Christmas Flowers

 Good Morning.

Meet today's card...another one done for Christmas.

Penny Black had yet come out with another wonderful poinsettia stamp called Scarlet Majesty that I am having such fun with.  If you like to play with watercoloring techniques, you will love this stamp.

I decided to use it in a very simple, cas way today.

I began by inking my stamp with Versamark ink and stamped the poinsettia in the top corner of my card.  Then using white embossing powder, I heat set the flower.  

I used Candied Apple and Barn Door Distress ink and rubbed it over the whole card front concentrating the darker red over the flower.  

I stamped the sentiment from the PB Yuletide Wishes set and embossed that with clear powder.

I splattered water over the whole piece which lifted the Distress ink giving it a snowy appearance. 

To add to the snowy effect, I rubbed my Versamark pad around the edges and embossed those with more white eb powder.  I added the black gems to the flower center to help balance out the black sentiment.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafting When We Can- CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

The Flower Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

A Snowflakes Promise- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- PB/ ink- Distress, Memento, Versamark/ applicator tool/ clear and white eb powder/ heat tool/ black gems

Autumn Birthday

Meet today's card.

With many Fall birthdays coming up on my calendar, I wanted to get a few cards made.

I began by using a Spellbinder oval die to cut a frame.  I used that to figure out where I wanted to stamp my images.  Using my MISTI, I stamped the trees by coloring them with Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process a few times adding layers of colors.

Using a scrap piece of paper, I cut a circle to use as a mask for the moon.

I sponged on Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon and Barn Door Distress inks over the background and splattered with water for interest.

I removed the mask then pop dotted the frame over the image.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- HALLOWEEN INSPIRATION

Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge- AUTUMN

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge- PHOTO INSPIRATION

 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- STAMPLORATIONS, Gina K/ Memento, Distress ink/ sponge applicator/ MISTI/ Memento markers/ Spellbinder dies

Let's Get Real

 I'm calling today's card 'Let's Get Real' because I have used some real maple leaves from my tree to create this card.  

So you ask...how did I do that?  Super easy!

I began by rubbing Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink onto my non-stick craft sheet.  I sprayed with a good amount of water, then using the back side of the leaf, I dragged it through the wet ink being sure that the whole surface was covered.  I took that and pressed it onto my watercolor paper using a piece of scrap over the top.  I repeated that process using Fired Brick and then Rusty Hinge Distress ink.

I just love the impression it left behind!

 I took a wet paintbrush and used some Antique Linen and then some Peeled Paint Distress Stains to watercolor the background leaving some puddles of ink.

I stamped the sentiment from Inkadinkadoo using my MISTI with Memento black ink then clear embossed it with my heat gun.

I pop-dot mounted that over a brown piece of cardstock.

Do you love challenges?  Do you love watercoloring techniques?  You will love this new challenge!!!

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says:  ANYTHING GOES

 Addicted to CAS- WATERCOLOR

 The Male Room- LEAVES AND OR TREES

Cardz for Guyz- NATURE

Kat Scrappiness World Cardmaking Day- ANYTHING GOES

This will make a good card for our Thanksgiving next weekend here in Canada.

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

Supplies:  stamp- Inkadinkadoo/ real Maple Leaf/ Distress ink/ Distress Stain/ Memento bl ink/ eb powder/ heat tool/ non-stick craft sheet/ MISTI

Rustic Meets Elegance

Today's the day!

Time to introduce you to a new challenge and who doesn't love a challenge?

Meet The Flower Challenge.

What fun we will have playing with our flower stamps, stencils and die-cuts.

This is the card I created for that challenge using a woodgrain background.  It is very easy to do and back in January, I did a tutorial about how to do it.  Find it here:

Woodgrain Tutorial

The flower are from a SU set that I stamped with Versamark, white heat embossed and watercolored using Brushos.  I love the colour variations you can achieve using the Brushos.
When the flowers were dried, I mounted them onto a white panel and stamped the sentiment.
I pop dot mounted that panel over the woodgrain and added some black jewels to my flower centers.

I hope you will check out our new challenge and come play along with us.

Supplies:  stamps:  SU, (sorry I don't remember who made the sentiment)/ ink: Distress, Memento/ Brushos/ Elmer's Glue/ ScorPal/ paint brush/ MISTI

Sweater Weather

 Morning.

The crisp, cool sweater weather has arrived.  I am always reminded of this great stencil from Tim Holtz when I think Winter and hot chocolate.

I began by stenciling the panel using Candied Apple and Fired Brick Distress inks and cut it to fit onto my card front on a slant.  I stamped the sentiment from the new Penny Black set called Yuletide Wishes with black Memento ink then heat embossed it with clear powder.  I like to do that with my sentiments as it helps to darken the colour and makes it stand out a bit more.

I die-cut the snowflake from Lawn Fawn twice and glued them together to add stability and glued them into the corner of my tilted piece. 

The finishing touch was to add a red half pearl into the center of the snowflake.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- HEAT EMBOSSING

Addicted to Stamps and More- HOLIDAY

The ABC Challenge-'Q' IS FOR QUICK

Feeling happy to have another card for the holidays done.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ stencil- Tim Holtz/ cl eb powder/ ink- Distress, Memento/ red pearl/ pop dots/ snowflake die- Lawn Fawn

Snowy Village

 I am working on getting some cards made for Christmas.  I wanted to make some more woodgrain background pieces so out came the Elmer's Glue.

For those of you that may have missed it, back in January I did a tutorial about how to create this easy, fun woodgrain paper using Elmers's Glue, a scoring tool and some Distress inks.

To see how to do this go here:

Woodgrain Tutorial

 Next, I die-cut the village using a die from Your Next Stamp and stamped the sentiment from the new Penny Black stamp set called Festive Cheer right onto the panel.

I pop dotted that over the woodgrain background and done.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- HOLIDAY

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas- CHRISTMAS

Fab'n'Funky- CHRISTMAS

Sunny Day Crafting- ANYTHING GOES


Thanks so much for coming by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps- PB/ ink- Memento, Distress/ die- Your Next Stamp/ Elmer's Glue/ Scor-Pal/ pop dots

OLS32- Colour Challenge

Happy World Cardmaking Day!!

Welcome to October.  The air is crisp and the colours are wonderful.

I have the pleasure of hosting the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge this month.  My challenge to you is to create a card using the colours of Fall:

Red, Orange and Yellow.

For my one-layer card, I began by masking off the center area with Painter's Tape.  I sponged Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, then Fired Brick Distress inks over the masked area to create a background.  I then removed the tape on the top and sides but left the bottom piece in place.  Using my MISTI, I stamped the flowers from Tim Holtz along the bottom edge over my background colour. 

I stamped the sentiment and then embossed the frame to add interest.

Simple right?  

Be inspired by the colours of Fall and please come and play along with us this month. 

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Galz- FALL/ AUTUMN COLORS

Cute Card Thursday- CAS


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies: stamps- Tim Holtz, Stamplorations/MFT die/ ink- Memento, Distress/ MISTI/ Painter's Tape