Flutter of Joy...

 Morning folks,

It's been a busy week, I'm just back from my big birthday holiday up north which was fab, the weather was glorious, the scenery is amazing and we actually saw lots of dolphins this time...they were soooo cool!  Only a few more weeks until we are back again!

It's time for a new challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

The theme for this challenge is "clean and simple".

For my card I have used this sweet butterfly set from Altenew, I stamped the butterflies with archival ink and added some subtle watercolours to the image.  I then added some splashes and sequins to finish.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog to check out what my teamies have made.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

Fab 'n' Funky- square

 Little Red Wagon - one layer

Love to Craft - anything goes

Fi

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Birthday Wishes...

So I have something a wee bit different to share today.  I saw the background technique on Youtube....well something similar and thought I would try it out!

First I cut the square blank card and then loaded a paintbrush with water and randomly dropped the water droplets across the card.  I then gently dropped various colours of green and blue watercolour ink on to of the water droplets and left it to dry naturally....I left it overnight to find the watercolour had dried into the card....I thought it looked quite cool so made it into a card.

 

I embossed the leaves and die cut them and watercoloured with a darker shade of blue to make them pop out a bit.  I added some sticky fixers and layered them onto them card.  I added a piece of stripey paper for a funky look.  I added some splashes, dots and sequins and doodled the edges to finish.

Hope you likey.

challenges:

Happy Little Stampers (watercolour) - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes

Moving along with the Times - inky background

Fi

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Orange so you...

 

Well 2 cards in one day!

And this is something different from m...and I said it wouldn't be leaves or blue and green....I white embossed the fruit slices and then watercoloured with concord & 9th watercolour ink.  I die cut some black and white slices and the word "sweet" and layered onto the card.  I added some sequins to finish.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - use a die cut

Fab 'n' Funky - dies or stencils

Addicted to Stamps - any occasion

Make My Monday Challenge - food and drink

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fi

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Happy rainbows...

Hi all,

Hope everyone is staying safe and crafting!

Well I was super excited to make this card, I ordered some new goodies as a wee treat to myself.  I do love rainbow stamps and dies...very pretty so I did find some inspiration on Pinterest for this. I die cut the rainbows and inked them up individually and then once dry I popped them back into the die cut rainbow. I stamped the black spots on top and the perfect sentiment, oh yes and the clouds were also die cut from the same set which I inked up a bit...finished with some gems and sequins.

 challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Allsorts - something new (new stamps and dies)

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with a die

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fab n Funky - keep it simple

Simon Says Stamp - something new (new stamps and dies)

Fi

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Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas...

 

Hi folks,

Well some news today, I have been asked to join the DT team over on the Stamping Sensations Blog which I am so chuffed about and here's my first card.  The theme is Christmas in November...how easy is that with Christmas fast approaching.

For my card I cut a piece of watercolour card and stamped the snowflake background with versamark ink and then white embossed it (love this technique).  I then randomly added some colour using watercolour ink and swooshed it around. Once it was dry I added a piece of washi tape in a contrasting colour, this is the first time I have used washi tape and I quite like it. I then stamped up some trees with coordinating ink and die cut them and layered them on top of the washi tape strip.  I stamped a coordinating sentiment from the same stamp set....and the usual sequins, gems and pearls to finish, hope you like it.

Pop over to the Stamping Sensations blog to check out what my teamies have made to share.

challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more - Christmas

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas

Fi

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Embossed leaves...

 

Hi folks,

Today I am sharing something a bit different . I had added this embossing folder to my goodies from Simon Says Stamp....I do like leaves and trees.  I haven't embossed for a long time and fancied a wee change.  I inked up the embossing folder with distress ink, I did use 2 colours on each but it was tricky trying to blend them as I couldn't find my brayer.  I then put a piece of card into the embossing folder and ran it through my machine...hey presto!  I added some splashes of the same colour and embellished with pearls, sequins and gems.  The sentiment is from The Ton...which I am loving!

