Make a Background at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

Well my friends... this post is coming to you LATE!  Yes I completely lost the plot and forgot to post... well even make a card for this challenge... Bad Designer team member!!! I thought I still had a week to go...saw the post from Sweet Stampin' Challenge pop up on my blogger feed and thought Oh C**p!  So there I was at 10.pm last night riffling through my stash for a background I had made and could make up into a card ASAP!

Here's what the result was

 My background was made last year when I was doing a Gelli plate class - I used Altenew inks to make a print by stamping on the plate with the leave stamp and then stamping off with the leaves onto another sheet of paper.  That is what this is - the off stamping.  I trimmed up the panel and used some Magenta Altenew ink to add a glow around the edge using a blending brush.  I stamped a sentiment from my new Clearly Besotted Say Something set which I matted with some dark pink card.  Added a few dusky pink sequins and hey presto and card done in 10 mins.

So do come and join us at Sweet Stampin' Challenge with a project where you make your own background.

Hero Arts Orchid Birthday

It's my turn to share at A2Z Scrapbooking today and I've made a red and pink birthday card.  I used the same design as I used last week,



I have used Hero Arts CL946 Color Layering Orchid in a Pot, stamping with a variety of pinky/red inks.  The leaves are stamped with three tones of green inks.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts CL738 Messages with Flourish (no longer available)  Finished it off with some sequins.

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Beautiful Butterflies

I was playing around with my Stamp Of Approval Lovely Notes tonight, using the butterfly set.  It is stunning.  I managed two quick cards...

First up I did some embossing - dry and wet. 

I embossed the background with a new folder I recently got.  The butterflies were stamped onto Vellum with Altenew ink and then versamark before being embossed with WOW Clear Sparkle powder.  I then fussy cut them.  I used a Spellbinders label's die to cut my sentiment panel.  Sentiment is from the same set as the butterflies.

My second card was made with the Simon Says Stamp challenge in mind... "Make for the border"

I used the bigger butterfly again, this time using some various Pixie Powders on the stamp.  I then inked the edge of the stamp with black ink.  Turned out very pretty.  The powders have quite a shimmer to them.  I used a sentiment from a previous SOA collection - Beautiful World.  And finished with a few sequins.  I layered the panel onto some purple card and used a Fiskers edge punch.  My favourite colour with my favourite theme - butterflies. 

All in all, a fun evening of crafting.

Pretty Peony #2

I got around to making a card with my Altenew technique piece

I started with this... but felt it didn't really pop. So I embossed the outline

Made quite a difference I think.   I had this on my one layer card but messed up the sentiment.  So just trimmed the peony out. 

I stamped the leaves around where I was going to pop the flower.  I stamped them directly to the card in Verafine Onyx Black.  I decided to leave them uncoloured to allow the flower to be the focal point.   The sentiment is from the SOA Lovely Notes Collection from StampNation.  Die cut with a Lil' Inkers die and added to some Bazzil card.  Some Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins to finish.

Loved how these turned out.  So much so, that I have ordered some more Pixie Powders in some other colours. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope this has inspired you to get your craft on!

Let it Snow

It's my day to share some inspiration over at A2Z Scrapbooking.  Our challenge is Shaker Card

Arlene and I had a similar idea.... trees and shaker cards for Christmas.


For my card, I have made it look like I was looking out the window at snow on my Christmas tree.  I have used the beautiful Color Layering Christmas Trees (currently out of stock in our Etsy store, but feel free to make a CUSTOM Order it in the Store. Just click on the REQUEST CUSTOM ORDER form on the store HOME Page!)    I used distress ink and some watercolour paper and stamped and painted my tree.  I added some Kindyglitz (similar to Stickles) to imitate snow as does my clear and white sequins in the shaker part of the card.

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Texture challenge at A2Z

 If you're looking for my Die Cut Divas post it's HERE
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Hi there   New challenge up at A2Z today and I've got a card to share.  Our challenge is all about using Texture Paste....

