Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head...

Welcome

Sorry if you now have that (B.J. Thomas) tune buzzing around you head...

This card was for our local swap this month, where the criteria was to use a stencil, some stamping, and stay in the same colour group

I started by picking up a sprayed sheet of card that was on my desk - I think it was a Cosmic Shimmer airless sprayer trial.... I then stamped over it in dark blue with a brick pattern and writing - placing only part of the image down in any one spot.

Next I picked up a Dylusions 'teardrop' stencil, and used it with a clear  Gel Medium.  This reactivated the sprayed background, but it added to the rainy look, note the shine in the bottom of the next photo!

The image, Simon Says Follow the Rainbow set, was stamped in blue and clear embossed, painted with Twinkling H2O's, fussy cut and mounted on the card with foam dots

The sentiment, from the same set, was white embossed on the same deep blue card as the base, and attached with foam dots

Inside I stamped the image off the edge, using a very pale blue ink, and repeated it on the envelope.

I will 'fess up here, there was a major oops on this card - I discovered when I went to assemble the card that I had stenciled the panel upside down, so if you look closely, you will see the script in the background is now upside down... way less noticeable than rain drops going upwards!

The recipient had a giggle, as she also has been known to make a panel the wrong way up!!

I am linking this to:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #661 + 662 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #320 - Hand Coloured Image

Dragonfly Dreams August Challenge - These are a few of my Favourite Things

I love creating mixed media cards, and Twinkling H2Os)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2432 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #769 - Sparkle and Shine

The Paper Shelter Challenge - Holiday Anything Goes

D L Art Thankful Thursday and August Challenge - Anything Goes

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday August Challenge - Anything Goes

Snippets and Ephemera

Welcome

I made this card for a very special friend some months ago.  

My starting point was this video by Natasha Foote, a fellow New Zealander..

I made the base using snippets of paper from an old Kaiser Craft pad, Rose Avenue.  These were glued onto copy paper  and I added the twine to the top before adhering the panel to the card base.

The tag is part of the ephemera pages from the same pad, and I added some lace to the top of it.

Across the base I added some vellum ephemera from a pack I was gifted

On the inside I added some more lace and washi tape down one side, and stamped the sentiment from the Newton's Nook Birthday Essentials pack in green ink 

Although I didn't photograph the envelope, i suspect it had some washi tape down one side... 

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #659 + 660 - Anything Goes 

 Love Those Pretty Papers August Challenge - Optional Theme Summer, not used

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2432 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #16 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Weeks 793/4 - Anything Goes Opt used

Creative Fingers Challenge #283 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 486 - Anything Goes Using Snippets

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #235 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

Mixed Media Trees.

Welcome

We are starting to see signs of spring - my first daffodil is open, and the others are showing quite a few buds - my planter of daffodils is a great harbinger of spring!

My card started with a panel that I had used to mop up some ink from my glass work surface

The colours were green and brown - TH Distress Mica Sprays Burnt Ember and Tree Lot

I intended to stamp the row of trees from the S.U set Lovely as a Tree across the front of this panel in Versa Clair Pinecone Ink, but.. the image did not stamp too well as the card has a fine linen texture to it, so I diverted to random stamping over the whole panel.

I then stamped and embossed the image onto some kraft paper, cut it using an oval die, coloured under the trees with chalks, and mounted it over the background panel, and added some faux gold stitching to the edges of the oval and card.

The sentiment, and scripture reference, were printed on vellum, then gold embossed

The corrugated card was some I had stripped one of the smooth sides off, then sprayed with the same mica sprays used on the background.  It has an incredible depth of sheen on it IRL.

I finished the inside with a smaller stamp from the set, carefully inked with brown and two shades of green ink, and lightly spritzed with water before stamping to give a watercoloured 'look', and a strip of washi tape

I repeated the stamping and washi tape on the envelope.

The gentleman who received this card appreciated it.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks %659 + 660 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2431 - Anything Goes

Paper Funday August Challenges #68 - Anything Goes (Opt Summer/vacation)

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping August Challenge - Anything Goes Opt used

Creative Knockouts Challenge #527 - Something To Say

Crafty Calendar August Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #768 - Make it Masculine

The male Room Challenge #189 - Mixed Media

Elliebelles Crafty Wednesday August Challenge - Anything Goes

A Ruby Bloom

Welcome

This card was made as a CASE of one I saw online, but I cannot recall where I saw it, as I made is some months ago... if anyone recognises it, please let me know

I started by stamping the main image on an angle, then cut a white frame using S/B nesting rectangles - plain and scalloped and placed  the frame 'square' over the image

(from memory the original had the image square, and the frame angled) 

I then stamped the flower portion of the stamp again, painted it with Twinkling H2O's, fussy cut it and adhered to the corner of the frame

The sentiment (a magazine freebie) was stamped directly onto the card

The inner was edged with black ink, and another flower stamped there - I think I used masking to isolate the flower image...

