Just for Fun!

Hi all, I'm back today with a couple of cards made for fun -  I'm feeling inspired after a 6 week hiatus, and I am trying to keep my crafty side going!

 I made some panels a little while ago, playing with my newly bought inks by Dylusions.

For this citrussy coloured card, I sparyed some Lime Zest and Jade Green inks onto my craft mat, added some pearlescent pigment powder to it and pressed my card stock into it. I love the effect, but I am not sure how to stop the pearly pigment coming off onto my hands, if anyone can advise me I'd be very grateful!

I matted this panel onto a silver mirri card, attached to a card base, and stamped a Uniko Studios sentiment around the edge in Memento London Fog.

For my next card I used the same technique, but with the colours of London Blue and Funky Fuschia.

The sentiment is also by Uniko Studios.

I have several more snippets of these coloured inky panels, so I may make a few more to have in my stash for future occasions.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More

Hello again, two posts in one day! I made a card for last weekend's Less is More challenge on Sunday, and didn't get round to blogging it, as I'm day off today, I'm having a catch up! The theme this week is purple - I have used Brushos with resist stamping using Visible Image stamps.

I masked the butterfly, and stamped several times and embossed in clear embossing powder. I then sprinkled on the purple brushos, and spritzed with water.

I then matted onto some silver mirri card, and attached to a card base, added another Visible ~Image sentiment, and voila, card made!

Thanks for stopping by today, I'm off for a lie down after all this blogging!

Pauline

Brushos and Visible Image

Hi all, it's been a long time since my last blog post, I've been busy one way or another, and have not felt much like crafting. Well, I got my stamps and brusho paint crystals out at the weekend, and had a dabble, to kick start my mojo.

I created the background using Ultramarine Brushos on wet watercolour card, and left to dry. I then had a tinker about with stamping with water and adding the brushos to it, but it didn't work too well with this splashing horse image, I think it may be too detailed. So I then tried stamping with the Brusho paint, and it worked a treat!

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark, and embossed twice using gold detail embossing powder, then added some specks of shabby white embossing enamel over the top.

I matted onto a piece of  blue swiss dot bazill card, and attached to a card base.

A nice quick card (minus drying time) and flat for posting too!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

That's Crafty - The Sea (the horse is splashing in the sea)

Stamplorations - Blue

Sentiment stamp and horse stamp are by Visible Image.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Express Yourself..

Hi all, it's been a while since my last post, I have been creating, but just not got around to blogging or sharing! I made this card the other week, experimenting with some stamps and a new to me technique - shaving foam technique.

I made the background using Brushos on the shaving foam instead of inks, and I had mixed results. As I used the Brusho powders in their crystal state, they tended to 'scratch' along the surface of the card when i removed the foam. This piece I used was one I was quite happy with, the rest went in the bin!

 I stencilled a mesh design using a Tim Holtz stencil and some Mahogany distress ink, then stamped the fabulous eye image in a circle to imitate a flower. The eye and sentiments are from Visible Image.

 I went around the edge of the panel with some glue pen in wiggly lines, and added some gold glamour dust, then I added some to the eye flower and the 'R' in Art.

I stamped the 'express yourself' stamp 3 times, and cut in a random fashion. I then backed them onto black card and attached with some foam pads.

If you haven't seen Visible Image stamps before, check them out! The stamp quality is superb, and customer service is amazing too, you can find their store here - Visible Image.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Hiding in my Craftroom - Layers

Love to Create - anything Goes Mixed Media

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Playing with Brushos..

Hi everyone, well, it's Saturday, and the sun is actually shining woo-hoo! Makes a welcome change! I made a card last night and I am now glad that I waited until today to take some pics.

I recently got some new to me stamps from Bee Crafty. They have a stamp line influenced by the works of Banksy, and they are fab! When I saw this little girl, reaching for her balloon, I had to have it!

I had a Brusho background made with Lime, Sea Green and Purple Brushos, and first stamped the sentiment and embossed in black.

I then stamped and embossed in black the little girl and her balloon either side of the sentiment, and then felt the background needed something else.

So I stamped the bubble background around the edge in Versamark and silver embossed. I then mat and layered with some blue and black card, and that was it! I love the colours of the Brushos against the stark outlines of the images and sentiment.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

That's Crafty - Bright and bold

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Well that's all from me today, as I am off out to make the most of the sun while it lasts!


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

That's Crafty, CASE this Sketch

Hi all, another post from me this morning! I have two cards to share for a couple of challenges - That's Crafty have a Red and Green theme, and I made a card also for this week's CASE this Sketch.

