thanks

 hello lovely stampers!

I'm joining in today with a couple of challenges that go so well together. The talented teams at color throwdown have kraft, white and green this week, while the paper players have a tictactoe challenge. I chose the top row across: flowers, green, embossing.

I tried out the technique inking the embossing folder before running it through, so you get the colour in just the background. It works a treat with this 3D embossing folder - Altenew beautiful bergenia. I used a brayer to spread bundled sage distress oxide over half the folder. The edges of the embossed panel were also gently inked in the same colour. The Altenew fancy thanks die was die cut twice and stacked. The mini butterflies from memory box were finished with a few gems. Love this colour combo!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

  

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #517 colours

hello stampers!

It's time for the colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Sue has proposed 3 colours reminiscent of Autumn leaves.

I couldn't resist adding a couple of my favourite stamped leaves. I tried to use 2 colours on the stamping to get a little variation, which works quite well when you're after the autumn leaf effect. After adhering the leaves to the panel, the other die cuts were arranged on top. The sentiment was die cut twice and just slightly offset to show the background colour.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery! Don't forget to check out our guestie Tristan's blog!

• dies: Alexandra Renke outline stars, word circle, filmstrips, paper rose arrows, honeybee bitty buzzwords
• inks: vintage photo, wild honey, antique linen, aged mahogany
• stamps: SU loyal leaves

always be yourself

 hello stampers!

I had some time today on a rainy Sunday afternoon so I made a card for justusgirls challenge #689 where it's CAS week with the theme 'three of something'.

I've had these Gummiapan penguin dies for a little while but hadn't used them before today - so cute! I paired them with some MFT iceberg dies and some salty ocean and tumbled glass distress oxide ink smooshed background card. Sentiment was computer generated. 

I'm also linking this one up to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Sending hugs Darnell!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

tictactoe challenge #218

  hello lovely stampers!

I'm so happy to be guest designer over at tictactoe challenge #218 this week! Once again a terrific board has been proposed with some nice and simple elements - can't wait to see your design in the gallery!

I found the option for 'any colour' interesting and decided to do a monochromatic card using not just any colour but just 1 colour! So I choose middle row across: any colour, free, sentiment.

The background was ink smooshed then stamped, stencilled and the edges blended all using the same ink. The die cuts are all black, white or ink blended. The little birdie was fussy cut and gently watercoloured using the same ink. I find it amazing that you can get so many variations in colour from just 1 ink pad - I think the distress oxides are awesome in this regard. The sentiment was clear heat embossed for shine.

Thanks so much for joining me today. The tttc team have made some awesome cards as inspiration - we'd love to see your creation in the gallery!

• dies: Alexandra Renke word circle, slide frame vertical, edge cutting strips, paper rose arrows
• stamps: darkroom door garden birds, kaisercraft script, honeybee bitty buzzwords, lavinia willow
• inks: evergreen bough distress oxide, versafine clair nocturne, memento tuxedo black
• stencils: lavinia pebble

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #516 sketch

hello stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Jeanne has a sketch perfect for CAS creations!

The background was stencilled just along the vertical stripe loosely, then stamped with the mini seed head in second generation. I used some design paper for all the coloured die cuts. The butterfly was edged in ink and adhered with foam squares. The happy birthday sentiment was die cut, stamped and white heat embossed.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to check out our guestie Tristan's blog, and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: Tim Holtz brushstroke butterfly, Alexandra Renke leaf clusters, square, MFT skinny strips, paper rose tiny arrows
• inks: salvaged patina, chipped sapphire distress oxide
• stamps: gummiapan happy birthday, Lavinia mini seed head, honeybee bitty buzzwords
• stencils: aallandcreate lotza squares