Quick Card and a Mixed Media Card...

 Hi.  Two cards to share from the last few days.   I've been busy crafting after work and over the weekend. 

Quick card....

This one came about when I was supposed to be tidying up!  Came across my Pink Fresh Studio Washi (Artistic Dahlia) and of course, I just had to make a card. 

I just love this washi - stuck it to some white card stock and then using the matching dies, cut out all the pieces - still even more pieces for future use.  I found the purple panel which I think might be watercolour powders as it's very shimmery.  I used a Gina K Master Layouts die to cut it.  The sentiment is from the Artistic Dahila stamp set.  Added the floral image and added a few pearls.  

My second card is a bit of mixed media.  

I started with some white card and brayered on some silver acrylic paint down one side, added a few different 49th & Market rub-ons and some metallic inks around the edges and around some of the images. Used the best tool ever - my finger!!!   Messed up the rub-on sentiment - but it's handmade!

I also made two more cards today (Sunday) but ran out of time to take photos.  

Day 2 at SENZ - back for more fun.

 Today I went back to SENZ for another class.... actually ended up doing two classes.    I was already booked into a mini class with Krafter's Cart - using Pinkfresh Studios.  Patricia was teaching this one and we did three cards.... however I messed up one so ended up keeping the focal panel and I'll try the fancy fold again. 

Here are the two I finished.  

This first one is a interactive one... The circle spins.. It's a super easy design - the base and then the circle is attached with a brad.   They all use washi tape and the matching dies from Pinkfresh Studios.  

The second one is a variation on the trellis card technique.  The inside has a die cut panel.  The focal panel is a square panel with the florals added.  The florals are added with some dimensional tape.  The sentiment is heat embossed and die cut. 

The third card I messed up has a similar square panel but had a 3D column look which was supposed to fold flat... but somehow mine didn't! 

I had done a quick make'n'take with Chick from Scrapbook Central just before doing the above class... and Chick said she has space on her Distress Oxide stamping class at 11.30 - so I signed up.   We did one card and got bonus instructions for another using the same products 

This card is so simple but so effective.   Stamping with Distress Oxide inks.  The bottom layer is sprayed with water and then stamped and sprayed again.. this time with some Frost Sparkle spray.  Once this was dried, stamped with a darker blue DO and dried again... then the top layer stamped with Versamark ink and white embossed.   All the floral stamps are from a Tim Holtz stamp set.   The Memory Box birthday die was 2 white layers and the top layer in gold glitter card.   Added some little gold die cut butterflies.    The bonus card uses the DO to ink a panel and then using the shimmer spray to ink the stamps.   Haven't tried it yet.  Of course, I needed to get some more DO inks... a couple of colours I didn't have and some more Sparkle spray   - and some more of  the Waffleflower stencils to match the Postage Collage die!    That's my crafting budget for the rest of the year!!!!

I got home and as hubby was out... had a bit more of a play with some of my new stuff.   Happy, happy Dawn for sure!!!!

Weekend crafting.

 I had a busy weekend with babysitting Princess Grace but got a couple of hours to craft while she went to visit and meet her new sister... I managed a few cards....

First up a quick card made with some Pinkfresh Studio's washi.   I have the Artistic Dahila washi and had die cut them and had them in a baggie on my desk.   A quickly threw together this card. 

I used the slimline Master Layout from Gina K for my layers.  They look a bit wonky in my photo but the are not in real lift.   I die cut the centre panel from some pretty patterned paper and layered the die cut washi on it.  I add a die cut sentiment made from the co-ordinating stamp and die set. 

My second card used some new stamps and dies - some that arrived a couple of weeks ago. 

One of the dies and stencils I bought from Altenew was the co-ordinating items to the Monstera Quotes stamp set.  I had got the stamp set ages ago but not used it... so was happy to use a gift card I had won on a Altenew FB live video and get the die and stencil.  I used the Altenew Boho Vases to die cut a piece of patterned paper to make the vase to hold the Monstera Leaves.   I backed it with some kraft card.  I stamped all the leaves a number of times and used the matching stencils to add colour.  I used a variety of green inks from Altenew.  I used the dies to cut them out.  For the background I added a little green blended inks and added some fine dots with a fine liner pen.  I used a sentiment from the stamp set.   It is full of marvelous quotes and sayings.  Added the vase and built up the leaves.   Added it all to a kraft top-folding card base.   As it was the first outing for the stamps, stencils and dies I am adding this to Darnell's NBUS challenge. 

I did another card too.... it's for my local technique swap group - it headed off to it's recipient - here's a little sneak peek.

I also spend some time in crafting with Grace.   We made cat faces and she did some inking with a brayer and just had fun playing with my stuff. 

My crafting room is like a magical cave to Grace.