I started by colouring my background with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers.  I then added some Ranger Texture Paste through the Hero Arts Birds and Leaves
stencil.  The paste picked up some of the colours of the paint.  Added the Hero Arts sentiment (from this set) by white embossing on the black strip.  Added a variety of Pretty Pink Posh sequins and matted with blue and then onto a pale blue base.

Do come and join us at A2Z Scrapbooking and play with your texture paste and Hero Arts products.


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! And look out for the latest release from Hero Arts... coming soon to A2Z.

Sending You Warm Thoughts

Hi there crafters. I'm filling in for Char,( who is struggling with computer issues) over at A2Z Scrapbooking.

Our challenge this month is CAS (Clean and Simple).  Here's my card to inspire you to join us.



I have used couple of older Hero Arts sets for this card.  The open flower from Night And Day Flowers was stamped and clear embossed before being coloured with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush pens and an aqua brush. (Note:  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! This goes for pretty much ANY Hero Arts products that is still available.  If you can’t find it in the store, please feel free to ask! )  The sentiment is from Find Joy CL497 (discontinued) was gold embossed.

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Do come and join us with your CAS projects.  We really love having you play along with us.

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!!!!!!
 

A touch of Green and a Tag Card

Two cards to share today.  I am FINALLY feeling better- still got a cough but coping with that as I managed to sleep all night with out coughing.

My first card today is for the Addicted to CAS challenge - cue word GREEN

I've been seeing the Bokeh technique a bit lately and thought to try it with some new Cracked Pistachio Distress ink, Spun Sugar and Shaded Lilac.  Made a template with some die cut circles on acetate and used my Frost White Colorbox ink to sponge over top.  IRL it does look stunning but not so clear in the photo.  My sentiment is from Kaisercraft and finished with some punched butterflies (Martha Stewart) and some 4mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

My second card was inspired by Gayatri who is the inspiration at Tag You're It! challenge blog this time round.

 

Isn't this a gorgeous card.  I was taken by the different elements - the cut out and off skewed tag, the flower design and colours.  Here's my take on the card

I used leaves from a Clearly Besotted set in Peeled Paint distress ink, then used a couple of little flower stamps from a Hero Arts set in Picked Raspberry ink.  The sentiment is from another Clearly Besotted set.  My die cut is from Pretty Pink Posh and I finished with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Thanks for stopping by.  We are in watch mode as the weather is expected to get a bit windy tonight with the passing of Cyclone Pam off the coast.  It's been a dull sort of day so far.  Ideal for being in my craft room.   Take care all.

My first Shaker card.

I take part in a Technique swap with a group of NZ crafters.  February is my turn to chose the theme and I decided on Make a Shaker card.    I chose this as I had never made one before.  At the moment Shaker cards are on trend... everyone seems to be making them.

So here is what I've done.

I'm really happy with the results of my first Shaker... might even try another one some time!

I am entering this into the challenge at Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

"Beat the Heat"....

that's the current challenge over at Penny Black.... not so much heat here in NZ... but not too cold either!

 I've finally got around to inking up some of my new Penny Black stamps.  I shared the first one on Saturday (here) and this is one is my second one

I started by stamping the large flower from Floral Applique in Memento ink and coloured with Copics and fussy cut.  The background was made by sponging Peacock Feather distress ink through a The Crafter's Workshop Punchinella stencil and then sponged with the ink.  I did an edging with Golden Glitz ink.  The sentiment is from Montargo.  I popped the flower up and added a few sequins.

And I am happy to say I've fixed my comments.... so please feel free to leave one for me.  I appreciate them all.

Teen Birthday......

that and kids birthday cards is the theme over at Paper Crafts Gallery idol  
I made this card for my niece's 17th birthday next week so have entered it as one of my three entries

The image is a digital stamp from Mo Manning called Jammin' Janice and is available at Mo's Digital Pencil.  I printed out image and used Copics to colour.  I used a Spellbinders die to cut her out.  The PP was sitting on my desk, so not sure where it came from.  The sentiment is from a Penny Black set.  I finished with some star sequins that I added a dot of stickles to the centre.  A little lacy bow and the card is now winging it's way to Australia in time for Sasha's birthday.

Had a lovely dinner out last night.... it's nice to spend time with friends enjoying a good meal out.