Happy Valentine's Day

Here's hoping your day is filled with much love and sunshine.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black/ Distress inks/ black Memento/ sponging tool

Scent of a Rose

Happy Saturday.  Today I am playing along with 3 challenges.  The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast got me thinking (see below)....the theme at Cas-ual Fridays is Love Song (Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi) and last but not least, the challenge at CASology is Fairytale (the oldest version of Snow White and Rose Red her sister by Brothers Grimm). 

I began by creating my bkg.  I did that by rubbing Distress inks in pink onto my cardstock with a sponge in a circular motion, adding water with my water pen to blend.  I then stamped my rose from a large background stamp called Bed of Roses by Penny Black, cut one of the roses out and coloured it with Distress inks and again my water pen. 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  Hope you have a great weekend.  So wonderful to see the sun shining today after a major snow storm yesterday.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black/ Distress inks/ sponge/ water pen/ edge punch

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Hope you get a chance to go check it out.

Snowy Days

Morning....it is cold and snowy and icy here this morning in my neck of the woods.  Here is a card I made for the CAS challenge at Splitcoast today; to create a card that is monochromatic plus add one neutral and for the challenge at Moxie Fab; to create your own bkg.  Here is how I created my card.

I cut a snowflake mask, attached it to my cs then sprayed with Mr. Huey's mist then added splats of white. After removing the mask when all was dry, I added the sentiment Milestones from Penny Black, rubbed Distress inks on the edges and then doodled a border.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black/ black Memento/ Die-namics snowflake/ pearl/ Mr. Huey's mist

Polka Dot Sprigs and Vibrant Colours

Happy Sunday...sure hope you are enjoying your weekend.  It goes by too quickly doesn't it??  Today, I am featuring 2 cards I made for the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast and the challenges going
on at Moxie Fab...create a window card. 

Here is what I did.  I created the main panel by using drawing circles with my Copics and then adding alcohol to blend.  I then stamped the new Polka Dots Sprig from Penny Black with black Memento ink..love polka dots. I cut a window using a square Spellbinders die so it would look like the piece is framed. I pop dotted the main image inside the window cutout and added the sentiment Thanks a Bunch. 

Here is the second one I made but I am entering this one in the Moxie Fab; create your own Background.

Still playing with my Copic markers, I coloured a grid pattern on my cs then dropped blending fluid drips to leave an impression. I then went back when the piece was dry, and stamped the Hillflowers from Penny Black and embossed them in black. I added twine for a simple card.

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

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black/ Copic markers/ bl Memento ink/ pop dots/ twine

The Seashore

Today, I am featuring a card I made for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast and the Create Your Own Background challenge at Moxie Fab. 

I created the two main panels on the side by inking my acrylic block with Distress inks and spraying with water before stamping. Using the same colours of blue and a smaller piece of cardstock, I simple applied ink directly from my pads onto the paper.  I then stamped the image from Inkadinkadoo, flicked water drops onto the piece and added some highlights by removing some of the ink on the image with my water pen.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Inkadinkadoo, The Craft's Meow/ Distress inks/ pop dots/ acrylic block

Big and Bold

Big and bold birthday wishes....works well for a masculine card don't you think??  This was an easy one to create.  I used different colours of ink and added splotches and shapes just to the right hand side of the card in fun colours.  I stamped the sentiment from Woodware, cut it out then pop dot mounted it between scored lines I made with my Scorbug. 

Hope you have a great weekend.  Thanks so very much for dropping in.

Supplies:  stamps; Woodware-sentiment, Recollections, Inkadinkadoo/ pop dots/ twine/ coloured inks