Friday, May 4, 2018

Forever friends

Hello again. Playing in two challenges today. Following the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and paired it with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of Animal Magic.



Stamps are from Pretty Pink Posh and colored with Copic's. I picked up the alphabet beads at Impress rubber stamps the last time I was in. Strung them on a piece of hemp and then glued them down. Added the stars for a bit of interest. The front piece of cardstock is die cut with an oval and then embossed with a texture plate. It's really hard to see in the picture though,  today's a bit gloomy out.

Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting.


http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2018/05/freshly-made-sketches-335-sketch-by-jen.html http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-animal-magic-2/

Guest designing for Crop Stop

Hello everyone,
I'm guest designing for Crop Stop today.



How I created this card:
1. Using Ken Oliver color bursts in lemon yellow and burnt orange. Start with watercolor paper and spritz with water.
2. I dropped a lot of the lemon yellow onto the paper and swirled it around.
3. Next, I spritzed with water again and dropped a few drops of burnt orange and let the water do the work.
4. Let dry and then layered it with black cardstock and added it onto a white card base.
5. Cut a butterfly out of white cardstock using the memory box solid butterfly die.
6. Sponge on some Oxide inks in squeezed lemonade and spiced marmalade.
7. Next stamp some polka dots onto it for some added interest - then layered a solid black one behind it so that it would stand out from the watercolor background that I created.
8. Die cut the word hello out of black and then used Nuvo crystal glaze to put some shine on it. 
9. Adhere the butterfly using a foam square and bend the wings on it so that it appears to be flying.
10. Add the sentiment.


Hope this inspires you to be creative today.




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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

DCC - Single layer card

Hello. It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week it's a designer choice challenge and Donna wants us to do a single layer card.


I used distress ink for the sand, Memento sky blue for the sky and I do have some very subtle clouds in the background. I did hand draw in the birds.  Palm tree and Adirondack chair colored with Prismacolor pencils.  Lots of masking on this one.

So, what are you waiting for?!

Why not play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Don’t forget… Take part in any of our challenges, the more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a
Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Donna
Ester
Heather
Joy
Shirley

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Guest designing for CAS Colours & Sketches

Hello. I'm excited to announce that I have been picked to be a guest designer over at CAS Colours and Sketches for the month of May.

Here is our first challenge.




Here is what I did with it.


Flower dies are from Simon Says Stamps, as is the sentiment. The stamp set is called Flower Friend. It included the spotted flower center that you see on the cut outs. I stamped them in unicorn white pigment ink from Hero Arts, then heat embossed them so that it would stand out.

Frame is a die from My Favorite Things. Dew drops added to balance out the card.

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you join in for the challenge!



Monday, April 30, 2018

POTW - watercoloring with markers

Hello. It's my turn to host this weeks pick of the week, and I want to focus on watercoloring with markers.



I used watercolor paper,  Memento markers, a water brush and water to color the flowers and create the blue background. 


Once dry, I cut it down, added centers to the flowers using Fabirka Decoru enamel and the added it to a embossed panel. Sentiment is stamped on watercolor paper to match.

Stamps used:
10313-H, Daisy Outline Large
10302-E, Daisy Outline Small
4005-G, Miracles happen . . .

I recommend trying any water based marker with your water brushed to create with. You never know what you'll end up with and it's fun to see what comes out of it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Thanks for everything

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.



I had this background done up and in my "box" to make into cards, and decided to use it for this weeks sketch. It's done on Yupo paper with alcohol inks.

Thanks stamps and dies are from Simon Says Stamp. Pink, blue and black cardstock is from PTI and the white is Neenah solar white in 120lb.

It's raining here today after several days of very beautiful sunny springy weather. Good time to stay indoors and craft. Thanks for stopping by.


http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2018/04/freshly-made-sketches-334-sketch-by-amy.html

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Happy Spring

Hello - It's time for an anything goes challenge over at The House That Stamps Built.


I used #904-L, Daffodils and colored them with Copic markers to create this spring card.

So, what are you waiting for?!

Why not play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Don’t forget… Take part in any of our challenges, the more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a
Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Cheri
Donna
Ester
Heather
Joy
Shirley

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping by!