Card for Aunty Renee

I've treated myself to a week off work, so why is it when you've all the time in the work and no pressure, your mojo just ups and vanishes? LOL

This card is effort #3 - #2 is below and #1 is in the bin!  I used this dragonfly set from Clear Stamps (I think) ... if I was making it again, I wouldn't have stamped them in such a regular pattern.
I added a blue watercolour wash to the BG.  Dragonflies coloured with watercolour pencils, then Spectrum Noir sparkle and silver stickles added to their wings, and clear gloss to the body. Woodware corner punch.

• Layout from CAS(e) This Sketch #176
• Crafty Creations #317 - tic-tac-toe - I used punch/dies, image, birthday
• Addicted to Stamps and more #197 - make your mark
• Creative Inspirations #253 - spring into summer
• Inspiration Destination ##89 - anything goes

So this is effort #2 which almost made it to Birthday Card status, but when I was about to stamp the sentiment I thought it was actually not 'happy' enough!

Same stamps as before, but this time I masked off my card before stamping and added chalk to the panel for a bit of colour.

  

Teacher Thanks

Ohhhh it's just to warm for work, there's not a breath of air on our office and I reckon my feet hit a thousand degrees today ;)  Hopefully the nice weather will continue though as I'm off work all next week Yippee!

I've been making a load of Teacher thank you cards this evening, but most of them are CASEd and this is the only one I can share.
I've used this beautiful apple stamp/die,  added hints of colour and lots of sparkle and then popped up on dimensionals.  Background watercoloured and then splattered with green and red paint.  Sequins and bling from stash.


I'd love to get a new alpha set - this one from Paper Smooches is a bit too big and I'd rather have 'normal' font lettering.  Any suggestions?

• Penny's challenge #281 - favourite embellishments ... mine's glitter and bling
• AAA Cards #66 - watercolours
• As You Like It - favourite food / drink - I love apples, I have one every morning.  Have to be red apples though, green ones kill me with indigestion! 
• Inspiration Destination #89 - anything goes
  

Huffy cat

I'm Guest Designer over at the Retro Rubber Challenge today :)
It's quite a new challenge blog to me, but a great idea to get you rooting through those older stamps! (at least a year old)
Here's this week's sketch ....

For mine, I've used a couple of older Eat Cake Graphics stamps.  I think this huffy cat was the 2nd ECG stamp I bought many many moons ago, I'm delighted that I now have a stack of their stamps :)
2013-E Marmie decides to leave
8172-One of those days

• 2 Creative Chicks #11 - anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - June
• Stamping Sensations June - feature a creature

A card for ... Me?

Nah, not really, just someone with the same name as me!  I've never met the girl before and know nothing about her, so I was a bit stumped what to make her.

I ended up using this farm set from MFT - coloured with watercolour pencils and the cow and chick popped up on dimensionals.   I used black chalk and a giraffe stencil for my BG .... I saw this done somewhere recently but didn't take a note, so if it was you, thanks for the inspiration!

• Layout from Mojo Monday #451
• Allsorts #366 - the great outdoors
• Seize the Birthday - sunshine
• Work it Wednesday - sunshine

Sparkling Jellyfish and a Birdie Wedding

Well our sunny sun returned today Hurrah!  And it was a scorcher!  Too hot for gardening and I only did a bit of crafting as the kitchen was the coolest room in the house.  Though I'm NOT complaining!


This card uses an old oldie from a Stampin Up set 'Fishy Friends'.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and his main body popped up on dimensionals and  then sparkled up with a Spectrum Noir pen.
Background chalked with a Simon Says stencil.  A doodled border and some sequins and bling to finish.  Nice and quick!

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - monochrome
• Crafty Cardmakers #165 - monochrome
• Cupcake Inspirations #363 - under the sea
• Inspiration Destination #88 - anything goes

Card 2 is a quickie Wedding card.  I've used another oldie stamp, this time from Art Gone Wild.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and clear gloss added to their beaks.  I also watercoloured my background and then masked off my birds to add some matching splatters.  Red bling from Taylored Expressions.

I love how this card turned out :)

• AAA Cards #66 - watercolours
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - mask it
• ABC Challenge - I is for Important
• Penny's challenge #280 - anything goes
• Stamping Sensations June - feature a creature

Christmas Elf and a Floral Birthday

We've had the most glorious sunny week, it's been torture looking out the windows in work to see beautiful blue skies with not a cloud in sight.  And Saturday, yip, overcast and clammy!  Typical eh!

Anyway, I've been meaning for ages to get a move on with my Christmas cards.  This one uses this happy chap from Eat Cake Graphics stamp:
1202-J Christmas is coming (elf with newspaper)
Coloured with watercolour pencils and popped up on dimensionals.  Clear gloss and glitter added to the snowflakes and to his hat.  Paper Smooches snowflakes dies. Silver peel off sentiment from stash.

• Layout based on Kimberly's beautiful card over at Muse Christmas Visions #47
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - monochrome
• CASology #200 - CAS
• Classic Design Team Open June - anything goes
• Sparkles Christmas Challenge #65 - use 2 dies
• CraftyHazelnut's Christmas extra - June

My second card uses an old Tiddly Inks stamp - coloured with watercolour pencils and popped up on dimensionals.  I added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle to her dress and shoes, and clear gloss to the balloons.  

• My general layout was inspired by Leigh's card over at the Muse Challenge #168 - I don't think I've ever framed an image like this before, but love how it turned out
• Tiddly Inks #183 - Happy Birthday
• Bunny Zoe's challenge May - lots of layers
• CASual Fridays #149 - florals
• Crafty Catz #327 - add a butterfly
• Simply Create Too #110 - red, white and blue

Avert your eyes ladies!

Wow, it's the start of June already, how did that happen?!!!  This month's challenge at Naughty or Nice is ...

We'd love to see your male themed cards, and if they're a bit naughty all the better!
My card this month is a naughty one .... ;)

My flasher is an old stamp from Hambo - coloured with watercolours and popped up on dimensionals.
Background chalked using a MFT zebra print stencil.  Paper Smooches arrow die.
Doodled border, silver peel off line, some staples and bling from stash to finish.

My sentiment should be said in your best imitation of Leslie Phillips from the Carry On films ;)

• Cards4Guys #122 - something beginning with z - zigzags and zebra stencil
• Die Cuttin Divas #268 - anything goes with a die cut
• Addicted to stamps and more #196 - anything goes