Teddy Bears All Lined Up

Welcome

Back again and this time with a card for a wee girl, that did not start as an 'ooops' 😀

I started with the pink paper from my stash, and decided to highlight her age by using a red die cut over a gold scalloped oval

The teddy bear stencil was home made using a punch (old and unmarked) and some acetate.  I used tea dye DI over the cream card I laid the stencil on, then drew in their faces, and mounted the panel with a layer of lace on either side

The stamp (my original HB stamp, now discontinued, still going strong after 20 nearly years)  was clear embossed over red ink, then coloured with a gold pen

All the edges of the layers were also wiped over the red ink - Catherine Pooler Rouge, from memory. 

I finished the inside with some gold polka dot washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Angies Digital Stamps Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2114 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #15 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #546 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #485 - 486 - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #70 - Anything Goes Challenge

Creative fingers Challenge #205 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenge #80 - Babies or Children

Pink Grey and Gold Flowers

Welcome

This card came about as a result of series of 'ooops' moments.

The focal panel was a 'reject' snippet from another card, that was going to be for a specific challenge.  

The other card was completed, and I realised it did not 'fit' the requirements of the challenge!!,

So I re-thought, and came up with this.

The challenge requirements are for a CAS card with pink, grey and gold.

The focal panel was splattered with Memento London Fog and Rhubarb dye inks

The image (Altenew Mini Blossom) was stamped and gold embossed with WOW Metallic Gold ep, then painted with the same inks, diluted, and surrounded with dots of gold Liquid Pearls

The sentiment was embossed with the same ep - the stamp is a Magazine Freebie

I wiped the edges of the card over the Rhubarb ink pad too, which just shows in the above photo.

The inside was finished with patterned pink washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Simply Less Is More Challenge #440 - Pink Grey and Gold

The Paper Shelter Challenge $464 - With a Sentiment

Pixies Snippets Playground Challenge #400 - Use Snippets

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2114 - Anything Goes

Paper Minutes Challenge #686 - Flowers

Pink Daisies

Welcome

This is another CASE from a magazine, using the dies and stamps that came with it - I used the concept of the two rows of daisies, and the two layers of petals, (rather than the one layer I used here), but then  I diverged to my own design.

I embossed the background using the enclosed embossing folder, but as the design on the folder was only on one end, I turned the paper and partially ran it through again.. 

(The original was not embossed)

I used my own colour scheme, and I added the double fishtail ends to the banner.  

Loved that wee bird and had to include it!

I layered the daisy cuts as shown, but added a glitter layer for some extra glam!

I also popped the final snippets of the dark card that I used for the flower centres under the opposing corners to add some interest and definition to the layering. 

The inside was finished with white card and washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #485 - 486 - Anything Goes

Taylor Made 4U April Challenge - Serendipity or ATG

(Serendipity as the design evolved as I made this card)

Creative Fingers Challenge #205 - Anything Goes

Cut It up Challenge #222 - Spring Flowers and/or Butterflies

Creative Knockouts Challenge #395 - Sparkle and Shine

Gem of a Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Catch The Bug Challegne Week 1 - Anything Goes

Crafter's Castle April Challenge #40 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #13 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodle Craft Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

D'vine Swirls and Waves

Welcome

Today is the start of the next challenge at Word Art Wednesday, and our sponsor is the fabulous

  Newton's Nook, who are providing a $20 voucher for the winner.

The inspiration for my card came from the words of the scripture, and I created a background reminiscent of  'waters covering the sea'

I used the D'vine swirls EF to create a monoprint using Brilliance Platinum Planet ink

The scripture, available as a freebie over at Word Art Wednesday, was printed and cut using a stitched rectangle, and sponged with Tumbled Glass DI

The finish was to layer blue organza and silver ribbons across the lower part pf the card, and topped with a bow.

