With Love

Happy Friday....can't believe it's the last day of January!  Where did that month go?  

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I was up for the LOVE challenge today at Splitcoast.  

My card is super simple.  I grabbed my new Hero Arts Neon inks and started stamping.  I wanted to add a heart so stamped it in black, cut it our and then pop dot mounted it over the splats.  To give it an enameled look, I added Glossy Accents and it just shines.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- NEW

4 Crafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- WORK IT WED. NEW

Simon Says- TWINE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Neat and Tangled, PTI, Doodlebug/ Glossy Accents/ Hero Arts Neon ink/ Mememto black/ pop dots/ twine

Stencil Stamping

Morning.  Don't you just love these happy colours?  Firstly, I want to say that my card was inspired by Jen Rzasa and a wonderful card she made.  I am playing along with the colour challenge at Splitcoast today.  

I started my card by laying a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop on my card front.  I wanted a large circle but only own a smaller one, so I cut a circle from fun foam and mounted it onto a little block of wood to use.  The smallest circle on my card is made using an eraser on the end of a pencil...works great.  I stamped multiple times over my card then went back in with more Distress ink and sponged over the white areas.  The sentiment is a really old set I got from EK Success.  

Thanks so much for coming by to take a look.  

Also adding my card to the challenge at Little Red Wagon.

Supplies:  stamps; EK Success, circle?/ Distress ink/ Black Memento, twine

Summer Beauties

Happy Sunday Morning.  Guess I am on a flower theme this week.  Must be all the cold weather and snow we have had that I am craving some warm weather to be out in the garden.  

This morning, I am playing along with a challenge going on at Splitcoast.  I have lots to do today, so this one was a quick and easy card.  

The flower panel is created by colouring the rubber stamp with Memento markers then spraying with water before stamping.  Since those markers are water-based, the colours blend to give a watercoloured effect.  I mounted it onto a piece of pink and white polka dot paper for fun.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- COLOURING

CASology- CONTRAST

Little Red Wagon- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Inky Fingers

Happy Saturday and I am getting inky today...love it!  I was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast this morning (inspiration below) from a store at Etsy called Integrity Graphics.

A few months ago, I bought a gelli plate after seeing some cards on Splitcoast and reading about this strange and wonderful thing others were talking about.  For those of you that have never heard about one before, check out the videos at UTube and watch the fun.  So, the background of this card was created using a Gelli Plate and acrylic paint.  All I can say is that it is addictive.

For the main panel, I rubbed on Distress inks (Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord) with a makeup sponge in a circular motion.  I then went in with water and a brush to blend the colours together and add the droplets.  When that was dry, I stamped the alphabet to the side for balance.

It is always a happy day when I get time to play.

Adding my card to the Shopping Our Stash Challenge-BLUE

Supplies:  stamps; Kaiser, Daisy Bucket/ Gelli Plate/ acrylic paint/ Distress ink/ sponge

Garden Beauty

I can't believe it's Friday already, this week just flew by.  Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is to create a card just using ink with no embellishments.  Nothing more basic then a one layer card and my two favourite inks; Memento and Distress ink.  Sure wish I could grow blue flowers in my garden like this although from all I have read and heard, blue flowers are one of the most difficult thing to come by.  

I began my card by using a stencil and applying Distress ink to make a brick bkg.  This flower stamp from Rubbernecker is a two-part stamp so I stamped the centers and stems using black Memento ink first.  Then I inked up the flower centers with 2 colours of Distress inks and sprayed with water before stamping for a watercolour effect.  I just love the way the Distress inks blend together when you add water.  

Adding my card to these challenges:

One-Layer Simplicity- RESTOCK

Little Red Wagon- CLEAN and SIMPLE

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

Supplies;  stamps; Rubbernecker, Unity/ Distress ink/ Memento ink/ twine

Cool-Toned Watercolour

Morning.  Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is Cool or Warm; to make a card using colours that represent the weather in your area.  Well up here in Canada, we are freezing under a cold front with temps at -20C and add the windchill it feels like -30C.  My card is a welcome reminder of what's to come this Spring in my garden.

I began my card by stamping the background using  grey Memento ink and stamping off before hitting the paper.  The flowers were coloured using Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped a number of times to give a watercoloured look.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

One Layer Simplicity- RESTOCK (you still have one more day to play)

Little Red Wagon- CLEAN and SIMPLE

CASology- CONTRAST

Stay warm and have a great day!

Supplies:  stamps; Unity, Technique Tuesday/ Memento ink/ Memento markers/ twine

In Black and White

This was the week of challenging myself to use some of my new washi tape on my cards.  I like the stuff and have a few rolls of it but am never quite sure what to do with it.  The patterns and colours available now are just fantastic and it is super easy to work with.  

I made sort of a quilt pattern for this card by laying the washi tapes in different directions to make the pattern.  I then stamped the sentiment and mounted the finished piece with pop dots onto my card front.

Adding this card to these challenges:
Addicted to CAS- NEW

Hope you can get your 'washi' on and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Michaels dollar bin/ washi tape/ bl Memento ink/ pop dots