Scribbly Flowers

Hi! Here's a card inspired by this week's Less Is More challenge. I stamped the flowers and sentiment, then stamped another small flower on a scrap of card, to layer about the small flower on the card. I really don't like fussy cutting, but I like the extra dimension it has given. I coloured with inks and a water brush, inspired by the colours at the Paper Play challenge, although I had to mix a couple of the colours as I didn't quite have anything that matched. I added some Nuvo Drops to the flower centres to make them stand out a little bit more, and used a Wink of Stella brush to add some shimmer to the flowers, although it hasn't shown up very well on the photos!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Less Is More:

Paper Play:

Come And Get It: 'Anything Goes'
Rubber Dance:

Ingredients:
Rubber Dance Stamp Set: 'Textured Flowers'
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Adirondack Inks: Cranberry, Purple Twilight
Artistry Inks: Rosy Cheeks, Hay Stack, Old Parchment
Nuvo Drops: Ebony Black
Wink of Stella: Clear

More Daisies

Hi! Here's another card, made with my new stamp set. I coloured with inks, inspired by the gorgeous colours in the Color Throwdown challenge.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown:

CASology:

Seize the Birthday: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Leonie Pujol stamp set: 'Everlasting Love'

Adirondack Inks: Meadow, Purple Twilight, Sunshine Yellow
Artistry Inks: Fall Fiesta

Bought a New Stamp Set...

Hi! I fell in love with a stamp set I saw online, and accidentally bought it... You know how it is... It arrived a few days ago, and it's just gorgeous. I love these flowers. There's a challenge at Sweet Stampin', called 'Your Favourite Stamp'. This is pretty hard for me, because I am very fickle. Generally, the last stamp I bought is my new favourite stamp :-s  So here's a card, using my new favourite stamp!

The stamp is of the two daisies together, but I wanted to separate them, inspired by the current Muse challenge, so I had to cut them out. I really really hate fussy cutting, as I am pretty rubbish at it, and it's annoying, and the fiddly bits always make the card bend, but I got on with it with minimal grumbling, and I love the result. I coloured them with inks and a water brush, and added sparkle to the flowers with a Wink of Stella pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Muse:

CAS Colours & Sketches:

Sweet Stampin': 'Your Favourite Stamp'



Ingredients:
Leonie Pujol stamp set: 'Everlasting Love'

Adirondack Ink: Bottle
Stampin' Up! Inks: Marina Mist, Perfect Plum
A Wink of Stella pen: Clear

I Love Daisies

Hi! I made a couple of cards, trying out my new daisy die! I used a couple of the Distress Oxide backgrounds I made a few weeks ago, and die cut square frames for them. I die cut the daisies, doubling up the petals on one of them, and coloured them with Distress Oxides. I used 3D squares to fasten the daisy heads, to give a bit of dimension, and glued the stem to the frame.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

Addicted to CAS

Sparkles Monthly: 'Die Cuts and/or Punches'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Cupcake Challenges:

HLS:

Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry
Penny Black die: 'Bashful'

'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'

Later In The Evening

Hi! Here's another card with the tree and birds, but this time I wanted to do a late evening version, with blues and purples. I coloured with ink dusters, and then smothered it all with Glimmer Mist. I love the colours in this one, and I'm thinking I'd like to make a version with a tree stamp and some little bats, for Halloween!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sunday Stamps:

That's Crafty: 'Fly Away'
Inky Chicks: 'Use Your Favourite Colours'
Time Out: 'Paint The Flying Spirit Of The Birds Rather than its Feathers'


Ingredients:
Image from Vectorstock

Adirondack Inks: Purple Twilight, Denim, Sailboat Blue, Butterscotch
Artistry Ink: Rusticana
Distress Ink: Peacock Feathers
Glimmer Mist: 'Iridescent Gold'

Autumn Sunset

Hi! Here's a card I made using a new image I bought from Vectorstock. It's such a simple and peaceful scene, I fell in love with it! I masked the setting sun, and created the sky with ink dusters. I cut the frame with my Big Shot, and then drenched the whole thing in Glimmer Mist.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Just Us Girls:

Less Is More:

Your Next Stamp:

AAA Cards:

Ingredients:
Image from Vectorstock

Adirondack Inks: Cranberry, Butterscotch
Artistry Ink: Rusticana
Glimmer Mist: 'Iridescent Gold'

Dance 'Til You Fall Over

Hi! I can't dance for toffee, and when I try I'm more of a danger to anyone nearby than a thing of grace and beauty, but I love the image from the current Inkspirational challenge, and was determined to make a card for it. I haven't got any background stamps or papers with music on, so I made a background with Distress Oxides. I printed an image of a dancer, and labouriously cut it out (I really hate fussy cutting!). I cut a frame with my Big Shot, fixed the background behind it, and used 3D squares to attach the dancer in front.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Inkspirational challenge:

HLS CAS:

Corrosive Challenge: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Wilted Violet, Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber

Dancer image from Vectorstock

More Borders

Hi! Here's another card using the Vectorstock border images. I coloured with Promarkers, and chose soft greens, pinks, blue, grey and brown, inspired by the current Card Concept challenge. I also used hammered cardstock to add to the soft, weathered look.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

The Card Concept: Style: CAS

CAS on Friday: 'Colour Me Pretty'
Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Leaves'


Ingredients:
Border images from Vectorstock

Promarkers

Leafy Borders

Hi! Here's a card I made after puzzling over the sketch challenge at CC&S! I used some leafy border images, with a sentiment in between. I coloured the leaves and berries with inks, and then added Nuvo Drops to give the berries some dimension. I haven't got a deep blue in Nuvo Drops, but if you use clear over inks, the clear seems to take up the colour of the ink, so you end up with a blue drop instead of a clear drop :)

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches:

Color Throwdown:

Watercooler Wednesday: 'All About Birthdays'



Ingredients:
Border images from Vectorstock

Adirondack Inks: Meadow, Denim
Nuvo Drops: Morning Dew