Silver Sympathy

Welcome

Edit: I have changed the photos as the light was better today and I managed to get a better representation of the colour of the die cut sentiment

Just a quick post - I am still house sitting, which has given loads of time to craft, so once I am back home, you will get a lot of posts.  I am well ahead of myself in getting cards made, but will have to be careful as to which ones I share... 

This one is inspired by the current 'Less is More' challenge, which is butterflies!

Very simply made, I brushed some Altenew Rubelite ink onto the card base, and splattered it with water to create some interest,

Die cut (an unbranded) butterfly from silver mirror card and adhered the body only, so the wings lift and give some subtle dimension.

Die cut the sentiment (from Crafts-Too, discontinued) with deep pink mirror card and adhered.

The final detail was to wipe the edge of the card across the pad to 'frame' it, which can be seen in the photos.  It is a tiny detail, but one I love to do.

I am linking this to:

Simply Less is More Challenge #470 - Butterflies

Crafty Friends August Challenge #158 - Summer Colours

Jan's Digi Stamps August Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2231 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #555 + 556 - Anything Goes

Classic

Welcome

And an especial welcome to Wendy, my newest follower  who has an awesome blog here, please pop over and say 'hi' to her.

This card was made with a specific recipient in mind, who has an engineering background.

The 'design paper' is a piece from an old Websters Encyclopaedia Dictionary, given to me for crafting. Once I found the tables I knew it would be perfect.  So I tore it to size, and then distressed it with Vintage Photo and Faded Jeans D.I.

The car was a magazine freebie die I was given,  it was cut from a low sheen metallic blue card

The sentiment from a new (to me) Newton's Nook stamp set Birthday Sentiments, heat embossed with copper E.P.

The Bakers Twine was on my desk, (it came with the sentiment set) and I wound it around three times and secured it with a knot.

The edges of the inside panel were brushed with the Faded Jeans ink, and then the sentiment from Riley Funny Bones stamped in Espresso Coffee - again the first use of the stamp.

I have heard that the recipient loved the card!

I am linking this to:

Darnell's NBUS Challenge #40 - Anything Goes with Never Before Used Schtuff

Polka Doodles Craft Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #16 - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - I is for interests

(the paper reflects the recipients interest in engineering)

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #2230 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #553 + 554 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - vintage/shabby/chic/distressed

Arty Diva's July Challenge - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

(I coloured the background paper)

Creative Fingers Challenge #236 - Anything Goes

Just Truckin' Along

Welcome

Just a quick note to say I may not be around the blog-a-sphere much over the next two and a half weeks as I am house sitting and have to hotspot  off my phone for data, of which I have a limited amount...

This card was made for a young lad turning eight.

I started off using a layered stencil, but kept it monochrone

The monster truck I found on the internet as free art, so sized, printed and water coloured it then fussy cut it out.

When I went to place it on the card, I grounded it with some ribbon that looks a bit like a road...

The sentiment was embossed in yellow on a banner die cut, and then attached it with a fine metallic thread to the aerial.

I kept the inside simple with some washi tape in 'racing stripes'.

I am linking this to:

Colour Crazy Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes with Colouring

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2230 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #236 - Anything Goes

International Art and Soul Challenge #138 - Masculine

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door challenge - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps July Challenge - Anything Goes

Make My Monday Challenge #179 - Outdoor Sports

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #186 - Anything Goes

Trees...

Welcome

This card was made as one that demonstrated to the swap group what I had explained in the technique challenge - an explanation is here..

The die cut was an unbranded one that I had purchased locally, and I used markers for the colouring of the die cuts - the diecut in the front has been used to 'print' on another card, so the colours are somewhat muted than the original (below)

The sentiment was white embossed to show against the blue card base, and accented with a thin strip of silver sparkle paper

I painted the background with watercolour paints after I did the 'printing' of the image and glued the die cut on - not the easiest, but it did work out...

I brushed the edges of the inside layer of card with blue ink, and added a matching silver strip

I am linking this to:

Crafting Happiness July Challenge - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #434 - Any Occasion

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday July Challenge - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #556 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #553 + 554 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #187 - Tic-Tac-Toe.

The sentiment stamp is over 15 years old - used the diagonal row bottom left to top right

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Craft challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Masked Orange Butterflies

Welcome

This card is another exercise in masking

I started with the central butterfly with was clear embossed over the orange ink

The other butterflies were second generation stamped after laying a mask over the central image

The sentiment was white embossed on orange card 

Hand cut into a banner, and layered over some yellow card

The main panel was layered over yellow and onto a matching orange base.  

A gold rhinestone was added to each butterfly

The inside was finished with some yellow washi tape.

I am linking this to:

The Paper Shelter Challenge #520 - Birthday Celebrations

Beyond the Blue Challenge #66 - Heat Embossing

Lil' patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #186 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #15 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies challenge #2229 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #551 + 552 - Anything Goes

Stamps + Fun + Creativity Challenge - Monochrome

Jan's Digi Stamps July Challenge - Anything Goes

Almost Ethereal Prim Poppy

Welcome

For our small New Zealand swap group, this month's challenge was to create a card using a (reverse side) of a die cut to created a print to be used on your card, with another die cut that has been coloured on the 'right' side to match. 

I die cut both images from mixed media paper and coloured them with water colour paints, spritzed the one I had coloured on the back generously with water, and flipped it onto the watercolour card front and left it to 'print' for a moment or two.  

Once I had lifted it, I moved the paper around a wee bit to move the wet colour across the top of the poppy blooms, then I left both the card front and the other die cut to dry. 

(I did do a test run using markers, and got a more distinct print)

The sentiment was die cut from card that I had painted using the same colours.

When dry the sentiment and die cut poppy were adhered,  and the card front mounted over red paper then orange card, and I found some perfectly matching orange sequins for a tiny bit of sparkle.

The inside was white card with a piece of gold spotted washi tape down one side, and the edges were brushed with orange ink before adhering it to the card base.

I am linking this to:

Happy Little Stampers July Challenge - Anything Goes with Dies

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2228 - Anything Goes

Word Art WEdnesday Challenge Weeks #551 + 552 - Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenge #65 - No Design Paper

Crafts Galore Encore July Challenge - Anything Goes

Arty Diva's Challenge - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday July Challenge - Anything Goes

The Paper Funday July Challenge # 43- Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge #518 - Sunny Greetings

Golden Flowers on a Grey Day

Welcome

It's proving to be a very wet week here, so I chose to share some flowers today

I made this some time ago, and cannot recall the stamps I used, and I can't seem to find the set  either - oops!  I do know stamped them in London Fog and I took quite some time colouring them with my Polychromo pencils, and then fussy cutting them.

I then added some sparkle with kindyglitz

The sentiment panel was a 'pop out' from the same paper pack that the background came from, and I added some more Kindy Glitz to the edge of that

The card still looked rather 'blah', and I came across my some wee dragonflies I had punched out of gold card ages ago, added them, and I was a lot happier.

I stamped the inside with more of the floral images in London Fog ink.

I am linking this to:

Creative Fingers Challenge #235 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz challenge #603 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #684 - Allsorts of Animals

Allie's Angels Challenge #60 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2228 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Leann's World 101 Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #551 + 552 - Anything Goes