Christmas poinsettia

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend.  A big wave and hello to Mary, my newest blog follower. Thank you for your interest in my blog.

Just a quick post to show you a card I've made using die cuts. The leaves have Wink of Stella on them which you can't see in the photo.  It feels a bit strange making a Christmas card in this hot weather but this week's red theme at Colour Me always make me think of Christmas.

Linking up to a few challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Colour Me - Monochromatic (Real Red)

CAS(E) This Sketch

Hello Sunshine

For:

CAS on Sunday - Make a card to brighten someone's day

Colour Me - Subtle

Less Is More - Hello Sunshine

Happy birthday, Sandie!

Hi everyone, today is Sandie's birthday and Kylie has organised a surprise linky party! Hope you have a wonderful and enjoyable day and a great weekend, Sandie!

To make my card, I inked the flowers and leaves with SU! markers, intensified the colours here and there with coloured pencils, added some white highlights and stamped the sentiment in black Archival. I took the photo quite early and the light wasn't great.

I'd like to enter my card in a few challenges:

AAA Cards - 1st Birthday Extraganza Party

Colour Me - Melon Mambo and Pear Pizazz

One Layer Simplicity - Blossom

Uniko Studio - Flowers

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone, I've made a card today using the fun colours at Colour Me.

I brushed ink on using a cloud template for the bottom border, stamped the balloon and bird, coloured and cut out, and attached sun and clouds die-cuts.

Also linking up to Uniko Studios, where the theme is Things With Wings, and I've used a Uniko sentiment from the Simply Said Birthday set.

The theme at Seize the Birthday is Anything Goes with optional twist of Make Your Own Background.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a lovely weekend! xx

Flower vine

Hi everyone, the card I made today was inspired by the pretty Colour Me colours and CAS(E) This Sketch.

The flower vine was cut in green and then again in white, the flowers were cut out separately and sponged with inks.

Also linking up to AAA Cards - It's Springtime and Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes.

Have a great rest of the weekend! xx

Butterfly and flowers

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a nice weekend.

I've made this card inspired by the lovely colours are Colour Me. The foliage was stencilled through a die-cut with sparkle texture medium and the butterfly and flowers were inked with SU! inks. 

Also linking up to Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - Stenciling and House of Cards - Photo Inspiration and/or add a butterfly.

Thanks for looking! xx

Birthday Wishes

Hi crafting friends, happy Saturday.  I hope you're having a good weekend!

Firstly, I would like to say hello and welcome to my newest blog follower, Brenda! Thank you for your interest in my blog, Brenda.

Do you like colour challenges?  I find it fun and interesting to try and match my stamps and dies for colour challenges to (hopefully) achieve a pleasing combination.  My card today is using the fun colours at Colour Me.

I started by inking with Island Indigo through a diecut oval.  The sentiment banner was diecut and stamped, then the little chicks were stamped straight onto the card, then stamped again on white card, coloured and fussy cut.  The balloon cords were stamped and the balloons are diecut hearts, inked and crystal lacquered. 

Am also linking up to CAS-ology, where the theme is BIRTHDAY, and showCASe your style, where I've taken inspiration from the balloons in the photo.

Thank you for popping in, have a lovely weekend xx

 

Friend

Hello crafting friends, happy Thursday!

My first crafty purchase of 2015. A cute little foxy stamp set which I used to make this card with the colour choice at Colour Me.  Also linking up to CAS-ology and Less Is More which both have the theme of Friend.

The little fox was stamped in black Archival, coloured with distress ink and wet brush and the colour intensified with a colouring pencil, the grass was inked with an SU! marker and the sun is a diecut inked with SU! ink.

I have to admit I was in two minds about whether to leave the frame white but then decided to add some colour with a stencil and duster brush for some extra "sunshine". 

Thank you for popping by today, have a great evening! xx

All is calm, all is bright

Hi everyone, and greetings to new follower, Sarah. Here's a card I've made using this week's Colour Me choice. Also for Addicted to CAS - DOTS and Fantasy Stampers - CAS Christmas.

How I made it:

1. Brush on ink to make a background and add white dots with a white marker as snowflakes.

2. Diecut the trees and panel.

3. Stamp and colour the deer with a duster brush, add more white dots and diecut bow.

4. Stamp sentiment.

Thanks for looking and have a good weekend! xx

  

Thinking of you

Hi everyone, I hope you're well. Just a quick post to show you a card I've made for a few challenges.

Using the Colour Me colours, also for Time Out where the theme is "Birds of a Feather Flock Together" and AAA Cards - Watercolour.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a good week xx

A little garden ...

"A little garden in which to walk,

and immensity in which to dream"

Hi everyone, this is my second card today, inspired by the Colour Me challenge. Calypso Coral is one of my favourite SU! colours.

The background was made by brushing colour on, the diecuts are Memory Box Madison Window, branch and bird, and leaves and sentiment stamped.

Also linking up to House of Cards - Punches or a die or both, and a second entry for Make My Monday - Diecuts and/or punches.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend xx

Hello Sunshine!

Hi everybody and happy Friday!

My card today was inspired by the sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches which I thought went well with the this week's Colour Me colours. Also linking up to Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes.

Thanks for popping in and for your lovely comments. Hope you are seeing the sunshine today! xx

Ocean sunset

Hi everyone, just a quick post to show you a card I've made using the colours at Colour Me.

I scribbled the SU markers onto an acrylic block and used a wet paintbrush to do a little watercolouring before stamping in black.

Would also like to link up to Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend. x

Turquoise Flowers

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend.

Fabulous fun colours at ColourMe this week. The JOFY stamps were inked with SU! markers.

Would also like to link up to Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes.

Thanks for visiting my blog x

CMCC#19 and FFC31

Hello everyone and happy Saturday! Just a quick post to show you a little Christmas card I made yesterday and would like to link up to a couple of challenges. The silver sparkle card is difficult to see on the photo.

ColourMe this week is Monochromatic and I've taken inspiration from Festive Friday. Also the May sketch at 52CCT but found I was too late to link up there.

Thanks for taking the time to visit and have a great weekend xx

Supplies

Stamps and dies by WPlus9

Snowflake Circle Burst by Memory Box

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

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!

CMCC#3 and ATCAS#30

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend. It's a lovely sunny day here! There must be something wrong - it's not raining :D

I'd like to show you two cards I made yesterday and here is the first. (Wow, two cards in one day, that hasn't happened for a while!)

I was inspired by the soft pretty colour palette at Colour Me. To make this, I used an embossing folder to emboss the bottom of the white panel layered onto some DP, diecut and stamped some flowers (my new PTI Bigger Blooms set) and added a sentiment, twine and dots. This card is also for Addicted to CAS - New.

Supplies

Darice embossing folder

PTI Bigger Blooms

Pink Pirhouette, So Saffron and Sahara Sand markers - Stampin' Up!