Reflections

 

What fantastic colours together.  I used them to make a water scene and reflections.  I swiped the ink pads, spritzed with water, repeated a couple of times, and dabbed some off to make it blotchy.  Splattered with white Distress Stain and sponged the edges with black DI. When dry I stamped the image over.   I drew the birds with black pen.

Stamp: unknown 

Sentiment: Tim Holtz distress Embossing

Also: crochet cotton, black pen

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Lily & Emeralds

 

Lovely layered lilies - a jewel in the garden and with jewels here.  The background is made by misting shades of yellow and green then overlaid with metallic gold spray.  When dry, stamped and splattered. The lilies are coloured using Distress Inks and smooshing technique in lots of layers of colour.  I love this  watercolour technique!  I used 3Dfoam tape to get dimension in the flowers and leaves.  I decided not to put a  sentiment.

Die: ? Sizzix  

Stamps: unknown.  The scripty one is so old, one of my first ever stamps

Also: Distress Inks, gems

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Crazy Friends

 

Wow this took a while but was such fun to make.

Firstly stamped the four women and the heart. Made masks and misted with Distress Oxide spray.  Coloured the women with coloured pencils, added paint to the backgrounds.  Also added paint to the edges of the card and here an there on the women. Splattered white Distress Stain and Glimmermist.  Drew around the shapes with gold pen,  around the borders with black pen, around the sentiment with white pen.  The panel didn't look good on white or black base card, so I coloured the edges of a white base card with Distress Oxide ink.  Tiny gems added and some Glossy Accents. In case you're wondering, yes, I did stamp one woman wonky on purpose!

Women stamps: artgirlz 

Heart & texture stamps: IndigoBlu

Also: Dylusions paint, Distress Stain, Distress Oxide spray, D.Oxide ink.  GlimmerMist, Glossy Accents, gems

Pens: gold, black, white 

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Sending Happy

 CAS with two layers of wreath interlocked.  The sentiment is heat embossed with lime EP, attached with 3D foam.  Star cut from gold mirror card.

Die & senti: unknown    

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asyoulikeit-favourite-soft-or-bold-colours-and-why I like using bold colours because they make me feel happy, I also wear bold colors so I guess it expresses me.

Sunshine Rain

 

Another CAS card this time playing with the weather.  The umbrellas is stacked 4 layers and the sentiment is 2 and slightly offset to make a shadow.

BG Die: unknown     

Sentiment die Hello: Tim Holtz/Sizzix

Sunshine stamp: Rosie's Studio

Also: clear droplets

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Zen Best Fishes

 

This is a stamp that I heat embossed then zentangled for a cardswap.  I made the background (by dabbing) using a kids paint set with pearlised colours.  The fish is stamped onto white card, zentagled with black pen and cut out.  Seaweed, and also small fishes are stamped on background so he doesn't get lonely.    A couple of strips of silvery washi across the bottom (I think they look like scales), and some gemstone bubbles.

Stamp: unknown 

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat

Little fishes: woodware

Also: kids paints, washi, gems

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Fly

 

Fly fly fly what a wonderful feeling.  Clean and Simple like the card.

Background made by smooshing DI's, splattering with white ink.  "Fly" repeat stamped in a swoosh and dotted with Opal Dust to make a trail.  I debated adding a sentiment but decided "fly" was enough.  The dart is on 3D foam.

Stamp & Senti: unknown 

ALso: DInks, Opal Dust

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Sweetest

 

NBUS dies and senti stamp.  YUM.  I used a sketch for inspiration.  And yes you can find the snippets in the sprinkles and all the bits.

Die (bites): spellbinders oval 

Die donuts: MFT

Senti: uk

Also: various scraps/snippets of card for all of it.

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Cat prints

 

NBUS stamp & die.  Isn't it the cutest fairy cat?  leaving not so fairy-like footprints!

I coloured the image with Copics , added Stickles to the wings which I left free (unglued) to flutter!.  The lemon card is roughly textured.  I left it without a sentiment so I could add one as a suitable occasion arose... maybe "thanks for feeding my cat", or "don't pussyfoot around, go for it"...

Stamp:  uk

Die: uk

Also: Copics, Stickles

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Earth Day

 

It's Earth Day!  'Start somewhere' seems appropriate.  I used stuff I already had.

The background is previously made using distress inks residue of a stencil. Sparkle on the globe (opal Dust)  and some clear droplets.

Stamps: Tim Holtz 

Stencil: uk

Corner punch: Martha Stewart

Also: DI's, Opal Dust, cleardrops

Shared on challenges:

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Birdie Birthday

I made this for the parents of a 3 year old little birthday boy who loves birds.  I have blocked out their faces & details for privacy.  The photo was supplied.  Inside message done on the computer.  The birds were diecut from previously smooshed leftover card.  The inside bird has it's song stamped on.

Die frame: ?Spellbinders

Senti die: uk

Bird dies: Sizzix

Number: uk

Inside senti: Kaisercraft

Star dies: dropouts from a die

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Rose Shaker

 

I do like a bit of sparkle, here it is in the shake.  Plenty of tutorials on how to construct these cards.  I used a few layers with shades of purple to stack.  I thought the clear sequins looked like raindrops on the leaves & petals.

Oval nesting dies: Spellbinders 

Label: SPellbinders

Embossed Sentiment: Hero Arts

Image: ? unknown - it's from my bits box

Twigs & leafy bits: Sizzix

Also: Copics, brads, sequins

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Citrus Sunshine

 

House Mouse & Friends challenge is anything goes with option of STENCIL!  (info below)

Wonderful inspiration from the design team here:  housemouse-challenge

This is my last time with the House Mouse Design Team.  I have enjoyed being in this wonderful team for more than five years - I will miss our friendly chats and mousey fun - thank you for having me! I will be popping in from time to time to join in the challenges, and so will see you all around in blogland.

I chose a fruity citrus stencil to go with the image and warmed it up stencilling with warm orangey inks.  The sentiment is diecut from sparkly red card.  The image is from a CD.  I imagine a dip in lemonade would be a mousey spa! (tickle tickle)

Image: House Mouse Designs CD

Stencil: unknown

Sentiment die:  Ultimate Crafts

Also: DI's, opal dust (in the drink for sparkle), white pen

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  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

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Goofy Things

 

I made this for a NZ cardswap buddy.  We had a sketch, and had to use an animal not it's natural colouring.  Lie in wait and jump out for a surprise .... who hasn't done this when they were kids?

I embossed card and swiped with DI's to make a brick wall with an opening in it (the shape of the sketch).  Stamped the cats onto patterned paper and fussy cut, added touches of Copic, glittery eyes on one cat and googly eyes on the other.  I think the background looks like a castle.   From Scraps and stuff I already had in my stash.

Cats: Tim Holtz 

Zigzag Die: Couture Creations

Senti: Tim Holtz

Also: white pen, DI's

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CRAFTchallenge-715-inspired-by-movie a street cat named Bob

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You're Fabulous

 I made this reveal wheel card for a friend of mine.

Image: Dearie Dolls    

"you're" sentiment & words: Rosie's Studio

Hill die: unknown

Cloud die: uniquely Creative

Cloud background: stencilled over diecuts

Arrow stamp: Heidi Swapp

Reveal Wheel die set: unknown

Stencil: sequin waste

Also: WoS, Copics, DI's

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