This is a close up of the cards separately...I am please with how they turned out.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky - Embellish It
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi
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Happy Halloween...

 

Hi folks,

Its tme for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's challenge is "Halloween"...I do love Halloween!

For my card I have used a background stamp from Simon Says Stamp which I gently inked with white and stamped onto black card.  I then used my cloud edge stencil and made some clouds with white ink.  I then left the background to dry off and then inked and embossed the bats and spiders web. 

I stamped and coloured the Stamping Bella stamp with caran d'ache pencils and fussy cut her out and layered onto the card. The sentiment is from the same stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.Then as usual I added some sequins and gems to finish.

Pop over the the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog to check out what my buddies have made!

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Halloween

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fab n Funky - Spooky Season

Sweet Stampin DT card...

 

Hi folks!

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.  This fortnight's theme is "Things with Wings".  Pop over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

For my card I have used stamp and die from The ton called transformation.  I first white embossed the image and wateroloured, I then die cut the butterfly from a separate panel and doodled around the edges. I fixed a piece of acetate to the reverse and then added some 3D foam, it was a bit fiddly adding the sequins but I managed and layered over the coloured image.  I finished off with some splashes, gems and pearls.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - feminine

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - sunshine colours

Fi

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Hey...

Hi everybody...hope you are all safe and well.

I am sharing this little card I made, it's quite plain and simple however it did take me a couple of days to colour so I really wanted that to be the focus of the card.  

I treated myself, since I have not been able to do some of the things I like to do because of lockdown so I bought myself some Caran D'ache Luminance pencils.  I did do a bit of research on all the colouring pencils and I wanted something different to what I already have. So I went for these and although they are a bit more expensive I bought a smaller set to start with.  I had a play around colouring on white card and on kraft card to see what gave the best results and to be honest it looked great on both once I had mastered the best way of colouring.  At first I was being quite gentle with them but soon realised that I needed a bit of pressure when colouring.  I did have to sharpen them a couple of times to keep the lead on the pencil sharp but it only needed a tiny bit sharpening. So deciding on what to colour...I desperately wanted to colour one of these Whimsy dragons and with Easter coming up I thought this one with the egg was perfect although have made a birthday card ha ha!

I am loving them and I will spend more time colouring with them and this is what I have created to share with you today.

Hope you like.

challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge - hand coloured image

Stamping Sensations - Colour my World

Fab 'n' Funky - birthday

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

Howdy everybody...it's Fi here with today's post!  It's late, but as they say better late than never..

For this card I used the MFT Happy Birthday Background stamp and the MFT Beautiful Butterflies, I white embossed the background on watercolour card. I then stamped distress ink onto a piece of acetate, I loaded my brush with water and lifted the ink and washed it randomly over the embossed writing.  I didn't want to cover it all.  I inked up the butterfly with distress inks aswell and cut out.  I used sticky fixers to layer the butterfly and the sentiment. The sentiment is from Altenew Label Love. 

I finished with some ink splodges and sequins.

challenges:

Allsorts - Happy Birthday

Moving Along with the Times - Butterflies

Fab n Funky - create a background

Fi

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Some pretty flowers...

Hi everybody, hope you are all well!

*sigh!

So today I decided to do a bit of watercolouring...I think I love these stamps and I think I love watercolouring!! This is so easy to do and you don't have to be great at colouring...Ijust love the effect, it's fab!

First, here's a wee close up...

So first I cut a piece of watercolour card and then white embossed the flowers, I actually had to mask them so I could overlap...that actually took me longer to cut and mask than it did to colour!

Edited: forgot to say the stgamps are from Tim holtz Flower Garden set.

Then I started colouring with my watercolour pens, starting with the lightest to darkest and just gradually adding colour until I got the shade I wanted.

