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

Colours of The Wind

Hi all, just a quickie from me today, I made this a little while ago using Brushos and some Visible image stamps. Apart from the drying time for the Brusho background, this was a very quick card to make.

I gold embossed the leaf and sentiment, and then highlighted around them to make them pop a little bit.

I sent this to a crafty friend for a swap, now I know she has it I can post it!

I would like to enter this into:

 Crafty Catz challenge of no DP ( made my own background) and CAS.

Ooh la la Challenge - CAS

Hiding in my Craftroom - CAS


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

That's Crafty and Mixed Media

Hi all, I'm here today to share a mixed media card I made for a couple of challenges. I'm just getting into mixed media, I have some paints, misters and texture paste, so I will be experimenting with them over the coming weeks.

For this card, I created the background using Brusho paint crystals, by sprinkling two colours (purple and Terracotta) lightly onto some watercolour card, and spraying with some water. You only need a small amount of these paints to make a splash, literally just a few grains, and the water does the work!

I let it dry, then cut a panel to size for my card base. I stamped the circles and smaller butterflies using a Prima Finnabair stamp set called Don't Forget to Fly, and embossed with black powder. Then taking an off cut I stamped the large butterfly and sentiments again black embossing.

I added some glittery texture paste by Phill Martin using a Clarity Stamps stencil, called Jo's Bubbles,  and left to dry.

While the paste dried, I mounted the sentiments onto some lilac card, and cut around in a random fashion, I have tried this before and I like the look.

After drying, I attached the butterfly and sentiments using some foam pads.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

That's Crafty - Circles

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Glitter

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

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