Hello, hello!
I hope this finds you all well and that you all enjoyed Easter! I have yet to eat any of my Easter eggs and for that I am proud of myself :)
So I'm here with my little bit of inspiration (hopefully!) for this months' WOW! Embossing Powder challenge - Rainbows!
For a change, I decided to keep it simple...imagine, right!?
I took the Sexi-Hexi background stamp and inked it up with embossing ink. Then I took a rainbow of wonderful WOW! powders and sprinkled them over the wet ink.
The best way, I've found, to stop the powders mixing as you start adding more and more colours is to ensure that you tap the excess off to the side of the page. This prevents the colours mixing together, which is not so much of an issue on the card, but when you go to pour the excess back into the pot, it can cause a nasty surprise the next time you go to use your lovely Sunny Yellow and find large amounts of Apple Red in it! Disaster!
Just to cause myself a bit of a headache, I opted for a white stripe. After stamping, I masked this area off with printer paper before adding the rainbow of colours. Once these had been applied, I then removed the mask and liberally covered the remaining area in Bright White Opaque embossing powder. These powders are so well behaved that not a single speck of colour got underneath the mask and sullied the white area...I am always so impressed!
To finish, I embossed the sentiment in Metallic Silver on black cardstock and adhered it all tot he card front with some foam adhesive.
I love rainbow colours, the possibilities really are endless...I imagine I will create another rainbow inspired card before the challenge is up!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you find time to join in :)
WOW! Supplies
Primary Apple Red Powder
Opaque Primary Mandarin Powder
Opaque Primary Sunny Yellow Powder
Fluorescent Green Powder
Opaque Pastel Blue Powder
Primary Indigo Powder
Opaque Pastel Purple Powder
Metallic Silver Super Fine Powder
Opaque Bright White Super Fine Powder
Sexi-Hexi background stamp
Hello my lovelies!
I don't know if it's the same for you, but all of my friends seem to have birthdays in September/October/November - myself included - which means I should be ready for it each year, but invariably I'm not! So I've been busy making birthday cards galore!! This, at a time when I should be making a large dent in the Christmas card making list - oh well!
Here is one of the cards I've made recently;
It's a super simple card, but I quite like it! A bit of emboss resist and a rainbow, loads of white space and a slightly sparkly sentiment - job done!
I have a leftover strip of the honeycomb rainbow - I'll have to put that to good use on something else soon :)
I did make this card for two challenges - one being STAMPlorations - Anything Goes, and the other was CAS(E)This Sketch #98, but as per usual, I missed the deadline! The card was made, I just did not get the time for the photographs, posting etc...! I enjoyed making it though, which is the whole reason we do this, right?!
This is just a short post today, maybe I'll get a chance to play along AND post some cards for challenges that are still live!!
Enjoy the remainder of your weekend guys, thanks as always for taking the time to stop by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct- White Super Smooth
Stamps: WOW! - Sexi-Hexi; STAMPlorations - Celebrate
Ink: VersaMark; Papermania - Red, Yellow; Distress Ink - Wild Honey, Broken China, Dusty
Concord; VersaColor - Green, Old Rose
Other: WOW! - Black Glint Embossing Glitter, Bright White Opaque Super Fine Embossing Powder
Hello, hello!
It's Monday - the weekend seems like a lifetime away already and we're well and truly into the week already...I hope it was ok for you!?
I'm here today with a card I made over the weekend. This card is for STAMPlorations June challenge - Stamps and Borders. Yes, only I could enter a card for a MONTH long challenge in the last 11 HOURS and 31 MINUTES!!
I really enjoyed making this card! Here it is...
I know I might be pushing it a little bit with the term 'border', but the circles do only go down one edge so I think it counts! I like how bright and fun this card turned out :)
Right...I'd better get over to STAMPlorations to get this bad boy entered before I miss the deadline with all my chattering!
Thanks so much for stopping by...I promise I will find some time soon to visit you all!! ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Retro Mod Shapes; Paper Smooches - Chit Chat
Ink: Papermania - Red, Yellow; Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade; VersaColor - Cyan, Green, Voilet,
Lavender; SU! - Classic Black
Other: Watercolour pencils
Hello, hello!
