Colouring book pages...

I spend the weekend up at Mangawhai and managed to sit outside Saturday morning and do some colouring in.... A new book I picked up for $2 at my local newsagent.  It was a 4"x4" book that had been with a magazine.  Once the magazine was passed it's use by date, they sell of the little gifts and it was such a bargain.

Here's the first finished page

And I did a second one that I turned into a card

I used watercolour pencils from Faber Castell,  Koh-i-nor and Derwent and blended with a Memento blender pen on both pages.

To finish my feathers card I used a Winnie & Walter die cut to cut two hello's - one in pale blue and one in dark blue, layering them together slightly off set.  The friend sentiment is from a Catherine Pooler set and I stamped in black and clear embossed.  

Colouring in is so relaxing.   I really enjoyed sitting out in the sun on Saturday until the rain came! 

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Hello Hello Hello

I'm here to say Hello, Hello, Hello.. - over at A2Z Scrapbooking.. following on with our monthly theme of Focus on the Sentiment.

I was inspired by a couple of different cards on Pinterest.  Took ideas from them and came up with this CAS card.

I used my MISTI to ensure I got a good dark black stamping of my Hello and the rest of the sentiment (from DC151 Hello Stamp & Cut- :  This popular Stamp set is currently Out of Stock at a2z Scrapbooking, however you can CUSTOM Order it in the Store. Just click on the REQUEST CUSTOM ORDER form on the store HOME Page).  I trimmed the panel and added a black mat.  Thanks to MISTI I was able to do some multi colour stamping on the feathers (from CM126 Color Layering Peacock. )  I used colours from the matching ink set. (AF394 Peacock Layering inks)  I fussy cut them and added.

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thanks for stopping by today and we hope you will join us with your project.


Supplies:

• Hello Stamp & Cut (DC151)
• Peacock Layering Stamp (CM126)
• Peacock Layering Ink Cubes (AF394)

CAS Pink and Yellow

Over the past couple of days I have made a couple of cards for CAS challenges.

The first card was for Addicted to CAS - Pink.  

It is a Stampin' Up set called Beautiful You.  I used some Stampin' Up kraft card

And I did a Yellow version

This one has been entered into the CASology Challenge - Cue word WARM.   The lovely yellow colour spells Summer to me - warm weather and sunshine.
EDITED:  was lucky enough to be an Honorable Mention for this yellow card

My intention is to make a few more in different colours to make a set to give to a friend.  I love the Prismacolor pencils on kraft card... it really pops.

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Sparkle and Shine

I really had fun taking part in the Online Card Class Sparkle and Shine.  There were heaps of different ways to make your projects Sparkle and Shine.... including using mica powders such as PearlEx and Perfect Pearls.   I have some of each.  With the PearlEx you need to use a fixative (such as cheap hairspray) and with Perfect Pearls the fixative is already in the formula.

My first card uses Perfect Pearls Interference Red on some black card with a Hero Arts Background.

The colour is stunning in real life - changes colours at different angles.    I CASE'd Debby Hughes by white embossing on vellum and used some Perfect Pearls - perfect pearls coloured powder onto the vellum.  I added some leaves and finished with a black die cut that was a freebie.  The little hearts came out of the die cut and were the perfect embellishment.

And the second card used PearlEx Blue Russet on white card.  A very interesting combination

I used the same Hero Arts background to make the central panel.  I used some Altenew Christmas Rose flowers and used the PearlEx powder to do the centres.  I die cut some Sizzix leaves in a pale green.  I added a vellum circle with an embossed Stampin' Up sentiment.  A few sequins and it was all finished.

I can highly recommend this class.

As these cards are full of shiny goodness I have entered the first one into the challenge at Simon Says Stamp. 

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Flowery embossing

I am sharing a birthday card made using this lovely stamp set called Cake by Jane's Doodle who is our sponsor for May at Die Cut Divas.  

 May challenge theme is:  May Flowers (trees, grass, and plants all count too).

