Spring Flowers

Hi! Here are a couple of cards I made with one of my favourite stamps. I masked the circle before stamping, then coloured the image with inks. I added some detail with a white posca pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

The Paper Players:

Happy Little Stampers:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Ladies / Girls'

The Flower Challenge:

Uniko Studio:

Ingredients:
Concord & 9th: Hello Lovely
Adirondack inks: Cranberry, Butterscotch
Artistry Inks: Indian Jamun, Midnight Blue, Amazon Trail, Pampas
White Posca pen

Valentine

Hi! I got a new heart cutting die, and have been trying to figure out how to use it, as it's quite ornate. I've made two cards, both using smooshed ink for colour.

In this first one, I smooshed the inner and outer heart shapes in inks, and then spritzed with Glimmer Mist. I made a lot of mess and dyed my fingers.. and realised it would've made more sense to ink up the cardstock before cutting the shapes... But anyway, I glued the outer shape to the card, and used 3D foam to attach the inner heart, for some dimension. I added a small punched flower and a gem to the raised heart, and stamped the simple sentiment below.

 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

MFT:

CAS-ual Fridays: 

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

In this second one, I cut the shape out of a square of white card, and then out of red card, and inlaid the red outer heart shape in the white card. To fill the heart shape in the middle, I smooshed more inks on a piece of card, spritzed with Glimmer Mist (I love that stuff!), and then stamped small flowers in red and black. I added gems to the black flowers, then used 3d foam to fix the card behind the heart. I added an 'I love you' die cut sentiment below the heart.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Pink Gem: 'Have a Heart'
Sweet Stampin': 'Anything but a Birthday'
Just Us Girls:

MAWTT: 'Love'


Ingredients:
Heart Die
Distress Oxides: Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, Antique Linen
Distress Ink: Fired Brick, Abandoned Coral
Stampin' Up! ink: Perfect Plum
Flower stamp from Lavinia
Gems from Crystal Parade: Rose AB and Clear

Oxides and Woodware Trees

Hi! I just bought a few more colours of Distress Oxides, as I am completely besotted with them! I've been making backgrounds with them, spritzing with some Glimmer Mist, then paper piecing them onto cards - much more fun than colouring! I'm not a huge fan of fussy cutting, but I love the end result. I finished them off with a glitter pen and Nuvo Drops.

Here are a few I have made with one of my favourite Woodware stamps:

I'm entering this one in the Allsorts challenge: 'Glitter'

I'm entering this one in the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge:

I'm entering this one in the Inkspirational challenge:

I'm entering this one in the Crafty Calendar challenge: 'Autumn Colours'
 

I'm entering this one in the Pearly Sparkles challenge: 'Autumnal Colours'


Ingredients:
Woodware Stamp: Christmas Trees
Distress Oxide Inks: Faded Jeans, Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserve, Antique Linen, Iced Spruce, Fayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover
Brilliance Ink: Platinum Planet
Glimmer Mist: Iridescent Gold

Nuvo Drops: Silver Lining, Pale Gold, Autumn Red

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

More Oxides and Spookery

Hi! Here's another card using a background made from Distress Oxides. I made the moon by adding a circle of Zig 2 way glue and covering it with gilding flakes. I taped the background behind the black frame, and added the die cuts of the cats and witch with 3D squares.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

The Paper Players: (I'm hoping this is CAS enough as there is plenty of white (well, black) space!)    

House of Cards:

Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Halloween'


Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Black Soot, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Peeled Paint

Bats, cats and witch cutting dies

IndigoBlu Gilding Flakes: Lancashire Rose

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'