hugs

 morning stampers!

I was up early today so I could finish off a card I started yesterday for the paper players. Stef has presented a sketch challenge this week and I had to join in the fun!

I got a pack of free design paper a few months ago when I purchased some crafty items and I've finally broken it out!  But I only used the reverse side (is there a reverse side?). Then I raided my die cut stash and found the little hexagons, a bloom, and a banner. Perfect! The leaves were die cut from the same paper as the die cut strip. The sentiment was die cut from the background card. And all these were mounted over some stamped random dots. 

Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with me today!

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #584 colours

hello stampers!

Our latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches  is a gorgeous palette of colours that go so well together! 

The background was subtly stencilled with a neutral colour. The butterflies and jug were die cut from ink smooshed panels leftover from another project. The sentiment was stamped, clear heat embossed and die cut, then adhered with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by - we'd love to see your card in our gallery.

• dies: Memory Box intricate mini butterflies, MFT skinny strips, Paper Rose vases
• stamps: Penny Black especially for you 
• stencil: Stamperia lines
• inks: pumice stone, twisted citron, carved pumpkin, victorian velvet, kitsch flamingo distress oxides

oh so happy

hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with a clean and simple challenge over at the paper players, where Christy has chosen the theme: baby animals. I don't have many stamps or dies of baby animals (yes I was shocked too!) so my choices were limited, but I did manage to find a ewe and lamb from my favourite MFT set. Happy days!

I stencilled the background with a large brush and subtle greenish hue which gives a lovely detail around the edge of the stencil shapes. This colour was matched with a panel mounted behind. The ewe and lamb were stamped in a pale grey on hammered card, to give the look of wool, then die cut and gently coloured, to keep the look soft and subtle.

Thanks for stopping by today - have a great day :)

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #583 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Deborah.  Such a simple design that lends itself to so many options!

I used an older die set with birdhouses, die cutting them from watercoloured and stamped card, then adhering a die cut roof from ink smooshed card. The background was stamped to give a leafy feel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Paper Rose birdhouses, MFT skinny strips
• stamps: Aall and create 1179, Paper Rose tiny forest, Altenew wildflower doodles
• inks: faded jeans, chipped sapphire, candied apple, iced spruce distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #582 colours

 hello stampers!

Our latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches is an interesting palette of colours put together by Deborah.  I immediately thought of flowers but wanted to change it up a bit :)

The background was watercoloured, embossed then mounted behind the front panel with foam tape. The cog flowers and stems were die cut from ink smooshed card. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and mounted with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by - we'd love to have you join in the fun and put your card in our gallery.

• dies: Trinity Stamps bitty tags, Hero Arts infinity rectangles, Gummiapan cogs
• stamps: Gummiapan sentiment
• embossing folder: Sizzix mini foundry
• inks: picked raspberry, seedless preserves, mowed lawn, evergreen bough distress oxides

one little baby

 hello stampers!

I saw the gorgeous sketch at freshlymadesketches this week and had to join in! I was in need of a baby card and thought this sketch provided the perfect design. I love baby cards with earthy colours, and of course the purity of white :)

The kraft panel was die cut then embossed with a 'mountains' design. The sweet Gummiapan toy animals were die cut, ink blended, layered twice then adhered to die cut hexagons, positioning them backed with lush leaves. One of my favourite sentiments was stamped on 2 die cut tags, linked with a little twine and adhered.

Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with me today!

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #581 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Joanne. Such an interesting sketch, which looks more tricky than it is - just start with a focal point at the star!

The background was cut from a soft watercoloured panel, then the circle was die cut from it. A branch was adhered behind the panel, which was popped up on foam squares. The birdies and branches were die cut from ink smooshed card and adhered. Sentiment was stamped and die cut and finished with a die cut heart from the birdie card panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Hero Arts infinity circles, Gummiapan branches, heart, MFT skinny strips, Poppy stamps whittle birds
• stamps: Penny Black grown with love
• inks: abandoned coral, kitsch flamingo, black soot, chipped sapphire, stormy sky distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #580 colours

 hello stampers!

