WWC292 - Dawn's Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist

 Hi there.  Today it's my turn to be the hostess at Watercooler Wednesday and I have an Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist.  

I love making floral cards and nothing says Feminine than flowers.   Today my card is using a new to me stamp from Altenew - Paint a Flower Calla Lily.

My neighbour has some white Calla Lilies in her garden which inspired me to have a go at doing some white ones.  I did make a bit of a boo boo with one of the leaves... colouring in an area that really wasn't a leaf!  However I think it turned out ok. I used Zig Markers to colour in the image.  I added a very CAS sentiment from a Tim Holtz set.  I decided to keep it simple and did not add any embellishments.  I trimmed the panel and added to a white card base.  I'll be sending this to my Dad's partner for her birthday in a couple of weeks. 

Come and join in the fun at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and check out the projects from the other designers.  Then take our challenge and link up your project to the challenge post.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 11.00am NZ time) to link up your project. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is appreciated and I would love if you want to leave me a message with your thoughts. 

Gift Bags inspired by Gina K

 I managed to watch Gina K's FB live this week where she made some cute Halloween Gift Bags.  I don't have many Halloween stamps so decided to make a few Christmas bags and a little birthday one.  Gina kindly provided a template to make her box which is a sweet little 3.5" square bag which is what I used to make my birthday bag.

I used some kraft card and used a Hero Arts stencil and some brown Altenew ink to add a pattern to my background.  I used a little Altenew set "Blooming Blossoms" for my flower and leaves.  I fussy cut the flower and leaves.  The sentiment is from Altenew "Merry Reindeer" set, white embossed on a black Scallop oval from Spellbinders.  I attached my topper with a white and silver bakers twine bow.

For my Christmas bags I wanted to use the reindeer from Merry Reindeer, but it is too big for the small square bag so I did some adjustments and made a taller bag.  

 I used some red card to make the bag and added some Couture Creation patterned paper as my background.  I stamped the reindeer onto some white card and then stamped the banner part onto some red card.  I die cut the reindeer and fussy cut to the red piece.  I white embossed the sentiment.  A nice big red ribbon bow finished off the bag. 

And my third bag is a wider, taller one.

I again used some patterned paper for the background and used the bakers twine to close the back.  I had such fun making these and am sure there will be a few more made before Christmas.  I think I'll add some "reindeer poo" inside these ones.  

Thanks to Linda for the heads up - I'm adding my middle bag to the challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything but a card.  A fun challenge. 

Am pleased to advise the kitchen is FINISHED - well 99.9% - just the garbage disposal unit to be added to the sink and the rangehood to be connected to the outside.  I am so happy to be back in the kitchen cooking.  So much easier.  

WWC 291 - Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge

 Back again with another challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.  There are 5 Wednesday's in September so this is our Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge... 

Today I am sharing a background I made after seeing a Gina K Facebook live a few weeks ago.

Can you guess what the background is made with?  It's an older technique - using rubber bands.   I wrapped some rubber bands onto a block.  I then inked up the bands with a variety of Altenew inks in darker red and blue colours.  I changed the orientation of my block to get the different directions.  

I stamped the oval from Gina K's Warm Spring Wishes  and used one of the sentiments and butterflies from the set.  As I don't have the co-ordinating dies I fussy cut the oval and butterfly.  A few small pearls finished the card. 

 Come and join in the fun at  Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and check out the project from the other designers.  Then take our challenge and link up your project to the challenge post.    We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 11.00 am NZ time ) to link up your project.

 

Textured Christmas for Die Cut Divas

 It's the last day for the All Kinds of Holidays at Die Cut Divas.   Our sponsor this month has been Cheapo Dies. 

I've made a CAS textured Christmas card.  

I used some embossing folders to make my panels and a die to make my sentiment.  Although I did not use any Cheapo dies, you should check them out - so many gorgeous dies from many different companies. 

Thanks for stopping by.  

Playing at Hero Arts Fans Scramble Faceboook page.

 Recently the Hero Arts Fans Scramble took place over at Facebook and I took part. Char set us a challenge to use 2 or more Hero Arts stamps - so I pulled out some old wooden block stamps to make this quick card 

I started by stamping the Postcard stamp and hand cutting it out.  I used a black Memento pen to colour around the edge.  I then used the flower stamp and the Happy Birthday sentiment to finish off the card.  I used some yellow Altenew ink to sponge over the tag.  I used an embossing folder to make the background panel and edged it with black before adding to a white card. 

It was great to use some of my older stamps.

Autumn at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

 Hi... I'm back to share an Autumn card for the challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog.  Our theme for this week is "Autumn" - which for me is strange as it's Spring time here in NZ

I used a background that I had in my stash.  It was a Gelli plate print made with green inks and a Catherine Pooler stencil called Marching Leaves.   Recently I watched a Gina K Designs Facebook Live where she used a real leaf to make a print.  I found this leaf in my garden.  I don't know what sort it was but it looked awesome when I added Versamark ink and rubbed it onto the gelli plate background and used some Ranger Gold Embossing Powder.  I added a little bit of some Distress Oxide ink on the leaf for a bit of added colour.  I embossed the sentiment from a Catherine Pooler set called Leaf Motifs onto a little die cut flag.  

Do come and join us with your Autumn projects.  

White on White Christmas card

 Hi there.  It's my turn to share at Die Cut Divas.  Our challenge this month is All Kinds of Holdiays... and our sponsor is Cheapo Dies 

Today I am sharing a White on White Christmas card.  

I took the candles die and cut it from White card.  I used Gina K Master layouts 2 to cut the panel I added the candles too.  I have added a soft amount of green pencil onto the holly leaves (hard to see on the photo)  The sentiment is from Sunny Studios.  A few white gems finished off the card.  

EDITED:  I have now entered this into the Christmas Kickstart challenge - white on white.  

Although my dies are not from Cheapo Dies, but they have a lot of wonderful dies. 

Do come and join us at Die Cut Divas. 

WWC 290 Michelle's Challenge: All About Occasions

Welcome to another challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.  Michelle is our hostess with an All About Occasions challenge.

I have a great technique card to share today.  I recently took part in an Altenew class called Stunningly Styled Stencils.

One of the techniques we learnt was to take the ink blended stencil. spritz with water and "print" it onto card. I used an Altenew stencil - Feathered Leaves. My original background was on my Father's day card -here.  Makes a dreamy looking background.  The card was quick to pull together - I pulled out two already watercoloured flowers and a sentiment that was already stamped and in my "magic cup".  I just had to white emboss some leaves from Altenew's Natures Blossom set and watercolour them.  Love how all come together.

Come and join in the fun at  Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and check out the project from the other designers.  Then take our challenge and link up your project to the challenge post.    We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 11.00 am NZ time ) to link up your project.