I used the same Tim Holtz stamp set as I did for my card last week, the butterfly is so beautiful, I just can't stop using it! I embossed the butterfly in two tone gold and green powder, and it shimmers beautifully. I then fussy cut and set aside, while I stamped the background directly onto the card.

My next card is for bot That's Crafty and CASE this Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch:

Again I have used the beautiful butterfly, this time stamped in Versamark and embossed with White sparkly poder, and it sparkles in the sun!

I then took a piece of Brusho background in red and green, cut to size, and layered it onto some silver mirri card. The sentiment is from Prima.

I would like to enter the top card into:

That's Crafty - Red and Green


I would like to enter bottom card into:

That's Crafty - Red and Green

CASE this Sketch - Sketch 165

Thanks for stopping by,
Pauline

Alice Amongst the Flowers

Hi all, I am sharing this card I made for the Rick St. Dennis challenge on his Facebook group, which is to include something metal on a project using an RSD image of course! I had this lovely image already coloured, and decided it was time she made it onto a card, with the onset of spring (despite Storm Katie last night!) I thought she looked quite spring like amongst the flowers.

I coloured her with Polychromos pencils, and she is layered onto a piece of mirri card, that I clear embossed with a flourish design to imitate the look of hammered metal.

I also added some metal and pearl brads to the corners. The pretty paper is from a magazine freebie, and the sentiment is from Visible Image.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Goodbye to Watzingmouse Stamps

Hi all, I'm here today to share something I made way, way back in 2011! Waltzingmouse Stamps store is closing down, and there is a blog hop for us WMS fans to show our own favourite WMS make. I have a large amount of WMS creations that I love, it was so very hard to choose, but in the end I plumped for this one.

I made this using an acordian style tag from Little Claire's, and used several WMS stamp sets and distress inks, and embossing to make it.

There were a lot of different layers, and I can remember making this, and the time I spent on it, happy memories.

I am sharing this at Waltzingmouse Fanatics blog, so if you have a fave WMS past creation, pop over and share it with us.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

That's Crafty - Red & Green

Hi all, I'm back again! Today I have a card made for this fortnight's challenge over at That's Crafty, and the theme is red and green. Not my favourite pairing of colours I will admit, and this card has ended  up completely different to how I had planned it!

I have used my new Tim Holtz stamp set Perspective, which features this beautiful large butterfly. I stamped the butterfly in black embossing ink (I find my pot of black embossing powder is very messy, and doesn't give the sharp lines of an image) and embossed in clear powder. I then fussy cut, and coloured with Barn Door and Peeled Paint distress inks. I added some sparkle to the wings using my new Spectrum Noir pens, I'm not really fussed on them, but I will try and use them!

For the background, I stamped the number stamp in Barn Door randomly, then overstamped with the butterfly using Peeled Paint. I distressed around the edges with Black Soot. The sentiment is from the same stamp set - I was going to colour in the first word, but I thought there was enough red and green on here haha! Finally I added some sparkly gems to the body of the butterfly.

I have a few more ideas for this set, and some half finished pieces which I will hopefully finish later.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

That's Crafty - Red & Green

Glitter 'n Sparkle Challenge - Anything goes

Moving along With The Times - In the Garden (butterflies in the garden)

Southern Girls Challenge - Nature

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More -What's Outside Your Window?

Hi all, just popping by to share a card I made for thei week's Less is More challenge. The theme this week is What's outside your window! Well, today is dull, gloomy, cloudy and grey.

So I have represented the clouds I can see this morning, and the drizzle that we have too!

 

I tried a new to me technique with some gilding wax and distress inks. First I applied a little bit of silvery wax onto my craft sheet, and added 2 drops of Distress re-inker in Stormy Sky. I then spritzed with water and then mixed together. Then I smooshed some cardstock through it. The wax didn't have the effect I was looking for so I added some silvery pigment powder and spritzed again. I left this to dry for an hour or so, to ensure it was completely dry.

Then I ran this piece through my cuttlebug with the clouds embossing folder by Sizzix. To get some more sheen on, I gently rubbed some more of the wax over the raised clouds.

I attached this piece to some silver mirri card and attached to a plain card base. I stamped the sentiment in London Fog, and stencilled the raindrops with Weathered Wood. For a bit more sparkle, I added some glossy accents to the raindrops, and a bit of glamour dust.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Less is More - What's Outside Your Window

Addicted to Stamps and More - photo inspiration using the bold sentiment inspired by the graphic.