I added a sentiment and some sequins to finish.

challenges:
Stamping Sensations - anything goes
Allsorts - fabulous florals
Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky -anything goes
Dream Valley - In the Pink
Penny Black and more - anything goes

Fi

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A Little Thank You

Hi folks, happy Friday!

I'm here today with my card for My Mum's Craft Shop!

I have been doing a bit of watercolouring and this set of stamps from MFT called Build-able Bouquet is the perfect set to start with as the images aren't too big. 

For this card I stamped the images and white embossed, this helps the colour not to run over the lines, it kind of holds it in place....it's a fab technique!  I then used watercolour pens to colour the images.  I added some little sequins and some white splodges to finish!


challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - embossing
Cute as a button- anything goes
Bunny Zoe -summer florals
Fab 'n' Funky - add a sentiment
Noor Design - anything goes
Penny Black & More - anything goes

Fi

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Hey Bud...

Good evening folks....thought I would share my wee card that I made today!

The stamp is from Satamping Bella and is called Hey Bud...isn't it cute?  I coloured the stamp with Spectrum Noir Aquablend pencils, and they are just the best, love them so much! 

You can pop over to the Spectrum Noir Blog to check out more cards made using all products from the Spectrum Noir range.

 I built up the layers of colour using a waterbrush, blending and shading...it's actually much bolder IRL! the papers are from The Sweet Shoppe, which I layered onto brown cardstock.  I added a wee piece of lace to one of the layers, and some flowers and a swirly leaf...oh yes nearly forgot...those teeny weeny pearls too!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - swirls and pearls

Stamping Sensations - flower power

Fab 'n' Funky - flowers

Allsorts - wings

Fi

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Spectrum Noir January Challenge - Anything Goes

There's a new challenge over on the Spectrum Noir Facebook Page, this months challenge is "anything goes"...

You can also pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog to find out loads of tips and techniques on using all your Spectrum Noir products.

For my card I have used Spectrum Noir Aqua pens, Ihave used them together with my new MFT Distressed patterns stamps...I love these so much!!  I coloured the pens onto acetate and then spritzed the colour with water and then stamped into the ink and then stamped onto the watercolour card...it leaves big splodges.  I then added some smaller splodges again using the same ink and technique.  I added a sentiment and some sparkly bits...hope you like!

Spectrum Aqua Pens - orange, sunset, wildflower, fawn

challenges:
Fab 'n' Funky - something new
Simon Says Stamp -something new
Deep Ocean - anything goes
Crafty Calendar - something new

WordArt Wednesday - anything goes

Fi

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My new inktense results...

Hey Saturday campers....I was going to save this for my next SN DT card however I had it made and I am quite chuffed with it so decided to share it just now.....need to make another DT card now...oops!

So this is my first attempt at colouring with Derwent Inktense pencils and although it did take me ages to colour, it very therapeutic!  I have been admiring the fabby colouring that the lovely Keeley does with her inktense pencils and she totally inspired me....you should check out her blog!!

The stamp is called Raven from Sugar Nellie ( sadly no longer available) which I watercoloured with the inktense pencils....I started off with a small amount of colour and just up the layers....The papers are from The Sweet Shoppe called Pumpkin Spice....they are so pretty and perfect for Autumn, and I layered them onto kraft card and did my usual doodling around the edges.  I added a piece of pale blue lace underneath. The flower is my beautiful die-namics gerbera which I cut out in white and then coloured to match the papers. I made the bow and button match the flower and added 2 silver leaf charms to that....hope you likey!

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - use watercolours

Crafty Catz - autumn

Fab 'n' Funky - anything with ribbon

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Stamping Sensations - Autumn colours

Kit and Clowder - anything goes

Fi

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For Amy....

Happy Easter everybody!!

Now I am a day late with this one...better late than never though!!  So the challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week is "lots of layers"....my kind of thing with my lots of layers layout too!!

