It's been a long time

 

 

UnstampaBelles challenge - Washi tape and buttons. I'm a bit late to the party ,this challenge closes at midnight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

flower power

 

 

Passion for ProMarkers - 439 - blooming days- I used AquaMarkers on this lovely Poppy Power image - I stamped in grey instead of black for a softer outline.

thank you

 

 

Feeling Sketchy no  90 -  The sentiment is a peel off sticker which I think will have to replaced with a stamped sentiment - I've never been a fan of stickers and this one is awful - the owl was coloured using watercolour pencils.

time for a beer

 

 

another male card- I must confess this is very similar to Kaths card on 'all that glitter' blog.

just a few flowers

 

 

 

Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 106 - anything goes - my aunt has a birthday in May and I'm hoping she will like this card-


Southern Girls challenge - favourite colour combo's -  the tulips in my garden are pink but I much prefer the lemon/lilac combo

another modern male card

following on from my last post another easy card to make for a male - tiny splashes of colour are just enough to make this card pop.

modern card for DAD

Male cards are always a pain in the bum if the recipient doesn't have a hobby so a few punched circles seemed like a good idea.

The Happy Birthday is a stamp and the word DAD is done from a rub on alphabet sheet  along with the word celebrate .

Crafty Gals Corner - challenge 162 anything goes

just flying by

 

 

 

I've been seriously under the weather this week - headache - nausea - stomach pain - thought I would end up in A&E - a trip to my GP who diagnosed abdominal migraine - that's a new one to me - just to be sure blood tests are being done in case it's an allergy to something.


I made this card for the Christmas card throwdown but missed the entry time.

 

 

sunday morning stamping

If you saw my earlier posts using stamps from my local craft store- a  coffee pot with cup and saucer -  a mushroom - the two cards below are using more of theses inexpensive stamps.

 

 

 

 

 

This is another one of the unmounted red rubber stamps  - it cost just $2 but is only the bouquet -I added the stems - to be honest why would you have a stamp of just the flowers without stems - I'm not sure how you would use it - I cut an acetate jar shape and added a second shorter piece of acetate to make a water level.

 

 

 

 

This butterfly stamp cost only 50cents - not the best butterfly in the world so I decided to leave it plain and add blue papers and a bit of a square doily .

I probably won't buy anymore of these stamps - not sure I like the hand drawn effect and for me the outline are just a bit too thick .

just a bit of holly

 

 

CAS Christmas card challenge -march - holly- this stamp was a magazine freebie which I stamped with spruce green ink and then added watercolours to get this washed out look. The cardstock was very porous and the colours bled out which I really like.

flowers for a friend

 

CAS mix up - march challenge - stamping, acetate,+ my choice - I cut the jam jar from acetate - coloured the flowers with water colour pencils added  bakers twine and a few tiny gems, stamped sentiment.

blue and more blue

Crafting with Dragonflies - challenge 99 - birds /feathers - using my favourite
Stampavie stamp and watercolour pencils.

not mush-room in this house

 

 

This is another one of the unmounted red rubber stamps from my local craft shop - it cost just $1 - coloured with AquaMarkers  - I added glossy accents to the white areas on the top and the front door - sadly it doesn't  on the pic.

I love ProMarkers - challenge 353 - anything goes - I don't often get to use my AquaMarkers like this
I usually add lots of water but I really needed that deep dark red - I also  used lemon and grey.

a bit dotty

My local craft shop has some unmounted red rubber stamps at very reasonable prices -I bought 4 and this coffee pot and cup is one of them - not sure if I like the hand drawn effect - the saucer is a bit wonky.Trimming away the paper from inside the handle was a pain so I cut it off and stamped the handle again, cut it out and stuck it in place.I used a circle punch to shape the corners.

