TTCRD- Guest Designer

Morning.  

Last month, this card won the challenge at Through The Craft Room Door.  

So today, I have the honour of being the Guest Designer and here is the card I came up with.

The sponsor for this challenge is Sandi's Samples. Great digi images.  The theme this month is 'Anything Goes' so hope you can play along.

(I wanted to use one of Sandi's images on my card but my printer died so I went with inks instead)

I love the look of watercolour and Distress inks are perfect for creating that look.

The small panel on the front was created by rubbing Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord Distress inks using a sponge in a circle design.  I then took a paint brush with water and splattered and painted circles over the ink.  Distress inks are water-based so the water removed some of the ink to leave a pattern behind.  When that was dry, I stamped the sentiment from Daisy Bucket using Memento black ink.

Now for the card front.  I used a stencil from SSS and sponged the same colours from above then painted over the ink with water again.  

The small panel was then pop dotted over the stenciled background to finish off my card.

Love those colours together and adding the water gives it such an airy feel.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SEEING SPOTS

Seize the Birthday- CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Simon Says- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp- Daisy Bucket/ Distress ink/ Memento bl./ paint brush/ stencil-SSS/  

Breezy

Morning.  

Meet today's card.  It may look involved but was super easy to create..just the way I like it!

 Still playing with my new Brushos (crystal paint pigment) but this time, I am using bleach to remove some of the colour.  

Here is what I did for the background.  I sprinkled Brushos in yellow, blue and a hint of green onto my 90lb. watercolour paper.  I sprayed with water to activate the ink and watched the magic happen.  

I dried it all with my heat gun then inked up the Circular Design with bleach and stamped it onto the Brusho background.  The bleach removed some of the ink to reveal a wonderful pattern ready to be stamped over.

HINT:  I made my bleach stamp pad by folding paper towels and placing them in a shallow dish.  I poured a bit of bleach into the dish just to lightly dampen the paper towels.  I immediately washed my stamp with soap and water to neutralize the bleach when I was done so the stamp would not be ruined.

When that was dry, I inked up the Breezy fern stamp with Stazon ink and stamped over the bkg.  To create a bit of a shadow behind the leaves, I stamped again using Grey Memento ink.

Lastly, I added the This Day sentiment to finish off my card.

*All stamps from Penny Black*

 

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SEEING SPOTS

(my bkg.)

Seize the Birthday- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

One Crazy Stamper- ANYTHING GOES

Challenge Up Your Life- WATERCOLOUR

Thanks once again, for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ bleach/ Stazon ink/ Memento grey/ Brushos (got mine on Amazon)

Silhouette Garden

Happy Saturday!  

The sun is shining and my part of the world is beginning to come alive with colour....finally.

Today's card is inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast from a Pinterest board called Timbres-Postage Stamps.  Wonderful array of beautiful postage stamps to be inspired by.

These are the ones that inspired my card:

 

Anyone who visits my blog knows that I am having such a fun time playing with Bister and now Brushos.  They are both a crystalized paint medium that you sprinkle onto your cardstock and spray with water.  They are so easy to use and I just love the explosion of colour created when you add the water.  Unique and different every time.  

I created this piece by sprinkling green and blue Brushos onto my 90lb. watercolour paper then sprayed with water.  I stamped the flower garden from Memory Box on one area of the painted background with Stazon black ink and cut it out.  I mounted that onto a piece of black cardstock and was ready to pop dot it onto my card front but thought it looked sort of lost on it's own.  Since I still had the rest of the painted paper left, I added it behind the image for another pop of colour.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Simon Says- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Virginia's View- LAYERS and DIMENSION

Sister Act- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  I appreciate you!

Supplies:  stamp- Memory Box/ Brusho/ mini mister/ Stazon ink/ pop dots

Happiness Blooms

Meet today's card.  I am playing along with the Clean and Simple challenge at Splitcoast this am.  

The theme today is 'April Showers'. 

It is pouring rain here today so good time to make a card.

I just recently picked up a set of watercolour crayons and have been playing with them.  I first wet the flowers with water then coloured directly on the stamp with the crayons.  I then sprayed on some more water and stamped.  It left a pretty watercolour impression which is what I was going for.

I stamped the fun sentiment from HA then splattered some diluted Salty Ocean Distress ink in the background to look like raindrops.  The card still looked like it needed something more so I sponged the edges with more Distress ink.  I edged the card with red cardstock to help perk up the colour.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- SHOWERS

Use Your Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

A Gem of a Challenge- SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Time Out- #29- RAIN

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, Unity/ Distress ink/ Staedtler watercolour crayons/ mini mister

Gentleness

Morning.  

Thanks again for all your most kind emails from yesterday's post.  You really made me feel teary eyed and so appreciative!

