Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box Spring add on Easter card

 

Hello everyone and I hope you had a lovely Easter. We had a joint celebration for my youngest son's birthday and Easter Sunday so it was a bit hectic with the whole family and 2 young dogs added into the mix!

I'm pleased to say we're ready for another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More and this time we are looking for cards to celebrate any occasion.

I went for Easter and made this country cottage card for my 5-year-old Granddaughter, Alice

I'm really getting into dies at the moment and had fun mixing a couple of Lawn Fawn Die sets ( The Scalloped Treat Box and Spring House Add-Ons), along with a very old grass die. I cut all the dies, apart from the roof and bunny, in white off-cuts and coloured them with Copics.

 

I made the sentiment in Word and added it to a little banner.

You'll find lots of inspiration over on the ATSM blog and you can enter your project there too!

I'd like to play along at

Unicorn Challenge #86 - add an animal

Dream Valley Challenge #292 - a four-legged friend

Lawn Fanatics Challenge #147 - Country or City scene

The Cutie Pie Challenge #181 - - Bunnies and blooms -

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Inkylicious and Papertrey Ink Lovely Hello multi occasion card.

Hello everyone and I hope you all continue to be well and as happy as you can be under all the weird circumstances. I'd like to welcome you to another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

and this time we have this fabulous inspiration photo for you.

I came up with this card using a watery theme with all the lovely blues and greens.

I used an emboss resist technique for the background and embossed the Inkylicious shells before blending oxide ink over the top.

I cut a circle from a 6 x 6-inch card and then used a We R Memory Keepers embossing folder to give the card some texture with a bit of a watery feel and reminiscent of the middle right picture of the hair.

The Seagull came from an MFT stamp set and the wheel and anchor were magazine freebies that I cut 4 of and stacked.

I added an NBUS sentiment from Papertrey Ink which is pretty general and makes the card useful for lots of occasions depending on what I stamp inside, and finished by scattering some of the little dots that fell from the die cuts.

You will find lots of inspiration over on the ATSM blog and I hope it all inspires you to join in with us this time.

Stay safe, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink and Inkylicious Galaxy graduation/ celebration card

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time we have a wonderful set of photos to inspire you and I can't wait to see what you come up with.

I came up with this galaxy card which uses a favourite ink blending technique

I created the galaxy background using a variety of colours of distress oxide inks and spattered some water over it. Once it was dry, I used a circle stencil and sponged white pigment ink through to create the moon. I had to do this a few times to cover up the dark background but leave some colour showing so it didn't look too stark.

Once the moon was dry, I stamped an Inkylicious moon stamp over the top with blue ink. A white embossed Papertrey Ink sentiment and some paint spatters finished it off. I thought this would be a good masculine or unisex card and I can personalise the occasion by adding a congratulations/graduation/new job greeting on the inside.

I hope you will drop by the ATSM blog to see some great inspiration from my team buddies and you can link up your entry to the gallery over there.

I'd like to play along at

Sweet Stampin' Challenge- spaced out

Fab'n' funky challenges #439 - anything goes

A Place to Start Challenge May 2019 - a favourite technique galaxy background

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Inkylicious Sea View and MFT masculine birthday card

Hello everyone and welcome back to another challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time we have our Make Your Mark Challenge, so you can pull out your markers, paints, pencils etc and show us your hand coloured creations.

I used an Inkylicious stamp called Sea View, and some seagulls from a Hero Arts stamp set, to make a masculine birthday card. This image reminds me of a tv show I used to watch with my Mum when I was younger, called the Onedin Line. We used to settle down on a Sunday evening and I still love the theme tune which is played on the radio from time to time.

I coloured it with Crafter's Companion Sparkle Pens which I scribbled onto a tile and then picked up with a water brush, and when it was dry, I went over some areas with Polychromo pencils.

The frame was made with a My Favorite Things arched frame die and the sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers Mix Mash stamp set.

You can see the fabulous marks the DT made over on the ASTM blog, and I can't wait to see what you come up with this time.

I'd like to play along at

Stamping Sensations September Challenge - something beginning with B - birds, boat and blue

AAA Cards CAS #125  - inspired by a tv show

Sparkles Forum Challenge #108 -  - use dies or punches

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Tim Holtz Santa's Sleigh Christmas card

Hello there, and welcome to the July Christmas Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. We are an anything goes challenge but each month we have an optional twist and this time we have Santa!

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

I used the twist this time and came up with this card

1) Take a square of watercolour card and mask off a moon shape. Create a background wash using Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens in cobalt, iris and arctic. Spatter on some water and dab it off to create some stars.

2) Remove the mask and stamp the moon with the Inkylicious Cloudy Moon stamp using pale grey ink. This shows up well on the moon but is lost on the background, so stamp it again with white pigment ink.

3) Use the Inkylicious cloud stencil and sponge through it with white ink to create clouds.

4) Die cut the Clearly Besotted Cityscape die twice from black card and adhere it to the bottom of the card.

5) Die cut the Santa Sleigh from Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits set in black card, and emboss it to give it a little dimension. I wanted to put some white highlights on the sleigh to imply some reflected moonlight but my white gel pen had dried up again grrr - so I die cut it again in white card and offset it behind the black sleigh. Raise the sleigh on some thin foam tape and adhere to the card.

6) Mat the panel onto black card and adhere to the base card.

The HLS blog has lots of inspiration from the team and I hope you will join us this time.

I'd like to play at

Craftaholics R Us challenge #27 - any holiday card

Little Red Wagon Challenge #453 - Christmas in July

The Merry Christmas Challenge #26 - anything Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #32 - anything Christmas

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x