Bright flowers WLSC

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Lolo of  

Hand Painted Images

 

 

Recently I had some new stamps and stencils in my subscription magazine, that I thought I would use some for this card. I die cut a square to add to my 6x6inches base card. The flowers were stamped with the sentiment and embossed with gold embossing powder, then I cut a mask for the flowers and blended a stencil in the corner. Next, I coloured the flowers and leaves. I then decided to stencil the base card too, and follow the stencil shape I had done on the die cut piece. I wondered if it was a bit OTT, but decided to go with it. Nothing else was added, as there is a lot on the card with the stencil.

 

inks - Distress inks, mustard seed, squeezed lemonade, ripe persimon, mowed lawn and rustic wilderness.

stamps and stencil -  Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine #256

 

 

 

Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

 

We have two prizes to reflect the theme from Highlight Crafts of watercolour mediums

 

 

 

Just a note, to thank you all for your kind wishes. Huge Hugs to you all. x

Birthday Rose

 Hi Everyone, a card from me today for one of my Niece's, it was quite simple, due to reasons I shall expand on below. It was made with 2 sets of dies and a stamped sentiment. I really haven't been in the mood for card making and only doing DT cards as far in advance as I could.

rose die - Altenew

inks - Distress Inks 

 border die - freebie with Johanna Sheen magazine 2017?

sentiment - magazine freebie

red card -  Hobbycraft

I feel I have to explain, why I have been absent from commenting and only doing my DT work. Aprilish to July, I had a limp, getting worse, I put it down to sciatica. One night, I turned to get into bed and was hit by the most excruciating pain. To cut a long and very painful time short, it turned out to be arthritis in my hip, and what was described as a "grumpy femoral nerve", which means the pain goes from my waist to below my knee. Meaning a referral for a hip replacement. I was lucky that my brother brought me a wheely walker, he still had, after my late SiL, so that I can, just about, get around the house. I have been having treatment at the hospital, with physiotherapy and pool therapy. Some days they work, others not. THEN, on top of it all, both hubby and I contracted Covid, both of us have been quite poorly, hubby worse than me and 3 weeks later we are still not well, again him worse than me. It's the first time we have had it, so I suppose we have been lucky. I know a lot of you are in far worse suffering than me, but it has hit me for six, with the constant pain. It has been a sudden change of roles for me too, from being active, with ageing aches and pains, to a being a complete invalid, not able to stand or walk without an aid.

I hope I shall start to get around to you when some days are better than others, like today. Sorry about the moans, but thought you needed an explanation for my absence. Wishing you are all well.

Fun Folds TMR

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for 

The Male Room Challenge 

OH! So many fun folds to choose from, I'm not usually a fold gal, so I went online, to find something I could do, and found it here. You know I hate fussy cutting, I can never get a straight line, so off to my Silhouette, to make a template. If you are as lazy as me, and can use a cutting machine, I could send you the svg cut file, I made. Just contact me via the Contact Form.

 After cutting the template with white card, I then selected a paper pad, which was black and white and picked different papers, and a basic black card. These were then cut and glued together onto the main card. I die cut a sentiment in white and shadowed using the black card, to make it stand out by off setting it slightly. 

One of the toppers was stamped with the image and sentiment, I was thinking of colouring it, but decided to keep it black and white. Next I die cut some balloons from the same paper pad, they were attached to the topper. All done! Such a clever fold, so much so, I may even make another in the future, or look for another to try, easier now I have the template.

card design - Mixed up Craft

 Silhouette Cameo

paper pad - Black and White Collection, Craft Sensations

Celebrate stamp - Polkadoodles 

sentiment - Julie Hickey

die sentiment - Cut & Make (The Range)

balloon die may be? - Cut & Make

 

 

this is looking down into the card, which fold flat for postage and pops up when taken out of the envelope.

 

video showing motion

 

 

Little Mouse hand painted WLSC

 Hi Everyone, number 2 of my DT cards today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Lolo of  

Hand Painted Images

 

I chose this little mouse as I just love him.  I coloured him with watercolour pencils, then used a mask and added inked butterflies and grass with a tiny sentiment. Next, I used the square die to cut him out and then 2 further larger die cuts. They were all centred and attached to the base card. I really liked using the pencils, then spreading the colour with water. Very CAS methinks. 

mouse - Colorado Craft Company, KL615-D

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Brilliantly Vibrant

butterflies - Polkadoddles Daisy Days

grass -  Magazine freebie

inks - Whisper, VERY old inks

dies - Sue Wilson Noble square dies

 

Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

 

We have two prizes to reflect the theme from Highlight Crafts of watercolour mediums

Birds & Blooms CCC

 

  Hi Everyone, number 1 of my DT cards today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

I really didn't know what to do for the challenge, I have lots of animal images, not so many stamps. However, I was going through my files to see what I could make and came across this beautiful digital paper, not only that, but it came with framed images too. Just what I needed, and I thought the colour mix so very pretty. That was easy enough, but I couldn't decide on how to use them, so a sketch was used to help me out. Although now I can't find which it was, so sorry, if I find it I will add here.