The inside was decorated with a piece of washi tape

I am linking this to:

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #13 - Anything Goes

Ike's World Challenge #142 - Anything Goes Opt Monochrome

Allsorts Challenge Week 617/8 - Anything Goes with option of Monochrome

Paper Minutes Challenge #685 - Use an Embossing Folder

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Place To Start March Challenge #3 - Use a Shape (rectangle)

Dream Valley Challenge #244 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #154 - Anything Goes

jan's Digi Stamps March Challenge - Anything Goes

Classic Crayon and Gold Car

Welcome

I was going to preface this post with a few photos of a two week trip I recently took to the South Island 

(of New Zealand), but my phone camera and my computer are not cooperating and I cannot seem to download them to share.... I will have to talk nicely to my son in law.... 

I will say I had a wonderful time and have some awesome photos to share once I can get them downloaded.

I would like to welcome Kiwi Card House as my newest follower - they are a small Kiwi company specializing in vintage images, and their Facebook page is here

This is another melted wax crayon card - it was the first one I made using the technique

I used the back of a piece of card that I had previously printed on, and did not need... being thrifty with my supplies, I repurposed it - not the best idea as the melted crayon made the card translucent, and the print did show through under the light yellow coloured centre. 

A strategically placed gold die cut disguised it nicely! (The die was a magazine freebie)

I loved the rough texture on this background, and as I had this in mind when I made it, I did not try to smooth it off. 

The card was made for a 'seventy something' gent, so the second part of the sentiment seemed rather appropriate.  

Both parts are from another magazine freebie, and were embossed using WOW glitter gold ep.

The inside was finished with a wee snippet of the gold paper that I had used for the die cut.

I am linking this to:

Archi-scraps March Challenge - Colourful Mixed Media

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #136 - Anything Goes

Carfter's Castle Challenge #39 - Anything Goes

Taylor Made Cards 4u March Challenge - Lucky or ATG

Allsorts Challenge Week 617/8 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Anything Mixed Media Goes

The Corrosive Challenge March Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #154 - Anything Goes

Dare 2B Artzy March Challenge - Anything Goes

Interference Inks and Scripture

Welcome

My kitchen is a shambles, but as a friend once said, you can't make an omelette without breaking an egg!

Last week's Word Art Wednesday Challenge is sponsored by DRS.

As I don't have any of their products, I used a background technique to feature the scripture, which is available free from the challenge site.

I used interference inks,  Opalite brand, over shiny black card. Unfortunately I am nearly out of the card, so cut the base of the piece to 'stretch' it.

I mounted the scripture panel over the main piece.

Love the marbled  look of the inks, and the sheen of them, over the black.

As there were no more scraps, I  decorated the inside with Washi tape.

Blessings 

Maxine 

Melted Rainbow...

Welcome

Life has been busy... I am trying to make the most of the last few weeks of summer.

  Add in packing up the kitchen ready for alterations, and you can understand my absence both over the past week, and the coming weeks too!

I was inspired by two things in the making of this card - the first was a challenge to use a rainbow, the second was a technique video by Natasha Foote

I love the vibrant colours of the melted wax crayons, and left my background fairly organic, without smoothing it out very much.

The flowers were cut with a gifted, unmarked die from a snippet of  paper - it was just big enough to get the two flowers by going off the edge.  The flowers and the greeting had several layers of WoS applied, and the flowers were finished with a clear rhinestone in the centre of each.

A trimming off the edge of the background decorated the inside.

I am linking this to:

Pixies Snippet Playground Challenge #398 - Anything Goes using snippets

Word Art Wednesday challenge Weeks #481-482 - Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #183 - Be Different

I don't usually use crayons in card making, or just die cuts against a background!

Craft Rocket Challenge #79 - Use Dies and/or Spring

(Spring showers bring rainbows)

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #128 - Spring is Coming

Through The Purple Hazed Challenge #178 - Anything Goes (opt sketch)

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #400 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Crafty Creations Challenge #419 -= Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #210 - Anything Goes

Elliebelles Crafty Wednesday March Challenge - Spring Colours