Well anyways, here is a card I made inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast and these two photo prints from Pottery Barn.  

 The woodgrain background was created by using the Embossing Folder Stamping Technique.  I just love using this technique as it gets me so much more mileage from my EB folders.  

I inked inside of my embossing folder (raised side) with Antique Linen Distress ink, sprayed with water and pressed my paper gently into the wet ink.  

I just got some Staedtler watercolour crayons and wanted to try them out for the flowers.  So, when the bkg. was dry, I sprayed the flower stamp with water and coloured directly onto my stamp with the crayon.  I sprayed again then stamped.  Since I have never used watercolour crayons before, I love the variation of colour I got using the same crayon.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Kaisercraft with black Memento ink.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG.

The Mixed Media- FLOWERS

Challenge Up Your Life- WATERCOLOUR

Sister Act Card- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks again for taking the time to come and visit.  

Supplies:  stamps- Unity, Kaisercraft/ Distress ink/ eb folder/ mini mister/ Staedtler watercolour crayons/ Memento bl ink

Winner Profile

Happy Saturday!

Last month, I played along with the challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine and this card won that challenge.

(click on the photo to see my original blog post)

Well I was thrilled that they chose my card!  Now this card will be published in their magazine.  Wow...I have never been published before and it is a real honour. 

Not sure when though.

Anyways, today at the Craft Stamper Magazine blog, they are doing a profile about me if you want to read more about me.  Thanks to the magazine for choosing my card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

April Showers

"April Showers bring May flowers."

Such a great time of year when nature emerges from it's sleep and all the green begins to appear again.

 then the colour of the flowers.  

Meet today's card.  I tried to depict the rainy showers in the background using a stencil and Bister.

I laid my stencil on my card front then sprinkles Bister over it.  Next, I sprayed with water lightly being sure to cover the whole stencil and removed it right away to help avoid the ink seeping under the stencil.  It left behind a lovely speckled, rainy feeling look.

When it was all dry, I stamped the flowers using Memento black ink and the sentiment.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- SHOWERS

Simon Says- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

The Mixed Media- FLOWERS

The Sisterhood of Crafters- APRIL SHOWERS

Happy Little Stampers- STENCIL

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Magenta, Daisy Bucket/ Bisters/ stencil-The Crafter's Workshop/ Mememto bl/ Mini Mister

Burst of Colour

Morning.  It's been such a busy week I just haven't had time to stamp at all.  

The challenge at Splitcoast this am was to create a watercolour background so I just had to play along.  Here's what I did to created my card.

First, I inked the stamp from Local King (I think it is shattered glass) with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Next, I sprinkled Bister (a paint medium) all over the embossing and sprayed with a generous amount of water.  Love the burst of colours that appeared.  

When that was all dry, I cut a curve then stamped the sentiment and mounted the painted piece with pop dots.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Shopping Our Stash- LOST and FOUND

(this shattered glass stamp that I found in a drawer)

Fab 'n' Funky- MASCULINE

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting From the Heart- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King, Hero Arts/ wh embossing powder/ Bister/ mini mister/ heat tool/ bl Memento ink/ curved die-SSS

A Big Thanks!

  A Big Thanks to all of You!  

This card is for all of you.  I so appreciate all the kind comments and the encouraging emails.

Flash in Time

Morning.  

Just playing here with a new stencil I picked up from SSS.  The Clean and Simple challenge at Splitcoast was to create a masculine card so I was in. 

I began by placing the stencil on my cardstock and using a small Versamark ink cube, dabbed it over my stencil.  I then removed the stencil and using clear embossing powder and my heat gun, embossed the design.  I then tapped some Bister (paint medium) over the embossing and sprayed with water.  The embossing resisted the paint and it pooled in the grooves.  Love the variation of colours you can achieve by using the Bister.  

When all was dry, I stamped the sentiment using black Stazon ink. 

I think it looks pretty masculine, don't you?

Adding my card to these challenges:

Happy Little Stampers- STENCIL

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Your Passion- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting from the Heart- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp- Kaiser/ stencil- Memory Box/ Bisters/ Stazon ink

It's a Wrap

I hope you enjoyed a Happy Easter.  Sure didn't feel like Easter where I live as we had a mini snowstorm overnight and the ground was once again covered in snow.  Just when we think Spring has Sprung, winter just doesn't want to give it up!!

As most of you know, I have been having such a fun time playing with my Bister paint medium.  I saw this technique and wanted to give it a try.  Others that have done this technique suggest using glossy paper but since I didn't have any, I just used my regular heavy weight cardstock and went for it with pleasant results.  