I'm back again with a DT post for the WOW! Embossing Powder Challenge!!
The theme for this month is 'Gardens'
'Gardens', I think, is such a brilliant theme as there are so many possibilities and it's open to a mass of interpretation - I can't wait to see what you guys come up with, as well as the rest of the DT!
Unsurprisingly, I made a card for this challenge. A technicolour rainbow card of happiness - well that was the idea anyway!
Here it is...
Is that bright enough for you?! :) This card makes me feel super summery!
As some of you may know, I do love a rainbow...what could be happier?! Using this idea and the wonderful Collage stamp as a jumping off point I came up with this idea :)
If you would like a full run down on how I made this, then just pop over here to the WOW! blog and all the info is there :) You can also check out what some of the other DT members have come up with already and keep stopping by the WOW! blog for a month FULL of inspiration :)
And here is a little part just for my darling blogging friend, Carol! I have found a list of US retailers who stock WOW! Embossing Powders here. Hopefully one of these stockists are close by for you? If not there's always the wonder of internet shopping - which is actually my favourite way to shop because I'm a terrible, anti-social being! Ha ha! I hope this helps? :)
Thanks so much for stopping by today, I do hope some of you will find the time to join in and that we'll see your creations for this fabulous challenge in the gallery soon! You don't need to use WOW! products, but if not, your project does need to have heat embossing on it somewhere. Just become a follower over at the blog and get your entries in! ;)
TTFN,
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Smooth Grey, Bright Red, Citrus, Daffodil, Lime, Ocean Blue, Dark
Violet, Lilac
Stamps: WOW! - Collage,
Express Yourself
Ink: VersaMark
Other: WOW! embossing powders - Primary Ebony, Primary Apple Red, Opaque Primary Mandarin,
Opaque Primary Sunny Yellow, Fluorescent Green, Primary Lagoon, Primary Indigo,
Earthtone Grape,
WOW! Embossing Pen;
rhinestones
Hello boys and girls!
How are we all? I for one am super tired - but in a good way! This bank holiday weekend the weather has been unusually kind to us and we have indeed made the most of it :) I have spent the weekend mostly outdoors scooting all over the county visiting places I've not been to before and of course, today's May Day Bike Rally in Hastings - it was fabulous! Last year there were around 42,000 bikes and 79,000 people in attendance - I wouldn't be surprised if this year was on a par, it was awesome!
I hope you've all had wonderful weekends too...going to work tomorrow is going to be tough! :)
Now for the card that I'm here for...it's a card I've made using the brilliant inspiration over at the Fusion Card Challenge blog. I haven't played along with this one for ages, but I just had to find time to enter this time as it is too awesome to miss!
Here's my card...
Surprise, surprise guys...we have black, white and rainbows!! I used both the inspiration image and the sketch (if not a slightly adapted version of the sketch) :)
I heat embossed each chevron 'strip' individually which took rather a lot longer than I was expecting, however it was worth it because I am pleased with the outcome :) Add a few black chevrons cut from card and an embossed sentiment and Bob's your Uncle!
Here is the inspiration...there's still a small window of opportunity to enter this challenge if you haven't already!!
I hope you all enjoy your week - I will be back soon, I promise! :)
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamp: Gel-A-Tins - Chevron-Tastic; STAMPlorations - Chevron & Arrows
Ink: VersaMark
Other: WOW! - Ebony, Clear, Apple Red, Mandarin, Sunny Yellow, Green, Lagoon, Indigo,
Pastel Purple
Ok, last one for today, I promise!!
This card still uses the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch, however it's a different theme...
I was lucky enough to win over at STAMPlorations last month which meant I got to choose TWO stamp sets!! Can anyone say 'excited'?!!! Anyway, I couldn't choose just two, so I ended up buying another one while I was there...when in Rome and all that ;) This card is made solely using STAMPlorations stamps - I love them!!
How beautiful are those Art Deco cubes?! I'm a bit of a sucker for flourishes, swirls and details and even more of a sucker for symmetry - how could I resist these bad boys?!
