Less is More - One Layer - Stem

Hi all, I am here today with a card made for this week's Less is More challenge - one layer CAS design to include a Stem. It gave me the chance to use these fab Jofy stamps I bought last year, but had not got round to using. The floral stem is from Jofy 32 and the butterfly from Jofy 11.

I stamped the stem and butterfly directly to the card base, and coloured with Staedtler Ergosoft colour pencils.

I added some gems to the butterfly and flower centres, then sponged around the edges with some Milled Lavender distress ink. The sentiment is also from Jofy 32.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Designs by Ryn

Hi all, I'm just popping by to share a card I made for my husband's grandfather, who is 94 today! I needed to make something bright and bold for him, so I chose these lovely swirls from Designs by Ryn, on a Brusho background.

Apologies for the poor quality photo, but the light had gone by the time I had finished, and sent it on it's way to him.

I am entering this in to Designs by Ryn February Customer Creation Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Brushos and Mixed Media...

Hi all, I'm here today sharing a mixed media style card, which for me is fairly new. I really like how this card turned out, and the mixed media style seems to be anything can go anywhere!

I made a brusho background with green and yellow (I think), and sprayed with  Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds, then sponged some Rusty Hinge Distress Ink through a Tim Holtz hessian style mask randomly. I then cut the piece out to size where I liked the pattern more, and stamped the birds from Visible Image stamps.

I stamped the sentiment, also from Visible Image onto a little off-cut, and added some fussy cut birds.

Onto the main panel, I used some sparkling grunge paste in Champagne through a Tim Holtz harlequin mask, in a random pattern, and left to dry. Before drying completely, I sprinkled some gold glamour dust onto the diamond shapes.

I really enjoyed dipping my toes (or rather my fingers!) into the world of Mixed media! This card is winging it's way to a male friend in Denmark!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline.

My First ATCs!

Hi all, I am here today to share my very first ATC cards! There has to be a first for everything, and this is something I have always shied away from - the size, I thought would just be too small to make anything worth using, or looking at! How wrong I was! I was inspired to try my hand at ATCs for the challenge over at That's Crafty.

So I have made 5 ATCs, all using either a brusho or sprayed stamped background, and all stamps used are by Visible Image. I got all my Brushos from That's Crafty store.

For my first ATC, I have used some orange and green DecoArt paint sprays. Over the splatters, I stamped this lovely grungy Flower INKognito in Versamark, and embossed with gold detail powder. The sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo Black, curt out, and distressed with Walnut Stain, and I stamped the ink spots around the edge using a stamp from Free Your Imagination set, and gold embossed.

For my second ATC, I have used an off-cut from a previous project, and I'm so glad I kept this piece! I stamped the cracked glass image in Versamark, and clear embossed. Then, I sprayed the card with water, and sprinkled a few colours of Brusho pigment paints, and they reacted beautifully with the water and the design. The finished sheet looked like stained glass. All I needed to do here was to trim the offcut to size, distress the edges with Walnut Stain, and stamp the sentiment from the Sunshine set. I inked around the edges with Mowed Lawn distress ink, and a bit of Walnut Stain, and stuck it on with foam pads.

For my third ATC, I used a Brusho background, over which I stencilled a Tim Holtz flourish design, in Festive Berries and Fossilized Amber Distress inks, then sprayed lightly with water, and patted dry with some paper towel for a softer effect.

I then stamped in Versamark the beautiful chandelier image from Chandelier Set, and black embossed. The sentiment is from the same set, but I got it a bit wonky. Never mind, mistakes make us wiser! Finally I added some gems and distressed the edges with Walnut Stain ink.

For my fourth ATC, I used a Brusho background, and used my new That's Crafty Dinky Stencil Metal Grid Background, with Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean distress inks.

I stamped the watch in Aged Gold embossing enamel, using the image from Time after Time set, but I can't find it on the website so it must have been discontinued.

Around the edge I gold embossed the dotty edge from the mini Grunge Flourish which was a freebie from a magazine, but you can get a similar stamp from Visible image in their Edgy set.

