Garden Play

I had lots of fun today playing with the Altenew 'Garden Grow' stamp set. It was sitting on my desk from a previous project and I decided this set needed my attention!

This card is a one layer and I'm entering it in the current CASology Challenge.

These first 2 cards were stamped on some gorgeous Watercolour Paper (Masters Choice by Baohong) with Daniel Smith Watercolours. I discovered a set of sample dots of colour at my local art shop, which is giving me the opportunity to try colours before investing in expensive tubes.  I'm really leaning towards earthy tones at the moment.

I'm entering this card in the challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

I'm entering this card in the Mix it Up Challenge.

These 2 cards were stamped on Neena Card-stock and the images were coloured with Zig Markers and Twinkling H2Os.

All stamps are from Altenew, except the sentiment in the second card which is from Hero Arts.

Anything Goes + Masking

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White and Green Florals

Here is another card inspired by this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge, because I had several ideas...

The 'white' flower was shaded by stamping with the lightest blue ink 'Arctic', then Zig Marker 'Haze Blue, and then a Copic Marker. The yellow and green foliage were coloured with Copics and the background card was coloured with copic to match.

Stamp sets: Altenew 'Beautiful Day' and 'Thinking of You'.

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Say it with Flowers

The following card came together very quickly...

I made the smooshed background with various inks and Shimmer Powder and then die-cut the flowers with dies from Alexandra Renke and Tim Holtz.  The sentiment is from Penny Black. The embossing folder is from We R Memories. 

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Use a Die

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Stripes and Florals

Today's card is inspired by this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge...

I made the background by swiping ink over a stencil, spritzing and then 'stamping' over the card.  The yellow flower has been coloured with Zig Markers and the 'white' flowers were shaded with Copic Markers.  All the floral stamps are from Altenew 'Totally Tropical' and the black leaves were made with a Concord & 9th die. The sentiment is from Altenew 'Beautiful Day'.

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Stamping with GESSO

Here is a card I made when I was experimenting for this months CAS Mix Up Challenge.

I used a brayer to apply the Gesso to the very old Hero Arts background stamp. Next I smooshed the panel over spritzed Distress Oxides. When it was dry, I wiped over the gesso with a damp cloth. I used the same inks to stamp the butterfly.  This is definitely my favourite small butterfly stamp from Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies.  The sentiment die is from Lawn Fawn. 

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Tulips and Crocus

I'm trying to catch up on posting some cards which I made a few weeks ago. Here are a couple.

I love this stamp from Penny Black, which is called Tulip Bouquet. 

The tulips are coloured with Zig Markers. I'm also trying to make a dent in my mountain of patterned paper:).  The square dies are from Kaisercraft. 

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ANYTHING GOES

Say it with Flowers

I coloured the Alexandra Renke die-cut Crocus flowers with Copic Markers and added some hand drawn stems behind the die-cuts.  The sentiment is from Stamplorations.

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Christmas Berries

The year is passing quickly, despite the long days in lockdown, so I thought it was time to start making Christmas cards. The theme at CAS Christmas is 'Christmas Berries'

I stamped Penny Black 'Berry Bevy' in black on the base card and in white on vellum. The white image was heat embossed and I coloured the berries with Copic markers on the reverse side. I layered the 2 stamped images, with the black showing through for a shadow effect.  The sentiment die is also from PB and the frame die is from Mama Elephant. 

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Sail Away

I'm here to remind you about our current Penny Black Saturday Challenge, which is Anything Goes or Optional 'Inspired by a Song' - this was inspired by 'Orinocco Flow (Sail Away)' by Enya.

I think this song is appropriate for these days - I wouldn't mind sailing away, but maybe not on a cruise ship!

I have used Penny Black's 'Out to Sea' die for this card and I had to make 4 die-cuts. I used one die-cut as a stencil to spray the in-laid pieces. I then had to adhere all the bits together, which was a bit messy! I made a black die-cut for the frame, cutting away all the middle bits. Then I cut another one to add a dimensional sail boat in the centre.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

Our Guest Designer this month is Andrea (K and A Creative Moments). You can see Andrea'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!

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