January CCC - colourful card

The Card Chain Challenge is still alive and well thanks to Gail and Jo and now even has it's own blog
  HERE

I had the pleasure of sending a card to Deborah in Indianapolis.   

I went the Friendship theme.   I have this set of pre-embossed paper and I had just got the latest Catherine Pooler inks and used them to sponge on the card.  I added the die cut and  sentiment from Winnie & Walter.   A very bright and colourful card. 

I've signed up for the February CCC - you should try it out!

Hero Arts and Die Cut Divas - with Love

Die Cut Divas have been lucky enough to get Hero Arts to sponsor us again.  They were the first sponsors we had when we first started this blog challenge in 2015.  You could win a $25 spending spree at Hero Arts

 

So this month's challenge is about using Red or Pink on your projects.  Valentine's Day is Feb 14th and of course, the Chinese New Year using lots of Red.

My card is a Valentines one..

I started by white embossing the Heart Background CG702.   I then sponged the card with Hero Arts red Chalk Ink.   I white embossed the heart onto black card.  The heart stamp and die are from Hero Arts Stamp & Die set (DC132 Yes Stamp & Cut) My silhouette couple is a die I got from Krafterscart - a NZ online company.  I added some ribbon to finish off.  

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Hero Arts butterfly.

I've been playing with some pretty soft colours for my day over at A2Z Scrapbooking

I used water colours to make a the card from which I die cut the Hero Arts Butterfly Fancy dies DI078.  I used pinks, purples and blues in lighter tones.   For the background, I used a Hero Arts Stencil (SA026 BG Leaf and Flourish- currently out of stock but you can custom order on the A2Z site )  with some pale inks.  I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment from Hero Arts Hello Stamp & Cut DC151 with Versafine Onyx black ink, a couple of times to get a nice dark sentiment.

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Supplies:
Hero Arts Butterfly Fancy Die DI078
Hero Arts Hello Stamp & Cut DC151
Hero Arts BG Leaf & Flourish Stencil
Gems from my stash.

Happy Anniversary

Last Saturday was our 39th wedding anniversary... my doesn't time fly!  I got Pinterest inspired to make Hubby his card

I added some washi tapes to a card stock and die cut both from that piece and the card front so I could inlay the heart.  I was really pleased I got to use the LOVE tape.  I had picked it up at Ikea for a $1.00 last year.  I used a free die cut filigree bow and a strip of black card to look like ribbon.   The sentiment is one from an older Hero Arts set. 

Short and sweet today as I should be doing the packing for our long weekend away.  We are going to our friend's place at Managwahi, taking our son and his partner with us.  Should be a fun weekend.  I'm going to spend some time getting to know my new iPhone 7  (shouted myself the latest model for a change!) 

Have a great weekend one and all, and thanks for visiting.

I'm Back... with some Wedding Cards

 Doing a Happy Dance here as I now have Internet and a Landline again!  Nothing ever easy for me... Got a 4G modem and for some reason it would not connect to the cell tower.... after about 20 mins with the Techie, she suggest I check the SIM card... and yes... it was not in fully!  So finally back online

While I was unable to visit all my bloggy friends, I got to continue decluttering and sorting out my craft room.  Still not fully in there yet, but the new desk is in and I've sorted out the stamps into drawers.  I also got some time to create.  We are going to a wedding on the 11th February so a card was needed.

It's hard to see but the white background panel is embossed.  I then stamped the couple from a Penny Black set and coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.  I fussy cut out the couple and added to the card.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.   Inside I used a Inkadinkado sentiment that says "getting married means sharing your toys" 

Next I was asked to doing a wedding card for a friend who was going to a wedding soon as well.

I did a couple to give her some choice.

This one was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  I die cut a two heart dies from Spellbinders, one plain and one scalloped.  I embossed the plain one and layered the two together.  Is used a base made with some Simon Says Stamp wood grain card.  I stamped the Winnie & Walter sentiment, curving it around the top of the heart.   The flower and leaves are from the same Winnie & Walter set and I embossed them onto some vellum.  I used my Zig markers to colour the back.  A few sequins and all done.  My friend really loved it and took it...

And here is the second card I made.  I was very lucky to have received the Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine that had an Altenew stamp and die set, sent to me by my friend Kim, all the way from Perth Australia.  

this stamp set is gorgeous and I had fun stamping and die cutting.  I used Memento Inks.  The sentiment is from Kaisercraft and the PP is from a pack by Teresa Collins.  

And because I had the PP pack and the stamps and dies out, I made another inspiration card

This one is a 4.75" x 6.75" card as the PP is a 4.5 x 6.5 pack.  The sentiment from Kaisercraft  seemed to fit perfectly.  My friend decided she wanted this one too, so two cards sold!

thank you if you are still with me.  I have a few more cards to share over the next little while - a few DT cards coming up and some fun cards I've done for the StampNation birthday challenges.  It's good to be back online

missing in action

Just a quick note to let you know why I haven't been around much.   my home phone and Internet have been down since Thursday 12th.   a long messy saga with trying to change providers  and after a 7 mth mucking tried to cancel the change over and lost connection completely.   still working on a solution.   so only when I can access free data can I visit.  so far I've  used half my monthly mobile data within three days!

Hoping to be back online soon
😕

Dino Girl...

This month's challenge theme at Die Cut Divas is Sentiment Free, and our sponsor is Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps.

I'm here to share my card with you today.

I have used  Dino Girl for my card.  As I am in love with my Prisma pencils I have once again used them

I used Spellbinders Rectangle dies - plain and scalloped for the image.  Added some PP and a mat and then added to my card base.  Such a fun image.

Summer is slow to come to us this year... none of the usual hot sunny summery days... lots of wind and even a bit of rain.   Hoping that it will warm up soon.

Thanks for stopping by.  I really appreciate all your visits

Stitching -Real or Faux ... a challenge at Southern Girls

I was pleasantly surprised to get an email last month from Louise who runs Southern Girls Challenge blog...asking me if I would like to do another term with them. I'd previously been a DT member.  I had no hesitation in saying YES

                                                

 

So here I am a member of Tracy's team and it's time for our first challenge of  2017.  To use stitching - real or faux.  Ours sponsor for this challenge are:

                                        

I got to use an image from Sasayaki Glitter.  

this one is called "Spotty and Pup"  Of course I am still enamored with my Prismacolour pencils and wanted to try out some blending.  I used pinks and purples to blend together to colour the unicorn.  I used some Odorless Mineral Spirits and a paper stub to blend.  Added some sparkle gel pen on the star and wings.  I used a stitched oval -my first faux stitching.   My second lot of faux stitching  is on my background.  I used a technique I saw on Kathy Racoosin's blog The Daily Marker.  You use distress inks.  I smooshed  a red and purple ink and watered it down a lot and then used a flat paint brush to make lines.  I used the side of the brush and some more concentrated red ink to make the thin stripe.  I then used a white gel pen to make my stitch lines.   I matted this panel onto some lilac cardstock and then onto my white card base.

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