Simple Sanding

Welcome

A simple card today - but one that I loved the outcome of.

I embossed the pale yellow panel, then sanded it to show the white core

Deep red rhinestones were added to accent the details.. the eye of the bird

and the flower centres

The sentiment was white embossed on red, and the main panel was mounted over red, green, and then the bright yellow base

The inside was finished with some red floral washi tape. 

I am linking this to:

Creative Knockouts Challenge # 425 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #648 - Add a Sentiment

Creative Fingers Challenge #218 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge # 583 - All Occasions

Crazy 4 Challenges #608 - Add Texture

Di's Digi Challenge - Emboss it - Wet and/or Dry

Alphabet Challenge - O is for Outdoors

Birds and flowers are outdoors

Crafty catz Challenge #570 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week 44 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #515 + 516 - Anything Goes

Feeling The Blues

Welcome

I have been MIA for a few days as I needed some time-out.  I am now back and ready to go again.

This is my card for the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge, and our sponsor is

Erin Lee Creative, who is donating a special prize from her store for the winner.

The wonderful word art is available free at the Word Art Wednesday challenge

This was very simply made.  After printing and die cutting the scripture, I sponged the edges with blue ink, and then layered that over a die cut of pale yellow paper.

This was mounted over some beautiful blue paper that the wonderful Ginny Maxam sent me some years ago - this is the second card I have made from the beautiful selection she sent.

I finished the inside with a trimming of the paper, and inked the white panel with a touch of yellow.

I am linking this to :

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #157 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #43 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

paper Funday October Challenge #34 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge #89 - Anything Goes

Creative moments Challenge #225 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations October Challenge #426 - Anything Goes

Water Cooler Wednesday Challenge #327 - All Things Feminine

Summer by the Sea

Welcome,

No, it's not quite summer here, but the theme this month for the small N.Z.  swap group I am in

was to create a Pinwheel Tower card with an optional summer theme.

As you can see I went with a beachy theme. 

As this is a photo heavy post, I will keep the words to a minimum

All the stamps on the larger sides were from a magazine freebie set,

All were stamped in snippets of card, and coloured with Polychromo Pencils

The papers were from an unmarked pack - possibly from the local 'Warehouse' store

The sun ray image was  cut free-hand, from yellow vellum

The shells and seahorse were digi images by Pattie G at Pattie's Creations.  

The shell border I won, the seahorse was a freebie.

This final (small) panel used stamped images

The 'sand' was kraft card sprayed with Tim Holtz Mica sprays - a bronze and a gold

Thank  you for visiting, and making it this far - I hope you enjoyed this fun card.

I am linking this to:

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #414 - Use Snippets on your card

Get Creative Challenge #106 - Anything Goes/Opt holidays

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2142 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create October Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenger #57 - Anything Goes

'Lil patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #168 - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge October #10 - Anything Goes

Arfty diva's Sept Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #513 + 514 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore October Challenge - Anything Goes

Nana-napped!!

Welcome

I don't often post personal 'stuff', but I was "Nana-napped" for the weekend and taken to a beach for a weekend away with family.  It was a wonderful break, and I have a few photos to share.

The beach is on the east coast of the North Is (of New Zealand) so the sea is relatively calm, the weather was glorious on the Saturday, and the grandies enjoyed the water, later going further  in, in  their swimming gear. 

On Sunday morning, when the others had gone out, I had a very friendly visitor....

On Sunday the weather was starting to break, with the wind blowing in off the sea and the skies overcast, but that did not keep us off the beach.

I had a wonderful weekend, and was glad of the break, and thankful that we are in part of the country that means we can still move relatively freely, as other parts are in quite a restrictive lockdown still. 

Steampunk Pussy Cat

Welcome

I discovered this image as a freebie last month - I found it on the last day it was available, and was able to download it from here, the Gecko Galz Steam Punk Challenge - they have a free image each month.

I sized the image and printed it, and distressed and sponged the edges with Tea Dye DI.

The mat behind the image was also distressed and sponged with the same ink, and I embossed some gear images on the corners that would be visible with Copper EP.

I also added Glossy accents over the lens's of the glasses

As it was a birthday card, I embossed the vertical sentiment down the one side 

To create a subtle background I took some random gear images and stamped over the card with Versamark ink, then brushed on bronze perfect pearls 

In the bottom right corner I added a die cut of cogs in a mat finished bronze card

Thi inside was finished with some washi tape that kept with the theme.

