Only Flowers

Welcome.

 Thank you for taking the time to visit.

Today's card is for the mid-month inspiration for We Love Stamping July Challenge

I started with a Hero Arts background stamp - Bold Prints, Flowers and Swirls, and white embossed it onto the white card base, I then loosely painted it with water colour paints.

Added the sentiment (a magazine freebie) after embossing in white on black card,

And mounted that over some silver ribbon - I also used the ribbon down one side of the panel

I chose a simple finish with the ribbon and a few pale blue sequins, as I wanted the stamp to take centre stage.  The focal panel was mounted on black, and then a blue card base.

I added a strip of the background to the inside of the card.

Our prizes this month are these beautiful florals from Aall & Create

 

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2328 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #201 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #603 + 604 - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations July Challenge - Summer Flowers or Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge #7, July - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness July Challenge #144 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps Designs July Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar July Challenge

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Flowers/Bloomin' Beautiful

Illusionary Doodles

Welcome, 

and thank you for taking the time to call in.

It's been wet and cold here this past week, but I have not been able to do very much cardmaking, thanks to an ongoing sinus infection - I have spent hours knitting though...

This was made at the beginning of the month for my small New Zealand swap group, where the challenge was to use this Optical Illusion technique.

I must confess that I had seen this video, and decided this was not for me, but I had to eat humble pie and make it for the challenge.  

I started out making the doodled panel, but I did a full sized card front, and then halved it when I had finished it.  I added a red layer before adding it to my card front.

I stamped the wee sentiment in black, and layered the hand cut tag over the same red card, despite how it looks, before mounting it with some red ribbon threaded through the top. 

I finished the inside of the card with a trimming of the doodled panel.  Both that, and the layer of white card I ran over a red ink pad to give them some definition.

I was pleased with the results, despite my initial reservations :)

I am linking this to:

LeAnn's World 101 July Challenge - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #259 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2327 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #603 + 604 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Knockout Challenge #498 - Finish the Inside

Though the Purple Haze July Challenge #206- Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

Papillons

Welcome

Thank you for taking the time to visit.

I enjoyed 'playing' with this stamp and technique, and loved the outcome.

I first stamped the image, part of the Phenomenal Butterfly stamp by Chocolate Baroque, in Versa Mark ink, then brushed copper Perfect Pearls over it

I loved the background it formed, but, there was an oops in the middle...

So I cut an oval in the centre, lined it up so I could position the sentiment stamp on the card base, stamped and embossed it in copper ep., then cut a butterfly from a copper coloured glitter card to fill the oval

The feature panel was mounted over the coloured base card  - the above photo gives some idea of the shimmer of the perfect pearls

The inside had a verse stamped in brown ink on the left side, and the right side left blank.

I am linking this to:

Patties Creations Design Challenge #208 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #72 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #27 - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #2327 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #603 + 604 - Anything Goes

The Unicorn Challenge #89 - No Designer Paper

Make My Monday Challenge #204 - Birthday

Crafting Happiness Challenge #144 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps July Challenge - Anything Goes

AAA Birthday Challenge #51 - Butterflies

Comfortable

Welcome, 

and thank you for taking the time to visit.

A special  welcome also to my newest follower, Birgit Angermann.

This card was made for the 53rd Wedding Anniversary of a family couple

The image is from Montarga, (a New Zealand firm) called Couple on Bench

I embossed it using platinum ep, and watercoloured it

The sentiment, a magazine freebie, was also platinum embossed

I placed the complete panel onto the green background, and thought it too stark, so die cut a negative frame - I was so pleased with the result.

The inside had a strip of green washi tape in a leaf pattern - a tribute to the wife's love of gardening.

The envelope also had the washi tape on it.  

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #27 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2327 - Anything Goes

Pink Gem challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #603 + 604 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #209 - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations July Challenge - Anything Goes (Summer Opt not used)

The Corrosive (July) Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #671 - Stamp Act

Another Fishy Situation...

