Make a Wish

I'm sorry for the brief post today, but I don't want to miss the challenge deadlines.

I heat embossed the dandelion and sentiment, and sponged the colours through a Nestie aperture, before finishing it off with a fussy cut dragonfly

I will be entering these challenges

Make My Monday have a theme of
"NATURE"








The sketch is from Case this Sketch

and the colours are from Color Throwdown








Supplies
Card - Whisper White
Stamps - Organic Grace and Personal Impressions
Inks - Versamark, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, and Calypso Coral
Tools - Heat Gun, Big Shot, and Nestabilities
Extras - 3D Pads and Black EP

Thanks for dropping by, and I will be back soon

                                                        

Summer Reflections

Yaaaaay! I made Top 3 at Make My Monday with my Paper Piecing card, so a big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

My card today is for three challenges

 First is Make My Monday where they want to see some

 3D DIMENSION,

second is Addicted to CAS with a theme of

 SUMMER

and lastly, The Male Room with a masculine card in a theme of      REFLECTIONS

Here's my card

I stamped the lady in the boat twice in Black Archival ink, coloured one and cut it out. With the other one I cut it with a Nestie and stamped some flowers and plants on the riverbank. and coloured the water and reflections with an Aqua Painter. The first lady was then stuck over the other with 3D Pads. The Nestie image, also on 3D pads, was then placed on some green and red cards that had been embossed, and that had been wrapped with a navy ribbon. The finishing touches were the sentiment, bow, and the stamped dragonfly which was also on 3D pads.

Supplies :

Card = Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Pacific Point, and white base FMS

Stamps = Summer by the Sea, Pocket Silhouettes, Organic Grace, and Tea Shoppe

Inks =  Black Archival, and Too many to mention, but all SU Write Markers 

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fancy Fan and Dots EF's,  Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Aqua Painter

Thanks for dropping by today, and for all your lovely comments, as they make my day. I'm sorry that I haven't left many comments myself lately, but I hope to get round sometime this week to catch up.

Water Maiden

I've had a nightmare weekend with no internet connection, so I've got a mad dash to publish this in time (hopefully!)
My card today is for four challenges

The first is Paper Craft Crew with this sketch, 

second is Pals Paper Arts with these colours,

third is Stampin' Royalty with ANYTHING GOES,

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps with MAKE YOUR MARK

Here is my card

The image was stamped in black Archival ink and coloured with Write Markers and an Aqua Painter. A Post It was then placed over the woman in the boat so that the sky could be sponged behind her, and water painted under her. Some reeds were stamped on the waters edge, and the reflections were softened in the water with an Aqua Painter. Some red and blue were also added in the water under the woman's toes. The scene was cut with a Nestie and laid on embossed brown and blue cards with 3D pads. The finishing touches were the ribbon, sentiment, and stamped dragonfly.

Supplies :

Card = Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Real Red, Blue and white base FMS

Stamps = Summer by the Sea, Organic Grace, Pocket Silhouettes, and Cute Companions

Inks = Archival, Real Red, Brilliant Blue, and Crumb Cake

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Post Its, Aqua Painter, and Fancy Fan EF

Extras = Ribbon and 3D Pads

I hope you enjoyed the weekend where ever you are, and I'll be back soon

                                                    

Walk in the Country

Where has the week gone?? I thought I'd have time to play this week but it's Friday night already. So, this is a quick post tonight.

My card is for two challenges, the first is Mojo Monday with this sketch,

and the second is Make My Monday where they are looking for something

                                  INSPIRED BY NATURE

Here's my card

I started with the scene on some white card, and tore strips of masking tape and swiped my choc chip ink pad over it so it looked like a muddy ploughed field. I then sponged the sky and hills, and stamped the bare trees, and used the edges of a tree as the hedgerow and bushes in the distance.

A dragonfly was randomly stamped onto blue card, into which I die cut a hole and surrounded it with a tan scallop circle. The scene was placed behind the hole on 3D pads to try to give it some perspective, and the sparrow was stamped and sat on some fern fronds with him looking through the hole ( looking for some worms perhaps?). 

Some embossed card and sentiment were added as the final touches.

Supplies :

Card = bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz, White, Tan, and Cream card FMS

Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, Organic Grace, Papermania, and Verve

Inks = Choc Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Fan EF, 

Extras = 3D pads, Masking Tape, and Post It's 

I'm off to bed now, so good night, and have a good weekend

Wild Green Flowers

Today I've mixed several challenges for my card.

 The layout came from this sketch at Mojo Monday


the theme is Wild Flowers and Grasses from Make My Monday


and the colour way from Simply Stampin where they want MONOCHROME with a dash of colour



I chose Green and White as my colours, with a hint of brown ( hopefully not too much?), and so as not to be too predictable for me at MMM, I resisted the urge to get out my sponges and do my favourite sponging technique, and went down the more CAS route.

This is my card



Here is a close up of the dragonfly on the wild flower

Recipe :

Card = Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, and White CB from MS

Stamps = Garden Silhouettes, Organic Grace, and Verve

Inks = Pear Pizzazz, and Chocolate Chip

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, and Martha Stewart punch

Extras = 3D pads and ribbon

I'm not firing on all cylinders this afternoon, so I'll be back soon.

Oh, I must thank Vicky for sending my latest SU order which Louise brought around to Jacquelines crafting morning, and if you too love SU products you can order from Vicky here

Bye for now





H 'O' ppy Birthday

I'm really under the weather today....the hospital refused me my treatment due to my flu symptoms, and my old neighbour ( who is in hospital) has "gone down hill" so I'm worried about him.

