Celebrate

 

Using distress ink with stencil to create the background. Image was coloured with watercolour pencils, die cit with circle die and matted on scallop circle die cut. Sentiment was printed from craft magazine cd-rom.

Challenges :

1. Stencil Fun - June Challenge Layered stencil or anything stenciled.
2. Crafty Calendar Challenge - June Summertime

With Love

 

 stamp: House Mouse Design 'Celebrate Friends', heart chain embossing folder, Copic, soft pastel, Spellbinder Classic Circle and Scallop Circle die, heart punch

snippet of leftover previous project

Image was coloured with Copic and die cut with circle die. Pink card stock was embossed with heart chain embossing folder. Punch out 2 hearts from snippet of leftover project. Sentiment was printed from craft cd-rom.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #393 - celebrate or anything goes 
2. Snippets Playground Challenge #457
3. Allsorts Challenge #734 
4. Craft-Alnica Challenge #338 Kosmatins (furry animal)

It's Your Birthday

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'SSCM5007 Birthday Splash', Copic, soft pastel, Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frame 4 die, ribbon

Image coloured with Copic and added the sky blue background using soft pastel. Die cut with Nesting Frame 4 die. 

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #393 - celebrate or anything goes 
2. Allsorts Challenge #734 
3. Craft-Alnica Challenge #338 Kosmatins (furry animal)

Birthday Card

 stamp: House Mouse Design 'Celebrate Friends', birthday text embossing folder, soft pastel, Copic, Spellbinder Classic Oval die

 Coloured the image with Copic and used soft pastel to colour the background then die cut it with an oval die. Embossed a piece of pink colour card stock with birthday text embossing folder. Sentiment is printed from a digital freebie cd from craft magazine.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #393 - celebrate or anything goes 
2. Allsorts Challenge #734 
3. Craft-Alnica Challenge #338 Kosmatins (furry animal)

Christmas Gatefold Card

Christmas tree stamp (freebie from Cardmaking & Papercraft 2014 magazine), snowflake stencil, dot & paisley patterned embossing folder, curvy die, oval die, border punch, snowflake punch, Tuti soft pastel

First, I stamped the Christmas tree and diecut with oval die. I coloured the background with soft pastel. 

Cut 2 pieces white card stock to make the front panel. Used snowflake stencil and broad foundation brush to colour the background with Broken China distress ink. It was easy breezy, done in a jiffy.

For the inner inlay, I coloured the background with Tuti soft pastel before embossed it. Stamped the sentiment and diecut with the coordinating curvy die. Punch the border from white cardstock and also big snowflake to embellish the inner card.

Challenges:

1. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #75 - Festive Fancy Folds
2. Allsorts Challenge Week#733
3. Stencil Fun - anything goes
4. ABC Christmas Challenge  - L for lots of layers, M for mice (I chose Layers)

 

Bookmark Birthday Card

 

Make this bookmark fold card using patterned paper, butterfly embossing folder and faux button (from button punch). I coloured the punch out button from white cardstock with soft pastel to match the overall colour scheme.

Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge # 183 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with B for Bookmark Card. (I have used all the elements required)
2. Allsorts Challenge Week#733
3. Can You Handle the Pressure? AG (op: wedding)

Birthday Card for boy

 

stamp: Mighty Hands 'Good Gift'

sentiment:Mighty Hands 'Birthday Blessings'

others: Cuttlebug 'Floral Fantasy' embossing folder, Mijello watercolour

Stamped the image and coloured with Mijello watercolour, fussy cut it out. Embossed a piece of white cardstock and adhere to the front panel of card. Tied up with baker's twine and adhered the image and sentiment.

Challenges:

1. Allsorts Challenge - Week 732 Birthday or anything goes
2. Craft-Anilca - Challenge #337 Rainbow
3. Crafty Calendar - June Challenge Summertime
4. Can You Handle the Pressure? AG (op: wedding)

Birthday Card

 

Clearly Besotted 'Snowdrops' clear samp, Rosie's Studio sentiment stamp, Sheena Douglass 'Fabulous Florals' embossing folder, rainbow colour washi tape, soft pastel, Touch Twin markers

snippet of leftover white cardstock

Stamped the image then coloured with Touch Twin markers and fussy cut them out. The sentiment is from Rosie's Studio, stamped on snippet of leftover white cardstock and fussy cut out.

Using Sheena Douglas 'Fabulous Florals' embossing folder, I embossed it on white cardstock and colour the background with yellow soft pastel.

Finish the card by adding rainbow colour washi tape and adhere the cut out images and sentiment.

