Doodled Flowers

Hi! Here's a Mother's Day card I made. I masked the circle before stamping the flowers, then coloured them with inks. I added gems to the centres of the flowers, for a bit of sparkle.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams: 'For a special female'
Pink Gem Challenge: 'Anything goes'
Corrosive Challenge: 'Anything goes'


Ingredients:
Paper Artsy stamp set: EKC15
Adirondack inks: Cranberry, Meadow
Artistry inks: Midnight Blue, Indian Jamun
Crystal Parade gems

IndigoBlu Heart

Hi! Here are three valentines cards, made with one of my favourite IndigoBlu stamps. The image is quite detailed, so I've kept the colours simple, and just added a bit of sparkle with a gelly roll pen.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams: 'Include a Heart'
Watercooler Wednesday: 'Feminine Anything Goes'
Creatilicious: 'Anything Goes with optional Love/Hearts'
Simply Create Too: 'Anything Goes with optional twist: use hearts'

 I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: Include a Heart'
Double D: 'Hearts'

AAA Cards:

Uniko:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: 'Add some red'
Time Out:

The Card Concept:

Ingredients:
IndigoBlu: 'Love Is'
Promarkers
Gelly Roll - Clear Star

Drenched Painted Harvest Flowers

Hi! I can't put these SU stamps down! Here's another card, colours inspired by the current MFT challenge, although after spritzing with so much water, it's hard to see the pink, and some of the orange has become yellow. I love how the colours have spread, though! I used oxides, which has made the flowers look even softer :)

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

MFT: - I used the pink, honest! And I didn't use yellow!

HLS Watercolour:

Sparkles Monthly: 'Thank You'

Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'
Corrosive Challenges: 'Anything Goes'
Dragonfly Dreams: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Stamps from Stampin' Up! 'Summer Silhouettes' set
Distress Oxide Ink pads: Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Salty Ocean
Adirondack Ink pad: Meadow

Reindeer Baubles

Hi! Here are a couple of cards I made using Distress Oxides for the background. I am so addicted to oxides now, I think I need to buy some more colours! I have 14 so far, which seems a lot, but urggg... I just want them all!

The first card has a liberal spray of Glimmer Mist on the background, but I left the second one as it was. I layered the bauble die cut over the background, adding a bit or torn card under the reindeer's feet, for a snowy bank. I used 3D squares to fix the bauble to the card, and added a bow to the top. The bows took me ages! I am so rubbish at tying bows, damn faffy things. I might have to get one of those bow maker things.

Anyway, here are the cards:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Pink Gem: 'Buttons and/or Ribbon'
Dragonfly Dreams: 'Winter'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'
Less Is More:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

HLS Die Cuts:

Addicted to CAS:

Ingredients:
Reindeer Bauble Die
Distress Oxide Inks: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Wilted Violet

Glimmer Mist: Iridescent Gold

Ribbon

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'

Birthday Chick

Hi! Here's a birthday card I made for a lovely friend who keeps chickens. This chick image is the closest I have to a chicken, so I hope she'll like it. The image is a digistamp, and I added the sentiment. I coloured using inks and a water brush, then added gems to the flowers.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: 'Make Your Mark'
The Heart Desires:

Moving Along with the Times: 'Ring o' Roses'
Seize the Birthday: 'Anything Birthday, Optional Felt Topping'
My Time To Craft: 'Feathers'
Dragonfly Dreams: 'Hearts and Flowers'


Ingredients:
From The Heart Digi: 'Flower Chick'
Adirondack Ink: Cranberry, Butterscotch, Meadow, Aqua, Terracotta
Crystal Parade gems: Topaz

Thank You with Gold

Hi! Here's another card I made with my new stamp set. I printed the image twice, then cut a square out of one, coloured it and layered it onto the uncoloured one. I added gold Nuvo Drops to both layers.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

CAS(E) This Sketch:

CAS-ual Fridays: 'Everything Turns to Gold'
Pearly Sparkles: 'With Thanks'
Dragonfly Dreams: 'With Thanks'
Sparkles Monthly: 'Thank You'


Ingredients:
Concord & 9th 'Hello Lovely' stamp set
Sentiment from Woodware 'Jane's Script'
Stampin' Up! ink pad: Rose Red
Brushos: Turquoise, Yellow ochre
Nuvo Drops - Pale Gold

Lavinia Christmas!

Hi! Here's another fairy Christmas card, made with Lavinia stamps. As usual, I coloured with ink dusters. I used a Wink of Stella pen on the moon, and Glamour Dust on the wings, stars and snow drifts.

I'm entering this one in these two challenges:

Unicorn Challenge: 'Add Some Glitter'

Dragonfly Dreams: 'Christmas'

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"

New Lavinia Stamps

Hi! I bought two new stamps at the NEC Hobbycrafts show in March, and this is the first card I made with them. I coloured the background with ink dusters on watercolour paper, and then spritzed with water to blend it a little. I coloured the flowers with promarkers, and used a Gelly Roll 'clear star' pen on her wings to make them shimmer.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown:

Dragonfly Dreams: "Spring is in the Air"

Uniko: "Use Metallics" - the wings look metallic, so I hope that is ok for the challenge!