Butterfly Dreams

This card started out as an experiment with Distress Inks, Perfect Pearl sprays & water droplets on Sheena’s Stamping Card. I based it on a “recipe” I found on the internet – this colour combination was recipe 2. I then stamped some of the MFT Inspired by Butterflies stamps in Versamark and embossed the images in white embossing powder.

Basing the layout on the current sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches, I found a piece of backing paper in my stash which matched really well, then stamped the greeting by Docrafts in Memento Rose Bud ink. A ribbon and a few sequins from my stash finished it off.

Silly!

Life hasn’t allowed me much time for crafting just lately, I’m hoping that normal service will be resumed eventually! But it’s a young relative’s second birthday today and this was the card I made for him:

It’s coloured with Promarkers and looks simple, but it took quite a bit of masking (using Pebeo Drawing Gum) and four attempts before I got it right! The cue card over at CASology this week is “Silly”, and although that isn’t something I normally do I thought this card might fit the bill. The number stamp is by Papermania, and the monkeys are from a very old set by (I think) Hero Arts. As the challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week is Masking, I’m going to enter it over there, too.

Sweet Sunday Sketch

I needed a quick card & I liked the sketch over at Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge, coming up with this:

The card base was from my stash; the patterned paper is from the Teresa Collins Urban Market pad, and the stamps were by Papertrey Ink & Paula Pascual  for Personal Impressions, inked up in Memento Paris Dusk. The embossing folder is by Papermania.

New Beginnings

The challenge over at Less is More this week is “New Beginnings” & as some stress-relieving crafting was required I put my thinking cap on. This is what I came up with:

The words were computer-generated; the butterfly stamp is by Papermania & the buddleia stamp is by Unity Stamps, coloured using Cotman watercolours with a very pale watercolour sky to set the scene.

Best Dad!

Another card for my husband’s birthday tomorrow, and this time I decided to play along over at Stamplorations as I really liked the current sketch. A really simple card, and very quick to do.

Card recipe:
Cardstock – Limetree Crafts, Crafters Companion Kraft
Stamps – Papremania, Woodware, Kirsty Wiseman for Personal Impressions
Inks – Memento Rich Cocoa
Promarkers – Promarker Caramel
Embossing folder – Sizzix Alterations Wood Planks
Screw brads – Creative Expressions

Stripes!

No, not just my new blog background! I’ve been taking the Pattern Play class at Online Card Classes, and that inspired me to make this quick card for a friend’s son. Although I didn’t plan it this way, it’s also ideal for entering into the current challenge over at CASology where the cue card is “Stripe”.

Stamps: Papermania Typography & Clearly Besotted
Ink: Hero Arts

Paper: Papermania

Black cardstock from stash

CTS #74

I needed to make a couple of cards for my father-in-law’s birthday this week, and I really liked the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch so I decided to play along. This is the sketch:

I’ve also decided to play along at this month’s Stamping Sensations challenge blog, where the theme is Anything Goes. The focal image is a stamp by Papermania which I coloured with Promarkers; the background swirl is created using an airbrush I bought recently. I discovered it’s the same one that Stampin’ Up used to sell; this was my first attempt to use it properly & I think I need a LOT more practice! It seemed like a lot of hard work just to get any ink out of it at all, but I eventually succeeded.

The greeting is by Clearly Besotted & it was inked up in Memento Tuxedo Black.

Easter Greetings

Easter, for me, isn’t about cute bunnies & lots of chocolate (although I never say no to the latter, of course!) Easter is a religious festival, so the cards I make at this time reflect that. All that said, I don’t believe in pushing my beliefs on anyone else, so I only send Easter cards to close family. I’ve had the Papermania Moments of Faith stamps for a while although they haven’t seen ink too many times yet, so I decided to rectify that.

I’m really enjoying watercolour painting at the moment and this card is coloured using Derwent Academy pencils on watercolour paper. Here’s a close up. Happy Easter!

Jump!

The cue card for this week’s challenge over at CASology is “Jump” and, unusually for me, I made a card just for the fun of it – normally I need to have a person in mind. I’ve had this stamp set in for quite a while but have only used one of them before so this seemed like a good time to rectify that. I didn’t like the “Hoppy Birthday” stamp which came with the set so I used a Craftwork Cards alphabet set instead. I coloured the image using Letraset Aquamarkers.

Cardstock: Anna Marie Designs

Stamps: Papermania Hot Diggity Dog “Treats” HOT 907100

Craftwork Cards Alphabet

Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Inks in Charcoal

Letraset Aquamarkers

Camper Van Card (MOJO303)

Another day, another blog post – this is one of my busiest times of year for card making!  This card is for a friend’s daughter who is 15 today; she’s mad on camper vans so when I saw these stamps I knew I had to have them.

The main image is stamped & coloured with Promarkers to match the Papermania backing papers. I am entering this card into this week’s challenge at Mojo Monday.

Cardstock: The Range Linen 300gsm

Ink: Memento Gray Flannel, Brilliance Pearl Orchid

Stamps: DoCrafts HOT907100 Hot Diggity Dog (Treats),

Woodware FRCL134 (greeting)

Promarkers: Main colours – Rose Pink, Leaf Green

Papers: Papermania Tulip collection