Encouragement in Sea Tones

Welcome

Today's card is for the Word Art Wednesday new challenge.

This week we are being sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays, who are providing a $20 gift code

My card is a gate fold one, on a base of kraft card

I used paper from the Craftworks Oceania pack.  

I love the coarse glitter on this sheet that reminds me of sand

The wonderful verse was printed, die cut with a S.B rectangle, and sponged with Broken China DI before being removed from the die.  That was mounted on a scalloped rectangle of silver glitter card.

The only embellishments were a few clear rhinestones and some silver ribbon

The inside panel was sponged with ink before being adhered, and a snippet of the paper added.

I am linking this to:

 Arty Diva's Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Lemon short Bread Challenge #124 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #57 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2028 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #136 - Anything Goes

The Alphabet Challenge - G is for Glitter or Gems

Crafter's Castle July Challenge - Anything Goes

Tri-fold Anniversary Card

Welcome

And a very warm welcome to Mrs H of Mrs H's Crafty Corner, 

and Jo of Tales From The Craft Room.

Please pop over and say hello - they have some beautiful work on their blogs.

I made this card for a special couple, she loves blue, and he loves fishing, so I couldn't really go wrong with the colour scheme

On the all the panels I used papers from the Kaisercraft Starburst Collection, and sponged the edges with chipped Saphire DI

The wee hearts on the front panel were die cut from glitter card, one layered over the other, and a sliver pen used to outline them to give some definition

The second panel had the (magazine freebie) sentiment embossed in solver

The final panel was completed with some toppers from the pad - the circular one can be lifted to reveal the full sentiment, although it is attached with a wee dot of glue to hold it is position.

The bakers Twine has a silver thread through it for a final touch of elegance

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Color My Heart Color Dare #402 - Monochromatic Blue

Allsorts Challenge #580 - Something Beginning with B - BLUE!

A Gem of a Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge Challenge #7- Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2028 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps July Challenge - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge # 228 - All Occasions

Crafting Happiness Challenge #57 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks 446 +447 - Anything Goes

Vintage Elegance

Welcome

Yes, another post ... I am out babysitting and have some extra time! 

I made this card for a young woman in her late teens some months ago.

The image I used is one from (the now defunct) Kiwi Stamping, that I must have had for at least a decade, possibly longer - it was time it saw ink again.

I stamped it in black ink, and then paper pieced the frock and hat, and added shadows with coloured pencils.  The skin tones, hair parasol, and shoes are all Prismacolor pencil coloured

The necklace and beads have had dimension and shine added with Cottage Ivy Piccolo

The sentiment was embossed with Platinum E.P, directly on the card base, beside the lace that I tucked under the edge of both panels, and some champagne coloured rhinestones were added too.  

The background panel was one that I had discarded much earlier, and I cannot recall which mica medium I used, possibly some Semco paints....
  

I repeated the image on the inside left of the liner in London Fog ink.

I am linking this to:

Everybody Art Challenge #472 - Summer Girl

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #27 - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #260 - Create Your Own Background

Colouring In Scrapland - Summer, or Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Paper Minutes Challenge #648 - Do What You Want and Have Fun!

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #446 and #446 - Anything Goes

STAMPLorations July Summer Challenge - Anything Goes/Summer

Posy Basket

Welcome

And a very warm welcome to my latest follower Carla Cremonesi

This card was made very quickly, using odds and ends on my desk

I started with the watercolour background, another Brusho's piece I think, and a basket sticker I had found a few days before when fossicking around on my messy desk!.

I gold embossed the sentiment, an old Hero Arts one, and die cut it before sponging the edges with (Memento Ladybug) red ink, and popping it behind the curve of the handle of the basket

The green ribbons were added, and the clear rhinestones over them again for a touch of bling

The edges of the inner panel were sponged with the red ink, and then a piece of striped washi was added across the bottom

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2027 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps July Challenge - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Curves

Get Creative Challenge #93 - Birthdays

Dream Valley Challenge #228 - All Occasions

A Place To Start July Challenge - flowers

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #27 - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #246 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #446-447 - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations July Summer Challenge - Anything Goes

Ric Rac and Bees

Welcome

It's hard to believe we are just on half way through the year - I'm not quite certain how that happened!

