MFW Another Watercolour Wonder & Case Study Challenge

I've been rater quiet on the posting and card making front lately. My Dad's been in hospital and I've been busy visiting him and helping my Mum. I also seem to have lost my Mojo this week. When I do sit down to create, my mind just goes blank, so I've just been playing around with different products.

Anyhow, I do have one card to post. I made this for the MFW Watercolour Wonder challenge and used the inspiration of the Case Study Challenge. It is JJ Bolton's last week as muse and her card is so gorgeous.

I adore the clouds in JJ's card. I'm not thrilled with my attempt of masking and sponging, but the overall idea is what I was aiming for. I recently bought this Urban Stamps image - which is weird for me because I don't usually do cute, but it is such a gorgeous set I couldn't resist this and another one.

When I saw JJ's clouds I knew this stamp would be perfect for my card.

Ric#34 Take 2 - Lest We Forget

Yesterday was a special day in Australia (and NZ) - Anzac Day.
 It is the day we remember all Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. The spirit of ANZAC, with its human qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity. On ANZAC day, ceremonies are held in towns and cities across the nation to acknowledge the service of our veterans.

I was watching the various services on television - Canberra,  Anzac Cove in Gallipoli (Turkey) and France. They also interviewed veterans and told many stories of valour and mateship. It is definitely a day for reflection and with this in mind, I found myself making a card in memory of our service men and women.

The frame stamps are from Kaisercraft and have been stamped with Versafine black and clear embossed. The Poppy has been coloured with water colour pencil and copic marker and the centre hi-lighted with black enamel.

If you wish to play along with the Runway Inspired challenge click here.
I'm also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Anything goes challenge.

Runway Inspired - Ric #34

Can you believe it? 4 posts in one morning! 

This one is for the latest Runway Inspired challenge. There's nothing original with this one, but I love this stamp from Kaisercraft and I love B & W with a pop of red!

I hope you like my cards and even more so I hope you like my photos because I had a little accident whilst taking them!

I am such a klutz at the moment, I've had so many falls lately, since the stress fracture in my foot, which hasn't healed very well.  I was taking photos outside, but the breeze kept blowing the backing card over so I went inside for some glue dots, set it all up again and went to sit down.

Unfortunately, I'd forgotten I was kneeling and the chair wasn't there!

I already have a sore wrist from a previous fall, so I fell on my derrière!!!!

This last photo was taken quickly while I was crying with pain!

Watercolour Wonder Continued...

Are you still with me? This is my 3rd entry today for the Moxie Fab World Watercolour challenge....

For this card I stamped the image 4 times and then cut out the bottle twice and the bottle label on the 4th image.

The background is coloured with the same method as my last 2 card and the bottle is coloured with a water brush and distress markers. I've then used embossing tools to shape the bottle and mounted them on top of each other with foam squares.

I mounted the image on black card and added flower and seam binding bow. 

Next I mounted this on Kaisercraft DP and a black card.

More Watercolour Wonder

Ok, here is my next card for the Moxie Fab World Watercolour Challenge...

This card was made using the same method as the first one and a selection of stamps from Kaisercraft. I then sprayed the card with glimmer mist for a bit of sparkle. The butterfly is die-cut with a Memory Box die and the background paper is from AC Dear Lizzie collection.

Watercolour Wonder

Well, I've been having lots of fun playing around with inks again this week thanks to the watercolour challenge at Moxie Fab World.  I must say that watercolour is my favourite style of art and I am envious of people who have the talent to just pick up a brush and paint! But that doesn't mean I can't
still have some fun of my own. So here is the 1st of my offerings....

For this card, I used distress ink pads on an acetate sheet and spritzed with water. I then 'walked' the stamp through the ink and stamped on watercolour paper, leaving it a bit longer than usual to absorb the watery ink.  The edge of the watercolour paper was sponged with distress ink and mounted on a black card.  The image stamps are from Kaisercraft and the sentiment is from Amy Tangerine.

Moxie Fab World - The Wonder of Water Colour

How exciting! Cath has got a new challenge at MFW and the challenge is to create something which incorporates water colour in an innovative way.  Let the fun begin! I think there might be multiple entries from everyone for this challenge!

For my first entry I have made a very very Sping-like card! Today is the 1st day I've pulled on my boots and cuddly knits and already I'm thinking about Spring! Actually I do like Winter so long as we get some bursts of sunshine every now and then.

I pulled out some of my old Stampin up stamps for the flowers and the butterfly is from Darkroom Door.