AAA Birthday

Hi all,

Its that time of the month again ... It's the first Monday which means it's time for a new challenge over on AAA Birthday and this challenge #5 is use a stencil! 

I was still in Masculine mood and wanted to play with some happy mail I had ordered whilst I was ill... Retail therapy, good for the soul, not so much for the wallet LOL..

So I created this card by stenciling the stripes in distress oxide ink, I then die cut a circle the same size as my port hole, out of masking paper and stuck it down,  I Went over most of my stenciled lines with distress oxide ink and flicked some water for splashes of sea LOL..

I die cut the porthole and glued it to the MFT circle shaker pouch, added some sequins and balls inside and glued that to the panel.

The anchor was coloured and then fussy cut and I just added some twine to resemble rope, the sentiment is from the Neat and Tangled set - Yo Ho Ho, and that completes my card!

We also have Rachelle joining us this month as our guest designer, so please pop over and have a look at her card and the other cards by our amazing design team! I really hope we will inspire you to join us and play along  and you have until September 29th!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
XoX

Make My Monday - Friendship #102

Its Monday and that means it's time for a new challenge over on the Make My Monday Blog!  The lovely Debbie is out host for this one and she has chosen - Friendship #102

I decided that my new stamp - "Friendship" by Penny Black was perfect for this challenge!

To create this card, I stamped the image in black memento ink, and coloured it with Prismacolor pencils.  The sea has been created using 3 die cuts for stencils, I used Mermaid lagoon distress oxide ink, and the sky was the clous stencil by MFT and I used Tumbeled glass distress oxide ink.  The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in black and die cut using a tag die.

These guys are so cute sailing in some rough seas!

I'm entering this one into the following Challenges

SSS - Anything Goes optional Penny Black

Penny Black and More August - For Boys and Men

PBSC August - Anything Goes...Optional 'Water and/or Watercolour'!

Just Us Girls Challenge #499~Word Week - SUMMER

Always Fun Challenge #122 - Use Stencils - EDITED I got a top 3

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like the card and why not pop over and join in with the challenge!

Hugs

XoX

Clearly Besotted - Pop Up Plushies

Hi all,

I'm back today with another card for you, this time it's a dreamy scene... featuring four of the pop up plushies by Clearly Besotted..(you know I love Clearly Besotted!!)

I coloured four of the animals with my Prismacolour pencils and fussy cut them out.

The background has been stenciled using the Wendy Vecchi - Make art station,  with the cloud stencil by MFT, in Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar and Victorian velvet.  I added some splatters of white/silver (905)  and gold (906) starry paints by Kuretake, and while it was still wet I dusted it with glitter using my Ranger glitter duster.

I cut four slits in the clouds and slit where the paws are in the images and slotted them in, and adhered them with some foam tape,  so they appear to be peaking from over the clouds.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Insulation Pink by MFT, and cut it out with the Neat and Tangled Skinny Strip dies, and popped it up with foam tape.

All that was left to do was to find some paper and sequins that matched LOL

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the card!

hugs

XoX

Gerda Steiner - Catch A Wave...

Hi all,

Oh how I love this little guy in the catch a wave stamp set by Gerda Steiner... he is so cute...  So when I saw that the theme was Surfs Up, at Male Room challenge I had to enter this little guy!

I started this card by heat embossing the SSS - Waves in turquoise embossing powder by Ranger

I then masked this off with a piece of paper. For the top half  I used scattered straw distress oxide ink as my base.

 I am using the Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Make art station for this.  Those magnets are really strong I used them to not only hold the paper but also the Tim Holtz stencil I used.

I blended ripe persimmon, wild honey and mustard seed for the sunrays.

The sea was a blend of mermaid lagoon and salty ocean and I added white textile paint with a sprinkle of glitter with my Glitter Duster.

I coloured my little guy with Prismacolor pencils but I sketched around him and made this the beach, which is also coloured with Prismacolours.  I made a slit in between the sea and the sun and pushed the image through it, and adhered him with foam tape.

The final touch was a few seagulls and the sentiment which are from the SSS - Surfs Up set.

I'm also entering this into 

Addicted to stamps and more - Challenge #352 - Make Your Mark

WWC232 - "Anything Goes" Challenge

Gerda Steiner - August Share

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my little guy!

hugs

XoX

Whimsy - Mermaid Dreams

Hi all,

I tried to finish this card last night but the light wasn't very good, so I thought I would wait until this morning..and I woke up with vertigo arhhhhh It's for the new challenge over on Sweet Stampin, Magical Makes  EDITED I GOT TOP 3

And I thought that this new stamp by Whimsy was perfect for the job!