First, you need to take a piece of plastic wrap and lay it down on your work surface but crinkle it up a bit.  Sprinkle some Bister over top of the plastic wrap then spray with water.  Next, I laid my paper on top of the plastic and wrapped it around my paper.  I set it aside for 10 minutes so the ink could soak into the paper then I removed the plastic to reveal this wonderful background.  Love the detail it left behind.  I stamped the sentiment with black Stazon then added the die-cut fern.  The fern mimics the lines on the background.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Just Us Girls- SPRING

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Sister Act- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp- Mama Elephant/ Bister/ plastic wrap/ Mini Mister/ Stazon bl/ Cuttlebug/ fern-Memory Box

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Hope you day is filled with many blessings.

Repeat After Me

Happy Saturday.

 Today, I am being inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast called 'Inspiration Within'....be inspired by one of your own previously made cards.  Here is my card that inspired me and I wanted to play with my Bisters again of course.

 Rainy Day

So here's what I did.  Once again, I created the background using Bister (a paint medium) but in different colours.  This time, I covered the whole background by tapping the Bister all over my watercolour paper then spraying with water.  I just love watching the explosion of colour come to life.

When that was dry, I stamped the flowers from the Pretty Petals set from Penny Black with black Stazon.  (Don't forget to ink your stamp with Versamark first for easy clean-up).  Next, I had to figure out how to colour the flowers since they were stamped over a painted surface.  So first, I coloured the flowers with a white Signo pen to cover up the painted background then coloured over that using Copic markers.  It ended up giving a very unique! look to the flowers.  

I am adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- SPRING

Just Us Girls- SPRING

Time Out- CAS WITH YOUR OWN TWIST

(cas using Bister)

The Mixed Media- FLOWERS

Sister Act- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks again, for taking the time to visit.  I appreciate it so much.

Supplies:  stamp- Penny Black/ Bister/ Signo wh pen/ Copics/ Mini Mister

Burst of Colour

Morning.  

Here is today's card using my new flower stamp from Penny Black called Pop Pop Poppy.

I think my favourite type of stamps to play with are my flower stamps.  You can add so many colours and techniques when stamping with them and they always look beautiful.  I really like this one because I can easily get the look of watercolouring with this stamp and it's so easy.

I cut a piece of watercolour paper then using Memento markers, coloured the flowers.  When they were all coloured, I sprayed with water and stamped.  The Memento markers are water-based so by adding the water you are able to blend the colours so beautifully.   I thought the orange and yellow worked well for Spring as I am craving colour in my life right now.  

When the flowers were dry, I stamped the Happy Birthday from the Sprinkles and Smiles stamp set.  It has some really fun sayings for birthdays.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- SPRING

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- BIRTHDAY

Shopping Our Stash- NO FOOLIN' FAUX

(faux watercolouring)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you enjoy a wonderful long weekend.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ Memento markers/ Memento bl ink/ Mini Mister

Nature's Best

 

This morning I am being inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast called 'ELEMENTS'...show Wind, Water, Earth or Fire on your card.  I tried to combine a few elements and show Earth and Water.

I began with a piece of watercolour paper and taped it to my board.  I use a cutting board I bought at the dollar store.  I find it helpful to tape my piece down when using water and paint.

Next, I sprinkled some Bister (http://ibrakeforstamps.com/bister.aspx ) onto my paper and sprayed with water.  I am getting addicted to using those paints.  I also sponged on some Distress ink to fill in the white areas.  

 When all was dry, I inked the leaves from Hero Arts with Stazon black ink and stamped.  I stamped a script from Penny Black along the edge to add some depth to the background and then last but not least, the sentiment.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- SPRING

Simon Says- BIRTHDAY

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting By Design- APRIL ANYTHING GOES

Chocolate Baroque- INSPIRATION

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Looking forward to a long weekend.

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, Penny Black/ Bister / Mini Mister/ Distress ink- Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers/ Stazon ink

OLS15- Blowin' in the Wind

This month it is my turn to host the OLS One-Layer Simplicity Challenge.

With the arrival of Spring, it has me thinking about warm, sunny, windy days.  

So this month the challenge I chose is called

Blowin' in the Wind

For my card, I sprinkled some Bister onto my paper (Bister is a paint medium), sprayed with a generous amount of water and then used a straw to blow the ink around on my card front.

Easy right?!  

I stamped the sentiment from Rubbernecker using Stazon ink.  Remember, for easy clean-up, apply Versamark ink on your stamp first then the Stazon.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Colour Me- MONOCHROMATIC

Time Out- CAS BLACK AND WHITE PLUS A SPLASH OF COLOUR

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting from the Heart- ANYTHING GOES

Hoping you will check out the challenge and get a chance to play along.

Thanks so very much for the visit.

Supplies:  stamp- Rubbernecker/ Bister/ straw/ Mini Mister/ Stazon bl ink/ Versamark ink