Botanical Print

Welcome to the weekend.  So happy I have time to play along with the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast today.  I took my inspiration from a Botanical Print. 

I just love this stamp from Penny Black...so easy to work with.  I started by rubbing Distress ink onto a honeycomb mask from the Crafter's Workshop then stamped the hillflowers and the sentiment.  Finally I rubbed some more ink on the edges to add the distressing.

Hope you get time to do something you love to do today.  I find this time of year to be so inspiring.

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps: Penny Black; hillflowers; smiling / Crafter's workshop/ Distress Inks/ twine

If you are looking for the OLW this week you can find it HERE.

Fall Blessings

Happy Friday!  This week just flew by and I need to get going and make a few cards for our Thanksgiving which we celebrate here in Canada on October 8th.  Playing along with 2 challenges today.  The first on is at CAS-ual Fridays...Toot Your Own Horn; to create a card inspired by your blog header and the second one is at Splitcoast; Fall Leaves. 

Keeping it simple, I stamped the circles from Inkadinkadoo then overstamped with the sentiment.  The leaf from Penny Black is stamped with Versamark, embossed with white then Distress inks rubbed on and tied with a piece of baker's twine.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black, Inkadinkadoo, Stampabilities/ Mememto ink/ Distress ink/ wh. eb powder/ Versamark/ twine

OLW107- Masking

Welcome to another week for me to be hosting the OLW (One Layer Wednesday).  This week I am challenging you to:

create a card using a MASKING TECHNIQUE

I don't have any sympathy cards on hand and they are sometimes difficult to create at the last minute so here is what I came up with.  For my card, I picked a fern from my garden then laid it onto my cardstock.  I tried to flatten it out a bit then I sprayed using Mr. Huey's colour mists and added a few flecks for interest.  Last I stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up for a quick one layer card.

 Don’t forget about the Gratitude Campaign! See Susan’s blog for details.

OLW107 Rules

1. Create a one-layer card.  That is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed!

2. Make a card that incorporates masking in some way.   Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum and NO ADDITIONAL LAYERS of card stock.

3. Post your card online and link it to the InLinkz button underneath.  If you link to your blog, please link to the specific post, not your blog’s main page.

4. HAVE FUN! I am looking forward in seeing what you create!

Everything Rosy?

Hello my friends.  So sorry I have been MIA but it has been such a busy time with no a Snippet of time to craft.  I did get time to play along with a few challenges today at Splitcoast.  One was the CAS challenge..a sketch and the other was a TLC Make Polka Dots which are kind of hard to see on my card but I added them onto the leaves.  Today is also the last day for the big challenges going on at Moxie Fab so I am entering this one in the Focal Point challenge.  The stamp set I used for the flower is from Stampin Up and the sentiment is from Stampotique.  Used Distress inks to colour the flowers and added the scoring and washi tape as well.

Hope you are having a great Monday....I am just so happy to have time to stamp.

Hope you can come back on Wednesday for the OLW as I am hosting this week.

Supplies:  stamps; Stampin Up Mixed Bouquet, Stampotique/ Distress inks/ Washi tape/ pearls/ pop dots

EDIT ADDED:  I was thrilled to find out that my card was a finalist in the Moxie Fab challenge seen HERE!!
thanks so much for all the wonderful and very appreciated emails

Check it Out!!

Hello friends,

Just popping in to tell you that there is a great giveaways at the Penny Black blog this week.

Go HERE to see all the new releases and chances to win.

As Summer Fades

Happy Sunday.  The weather here has been lovely all weekend...sunny, mild.  It is hard to think that summer is fading away and it will soon be fall.  My card is inspired by the colours of fall.

I am entering this card in a few challenges; the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast, the OLW105 Autumn challenge at Cheryl's blog and the Focal Point challenge at Moxie Fab.  I masked the panel and then sponged on Distress Inks before stamping the Queen Anne's Lace with black and added the sentiment. 

There is a weekend challenge going on at the Penny Black blog you will want to check out.  Some nice prizes to be awarded. 

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black/ pearls/ Distress Inks/ twine

Incoming Wishes

Phew!  It has been a crazy week and no time to create so today I was happy to find my mojo and make a card.  I stamped the bunny from The Cat's Pajamas and paper pieced his parachute.  I coloured him with Copics and pop dotted him for interest.  The border is from Stamping Bellas.  I am adding this one to the Movement Challenge at Moxie Fab.

Looking forward to the weekend and really hoping I have some extra time to play.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; The Cat's Pajamas, Stamping Bellas/ Corner Chomper/ Twine/ DP