Vellum Vase

I'm sharing a card for Altenew's June Inspiration Challenge. The colours are quite earthy and would be great for a masculine card, but I challenged myself to make a feminine card this tme.

To begin I stamped the leaves and vase directly on the white card. Next I stamped more leaves and the flower and fussy cut the images. I stamped the vase a second time on vellum, heat embossed and fussy cut.  I recently discovered Nuvo Aqua Shimmer  Glitter Gloss pens and blended the Zig Markers on the flower and and the vase. It's a pity the picture didn't pick up the shimmer - it is so beautiful! 

Stamps:- Altenew 'Versatile Vases', 'Leaf Clusters' and 'Pen Sketched Flowers'

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Twofer Guest Design Gig

I'm so honoured and very excited to be one of the Guest Designers for the Twofer Card Challenge this month. This is one of my favourite challenges because it makes us stretch our products and be extra creative. Thanks for inviting me Darnell!

The prompt this month is 'CIRCLES/BUBBLES'...

I remembered a stamp set I purchased several years ago from Clearly Besotted,  that I just had to have, but remained neglected until now:)

The stamp set is called 'Scientifically Speaking' and I used the bubbles in both cards.  

I recently treated myself to some expensive Watercolour paper and a sample set from Daniel Smith, so I thought I'd test some of the colours on my cards. I love the organic feel to these paints.

Card 1/ Stamps: Clearly Besotted 'Scientifically Speaking'; MFT 'Otterly Love You'; Kaisercraft (seaweed)

I stamped the bubbles several times, using a Zig Marker, with a bit of masking.  

Card 2/ Clearly Besotted 'Scientifically Speaking'; Altenew 'Garden Grow'

This time I stamped and white embossed the bubbles. I didn't think they stood out very well against the background, so I outlined the bubbles with a black marker. The shelf is part of the table image from the Altenew stamp set.

Here are the rules...

I hope that you will visit the  Twofer Card Challenge blog to see more inspiration and join us in this month's challenge!

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Two CAS Cards

Today I have a couple of CAS cards to share.

This was a very quick and easy card. I stamped the dog, the speech bubble and sentiment and coloured the image with Zig Markers. 

I used a stamp I bought in Scotland 2 years ago, from Paperartsy (Zinis). This dog makes me smile:)

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The next card was inspired by the theme at 'Less isMore' Challenge.

I initially tried this on white card stock, but decided the black on Kraft suited better. The clock stamp is from Kaisercraft, the black border from Mama Elephant and the sentiment from Altenew. 

I think  this would be suitable for a retirement card.

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Theme: It's a Man Thing

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge (June)

It's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  This month our theme is ... Anything Goes  or 

  Spots &/orStripes.

I decided to go all artsy and create my own stripes...

I  swiped ink over a stencil, spritzed and then 'stamped' the stencil on the card stock - in other words using the stencil to make a monoprint. Next I brushed a light wash over the stripes.  At this stage I hadn't decided on a stamp. So I browsed my stash of PB stamps and chose this gorgeous collage stamp. Once I'd stamped it, I realised it would look better as is and not coloured.

Stamp: Penny Black Botanical Notes

Our Guest Designer this month is  Bunny . You can see  Bunny's card and more from our Design Team at our blog.

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

Prize - $20 voucher!

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

Theme: Lots of Yellow

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Vellum Rose

I'm sharing a card I made for The Flower Challenge, which was also inspired by our  theme at this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge, which is'Embossed Vellum'.

I stamped and heat embossed the the rose and used a stylus to add more dimension.  I'm sure many of you will recognise this Stampin Up rose. 

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Free to Travel

Hi there. I'm staying at our beach house for a few days to relax and create and silly me, I left a box of stamps dies and other essentials behind. So I'm raiding my unfinished stash and using limited supplies to make this card...

I must admit, the first thing I thought of when I saw the theme for Timeout, was to Travel, because both my daughter and I had to cancel our Europe trips and because my Husband works in Retail Travel.

I already had this background in my stash and I had the die at this house.  I white embossed the background stamp and sponged Distress Oxide inks over this.  I die-cut a black and white globes and layered then with just a touch of black showing.  The sentiment was the only one I could find to suit this card and the theme, but I think it's fun.

Stamps: Kaisercraft Background ; Stamplorations 'Art Marks'

Die: Kaisercraft 'Round the World'

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

Theme: 'Make your own background'

Theme: Anything Goes

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Embossed Vellum/ CAS Mix Up (June)

Hello there! Welcome to a new CAS Mix Up Challenge!

There are changes to the CAS Family Challenges......The new CAS Mix Up Challenge will include a rotation of challenges ...
Mixed Media, Stencil, Watercolour (repeat).
So this month is a Mixed Media Challenge and Susan, our host, has asked us to include Embossed Vellum on our cards. You can achieve this with a stylus on printed or heat embossed images (love the raised effect you can achieve),  using an embossing folder or heat embossing an image.
Don't forget to include stamping on yoUr card, one other mm element and keep it CAS. 

I began by using an embossing folder to emboss a piece of vellum card-stock.  Next I swiped Versamark ink over the raised bits and heat embossed with golds embossing powder. I inked and embossed the edges as well. Then I stamped the gorgeous Stamplorations rose , heat embossed with gold powder and coloured the reverse side of the vellum with Alcohol markers.

To finish, I assembled the layers and stamped the Altenew sentiment. I didn't heat emboss the sentiment, because this small script looks better without embossing powder. 

We have the very talented Bonnie (Paper Crafter at Large) as our Guest Designer this month. You can see Bonnie's card and find more inspiration over on the CAS Mix Up Blog, along with some links to videos.

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