Floral hugs

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that using a watercolour technique and some distress inks.

I created my background first and when it was dry I stamped the flower image from Altenew several times over the background. I then die cut the panel with 2 different sizes of Simon Says Stamp rectangle dies. I adhered the large panel to my card base and using the 2 rectangle dies cut a frame from some black cardstock.

I added the frame over the panel and then adhered the smaller panel over top with some foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Added some pearl accents and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Distress Oxide inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade

Pearl gemstones

Thanks a bunch

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today using watercolours and some added splatters. Simon Says Stamp has a current Flickr challenge where the theme is 'Split, Splat, Spatter'. This card is perfect for that.

I started by creating a watercolour background and using the Clustered Leaves die from Simon Says Stamp to cut out the leaves and then added some splatters using different colours of ink.

I die cut a frame with some turquoise cardstock and then adhered the leaves directly to my card base and then foam mounted the frame over top. The sentiment from Clearly Besotted was stamped with some turquoise ink and then I added several rainbow coloured rhinestones from HAI.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves die

Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set

Clearly Besotted Miniature Floral Collection stamp set

HAI rainbow rhinestones

Our prayers

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using some watercolour to create a background for this large stamp from Impression Obsession with an inlaid die sentiment. Entering this in the Simon Says Stamp IG challenge for July where the theme is 'Watercolor'. I like to see the different colours poking out from behind the trees

I started by applying different colours of Tombow markers to a craft mat and then spritzing with water and using a smooshing technique to add the colour to a piece of white card stock. I sometimes forget how wonderful Tombow markers are for watercolouring. The results are beautiful.

Once this was dry I stamped the large background image to my piece. I die cut the word prayers first from black and then from white cardstock. At first I was going to add the word in black but it seemed to get lost in the background so I added the white die cut piece so that it would stand out more.  The whole panel was applied to my card base with foam tape so that I could do an inlaid die technique for adding my die cut sentiment. I stamped the smaller word sentiments on black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Well that completes my card and thanks so much for stopping by. 

Supplies:

Impression Obsession Birds on Trees Cover-A-Card stamp

Hero Arts Prayers stamp and die set

Tombow markers - Light Green, Reflex Blue, Light Orange, Green

Hero Arts Black cube ink

Floral Mom

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today that I am entering in both the Simon Says current Flickr challenge #122 where the theme is 'Mother's Day/Flowers' and their current Wednesday challenge where the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

I started by stamping and embossing my floral image with white embossing powder. I then went on to water colouring the image with my Zigs. I die cut the image using a stitched square die. 

I placed a stencil over the card base and blended some Simon Says Stamp ink with a Clarity brush to give it a nice soft effect.

The stamped image was foam mounted onto a piece of turquoise cardstock.

The sentiment was die cut several times from the same colour of turquoise cardstock and mounted onto my card. I used MFT's Wow die and turned it upside down.

I added some sequins and finished the card off by adding a small crystal to each of the sequin centres.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

WPlus 9 Beautiful Boquets Dahlia stamp

Simon Says Stamp Flower Pattern stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares die set

My Favorite Things Wow die-namics die

Simon Says Stamp Mint ink pad

Zigs - Carmine Red, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Pale Green

Clarity brush

Caffeinated Cats

Hi everyone,

Today I have 2 cards that I created using Newton's Nook Designs Caffeinated Cats and various products from other companies.

For my first card I stamped the image and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I ran the piece through my diecutting machine to add a border to the card.

I then went on to water colouring the image with Inktense Watercolour ink pencils and added shading around the image with a light grey colour.

I mounted the piece onto a card base to which I had adhered a piece of black and white polka dot paper. Stamped the sentiment and white heat embossed. Added the sentiment to my card with foam tape and added some crystals to finish the card.

For my second card I blended Distress Oxide ink to a die cut panel and stamped the image with black ink. The sentiment was stamped in black ink onto a die cut piece using a Sunny Studio Stamp circle die.
Mounted the whole panel with foam tape to a card base to which I had adhered a piece of turquoise cardstock.