Unicorn Challenge Blog - Anything Goes CAS

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

CAS Sketches

Hoi all, a quickie from me today, I made a card for the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge, this is the sketch -

And here's my card -

I made some backing paper with shaving foam and distress inks a little while ago, and I have loads of it to use! So I used a snippet here, and stamped the musical stave in Dusty Concorde distress ink, and overstamped that with the sentiment - both stamps are from Visible Image, from their Soul Music set.

The inks I used in the shaving foam are fired brick and milled lavender.

Well that's all from me as I am popping out soon, thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Sentiment

Hi all, it's saturday, and that means a nice new challenge at Less is More! This week the challenge is a one layer card, with the sentiment as the main focus.

Well, I have plenty of large sentiments from Visible Image, and I chose this fab sentiment!

I used a large 6x6 card base, and sprinkled some Leaf Green and Terracotta Brushos onto it acros the card diagonally, then lightly spritzed with water to release the magic. When dry, I sprayed with Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer in antique gold, it has a greeny/gold tint to it.

Then I stamped the sentiment in Versamark, and used some green/gold two tone embossing powder, it also left a golden shimmer over the whole card, I tried to catch it in the second picture here, but it doesn't really do it justice.

Well, a nice, quick and easy card to make, and shimmery too!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Less is More - Sentiment

More Mixed Media Challenge - Green

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own background

Make my Monday - Square Card

Ooh La la Challenge - Sentiment

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Mixed Media for a Few Challenges

Hi all, I'm back again! Today I have a mixed media card to share for a few challenges. Last month I was a top 3 pick at That's Crafty (thanks ladies!) and their new challenge is up - this month they would like to see the use of Stencils or masks on a project. And over at Mixed Media Card Challenge, they would like to see Trees on our cards, and over at More Mixed Media Challenge, they want to see us use green on our projects. So feeling inspired by Green, Trees and Stencils, I set to.

I created the background by first sprinkling some Leaf Green Brushos onto some damp watercolour card, and allowed to dry. I then sprayed it with Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds shimmer spray.

Then I stamped the cup rings from Clarity Stamps  Journaling set in Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles distress ink. Then I  randomly stamped the script also from Clarity Stamps in Crushed Olive distress ink.

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For the stencilling, I used a That's Crafty Stencil,  Distressed Harlequin, and some Cosmic Shimmer paste in Champagne Gold, and set aside to dry. The tree is a Cheery Lynn die, and came with little woodland creatures, which I have also used here, they were too cute to throw away! I cut them with a sticky backed piece of cork, and adhered directly to the card. To finish off I stamped the sentiments from Jofy Stamp Set 11 in Pine Needles, and added some liquid pearls in Peacock green dotted around the card and on the little critters eyes.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

That's Crafty - Stencils

More Mixed Media Challenge - Green

The Mixed Media Card Challenge - Trees with added option birds - I have an owl in the tree.

Make My Monday - Square card

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own background

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Live in the Moment...

Hi all, I'm just popping by with a quick make I did yesterday, using a freebie stamp from this month's Craft Stamper magazine, by Visible Image. It is a smaller flower image that matches the larger one in their shop, which I already have.

I inked a piece of white card using distress inks in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch, and then sprinkled some water droplets to 'bleach' a bit of the colour out.

I then stamped the little flower around the edge in Versamark, and embossed with Sparkle Puff powder from Stampendous, it's very sparkly in real life.

I then stamped the sentiment from one of VI's new release Live in the Moment and again embossed with the sparkly powder. Finished it off with some flat back pearls, and job done. This is a nice flat card (apart from the pearls) so should be a nice easy one to post!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Uniko Studios and Sketch Saturday

Hoi all, just popping by with a card I have made for the Uniko Studios Feb challenge, I've left it a bit late with just one day to go, but I was feeling inspired by the challenge colours. I then took some inspiration for the layout by using this week's Sketch Saturday sketch.

I have used English Country Garden butterflies for my card - I stamped the large detailed butterfly ib clear versamark onto some watercolour paper, and clear embossed. I then added Turquoise Brusho crystals to the top of the wings and Rose Red Brusho crystals (the nearest I have in Brusho to Pink) to the bottom wings.

I then cut a pink frame, and white circle for the butterfly to sit on.

Then using the small detailed butterfly from this set, I stamped the butterflies onto some white card in memento Angel Pink and MFT Sno Cone.

I then cut this to size, and backed with some aqua bazzill card, and wrapped some aqua twine around the bottom. Finally I added a pink gem for a little sparkle, and some pink pearls to the centre of the butterfly.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Uniko Studios Feb Challenge - Colour inspiration.

That's Crafty - Circles

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline