Wedding/Anniversary at Sweet Stampin' challenge.

It time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'.  Our challenge this week is Anniversary/Wedding.  We would love to see you projects.

I have made an Anniversary card. 

I starred by using an embossing folder to create the textured background.  The Altenew 3D flowers were die cut from paint colour samples. 

I used some dark green card to cut the leaves.  I finished with a sentiment from Altenew's Sentiment Stripes.  It was in my mug of sentiments that I made a while back after one of my Altenew classes.
I'm loving the British Paints sample chips as they are such a good size.  And they worked perfectly with this die.

Masking Unleashed...Altenew Educator Certification Program

As some of you may know quite a while ago I started the Altenew Educator Certification Program.... well I got a bit waylaid... I finished Level 1 and had all but one Level 2 assignment done and sort of lost the plot.

So today I got home early...work was slow so I allowed to go home a bit earlier than my rostered time... so decided to do a card... and I'd been re-watching the "Masking Unleashed" class.   This was a class with Svitlana Shayevich as tutor.   This was an awesome class, taking us from simply masking to more complex ways of masking... using both positive and negative masking.  I learnt a few good tips and tricks from this class...like if you cut your own masks it's a good idea to trim just inside the stamp lines, so that you don't get a halo around the stamping.

My  little card today used a variety different masking techniques.  It's a smaller then usual card being 3.5" x 4.75"

My first masking was some simple masking using some yellow post-it notes torn roughly to mask a space across the middle.  I then used some Vanilla Cream and blended it over the rest of the card. 

My next few steps involved stamping over the centre masked bit.  The stamp is from Nature Blossom.  Altenew has started making masks and stencils to go with their stamp sets so it makes masking easy.    I used the mask to cover the flower and stamped the leaves..  I then used the stencil/negative mask to add some blended inks over the leaves and then I stamped the layers from the stamps set. 

I then used the flower negative mask and used Coral Berry  and Vanilla Cream ink to blend over the flower before adding the stamped layers.   I stamped the sentiment and then used the masks to cover the flower and leaves.  I lost the leaves from the set, so cut some from post-it notes.  I used some Milk Chocolate ink to add splatters to the rest of the card.

The sentiment is from the Nature Blossom as well.   I was really pleased how all my masking turned out. 

So that's the last level 2 class done and dusted.  - Now to see how I got on.  I will have a final assignment to do. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have an awesome weekend.

Christmas at Die Cut Divas

The last day of the month and I have a card to share for Die Cut Divas.  Our theme this month is Christmas in July and our sponsor is:

Cheapo Dies has increased their inventory with the addition of well known die brands like Elizabeth Craft Designs, Memory Box, Sizzix, Hero Arts, PoppyStamps, Lawn Fawn and a whole lot more. Be sure to check Cheapo Dies out here.

Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as the prize for our winner of the July challenge.

Today I have a little Nativity scene to share.  My dies were a freebie with a magazine, but be sure to check out Cheapo Dies for Christmas dies.

I CASE'd one of the samples on the back of the cardboard that the dies were attached to.  I changed up the colours, the sentiment and the stars.  I took a variety of cream, yellow and green cards to cut each of the borders and then trimmed off some of the palm trees and camels.  The sentiment is from Altenew and I added some white stars with a gel pen.  

You have just one day left to enter our challenge at Die Cut Divas.  

WWC 282 - Fifth week Anything Goes.

Hi there.  New challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.  And it's the 5th Wednesday in July, it's an Anything Goes challenge.

Today I have a sweet little card to share.  I got a commission to make a card for a little girl turning one.

For this card I used a sweet little digital image from Rachelle Ann Miller Creative Studio.  It was a freebie for a while at Kit and Clowder but is now available from Rachelle's site 

I used some Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol to blend the pencils.  I used a little sentiment from NZ company Hastings Rubber Stamps.  I used a Nellie's die to cut out my focal panel and added it with some fun foam to a card that I had covered with some Patterned Paper.  

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.

Exploring Watercolour Mediums...Day 1 homework

I have been taking an Altenew Academy class called "Exploring Watercolour Mediums"  - so far I've watch Day 1 and Day 2 videos  and I've done my Day 1 homework.

Day 1 technique was to use inks as a watercolour medium by stamping and then spritzing with water.

I used Leaf Canopy for the leaves and Fabulous Florets for the flowers.  I used the same technique to stamp the flowers.  Once they were dry I used the outline layer to gold emboss the flowers before die cutting.  I used the same technique to colour some white card.  I used a MFT reverse stamp to add ink and water.  I used the Bold Thanks die to cut out the pink piece.  Finished with part of a sentiment from Sentiment Stripes 2 and a few green sequins and added some gems to the flower centres.

Now to catch up on Days 3-6 videos and the homework.

Christmas in July at Die Cut Divas

Hi there.  It's time for me to share my card for Die Cut Divas - our theme for month is Christmas in July.   We have an awesome sponsor this month -

Cheapo Dies has increased their inventory with the addition of well known die brands like Elizabeth Craft Designs, Memory Box, Sizzix, Hero Arts, PoppyStamps, Lawn Fawn and a whole lot more. Be sure to check Cheapo Dies out here.

Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as the prize for our winner of the July challenge,

so get started on the Christmas cards!

Today I have a CAS card.  

I embossed the background with a Couture Creations folder.  My poinsettia is by Spellbinders.  I die cut the three inside petals in red card and used the rubber mat to emboss.  I cut the largest layer in green card to simulate the leaves.  I added a little pearl embellishment to the centre.  

Do come and join the challenge this month.  And don't forget to check out all the goodies at  Cheapo Dies here. 

Farewell to Southern Girls Challenge

It's a sad day - after nearly 10 years the creators of Southern Girls Challenge, Lou and Tracy, have decided it's time to say goodbye.... today is the final post for the challenge.  Some of the past and present designers are sharing projects.  I have done two stints with the group... the last one for the past year or so.

Today I am sharing a little gift box I made.  I follow a UK Stampin' Up demonstrator called Sam (Pottles.co.uk)  She makes lots of different boxes.  This one uses an 8"x 8" piece of card for the base and a 6" x 6" piece for the top.  I used kraft for the base and some PP for the top.

I recently got Heartfelt Creations Wild Rose small stamp, die and mold set plus the Classic Rose stamp and dies.   I stamped, die cut, inked and shaped the individual flowers before putting them together.

So it's Adieu from Southern Girls. Come and check out the wonder projects from past and present DT members HERE

WWC 281 Heidi's Challenge: All About Occasions

Hi there..  Time for the latest challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.  Our hostess is Heidi and she has an All About Occasions Challenge.

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a technique called Scrappy Strip.  I saw it on a video .

Instead of using scraps,  I decided to use some new papers I picked up from The Warehouse a couple of weeks ago.  I took 3 different sheets and some white card and cut out some stripes of various sizes.  I added them to a purple background.  I die cut a sentiment using a technique I saw at Splitcoaststampers.  It's called Faux embossing.  You added clear packing tape over your coloured card and die cut it out.  Gives it an enamel look.  A super cool quick way to get the look of an embossed die cut without the hassle.  I finished the sub-sentiment in silver embossing powder.  Both the die and the sentiment are from Hero Arts "Hello - Stamp'n'Cut"

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 12.00 noon NZ time ) to link up your project.