Well that's it for my cards and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Newton's Nook Designs Caffeinated Cats stamp set

Newton's Nook Designs Newton Loves Coffee stamp set

MFT Dienamics Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die

Lawn Fawn Outiside in Stitched Scallped Rectangle Stackables die

Sunny Studio Stamps Fancy Frames-Circles die set

Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Ink Pencil set

Distress Oxide Ink - Twisted Citron

Studio Katia April Crystals

Thinking of you flowers

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using Studio Katia's Floral Trimmings stamp set. Also entering this in the A Blog Named Hero challenge to 'Put a Flower On It' where you can find the details here. Also for the current Simon Says Flickr challenge of  'Anything Goes'.

I started by stamping only one of the floral images from the set on to Tim Holtz watercolour paper and heat embossing using white embossing powder. I then moved on to adding various colours of Distress Inks to my craft sheet and applying them to my card using a watercolour brush.

I used a Curved edge die to cut another piece from white cardstock onto which I stamped my sentiment.

The edges of both the watercoloured piece and the curved piece were die cut using a stitched rectangle die to add a little interest. 

I adhered the watercoloured piece directly to my card base but foam mounted the sentiment piece.

April Crystals from Studio Katia were adhered to my card using Tombow Mono adhesive.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Studio Katia Floral Trimming stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Hero Arts Find Joy stamp set

MFT Die-namics Stitched Basic Edges die set

Studio Katia April Crystals 

Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Iced Spruce, Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade, Barn Door and Abandoned Coral

love you both

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share for 2 Simon Says Stamp challenges. The Wednesday 'Love is in the Air" challenge here and also the SSS Flickrchallenge #89 where the theme is "Love/Hearts.

I started by creating  my watercolour background using Peerless Watercolour in Rose Red on a piece of Tim Holtz Distress watercolour cardstock. I then added little flicks of Pearl Ex-Press watercolour to give it a little shine. I then moved onto diecutting the love from the centre of the piece. I die cut it 4 or 5 more times from white cardstock and then stacked all the pieces together to add some extra dimension.

I used 2 different sizes of a large stitched rectangle die to cut both the background piece and also a piece of patterned paper.

Added the patterned paper to my card base and then foam mounted my watercolour panel. Adhered the die cut sentiment, stamped the other sentiment on black cardstock and heat embossed with white eembossing powder.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

SSS Stitched Rectangle die set

SSS Sending and Wishing stamp set

Lawn Fawn Scripty Love die

Peerless Watercolors - Rose Red

Pearl Ex-Press Macropearl Pearlescent watercolor

Pebbles Sunnyside 6x6 paper pad

Smile cat

Hi everyone,

Well here we are again in Montreal with another snow storm. I think they are calling for upwards of 30 cms. by the time it is all over.
Yesterday it was +10C and pouring rain and tomorrow's temps will be in the -20C's. Got to love our winters😒

Today's card is for the current SSSflickrchallenge where the theme is 'Water coloring'.

I started by stamping my cute cat from SSS onto some watercolour paper and proceeding to colour it using my Zigs.
I then added some blue to the background of my cat so he would stand out a bit more. Die cut that piece using a SSS stitched rectangle die.

Took my card base, applied a SSS stencil and used a dauber for the dots. Embossed the card base with a wonky stitched rectangle die. Popped my image up with foam tape onto a piece of dotted paper.

Die cut the sentiment from Mama Elephant and added some Nuvo crystal drops and that's if for my card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

SSS Cuddly Critters stamp set
SSS Falling Snow stencil
SSS Stitched Rectangle die set
MFT Wonky Stitched rectangle die set
Mama Elephant Smile Script die
Zigs
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Caribbean Ocean
Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge 82 - "Fall is in the Air"

Happy Friday everyone,

Well it's time again for a new SSS Flickr challenge here where you will find details on how to play. I do hope you can join in.

I was so exited when Barb asked me to guest design for this challenge where the theme is "Fall is in the Air". This was so perfect for me as this is my favourite time of the year. I created 3 cards for this and decided to work Fall colours into all of my cards.

