24 June 2020

Rainbow Birthday

This card was inspired by the gorgeous rainbow cake in Time Out Challenge graphic...


I used zig markers and an aquabrush to paint the rainbow and then added lots of shimmer with a Nuvo Shimmer Gloss marker. The bunny was coloured with Copic Markers.
Stamps: CASual Fridays 'Some-bunny'.

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Sparkle!

I have a couple of cards to share, inspired by the theme at Perfectly CAS Challenge.


The sentiment is from Penny Black and the confetti stamp is an oldie from Winnie & Walter.
I used Zigs to stamp the sentiment and Delicata Gold for the confetti. 

I added sparkly gems to match the sentiment and some sequins to complete the bling. 

The second card was originally going to be for this challenge, but then I decided the frame die was too busy to make it a Perfectly CAS candidate! 


The stamps are from  Ellen Hutson 'Hello Gorgeous' and I used the Delicata Ink again and added some Wink of Stella to the diamonds. 
NB: Every time I use this sentiment I have the song from my fave Christmas movie playing in my head - 'Nativity'.



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Tuesday 23 June 2020

Cornflower Thanks and Snowdrops

I'm still playing catch up with posting all the cards I made when I stayed at our beach house.  Here are some I made when I was trying out some new floral dies...


I think these dies are a mixture of Alexandra Renke and Tim Holtz dies. I've been a bit disorganised and thrown my floral dies in a box together.  I coloured the die-cuts with Daniel Smith Watercolors.  The frame die is from Penny Black. 


The Snowdrop die is from Alexandra Renke.  I think these flowers are so sweet. 
I coloured the die-cuts with Zig Markers and Wink of Stella. I painted the background with Distress Inks. 
The sentiment and frame are from Penny Black. 



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Navy and (Pink-ish) Purple Colour Combo

I am so happy that The Flower Challenge had 'Navy & One Other Colour' as their theme this month! It's enabled me to stamp with blue, instead of black, to my heart's content:)

I've entered a few in to the challenge, but have more in my unfinished stash for future projects. This is one of my very favourite Penny Black Stamps and I love it in blue!


I know this looks like pink, but the Zig Marker is labelled 'purple! I have used Zig Markers to stamp and colour the images.  
Stamps: Penny Black 'Gentle Whisper', 'Sprinkle & Smiles'; Kaisercraft (butterfly)
Paper: Arches Hot Press 300gsm

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