Color Throwdown

Hi! Here's another card I made for the Color Throwdown challenge - absolutely love these colours! This image is another one from Crooked Little Studio. I coloured with inks and a water brush, and then went a little bit crazy with Nuvo Drops : Silver Lining

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown

Unicorn Challenge: "Make it Pearly"

Crafty Cardmakers: "Summer"

On Your Wedding Day

Hi! My niece and her fella are getting married on Thursday! Here's a card I made for them:

I smothered the card with punched white flowers, and blinged them with some very sparkly Crystal Parade gems I got from the NEC Hobbycraft show.

I'm entering this one in these two challenges:

Sparkles Monthly: "They Say When You Marry In June"

Crafty Cardmakers: "Bling It Up"

Easter

Hi! I've the spent the day getting inky with Easter cards. Here are a few I made. I made an egg shape mask, stamped the wildflowers and coloured with ink dusters. I added a bit more colour with Promarkers, and then added Stickles and punched butterflies.

 
I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: "Make your own Background"
Addicted to Stamps: "Clean & Simple"
House of Cards: "Silhouette"

 
I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers; "Go Green"
Simon Says Stamp; "A Bit o' Green"
Simply Create Too: "Use Green Only"
The Sisterhood of Crafters: "Use Your Dies and/or Punches" 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

MAWTT: "Purple Haze"
Little Tangles: "Ombre"
Unicorn Challenge: "Clean & Simple"

Pixie Valentines

Hi! Here are a few Valentine cards. I made a heart stencil and used ink dusters to colour the heart sunset and the background. I used promarkers for the pixie wings and plants, and then added stickles and liquid pearls.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Pearly Sparkles Challenge: "All You Need is Love"

Pink Gem Challenge: "Love is in the Air"

Sweet Stampin': "All you need is Love"

Just Us Girls: "Valentine"

Moving Along With The Times: "Things With Wings"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

MFT:

Crafty Cardmakers: "Love, Love, Love"

Deep Ocean Challenge: "Hearts"

Crafty Creations: "Hearts"

Simply Create Too: "Love or Valentine's"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday: "Valentine"

CASology: "Valentine"

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

That's Crafty: "First Love"

The Corrosive Challenge: "Love, Love, Love"

Masked Heart filled with Wildflowers

Hi! Here are a couple of Valentines cards I made today. I made a heart stencil, coloured with ink dusters, and then stamped the wildflowers. I added a little bit of colour to the images with Promarkers. I added some gems for a bit of sparkle, and then some punched butterflies for some dimension.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

The Crazy Challenge: "Love"

Pals Paper Arts:

Inkspirational Challenges: - love & a heart

Crafty Cardmakers: "Punches and/or dies"

Allsorts: "Bring on the Bling"

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

Simon Says Stamp: "Anything Goes"

T'was The Night Before Christmas...

Hi! Crafty Cardmakers have got a challenge to make a card which depicts the poem, 'T'was The Night Before Christmas'. This card is inspired by the line, 'The stockings were hung by the chimney with care', using an image from Digistamp Boutique:

This is another quick CAS card, in the attempt to get my Christmas stock made before Christmas...

The image is coloured with Promarkers, and then smothered in Glamour Dust.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers: "T'was The Night Before Christmas..."

Virginia's View: "All About Glitter"


Clear It Out: "Theme: Holiday-Christmas   Stash: Glitter"

Birthday Wishes

Hi! Here's a card I made tonight, inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge, and the colours from the Just Us Girls challenge:

I added a few gems, and some Stickles on the flowers, to add some sparkle, The card is layered on to silver-patterned vellum, and then black cardstock.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch



Just Us Girls


Crafty Cardmakers: "Make It Sparkle"

Wags 'n' Whiskers: "Glitter / Sparkle"

Autumn Leaves

Hi! Here's another Autumnal card, inspired by all the Autumn-related challenges going on at the moment! I masked the panel, stamped & embossed the leaves in a glittery gold, then stamped again in yellow, orange and red. I used ink dusters to add a yellow / orange / red background.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Clear It Out: "Theme: Autumn  Stash:Leaves/Foilage"

City Crafter: "Fall Has Arrived"


Simply Create Too: "Autumn Splendor"

Pink Gem Challenge: "Autumn"

Uniko Studio: "Autumn / Fall"

Deep Ocean Challenge: "Autumn"

Crafty Cardmakers: "Make It Sparkle"

Post-Holiday Blues

Hi! My fella & I are just back from a wonderful holiday with my lovely mate Linda (Crafty Distraction) and her family! We had an amazing time, but now it's back to work, and I'm fighting off the post-holiday blues by binge-watching old episodes of Charmed, and making cards!

Here's one I just finished, inspired by the challenges at Less Is More and Color Throwdown:

I'm thinking of trying a Christmas version of this card, by adding some glittery snow to their heads...

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Less Is More


Color Throwdown


Friday Mashup: "Birthday Themed Project"

Crafty Cardmakers: "No Patterned Papers"

Simply Create Too: "Anything Goes"

Loving the Turquoise...

Hi! There are quite a few colour challenges recently with beautiful shades of turquoise - gorgeous! And here's another one, from Cupcake Inspirations:

Here's the card I made for the challenge:

I masked the circle before stamping the flowers and ink dusting the background. Then I stamped, clear embossed, coloured and cut out the smaller flowers, and attached them with 3D foam squares. I added Liquid Pearls to the centres of the flowers.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Wags 'n Whiskers: "Frame It Out"

Simon Says Stamp: "Homegrown Summer"

Crafty Cardmakers: "Warm Summer Colours"

I Love the Seaside!

Hi! It's the summer holiday season, and in a few weeks I'll be heading off for some relaxing sun and sea with my closest friend & her family! I really can't wait to get away :)

I have spotted a few holiday-related challenges around, and have just made a card that reflects my love of a quiet, empty beach, where you can walk for miles, or take a book, or go for a swim and not feel too shy about your swimming cozzy...

I made this using my Faber-Castell watercolour pencils, as you can just scribble a few different shades together and they blend really easily with a water brush. I added a bit of white for waves on the beach with a Uni Posca pen, and stamped some flying geese with an Inkylicious stamp.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Less Is More; "Life's a beach!"

Sparkles Monthly: "Sun, Sea and Sand"

The Crazy Challenge: "Summer Vacation"

Addicted to Stamps; "Holiday"

Crafty Cardmakers: "Water"

Sketch Saturday!

Hi! I've made a card for Sketch Saturday's current sketch:

Here's the sketch:

I'm also entering this into the Crafty Cardmakers: 'Sentiment' challemge

A Row of Flowers

Taking a break from stencils and cats, I've made some new cards using punched flowers. Got carried away again, and made the same card in different colours. Here are a few of them:

I'm entering this one in the Crafty Creations 'Seeing Spots' challenge

I'm entering this one in the Tip top Tuesday '3 of Something...' challenge - I hope it counts, as there are 9 flowers, but only 3 large ones with gems...

I'm entering this one in the Crafty Cardmakers 'Dots' challenge

I'm entering this one in the Wags n Whiskers 'Flowers' challenge