Beau Monde tag

Here's my second tag of the day and this one uses some gorgeous stamps from the Oxford Impressions set - Beau Monde........I LOVE these stamps!!!!

I stamped the images on to plain white card and then coloured them with Prismacolor pencils:

Materials used: My Mind's Eye papers, Oxford Impressions "Beau Monde" stamps, sepia Versafine ink, Prismacolor pencils, Fancy Pants ribbon, Wild Orchid Crafts roses, CraftWork pompom trim, beaded trim.

Quiet Essence tag

For this week's post on the Make The Day Special blog I've made a tag using stamps from Unity's "Quiet Essence" kit available in the shop here.

I stamped the flower image on to the patterned papers and cut it out before piecing it all back together. I stamped the sentiment from the kit straight on to the tag.

Materials used: My Mind's Eye papers, Unity stamps (as above), black Archival ink, My Mind's Eye button, lace, organza ribbon.

Songbird

My card for the Make The Day Special blog today uses a stamp from the Unity kit "brave Girl" which is on sale in the shop here.

I used lots of new My Mind's Eye papers which I layered and sewed. The bird stamp was stamped on to another piece of MME paper and layered over lace before adding some gorgeous ruffled ribbon.

The sentiment stamp is from an old Unity kit of the month:

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, My Mind's Eye papers, Unity stamps ( as above), Black Versafine ink, lace, ruffled ribbon, HOTP buttons, twine.

Bold Insight card

My card for the Make the Day Special blog today uses a stamp from the Unity kit "Bold Insight" available here.

I made an alcohol ink background on glossy cardstock and then stamped the image using black Archival ink.

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, SEI papers, Unity stamp (as above), Ranger alcohol inks, black Archival ink, Around the Block corner brad, Doodlebug Frills, Dovecraft brad.

Thanks a Bunch

My card for the Make the Day Special blog today is a bright and "springy" one which should cheer you up/warm you up if you're snowed in! No chance of snow here.....we don't get it very often!!

I coloured the stamp from Unity's Moments in Bloom set (available in the shop here) with Faber Castell big brush markers before stamping it on white card and then die-cutting with a Nestabilities die.

Materials used: DCWV cardstock, Bazzill cardstock, Cosmo Cricket paper, Unity stamp (as above), Faber Castell big brush markers, Nestabilities dies, American Crafts rub-on, Dovecraft brad, ribbon.

52 cards challenge - week 3

Falling behind already...this is my card for week 3 of the 52 cards challenge being run by Nat on her blog and UKScrappers. I should be playing along with week 5 by now LOL!

Anyway the challenge was to use bunting, pennants, banners and flags so here's what I came up with:

Materials used: Kraft cardstock, My Mind's Eye papers and bunting stamps, sepia Versafine ink, Pink Paislee die-cut, Doodlebug button, twine.

Cupboard sketch challenge - Feb

I'm part of a fab private group of crafty ladies on Facebook who share our work and occasionally have challenges. This card has been made for a sketch challenge but we were only allowed to add a flower and no other embellishments.

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, My Mind's Eye papers, Cosmo Cricket paper, digital image from Lisa's Altered Arts, American Crafts rub-on, handmade organza flower, vintage glass button.

Artistic Outpost - Shades of Red

Over on the Artistic Outpost blog the monthly referral programme has changed to a challenge and for this month it is "shades of red". Now, I love my Artistic Outpost stamps but haven't used them for a while so decided to have a play along.

I used a stamp from the Generation Redux plate to make my card:

Materials used: Ranger distress inks, Papermill and Papermania cardstock, Papermania paper, Chatterbox paper, Artistic Outpost stamp (as above), Magic Mesh, Prima lace, Ranger Distress Stickles, vintage buttons.

For the love of pink and green

I've been playing in my play book/journal again and made a page that is purely based on my love of the pink/green colour combination.

I started by spraying over a mask on to the page using Glimmer Mists and then stamping the flowers using Faber Castell Big Brush markers as the ink. I then used some die-cuts and a digital image which I printed off and cut out and stick these to the page.I then added rub-ons and a few stamped leaves.

Materials used: Tattered Angels mask, Glimmer Mists, Innovative Stamp Creations stamp, Faber Castell big brush pens, K&Co die-cuts, digital image from Lisa's Altered Art, Basic Grey rub-ons, Fancy Pants rub-ons.

Giving it a bit of welly

A layout....woo-hoo!!!! This one is of Jess in her beloved wellies...if she could wear them every day and jump in every puddle she saw then she would LOL!

Materials used: Prima ledger paper, Crate Paper papers, Heidi Grace chipboard, Prima alphabet stickers, Heidi Swapp ghost alphabet, staples, white and red pens.

Holy City card

My card for the Make The Day Special blog this week uses a stamp from the Smeared Ink sheet - Holy City available in the shop here.