I have left the sentiment off for when I decide which occasion to send it. 

dp and oval image Birds & Blooms - Create & Craft Magazine 2016

purple card and green card - Crafters Companion

flower die - Tattered Lace

embossing folder -  Cuttlebug

gems - stash

Birthday & garden

 Hi everyone, sorry I've not been around, I will try to visit asap. Anyway, I had my son's 48th birthday card to make. Being under the weather and lacking mojo, I used a freebie digital card, which was made smaller for a 6x6inch card, and cut each layer image with Silhouette. Although I did change one of the sentiments to Dear Son. It was his interests and I thought it appropriate for him. Thankfully, he thought it was good. I added another layer of the front to the left of the insert, and added a verse I found online.

Tech Lover card - CraftUPrint, Crafty Bob

Here are some garden photos unedited, so sorry for the quality of the photos. It's been a wonderful year for our flowers, the rain has certainly helped, with the lawn too. The first 4 are at the top of the garden, taken last week, the last two were taken today, with rain expected, again!

Focal sentiment/quote WLSC mid month

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Karen

Focal sentiment/quote

My first card for the challenge was easier, due to the large stamp, this required some thinking! In the end, I decided to look through my stamps and dies and see what I could come up with, and this is it.

I found a dream catcher die and stamp and extra stamps from the same magazine. I embossed a few vertical lines onto a piece of card, then die cut the circle part and the feathers. It had a stamp with the die cuts, so used that to silver emboss onto vellum, and attach to the wheel. It didn't match the pattern of the die cut, but I think I got away with it? 

 

I cut more feathers out of vellum, and attached all feathers to the dream catcher. I stamped the sentiment, then attached the card to the base card. Next, I placed the dream catcher onto the embossed lines and added gems to enhance it. The card is so much better in real life, with the embossing and vellum showing up more. 

dream catcher dies and stamps - Magazine freebies - SCP #190

sentiment stamp - Textures by Lou Collins,  same magazine

vellum - Crafters Companion

gems - stash

 

Two prizes from AALL and Create 1) Rose stamp, stencil and ephemera 2) Floral stamp and stencil

 

CAS ribbon bow card.

 Hi Everyone, my card today is based on a card I saw from Jackie Mooney on Facebook Clean and Simple card making group. Such beautiful work by her. I hope she thinks I have done her justice, but couldn't compete with the beauty of her cards.

Anyhow, this is my version. I embossed a three lined border, and marked where the bow would go, and embossed from that line, to the bottom edge of the card. I used the same bow as Jackie, on my card and found autumn seed heads in my files too. Next I coloured them with DI's and clear embossed them for a little shine. I added gold drops to the top, arranged them onto the card and attached them. 

The bow was attached to them and along the embossing line. I also cut the sentiment shape, before stamping the sentiment. I  used glitter twine, bundled, to enhance the bow and sentiment. The card layer was then attached to the base card.

seed head - Nic Squirrel Silhouette Design Store #79681

 ribbon bow - Silhouette Design Store #458455

all shapes cut with Silhouette

inks - Distress inks, mowed lawn, twisted citron, mustard seed, spiced marmalade

gold drops - Nuvo Crustal Drops bright gold

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie

 

seed heads coloured then layered, I layered the bow, but left it white. 

 

the embossing doesn't show well, so have put a darker image below. 

Mixed Media TMR

 My card today is for -

  

 The Male Room Challenge

In a way, a lot of my cards, without thinking, are mixed media, being asked to do mixed media got me in a panic, but this is what I came up with. 

stamping, stencilling paste, dry and heat embossing, die cut.

For mixed media, I read somewhere you just go with the flow and use different techniques.  As I have here. I agree it's not one of my best, but I was short of time for the challenge.

I stamped the bike, then added paste, homemade, by mixing some PVA glue and water with talcum powder,  through a stencil. Next the card was dropped into wet paint onto my glass mat, then I splattered the background, with the red ink. After drying it, I added the sentiment onto the card. 

Next I went looking for an embossing folder I was sure I had, but couldn't find it, so although it's a "hessian" background, it added texture. I then stamped a sentiment onto the same red card, gold embossed it and die cut it. It was added to the card below the main image. I made lots of mistakes with this card, but, I hope you think it worked out OK.

motorbike stamp - Indigo Blue

inks - Distress Inks, mustard seed, lumber jack plaid

stencil - Amazon

sentiment on image stamps - Text(ures) by Lou Collins

sentiment and die cut - Julie Hickey

gold embossing powder - Altenew Vintage Gold

embossing folder - Textures Hessian, Crafters Companion

 

Focal sentiment/quote WLSC

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Karen

Focal sentiment/quote

 

I don't have many large sentiments, but I did find this, one I've hardly used and had for quite a while. I decided I would play on the "star" word. It was stamped, onto navy pearlised paper from my stash and embossed in white. Then using a star stencil to add ink to the side of the card, masking off into the square shape, matching the stamped image. Next, I stamped a single star shape onto a piece of the navy paper, and also embossed it in white and fussy cut it out. 

