Squiggly Christmas Trees

Hiya! I recently bought a new Lavinia stamp, which I think is really designed to be for trailing foliage, but in the Lavinia For You FB group I saw someone use it as a Christmas tree, and it looks beautiful! So I had to have a go... I stamped the 'tree', and then masked off the panel, and used torn paper, ink dusters and inks to create the background. I added some 3D sparkle with Nuvo Glitter Drops, and then added snow by using watered-down gouache, flicked at the card. Yes, it went everywhere! But I love the effect. Thanks very much to Debbie for helping me with the technique! xx

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

HLS CAS:

Rubber Stamp Dance:

Allsorts: Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
Mix It Up: Anything Goes + optional twist



Ingredients:
Lavinia stamp: Small Whimsical Whisps
Adirondack ink: Denim
Nuvo Glitter Drops: White Blizzard
White gouache

Inky Splats & Christmas Trees

Hiya! Here's a card I made with my new splat stamp, which I LOVE! It's a great way of creating a quick inky background by splodging some distress oxides on it, spritzing and then stamping. When it was dry, I stamped the trees and coloured them with inks and gel pens.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: 'Let's Sparkle'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Trees!'
My Time to Craft: 'Christmas Scene'
HLS Watercolour Challenge:

Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Winter'
Sparkles Monthly: 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas'
Uniko Challenge:

Ingredients:
JOFY stamp set 57
Inkylicious Splatter Circle XL
Distress Oxide Inks: Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Vintage Photo
Gelly Roll pens: Clear Star, Bronze

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

Funky Flowers

Hi! Here are a couple of Mother's Day cards I made, using my new Lili of the Valley flowers! I love these images :)

I coloured the flowers with inks. For the first card, I layered up the middle panel to add a bit of dimension, and added a little gem. For the second card, I added white dots with a white gelly roll pen, and some glitter with a Clear Star gelly roll pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown:

Addicted to Stamps:

The Flower Challenge:

Pink Gem Challenge: Anything Goes

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CASology:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: 'In the Red'
Unicorn Challenge: 'Spring'
Sweet Stampin': 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lili of the Valley: 'Blooming Lovely'
Artistry Inks: sweet toffee, cotton candy, midnight blue, indian jamun, moon crater
Adirondack inks: butterscotch, terra cotta, cranberry, meadow
Sakura gelly roll pens: white, clear star

First card in ages... Sparkly Unicorn!

Hiya. Here's a card I made for a friend's birthday. I masked the unicorn, then used ink dusters to colour the background. I coloured the unicorn with a gold Wink of Stella pen and a Clear Star gelly roll pen. I used Lavinia stamps to add the flowers, and added Nuvo drops for the flower centres. I added the gelly roll pen to the word 'Magical', to give it some extra sparkle.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: 'Things with Wings'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Make it sparkle'
Crafty Calendar: 'Make it Flowery'
Just Us Girls: 'Pastels'

Your Next Stamp: 'let’s see smiles'
Stamping Sensations: 'Fabulously Feminine'
Mix it Up: 'Anything Goes + Sentiment As Main Focus'
Creative Inspirations: 'Anything Goes'
Pink Gem: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lili of the Valley - Jolly Unicorns
Flower stamps from Lavinia
Adirondack inks: Purple Twilight, Eggplant, Cranberry, Butterscotch, Denim
Wink of Stella - Gold
Gelly Roll - Clear Star
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Violet Galaxy

Never Chuck Your Rejects Away

Hiya! Sorry if you're bored of JOFY trees by now, but after running out of failed Oxide backgrounds to use, I found a failed Brushos creation. It was a beautiful heart from Indigo Blu, embossed in pewter, and I'd tried to create a lovely background with Brushos, but it just looked rubbish. It had been sitting in the Disgrace pile for a while, and I'd forgotten about it until I'd started hunting around for use-able rejects. I stamped the JOFY trees onto it, trying to get as much of the stamp positioned on the embossed design. The ink wiped off where the embossing was, but as the stamp is a scribbly pattern it didn't really matter that some of the design was lost. I used a glitter gel pen and some Nuvo Drops to bling it up a bit more, and I really like the result!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Let The Sparkle Fly'
Paper Players:

Ingredients:
JOFY stamp set 57
Brushos: Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre

Nuvo Drops: Silver Lining

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

Wild

Hi! Here's a card I made using a jungle image from Vectorstock. I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and blended with a water brush. I added white dots with a Uni Posca pen, and some raised white dots with Nuvo Drops.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

City Crafter: 'Jungle Animals'
Inky Chicks: 'Animals'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'I see Spots'
4 Crafty Chicks: 'Polka Dots'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Image from Vectorstck
Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils
Uni Posca pen: White
Nuvo Drops: Gloss - white

Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hi! Here's a card I made, inspired by al the pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. I used the colours from the Color My Heart challenge. I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and water brush, and a silver pen. When it was dry, I used a Wink of Stella pen on the petals to give a shimmer to them, although it doesn't show up very well in the photos, so you'll have to take my word for it! :)

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays:

Color My Heart:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Pink October'

CAS on Friday: 'Flowers'


Ingredients:
Sweet n Sassy digi stamp: 'Doodle Flowers'
Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils
Silver Sharpie
Wink of Stella brush: Clear

The Dreaded 'Man Card'

Hi! Here's an attempt at a masculine card. I am so rubbish at these, and I really struggle not to add a bit of glitter, or a couple of gems... But with this one, I have kept it very simple, not even adding colour, so nobody can accuse it of being too girly, surely!? I stamped the cat, and extended the line he's lying on to go right across the card. Then I masked above the line, and used ink dusters to add shading below. I'm thinking I could maybe do a Christmas version of this - exactly the same, but with a bright red die cut Santa hat on his head!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Oh Boy!'
HLS CAS:

Tuesday Throwdown: 'Happy Birthday'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'



Ingredients:
Katzelkraft stamp: 'Mini 03'

'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'

Anniversary Card

Hiya. Here's an anniversary card, made using the 'Love Is' stamp from Indigo Blu. I stamped and embossed the heart, then coloured with inks and ink dusters, an orangey centre deepening to red towards the edge, although I made the centre too dark. It hasn't got as much contrast to the outer colour as I intended! I spritzed with water to give it a bit of a mottled effect.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Rubber Dance: 'Embossing'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Anything Goes'
Watercooler Wednesday: 'Anything Goes'
4 Crafty Chicks: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Indigo Blu Stamp: 'Love Is'

Adirondack inks: Cranberry, Butterscotch

WOW! embossing powder: Platinum