The envelope was edged with the same stamp, stamped off the edge, see the top photo.

I am sharing this with:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2430 - Flowers

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Pink Gem Challenge Week #15 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #677 - Anything Goes opt of Hot Colours used

The Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #657+658 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #791 - Anything Goes Opt used

We Love Stamping July Challenge - Anything Goes Opt Used

Cut It Up Challenge #309 - Clean and Simple

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes Opt of Floral taken

A Dragonfly Finally Flies

Welcome

And a very warm welcome to my latest follower, Fiona from Mumsey's Ramblings

Fiona does not make cards, but I did enjoy reading her blog when I found it recently - and an added bonus - she only lives about 20 minutes away from me!

This card is the result of three sources of inspiration and a challenge!

The monthly (New Zealand)  swap group challenge was to use the technique shown in 

Natasha Foote's video here   I have used the technique before here 

The technique os to use your white scraps and cut strips, either straight or lace edged, and stack them three deep as the background - and just add one pop of colour

The layout with the vertical raised strips was inspired by

  Marta Debika (A Drop of Sunshine) on You Tube

I had just received a bundle of background dies from a very generous giveaway on Instagram, so I took a liberty and embossed the base.

My pop of colour was to layer two pink ribbons and cinch them in the centre before adding a VERY old dragonfly embellishment that I cannot recall when or where I bought ...

I stamped the sentiment (another oldie) in Memento Angel Pink ink and Versamark ink and clear embossed it before cutting out the tag shape

The inside was finished with a strip of embossed white card, edged with pink ink, as was the envelope.

My swap partner liked the card

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #485 - Anything Goes using snippets

Pammie's inky Pinkies Challenge #2429 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #29 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #657 + 658 - Anything Goes

A Place to Start July Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

'Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #234 - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create Challenge #6 - Anything Goes using mixed media

Allsorts Challenge #790 - Anything Goes opt used

Yellow Tulips for a Birthday

Welcome

Thank you for visiting my blog - blogs seem to be rapidly going 'out of fashion', with noticeably fewer folks either blogging or visiting, so I do appreciate you calling in.

This card started by the recipient admiring the stamped image on another card I had on hand..

I started with with a mica sprayed panel - it looks like it may have been a Lindy's spray, Hydrangea blue.  The tulip stamp is a very old one from Kiwistamping (now defunct) 

I  used it embossed as the focal point, and also stamped it randomly in Versamark Ink on the background and brushed pearl Perfect Pearls over it - it can just been seen on the top right corner

After stamping and silver embossing the image, it was watercoloured and diecut using an old Spellbinders Die, and the edges were brushed with Memento Danube Blue ink before removing the die 

The greeting was originally cut in white card some years ago when I was house sitting and had free access to my friends supplies... I painted it silver to fit with the embossing.

The focal panel was mounted onto a deep blue base with some silver card under two opposing corners, and some blue and white organza ribbons tied together across the base.

The inside was decorated with an offcut of the sprayed panel.

The envelope was stamped with the main image, again using Memento Danube Blue ink

I am linking this to:

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #24 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #657 +548 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

pattie's Creations Design July Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2428 - Anything Goes

Cards 4 Galz Challenge #229 - Shades of Blue

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Lots of Layers

Elliebelles Crafty Wednesday June- July Challenge - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge #561 - We Love Stamping

Super Boy

Welcome

This card was made for a pre-schooler earlier in the year - hopefully I can remember most of what I used on it...

I started with a 'mop up' piece of card, and from the sheen on it, I must have been using a mica based spray...

The embossing was all done with a glitter silver embossing powder, and stamps were from  STAMPlorations set called Super Hero

The image was stamped on a snippet of white cardstock, his clothes were coloured with markers, and his cape coloured with a silver Wink of Stella pen.  This was then fussy cut before adhering

The skyline stamp is in the set, and I stamped it twice, altering the height of the stamping to deceive the eye and make it look like just the one stamp right across the base of the panel.  Memento Tuxedo Black was used, multiple times, and then the 'windows' were coloured with a silver pen.

The two stars from the set were embossed on white and silver pen used between the two outlines, the centres painted with the silver WoS., and a wee silver 'confetti' star was added to the centres of the stamped stars, and also randomly around the card

The sentiment was a magazine freebie stamped and silver embossed on black card, then trimmed out before adhering. 

A Gem of a Challenge Week #14 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #282 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #676 - Anything Goes - twist, make it cute

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #28 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #655 + 656 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2428 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #233 - Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #267- Seeing Stars

D.L. Art July Challenge - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping July Challenge - Anything Goes Opt used