 

The stamped sentiment was added to the square card, then the star was added, highlighting the star word. I'm hoping it will go to our great nephew, who will have his GCSC's results soon. He is expected to do really well, fingers crossed for him. 

 

stamp - Crafty Individuals  CI-468

star stamp - Stamp Addicts Swirl Star

stencil - stars Amazon

 

 

Two prizes from AALL and Create 1) Rose stamp, stencil and ephemera 2) Floral stamp and stencil

 

Bird Day - CCC

  Hi Everyone, my DT cards today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

I had a card to send to a lovely friend, and decided to make one very different to what I normally do. I found a sketch that helped in my decision. I haven't used a sketch for ages, although I changed it slightly.

Next I found my image and papers in my files. Then sent the image and added text for the sentiment, and a shadow for it, to Silhouette and print and cut 3 images, as well as the sentiment, image below. You may be able to see the red lines of the sentiment shadow on top, they were all then cut together.

I printed the papers from Photoshop, and the top layer, which included "It's your" leaving place to add the sentiment and bird. I cut them to size, then coloured my image with watercolour pencils. They were all then placed onto the white top layer, I had chosen a lovely linen lavender card, this was also placed on top, then the purple card was die cut and the image 3D'd into place on top of that.

 

image - from the sadly no more, Bugaboo

pencils - Nuvo Vibrant Watercolour Pencils

fonts - Ellenarelle's Path & Beverly Flower Demo

paper - Curio Pantry "Spring Garden Bundle" 2016

lavender card - Make and Create

 I then went back to Photoshop to design an insert. I used the same gingham paper, placed white rectangles on top and added the sentiment (from the web) and a bird on a branch, which I changed the colours of slightly, on the left side. It was printed and cut to size and placed inside the card. 

paper as before

bird image - Printable Cuttable Creatables

Triple B Challenge

 

Crafty Animals #86 

4 year old card

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for my Great Nephew's 4th birthday. I haven't been too well this last 6 weeks, and I was completely without mojo. I don't have "young" stamps, that i could think of. I didn't fancy any of my digital images, so I went down the svg route and this is what happened.

The paper was chosen before using card to match it. I printed and cut it to size and added it to the card. I cut the candles and sentiment on my Silhouette.  I added 4, of course, for his age. The tiny pieces required tweezers to add to the face. 

I used white pen to add the brightness in the eyes and inked around each candle for shadow. I added ink for the cheeks, but the darker shades wouldn't take it!

White pen and clear glitter pen were added to the flames of the candle card pieces. 

I then wrote the name and added a shadow, and cut it. I hope he likes it.

paper - Sweet Shoppe Designs R. Carlton 2014

candles - My ScrapChick

ink - Distress Oxides

white pen - Posca

glitter pen - Spectrum Noir 

sentiment font - Charade

Sun, Sea, Sand WLSC Mid Month

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Me, Myself, and I, Yours Truly! -

Sun, Sea, Sand

 

We were asked to write a little about ourselves and our crafting,  see my post on the 7th, to read it if you're interested?

Anyhow, my masculine cards today came about by a website, showing me images of products I may be interested in, I certainly was, and they were on offer, so bought them. I had Pirates in mind, I really don't know why, except they ruled the waves at one time. 

I searched for a map in my files, and came across this coloured, but blank cut edge map.  It's a Photoshop free download. I sent it into my Silhouette program and cut it out, Yep! I hate fussy cutting that much. These are the cards, with description above each card below.

 

ship stamp - Globeland, Amazon

all other stamps and dies - Nautical Collection by Sara Davies, all mag freebies

inks - Distress Inks, lots

white pen - Uniball Angelic White

I stamped the ship and other nautical stamps onto the "map" after I had ink blended the edge of it, then coloured them with DI's and a white gel pen. I die cut the anchor and tied a naval knot with jute cord. Stamped and die cut a sentiment, and it was done.

 

My second card, used the same set of stamps, the seahorse die is also in the Magazine freebie, Sara Davies Nautical set

I enjoyed it so much, I decided to do another with one of the other stamps. They were both done with the same map. Then I added different stamps and a seahorse die, cut out of white card and blended to match. I looked up the colour of the seahorse, and if they live at the bottom of the sea amongst the sand, they are the same colour as the sand, very handy for my card. I added gems to the treasure chest, and a different naval knot, in red, to match the jewels.  Sorry I have forgotten, what the knots are.

 

Don't forget, we now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

Two prizes from Craft Stash, paper pads and stamps