April Showers Bring May Flowers

At the end of February I was very lucky to win the Challenge over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog. The lovely ladies at Stamping Sensations have have asked me to be their guest this month April, for their new challenge which for this month is April Showers Bring May Flowers. I used a mixture of stamps to make my card starting with the Rain Drops stamps by Ryn, which I embossed with white embossing powder before blending blue ink all over the background. I then stamped and coloured some Heartfelt Creations stamps, Cheery Pansies and adding some micro beards to the centres. I mounted the background and the pansies onto some gold mirri card and popped onto a 7x7 card base. Finally I settled on a sentiment from Stampscapes which I felt went with the nature theme of the card. Do pop over to the Stamping Sensations blog and take a look at the fabulous cards that the DT have provided for inspiration this month, along with a great prize too provided by Be Creative who are giving a £25.00 voucher to spend in their store.

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Workshop Results

Today I have my makes from Eileen's workshop on Saturday. It was a great day with the weather and the roads being kind to us on our journey to Kent, it takes about 2 hours from where we live in the top corner of Hampshire. We used 4 colours of Distress inks for all of the cards here. Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and just for the centre of the eye we used Peeled Paint. Visible Image stamps were used for two of the cards and an Inkylicious stamps for the middle card. Lots of white dots were added to the top card using a white pen.

 On this next card I added some raindrops using a stamp by Ryn.

 This last card was using the same colours as the top two cards but used very differently.

All to soon it was time to get back into the car and travel home. The road was a lot busier and the heavens opened at one point, but we made it home safe and sound.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my wonderful Husband, who hasn't seen this card yet as he's still away today playing golf. I made this card (an 8x8) by first cutting a piece of Sheena's stamping card to just over 7x7, then I used stencil paste through a Dylusions stencil which was over sprayed with Dylusions when the paste was dry. I then used Stamps by Ryn to for the background scene. The giant turtle is also a stamp by Ryn that I stamped onto a separate piece of card and then fussy cut it out and added it with glue gel. The Happy Birthday die cut is from Tonic.

I would like to enter this card into the Customer Creation Challenge over on Ryn's blog and also into the Stamping Sensations challenge which is Anything Goes (this will be my third entry into this challenge this month)

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Humming Bird

My card today has been made for the current challenge over at Allsorts Challenge. This week they are looking for Wings On Things. The stamps used on this 6x6 card all come from Designs By Ryn.  I started by making a background using distress inks in Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon, then using Versafine Black Onyx I stamped the flowers and leaves. Next on a separate piece of card I stamped the Humming Bird, I then coloured both the flowers and bird using distress pens. I went over the bird with clear Wink Of Stella to give it a lovely sheen then fussy cut it out and popped it onto the card with glue gel. I then mounted onto some gold mirri card and then onto a green card blank.  While in the USA in June last year Hubby and I were lucky enough to see a pair of these stunning tiny birds who were drinking from a feeder that a cafe owner had filled and popped into the flower bed outside of the cafe. Despite trying for sometime we failed at getting a decent photo of them, their wings move so fast they just look like a blur.

I would also like to enter this into the Customer Challenge over on the Designs By Ryn blog.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comment which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Foul/Fowl Weather

I'm back again with my second post today, this time for Craft A Scene. This month we're asking for your Foul Weather scenes, and also to include a bird or birds in your scene. For this card I used a 6x6 card base, and silver mirri card for the matting. I used some matt card stock from Lavinia stamps to stamp my scene onto, and stamps from Lavinia, Sheena Douglas and Designs by Ryn.I started by stamping my Island in the middle of the card with blue Stazon, I also stamped the thistles and birds with Stazon. I stamped the willow leaves at the top using chipped Sapphire distress ink doing first and second generation stamping. Next using my brushes I used distress inks in milled lavender for the sky, and faded denim for the water. I went around the outside with chipped Sapphire and then added the raindrops, I have also added glossy accents too, in the hope that they look wet. I hope that you will pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration this month.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

August Quintiles - Anything Goes

It's time again to send in my tiles for the Chocolate Baroque Quintile Swap (quintiles are 5X5 squares), and for the month of August the theme is Anything Goes. I've decided to make these small underwater scenes using the mermaid silhouettes. All of the stamps used are from Chocolate Baroque with the exception of the sea bubbles which are from Designs By Ryn.

The backgrounds were created first by spraying dylusion inks onto a glass cutting mat and then picking up the colour onto the card. For the first tile I used a mixture of green distress inks for stamping the seaweeds, and white for the more coral looking branch in the foreground. Next I stamped the small seahorses in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. and then the mermaids. Finally  I stamped the sea bubbles in old paper distress ink at the top.