I am linking this to:

Creative Knockpots Challenge #423 - Embossing Delight

Through The Purple Haze Challenge # 185 - Anything Goes

(Opt Twist not used)

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #416 - Make Your Mark

Crestive Moments Challenge #224 - Anything Goes

Elliebelles Crafty Wednesday October Challenge - Any Celebrations or Holidays

The house That Stamps Builts Challenge 01321 - Feature a Creature

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Happy Birthday

The paper Funday October Challenge #34 - Anything Goes

Critter Crazy Challenge #55 - Feature a Creature

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #513 + 514 - Anything Goes

Tea and a Verse

Welcome

Today is the start of a new challenge at Word Art Wednesday 

And our wonderful sponsor is Stamp Simply, with a generous prize of either two stamp sets, 

or a duo set of stamps and dies.

For my card I used the Coffee or Tea stand alone set of dies

I decided to make a side step card, using the main panel for the wonderful scripture, which is available free over on the Word Art Wednesday site.   After die cutting it with an (extended) stitched rectangle die, I sponged it with Concorde & 9th Grapefruit ink

I then die cut and shaded the tea cup, and added the two steam swirls coated with Glossy Accents and added it to the back 'step'.

The word tera was cut three times, twice from white card and once from the peach coloured base,  and stacked and glued together, offsetting the top layer slightly.  This was coated with clear Wink of Stella, but the photo does not show it.

On the front step I added this wee swirl of pearls.  

The paper was all from the Kaisercraft  Rose Avenue 6x6 pad.

I am linking this to:

Allie's Angels Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2141 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create October Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #57 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #167 - Anything Goes

The Corrosive October Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #21 - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #145 - Anything Goes

Arty Diva's Sept Challenge - Anything Goes

Yes, Purple and Yellow

Welcome

This card had two sources of inspiration, not the least being the Less is More current colour challenge.  I taught the colour-blocking background technique at my last class - Natasha Foote's video on this was my inspiration there, although I have done this before... 

I decided to use the colour prompt for my background, and kept the stamping very simple, stamping in black on white and then die cutting the rose from this set by Stamp Simply, and popping it up on dimensional tape.

I then stamped the sentiment (a well used, original stamp, still available) and embossed it in Egg Plant EP - one of my original powders that must be 20 yes old or more!!

I finished the inside by stamping the rose bed in Limoncello ink in opposite corners

I was really pleased with how this turned out.

I am linking this to:

Less is More Challenge #453 - Purple and Yellow

Seize The Birthday Challenge #224 - Anything Goes (Twist of Cake not used)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #511 + 512 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #693 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #41 - Anything Goes

May Flower Bouquet

Welcome

Todays card was made for a keen gardener.

It started with the pink background which was made with Bushos with Pearl SprinkleIt's added, on watercolour paper .  

It still looked rather insipid, so I used an old 'blow pen' to add the fine splatters.

 It was so old that the other pens in the set have dried out, and it took me ages to figure out how to use it again!!

The image is from (the now defunct) Layers of Color, entitled Mayflower

I stamped it using some Tombow dual coloured markers, and loosely coloured the images with the lighter shade of the colours, trimmed it out and added some ribbon around the stalks before I adhered it to the base.

The sentiment was embossed using Platinum E.P. on a snippet of the blue card that I used as the base. 

A strip of the lemon ribbon also was added to the panel. 

A glittery gold butterfly was added immediately below that.

The finishing details were the tiny champagne rhinestones which I not only added to the bottom corner, but also to the flower centres

I finished the inside with a corner of the flower stamped off the edge

I am linking this to:

Creative Moments Challenge #224 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations October Challenge #426 - Anything Goes

Ellie Bellie's Crafty Wednesday October Challenge - Any Celebrations or Holidays

Paoper Funday october Challenge #34 - Anything Goes (twist not used)

Water Cooler Wednesday Challenge 326 - All About Occasions

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #511-512 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Tools

Welcome

Today's card is one I made for a mechanic...

I started with a background I had made using Brushos

The sentiment is a magazine freebie that I copper embossed and trimmed around, 

then mounted with foam tape.

The tools were from a Darkroom Door set - Tool Shed I embossed them in copper ep and fussy cuut them and again used foam tape to mount them

The feature panel was mounted over copper metallic paper and then onto dark brown card

The inside was finished with a trimming from the background Panel

I am linking this to:

Lil patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #167 - Anything Goes

Dare 2 B Artzy October Challenge #15 - Fall

I used fall colours

Inspiration Station Challenge #15 - An Autumn Countryside

Inspired by the colours and the metal roof of the building

Stamps + Fun = Creativity Challenge #395 - Colours of Autumn

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2140 - Anything Goes

Make My Monday Challenge @158 - Embossing - Either

A Place To Start October Challenge #10- Purely Handmade

Crafting Happines october Challenge #116 - Colour Prompt

I only used the orange from the range

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #511 + 512 - Anything Goes