We have a new colours challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches which is a palette of colours put together by Joanne. I thought such a bold colour combination would look great in a simple layout!

On a square card panel, I adhered the stitched square die cuts, then layered the die cut sentiment over the top. Tiny flowers and butterflies were also die cut from the coordinating colours and adhered.

Thanks so much for stopping by - we'd love to see your card in our gallery.

• dies: Dress My Craft stitched squares, Lawn Fawn happy birthday line border, Gummiapan flowers, butterflies
• inks: prize ribbon distress oxide

be mine

 hello crafters!

I saw the latest challenge at inkspirational where they ask for us to use stencils and as an optional twist, plaid! I don't know about you but when I think of plaid I always think of wooly jumpers and scarves - the hand knitted kind. I may be way off track, but I went with it anyway :) I'm also joining in with the ladies at just add ink where they also ask for stencils and/or die cuts. 

The background was die cut from an ink blended panel with Hero Arts infinity rectangles, then stencilled with Stamperia lines. Over the top, a hearts stencil from Simon Hurley was used with Versamark and heat embossed with white. The MFT little sheep was stamped, die cut and paper pieced with plaid wool :) The Gummiapan llama was stamped, die cut and the scarf was paper pieced with the same plaid.  Don't they make an adorable couple? I couldn't resist sticking with the wooly theme and using the MFT sentiment from the same set.

Thanks for stopping by today and spending some time with me!

   

happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I came across the just add ink challenge which I haven't entered before I don't think. They have a great sketch challenge this week, so thought I'd join in!

I used a paper piece of wood texture from my stash which was black and white, so I ink blended it with a grey blue. A square was made up from 1" die cuts of design paper, which were adhered together then embossed with a random circle embossing folder to make it look like quilting. The circle theme was echoed with the die cut word circles and chocolate brown circle. Lastly I added little die cuts from my stash and stamped a sentiment to match.

Thanks for stopping by today :)

happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I'm trying to build up my stash of cards, so I've decided to join in a couple challenges on a more regular basis. One I've recently joined in with is colorhues challenge - a great challenge using 2 colours, but I can leave my typical CAS style behind if I choose :)  The colours this fortnight are peach and teal.

The whole card was made using just the 2 colours. Ink smooshing gives lovely variations of the colours! The background was splattered, then the stamps were die cut from ink smooshed card, with the border stacked 3 times for dimension. The tiny MFT and Spellbinders leaf and sprig dies were die cut from ink smooshed card and adhered. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and popped up on foam squares.

Thanks for spending some time with me today :)

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #579 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Amanda. She wants you to put a shape off the edge at the top and the bottom! Of course I couldn't go the easy route and chose to flip the sketch to landscape so the images went off the left and the right!

I used a favourite die with a cityscape and watercoloured the individual buildings, masking the ones on either side. The little trees were die cut and ink blended. Sentiment was die cut from watercoloured card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Kaisercraft buildings, Gummiapan trees, sentiment, Hero Arts infinity rectangles
• inks: lots! :) antique linen, bundled sage, tea dye, rustic wilderness, milled lavender, scattered straw, stormy sky, tumbled glass, hickory smoke distress oxides

love

 hello stampers

I'm joining in today with a couple of challenges: the Color Hues challenge has the colours red and pink and Timeout challenges have a 'pick 2' theme. I picked red, pink, heart, and aperture.

I used some tiny fimo hearts which come in red, pink and white, and couldn't resist making a shaker card! Some bold red and white striped paper was die cut for the surround, while the sentiment was die cut in white, stacked twice and adhered over the top. The tiny flowers and butterfly were die cut from matching pink card.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today!

   

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #578 colours

 hello stampers!

Our latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches  is a gorgeous palette of colours put together by Amanda. It reminded me of the sea so I used a favourite sailboat die. 

The waves were stencilled and the sentiment stamped with the same ink. The sailboat was die cut twice, and paper pieced with the sails, then popped up on foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by - we'd love to see your card in our gallery.