Yesterday, I pulled out a box with my dies in and found this old friendly frog, so decided to use him for my project.

The layout came from Clean and Simple

 and the colour palette from Pals Paper Arts, my choice colour was Melon Mambo ( you know I cant help but use the green/pink combo!!)







Here's the card where my hungry frogs are trying to jump the highest to catch their prey

I sponged the frogs with Always Artichoke, and made the long tongue out of a scrap of Melon Mambo. The foliage and dragonfly were stamped in Always Artichoke, and the Melon Mambo flowers were stamped on white card and cut out to place in the grass. The sentiment was done with SU Write markers so that the green O could be added at the end, and it was raised on 3D pads.

Recipe :

Card = Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, and white card base from my stash

Stamps = Organic Grace, Out of the Box, Fresh Cuts, and Woodware sentiment

Inks = Always Artichoke, Melon Mambo, and Black fine Letraset pen for the eyes

Tools = Big Shot and Sizzix Frog

Thanks for looking, and I hope to have the energy to be back soon

OLC Leafy Thank You

This afternoon I had my RA treatment injection, so now I am resting on the sofa with a throbbing leg!!

Of course I couldn't sit doing nothing, so I've made 2 cards for the Less is More challenge where they want a OLC with Leaves as the theme, and the Simply Stampin challenge where they want something Leafy.

This is the first

I masked a strip off with tape and randomly stamped some leaves with Versamark and heat embossed them with clear powder. I then sponged and stamped over them with green inks and drew a wavy line across the top and bottom of the border. I stamped the sentiment, and then heat embossed a Versamarked stamped Fern leaf that lay over the coloured area. 

and this is the second

I drew the wavy border again but this time incorporated the sentiment in the bottom line. Between these I stamped 4 suede leaves that had gold embossed highlights, and 1 brown leaf with no added extras.

Recipe :  Card = square white cards from my stash

Stamps = French Foliage, Organic Grace, and Just Believe

Inks = Certainly Celery, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Adirondack Rust, and Versamark

Tools = Heat gun

Extras = Gold and clear embossing powders

After making these I realise that I dont feel too good so may have to have a lie down. Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow, so I'll say TTFN

One Layer card

Today I'm suffering with a terrible migraine so it's lucky that I drafted this post yesterday as my eyes cant stand the light of the screen.

I'd made a quick card for the OLW #68 challenge where they want "something triangular".

I also wanted to make another card for St Luke's Charity cards challenge where their theme is still "Something for the boys", so I thought of making a card with a Postage stamp as the image. 

Take a look

 

 

I have a stamp of a postage stamp, but it's an oblong shape, so I stamped one corner of it pointing upwards in the center of a square card, masked this off with Post its and added a line of the perforations to join it up across the bottom. The triangular frame that this made was then masked off and the aperture sponged with blue ink. I then added the 1st in the corner and stamped a dragonfly, and flower heads along the bottom. This simple card was finished with the sentiment underneath .

I don't know if stamp collecting is still popular, or whether computers have taken over?, but I hope that the masculine vibe of this card will mean something to someone.

Recipe : Card = white card from my stash

Stamps = SU Organic Grace, Clarity, and Verve sentiment

Inks = Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Green Galore, and Sahara Sand

Tools = Post Its

Thanks for your visit today, I hope you can come back soon to see what else I've been up to.



 

Edgy Organic Grace

Today its sunny outside,with Wimbledon and a Grand Prix on TV, what more could you want????

Well I'd settle for some crafty inspiration.!!!

I've made a card which combines two challenges;, Less Is More have used a sketch this week with three circles, and Cas-ualfridays theme is "Getting Edgy"













This is my interpretation

I used my trusty BS to cut two holes out of some blue 'leather look' card, and one out of SU Bashful Blue card which was stuck in between the holes. The card edges were then shaped with a MS punch as were some BBlue, and Navy Blue card, and each layered on top of the navy ( edges for the CAS-ual Friday entry)

Through the holes I stamped the flower from SU Organic Grace, before raising the leather card up on 3D pads, and stamping the dragonfly on the top circle.

Recipe : SU Whisper White,Bashful Blue card, with Navy and Leather look from my stash.

Ink : SU Brilliant Blue

Stamps : SU Organic Grace and Woodware sentiment

Tools : Big Shot,scalloped die, and 3D pads from stash

I will try some more crafting tomorrow when I hope my creative juices will return.

Thanks for stopping by, and hope you can call again soon. Bev. x

Organic Grace

Hi everyone,I have another busy day ahead of me,(just for  change!),so I needed a quick card for the Less Is More challenge. Today the theme is Monochrome and here is my take on it,what do you think?

I've used SU Whisper White card stock, and then sponged through a circle cut in scrap paper with Always Artichoke ink.I then used an old favourite stamp set, Organic Grace to create the view,and finished it off with a Woodware sentiment.


Thanks for dropping by and if you have time please leave me your comments as I do appreciate what other crafters think.

Hope you have a great weekend and I'll be back soon. Bev.x

A Taste of Things to Come.

Hi folks - this is my new blog. Hope you like it and will pop back from time to time to see what I am up to. For now here is a picture of a card I made recently while crafting with my friend - we get together every Tuesday to craft and it is she who has forced me into having this blog!  

This card was made using the Stampin' Up stamp set Organic Grace - a past Hostess Gift.