Ivy and Rose Buds

Welcome

I was asked to make a card by a gent who is marking an anniversary with his fiancee.

Believe it or not, I was actually inspired by this card by Cinderella, at least for the basic shape and floral theme!

The lady who will receive this is quite a 'practical' person, so I did not go for a lot of fuss... 

I started by embossing a frame 5mm in from the edges of the card front. Then stamped the 

leaves, which are a very old Hero Arts Stamp, using my new Catherine Pooler ink Grass Skirt 

(that I promised myself I would not open until I have reorganised my studio - oops)

I die cut the hearts and digit out of sparkle card, glued the layers together, and then cut a piece of thin corrugated card to the size of the large heart, but trimmed the sides back slightly before gluing that on, so I could fit the stems of the rosebuds under the edge.  

(I used that 'cover' to attach them, using glue dots) 

I used more glue dots to attach the lace bows over the end of the stems

The inside of the card was finished with a wee piece of washi tape.  The edge of the card front, and the white layer inside were wiped over the Delicata Golden Glitz ink pad.

The customer was very happy with the card - I will have to wait for a week or so to hear if the recipient likes it 

I am linking this to;

Crafty Catz Challenge #476 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar September Challenge #293 - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge #119 - Special Ocassion

Crafter's Castle September Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

A Place To Start September Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampiing Sensations September Challenge - Anything Goes with Flowers

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #117 - For a Lady /Girl

Pink Gem Challenge Week #19 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #406 - #407 - Anything Goes

A Simply Stamped Rose

Welcome

This is a rather CAS card, but I liked the outcome

I started with the snippet of paper that I mounted the rose on, and decided that it looked best over the pale green card.  

The Rose from Stamp Simply Thinking of You Rose  stamp and steel die set was stamped using markers on the stamp, and then cut using the matching steel die

The sentiment (from Montarga Stamps, a New Zealand firm) was embossed in silver.

I ran all the edges of the green panels over a Memento Cottage Ivy ink pad

The final detail were some random clear rhinestones on the feature panel, and a strip of them across the bottom of the card

I inside was kept simple with a wee piece of washi to match

I am linking this to:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built Challenge s2519 - Anything Goes

Imagine That CPC #9 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #601 - Sentimental

Creative Knockouts Challenge #317 - Anything Goes

Crafting With an Attitude Challenge 355 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #236 - Anything Goes + a Sentiment

Crafty Catz Challenge #476 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week 339 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #406-#407 - Anything Goes

A Rainbow of Daisies

Welcome

It's time for another challenge at Word Art Wednesday, and this week's freebie is a beautifully scripted verse from 1 Corinthians.

I deliberately printed it out fairly large to let it be easily read.  It was die cut with a Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Die, and layered over dark blue cardstock, the same as the card base. 

The background was a Daisy stencil and I started on the diagonal in the centre and blended my colours out from the red stripe, using blender brushes ( Yes, I do have some blender brushes as well as make up brushes)   Love how the colours blended and created intermediate colours too. 

The finishing touch was the ribbon treatment - the ribbon picks up the colours around it, which was perfect for this card.  It does not knot well, so the bow is held with a glue dot. 

I am linking this to:

Arty Diva's Challenge #5 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #103 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #84 - September - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1938 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stitch It

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #441 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #39 - Anything Goes

Cute n Crafty Challenge #32 - Anything Goes

Give a Man a Fishing Rod...

Welcome

We have several keen fishermen in the (wider) family, and I could not resist this die.

I cut the image from white card stock and water coloured it

The sky was sprayed with Lindy's spray, but it blotched, so I used my finger to sweep the ink from side to side and my background was created!  

You can just see the sparkle in the left of the photo below.

The water was a piece of mulberry paper torn across the top, and it had some silver florist wrap layered over it before gluing it to the base.  The 'hill' was also a piece of torn paper.