 

I have used a flowery embossing folder to make my flowers and then used two of the sentiments from the Cake set.   I coloured the embossed flowers with Zig Markers which I blended with Wink of Stella.  I can tell you for real, it sparkles!   

I am currently taking the Online Card Class called Sparkle and Shine so I'll be adding this to the Student Gallery.  I've been watching the videos each day, but as I don't have much of the supplies, not too much homework being done.  I did however pull out the PearlEx and Perfect Pearls Mica powders this afternoon following Debby Hughes video.  Working on some backgrounds.   

Enjoy your weekend.  It's been a lovely Autumn day - some sunshine and now cooling down.   As I write (about 2 hours before the scheduled post) my taste buds are watering with the smell of a roasting Pork Belly we are having for dinner.  Fennel and Carraway seeds, garlic and salt for the rub on the crackling... hope the finished products lives up to the smells emanating from the oven!

Stenciling homework Day 3 & 4

I enjoyed taking the Altenew Academy Stencil class and today I'm sharing my Day 3 and 4 homework

Day 3 was about using the stencil as a stamp.... ink it up, spritz with water and then stamp it onto your card stock

and Day 4, the class was Stencil Overlay.... Watercolour background and then sponged over the top with the stencil. 

I used a variety of pink and purple Altenew inks to make my watercolour piece, and then stenciled over with darker purple inks.  I CASE'd Laurel's sample card to do mine, changing up the colour and the flower and sentiment.  I white embossed the little floral onto the vellum and added colour on the back with Copic markers.

I MUST remember to keep using stencils.  Always makes a great background. 

The middle of the week is here, and I'm looking forward to a weekend away at the beach... time to relax and chill out.   Hope you all are looking forward to your weekend too..

Let your sentiment shine with Hero Arts

Time to share another card for the A2Z Scrapbooking challenge.   Our theme this month is "Sentiment Focus"

I want to share a Hybrid card today.... that's a card with some stamping and some digital elements.  A2Zscrapbooking is an official carrier of Hero Arts Digital kits.

The stamping on the background is a very old Hero Arts stamp set.... but never fear, this stamp set is also available as a Digital kit ( Hero Arts Brush and Splatter Kit DK103)  I used a variety of Hero Arts Inks which I will list below.   I then printed the sentiment onto the stamped card.  I used a digital image from Hero Arts Special Birthday Digital Kit DK116.  Use of the digital images is so easy and makes a great impact.

Remember if you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store  you can use code Dawn15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Supplies:

• Hero Arts AC026 Brush Strokes.  (Discontinued) but available as a digital kit
• Hero Arts Brush and Splatter Digital Kit DK103
• Hero Arts Special Birthday Digital Kit DK116
• Inks  - Neon Blue, Neon Green, Neon Orange, Neon Pink, Emerald Green, Conflower, Deep Ocean, Lemon Yellow.
• White and orange card stock

A touch of Pink

Last night I made a card with two challenges in mind....

First I was inspired by the Altenew Inspiration Challenge for May 2017

The waterlily is so pretty in the pinks.

I had made some watercolour paper while taking part in the Altenew Academy Stencil class, one I decided not to use as it was too pink for what I had in mind... but turned out perfect for this.  I stamped the main roses from Beautiful Day set in Ruby Red ink and then the next layer in Coral Berry.  I then took some Prismacolor pencils and added more pinks.  The buds are from Peony Bouquet set, also added to with the pencils.  The leaves are from the Beautiful Day set - some I had sitting in my scrap bowl from a project awhile back.  I added a touch of Bamboo ink stenciling (although my photo looks yellow it's very pretty in real life)   I finished with a sentiment from Beautiful Quotes stamped in Pure Graphite ink.  All the stamps, inks and the stencil are from Altenew.

And I'm adding it to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp....A Hint of Pink.
Plus the Creative With Stamps monthly challenge - Flowers
I have finished all my Altenew Academy homework so will share the last two cards in a day or so.