I'm off to Amy's baby shower today so this is for her.  The stamp is Brynn has a baby shower from Stamping Bella which I coloured with copics.  The papers are from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy collection.  I layered them onto white card and distressed each of the layers along with my usual....doodles!!  The flower has been cut using my latest die-namics blueprints...it is a fabby die set!!

challenges:
Bunny Zoe - distress
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - die cuts
Delightful Challenges - bloom in flower
Little Miss Muffet - distressed
Divas by Design - baby
Fab 'n' Funky - flower power

Fi

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Snuggle time...

Hey folks...a quickie from me tonight!!

Had to have a wee break from those wedding invites, and had a request from one of the girls at work to make a baby girl card.  I thought this gorgeous stamp from LOTV was just perfect.  The stamp is Snuggle Time from LOTV which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  The papers are from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy Girl collection which I layered onto bazzill card.  I doodled around each of the layers and also distressed them. I also added a piece of white lace to one of the layers, not that you can see much of it...lol!!  Now those dies....those are from the die-namics blueprints set 14.....and I love them....the button if fastened with a piece of twine tied in a wee bow.

challenges:

The Ribbon Girls - anything goes with a LOTV image

Color me Creative - anything goes

That's Crafty - you spin me round(circles or polka dots)

Crafty Little Fairies - button up

Fab n Funky - pink

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

Stamping Sensations - dies and punches

Fi

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Happy hippy chick...

Well howdy Saturday bloggers!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "humour"...we are sponsored by the wonderful Cuddly Buddly and Crafts U Love....pop over and check it out!!

So for my card I thought it had to be this stamp which I think is fab!!  We don't always want to see those skinny little girlies...some of us are hippy chicks!!

The papers are from Carta Bella, which I layered onto kraft card, the stamp is from overseas and I can't really remember which make it is but I coloured her with copics.  I added some twine and ribbon and a little die cut button...hope you likey!!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - red

Totally Gorjuss - twine/string
Graph It's - colour denim
Cute Card Thursday - buttons and bows
Fab n Funky - spots or stripes

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 104...

 

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post....there's another new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl...yay!!

I can't believe it's 4 weeks since my last SB posting...gosh how the time flies in!!  The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is another "anything goes"....create anything you like as long...

and

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible!!

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

In addition, Gayle and Elaine will also be awarding Eye Candy to some lucky entrants so pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog next Thursday to see if you have been spotted!!

For my card I have used papers from MME - Bluebell collection. The flowers have been cut using the same papers. I have also used my new border die which is a bit tricky however I am going to persevere cos I do love it....and it's Lis's fault as I first saw it used on one of her gorgeous cards!!  The stamp I used this time is Manga girl #2 from sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics...I did a wee bit shading with polychromos. I added some pearls and gems...oh and what else but some doodling!!

supplies:

papers - MME Bluebell collection

stamp - Manga Girl #2 from Sugar Nellie

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

pearls - The Hobby House

gems - The Hobby House

dies - die-namics flowers trio die/spellbinders borderabilities A2 curved borders


challenges:
Crafting by Design - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - girly
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Crafting When We Can - punches/dfie cuts
That Craft Place - dies & punches
Allsorts - Happy birthday

Fi

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Challenge #1 at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'

Well today's the day that we launch our new challenge...Christmas at Sweet Stampin'....we are all so excited at the thought of snow and glitter all year round!!

Our first challenge is anything goes...as longs as it's Christmassy!!

We have a fabby prize from Funky Kits...

and also Letraset.

Now...as you can see I have gone for something a bit different and not a card.  I bought this kit from Craftwork Cards at the SECC, it was so easy to make as all of the elements were in the kit, I only needed glue and glitter...oh and the bells.

Pop over to the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' blog and check out my teamies creations...


Crafts and me - anything goes
Glitter and Sparkle - flowers
The ribbon girls - christmas project
Totally Gorjuss - glitter
Totally Papercrafts - anything but a card
Crafting for all Seasons - flowers
Anything but a Card - anything but a card
Fab 'n' Funky - not a traditional Christmas

Fi

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