Tag You're It #68

The delightful Gayatri (who I have personally meet!) is the Featured Artist over at Tag You're It and she has given us an awesome tag to inspire us..

I was inspired by the brickwork, the little hearts and the side-ways sentiment and of course the cute little puppy.
Here's my take on it

 

I started by stamping the little Tiddly Inks stamp onto my die cut tag (Pretty Pink Posh die).  I then made a mask so I could sponge the brick background stencil.  I used Altenew Silver Stone ink  for the bricks.  The image was coloured with Copic Markers.  My sentiment came from a set of 25 that came with a magazine I got this week.  I added a few little hearts that are from a Hero Arts set.   I used a fineline pen to outline the hearts.  

My Face Book feed reminded me today that March 2009 was when I first started blogging.  The last 8 years have simply flown by and I am enjoying this hobby even more.  

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hero Art Cocktail Congrats

Today is the last day of February so it's the final day as Hero Arts as a Sponsor for Die Cut Divas.  Some of the team are sharing their cards.

I have a Congrats card  made using two Hero Arts Stamp and Die sets.

I started by die cutting a tag (Pretty Pink Posh) and then cutting out the champagne glass.  I cut the top off and coloured the bottom and inlaid.  The rest of the glass was made a shaker with some clear sequins.  I used a embossing folder to add some interest to the base card.   I used some red glimmer card to die cut the congrats.

There have been some incredible entries this month... Thanks to everyone who has played along.  Hope  you have had fun.

Another Glittery Christmas in July card

It's my day at Die Cut Divas again and I'm doing a Glittery Christmas card.  Our sponsors this month are

I used a Bugaboo Christmas image together with a Spellbinders die as well as a Simon Says Stamp circle die and a Pretty Pink Posh scallop

I used some glittery washi to add my touch of glitter.  I used a sketch that was part of Bugaboo's Christmas in July week early in the month.

thanks for stopping by.  July is almost finished - and it's only another 5 weeks till my little dude comes to visit his Nana and Pop.

 Here he is with this Daddy on his first trip to park.

 

Vintage Roses

Last week I spend a bit of time watching some some videos on Altenew Layering stamps.  It's a free class available at the Altenew Academy (HERE)  I liked the way the stamps layer.  I do have a couple of them but decided play with a WPlus9  set.

I used Coming Up Roses together with some distress inks and some generation stamping

 I still need LOTS of practice but was reasonable happy with my results.  I embossed the sentiment across the centre using a Clearly Besotted set.  And of course a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Back to work this week and it was hard going yesterday.  Slightly better today.  Luckily the weather has been a bit iffy so don't feel so bad... but not good for the parentals who are still staying with us.  Today they came into Takapuna for lunch with me even though it was raining.  They are here till Saturday before heading back to the Gold Coast.

Have a great week.

Dawn

Clean and Simple CASE

Hi there.  It's my day to inspire you over at A2Z Scrapbooking today.  Our theme for the month is CAS.. (Clean and Simple)

For my card I am CASEing my friend Gayatri Murali  I have had the pleasure of spending some time with Gayatri last year and she is one talented card maker.  Recently in Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft, she had a delightful card which I have CASE'd

Here is my take on Gayatri's card.

 

I used some leatherette card stock I picked up when a local stationery store closed.  It is the stuff you use for the front cover when you bind papers and was being sold super cheap.  I cut the Spellbinders tag out of it as well and did a pad to paper technique with Walnut Stain distress ink.    My little cutie is from Baby Animals Stamp and Cut as is the sentiment which  I cut with a Penny Black die (Chat Bubbles) and added the dash line.  My little animal was coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils and an aqua brush.  Finished with some Pretty Pink Sequins.

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More Pink Lemonade Mood Board

I have been very inspired by the Pink Lemonade Mood Board at StampNation's online class "In the Mood".  My card today was inspired by one of the photos in the board.

 

I was inspired by the top right hand corner.  The balloons reminded me of the Bokeh technique so that's  what I went with.

I sponged on some distress inks in Cracked Pistachio and Abandoned Coral and then used some white Colourbox ink and a homemade stencil to add my white circles.  Added a gold die cut and the matching sentiment from Winnie & Walter.  Added a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins. 

I am entering this into the Die Cut Gold challenge at City Crafter Challenge blog

All packed and ready to go tomorrow.  So packing away the crafting tools for 3 1/2 weeks.  A few schedule posts are on the way. Back in the morning with my next Die Cut Diva post.

Congrats on your new pad!

It's my day to share over at A2Z Scrapbooking .  Our challenge is New Beginnings.  And what's nicer than new accommodation.



I had fun with this card.  It's using a couple of different Digital sets from Hero Arts.  I merged the cloud background from "Silly Scapes"  with the houses from the same set.  The Congratulations is from "Say It in Pieces".  The final part of the sentiment is using my computer with a Typewriter font.   Once I printed it out, I had awesome fun just adding lots of Copic colours to make a fun scene.   Matted the printed panel onto purple and then blue card and added to a red card base.  Added some Wink of Stella and some sequins to finish off.
Supplies:
Hero Arts Silly Scape
Hero Arts Say It In Pieces
Copics
Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

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!   Also, the a2z Store now has the 2015 Hero Arts release in stock. So now there’s even more reason to go shopping!!!!!!
 

Thanks a Bunch Hero Arts

Today is our last day of the current challenge over at Die Cut Divas.  The team have all put together some cards to say thanks....

Here is my card...

A little scrapling card.  It was to be one layer but I ended up adding the scalloped die cuts (Pretty Pink Posh) at each end which meant I had to add the panel to a base.

I have enjoyed playing with some Hero Arts stamps, dies and stencils over the past month...

Finally done my homework!

I've been very slack with my homework for the Online Card Classes I'm taking...

 

There has been lots of amazing different ways to use your dies... I've downloaded the class PDF's but haven't had much time to try out lots of the techniques.

I did manage to try out a couple of them.

For this one, I used some watercolour paper and stamped the sentiment then die cut the daisy die from Simon Says Stamp.  I coloured it with watercolour paints and then inlaid it back into the sentiment.  

My next card uses edge dies

This card was inspired by one from Debby Hughes and one from Karolyn. I used a Pretty Pink Posh stitched edge die and cut stripes of colours and then stacked them together on an angle.  The sentiment is a Winnie & Walter die together with W&W stamps.

I've got lots of ideas for using my dies - now just to find time to put them into practise. 

Stitched chervon from Pretty Pink Posh.

Have you heard of Pretty Pink Posh?  They have some amazing sequins and other embellishments on their site, but also a couple of really cool dies.  I was taken by the Stitched borders on, so decided to get it.  Really fast delivery time I must say too!

Anyway I had this idea in my head to do a series of die cuts in various colours with the chevron die so went with it...

 

I layered the stripes of colours to form a bit of a diamond pattern.  For the top of my card I cut the you from the Simon Says Stamp from the white space and again from red card and inlaid it.  The sentiment is from the matching stamp set,  The  butterfly is a Memory Box die.  Added a few sequins and all done.  It turned out exactly as I planned. 

Entering into the Die Cut Challenge at Virginia's View and the Word die cuts at Moxie Fab World.