I stamped and embossed the word Time twice - first in detail gold, then again in black.

 

For my final ATC, I again used a Brush background, and stamped the heart shape from Molly Rules stamp set and gold embossed. I stamped the sentiment in Tuxedo Black, and cut roughly around it. I edged it in versamark, and gold embossed. I then used my Versamark pen to gold emboss the little heart in the square.

Well, I have had a lot of fun today making these ATCs, and I have lots of backgrounds ready for a whole batch more!

I would like to enter these into the following challenges:

That's Crafty Challenge - ATCs

We Love to Create - Mixed Media, Anything Goes.

Fantasy Stampers - Love is in the Air  - for the last ATC only, (I love you just the way you are).


Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

Less is More - Silhouettes

Hi all, today I made a card for this week's Less is More challenge and this week they would like to see Silhouettes on our projects. So I had a good rummage, and I have a few stamp sets that fit the bill, but nothing I felt like creating with.

So I pulled out my stencils, and chose to use this maple leaf stencil from Clarity Stamps.

I taped it over some white card, and inked some of the leaf designs with some distress inks, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, and Ripe Persimmon.

I then added the bird silhouettes and sentiment from Visible Image Free Your Imagination set in Walnut Stain, and backed it onto some gold mirri card.

I had a bit more of a play with these Visible Image stamps, but they didn't turn out as CAS as I would need for this challenge, so I will post them separately.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Kissing

Hello, well, I am back again, twice in one week! I have a card to share for this week's Less is More challenge, which would like us to use the Kissing Technique with our stamping. This is done using a solid image stamp, with a light ink, then over stamped with a darker stamp in a pattern. One I haven't tried yet, so I looked through my stash for a solid style stamp.

I don't have many, but I chose this horse image from Visible Image Revolution set. I stamped the horse in Spun Sugar DI, then pressed it onto the text stamp inked up with Barn Door DI. I stamped the image, and it worked beautifully, so after cleaning the image, I stamped the horse in Tumbled Glass DI, and used Peacock Feathers DI for the text.

I then cut the image with a nestie, and distressed around the edges with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain DIs. Onto a card base I stamped the text stamp in Antique Linen, and the sentiment in Gathered Twigs. Then distressed around the card base with Old Paper, Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain.

Before adding the die cut to the card base, I went round the edge with a glue pen, and sprinkled some gold glamour dust onto it for some sparkle.

It came out much softer and prettier than I had imagined.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Flourish

Well, goodness me, it's been a long time since I last blogged! I have had a bit of a creative desert, not really feeling like much. I don't like crafting in the evenings, I like light to colour and create, and in the winter months, that is a rarity! Anyway, I felt a bit crafty at the weekend, and looked into the Less is More Challenge, which this week would like us to feature a flourish on a CAS card.

I don't have many flourish images, but i found one I had from stampin' Up! a few years ago, and a flourish set from Uniko Studios, so I eased myself back into crafting with some stamping.

My first card was made using the Stampin' Up! flourish, stamped in Versamark and black embossed, I then inked around the flourish with the recent new ink colours from Tim Holtz, using Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber, I then black embossed the sentiment by Visible Image, and used a text stamp by Visible Image from their Revolution set in Peacock feathers over the inked areas.

 

My next card was made using some Uniko Studios flourishes, and sentiment stamp, quite a simple quick card, stamped in Blueprint distress ink, and added some clear gems for a bit of interest.

This next card was made using the same S.U flourish stamp, and a Hero Arts ombre stamp pad. It's not very clear, but I added some lilac gems to some of the flourish ends. Sentiment is from Uniko Studios.

I then made some thank you cards, as after christmas, we always need a few to send, and preferably flat for posting, so this was an ideal challenge. So, a variation on a them, this time I stamped the flourish either in the corners, or along the edges, using a Glue pad. I then sprinkled either silver or gold glamour dust onto the gluey flourishes. Some of them I am not too keen on (the peachy coloured ones!) but I do like the blue and purple ones, and are very glittery in the sun.

Well that's it from me, thanks for stopping by, hopefully this will kickstart my creative flow again!

Pauline