Everything on this card is heat embossed. It was a bit tricky to get all of the rainbow colours onto the sentiment before the ink dried too much, but I had already planned which colour was going where before I stamped so I had a head start :)
I'm pleased with how this turned out and I'm hoping that it counts for The Card Concept challenge that is currently ongoing to create a birthday card. I haven't used the image as an inspiration, but this is undeniably a birthday card! It's also CAS, in my opinion so if it doesn't count then at least I know I was most of the way there!
Sorry about the rambling, but I am at the end of my posting spree now you'll be pleased to know :) Hopefully I'll be back soon, and a little bit more spread out, with some more creations ;)
Thank you for sticking with me! ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Art Deco Border Builders, Chevron & Arrows
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Ebony, Apple Red, Mandarin Orange, Flourescent Yellow, Flourescent Green, Pastel
Blue, Grape, Pastel Purple e/p
Hello, back again!
Here is my Mother's Day card for my DOH's Mother, maybe one day my Mother In Law...I'm working on it ladies and gentlemen! ;)
As you can see, it's very similar to the card I made for my Mother, however I went with brighter rainbow colours and a white background this time - I like this one too! ;) I wasn't sure all the colours were going to work, but they work well enough for me, I just hope MIL likes it :)
Here's the sketch again from CAS(E) This Sketch...
Such a stunner!
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamps: Verve - One Person
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Super Fine Silver e/p; coloured threads
Hello guys!
It's Friday - yaay!! I hope you all have some lovely plans for the weekend ahead, may it be jam-packed full of things to do or a nice, peaceful rest :) I'm not sure what I'm doing with mine yet...I'm sure I'll figure it out as I go along! My DOH has the day off today (yipee!! I feel like I haven't seen him for ages as he's been working 7 days a week :( ) and the sun has actually made an appearance! It may not be warm, but at least the rain has ceased for a while which is a good thing. My thoughts are with all those who have been adversely affected by the terrible weather we've had, not only here but in the US too...I hope you're all ok :)
Before I get onto my card...welcome to my new followers! Thank you so much for joining me here - I hope you enjoy your stay! ;)
So anyway, the card...that's why we're all here!
This one is for Retro Sketches, Catered Crop AND A Blog Named Hero - whoop!
This card came to me seemingly out of nowhere! I woke up the other morning and the idea was just in my head - who knows what I must've been dreaming about?! I actually quite like how this turned out!!
There's not really a great deal to say abut this card - it's pretty obvious how it was made - no super duper techniques or skill! Just some concertina'd card made by using my little score board (I only got this a few weeks ago - can you believe how far behind I am!), an embossed sentiment and some sparkly bits...c'est voila!
Here's the view through the zig-zags...I couldn't help myself, it looked too pretty!!
So, for the challenges...
Retro Sketches, sketch obviously!...
Catered Crop - Birthday...
and last, but by no means least...A Blog Named Hero - Roy G. Biv...who doesn't love a rainbow?!!...
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend whatever you're doing and I may see you before it's through!! ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Bright Red, Citrus, Daffodil, Spring green, Ocean Blue, Grape,
Lilac
Stamps: Stamping All Day - Art Deco Happy Birthday
Ink: VersaColor - Black
Other: WOW! - Ebony e/p; rhinestones
Hello!
No, I'm not talking about the tasty sweets...my card is a rainbow starburst!!
I'll be honest, I'm not sure about this card yet. When I started I thought it was going to look 'awesome'...of course I did, why would I bother making it otherwise?! Well, I'm not sure awesome is the right word for it now, more 'hmmm, maybe?!' I'll leave it up to you to make up your own minds...
This card was inspired by the sketch challenge at STAMPlorations. I was a little bit liberal with the sketch, I turned it on its side and extended the starburst all the way round rather than the controlled rays of the sketch...I hope it still counts!!
So, here's the card...
I got this lotus flower stamp (set!) yesterday (sshhhh, don't tell him!! I don't think he can hear me from here?! He he!) and I couldn't wait to use it!! Isn't it pretty?!! I'm sure there are much better applications for it than this, but it's a start! ;)
It took a little while to work out where I wanted my 'rays' to go and I made little template using tracing paper to make sure the lines fell between the lotus petals. Once I'd cut them all out though it didn't take long to stick them all down and then heat emboss the lotus flower on top. A few rhinestones later (thank you to my lovely sister for the sparkly Christmas present - my family know me too well!) and I was done!
