Alcohol Ink & Whale Done

Hello there.  I have a couple of cards to share today. The first card uses an Alcohol Ink background from my stash and the second card is a CAS card inspired by a sketch.

I love these colours together! I trimmed the panel and then matted with some Pink Fresh dies. 

Dies: Pinkfresh Studio Floral Squares, Pinkfresh Studio  Slim Stitched Scallop Rectangles; Lawnfawn sentiment

I'm sharing this card at the following challenges:-

I  sponged (blue & green) Distress Inks and blended with a brush and water. 

I stamped all the background elements and sentiment with the co-ordinating inks and die- cut the circle. I then embossed the  watercolour paper with the same circle die and adhered the stamped panel.  The whale was stamped with Distress Inks and highlighted with black fineliner. 

Stamps: Stampin Up Whale Done

Die: Lil Inkers Stitched Circle

I'm sharing at the following:-

Blue, Green, Water, Ombre

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CAS Colours & Sketches (April Colour)

 Hello there! It's time to welcome Wei as our host for April at CAS Colours & Sketches. We have some lovely Spring colours to play with this week...

The flowers and leaves were coloured with Copic Markers and fussy cut. 

The strip of pp on the side as green it, which looks gorgeous IRL.

Stamps: Altenew Perfectly Perfect, Label Love

I hope you'll pop on over to our blog to see the wonderful creations from our Design Team and be inspired to join us in the challenge.

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Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge (April)

 Hi there! It's time to begin another Happy Little Stampers Christmas Card Challenge. 

The theme this month is either *UNDER the TREE* or if you prefer *ANYTHING GOES*.

I stamped the image on Vellum paper, coloured with Copic Markers and Glitter Pen and then fussy-cut. 

I embossed the white card with a very old, but favourite embossing folder. 

Stamps: Uniquely Creative 'O Christmas Tree'

Die: Penny Black 'Joy'

I  hope you'll pop over to the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge blog to see more creations from the DT and be inspired to join in the challenge. It's never to early to start on Christmas Cards:)

I'm also sharing my card at the following:-

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A Little Bit Shabby

Hi there1 I've had a lovely Easter at our Beach House, with Family and Friends. Today I had time to make a couple of cards.

I stamped the background with Memento Dye Ink (Summer Sky), distressed the edges of the panel and inked with Memento Dye Ink (Desert Sand). The flowers were coloured with Copic Markers. 

Stamps: Stampin Up Southern Serenade, Honey Bee

Dies: MFT Scalloped Oval

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

My next card is simple and CAS...

I coloured the die-cut Eucalyptus frame with Copic Markers. The butterfly was coloured with Zig Markers.

Stamps: Hero Arts Butterfly;  Stampin Up Southern Serenade

Die: Alexandra Renke

Penny Black Saturday Challenge (April)

  Well hello there! It's the first Saturday of the month, so we have a new challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. This month our theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' or Optional: 'CUTE'.

I stamped the image twice on white card, coloured with Zigs and fussy-cut. I wanted it to look like Paper Tole, so I shaped the top piece with an Embossing tool. The image was then stamped on the patterned paper and the leaves, hearts and tails were coloured. 

Stamps: Penny Black Love Tails, Sprinkles & Smiles

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor

Prize - $20 voucher!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

 You can see more inspiration from our talented Guest Designer and the rest of the DT at our blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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52 Christmas Card Throwdown (April Sketch)

 It's time to begin a new month of challenges at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, with Branka as our Host.  She's designed a fun sketch to inspire us.

I decided to use some patterned paper as the background and the Christmas tree die-cut instead of the tag. 

The owl and squirrel were coloured with Zig Markers and fussy cut.

Stamps:- Mama Elephant Whimsical Winter

Dies:- Tim Holtz Christmas Tree, Wplus9 'Joy'

You can see more wonderful cards from our Guest and the rest of the Design Team at our blog. 

I hope you'll be inspired to join us this week!  

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CAS Mix Up April '21

   Hello there. It's April already and it's time for a new CAS Mix Up Challenge!

This month is a Mixed Media themed challenge. Linda is our host and the prompt is 'Paper Piecing'. There are some links to video tutorials on the CAS MIX UP blog. Please be sure to keep your card designs Clean and Simple and include one other Mixed Media element.

Inused the very popular Concord & 9th Hello Lovely stamp and various patterned papers. 

I stamped the image 3 times and fussy cut each layer. I actually left out the smaller parts of the image, because it would have been impossible to fussy cut and it also made my card more CAS. 

The sentiment stamp is from CASual Friday Stamps. I added some sequins for my extra element. 

Tip: Cut right on the line and use a black marker to colour the edges

We have the talented Bonnie from Paper Crafter at Large as our Guest Designer this month and you can see her card  and more inspiration at our blog.

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