Wildflowers

Hi everyone, my second card for today is for ColourQ, Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes and One Layer Simplicity Chalenge - Hip to be Square (I've used a square card).

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your very much appreciated comments. Have a lovely afternoon! xx

Addicted to Stamps and More #111 - Anything Goes with optional twist

Hi everyone, I hope you're well and having a good week. A very warm welcome to new members, Bernadette and Doreen. Thank you for your interest in my blog!

It's time to start a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and this week it's Anything Goes.  We also have an optional twist for you to create a project using the theme Get Well/Thinking of You for the lovely Marie who was one of the original design team at ATSM and currently a member of the Addicted to CAS DT.  Hi Marie, sending happy thoughts that things are turning to the better for you.

Our generous sponsor is Stamp Art Design, and there is a prize of 5 free digis up for grabs to our Top Addict.

I wanted to use bright and cheery colours on my DT card and here it is. The butterflies and background were stamped and watercoloured with distress inks.

Don't forget to check out all the fab DT inspiration at the ATSM challenge blog and we look forward to seeing what you make and visiting your blogs! Have a great rest of the week. xx

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Would like to link my card to a few challenges:

Butterfly Challenge - Butterfly with a Sentiment

Make My Monday - Indian Summer (create a project with bright colours)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

We Three Kings

Hi everybody, happy Friday! Hope you are well and a big hello and welcome to new member, Chana! Thank you for your interest in my blog. 

Here's a card I've made today using the sketch from Less Is More. 

Will also link up to 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes and Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes.

Thanks you stopping by - have a good day! 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

Addicted to Stamps and More #100 - Photo Inspiration

Happy 2nd Birthday, ATSM!!

This week we have fabulous photo inspiration and our generous sponsor is Stitchy Bear where there is a prize for our Top Addict of 3 digis up to the value of $10.

For my DT card, I scribbed onto an acrylic block with markers, picked up colour with brush and water and painted onto watercolour card, adding more water for the gradation of the colours. Sentiment was embossed in white on vellum. 

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

Would like to link my card to:

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (Use the Scripture verse provided or an uplifting sentiment) 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving a comment, it's very appreciated! xx

Supplies

Stampin' Up! markers

Sentiment stamp by PTI

White vellum

White embossing powder

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!

Less Is More week 131, Sister Act #18 and WAW #92

"Each moment of the year has its own beauty"

Hello crafting friends and members, I hope all is well with you.

I've made a card for this week's Less Is More colour challenge and here are the colours.

I masked off a panel with low tack masking tape, inked and stamped with various TH inks and added the little punched flowers. Branches stamp by Inkylicious, sentiment by Hobby Art.

I would also like to enter this in Sister Act Card Challenge #18: anything goes and Word Art Wednesday #92: anything goes.

Have a nice day and thanks for visiting!

Sue xx

Flowery frame

Hello everybody, I was inspired by this week's Play Date Cafe colours and am having fun using these little WPlus9 stamps.

Would also like to enter this in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday week 88. You can use the Scripture verse provided or any other uplifting words or sentiment. The Scripture verse this week is Isaiah 40:29 "He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak".

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Use at least one flower on your card

CASology: Bloom (3rd entry). 

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Have a great weekend.

Sue x

Calypso Coral

Hello dear friends, I am really enjoying using Calypso Coral at the moment so I made this when I saw that it was one of the colours amongst the beautiful line-up at ColourQ this week. I've used SU! colours to stamp the little flowers and TH Bundled Sage for the leaves.

Also for Word Art Wednesday - #79 Anything Goes and Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers. 

What colours are you enjoying using at the moment?

Thanks for looking!

Sue x

Less Is More week 109, Word Art Wednesday # 69 and ABC #19

Hi everyone, the challenge this week at Less Is More is a colour challenge

This card is also for Word Art Wednesday challenge 69 - anything goes

and ABC Challenges #19 - anything goes

Grass stamp by Stampin' Up!, sentiment stamp by Our Daily Bread Designs, ink TH distress ink.

Thank you for visiting! Have a lovely day..

Sue 

CAS-Colours and Sketches #12 and Word Art Wednesday #67

Hi everyone, this card has finished up very differently to how I envisaged it! It was originally going to be bigger, with a darker coloured flower on a stem with leaves at the bottom. The flower and leaf stamps are from the Hero Arts Stitched Frame set and the Bible verse is by Stampendous.

Would like to enter this in the following challenges:

CAS-Colours and Sketches #12 - sketch challenge
Word Art Wednesday #67 - Love/Anything Goes

Here's the sketch

Thanks for looking!

Sue x

Word Art Wednesday challenge 52

Hi everyone, and a big hello to new member Amy!