For this fortnight's Word Art Wednesday Challenge we have as our sponsors Lawn Fawn, who are providing a generous $25 voucher for the winner. 

The paper and the stamps I have used on this card came as magazine freebies - I only have Christmas images by Lawn Fawn. 

I layered the scripture panel onto the paper, and then added the ric rac to two sides to frame it.

I stamped the bee from the set, cut him with the matching die, coloured him with Prismacolor pencils, then after adhering him to the  card, added clear Kindy Glitz and Glossy Accents.

I stamped the flowers in London Fog ink, and then coloured in the 'no line' technique, and popped it up on foam squares for some dimension. 

On the inside I added a strip of the paper to the left of the liner, and stamped this corner in the same grey ink. 

Unfortunately the shiny reflection on the paper threw the camera focus off - or maybe it was operator error??? 

I am linking this to:

Arty Divas Challenge #25 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge #30 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #123 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #134 - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #55 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps June Challenge - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff blog - Free Week

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Retiform Pooh Bear

Welcome

And a very warm welcome to Ana of Anuska Landia - do pop over and see her wonderful work - there are some amazing projects, including some wonderful 3-D work!

This card was made for the small New Zealand swap I participate in - the challenge this month was to use the retiform technique. 

Started with the image of Pooh Bear - one of my original stamps, and stamped him, and the sentiment, in Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink.

I masked the image with a post it note cut on an angle, and that gave me the base for my sponging for the background technique, using Sweet Plum ink.  I think I may have got a bit carried away :).

The images in the background were from a magazine freebie and an unmarked set of stamps from my stash.... note to self, be more organised and name sets that escape their original packaging!

Pooh Bear was coloured using Prismacolor pencils, and the greeting was covered with glossy accents.

The dragonfly bodies and some of the flower centres were touched with some Kindy Glitz, and a few dots of clear Kindy Glitz were placed on some of the intersections in the background. 

Pooh bear was stamped using the Sweet Plum ink, on the liner on the left of the inside, 

and grounded on some glittery Washi tape. 

I am linking this to:

Southern Girls Challenge, Team Trace, June - Anything Goes

Lavinia World Challenge #29 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede Challenge #400 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #189 - Anything Goes

Creativ Fusion Challenge #18 - Nature's Garden

Crafty Catz Challenge #512 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week #25 - Anything Goes (colouring)

The Alphabet Challenge - F for Flora or Fauna

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week #444 + 445 - Anything Goes

Caffinated Birthday

 Welcome

It has been way longer than I intended between posts - something called life has got in the way!

The background is one I made for the class - this time using water based markers, then brushing over them with a wet brush to blend the colours.  When that was dry I sprayed it with water, left it for a few seconds and blotted off the re-activated ink. 

I was going to use the panel with the green/blue at the base, but there was a very 'busy' blotted area that reminded me of steam, so I turned the panel up the other way.  A great, very technical, way to design! 

The cup and hearts die (unidentified) has been begging to be used, so it had it's day, finally.

I cut it from the same cream coloured card as the base of the card, and the parts placed back in after colouring - the hearts also got a layer  of iridescent medium.

The sentiment was stamped using a magazine freebie, and hand cut into a banner. 

The two rows of pearls and the two layers of ribbon finished the outside of the  card

On the inside I glued a trimming from the main panel.

I am linking this to:

Tuesday Throw Down Challenge #460 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #25 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built Challenge #J2420 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #193 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations June Challenge #410- - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Krafty chicks Challenge #513 - All Occasions

Southern Girls Challenge, Team Trace - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #444 + 445 - Anything Goes