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