 I wanted to make a card using last week's Scripture verse from Word Art Wednesday which is  Matthew 6 verse 21 "Where your treasure is. your heart will be also" but for one reason and another I didn't get to it last week, but here it is today.

I had in mind what I wanted to do but in fact it hasn't worked out at all like I originally envisaged, and seems to have acquired a "tropical" feel! But hey tropical is OK lol !

Stamps by Hero Arts, papers by Kaisercraft.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue

Stampin Sisters in Christ #159 and Word Art Wednesday

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend and some nice sunshine!

This week Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge is to use an element of music and their Scripture verse is:-

"Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 5:19-20

The music background stamp is by Stamporium and the verse is computer generated.

I would also like to enter this in Word Art Wednesday challenge.

Thank you for looking!

Sue xx

Word Art Wednesday and Twist of Faith

Hi everyone, this is a card I've made for Word Art Wednesday, challenge 47. You can save the WAW free weekly word/scripture art to your computer and use it in your entry but are not required to do so as long as you use an encouraging or uplifting sentiment on your project.

The Scripture verse on this card is one provided by WAW a couple of weeks ago, which I've printed out and coloured with Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen inks and added some squares of paper from the Prima Almanac collection. The flowers were stamped on the same papers with black Stazon ink andstamps from Dots and Flowers set by Hero Arts. Card Candi in the corners by Craftwork Cards.

I would also like to share this card on Twist of Faith challenge, week 4. This is a very new challenge blog, a place to share your uplifting, healing, inspirational and scriptural card creations.

Thank you for stopping by!

Sue x

Tags

Greetings, everybody. Here are two bookmark tags I've made, starting with two manilla tags, adding colour with a Ranger distress tool and Tim Holtz distress inks. Have used various stamps and dotted pattern inking mask.

I would like to enter these into the Speedy Fox and Friends challenge 126 to use TAGS, either on their own or as embellishments on a card.

Also Word Art Wednesday challenge 47.

Sue xx

Word Art Wednesday challenge 42

Hello everybody, Word Art Wednesday is a challenge blog which provides a weekly Scripture verse for inspiration (although you can use any inspirational words or sentiment) and the verse this week which I've used on my card is:

I've put the verse onto a die cut shape and edges coloured with Ranger distress ink (Tumbled Glass), used Victorian Garden papers by Prima for the background, with some die cut flowers, punched leaves, pearls and ribbon.

Sue xx

Tulips and torn vellum

"No matter how long the Winter, Spring is sure to follow"

Hi everyone, I made this card by stamping a white card panel with a tulips stamp by De Nami and colouring using the water-colour technique. I embossed the sentiment (Inkylicious) onto a piece of torn vellum and mounted the panel onto some pearlescent card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday week 41
Simply Less Is More week 81 [torn paper]
Paper Pretties PWC219 [square card]

Sue xx

Word Art Wednesday challenge 34 (no 2)

"Faith, Hope, Love"

Hi everybody, here is a little tag I have made for a second entry in the Word Art Wednesday challenge #34.

Word and face stamps by Hampton Art, background word stamp by Paper Inspirations, leaf stamp by Bo Bunny.

Sue x

Word Art Wednesday challenge 34

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous"

Hi everyone, this is my creation for entry in the Word Art Wednesday challenge 34.

Unfortunately I still don't have a printer so I decided to make something using my new stamp set, "Garden Silhouettes" by Sheena Douglas.**

I cut a piece of white card a little smaller than my card blank, added Tim Holtz Distress Inks using some Cut and Dry foam, stamped and cut an aperture. Then added some colour and more stamping onto the card blank and mounted the frame over the card with Pinflair Glue Gel.

I'm hoping to have time to post some more cards made with these lovely stamps.

Sue xxx

** TIP: I don't usually buy unmounted rubber stamps in sheets as its quite fiddly to cut them all out and mount them onto U-Mount which is what I have done in the past., but find its much easier to use Tack 'N Peel film on an acrylic block. You can use the other side of the block for your acrylic stamps.

Tack 'N Peel is a film which you can cut to fit your acrylic or wooden block and it's self-adhesive. Once it's stuck to the block, take off the protective layer and then your rubber stamp will stick to the tacky surface. When you have finished, you can take the stamp off and put it away and place the protective film back over the tacky surface. You can keep the surface tacky by rinsing it with water and air-drying it which preserves the adhesive layer so the stickiness can be restored a number of times. 

"It's the little things ..."

"Its the little thing that make life BIG"

Hi everyone, this is my entry for the Word Art Wednesday challenge #32, and also the Speedy Fox and Friends challenge to make a black and white card with a splash of colour.

Stamps used are by Inkylicious.

Sue xx