Spring Blessings

Happy Friday.  I think many of us are longing for Spring to arrive so when I saw the challenge at Splitcoast this am (use blue and yellow), I wanted to make a card for Spring.  

I began my card by getting out my April Showers stamp set from Penny Black.  Next, I masked  the strip on my card front and sponged on Salty Ocean Distress ink.  I stamped the raindrops from the set with water which left a great wet, rainy impression.  

The polaroid frame was cut using Spellbinders dies then I backed it with some gingham paper...nice and Springy feeling.  The umbrella was stamped, coloured with Copic markers and pop dotted onto the handle.

Adding my card to the Simply Create Too Challenge- SHOP YOUR STASH

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and have a great weekend.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ Distress inks/ Spellbinder dies/ Copic markers/ pop dots/ twine

Green Goodness

With St. Patty's Day quickly approaching, seems like we will be seeing lots of green in the next week.  Today, the challenge at Splitcoast is just that, GO GREEN.

I began by inking my Flower Flourish with shades green Distress inks (Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn) and sprayed with water.  Before stamping onto my cardstock, I stamped off onto a piece of scrap paper then onto my panel.  By stamping off, you add colour but with a lovely muted tone.

I die-cut the tag and then the leaf to use as a stencil for the front of the tag.  

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES BIRTHDAY

Simon Says- TAG IT

Miriam's Crafting Blog- SHADES of GREEN

Thanks so much for coming by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps-Penny Black/ Distress inks/ tag die/ pearls/ black Memento ink/ twine

Hooray!

Here is a super simple card I made using a digital image and a die-cut.  The robot digi is from Birdie Brown.... I sure wish she was still creating the wonderful digis that she used to make.   He is coloured with Copic markers, cut out and pop dotted over the polka dot border.  

The border was cut and the negative from the cut was glued over the fun polka dot paper.  I then doodled a line along the edge to define the border and added the sentiment.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- COLOUR ME PRETTY

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Digi, Penny Black/ Copic markers/ die- Die-namics/ pop dots

Down By the Garden Gate

Here is a card I made for the contest that was going on at Splitcoast for the last few weeks and when I saw this trellis (pictured below) I knew what I wanted to do. 

The gate stamp of mine is so old and I have had it for years.  I inked it up with Memento Grey ink and stamped it as the backdrop for the flowers.  Then I inked up the flowers by colouring them with Memento markers and sprayed with water before stamping onto my card front.  Isn't that sentiment wonderful, love that font.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look. 

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays- SHADES OF GREY

Little Red Wagon- YEARNING for SPRING
Come and Get It- FLOWERS

Sister Act Card Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies:  stamps-Rubbernecker, Unity, Stampers Anonymous/ Memento markers/ Memento ink

Photo from Restoration Hardware

Teacup Friend

Inspiration is found in so many places and in so many ways.  Today's card was inspired by a sweet pair of socks (BELOW) I saw when playing along with the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast.  

I wanted to create a muted looking background so I inked up my Flower Flourish with Worn Lipstick, Barn Door and Picked Raspberry Distress inks, sprayed with water to blend the colours then stamped onto a piece of scrap paper before stamping onto my card front.  Next, I stamped the bunny from Garden Critters with Memento black ink, coloured with Copic markers and pop dotted it onto my card front.  I thought the Softer and Kinder sentiment worked so great with the image.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Sunday- COLOUR ME PRETTY

Simply Create Too- SHOP YOUR STASH

Thanks so much for coming by to take a look.

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

photo from Polyvore 

Faux Barnboard

Good Morning.  Faux finishes have always intrigued me so the chance to play with inks and create a faux barnboard was right up my alley.  It all started when I saw this wonderfully done CARD.  Thanks Shirley-Bee for inspiring me!!!   Then Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast forced me, I just had to make a card based on the photo below!

So, here is what I did to make the faux barnboard.  

I masked off the center area of my card front then scored around the edges with my ScorPal.  I like the way it framed out the area to be stamped.  Next, I scored the horizontal lines to represent the boards.  Then, I simply swiped my Weathered Wood and Anique Linen Distress ink pads over the scored area until I was happy with the look.  Then I inked up the branch with Memento markers, sprayed with water then stamped over the scored area.  Lastly, I added the sentiment from Daisy Bucket.  

Love how this turned out and will certainly be giving this another go.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays- SHADES of GRAY

Little Red Wagon- YEARNING for SPRING

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Rubbernecker, Daisy Bucket/ Distress ink/ Memento markers/ Scor-Pal

Inspiration Photo from Polyvore

One-Layer Simplicity#3: Just Add Water

Welcome to March and a new challenge at One-Layer Simplicity that I am hosting this month.  The theme I have chosen is: 

JUST ADD WATER

I love combining inks with water; the effects are wonderful and look like watercolouring.  The edges are softer and the colours blended.  My favourite inks for this technique are of course, Distress inks.  They are waterbased and blend so well.

So, onto my card.  I am longing for Spring, so I got out my Pretty Peony flower set from Stampin Up  that I have had forever and inked the flowers with Distress ink.  This set is a 2-step set so by stamping the lighter colour first, the flower becomes very defined when the darker colour is stamped over that.  I use a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the images into the right position and sprayed with water before stamping.  I did the same thing to create the leaves too.  When dry, I added the sentiment and then drew in the black line to pull the images all together.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- YEARNING for SPRING

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- ADD PEARLS

Simply Create Too- SHOP IN YOUR STASH

Hope you get time to play along this month and give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:  Stamps-SU, Rubbernecker/ Distress ink/ Memento black/ pearls/ Stamp-a-ma-jig