Here's the sketch...
As you can see, I also omitted the sentiment part too...it wasn't going to fit anywhere without ruining it so I left it out :) Thank you to Cornelia for pointing me in the direction of STAMPlorations - I hadn't come across this fabulous blog before! Another one to add to the list...I'm never going to keep up with all the challenges I want to partake in!!! ;)
ETA: Thank you to Carol for pointing out that my little card would also be eligible for A Blog Named Hero's Roy G. Biv challenge - woohoo! (I did have a look at the Just Us Girls challenge, however that was to choose three colours and a neutral - I have used a few more than that!!)
Thank you, as always guys, for stopping by my little blog...I hope you know I appreciate it ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Bright Red, Citrus Orange, Daffodil Yellow, Spring Green,
Ocean Blue, Grape, Lilac
Stamps: Clear Impressions - Cherry Blossom
Ink: VersaColor - Black
Other: WOW! - Ebony e/p; rhinestones
Surpriiiiise!!
Today is the fabulous Ardyth Percy-Robb's birthday and the equally fabulous Darnell is throwing a blog birthday party! I was so honoured to be invited along! If you would like to join in the fun, just pop over to Darnell's blog and link your birthday wishes up to inlinkz - the more the merrier!! :)
I can't imagine there is anyone in blogland who doesn't know who Ardyth is?! She is such an inspiration and her mojo never seems to wane. She comes up with the most incredible ideas and has a fantastic knack of interpreting challenges in her own unique way - which is always sensational :)
So, then it came to making a card. What could I possibly make that would do justice and be a fitting tribute to such a wonderful designer...? Well, I really had only one option...rainbow!! A woman after my own heart, Ardyth loves a rainbow card...I do hope you like this one Ardyth, it's especially for you!
Ta da! Happy Birthday, Ardyth!!
Here's a close up...the black background is SPARKLY! The sentiment is also glittery, although as I am no David Bailey and have only one light source, it's really difficult to see the sparkle in the embossing powder...but I promise you it's there!!
The background paper is actually wallpaper and it has the most apt name for this occasion - it's called Disco Black Glitter!! What's a birthday party without a disco?!!! :) You may be seeing more of this paper...it's too cool :)
Anyway, Ardyth, I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy your virtual birthday celebrations as well as your 'real life' ones ;) I also hope you get spoiled rotten by your nearest and dearest and cherish every moment of YOUR day!
I am entering this card into the Addicted To CAS challenge - the code word being 'Birthday'. Also it would seem I missed out on their previous challenge which was 'Rainbow' - erm, well, this card kinda makes up for that! ;)
Thank you for stopping by everyone, as always, I really appreciate it ;) I know I've been MIA recently, internet issues still plague me and time has become somewhat elusive of late...I will endeavour to make more time however as I am starting to get withdrawal!! :) See y'all soon!
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Bright Red, Citrus Orange, Daffodil, Spring Green, Ocean Blue,
Grape, Lilac; Wallpaper - Disco Black Glitter by Graham & Brown
Stamps: Stamping All Day - Art Deco Birthday
Ink: VersaColor - White
Other: WOW! - White Twinkle e/p; sequins
Hey!
I'm here with another post for today...I'm just bursting with ideas this afternoon and I am determined to make the most of it after the very long and drawn out period I had with absolutely NO ideas or mojo whatsoever!
That's not to say that the cards will be any good...I'm just having lots of ideas pop into my head!
This is another one for the scrumptious sketch over at CAS(E) this sketch - hence I'm posting twice in one day - I don't want to miss the deadline!
...the sketch...
...the card...
I think maybe I am still suffering the after effects of Olympic fever...?! I didn't get to go to the Olympics when they were here last summer, I did watch much of it on the television though and it was nice to see London buzzing more than usual! :)
Slight tangent there...I know this card isn't strictly like the sketch, but hopefully you can see where I'm coming from. This is another card to go in the parcel for my Mum - I hope she knows someone with a sense of humour else this card may be one of those that sits in the drawer for a long time!! :)
Thanks for stopping by, especially if you have done so twice today! ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamps: Stamping All Day - Stain distress; Papermania - Celebration
Ink: Distress Ink - Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade; Papermania - Yellow pigment ink; VersaColor -
Green, Cyan, Indigo, Violet; SU! - Black
Other: Thread; rhinestones
Hey guys!
