First card in ages... Sparkly Unicorn!

Hiya. Here's a card I made for a friend's birthday. I masked the unicorn, then used ink dusters to colour the background. I coloured the unicorn with a gold Wink of Stella pen and a Clear Star gelly roll pen. I used Lavinia stamps to add the flowers, and added Nuvo drops for the flower centres. I added the gelly roll pen to the word 'Magical', to give it some extra sparkle.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: 'Things with Wings'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Make it sparkle'
Crafty Calendar: 'Make it Flowery'
Just Us Girls: 'Pastels'

Your Next Stamp: 'let’s see smiles'
Stamping Sensations: 'Fabulously Feminine'
Mix it Up: 'Anything Goes + Sentiment As Main Focus'
Creative Inspirations: 'Anything Goes'
Pink Gem: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lili of the Valley - Jolly Unicorns
Flower stamps from Lavinia
Adirondack inks: Purple Twilight, Eggplant, Cranberry, Butterscotch, Denim
Wink of Stella - Gold
Gelly Roll - Clear Star
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Violet Galaxy

Oxides and Woodware Trees

Hi! I just bought a few more colours of Distress Oxides, as I am completely besotted with them! I've been making backgrounds with them, spritzing with some Glimmer Mist, then paper piecing them onto cards - much more fun than colouring! I'm not a huge fan of fussy cutting, but I love the end result. I finished them off with a glitter pen and Nuvo Drops.

Here are a few I have made with one of my favourite Woodware stamps:

I'm entering this one in the Allsorts challenge: 'Glitter'

I'm entering this one in the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge:

I'm entering this one in the Inkspirational challenge:

I'm entering this one in the Crafty Calendar challenge: 'Autumn Colours'
 

I'm entering this one in the Pearly Sparkles challenge: 'Autumnal Colours'


Ingredients:
Woodware Stamp: Christmas Trees
Distress Oxide Inks: Faded Jeans, Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserve, Antique Linen, Iced Spruce, Fayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover
Brilliance Ink: Platinum Planet
Glimmer Mist: Iridescent Gold

Nuvo Drops: Silver Lining, Pale Gold, Autumn Red

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

Cat & Dragon

Hi! Here's a card I made with a mix of Lavinia digi stamps and clear stamps. The trees and toadstools are digis, so I layered the images, making the trees further back a lighter grey, and printed it out. I masked the moon to create the sky with ink dusters, colouring the moon in afterwards, and I used torn paper to mask the hills. Then I stamped the cat and the dragon. I had to go a bit heavy with the shadow under the cat, because I'd accidentally placed him on top of a toadstool, and you could see the dribbly fronds just underneath him - made him look like he had a leaky bottom. Nobody wants that! So hopefully I've hidden that enough with the very dark shadow under him!

 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Lavinia: 'All Hallow's Eve'
Just Us Girls: 'Light'
Come And Get It: 'Too Cute To Spook'
Crafty Calendar: 'Halloween'
City Crafter: 'What a Fun-ghi'
Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Make Your Own Background'
Creative Inspirations: 'Anything Goes'



Ingredients:
Lavinia stamps: Witches cat, Dragon
Lavinia Digistamps: Tree half (right), Tree half (left), Ink Caps

Adirondack Inks: Purple Twilight, Denim, Cranberry, Butterscotch, Meadow

A bit late, but...

Hiya! Here are 3 Mother's Day cards. At least I'm all set for next year...

I made this first one using a digi stamp from Lizzie Love. I coloured with inks and a water brush, drew the flower stems and stamped the leaves. I 3D-ed one of the flowers to give a bit of dimension, punched tiny flowers for the centres and added a gem.

 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: 'Petal Power'

My Time To Craft: 'No Designer papers'

Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'

I made this next one by clear embossing the flowers, and colouring with Brushos and inks. I went a bit crazy with some Glimmer Mist over the top of it, so it is quite shiny and hard to take a photo of! I added gems to the centres of the flowers.

