Tuesday, 15 April 2014

ATSM #91 - Anything Goes



Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good week so far!

The theme this week at Addicted to Stamps and More is Anything Goes and our fabulous sponsor for the challenge is A Random Fan.

For my DT card, I've used a stencil on the background piece by inking with two colours of distress ink, place the stencil over the top and finely mist with water, lift the stencil and roll a roll of kitchen towel gently over the image. Finally, dry with heat tool. The flower and leaves were stamped with black Archival and coloured with DIs and aqua brush. The diecut "happy" is purple but looks almost black in the photo.

Don't forget to check out the fabulous DT inspiration over at the ATSM blog and we look forward to seeing your beautiful creations.

Will be linking my card to a few challenges:

Keep It Simple - #37 Stencil
Time Out - #3 Happy Birthday (with the optional twist of a masculine birthday card)
Virginia's View - Use a stencil

Thanks for stopping by today x

Supplies
Flower and "Birthday" stamps - PTI
Stencil - Memory Box
"Happy" die - Simon Says Stamp
Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint distress inks - Tim Holtz
Black Archival ink

Friday, 11 April 2014

CMCC#14, LIM#166 and STS#17


Hello everyone, hope you've had a good week! Wanted to show a little fun Easter card for a few challenges.

Colour Me - #14
Less Is More - #166 Touch of Turquoise
Seize the Sketch - #17

Take care, thanks for looking today!



Supplies
Stamps by Waltzingmouse - Lil Buddies and Spring Baskets
Mustard Seed and Broken China DI's - Tim Holtz
Stencil

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

ATSM #90 - Photo Inspiration



Greetings, crafting friends, it's time to start a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and this week we have fabulous photo inspiration!

Our generous sponsor is A Random Fan and we're so delighted to have as our Guest Designer the very talented Bonnie.

For my DT card, I stamped the daffodils (3 times) and butterfly with grey Archival ink and painted the whole thing with water brush and DIs.

Don't forget to check out all the beautiful inspiration from the DT at the ATSM challenge blog and we hope you will join in the fun!

Would like to link my card to the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - #59 Spring
Make My Monday - Easter Card or Creation


Supplies:
Spring Baskets stamp set - Waltzingmouse
Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint DIs - Tim Holtz

CCS#68 and CTS#71

 

Hello again! This is my second card for today which I'd like to link to CAS Colours and Sketches - #68 and CAS(E) This Sketch - #71 (2nd entry). The leaves and sentiment were stamped directly onto the card base and the flowers were stamped, cut out and popped up (stamps inked with SU! markers).


Supplies:
Stamps by Waltzingmouse
Early Espresso, Pink Pirourette and Pear Pizzazz markers - Stampin' Up!

CTS#71, LIM#166 and Card Concept #7


Hello everybody, I hope you're having a good day!

I'd like to show you a card I made for a few challenges. Actually I'm not quite sure about it because it's yet another case of the infamous white embossing powder which looks ahem, cream. This is the one by Cosmic Shimmer which is described on the tub as "True White". Oh well ... I will let you decide. After heat embossing the images were coloured using an aqua brush and distress inks.

Would like to link to the following:

Less Is More #166 - Touch of Turquoise
The Card Concept #7 - Use a Butterfly (Clean and Simple)


Supplies
Quilled Elegant stamp set - PTI
Tumbled Glass and Broken China DI and Coredinations card - Tim Holtz

Monday, 7 April 2014

Spring Is In The Air!



Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend! Just a quick post for a little card I've made for ColourQ - #235, Addicted to CAS - #35 Wheels (pinwheels) and STAMPlorations - April challenge - Stamps and Your Favourite Technique (watercolouring with markers).



Supplies
Rabbit with Pinwheels stamps - The Cat's Pajamas
Pierced square die - Die-Namics
River Rock, Coastal Cabana, Primrose Petals and Calypso Coral markers - Stampin' Up

Friday, 4 April 2014

Easter Blessings


Hi everyone, I hope you are well. I'd like to show you a card which I had planned to make for my DT card at Addicted to Stamps and More this week (the theme is CAS). 

As things got overtaken by events it wasn't ready in time and I changed the colour scheme by using Pumpkin Pie + Neutral which is the theme at Colour Me (CMCC#14 Monochromatic) and will also link up to Word Art Wednesday (#126 Anything Goes).

Supplies
Cross stamp - Stampin' Up!
Floral Vine and Floral Delights dies - Memory Box
Rectangle die from Floral Frame set - Memory Box
Sentiment stamp - Waltzingmouse
Pumpkin Pie marker - Stampin' Up!

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

ATSM #88 - Holiday



Hi everybody, I hope you're having a good week!

This week's theme at Addicted to Stamps and More is "Holiday" -  create a project featuring a holiday of your choice which could be Easter, Christmas, New Year, any national holiday, a favourite holiday destination etc.

Our fabulous sponsor once again is STAMPlorations and the winner will receive a stamp set. Also, we're delighted to be joined by the very talented Anni as Guest Designer.

For my DT card, the basket and eggs were stamped in black Memento and coloured with Promarkers and blender pen and the panel was embossed with a little frame embossing folder. The bow was separately stamped, coloured and cut out with added button.

Would like to link this to the following challenges:

House of Cards March challenge #2 - CAS and/or Classic/Elegant + Add  Button
Inkspirational #52 - Photo inspiration




Supplies
Spring basket stamp set - Waltzingmouse
Promarker pens
Embossing folder - Darice

Friday, 21 March 2014

Card Concept #6, CAS-ology #87 and CTS#69


Hi everyone, I hope you're well and having a good day.

I'd like to show you a card made today using the Floral Frame die set by Memory Box. The floral frame, tag and five flowers were cut from white card. I scribbled 3 different SU! markers onto an acrylic block and used a little sponge to apply colour to the flowers. The sentiment tag is a bit small but I was able to find a little birthday sentiment stamp that fits and a touch of white Liquid Pearls was added to the flower centres.

Would like to link this to:

The Card Concept #6 - Create a birthday card (Clean and Layering)
CAS-ology #87 - Blush



Supplies
Floral Frame die set - Memory Box
Regal Rose, Pretty ink Pink and Melon Mambo markers - Stampin' Up!
Sentiment stamp - WPlus9
Opaque White Liquid Pearls

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

ATSM #87 - Make Your Mark


Hi everyone, and a big hello to new member, Natalie. I hope you're all well and have been enjoying the fine weather!

It's time to start a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and this week it's Make Your Mark - use pens, colour pencils, markers, paints and chalks on your project.

Our fabulous sponsor is STAMPlorations and we are very pleased to have as our guest designer the very creative and talented Anni

For my DT card, I've used SU! markers in three different ways.

1. For the background, scribbled on an acrylic block, sprayed with water, stamped onto the card and blended a bit with an aqua brush.
2. Scribbled the pens onto a craft mat and picked up colour with aqua brush.
3. Coloured directly onto the diecuts and softened with aqua brush.

Don't forget to check out the inspiration at the ATSM challenge blog and we look forward to seeing your beautiful creations!

I'd like to link my card to the following challenges:
The Paper Players #187 - Clean and Simple "Spring"
Fusion #6
Sister Act Card Challenge #48 - Anything Goes


Supplies
Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Old Olive markers and Daffodil Delight cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Primrose die - Memory Box
Frame dies - X-Cut