For my first card I used the SSS Clustered Leaves die as my focal point.

I started by creating a watercolour pallette on my craft sheet using Distress inks in Abandoned Coral, Carved Pumpkin and Shabby Shutters. I spritzed some water over each colour and then took a piece of watercolour cardstock and pressed that down over the colours. Once I was happy with the blend I die cut the leaf die from it. Set that aside and went onto creating my background piece. I used a SSS Stitched Rectangle die to emboss the edges of my card and added some gold drops using a metallic shimmer spray. I popped up the leaf die cut piece with small pieces of foam tape adhered behind each leaf to give it some dimension then added some clear Wink of Stella to each leaf to give it a little touch sparkle.

I then die cut the hello sentiment from some black cardstock and added that to the centre of my card adhering it with some Tombow Mono glue.

Here's card #2.

For this card I used the SSS Full Card Triangles die and cut this from Neenah Desert Storm cardstock.

I kept all the little pieces that fell out from the die and saved them for later.

I took a piece of white cardstock and carefully masked off strips of colour using a combination of Distress and Distress Oxide inks so that they would line up with the die cover piece once I added it to the front of my card. 

From the top of my card this is the order of colours - Distress Spiced Marmalade, Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber, Distress Oxide Candied Apple, Distress Gathered Twigs, Distress Mustard Seed and finally Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade.

Once I was happy with the total blend of colours I added that piece to a Desert Storm card base.  I then gave the whole panel a little spritz of water to add a little effect. I then carefully laid the die cut piece over the panel making sure everything lined up. Some of the little leftover triangles that I saved earlier where added here and there on the card. Some I laid down flat and some I popped up with a little foam tape.
For my sentiment I used a stamp from the SSS Work Out stamp set, stamped with Versamark ink and embossed it with Gold Detail embossing powder. Added the strip to my card with foam tape. I added a little watercolour leaf using a Lawn Fawn die to which I added some gold Wink of Stella.
I added some Nuvo Crystal drops in Red Berry, Dandelion Yellow and Ripened Pumpkin for a little additonal accents.

Onto card #3.

For this card I used a SSS stencil called Swirls and Dots. I adhered the stencil to a piece of white cardstock and then started to blend in various Distress inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint, Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon and finally Distress Oxide in Wilted Violet.
While the stencil was still in place I added some Translucent Embossing paste over the top of the whole piece. When dry it gives a nice shiny effect and still allows the colours underneath to show through.
I used a SSS A2 Card Curved Edge die to cut out the bottom piece of my background.
I took a piece of black cardstock cut to the the size I needed to add to my card and then embossed the sentiment from SSS Thanks stamp set with white embossing powder.
I added the coloured panel to the black piece with some foam tape and applied a Nuvo Crystal drop in Dandelion Yellow.

Well that's it for my cards and I hope you have fun creating your own for this challenge and I would like to thank Barb again for inviting me to join in today and thanks to all of you for viewing my cards.

I have listed all the supplies below again for each card.

Card #1 -
SSS Clustered Leaves die
SSS Stitched Rectangle die
SSS Small Hello die
Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Abandoned Coral, Carved Pumpkin
Hero Arts - Gold Metallic Shimmer spray

Card # 2 -
SSS Full Card Triangles die
SSS Work Out stamp set
Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Gathered Twigs, Mustard Seed
Distress Oxide Inks - Fossilized Amber, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves die set
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Dandelion Yellow, Red Berry, Ripened Pumpkin
Wink of Stella - Gold

Card # 3 -
SSS Swirls and Dots stencil
SSS A2 Card Curved Edge die
SSS Stitched Rectangle die
SSS Thanks 3x4 stamp set
Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint, Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon
Distress Oxide Inks - Wilted Violet
Dreamweaver Translucent Embossing paste
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Dandelion Yellow

happy for your friendship

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share with you for the current SSSflickrchallenge  here where the theme is "To Emboss Like a Boss" and also for Day 17 of thedailymarker30day here by Kathy Racoosin.

