Get Well

Hi all, I'm here today to share a card I made for the That's Crafty Challenge, and this week the theme is Leaves. I recently made a Get Well card for my Grandmother-in-law, who unfortunately broke her hip 4 weeks ago, and is still recovering in hospital. She is 93, so we are lucky she is still with us.

I used two lovely stamps from Serendipity Stamps, First, I gold embossed the large Fern image, and stamped another one on scratch paper to cut out for a mask. I then used the mask to stamp the smaller Fern image around the gold embossed fern, in Pine Needle and Evergreen Bough Distress inks.

I gold embossed the Get Well sentiment, also from S.S, and added some dark green gems.

Finally I mounted onto some dark green card, and added to a natural card base.

I would also like toi enter this into the following challenges:

Our Creative Corner - Shades of Autumn

Crafty Catz - Autumn Colours

Everybody Art Challenge - Earth Tones

Addicted to CAS - Leaves

Fantasy Stampers - Autumn Leaves

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

Less is More - Green and Gold

Hi all, I'm here this morning with a couple of cards for this week's new challenge over at Less is More. The theme this week is Green & Gold. I have many butterfly stamps in my collection, but I haven't used these lovely ones from Uniko Studio before,  Bright Butterflies, so I pulled them out and had a play.

I stamped all the butterflies from the set in Versamark, and gold embossed, then cut using the matching dies. I cut a few panels in different green shades using MFT Rectangle dies, stamped the little cog image from the same set in Versamark Dazzle, and mounted onto some gold, glittered card.

I stamped the little swirl in Versamark and gold embossed. I added the sentiment from the English Country Garden set, also from Uniko Studios, and gold embossed.

For my second card, I stamped the little swirl in Gumnball Green ink...but dropped the stamp as I finished ARRRGGHHH!!! You can see there are a few dots showing above the sentiment below, and it doesn't look too bad thankfully!

Here they are together. I always like to make a couple of cards for this challenge, as just one is never enough!

I would also like to enter these into the following challenges:

Less is More - Green & Gold

Lil Red Wagon - CAS

Cards und More - CAS

AAA Cards - Embossing (CAS)

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Eyes

Hi all, it's been a week since my last post, I haven't felt very crafty this week, but I wanted to make something for the Less is More challenge, this week it is to feature eyes. This time I got to use a stamp set I had got with a magazine and had yet to use.

I have made a couple of cards using a Woodware set and it doesn't have a name on it. For my first card, I stamped one of the owls onto some copy paper, and cut him out to use as a mask.

I stamped the owls in Tuxedo Black, and coloured woth Staedtler Ergo soft pencils. To enhance their eyes, I added a large blob of glossy accents, and topped with silver glamour dust.

For my second card, I just used one owl, and the little branch that came with the set.

Again, coloured with pencils, and added gold glamour dust to his eyes.

I've enjoyed using these little cuties, thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

Less is More..Again!!

Hi all, I'm back with some more Berry goodnes for the less is more challenge, I did say that I love creating with these colours hehe!

So, very quickly, both cards are made using Brushos in Purple and Scarlet, the first card was used sparingly, and the other card was made using much more water.

Once dry, I stamped the images from Stampendous called Bold Sprigs in Black Soot Distress ink. The watercolour card doesn't tend to stamp images well, so I smooshed the ink pad onto an acrylic block, then picked up the ink with a little water on my brush, and painted in the gaps on the berries and butterflies.  The sentiment is from Uniko Studios, stamped in Dusty Concorde Distress ink.

 Then I added some glue pen dots onto the sprigs and butterflies, and added some Glamour Dust.

For my second card, I cut a rectangular panel using an MFT die Cross Stitched Rectangles, and layered it onto another cut in Cherry Cobbler.

The die cut wording is also cut in Cherry Cobbler, and is a die from Serendipity Stamps.

I fancied a bit of sparkle on this one too, so I added some glue pen dots, and glamour dust to the panel.

Well I hope I haven't bored you this week with my berry inspired makes, but I have enjoyed making them!

I would like to enter these into the following challenges

Less is More - Berry Colours

That's Crafty - Purple

Inspiration Destination - anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Bleeding Tissue and some more Purple!

Hi all, I'm back with another card for this week's Less is More challenge, I love playing with purples and berry colours, and last night I thought I would try a new to me technique - Bleeding Tissue. I had mixed results at first, as I used too much water, and it basically 'bled' everywhere. So I tried again, and then again, and finally achieved the look I was after.

I cut some circles out of coloured art tissue, ( available from Opal Crafts) laid them onto some white card stock, and carefully painted water on top of the circles. The colour immediately bleeds out onto the cardstock and you get this effect. The colours are very intense and vibrant, although it looks pink in the photo, I did use a deep purple tissue.

Over the top of the circles (once dry) I stamped the inspirational quotes from Visible Image- Imagine dream Inspire- in Grape Jelly memento ink. I then sprinkled some White Shabby Embossing powder over the card, it has some little flecks of glitter in it, resulting in a gentle sparkle, but unfortunately I couldn't pick this up with my camera. I then used some purple Bazzill card for the mat.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

Less is More - Berry colours

That's Crafty - Purple

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More, and a couple more...

Hi all, I'm back with some more berry coloured inspired creativity! Whenever I create with these colours, I just keep going! In my quest to use my stash rather than hoard it in a box, I thought I would use one of my sadly neglected Papertrey Ink stamp sets, called, appropriately enough, Harvest Berries.

First, I sprinkled some Purple and Violet Brushos from That's Crafty onto some plain white card, then spritzed with water for this magical effect. Everytime I use Brushos, it never fails to delight me! When it was dry, I stamped in Versamark the large sprig of leaves from the stamp set, and white embossed it. I didn't feel it stood out enough, so I then traced around some of the leaves and stem with a black fineliner.

I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Up! ink, and also used the same colour card to mat the panel. Before adhering to the panel, I sprinkled some Stampendous Shabby White embossing enamel over the surface, and heated from underneath. Although you can't see it in the photo, it's very sparkly in real life.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Less is More - Berry Colours

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

That's Crafty Challenges - Purple

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Berry Colours

Hi all, I'm sharing my little make today for this week's new Less is More challenge, to use Berry colours. Now, I love berry shades, especially deep purples and raspberry reds, and once I start creating with them, I can't stop!

For this card, I used some scraps left over from another project, which I still need to blog, and my new dies from MFT (available at Dies to Die for) Blueprints 20. I actually cut and assembled 7 of these mini quilts, and found it very therapeutic, like an extended jigsaw puzzle!

The main body of the quilt was made using some background paper I had made using a Visible Ink stamp, Flower INKcognito, clear embossed, then spritzed with some Deco Art paint sprays in Purple and Primary Magenta  for an embossed/resist technique.

As the  background card had already been made last week, all I needed to do was cut and assemble.

The raspberry mat was also cut using a cross stitched rectangular die, also from the Blueprints 20 die set. I added some purple twine and a deep purple button, and the sentiment is from Uniko Studios,  All Occasion Sentiments #1, stamped in Hero Arts new Ombre ink pad in 'Lilac to Grape Purple'.

I stopped short of adding any further bling or glitter, but it's difficult for me haha! I love the bling!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline