HSL Watercolour - Anything Goes

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Happy Little Stampers we begin a new monthly Watercolour challenge - Anything Goes we only ask for you to create with watercolours.  Please pop ove rto the blog for more details and to see the inpiration created by the design team.

For my desing team entry above, I first created the watercolour background by adding 3 Distress Inks onto a rectangle acrylic stamping block, spritzing with water then stamping it onto white card. I heat set it, then stamped with Versafine Black the stamp from Inkylicious - Fairy Toadstool 1. When dry I painted with Rusty Hinge to colour the toadstool.  Added a few black gems and a stamped sentiment. I look forward to seeing your watercolour entry. Stay safe and take care. 

Christmas Stockings

 

Hello, thanks for popping by. Today begins a new monthly challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges.  Heather form the DT, has chosen #128 Christmas Stockings.  For more details and to see the inspiration by the DT please pop over to the blog. For my own card, I made a 5x7" white card, I created a double mat with silver mirri and white card. The background is from a sheet in my Christmas papers stash. I stamped 3 of the stockings with a stamp I have had forever by Debbie Moore. I have heat embossed each stamp with either red, green or gold, then painted two of them.  Have fun, please stay safe. 

Fun Folds

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Make My Monday we begin a new challenge. Sue has chosen #156 Fun Folds. For more details please visit the blog where you will also see the inspiration from the design team. 

For my card, I found on Pinterest, a great place to visit for inspiration, a tutorial for a 'W' Card.  It took me a while to make it, but I am pleased in the end. Materials used are- 5.75 white card. Black and pink card. The printed paper is from a Papercraft Factory CD. Stamps inside are by Craftwork Cards - Fashionista, the girls on the front are by Crafter's Companion Frou Frou design - Two Of A Kind. The girls have been coloured with pencils and Promarkers, then fussy cut, adhered to a die cut pink oval. The sentiment is also a die cut. I hope you enjoy looking at the team's Fancy Folds and see something to inpire you. Stay safe and take care. xx

Embossing -Any type

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at MTTCC - My Time To Craft Christmas. 

The challenge for the next two weeks is # 17 Embossing of any type. For more details please visit the blog where you can also check out the wonderful design team inspiration. 

For my card - I used a 7 x 5 in. using it in landscape orientation.  I coloured the background by swooshing several Distress Inks, when dried, I then stamped the Woodware Frosted Baubles stamp with Versafine black ink, I used clear embossing powder, then heat set the sheet. I painted further DIs in places to highlight certain areas. This was mounted onto black card. The small section on the left side of the card are 3 strips of the same background card to add more interest. Finally I added die cut a Christmas sentiment.

K is for Kindness in the sentiment

 Hello everyone, welcome. Today we begin a new challenge in Alphabet Challenges. For the letter K - we have - 'Kindness' to be used in the sentiment. For more details and to see the inspiration from the design team, please pop over to the blog.

For my card, I used a 6" sq white card, Pink and white 220gsm card. Die cuts  of flowers and leaves. The sentiment is computer generated onto pink card, layered onto white and pink card. I added lots of beautiful pink gems to the flowers and the card.  (Sorry the photo is out of focus).

National Dog Day

Hello, welcome to my blog, thanks for your visit. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Lynda on the design team has chosen for #154 National Dogs Day which is today 26th August. We would like to see any dog card, or other papercraft project. For more details please pop over to the blog, where you will also find the inspirational cards by the design team. 

My round card is from Kanban. All the papers are from my stash. The dog stamp was from Little Claire stamps, sadly no longer in business. I paper pieced the dog, die cut the butterfly and coloured the umbrella with Promarkers.  I hope you enjoy the challenge. Stay safe. 

 

Things with Tails

 

Hello, thanks for your visit. I hope you are well and staying safe. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. I have chosen #278 Things with Tails, the design team have some wonderful creations to inspire you, there are lots of things with tails to choose from. Pop over to the blog for more details.

For my card, all of the lightweight card is from a 12" pad from The Works, I love these pads, they are so versatile and are fabulous value. The cat stamps and sentiments were with a Making Cards magazine from way back in June 2018, I've never used the stamps before, I forgot I had them. So much stash, I often wonder if I am addicted to craft or addicted to buying craft stash. How about you?

Anything BUT a Card

Hello, today we begin a new two weekly challenge at Make My Monday.  Mary V has chosen #155 Anything But a Card. For further information and to see the inspiration from the design team, please pop over to the blog.  As soon as I saw no card, I thought Scrapbooking, a favourite of mine. The title 'Beach' was made with Alphabet stamps and a set of See D alphabet stamps. The background is Bazzil card, chosen to tone with the seaweed paper and aqua papers. I stamped a boat on the tag which explains the interest in the strange piece of seaweed, which looked as though it had teeth.  I added further shells by cutting them form a scrapbook page. For additional interest the young boy is one of my grandsons, this is an old photo of a while ago now but it brings back so many memories on a scrapbook page. Take care, I hope you enjoy doing something different from a card.  Stay safe. 

Monochromatic

Hello, thanks for your visit. I do appreciate you taking the time to pop into my blog. Today we begin a new monthly challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.  Tammy has chosen for #143 Monochromatic.

