Layered Stencil Flowers

 International Art & Soul, a challenge which has been put together to incorporate any type of craft, paper, wood, flowers, recycling, glass - the world is your oyster :).  Come on over an join us with you artwork :)

Challenge #65
Flowers

This fortnights challenge Flowers has been chosen by DT sister Maggie.  I love flowers, the colours and delicate textures hold me in awe so thank you Maggie for choosing this challenge, I had many hours of pure joy :)

I don't know if any of you have seen the Sheena Douglas layering stencils, when I first saw then all I could think about was the get dirty fun I would have using them but they were somewhat out of my budget.  Spending my pennies on inks, paper, adhesives, pencils etc. tends not to bother me as I can use these items in so many ways but buying something I may only use a few times makes me think twice, thrice or more and my shopping basket is often deleted as I think I will not use the item enough to justify the cost and hope my lucky stars will shine one day and I will find them in a sale.  This was the case here, the stencils were originally £10 each but a few weeks ago I saw them in a sale where 5 of the stencils were in a group lot for £10 (£50 for £10 is what I call a bargain).  They were popped into my basket without a second thought and then off to checkout before I lost the chance.

For this set of cards I have used 4 of the stencils, the 5th stencil was butterflies.  A bit of experimenting went on to find what mediums I liked working with for these as it was a first attempt at a stencil card.  In the end I opted for Distress Oxides for the backgrounds, Pan Pastels for the base layer of the stencil and then used Altnew inks for the second 2 layers of the stencil.  This way I was able to get good coverage quickly and keep the depth of colour I wanted to give a real arty look.  I also stencilled the background with Altnew inks using one of the colours from the flowers.  Once the art work was complete I mounted it on black card and then on a silver card blank, finally finishing off with peel off silver line stickers.

Challenges entered:-

• CAS on Friday – 2W, E1,  No. 162 - USE A STENCIL - Don't Forget Make it CAS (This challenge will Run until September 4th for Summer Break)
• The Flower Challenge (M, P4, C6, E5, must use flower image/stamp) #35 - Favourite flower - HIBISCUS - many years in Africa and this was a flower we grew many off.  This flower brings back such fond memories of times now gone :)
• Addicted to Stamps and More W, C10, #354 - CAS
• Unicorn Challenge M, E3, No fully digital projects August  #46 - Fully Loaded or CAS
• Dragonfly Dreams - M, Winner + Top Picks – (August) No Patterned Paper

Poppy

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.  The prize this month is a $10 coupon to spend in the store :)

Challenge 265 Theme 

'Anything Goes with FLOWERS'

For my DT creation this week and our theme of AG with Flowers I used a beautiful image by Stitchy Stamps called 'Poppy'.  This is a silhouette image which I added a dark red overlay too in Photoshop.  I then duplicated the layer and then reversed it.  Both images on the two layers were then rotated to create a heart shape.  I printed the image along with two more copies of just the flower heads.  Next I decoupaged the flowers and then rubber stamped my sentiment (I have just seen how squint that looks grrrrrr).  To finish off I used some Papermania patterned paper and distressed the edges then rubbed them over with Tim Holtz distress ink, the same treatment was given to the cut and finished image topper and the card base.  Three wee white hearts and a burgundy bow finished off the card rather nicely.  The image below shows the decoupage layering of the flowers.

Ingredients:-

• Image -  'Poppy' by Stitchy Stamps
• From my Stash -  Papermania paper, hearts, Tim Holtz distress ink, burgundy bow and rubber sentiment stamp

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• Dragonfly Dreams - M – (June 5) Say It With Flowers
• Come and Get It - W, 3E - (June 26) Paper Piercing
• Left of Center Creative Challenges - W - #136 Monochrome
• The Corrosive Challenges - M 2nd Sunday, 3E  #6 Lots of Layers 
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.166 - (W2 of 2) - Say It With Flowers

Thanks for looking and hope you have a happy crafting day:)

SPS - Rose

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with another creation for  Sweet Pea Stamps.  Today I am sharing with you my DT challenge card for the May monthly Challenge - Flowers.  For this card I have used the beautiful digi Rose by Rachel Anderson.

To begin with I designed my doily and digi mount in Illustrator then cut with my Black Cat

Next I had a ball creating my card base.  First I airbrushed the card with Promarkers, then stamped the rose and embossed with both clear and pink embossing dye.

 To add a bit of texture I attacked an embossing folder with a rolling pin hahahahaha.  I love this as I can control where I want the embossing and by applying different amounts of pressure can also achieve and fading effect.

 Here we have the card showing the embossed area.

Next back to airbrushing with Promarkers and then I heat embossed with Silver Pearl.

You can see here the lovely shimmer and texture to the doily - yummy

 Now playtime is over and down to work - colour the digi.  This is my Mum's Birthday card and I remember as a child (me not Mum) how much she always loved the Peace Rose so I have tried to colour the rose in so it looks like her special rose.  Shame I can't capture the smell as well :) :) :)  Colouring was done with Promarkers and I finished of with some Glossy Accents for the water droplets and Liquid Pearls around the edge of the digi mount.

 Promarkers I used.