I started by blending some scuba ink to the base of my card. Then I added a stencil and some translucent embossing paste over that to create my background. I then went on to create a watercolour pallette so I could die cut the word happy from it.

I used 2 stitched rectangle dies to emboss the edges of my card and then flicked on some drops of color shine.

Layered the panel with some foam tape onto a decorative card which I believe is from Concord & 9th. Added the die cut word and the sentiment which was stamped on black cardstock and heat embossed with white powder.

Well that's it for this card and thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

SSS Stitched Rectangle die set
SSS Diagonal Stripe stencil
WPlus9 Happy Trio die set
Hero Arts Everyday Saying stamp set
Dreamweaver Translucent embossing paste
Peerless Watercolors
SSS Scuba ink cube
Heidi Swapp Teal Color Shine spray
SSS White embossing powder

Give thanks

Hi everyone,

It's a beautiful hot summer's day here with a temperature of 31 Celsius. Love it. Although it still feels like summer I seem to be in the mode for making cards with fall colours.

Here's one for Day 13 of Kathy Racoosin's thedailymarker30day challenge here.

I started by watercolouring some leaves with various colours of Distress inks.
For the background of my card I used an embossing folder aptly called leaves. I die cut that piece with a large stitched rectangle die and the banner piece was also die cut from that same rectangle die.
I then layered that onto my Desert Storm cardstock which I embossed using again the same rectangle die.

I couldn't find the Hero Arts stamp that I was looking for to stamp my sentiment so I used a sticker that I had. I know, I know that sounds a little different but it's hard to tell that it wasn't stamped.

Popped up the leaves and the sentiment piece with foam dots and added some twine and crystal drops for a little accent.

That's it for this card and thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves
QuicKutz Lifestyle Crafts Leaves embossing folder
Distress Inks
Nuvo Crystal drops - Ripened Pumpkin
Creative Imaginations Give Thanks sticker
Lawn Fawn twine
Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm cardstock

Wishing you both the best!

Hi everyone,

Did a little watercolouring on this card with  my some Zigs for Kathy Racoosin's here Day 10 of

Here's my card using Altenew's Peony Bouquet stamp set and 2 colours of Zigs.

I die cut the word Wishing with gold shiny cardstock and stamped the rest of the words with SSS ink.

I still need to work on my watercolouring techniques but all in all I am pretty happy at the result of this card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Wishing Die and stamp set

Zigs - Deep Violet and Light Blue

SSS High Dive ink cube

Lawn Fawn cards

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share some of my recent Lawn Fawn creations here.

Thanks for stopping,

Aloha!

Hi everyone,

Well it's been a while since my last post. Have been working on the kitchen, had a mini vacation and just enjoying the summer although the weather has not been very nice at all. As a matter of fact there is a lovely thunder shower going on right now. The tile guy is in the kitchen installing the backsplash (which is the final touch in my complete new kitchen) so hubby has gone to pick up some lunch.

In the meantime I have a card to share using some new Lawn Fawn products.

Watercolured the background piece in 2 different colours and added some Pearl shimmer. I then used an embossing folder to add a little texture. I think it looks like waves.

Die cut the Aloha 3 times and the palm tree top and layered the whole panel on to some patterned paper.

Added some finishing touches with Nuvo accents.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Scripty Aloha die

Lawn Fawn Palm Trees die set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

Lawn Fawn Beachside 6x6 paper pack

Couture Creations Rainbow Wave embossing folder

Koi Watercolours

Jacquard Pearl Ex-Press Watercolor palette

Nuvo Crystal drops

happy birthday!

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card is for the current 'Anything Goes' challenge at A Blog Named Hero  here

I used a large Hero Arts background stamp and embossed with white embossing powder.

Then I started added colour to the background using my Zig watercolour pens.

Die cut the piece using a stitched scalloped rectangle die. Popped this onto a black panel embossed using a dot embossing folder.

Stamped the sentiment and white heat embossed. Used an oval die to cut out the sentiment.

