Solid & Outline

Well I finished off a card today, which was inspired by 'Less is More', but unfortunately, I missed the deadline.   Never-mind, I made a quick, CAS card to fit the new theme. 

I used a very old wood-mount stamp to make the zig zag stitched border and then brushed the ink around the edge of the card. The flower and sentiment are from Uniko Studio, called Flower Power #6. 

Here is the other card ..

The lace border is from Kaisercraft and was stamped with Memento Ink. I stamped it on the back as well. 

The butterfly die is from Alexandra Renke and the sentiment die from SSS. 

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Border Collie Birthday Card

My daughter asked me to make a birthday card with this dog as the inspiration...

cute!!!

She wanted me to use the following Clearly Besotted stamp (Puppy Love)...

Well I love this stamp, but I'll admit I struggled to get the colouring right and of course it doesn't look anything like a Border Collie. 

So I tried again with a stamp designed by my friend Shirley for Stamplorations. 

I decided to put him in a garden setting. 

Stamps: Stamplorations (The Bees Knees) Pets

Art Impressions (Watercolour) Bench Set

Penny Black (wood mount) Fantasy

Hero Arts (Feb 2018 Kit) Sentiment

Die: Spellbinders

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Theme: Pets

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge (June Reminder)

Hi there. Here's my mid-month reminder inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. 

Or theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' and the optional twist is 'SPOTS &/or STRIPES'.

I re-discovered an old Penny Black favourite -  'Petal Power'. This daisy is so beautiful! 

I used Memento Inks and a touch of Zig Markers and Nuvo Shimmer Gloss (because I can't stop adding it to everything)!

Our Guest Designer this month is Bunny. You can see Bunny's card and more from our Design Team at our blog. I hope you'll join in our challenge:)

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor:

Prize - $20 voucher!

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Theme: Favourite Stamps

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Silver Bells and Yellow Hummingbird

That sounds like an odd combination! It's ok, I have 2 very different cards to share...

  

This card was inspired by the graphic below. I stamped the Hummingbird and flowers from Pretty Posh Pink and coloured with Zig Markers and added shimmer with Wink of Stellar. The black border is from Mama Elephant. I've recently 're-discovered' this set and You'll see more stamped borders in the future! 

The sentiment is from The ton Stamps.  

Since this has to be one Layer, I couldn't add sequins, but I did add dimensional dots in the centre of the Petunia. 

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Make it Colourful

My next card is for this month's CAS Christmas Challenge. The theme is BELLS.

 

I was inspired by this card made by my friend Shirley. I Coloured the bells with Distress Stain (Pewter) and my Silver Wink of Stella.  The ribbon was coloured with Zig Markers. The stamp set is Stamplorations Holiday Sketches: Christmas Bells. The die is from Penny Black.

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CAS MIX UP reminder

We're halfway through June (eek 6 months till Christmas!) so I have another card to inspire you for this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge.

 Susan is our host and she wants to see 'Embossed Vellum' on our cards. There are various ways to achieve this, including heat embossing, using a stylus and/or using an embossing folder.

I have included heat embossing and also used a stylus on the flower petals.

I stamped the old Hero Arts background and embossed with Pearl embossing powder. The flowers were stamped and white embossed. I added shading with Copic markers and shaped the petals with a stylus.  The flowers are from Concord & 9th Wildflower stamp set. 

We have the lovely and creative Bonnie as our Guest Designer this month. You can see her card and inspiration from the rest of the team at our blog.

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Masculine Mixed Media

Hey there! Another week has begun and I'm just sneaking in another entry for the SS Monday Challenge.

I tried to make it a bit Mixed Media and a bit grunge, inspired by the design team, but it still looks fairly CAS! I guess I'm just a clean & simple gal at heart!

I stamped the circle border with Antique Linen and a touch of Spiced Chai and then stamped the newspaper script in dark brown.  I'd previously made the leaf die-cuts, by watercolouring and heat embossing with a new purchase, Distress Embossing Glaze Powder (Cracked Pistachio).  The sentiment is a tape which I outlined with Sepia Marker. 

At my beach house I have a box of old Scrapbooking ephemera, that I rarely use these days  and I found the wood clock face and a button.  I inked up the clock face with Distress Inks.  

To finish I mounted this panel on a black card base. 

Stamps:- Papertrey Ink 'Circle Borders'; Kaisercraft 'Newsprint'

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Carved Flowers

Hi there. This is a card I made last night , just for the fun of it and because I needed to break out a beautiful stamp set designed by my friend Shirley.

I stamped the flowers from Stamplorations 'Carved Flowers' with Zig Markers and the leaves with Distress Oxide. The vase is from Altenew 'Versatile Vases'.  I used my Nuvo Shimmer Gloss pen again for a touch of blending and shimmer.

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