Wonderful World

Happy Saturday.  It's Inspiration Challenge time at Splitcoast and today, we are being inspired by the Pinterest board from Beka Castillo.
Here is the photo that inspired my card:

I love the look of the Zentangle cards.  This is a wonderful card using a stamp from Serendipity Stamps.  Easy card...stamped the background using black Memento ink then coloured portions of the image with shades of blue Copic markers.
I cut out a circle in the center of the card then pop-dotted another circle with the sentiment stamped on it over the that.  Don't you just love that sentiment!

Also playing along with these challenges:

 Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

PPA241 Pals Paper- SKETCH

The Male Room- BKG PAPER

Sister Act- ANYTHING GOES


Hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for coming by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps-Serendipity/ black Memento ink/ Copic markers/ pop dots/ Spellbinders circle die

Think Spring

I don't know about you, but I could really use a little SPRING right about now.

The challenge at Splitcoast was to 'Think Spring'.  When I think Spring, I think of tulips and blue skies, so here is what I came up with.

I cut a piece of cardstock and started stamping these beautiful tulips from Serendipity Stamps with black Memento ink along the bottom edge of the paper.

Next, I got out my Distress inks, pressed them onto my acrylic block and used them to do a loose watercolour on the flowers and the background.

When dry, I mounted it to my card front with pop dots then stamped the sentiment from Penny Black.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting From The Heart- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Your Passion- ANYTHING GOES

Card and Scrap- ANYTHING GOES

Stampin' Celebration- INSPIRATION

(I was inspired by the colours in the photo)
 

Hoping that Spring arrives soon.  Thanks for the visit.

Supplies:  stamps- Serendipity, Penny Black/ Memento ink/ Distress ink/ paint brush/ bl pearls

Folded Hug

Morning.  A simple card today with a fun technique I hope you will get a chance to try.  You know all those little stamps that sit in the drawer because you don't know what to do with them?  

Well, I have a great idea for you today.....stamping over a stencil.

Here is what I did.  I placed my stencil from Gourmet Stamps over my paper, masked the edges and using a variety of little stamps randomly picked from my stamping drawers, I stamped away using Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress inks.  I then went back in and inked gently over the stencil to define the areas ever more.  By stamping first, it gives a wonderful depth that could not be achieved by inking alone.

I then went back in and stamped the flowers using black Memento ink.  I love this little sentiment from the Stampin Place; stamped it in black as well.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- MASK

CASology- MONOCHROMATIC

Addicted to Stamps- MAKE YOUR MARK

Sweet Stampin- FLOWERS

Suzy Bee's Blooming- ANYTHING GOES/ MONOCHROMATIC

That's it for now. Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies: stamps- Stampin Place, Unity, other random stamps/ Memento ink/ Distress ink/ Stencil

inking tool

Favourite Technique

Happy Friday!!

Meet today's card.  The challenge at Splitcoast this am is to use one of their many great tutorials as inspiration for our cards.  Well, as most of you already know, one of my favourite tutorials is the technique called 

Embossing Folder Stamping.

So easy, so fun and such interesting results every time.

So here is what I did.  I began by inking the inside of my embossing folder with Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint Distress inks, sprayed with water and pressed my paper into the wet ink.  I love using the Distress inks as they blend with water better then any other ink I have used.

When dry, I inked my Hill Flowers from Penny Black with Memento ink and stamped to the side.

Next, I stamped the sentiment from Penny Black called Softer and Kinder.

To help pull it all together, I added drew in a blackline border.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

 Addicted to Stamps- MAKE YOUR MARK

C.R.A.F.T.- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES

Cute Card Thursday- FLORAL DELIGHT

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ Memento bl ink/ Distress ink/ Embossing Folder/ Mini Mister

Sweet Love

Morning.  Meet a sweet new image from Penny Black.  Aren't they so adorable? 

 These cuties are from the new set called Furry Affection.

I began by stamping my background from Penny Black called Circular Design using Spun Sugar Distress ink.  I used a Spellbinder circle die to cut the circle in the center.  

Next, I stamped the mice, coloured them using Copic markers and cut them out so I could pop dot them  into the cut away circle.  They looked a bit lost in that much white open area of the circle so I added a smaller circle behind them to ground the image.  Added the sentiment and done.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- LOVE

Simon Says- ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Sentimental Sundays- VALENTINE'S DAY

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ Distress ink/ Copic markers/ Spellbinder die/ Memento Bl ink/ pop dots

Heartfelt

Happy Saturday. 

 This morning at Splitcoast, we are being inspired by the beautiful photography from the 

Crystal Gayle Studio on Etsy.  

Here is the photo that inspired my card:

I again used my embossing folder to create the background using green Distress inks.  

To see how go here:

Embossing Folder Stamping

When my background was dry, I inked the wheat stamp from Hero Arts with black Memento ink and stamped to the side.  Did the same with the sentiment from Rubbernecker.

Easy and quick card...love that sentiment.

Sending you a hug for a Happy Valentine's Day.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS(e) this Sketch- SKETCH #110

CAS-ual Fridays- MUST LOVE WATERCOLOURS

CASology- LOVE

The Male Room- VALENTINE

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks again for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, Rubbernecker/ Distress ink/ Embossing Folder/ Mini mister/ Memento bl ink

Silhouette

Morning.  We all own some embossing folders that either sit in a drawer or don't get used that much.  Time for mine to get some more use with the
Embossing Folder Stamping Technique.

I began by masking my white cardstock then rubbed Salty Ocean Distress ink onto the front part of my Embossing Folder, sprayed with water and pressed my paper into the wet ink.
Leaving the mask in place and letting the paper dry, I stamped the flowers from Purple Onion with black Memento ink.  I then removed the mask and added the doodled border.   I like the way the border adds a touch to whimsy to the card.  I stamped the sentiment....just a dollar bin find at my local Michaels store.  I then mounted that onto another piece of white cardstock.
For the card front I inked up a stamp from Penny Black called
Chalkboard Grateful 
with Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress inks and sprayed with a generous amount of water before stamping on an angle to cover my card.  That's it.


Also adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- TP or NOT TP
(inspired by the swirl pattern on the towels)

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING GOES

Card and Scrap- FLOWERS

Sisters of Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Happy Little Stampers- EMBOSSING


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

Supplies:  stamps- Purple Onion, Penny Black/ EB folder Cuttlebug/ Distress inks/ Mini Mister/ fine tip black line pen/ black Memento ink