Added some twine and clear sequins and that's it for this card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Hero Arts Looped Flower pattern background stamp

MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame

Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Oval die set

Simon Says Stamp sentiment from the 3x4 Happy clear stamp set

Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder

Tim Holtz Distress watercolor cardstock

SSS white embossing powder

Twine

Zigs

Smile

Hi everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. I've managed to escape to my craft room while my husband is upstairs sanding the kitchen walls in prep for our new kitchen. We agreed to do some of the work ourselves including completely gutting the whole kitchen. This is a good place to be today :)

I have a card to share using the Beautiful Day flowers set from Altenew.

I stamped one flower on watercolour paper first then embossed it with gold embossing powder and then masked that flower and did the same for the other 2 flowers masking and embossing in between stamping the flowers. I used my Zigs to watercolour the flowers. When that was done I die cut the whole panel using a stitched die.

I thought I would just stamp my sentiment and leave it like that but I decided to use the Smile word die to die cut through the flowers and layer the word die in 4 or 5 layers so that it would pop out of the background.

Stamped the Altenew sentiment, added some sequins and that's it for my card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Altenew Beautiful Day stamps 

Mama Elephant Smile die

SSS Stitched Rectangle die

Zigs - Purple, Mustard and Light Brown

Gold embossing powder

Spread kindness

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday to you. 

Today's card was created using a Mama Elephant stamp set.

I stamped the image with Versamark ink and added white embossing powder and then coloured the image using Zig pens.

Die cut the whole panel using a rectangle stitched die. Stamped the sentiment on black cs and embossed with white embossing powder.

Finished it off by adding some embellishments using Nuvo crystal drops.

Well that's it for this card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamp set
SSS Stitched rectangle die
Zigs - Bright yellow, Cobalt blue, May green, Yellow, Light green
Nuvo crystal drops - Apple Green, Caribbean Ocean
SSS white embossing powder
Tim Holtz Distress watercolor cardstock

You're so sweet!

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!

Well it seems that I'm still in the romance mode for Valentine's Day so I have a card today to share using some fun Lawn Fawn products.

I started with a large background stamp and some red ink to create the card base. I then used a couple of stitched rectangle dies to emboss the background. I then used the same 2 dies to create the background to my gumball machine with some patterned paper. I stamped the gumball image with black ink, die cut that and started to add some colours to the gumballs using Copics.

I added a little metallic look to the machine using some metallic watercolour paint. Added the sentiment and then mounted the piece with foam tape and added some glossy accents to the red sections of the machine. 

And that's my card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

SSS Stitched Rectangle dies

Lawn Fawn Sweet Smiles stamp and die set

Hero Arts dotted background stamp (S5637)

Lawn Fawn Beachside 6x6 paper pack

Pearl Ex-Press Watercolor Palette

Memories Cherry Red ink pad

Memento black ink

Copics 

Love you now and forever

Hi everyone,

Well it's the end of another weekend. Hope you enjoyed it!
I have another Valentine's Day card to share with you.

I used a piece of watercolour cardstock and some Distress ink to create the background and stamped the sentiment with black ink and added some clear embossing powder. I then die cut the panel using a scalloped die, added the frame directly to the card base and popped up the panel with foam tape.

Used some crystal drops to make the accent embellishments.

That's it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies used:

MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame die

Paper Smooches Simply Said sentiment stamp set

Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Red Berry

Ranger Watercolour paper

Birthday Wishes #2

Hi everyone,

I'm posting a card that I am entering in the SSS Flickr challenge #46 here.

I seem to have gotten very busy lately and have not found much time for spending in my craft room. I'm getting set to retire soon and am spending my work days training and working. I find it takes a lot of effort and time and I seem to be zapped by day's end.
Well it will all be coming to an end soon and then I can concentrate on my daughter's upcoming wedding in August. Retiring, a wedding and a trip to Iceland all in the month of August. Fun times!!!

Well here's the fun shaker card I've made for this challenge. It reminds me of summertime and eating ice cream or sherbet. I did a little ink blending and some water.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

SSS Birthday Wishes frame die

SSS Stitched Rectangles die set

Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Doodlebug Sunkissed patterned paper