Welcome, 

thank you for taking time to come and visit.

This card started with a background I made with a Picket Fence stencil, Knots., and it was calling me to use it.... 

I decided on the fishing theme as the recipient loves freshwater fishing, so my wonderful old fish stamp, (one of my originals, and it's still available) came out, and I stamped and silver embossed it on vellum, then coloured it on the reverse, including giving it some 'water' to swim in.  I then die cut the vellum into an oval.

The sentiment was an Hero Arts die and stamp set, (Happy Thanks). I layered the happy in silver on white to make it stand out

Unfortunately the birthday doesn't show up well in the photos, but it was more noticeable IRL.

The finishing details on the front panel were water drops of Glossy Accents.

When I mounted the main panel, I added some snippets of the silver under opposite corners

The inside was finished with some silver spotted washi tape.

I am linking this to: 

Jan's Digi Stamps July Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #603 + 604 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creation Design Challenge #208 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2326 - Anything Goes

Crazy Is Our name - Stencils Are Our Game July Challenge - Anything Goes Opt Birthdays

Creative Inspirations Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

Kraty Chicks Challenge #671 - Stamp Act

Through The Purple Haze July Challenge #206 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #645 - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamp[s and More Challenge #449 - Any Occasion

Christmas in July - Guest Designer

Welcome

Thank you for taking the time to visit, I appreciate you calling in.

I recently won a Guest Designer spot at Jan's Digi Stamps.  The theme for the challenge this month is Christmas in July.  I selected the Silent Night set to use.

All the Christmas stamps sets are on sale this month!!

I chose to use the coloured images as they are so gorgeous, 

and selected the star, crib and sentiment -from the set. 

The first two  images I sized and printed onto white card, 

the sentiment I printed onto vellum and gold heat embossed.

I prepared the dark blue background by stencilling some sunrays in gold paint , and then splattering the rest of the card base with the gold. - To divide the background I added a strip of gold washi tape.

The crib I cut out as a rectangle, rounded the lower corners with a punch, then diecut the top with a circle die.  I ran gold ink over the edges, and mounted it using foam tape

The sentiment was also edged with gold

This inside was finished with some more of the washi tape.  

It was such a privilege to design for this challenge - thank you for the opportunity, Jan and team.

I am linking this to:

Get Creative Challenge - Christmas in July

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams July Challenge - Christmas in July

Unicorn challenge #89 - No Designer Paper

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2326 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #^01 + 602 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #209 - Anything Goes

Peace on Earth Challenge #43 - Anything Christmas

the Corrosive July Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create Challenge #6 - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Floral Felicitations

Welcome,

thank  you for taking the time to visit today.

A special welcome to my newest follower, Mary Smith of Grateful Heart Greetings, who makes some beautiful creations, and is very generous in sharing art she has created.

Today is the start of the July Challenge at We Love Stamping, where the theme this month is 

Anything Goes with an optional twist of  Fabulous Florals, 

and where we have two gorgeous floral prizes from AALL & Create

I started this card by stamping a Stamplorations image, Bloom Border 1 and white embossing it

then painting it in Twinkling H2O's , which gave a gorgeous lustre to the image.

After fussy cutting the image, I decided to place it against a very dark blue base.

I sited the sentiment and white embossed it.

Then die cut a white frame and placed it on the blue base before angling the image and adhering it.

The final touch were some iridescent sequins, that sometime look white and then various colours show up as the angle the light hits it changes. 

The inside was finished with an 'off the page' stamping of the image using Memento London Fog ink

I decorated the envelope in the same manner, but did not photograph it. 

These are the fabulous prizes from AALL & Create

    

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodle Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2325 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #601 + 602 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #13 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Week #735 - Anything Goes with Option (used) of Summertime

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - No Designer Paper

Craty Catz Challenge #634 - Anything Goes Opt twist (used)- Embossing, heat or dry

Creative Fingers Challenge #258 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge #207 - Anything (coloured) Goes