The sentiment was embossed with Platinum ep, and the clouds die cut, and lightly shaded at the bottom to mimic the shadows .

I used a bright yellow base for the card to intimate that it was a sunny day!

I finished the inside with a strip of fishy washi.

I am linking this to:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams September Challenge - Happy Birthday

Crafts Galore Encore September Challenge - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #100 - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #122 - For the Men in Your life

Pink Gem Challenge week #18 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1938 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #171 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

I used the centre horizontal line - Die cut, Stamp, Blue line. 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #404 - 405 - Anything Goes

Daisy, Daisy....

Welcome

And a very warm welcome to my newest follower Bonnie of Stamping with Klass.  I am honoured that she has followed me, as her work is amazing!! Please pop over and pay her a visit.

I made this card with the 'goodies' I won over at Pixies Snippets Playground -a set of stamps and dies from Newtons Nook, Dainty Dasies, and a Feeling Dotty stencil by Altenew

I stamped and die cut the daisy image - the stamps gave a clear impression first time, and the die cut like a hot knife through butter - and then painted them with some watercolours - from a sample sheet of Daniel Smith Watercolours, sent to me by the wonderful Libby Hickson of  

Libby's Little Addiction

I then cut two masks, one of the daisies, of which I used the positive, and one of an oval, which I used the negative of,  placed them on the card where I wanted them to go, then applied iridescent medium though the stencil - and when I was happy with the result (shhh, second time around) I left it to dry overnight!! 

I mounted the daisies over the background on foam squares after trimming the panel a wee bit, and added a narrow border of lace down one side

The sentiment was also in the stamp set, and stamped then die cut with a S/B double ended tag die.

The inside was decorated with a narrow strip of gold Washi

I am linking this to: 

Crafty Creations Challenge #398 - Anything Goes

The Mod Squad Challenge - Stenciled Background

Lavinia World Challenge #9 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too September Challenge #153 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede Challenge #364 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Craft Challenge Week #38 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week #37- Anything Goes with Colouring

Brown Sugar Challenge #293, September - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge #316 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #404 - 405 - Anything Goes

Newsprint, Flowers and a Butterfly

Welcome

This card started as a  cream, trifold, pre-cut I was given.. I had sprayed a Lindy's Spray called Sweet Violet, Purple and Teal over the base, and was not happy with it initially, so it was put to one side for a week or two...

When I picked it up again I stamped the panel behind the oval with a newsprint stamp I won recently from a N.Z, store, Three Buttons,  It is from a set by Jilli Bean called Butterfly dictionary.

 

The sentiment was stamped and embossed with Renaissance Red ep.

The butterfly was made from a piece of silver patterned deep red paper glued over a firmer paper and then cut using an older  Marianne die, and embellished with some clear rhinestones.

I raided my various packets of flowers and came up with this combination of various one layered and held with a jewelled brad

This was tailor-made for a family member who loves butterflies.  

I am linking this to:

International Art and Soul Challenge #67 - Things with Wings

Norsalten Hobbyklubb Challenge #174 - Use Dies

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #177 - For a Lady or Girl

The Paper Girls Challenge #184 - Anything Goes

Sognandoscrap (Dreaming of Scrap) Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge # 475 - Anything Goes (Opt Thank you card)

The Card Concept Challenge #119 - Beautiful Butterflies

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #38 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #38 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #404 405 - Anything Goes

Number it!

Welcome

This card was made for a man who plays a lot of Sudoku...

I started with a print off of some Sudoku games from the internet.  The way the games printed I ended up with a gap between two of the games, but by trimming the printed paper carefully, it meant that I had a spot for the greeting.

The sentiment was embossed in white on a snippet of red cardstock, hand trimmed into a banner shape and then mounted, offset over a scrap of black.

The white layers of the card were sponged with red ink.

I kept the inside simple with a piece of striped washi tape.