 Next I coloured three white roses I had to also look like Peace Roses

 Twiddle fingers, thinking time.  I was sitting there wondering what to do next. I had my leaves ready which I had trimmed the wire stems off and had placed the leaves and flowers on the card roughly where I wanted them.  Something else was needed, a bit of height (length).  While pondering what I had in my stash I saw the pieces of wire I had cut off the leaves - I wonder.  Taking my prodding tool I wound the wire around the end to make spiral bits.  Perfect, this is just want I wanted for the bouquet.

Final bit to make, a butterfly.  This was die cut using  Spellbinder - Les Papillions Two.  I then coloured with Promarkers and heat embossed with Silver Pearl.

 and here we have the finished card with added lace, a ladybird and a wee bow :)

Thank you for stopping by :)

Ingredients

• Digi 'Rose' by Rachel Anderson available from Sweet Pea Stamps
• Butterfly die - Spellbinder - Les Papillions Two (doily and digi mount by me)
• Promarkers
• Liquid Pearls
• Embossing Powder - Pink and Silver Pearl
• Glossy Accents
• Flowers, lace, leaves, ladybird, bow from my stash

Challenges entered

• Craft Room Challenge 2W, 3E - Roses & Romance (Week 1)
• Creative Card Crew 2W - #60 Girly  (Week 2) 
• Creative Colours 2W ,Cards only, No CAS, F -  Pick Any 3 Colours from photo* + Use Flowers (Week 1)
• Die Cuttin' Divas W, must include a Die-cut - #163 Make It Girly
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E2, Must Be Square #33 Floral
• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (Week 2) Fairies
• Created With Love Challenges - 2W, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, no challenge on 5th week of month, 3E - (Week 2) In the Garden
• Digi Makeover Challenge - W, SIO, must use digi - For a Special Lady
• Eureka Stamps - W, 3E, F - Lace & Pearls
• Whoopsi Daisy - W, SIO - Hand-colored image
• Addicted to Stamps - 2W, must use stamp- #81 Things with Wings (week 1)
• The Squirrel & The Fox - 2W, 2E - #68 Die Cut or Punch (week 2)
• Inkspirational - 2W, C10 - (W1 of 2) #55 Pink and Green
• Sugar Creek Hollow  - 2W, 3E, SIO #84 (W1 of 2) Tic Tac Toe*  FLOWERS, PEARLS, DIE CUT
• Savvy Handmade Cards - 2W, 1E (must use stamping - rubber or digi) - (W1 of 2) -  Make Believe or Mythical Creatures
• Add a Little Dazzle - W, SIO - #23 Pearls/anything goes
• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - SIO - #308 Mother's day/Spring
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E -  #175 Pastel colors
• Sisterhood of Crafters  - 2W, 3E - Things with Wings (2nd week)

Sweet Pea Book

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #207

Flowers

Our sponsor this week is the StitchyBear Digital Outlet with a prize of $9 to spend in the store.  To win this prize you MUST use a digi from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  A second prize of $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digital Outlet will be given to an entrant who does not use a SB product.

For this weeks challenge I have used the digi Sweet Pea by Stitchy Stamps and available from the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.  Instead of making a baby card with this adorable digi I decided to try something new.  A few weeks ago I picked up a pre made book, the type I think are for decoupaging as I thought it wold make a nice change to making cards all the time.  I had in mind it would be perfect for a special birthday, baby or Christening project.

I started off by painting the whole book white.

 I then covered the back with so pale green leaf organic paper which a friend brought back from Thailand for me, what a lovely gift <g>.

 Next I printed the verse and digi. The digi was coloured with Promarkers and then both sections were cut using Spellbinders Labels 1.

 Out with some baby ribbon and flowers which I airbrushed with the same Promarker colours as I used in the dig.

Next some lace and the same treatment - airbrushed with Promarkers.

With everything ready it was time to assemble.  I added a ribbon bookmark with a nappy pin at one end and two small mauve hearts.  I also airbrushed the sides of the book to give the impression of pages.

 And here is the finished project :)  I also added Liquid Pearls around the two cut out areas for a bit of glam <g>

Ingredient:-

• Digi - Sweet Pea by Stitchy Stamps and available from the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet
• Cardboard book base
• Promarkers
• Liquid Pearls
• Ribbon, lace, charm, bow flowers from my stash

I am entering this project in the following challenges:-

• A Gem of a Challenge - 2W - #116 (W2of 2) Ribbon and lace
•  A Creative Romance - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) - Spring Flowers
• Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E (no complete digital projects, digi images ok) - No. 11 - (W2 of 2) - Shabby Chic
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - April Showers Bring May Flowers
• Left of Center Creative Challenges - 2W - No.28 - (W2 of 2) - Ribbon  and/or Flowers,
• Totally Papercrafts W, 3E– No. 213 - Pastels
• Oldie But A Goodie Challenge 2W, must use something at least 6mts old  & state what is- April Showers Bring May Flowers (Week 1) - LACE IS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD :)
• Top Tip Tuesday 2W, 3E - #124 Cute (Week 1)
• Cards und More 2W must stamp C5 - # 103 Bingo* (Week 1) = Pearls, Lace, Purple