Please pop over to the blog for details and to see the inspiration from the design team.

For my card, I have coloured with Promarkers a sheet from a Craftworks pad Colour with Candi. I did add a few blue card candi and a few blue and pearl gems.  I blended around the edges with DI Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire. I matted onto white card, added to the main card with 3d foam pads for dimension. Happy crafting. Stay safe. 

 

Off the Page

 

Hello again, my second post today. Over at My Time to Craft Christmas (MTTCC)  a new challenge begins today, #16 Off The Page. For more details and to see the wonderful inspiration from the design team please pop over to the blog.

For my card I was inspired by a card from a magazine - Simply Cards and Papercraft #210. The stamps and dies were included with the magazine. I usded a green sheet of paper sprayed with a gree mica paint to be the first mat, then a sheet of red card.  On a piece of hammered card, with the assistance of my Stamp Press I stamped the leaves, using two green Distress Inks, and the sentiment with Versafine black ink. I then stamped and die cut the baubles, the bows and the berries. Adding them all to the page with either PVA glue or foam pads.  I hope you enjoy the challenge, happy crafting. 

Just One Word

 

Hello, today begins a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges. I have chosen for the letter J -                Just One Word.  For more details and to see the inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog. 

For my card, the papers are all from a paper pad from The Works - Soft Romance. I used a 'thanks' die and leaves and flowers from Hunkydory Moonstone dies. Sparkly gems added to the flowers and edges of the card.  Happy craftinga and stay safe. 

Texture

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Misti has chosen #153 Texture. For more details and to see the inspiration from the design team please pop over to the blog.

For my card, I amimed for several forms of texture. I first randomly stamped onto Kraft card a crazy pavement pattern from Creative Expressions. Blended the edges with Walnut Stain and Gatherd Twigs. The next layer is a piece of cardboard, with the fine paper layer stripped to expose the corrugated card. The next layer is a die cut oval, embossed with small dots. The main image stamped is by Crafter's Companion -- Fairy Magic. I coloured with Promarkers and added touches of Tooli-Art glitter pens. Added a small dragonfly charm, 3 blue gemstones, raffia bow and a stamped greeting. I look forward to seeing your take on 'Texture'. Happy crafting and stay safe. 

Age is Just a Number!

 

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Hello, thanks for popping by. today at Cardz 4 Guyz we begin a new challenge. Julie has chosen for 

#277 Age is Just a Number!  For more details and to see the design team's inspiration please pop over to the blog. 

For my card, I have made a small slimline card. Red card for the mat. I stamped the wine glass from a set of stamps - Fruity Fun by Hunkydory Stamps which came with the Creative Stamping #98 magazine.  I used two red Promakers for the wine.  The remainder being stamps from my stash. The white insert follows on from the "So What?" on the front of the card. I was inspired by something similar I spyed on Pinterest. 

A Sketch at MTTC

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at My Time To Craft.   For the next two weeks we have for you to make  a card following the Sketch provided. Please visit the blog for more details, to see the sketch and the wonderful inspiration from the design team.

For my card I followed the  orientation of the sketch as presented. A strip of pink card. A strip of very pretty fancy card from my stash. 3 circles punched with a Woodware punched out of  the same pink card as the backing card. Butterflies stamped with Versafine Clair Charming Pink onto patterned blue card. Die cut the butterflies. The stamp and die cut butterfly are a little set from The Works. The sentiment backed onto the pink card, is from my stash.

HLS Christmas Anything Goes + Optional Wonderland

 

Hello welcome to my blog, today we begin the August challenge at Happy Little Stampers - Christmas. the challenge for this month is Anything Goes + optional - Wonderland.

For more details please visit the blog, where you will also see the inspiration from the design team. 

For my 6" sq card, I blended several blue colours of Distress Inks, around a mask for the moon.  I used stamps from a set with the Creative Stamping #90 magazine. Later coloured with Promarkers, a glitter glue pens and Diamond Frost glitter.  Enjoy your crafting, I hope to see you entering the challenge. 

A Slimline Card

 Hello and weldcome to my blog. Today at Make My Monday we begin a new challenge, Wei has chosen #154 A Slimline Card. They have become the latest revival in the craft world.  for details please go to the blog, where you will also see the inspiration from the design team. 

For my card, I was inspired by a card in the Creative Stamping #98 magazine. I used a selection of Distress Inks, Versaclair and Promarker alcohol pens to colour the card and main image. The stamps are from the Hunkydory stamps - Fruity Fun, with the magazine.  A die cut oval holds the main image, added with 3d foam pads. Hope you are well, stay safe and enjoy your crafting, 

Christmas Music

 

Hello, thanks for popping by. Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges, this is a monthly challenge. For August our challenge is #127 Christmas Music. For more details and to see the inpiration from the design team, please pop over to the blog. 

For my card, a 6" white card, I used Kraft card to emboss a music sheet, not being, in any way a music reader, I haven't a clue as to what the music is, but like me, let's pretend it is a sheet of Christmas music. The stamp is definely suitable for the challenge, the Christmas chior is by LOTV.  I coloured with Promarkers, die cut an oval shape and used Vintage photo to soften the white card. Joy to the World  from my Christmas stash is my chosen sentiment.