Another Butterfly

 Hello Everyone, I hope all is well with you all.

My card today was for a friend, who sadly didn't receive it. I made a couple of versions of the butterfly, one is here. Of which, a few didn't make it to a card. However, I was pleased with both of them.  

With this one, I started with the butterfly, I stamped it and die cut it, then put a mixture of Pixie Powders onto my glass mat and added some water and gold ink. The butterfly was placed onto the wet powder and dried. I then decided it needed more shine, so I added 3D glaze. I stamped some text in 2 corners of the base card and dragged an ink pad over it. Next I added a shadow with DI's and some crafting threads, then attached the butterfly to the centre of it. A stamped sentiment was added. A simple card that I was so pleased with, and to think it wasn't received is very annoying. I've also had another card not received, I'll show it to you in another post.

butterfly, text, stamps and butterfly die - Pink Fresh

sentiment and die cut - Julie Hicky

 Magazine freebies Simply Cards & Papercraft #239

threads - The Range

Pixie Powders - Cosmic Shimmer

ink - Distress Ink, tumbled glass 

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

here is a close up of the butterfly.

Favourite Colours - WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping the theme being "Favourite Colours". 

My favourite colours are anything, but I prefer bright! Hence my card, I coordinated with needing a card for hubby's Aunt who was 99. After photographing it for my blog, I decided to add die cut numbers of her 99 years.

Anyhow, I used a piece of linen card to have texture, then stamped the top corner and the bottom corner with the floral stamp I have used so many times, I love it. The sentiment was stamped, and they were embossed with gold powder. I wanted a bit of shine on the flowers too, so I used Pixie Powder, mixed on my glass mat and used a paint bush to add it to the large flowers. I used DI's to paint the paler flowers and then painted the leaves and centre of the flowers to match. The completed layer was attached to the main card. It does have a lovely shine, I couldn't get a photo of it to show it though.

floral stamp - Stamps by Me

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie

embossing powder - Altenew Antique Gold 

Pixie Dust - Cosmic Shimmer Scarlet Mist 

inks - Distress Inks shaded lilac, spun sugar, lucky clover

 

 

There are always fabulous prizes, why don't you join us at the Favourite Colours Challenge? It lasts all January, the only criteria is, that stamping must be to the fore. Simple isn't it. 

Two super prizes of an AALL and Create Heart Grunge stamp set and Petals and Pods stencil. 

 

Natures Bounty TMR

 Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, this is for 

The Male Room Challenge

It's Nature's Bounty, so I decided to use stamps with some seeds/fruit of the season. At least stamps that I had! 

I coloured 2 pieces of card with DO's, one for the sentiment and one for the border on the card. I stamped the sentiment with black ink and fussy cut it out, then layered it onto black card and fussy cut it again. Next I stamped over the second coloured card with black ink and coloured the fruit with DI's. I loved the colours that came out with the DI's onto the DO's. I added gold mica powder to parts of the seeds/fruit and splattered it onto the rest of the card. I'm now thinking that perhaps I should also have splattered it onto the white card. I may do that. 

I added a car die cut of gold card and stamped a man's head onto the acetate window. The wheels are from black card. I thought it could be someone off for fun and to collect Natures Bounteous seeds/fruits of the season? OH! dear the way my mind works! 

All stamps and dies are freebies from SCP magazine

black ink - Stazon

inks - DO's Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed

inks - DI's - Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy,

 Festive Berries, Seedless Preserves, Pine Needles

mica powder - Rich Gold Pixie Powder 

acetate - Stix

the splatters of gold mica

Floribunda

Hi Everyone, I saw this stamp and as I had a birthday "offer" from the company, I decided to get it. OH! I am so pleased I did, it will be suitable for so many occasions and is wonderful to use. It set my mojo going I can tell you.