Challenges:

1. Double D Challenge - Lemon or Yellow
2. Allsorts Challenge - Week 732 Birthday or anything goes
3. Snippet's Playground - Challenge #456
4. Craft-Anilca - Challenge #337 Rainbow
5. Can You Handle the Pressure? AG (op: wedding)

Birthday Note Card

 

 Doodle Pantry ' Josephine Clematis clear stamp, watercolour

Another first time inking this stamp which I won from Doodle Pantry challenge many years ago. 

Challenges:

1. Double D Challenge - Lemon or Yellow
2. Allsorts Challenge - Week 732 Birthday or anything goes

Birthday Card

Stamp: Clearly Besotted 'Snwdrops', embossing folder, Copic

Stamped image, coloured with Copic and die-cut with the coordinating die. Embossed a yellow cardstock and matted on the base of card. 

Challenges:

1. Double D Challenge - Lemon or Yellow

 

Corner Bookmark Card

 

Using scallop paper punch to make the pink flower which I added burgundy colour button and yellow tiny bow. The corner bookmark was made using 3 inches square cardstock and adhered with patterned paper. Embellished the card with butterflies ribbon.

Challenges:

1. Butterfly Challenge # 183 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with B for Bookmark Card. (I have used all the elements required)

A Christmas Wish

A freebie image by Hello Magic, embossing folder, snowflake punch

Printed the image and fussy cut with hand. Embossed the white panel cardstock and matted with dark blue cardstock. Adhere patterned paper and lastly, adhered the image and embellishment.

1. Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #18 theme masculine
2. Jingle Bells - coffee and Christmas

 

Merry Christmas

 freebie image from Simply Card & Papercraft issue 225, sentiment was another magazine freebie stamp.

Printed the image and fussy cut with scissor and sharp craft knife. Finish the card with a dark brown ribbon to match the brown card stock.

1. Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #18 theme masculine
2. Jingle Bells - coffee and Christmas

Warm wishes

    Stamp: House Mouse Design 'Warm Cocoa', Prismacolor pencils, Martha Stewart Scandinavian punch

Coloured the image with Prismacolor pencil and burnished with Daler Rowney thinner. The blue mat was cut using scallop scissor.

Challenges:

1. Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #18 theme masculine
2. Jingle Bells - coffee and Christmas
3. House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #391

 

Christmas Card

House Mouse Warm Cup stamp, Prismacolor pencils, embossing folder, poinsettia die

Embossed a piece of white cardstock and adhered to the front panel of the card. The image was coloured with Prismacolor pencil and fussy cut out. Sentiment was a freebie stamp from craft magazine. 

Challenges:

1. Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #18 theme masculine
2. Jingle Bells - coffee and Christmas
3. House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #391

 

Hello Friend

 

Adam Prescott designed clear stamp freebie from Cardmaking magazine, wood pattern embossing folder, Memento ink pad, Faber Castell watercolour pencil

                                                snippet of white cardstock 

This freebie clear stamp from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine bought more than 10 years ago. Been keeping the stamp inside drawer, never use it before. The stamp is quite tiny, so I had no idea how to incorporate into cardmaking until I saw some fabulous cards in Pinterest.

I used the negative of an oval diecut as mask for colouring the the background with Memento ink and brush. The image was stamped onto another piece of white cardstock, coloured and fussy cut. Snippet of leftover white cardstock is used to stamp the sentiment. 

Challenges:

1. Stamping Sensation - June challenge Around the World or Anything Goes
2. We Love Stamping - CAS or Anything Goes
3. Allsorts Challenge - Week 731 Use your dies or anything goes option
4. Snippets Playground - challenge #445

Mon Ami

 

Stamp: Technique Tuesday 'Mon Ami Paris', Titi soft pastel

Easiest card ever made. Coloured the background with soft pastel. This Korean made pastel is quite smooth and easy to with on any surface material. The colour is more vibrant than my other sets bought from local store.

Love the Technique Tuesday stamp, as the image printed is superbly sharp even though the Eiffel Tower image has quite tiny details on it. Never been to Paris but I love the iconic tower. 

Challenges:

1. Stamping Sensation - June challenge Around the World or Anything Goes
2. We Love Stamping - CAS or Anything Goes
3. Allsorts Challenge - Week 731 Use your dies or anything goes option

Father's Day

stamp: freebie from Crafts Beautiful magazine (issue#251, March 2013)

Lifestyle Frame die, soft pastel, watercolour pencils

Die-cut a white stock card using Frame die, coloured the background with soft pastel. Stamped the image and coloured with watercolour pencil.

Challenges:

1. Stamping Sensation - June challenge Around the World or Anything Goes
2. We Love Stamping - CAS or Anything Goes
3. Allsorts Challenge - Week 731 Use your dies or anything goes option