I tried to keep the colours subdued but not too dark. The image is coloured with Prismacolor pencils:

Materials used: Papermania cardstock and paper, MAMBI paper, Smeared Ink stamp (as above), black Archival ink, Prismacolor pencils, Prima flowers, flower centre and lace, vintage buttons.

The Play Data Cafe #116 and Happy Daze challenges

After not taking part in any challenges for a while I've made a card which covers 2 challenges - first of all the Play Date Cafe challenge #116 to use the following colours:

and also the current challenge for the month on the Happy Daze blog which is to "try something new for the new year".

My "new" is the stamp which is from a Paperbag Studios stamp sheet that I bought from Happy Daze.

I stamped the image on pale ivory card and then used Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor to colour it.

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, DCWV papers, Paperbag Studios stamp, black Archival ink, Prismacolor pencils, lace, beaded embellishment.

Smeared Ink tag

After sharing a Smeared Ink card last week, this week I've made a tag using a stamp each from the "Holy City" and "As Death" sets available in the shop here.

I stamped the church image on to watercolour paper using Archival ink and then used Derwent Inktense pencils to add colour before using a water brush over them. I then stamped the quote from the As Death set on to another piece of watercolour paper before adding a colour pencil wash over the top.

Materials used: watercolour paper, Papermania papers, Smeared Ink stamps (as above), black Archival ink, Derwent Inktense pencils, Prima lace, crinkled silk ribbon, ribbon charm, brooch back, beads, black fineliner pen.

MTDS and One Stop Craft Challenge

This week Make The Day Special is sponsoring the challenge over at the One Stop Craft Challenge.

The challenge for this week #166 is "Under the Weather" so I decided to make a relaxing card using the gorgeous Webster's Pages/Itty Bitty stamp "relax.restore.renew" available in the shop here.

The image was stamped on to coloured paper and then I used Prismacolor pencils to tint it before cutting it out using a Nestabilities die.

Materials used: watercolour paper, Ranger Distress ink, Itty Bitty stamp (as above), brown Versafine ink, Prismacolor pencils, Nestabilities, Prima lace, velvet ribbon and pins.

52 cards challenge - week 2

Here's my card for the 52 cards in 2012 challenge being run by Natty at UKScrappers and on her blog.

For week 2 the challenge was to use the following items from the prompt jar:

• primary
• handmade embellishment
• journalling spot

I took care of the primary (probably the most difficult part for me) with the paper, the handmade embellishment with the organza flower and the journalling spot is an American Crafts journalling sticker with a rub-on applied and a GCD Studios one behind it for extra measure LOL!

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, GCD studios paper and journalling block, American Crafts journalling sticker and rub-on, organza, vintage glass button, fabric leaf and beaded embellishment.

My first Smeared Ink

Have you seen the fab Smeared ink stamps in the shop? I used a stamp from the "As Death" set for my card today:

I stamped the image on to a piece of lightly patterned Prima papers and then layered various papers and then sewed them leaving the loose threads showing. To embellish I sewed on some green lace and then added a glass vialed bottle with into which I poured some green glitter:

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, Prima Printery papers, Smeared Ink stamp (as above), black Archival ink, lace, metal clip, Lakeland glitter, glass bottle.

52 cards challenge - week 1

Over at UKScrappers and on her blog Natty is hosting a 52 cards challenge for 2012 so I'm joining in to give my mojo a kickstart albeit slightly late for the first challenge LOL!

So, for week 1 the prompts were:

• new
• circles
• scallops

For "new" I have used my new October Afternoon Farmhouse papers and a new Paperbag Studios stamp.

Circles is taken care of by the yellow paper and scallops by the chipboard frame.

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, October Afternoon papers, Paperbag Studios stamp, Colorbox chalk ink, Maya Road chipboard, Glimmer Mist, Prima flowers, gingham ribbon, vintage buttons.

I will be.......

"who I want to be."

Another page from my book:

Materials used: Ranger Distress Stains, Paperbag Studios stamps, brown Versafine ink, Tim Holtz tissue tape, Prima alphabet stickers, ArtDolls by Cemerony (on Etsy).

2 ways.......

"There are 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other as though everything is."

Another page in my playing book:

Materials used: Ranger Distress inks, K & Co vellum die-cuts, black Sakura pen.

Tea time tag

My project for my post his week on the Make The Day Special blog uses the gorgeous Unity/ Webster's Pages Itty Bitty stamp "It's the Little Things" available in the shop here.

I covered a tag with Prima papers and then stamped the image on to another paper before shading with pencils.

Materials used: Prima papers, Unity stamp (as above), black Archival ink, Prismacolor pencils, CraftWork clock embellishment, Prima alphabet stickers, Doodlebug glitter brad, My Mind's Eye button, lace, ribbon, beaded string.