 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Little Tangles: 'Watercolour'
Crafty Calendar: 'April Showers or Spring'
Addicted to Stamps: 'Make Your Mark'



I make this last one with a stamp from Lavinia, stamping in oranges and yellows and with gold embossing. I used ink dusters to colour the background.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams: 'Anything Goes'
Crafts Galore: 'Anything Goes'
Corrosive Challenges: 'Anything Goes'

Spring Bunny

Hi! Here's a Mother's Day card using a digistamp from Crooked Little Studio. I coloured with inks and a water brush, and then added some Nuvo Glitter Drops. I layered up the butterfly wings to give a bit of dimension.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

The Heart Desires:

Crafty Calendar: "Mum's Day / Special Female"
Sweet Stampin': "Mother's Day / Special Lady"
Creatalicious: "Anything Goes with Optional Gems or Pearls"


Ingredients:
Crooked Little Studio: 'Bunny'
Artistry Ink pads: Sweet Toffee, Fall Fiesta, Amazon Trail
Adirondack ink pads: Butterscotch, Cranberry, Aqua
Distress Ink: Vintage Photo
Nuvo Glitter Drops: White Blizzard

Valentine

Hi! Here's another Valentine's card I made, using heart punches borrowed from my lovely friend Linda, and a flower border punch. I layered up the coloured card and ribbon for the background, and added a silver charm.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown:

Cute Card Thursday: 'Be My Valentine'
Simply Create Too: 'Love'
Come And Get It: 'Valentine's Cards'
Crafty Calendar: 'Love is in the Air'
House of Cards: 'Love Theme'

Creatalicious: 'Anything Goes with Optional Hearts'

Tea with a friend

Hi! I wanted to enter this week's Less Is More challenge, and decided to break out this new stamp! I wasn't sure how to colour it, as the image is quite cartoony, so I stamped the teapot on scrap paper and cut it out, making a stencil to mask the background, and then coloured with ink dusters. I used a floral stencil on top of the mask, to give the tea pot a design. I hope I didn't overdo it - not sure how easy it is to read the sentiment!

I am an unashamed tea addict, guzzling at least 9 or 10 mugs a day, and can't imagine life without it. I also think that a cup of tea and a chat can be a wonderful thing, and is a very important thing to be able to offer to anyone who's not having a great time with things, which is why I was attracted to this stamp when I saw it! I hope my friends know that I am definitely there for them whenever they need tea and a chat. A lot of the time there's not much you can do for someone you care about except listen (and make them a cuppa), but I think that is a very useful thing to do.

Anyway, here's my card:

I'm entering this in these two challenges:

Less Is More: 'One Layer: Favourite Drink / Beverage'
Crafty Calendar: 'Something New'


Ingredients:
Paper Sweeties stamp set: 'Tea for Two'
Adirondack ink pads: Butterscotch, Cranberry
Clarity Stamp stencil: 'Leafy Swirl & Dotty Wave'
Crystal Parade topaz gems

Another Glittery Fairy Christmas Card

Hi! Here's another moon fairy card. For this one, I masked the moon and wings, and added the background with ink dusters. I used promarkers for the moon and inks to colour the wings. I used a Wink of Stella pen to add sparkle to the moon, and Glamour Dust on the wings.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

That's Crafty: 'Grunge'

Crafty Calendar: 'Christmas Time'

70th Birthday Card

Hi! My Mum-in-law turned 70 today! She loves fairies, so I made her this card. She's not overly happy about being 70 though, so I didn't put that on the card!

I used ink dusters to create the background, masking with torn paper for the hills. The stamps are all from Lavinia. I coloured the wings and blossom with promarkers, and used Clear Star gel pen to make the wings iridescent. I added glamour dust to the wing tips, flowers and dandelions, for some extra sparkle.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

City Crafter: "Fairy Tale Land"

Sisterhood of Crafters: "No Designer papers"

Crafty Calendar: "Things with Wings"

Dragonfly Dreams: "Summertime"

Lavinia: "Spring Blooms"

Little Tangles: "Anything Goes"