Anyhow, I decided to ink up some watercolour card, then stencil over it in the same colours, it was just a case of stamp, emboss and enjoy, I looked closer and thought those flowers should stand out more, so I took some water and went over the roses sponging up the excess water and the colour at the same time. I love that it hasn't taken all the water and some colour has been left on the card. I just need to add a sentiment when I need a card. I'm thrilled with it, especially using different ways (for me) to add and take away colour.

stamp - Floribunda Net, Chocolate Baroque

inks - Distress Oxides, Worn Lipstick, Kitsch Flamingo, Shaded Lilac

stencil - Flourishes, Imagination Crafts

embossing powder - Dovecraft Clear

this is it in closeup

After I had finished the first card I had to do another and if dinner hadn't been due, I would have done more too, still there is plenty of time now. 

This is so different from the first, I stamped and embossed onto plain watercolour card, then coloured the roses with Pixie Powder, the sheen is just gorgeous, added it to a gold mirror card layer, voila finished! It seemed a cheats way of making a card, it was so quick. Again, I'll add a sentiment when I know what I will use it for.

stamp - same as above

Pixie Powder - Rich Gold, Cosmic Shimmer

mirror card - The Range

embossing powder - Altenew Antique Gold

showing the sheen in closeup 

 

Bloom

 Hi Everyone, a very quick post today, I did this card in double quick time too.

A quick post as I have a few things I'd like to do, February and March are filled with birthdays for me. Anyhow, I hope you're all well and keeping safe, it seems a lot of the country is getting snow we have brilliant blue skies with hardly a breeze, but temperatures are just 2C this afternoon. So keep safe and no slipping on ice.

I got out a stencil I cut with the Cameo, coloured and lifted it and placed it down at different angles, in different places on my card with DO's, I then stamped 3 stamps and added Pixie Powder to the flowers and dragonfly by adding water to the powder on my glass mat and painting it on, it adds a lovely shimmer. I love this stencil effect for quick cards.

stencil design - Jamie Koay at Silhouette Design Store 

inks - Distress Oxide, Stazon

shimmer powders - Pixie Powders Cosmic Shimmer

stamps - Diary of a Country Woman (magazine freebies)

you can see part of the shine here, it's also has a great shine on the dragonfly too.

I never enter a challenge twice, but these are never before used stamps so -

NBUS Challenge #22

we are requested to comment on other entries, so I have! and what fabulous entries they are

Pale flowers

 Hi Everyone, I said I was working on something a few days ago, well this is it. I don't know why I wanted pale flowers, but here they are.

 I had seen gold flakes added to a card here, so I decided to try and do the same, there may be a few more than I intended, but it looks OK I think. At least I have started a pot that I bought years ago and I can't remember opening! I'm going to do that this year I think, using stuff I haven't used or rarely used. I see a few other bloggers are thinking the same? 

Although my die frames are new -Yeah! I know so contradictory of me, but I had to have them for layering, that's my reason anyway LOL I even have a stamp order on the way I HAD to have, what's with me? Is it lockdown causing me to veer into newish things, or old that seem new?  Is lockdown doing things to you too, apart from lack of mojo? I have been in a major slump, but a few ideas are starting to form in a "what the heck" way. Look out is all I can say!

stamp - Altenew

DI's - Tattered Rose, Spun sugar, Victorian Velvet, Milled Lavender,

 Antique Linen, Old Paper, Pumice stone.

emboss powder - Altenew Antique gold

gold flakes - Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes

 dies - Card Making Magic A5 rectangle nesting set

sentiment - magazine freebie

 Flower Challenge

More Christmas cards

 Hi Everyone, as the title says more Christmas cards. They have gone off in the post to the recipients and I left them 'til last, on the off chance they visited here, they probably don't, but I didn't want to take chances. 

These were quick (yeah! as if!). I designed them in PS.

#1 ready coloured digital stamp - Hetty Claire

 sentiment - Font Bundles

glitter - Cosmic Shimmer & The Art Institute

marker horse and snow shadow added - Spectrum Noir marker

added to blue card

#2 images - Creative Fabrica 

glitter - Cosmic Shimmer

The Gnomes, cone and poinsettia were cut with the Cameo

all designed in Photoshop

#3 images and background elements - Creative Fabrica, Paw Studio

glitter - Cosmic Shimmer

flower fussy cut and 3D'd

all designed in Photoshop

 If you are here and won't be visiting again before Christmas.

Wishing you all a Happy Happy Christmas 

I hope you are able to make the best of it, with tougher restrictions in place.