How is everyone?! You all had a good weekend I trust? Mine turned out much more eventful than I expected, so that was a nice surprise :)
As the title implies, I am here with a card for the awesome sketch by N@Ali over at CASE(E) this sketch. As soon as I saw it I knew EXACTLY what I was going to do. I had planned to get it done over the weekend, but as I said, I ended up being much busier than anticipated and ran out of time. I thought I'd check out the CAS(E) this sketch blog this morning and someone else has already submitted a card that was almost identical to my idea, so I had to come up with something else! My card is along the same sort of lines as my original idea...just slightly tweaked and much more labour intensive!
Here's the fabulous sketch...
..and here's my little card...
Originally I had intended to make the rainbow striped out of strips of coloured card...but that's been done! (I'm so last week!!) Instead, I thought I'd measure and pierce a billion holes and sew some little zigzags of rainbow goodness! As I had used stitching for the vertical stripes, I decided to pop a little black banner up on foam tape and make it sparkly for the horizontal element.
As I started to do the sewing on this card, I realised that I didn't have any orange thread and the green thread I had was kinda dreary and not really the right colour green. So...I dyed some white thread with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink for the orange (obviously!) and VersaColor green pigment ink for the green. I am a SMIDGE impatient, so waiting for the thread to 'dry' was not fun...not fun! Worth it to not smear ink all over the card though :)
PS - I would like to apologise to any of those who may have been offended by my use of the word 'diddling' the other day - it was pointed out to me that it indeed does mean something different to you guys on the other side of the pond! Over here, it just means 'how are you doing'! Note to self: DO NOT use colloquialisms on my blog - it's international!! Sorry guys :(
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamps: Verve - Hope Blooms
Ink: SU! - Black; VersaColor - Green; Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade
Other: Thread; rhinestones
Hi guys!
As promised, here is my second card for the Verve Card Carnival. For those of you who don't know (or haven't seen my blog at all this week!) Verve is celebrating its 5th Anniversary! Woo! As part of the celebrations, there are five challenges to take part in on SCS with the potential to win some fantastic prizes. Then there's the spotlight blog hop showcasing the 23 new stamp sets and dies (today is day 8 of 9) And finally, another fun challenge to partake in is the Card Carnival!
Tomorrow is release day, which unfortunately I will undoubtedly miss as I shall be tucked up in bed as it will be stupid o'clock here at 9pm EST in the states! Boo to time differences! It's ok, I think I'll just peruse the SCS release party thread on Saturday morning in the comfort of my bed whilst my darling other half is at work - he he!
Anyway, enough jabbering! The rules of the Card Carnival are simple -
Create a card using Verve stamps - check!
Post your card to your blog and/or gallery - check!
Include a link to the Verve store in your ramblings - check!
Link your card here - check!
Ok, so here's my card;
I've gone with a personal favourite colour combination - rainbow, black and white. It always makes me feel happy to see all the bright colours together and accentuated by the starkness of the black and white - don't ask me why, it just does!!
My inspiration came from this John Lewis gift card envelope that my brother gave me :)
I also tried to do something a bit different (for me) with my dies. I have seen so many people layer up their dies, or use them in innovative ways and it always looks so awesome! So, I thought I'd give it a go :) I cut two of the four point fleur de lis circles from Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Motifs and placed one on top of the other. I was surprised at how pretty it looked - like a flower meets a doily! I then honed my inner Andrea and placed pearls around the edge of my die cut. I'm not as good as Andrea, so I used flat back pearls, not liquid ones! Then I just embossed the just-fancy-enough sentiment for some extra glam :)
So there you have it, my second offering to Verves' Card Carnival - hope y'all like it!
Thanks for stopping by :)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Bright Red, Orange, Daffodil, Ocean Blue, Grape, Lilac
Stamps: Verve - Hope Blooms
Ink: VersaColor - Black
Other: WOW! Embossing Powder - Ebony; Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Motifs, Circles-Large;
Crafty Ribbons - Ivory seam binding; pearls
