In the Summertime

Here is a card I made earlier this week for a few challenges.  The challenge at  CAS-ual Fridays ( banners and flags) and the Movement challenge at Moxie Fab. 

I started by stamping then embossing the Hillflowers from Penny Black.  I cut it out using a Spellbinders die then rubbed on Distress inks to add the feeling of a sunset.  I dropped water onto the main panel as well to leave a watermark effect.  Added the sentiment from Penny Black and the paper banners.

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps:  Penny Black:Hillflowers, Great Day/Distress inks/ pop dots/ twine

OLW103, Scoring

Welcome...this is my first time hosting the One Layer Wednesday challenge and I hope you are able to play along!  For today's OLW, I challenge you to:

ADD SCORING to your card.

To create my card, I first masked the panel and stamped my Penny Black Hillflowers in black and embossed.  Next I rubbed on Distress inks in various colours and dropped some water for interest.  Since the Distress inks are water based, adding the drops leaves a small watermark behind.  Next I scored both sides with a ScorPal and then with my Scor-bug and added my sentiment.  
I am also adding my card to the Focal Point Challenge at Moxie Fab.

 

Rules for OLW 103

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 scoring 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!

Penny Black Interview

Just popping in to let you know that the Penny Black blog is featuring interviews on all of the designers.  I am very honoured and will be featured there tomorrow.  If you have time, I hope you will stop in and have a chance to read some of the interviews and maybe answer or ask a question. 

I made a card for the interview....will share a little 'snippet' of it....

 

Tuning In

Happy Saturday and I am playing along with a few challenges today.  Of course the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast, the Asymmetry Challenge at Moxie Fab and the 'green' challenge at CASology this week. 

Very simple cas card.  The circles are done in green and a bit of blue and the radio is stamped, cut out and pop dotted for interest. 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Lawn Fawn, Imaginisce/ pop dots/ twine/

OLW102, Colourful Retro

So sorry for such a long blogging break.  I have been off this week and just can't seem to find my 'mojo'.  It does feel great to be back creating again and playing with my inks and stamps. 

Today's card was created for the OLW102 challenge Arydth is hosting this week which is to create a card based on a subject you loved at school and for the challenge at Splitcoast...show us your colours and also the challenge at Moxie Fab; Movement.  As a child, I loved art class and painting.  I still remember the thrill of starting Kindergarten and painting for the first time!!  When I was older, we made tye dyed shirts one year and hence, my card.

I masked the edges so they would remain white and sponged Distress inks onto a mask from the Crafter's Workshop.  I added some additions paint drops from stamps sitting on my desk.

Hope you have a great wknd and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:  stamps; Studio G, various/ mask/ Distress inks/ twine

Happiness is Fishing??

I have had little to no time to stamp this week although I have been off.  I did manage a card today for the challenge at Splitcoast, OLW101 hosted by Heather this week and also wanted to make a card for the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.  I wanted to create a one layer card (easy to mail) for my son who is a die-hard fisherman.  I started by masking the partial circle and then used a mask from the Crafter's workshop and sponged on Distress Inks in shades of blue for the bkg.  I then added the fish and the circle border.

Thanks for coming by and taking a peek. 

Supplies:  stamps; Paper Smooches, Recollections/ mask/ Distress inks/ twine

Inspirational

Some food for thought......
I am on holidays for the next 2 wks so don't know how often I will be around to post.
Enjoy and will be back soon!