• dies: Gummiapan compass, sailboat, MFT skinny strips, Hero Arts infinity rectangles
• stamps: Stampendous birthday splash sentiment
• stencil: scrap matts ST 9074
• inks: SU soft sea foam, uncharted mariner, pine needles distress oxides

hello lovely

 Hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with 2 challenges - both request using blue hues. My favourite colours, I seem to make quite a few blue cards! Inkspirational challenges has a 'shades of blue' theme and color hues has the colours 'blue and white'.

I wanted to use a new stencil I got from Stamperia - I am so fascinated by the golden spiral and its beautiful form. The background was watercoloured, then stencilled using texture paste, and the edges ink blended. The die cuts were all stamped or ink blended with shades of blue with the seahorse and jellyfish given a sparkle with wink of Stella. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

   

• dies: Gummiapan seahorse, jellyfish, Hero Arts infinity rectangles, MFT skinny strips, Paper Rose little branches
• stamps: Darkroom Door seaside inchies, Honey Bee Stamps bitty buzzwords
• stencil: Stamperia golden spiral
• inks: stormy sky, faded jeans, prize ribbon, chipped sapphire, blueprint sketch distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #577 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Nancy. So lovely and CAS, so don't forget to leave all that gorgeous white space!

I used a stencil for the stripes - the lines of writing fitted the sketch perfectly! The little cotton branch was die cut twice for depth, and the sentiment was stamped, fussy cut and adhered with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: MFT infinity rectangles
• stamps: Altenew under the cherry blossom tree
• inks: stormy sky distress oxide
• stencil: Stamperia handwriting

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #576 colours

hello crafters!

Welcome back to our first challenge of the year. Hope you had a lovely holiday season and a happy new year! Our first colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches was put together by Nancy.

I decided to make the background white to show off the colours in our palette. A white background gives a beautiful clean look, and lets the chosen colours jump off the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by - we'd love to see your card in our gallery.

• dies: Kaisercraft buildings, Gummiapan trees, buildings, Paper Rose birdie, MFT clouds
• stamps: Honey Bee stamps bitty buzzwords
• inks: black soot, chipped sapphire distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #575 seasonal

 hello crafters!

To celebrate this month's festivities, we have a seasonal challenge at CAS colours and sketches. The challenge will go for 3 weeks (till 29 Dec) so you'll have time to make all those christmas and holiday cards and show us in the gallery! 

You'll need to go back to our challenges from this year and choose one you like - either sketch or colours - and make a seasonal card based on the prompt. Make sure to let us know which challenge you've based your card on!

I chose challenge #560 designed by Laura. I love making square cards and this design really lends itself to so many possibilities. I used some design paper to die cut squares and lined then up on a die cut white square card panel. The little trees were die cut, subtly ink blended and adhered. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed for a bit of bling, then it was die cut as a tag. I also die cut a couple more of those teeny stars to put on the tree.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery! Hope you have a lovely christmas time with friends and family. See you in the new year on 6 Jan with our new challenge!  

     


• dies: Gummiapan tag with a star, trees, Hero Arts infinity squares
• inks: lumberjack plaid, lost shadow distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #574 sketch

hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was proposed by Deborah. A beautiful CAS design, so don't forget to leave all that gorgeous white space!

The trees were stamped using a little stamp and just moving the card with repeated stamping to create the row of trees in the required shape. Then touched up with a little ink blending around the edge. The little houses were die cut from stamped card in log cabin colours! How much do I feel like a holiday right now? A little place in the woods away from civilisation would be perfect!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Gummiapan houses, MFT skinny strips
• stamps: Paper Rose tiny forest, Taylored Expressions simple strips snarky
• inks: rustic wilderness, ground espresso, dried marigold, vintage photo distress oxides

why

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the sisterhood at snarkystampers where their challenge is D is for Drink.

I haven't used this Gummiapan stamp before even though it's been lurking in my little stamp box for a while. Who knew it would be so hard to find an excuse to make a card with a drink? Well thankfully the sisters have come to my (and the stamp's) rescue so it finally got inked! Actually it was stamped on a piece of reverse stencilled card which also has been in my stash for aaages. So...it's been a good day for new old things :)  On that note I'll have to also post this one to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Sending hugs Darnell!

Thanks for stopping by!