For the second tile I stamped onto a separate piece of card the sea palace on the rocks and coloured using promarkers, then cut it out and stuck onto the tile using art institute glue. I then stamped the seaweed using forest pine distress ink, and used a white pen to add some detail. The mermaid was again stamped using Tuxedo Black, and old paper to stamp the sea bubbles. I then sprayed both of the tiles with spray and sparkle from Crafters Companion.

I'm also going to enter these into the Make My Monday challenge which this week is Silhouettes

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Week Three Under The sea

I'm back again with my second post today, and this time with my other hat on. It's week three on the Craft A Scene blog so there is still plenty of time for you get making those Under The Sea Scenes and joining in. For this weeks card I've again used a background made using Dylusion sprays which I've over stamped with the Sea Bubbles stamps from Designs by Ryn, and then using sea weed stamps from Chocolate Baroque, which were stamped in various shades of green distress ink pads. I stamped the mermaid and fish, also from Chocolate Baroque, onto some white card then coloured with distress markers before cutting out, and then placing them onto the front. The sentiment again was from Chocolate Baroque. I then place onto a blue 6x6 card base.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Under The Sea

I'm back again for the second time today, this time it's the start of the new challenge over on the Craft A Scene blog. This month we are asking you to make a scene with an under water theme. My background for this card was made using Dylusion inks sprayed onto a glass cutting mat and them picked up onto the card. When this was dry I stamped onto it using the Sea Bubbles, Sea Weed set, School of Fish, from Designs By Ryn, straight onto the background. Also the Mermaid silhouette stamps from Chocolate Baroque. The small Seahorses are from the Seahorse set also from Designs By Ryn, these were stamped out onto card then coloured with promarkers and added to the scene.  Then to finish it off I gave it a spray with Crafters Companion Silver Spray and Sparkle. I popped the finished scene onto some silver mirri card and then onto a light green centura pearl card base. The sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque, once stamped out I went around the outside with the Sea Bubbles. Do pop over to the blog and take a look at the what the lovely scenes rest of the Design Team have made.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Angela Angel Fish

I've been playing again with Dylusion sprays and Designs By Ryn, and I've used the gorgeous Angel fish. Ryn calls the angel fish Wanda, but for this post I've called her Angela. Along with Angela/Wanda I've used the seaweed stamp, the school of fish and the water bubbles.  I made the background by spraying Dylusion inks in Campso Teal and Vibrant Turquoise onto my glass cutting mat, and then laying the card into the ink. I was so surprised at the amount of pieces of card I managed to colour just by adding a little spray of water. I stamped the seaweed in shades of green Adorandack ink pads, the sea bubbles were stamped using the slate Adirondack ink pad, and the going over some of the swirls with a white pen. The school of fish was stamped using memento Tuxedo Black, but I used the second stamp rather than the first. Angela/Wanda was stamped and embossed with silver embossing powder, as was the sentiment, I used pro markers to colour  Angela. The sentiment has not shown up in the photo very well, but looks fine on the card. Finally I mounted the background onto some silver mirri card, and then a 6x6 card base before adding Angela with some glue gel.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Designs By Ryn Meets Chocolate Baroque....

....with a little bit of Dylusions. This weekend it's my Father-in-laws Birthday, so I had to put my thinking cap on. In the past I  made cards with car's, shed's, scene's, more car's, ship's I think you get the picture. So I wanted to do something different, and this is what I came up with. I had bought new stamps from Designs By Ryn, and not had a chance to use them, the same with the Dylusion spray's that have been sat on the shelf since the New Year.  So yesterday I got out the sprays and had a play, (I can't believe how far a small amount of the ink can go). I left them to dry overnight and then got the stamps out this afternoon, ready for a play. I've been inspired to make a scene like this by two of the ladies on Ryn's Design team, Shirley of  Paper Creations By Shirley, and Miranda of Mir'acle Art Inspirations, they have amazing art work on their blogs, if you've not visited before please go and take a look, you won't be disappointed. I started with the sea bubbles stamp and cool peri Adirondack ink pad across the top of the scene, (it was all stamped with Adirondack ink pads). Next with two different shades of green I stamped the sea weed at the bottom, and with black I stamped the school of fish (these I did a second stamping, after the first to give the effect of shadows or more fish in the background), and the bubbles. The sea horses were stamped out onto some white card stock and embossed with gold embossing powder, and then coloured with distress markers and a water brush. I them cut them out and fixed them to the scene with glue gel. The base card was made with a caramel, linen card stock. This I stamped with shell stamps from Chocolate Baroque. Finally I cut out the word DAD with the Cricut and added to the side. 

My Father-in-law comes from Helston in Cornwall, so grew up never far for the sea. I hope this brings back a few memories for him.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue