HLS Watercolour Challenge - March

 

Hello everyone, thanks for your visit. Today a new challenge begins at Happy Little Stampers

 (HLS) Watercolour Challenge, Anything Goes with watercolours. Please check the blog for details and to see the wonderful inspiration by the design team. 

My card has a black card mat, a lightly coloured green background. Cosmos Flowers stamp by Woodware Stamps. The flowers were stamped and heat embossed with fine detail white powder.  Then coloured using Zig Colour watercolour pens. The sentiment is from my stash. An organza ribbon added.  Fine line around the edge of the card. Please stay safe and enjoy your crafting. 

X is for X-tra Folds

 

Hello again, I hope all is well for you and yours. Thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new two weekly challenge at Alphabet Challenges.   We have for X - Debbie has chosen X-tra Folds.  Please visit the blog for details and to see the inspiration of the design team.  This is my first Double Z card, which was interesting to make, I will be making more in the future. It is interesting to try new ideas or even to refresh your skills, this is why I enjoy challenges so much, I do like to be challenged, I find it inspiring. For my card,I followed instructions for the double Z card on You Tube, lots can also be found on Pinterest.  I used papers and images from a paper kit by The Paper Tree - Forest Tales. Stay safe.

Christmas Flowers

 

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today at My TIme To Craft Christmas (MTTCC) our new challenge is a pretty idea -# 4  Christmas Flowers. Please check the blog for details and to see my fellow DT buddies inspiration.  The background papers are from my Christmas stash. The Decoupage stamp of the Christmas Rose with the sentiment is by Imagination Crafts. I have had this for years. I love decoupaging with stamps and I have several different stamps in the Decoupage range.  The decoupage panel consists of 4 layers, I could have had at least 5 but must keep in mind postage etc. The berries in red have a layer of Glossy Accents. The remainder of the panel is coloured with Promarkers.  I look forward to visiting your blogs to see your Christmas Flowers entries. Stay safe and keep crafting, 

Mother's Day (UK) or For a Special Lady

 Hello everyone, I hope you are staying safe and well, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at Card 4 Galz- I have chosen #141 Mother's Day (UK March 14th) or For a Special Lady.  Please visit the blog for further details and to see the inspiration created by the design team.My card is For a Special Lady - a small card measuring 6 x 4 in. I die cut an oval in the centre and die cut a piece of black card. Stamped the greeting  and heat embossed with white detail powder on the black oval. This I glued below the aperture on the white card. I stamped and heat embossed two flower heads from a stamp set  by Pink Frog Crafts - Chrysanthemums. (No pun intended on the mums).  I watercoloured with Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade, using a Red Zig Colour pen for the contrast. After being fussy cut I added them to the two opposite ends of the card. Thanks again, take care. 

Thinking of You for Guyz

 

Hello, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz.  #265 Thinking of You.  Please pop over to the blog for details and to see the inspiration created by the design team.  For my card I have kept it simple.  I used a dark blue card for the background mat.  The stamp of a tree by the waterside with the small rowing boat is by Inkylicious, I do like their stamps and their business, very prompt with deliveries. I am not advertising them, only praising them.  Back to my card. I coloured around the tree with Distress Inks blended with finger daubers. The tree and boat were painted with Zig Colour waterbrush pens. The sentiment was with a stamp set in a magazine.  Stay safe and well.

A Tag at MTTC

 

Hello, welcome to my blog, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at My Time to Craft  our challenge for the next two weeks is 'A Tag' Why don't you check the blog for details and see my fellow DT buddies inspiration.  I coloured my tag blending Distress Inks onto the tag. Using Sepia Archival Ink I stamped the grasses stamp from Chocolate Baroque -Eastern Grasses. The small dragonflies are punches on sparkly paper. The flower was also made using a set of flower punches. I love the additional wording, so apt at this time in our lives. I hope you are all well and please stay safe. 

Emergency Services

 

Hello again, today we see a new challenge at Make My Monday, Dawn has chosen for #142 Emergency Services, we are looking forward to your creations. please pop over to the blog to see the details and for you to see the creations made to inspire you by the design team. Thanks to the team for this.

I have made two cards, one of the police and the other of firefighters. They are both decoupaged. All images on the image panel are from a CD-Rom 'The Best of La Pashe' 2012 - yes, an old CD but I have always liked these two images, they are great fun. The background card is from a paper pad - Basic Vintage - from The Works.  All matted onto black cardstock.  Stay safe and keep crafting.