I am linking this to: 

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #361 - Anything Goes using a Snippet

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #122 - For Men in Your Life

(my Brother in Law)

Dragon Fly Dreams September Challenge - Happy Birthday

2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge #31 - Something Beginning with S

(Sudoku)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1937 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodle Challenge Week #37 - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - M is for Masculine

A Gem of A Challenge Week #18 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #404-405 - Anything Goes

Rhubarb and Butterflies

Welcome

This is very much a card made from scraps - all in the cause of tidying my desk... 

I chose four pieces of paper that coordinated and adhered them to copy paper, sponged the edges with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink, then adhered that to the card base (that also had the edges sponged with the same ink), and  stamped the quote about the butterfly,  again using Rhubarb Stalk ink.

The butterflies were stickers from my stash that have hovered around my desk for longer than I care to admit. 

That, and the greeting stamped in the same ink, were both magazine freebies.  

I finished the inside with a butterfly from the same set of freebies in the same ink, and added a tab of washi tape and called the card finished.

I am linking this to:

The Card Concept Challenge #119 - Beautiful Butterflies - Freestyle Collage

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - Anything Starting With B

Crafty Creations Challenge #398 - Anything Goes

Crafting By Design September Challenge - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #37 - Anything Goes

Arty Diva's Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #102 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams September Challenge - Happy Birthday

Word Art Wednesday Challenge, Weeks #404 - 405 - Anything Goes

Angel Wings

Welcome

This week's card for Word Art Wednesday, features the digital freebie that is currently available on the site,  It is from Psalm 91:11.  

As soon as I saw it I thought of wings, knowing I had a die of wings, and a set of stamps...

I had in mind a certain gentleman from our congregation who is currently in hospital, so this influenced my design to be fairly CAS.

I die cut the wings above the scripture panel from vellum, using the Spellbinders Die D-lites, Wings and Crown set, and adhered it under the feature panel. 

  

The wing (from Layers of Color Regal Wings, now defunct) was stamped over the scripture in Versamark ink, and then 'coloured' with gold perfect pearls powder. 

The gold paper that I used in the background was from the Amy Tangerine Sunshine and Good Times 6x6 pad - thankfully although the light was good enough for photography, it was not so bright that the gold 'glowed'!

The only embellishment was some red metallic cord wrapped around the gold paper, and an extra knot over the cross-over to hold it in place and create some interest. 

I finished the inside with a narrow strip of gold Washi tape.

I am linking this to:

International Art and Soul Challenge #66 - Layer it Up

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #113 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Design Challenge - Things With Wings

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1936 - Anything Goes

Simple Create Too Challenge #153 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #37 - Anything Goes

Crafter's Castle September Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

(I did not use the Back To School Optional Twist)

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge #125 - Anything Goes

Tiled Leaves

Welcome

Be warned - this is a photo heavy post, so I will keep the 'talking' to a minimum 😉

This card was made for a swap within a small Kiwi group of stampers that I belong to, and the theme for that month was to use tiles!

I had borrowed a die from a friend and had cut out these tile like cuts, which was my starting point.

I tapped them over a Delicata Gold Glitz ink pad, then embossed with layers of clear EP.

The branch (from Memory Box) was dabbed on a brown ink pad, and then clear embossed several times too

I had stencilled through a page of die cut 'waste' and rubbed clear perfect pearls over it for some subtle background interest

The tiles were suspended from the branch with some metallic sewing thread

I finished with a magazine freebie sentiment, and a thin off cut of the light green card below the main panel when mounting it onto the deep green base card

I finished the inside with some washi tape

I am linking this to:

Creative Moments Challenge #176 - Anything Goes 

(I used the optional  Twist of Autumn Colours)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1936 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #170 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes (with Team Trace)

Crafty Catz Challenge #473 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar September Challenge #293 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodle Challenge Week #36 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers September Dies Challenge - Anything Goes With Dies

Moo-Mania Challenge #199 - Use a Stamp

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #402 +403 - Anything Goes