City Crafter challenge 400 - polka dots -paper pieced coffee pot and cup

a bit flowery

Penny's Paper- Crafty challenge 367 - clean and simple - some stamping and cutting - that's about it.

a bit more chalk

I used chalks in my last post and had forgotten how effective they can be- this time I used blue and a delicate sandy colour . I used a square cardstock which makes the card clean and simple.

just add chalk

The Butterfly challenge - 95 - spin the wheel with the letter P - you can see the wheel above - I went with pink - peach - purple and a patterned paper - not forgetting a butterfly or two . I started in the top corner with the chalks and the peach colour and blended to pink and then to purple .

make a wish

 

 

Scrapbook Boutique - a wonderful mood board - I loved the tree silhouette and have used that as my inspiration.

mothers day

Butterfly challenge  94 spin the wheel -  lots of options now with a new format on this challenge . I picked dogstooth check - round corners and crimson- (now I have to say I struggled with the colour - crimson is darker than scarlet but is it lighter or darker than raspberry- way too many choices .


Lets Craft and Create - challenge 134 - Anything/ Mothers Day- this was such fun to put together - a mix of digital - some stamping and punching a little colouring .

embossing folder idea

you may have tried this already but if you haven't then give it a go - I taped a sheet of thin card to the raised side of the embossing plate and with a crayola crayon I pressed down firmly and rubbed over the whole area - it's a bit like brass etching .

I did this one with a grey crayon and then added a little water colours in pink and green - I will go back and finish the colouring and then use it as a background paper . 

A much more delicate effect when done with a pink crayon on a linen look card .

just a butterfly

Incy Wincy Designs - clean and simple challenge.

happy feet

Christmas Card throwdown - February sketch -this was such fun to make  - not sure about the dark paper , it looks like a blackboard thats just being cleaned.

Round we go

   Southern Girls - Round and round the mulberry bush - lots of layers with round shapes for my butterfly base and a punched circle with a flower - spotty paper - lots of rounds.

old garden boots from beccy's place

Beccy's place - February challenge -I used the freebie provided by Beccy and combined it with another of her images .I used watercolour pencils - when I came to post my card I noticed there is also an additional sketch so if I have time I will make another card using the sketch as well.

Sweet hunny bunny

Penny's Papercraft challenge 393 - anything goes - when I coloured this bunny it was meant to go on a get well card but after picking this paper I decided a baby card would work.

Pretty in pink

 

 

a bit of stamping and lots of delicate cutting by hand - the colour combo is a bit drastic but it's good do something different. flower stamp simon says and the sentiment from woodland hugs - my trusty watercolour pencils to add a touch of pink.

Crafting with Dragonflies - challenge 96 - anything goes

Butterfly

 I stamped the butterfly twice - once on the blue vellum and a second time on pale green vellum- I trimmed the pale green cutting off the wavy edges on the wings - I then stuck it behind the blue vellum as you can see on the pic above - the dark splodges are where I glued them together - this was covered later with a green marker pen.

 -                                                                              extra fold for this challenge - disappointing pic as the vellum is the same colour green as the flowers on the side panels.



Butterfly challenge 93 - extra fold with optional peacock blue and green.

Hello baby

Southern Girls  - stitching - faux or real

A bit of everything

Incy Wincy  - create a tag

Penny's Papercraft challenge - 362 - anything goes

A sticky mess

 I'm not really a pink person but I knew I had an inkpad in my stash , what a mess the foam pad had
had gone all gooey - straight in the bin. It was hard to find a bright pink but the one I bought is called Hot Pink.

A smoosh of pink ink and then 3 stamps to create this simple card. I say simple but I threw away 6 previous attempts - all slightly different designs with a pink / grey / black colour combo - I didn't realise I had so much patience.

Butterfly challenge - 92 - O is for one layer and /or ultra pink.

floral fancy

I'm not very good with fiddly things so I was quite pleased with myself when I managed to cut out this floral image . The spots on the paper were quite random so I added a few more along with a leaf stamp to fill some of the gaps.

 Penny's Paper - Crafty challenge 361 - anything goes

lovely in lilac

 

digital image from Beccy's Place coloured with AquaMarkers - cerulean blue, alizarin crimson and cobalt green.



Beccy's Place - January challenge

Passion for Promarkers - challenge 425 - make it digital

CCC digi creations - challenge 88 - anything goes