Favourite Technique

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Sparkles Monthly Challenges, Pamela has chosen for us,   #204 Your Favourite Challenge. This is going to be interesting, to see the amount of favourite challenges we may be seeing. To see the inspiration from our wonderful design team, please visit the blog. 

A few of our design team are on holiday, so I have added two of my favourite techniques. 

To begin the above is an example of a Triple Mat  Stamping Technique., there are instructions and ideas for this technique on both You Tube and Pinterest.

The stamps I used - Sweet Dixie - Lighthouse set. Tandastamps (no longer with us) Pirates set 2, Creative Expressions Travel set 1. Using Distress Inks, Stormy Sky, Salty Ocean and Broken China. 

Finally I added twine and a charm of a fish. 

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My additional technique is accepting a challenge, where I was able to decoupage on the project. This one was to make a card for a teenage boy interested in small cc motor bikes and Quad bikes. 

I made an easel card, the section holding the easel up is made to look like a road, with crystal stones added to light the way. Neither of the bikes are road bikes but if you won't tell, I can let my imagination carry on. The background, is of course corrugated card, from a box, messed up with TH Distress Walnut Stain ink and a page torn from an old road map book.  Both of the decoupaged bikes could have been from a Kanban sheet, I'm not sure, I bought a stack of decoupage sheets ages ago. I had fun making these two favourite technique cards, a little time to play away. I hope you enjoy playing too. 

Fall/Autumn Theme Colours

Hello, welcome to my blog,  today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. Billie A has chosen   #390 Fall/Autumn Theme Colour/Colours. To see the inspiration created by the wonderful design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a small card, approx. 4.5 sq. in. I stamped, in black, the images directly onto the card. The stamps are by Dare 2B Artzy - Tangle Leaves.I then stamped the leaves and acorns, with Black Versafine, onto a prepared sheet of blended Distress inks, using autumnal colours. I used clear embossing powder to emboss the images. Additional colour where need was added with Promarkers.They were then fussy cut, decoupaged above the orignal stamped image with foam pads. Finally the sentiment blended with autumnal Distress inks, was added. Have fun. 

Apples

 Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Make My Monday. Heather has chosen #286 Apples.To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a white card. I then began from the background card up through several layers to build up a collage effect, using die cut pieces from a Studio Light "Country Roads" paper pad set of two pads. I loved finding all the pieces for Apples, even Apple Pie. I hope you enjoy the challenge. 

Monochromatic

 Hello, welcome to my blog. today at Dragonfly Dreams, we begin our new monthly challenge. For September. Alyson  has chosen #204 Monochromatic. To see the creations from our design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a 7 x 5 inches Kraft card. I stamped with black ink from Woodware stamps -Cosmos Flowers. I used several tones of fawns - brown Promarker alcohol pens., to colour. I finally used a Sakura Gellly Roll #8 White pen to add  tips to the flowers. The sentiment is also from the same stamp. I added peach coloured pearl stones to embellish. 

 

J is for Just Kidding (a funny card)

 Hello, welcome ot my blog, sorry, still not got my photo editing sorted. Today we begin a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges. Veronika has chosen J is for Just Kidding (a funny card). To see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog.

I began with a white 6" card, I created the centre fold, then added gold Mirri card as the mat, followed by green and gold Mirri patterned  card. The topper added is from a Hunkydory Humour design kit . The topper says, Wow! Look at all of the shiny foil! You must be really special. Below on the strip it says - You mean so much to me - Just don't make a big deal of it, okay, I hope you enjoy making your funny card.

Interactive (Kinetic)anything

 

Hello welcome to my blog, sorry my photo editing is not being friendly with me at the moment. 
Today at Cardz 4 Galz we begin a new challenge , chosen by Jill. #284 Interactive/Kinetic, anything which has movement. To see the designs from the design team, please visit the blog. 

I began with a white 6" sq. card. I began by cutting off half of the front page. I added a light purple Adorable Scorable card, as a mat to the front piece and the back page of the card. I created the mechanism using the design and pieces from a Hunkydory Wonderful Waterfalls Kit. I used paper with small flowers from my stash. The sentiment was created using a Crafter's Companion die. Enjoy and I hope you have fun.If your stuck and would love to make a kinetic card, go to You tube for ideas and tutorials. 

#214 The Male Room -Dots and or Sripes

 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at The Male Room 

#214 Dots and or Stripes. To see inspiration from the design team please visit the blog. 

For my card, I began with a 7" sq. white card, I laid a dark blue card for the mat. The striped paper is from my stash. I created the ship in a bottle and fussy cut the anchor with additional shells, from Hunkydory Coastal Charm 8" paper pad ad a Little Book - Coastal Charm. The sentiments are die cuts and finally I added several pearls.