GDT for Less Is More #401

Hi all,

I'm back today with a card for the Less is More Challenge #401 - Colour challenge, I am so lucky as this time I am the Guest Designer! After winning a challenge the other week they asked if I would do a GDT card, it's always a pleasure to do a card for a GDT spot!

The challenge this time is

I really wanted to use my new stamp for this challenge, "Spring Bouquet" it's by an Australian Company, Uniquely Creative  and this is the card I have designed for the challenge

I've watercoloured this card with my Zig Markers and added just a few sequins, I had to stick to the less is more rules..!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like this card and why not pop over and enter the challenge too! 

Hugs

XoX

I had to just watercolour...

Hi guys,

So you all know by now that I just love to watercolour...well I had to just watercolour that gorgeous digi from Alex Syberia Design... Yes you've seen me play with Prismacolour pencils and Copics, well this time it was Zig real brush markers...

This time I have left the digi image whole and not cut it or erased half of it..
The hardest part was getting the sizing right so that I could fit 4 images on one piece of Bristol smooth paper in my printer...and the printer did not want to play...the Bristol smooth is a little thicker than what it likes, but I did eventually manage to get it printed...YAY, so here it is...

I've used the following Zigs, just in case you want to try it yourself..

Yellow, 051, 050, 055, 052 & 070

Pink 201 & 230

Multi, 055, 201, 029 & 024

Green 041

Leaf 053, 046 & 043

Also used a black fine liner, black, white and stardust gelly roll pen too.

Studio Katia Crystals & Lucy's Little Things - Iced Sherbet

A few splatter of white, black and Gold watercolours too,

Hope you like the card, and hopefully, you'll try this colour combo with this digi, for more digi inspiration please check out Alex's designs here.

I'm also going to enter this into Ellibelle's June/July Challenge Summer Scenes, Summer Treats or Summer Colors

hugs

XoX

Altenew - AECP - Level 2 - With a Twist

Hi all,  I'm back today with another two cards, for my AECP level 2, this was such a fun class, six lessons  hosted by Therese Calvird.

With a Twist, is all about having fun with your supplies, getting more out of them, cutting on a weird angle and maybe stepping out of you're comfort zone!

So my first card is based upon the idea of getting more out of your supplies...you know the ones that we only use now and again......

I'm using the Altenew Shattered triangle for my first card...

So other than using this set for a masculine card... I've not really used it that much...until now..from now on this set has been re-purposed.. its now a conical wall hanging basket...Yes you read that right...its a wall hanging basket, full of green foliage and flowers!.. lets take a look at the card...

I've used the Doodle Blooms stamp and die set for my flowers and foliage, and coloured them with Altenew Alcohol Markers, in just three colours G702, R403 and Y204 .. I've even shaped the baskets by adding two pieces of foam tape in the middle and one piece on either side of the basket.. so it looks 3D..

I also added some brown sisal, to look like moss...I didn't want my flowers to dry out now did I LOL.

OK, so lets have a look at my second card... the twist with this one is that  I've fussy cut it on a angle... and to get that angle right, I've draw in a diagonal pencil line from top right to bottom left.. 

Yep...it looks like a hot mess... I know... but just wait....till you see...

Now doesn't that look pretty!

Sets used are :-

Wallpaper Art

Beautiful Peony

Peony Bouquet

Beautiful Day

Many thanks

I've coloured this one with Zig markers as I stamped it on to Bristol Smooth card stock and Bristol smooth will tolerate a small amount of water...

As you can see I've fussy cut the image..

Now I didn't want to waste the rest of the paper, so I distress ink blended it with Tattered Rose and Antique linen.. Die cut it with a stitched rectangle.  I've mounted this on not one but two pieces of fun foam... I really wanted it to stand out and give it some dimension, and I've added some water droplets..the inspiration for the water droplets...came from outside as it's been pouring down where I live...LOL.  The thank you sentiment was too large so I had to stamp the "thank" and mask off the "you" and then position the you underneath and then mask off the "thank" bit..

Hope I've given you inspiration to re-purpose some of those crafting supplies, or to take this class!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Alli

XoX 

PSSSTTTT...look at this below....its new... They are not affiliated links but I do hope this helps... 

Peony Bouquet Shop at: ALT | Auzz | SSS	Beautiful Day Shop at: ALT | Auzz | SSS	Many Thanks Shop at: ALT | Auzz | SSS	Bristol Smooth Shop at: Auzz | SSS
Zig Clean Color Shop at: SSS | AAU	Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Studio Katia Clear Round Drop Mix Shop at: SSS
Doodle Blooms Shop at: ALT	Shattered Triangle Die Shop at: ALT | SSS	Artist Marker Starter Set Shop at: ALT	Wallpaper Art Shop at: ALT | Auzz | SSS
Beautiful Peony Shop at: ALT | Auzz | SSS	Fun Foam Shop at: SSS

Wallpaper art

I know from the title you would think I was talking about wallpaper that you put on walls haha...but no...this is a Stamp set by Altenew... it is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine!  The flowers are are so gorgeous to colour!

This is my card made with this set, I wanted to water colour the images so I stamped them out using a water colour friendly ink, and coloured them with my Zig clean colour brush markers.

The background is an ombre effect of distress oxides inks, blended with a make up brush, similar to the Picket Fence ones,  I find this brush really does change how you can blend inks!
I used Spun Sugar, Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass and final colour was Broken China.

Of course no card is complete without a few splatters this time using the Silver/White (906) metallic colour from the Kuretake - Starry Colors.

All that was left to do was to mount the flower and leaves using foam tape and add some sisal and sequins!

I'm sorry I've been quiet this week, my husband has taken a few days off and we've been trying to create a garden from scratch... We had a house built and moved in last September so the garden has been a blank canvas, we've just about completed the pond and designed what were doing with the rest of the space...its hard work LOL...

Anyways, I think I might enter this into the Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes Challenge

hope you liked my card, and thanks for popping in
Hugs
XoX