Ive stamped the image using inkon3 Fade out ink, and coloured it with my Prismacolor Pencils.  Ive used distress oxide ink at the bottom of the card in Tumbled glass, and then I splattered it with gold and silver starry colour paint.and added a few sequins.

Im also entering this into Addicted to stamps and more - Challenge #352 - Make Your Mark

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you like my card!

Hugs
XoX

Penny Black - It's your day

Hi all,

Its a lovely morning here in Melbourne with lots of winter sunshine, which makes a change from all the wind & rain we have been having latley.

I was able to get decent photos of the card I was working on from early last week.

I coloured this one with my Prismacolor pencils, and fussy cut it out.  The sentiment is by mama elephant - Birthday Sentiments.  The embossing folder is an old Stampin Up! one, and I did a distress oxide blend before I embossed it,  The banner and the striped paper are both by MFT.

I'm entering this one into - 

1. PBSC July - Anything Goes...Optional 'Food and/or Drink' - EDITED I got a PBSC Favourite
2. Double D Challenge - Birthday
3. WWC231 - Tristan's "All About Occasions" Challenge
4. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #351 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely day!

Hugs

XoX

Sorry I've been MIA

Hi all,

I'm so sorry I was MIA last week, I came down with a head cold, that has left me quite tired and run down, and I was in the middle of a craft room makeover... My lovely husband had decided that my craft room need a face lift.  I am fortunate that I have a whole room to myself, but it was filled with a mix of furniture that I had collected over the last 11 years LOL..

I now have a gorgeous white Ikea room...details/photos/video to follow....

Anyway I had this card below ready but I didn't get around to posting it... I have made it for the Stamping Sensations challenge - The Earth Laughs in Flowers

I've created a sunset sky with my distress oxides, and I did have what I used written down... but I can't find my notes (insert sad face) so I'm going to go with the following ...

Black soot, Wild honey, Dried marigold, Spiced marmalade, Worn lipstick and lastly Picked raspberry... The sentiment is from Altenew - Beautiful Quotes which has been heat embossed on to black card stock, the images have been stamped in black ink.

I'm now trying to catch up with everthing, so please bare with me while normal (haha...really I've never been normal... Weird with a twist  :) ) service is resumed LOL

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

XoX

Catch a Wave ??

Hi all,

Yesterday I played with the "Catch a Wave" stamp set from Gerda Steiner, when I saw how cute this little duck was with his surf board, I knew he was a must buy...

I wanted to create a scene for my card, Imagine you're in the ocean looking at the beach...that's the idea I was going for anyway...

I coloured the images with Copics, but the palm tree is from a Lawn Fawn die set - Palm Trees.  I've used distress oxide ink to create my background scene..

So the clouds have been created with the MFT cloud stencil in tumbled glass, the seagulls are from the SSS Surfs up stamp set.

For the sea, I die cut two stencils from the mama elephant Trio of waves die set, I used salty ocean and mermaid lagoon and I went over it with some white textile paint where the waves were crashing.

The beach is antique linen and then I stamped over it with the Altenew snowing stamp and MFT kraft ink.

I cut a small line in my beach so that my surf boards look like they are stuck in the sand and the palm tree is stuck on the sky part of the panel.

The beach panel has been mounted on to fun foam, to create some depth.

The sentiment is from the Catch a Wave stamp set, I'm entering this into the

Simon Monday Challenge Life On The Ocean Waves
Gerda Steiner Share your design for July.
Craft Girls Corner - Summer Fun

Thanks for stopping by!
hugs
XoX

Cocktails by the beach anyone ?

Hi guys,

Oh I would love to be by the beach with a cocktail in my hand! Who's with me??

Well we can dream... or I can just stare at the card I made haha...

I've made this card for a few challenges that I'm going to enter, they are either beach or summer themed..

So I've ink blended a few distress oxide inks to make the background, I used the following :-

Seedless Preserves

Festive Berries

Squeezed Lemonade

Salty Ocean

Wild Honey - for the sun

The beach has been heat embossed with the Hero Arts Sand embossing powder, and I used 2 stamp sets, The sentiment set is MFT - Spirited Sentiments and the glasses are by Stampin Up! - Mixed Drinks, I used glossy accents to get some bubbles in my cocktail too!

So the challenges I'm entering into are :-

1. Always Fun Challenge #116 - Fun at the beach
2. Just Us Girls Challenge #493 - Photo Inspiration
3. Artistic Stamper June challenge - By the seaside
4. Words to Craft by #66 - Running barefoot
5. Sweet Stampin - Summer                                            EDITED I got top 3 YAY
6. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - June/July Challenge - Summer Scenes, Summer Treats or Summer Colors

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the card!

Hugs

XoX