Autumn

Hi, this is a card with an autumnal feel using a set of 3 Maple Leaves from Clarity Stamps and a mixture of Adirondack inks in Cranberry, Lettuce, Butterscotch, Terracotta and Ginger and Spiced Marmalade Distress ink to create the lovely autumn colours.  The sentiment is also from Clarity.

I am entering this in the following blog challenges

Ladybug - Autumn/Halloween
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps - Clean and Simple (I hope this fits the theme)

All your comments will be welcome.

Seasonal Gift Tags

This is my entry for the October
 Clarity Stamp Blog Challenge on the topic of Seasons
Kraftyhands blog challenge - Tags

I had the original idea to use seasonal plants very early on but it took a while to come up with the final version on gift tags, somehow it didn't look right on a card.

So here we have Spring daffodils stamped 3 times using a post it mask and coloured with Promarkers.  There is a little Mica powder on the centres and the 2 small bees are stamped also using a Clarity stamp.

For Summer I used the Clarity floral strip coloured again with Promarkers.  I've used Glossy Accents for the little ladybird to make it stand out.

Here they are in a more close up shot.

The Autumn tag has been made with the Clarity Maple Leaf set of stamps and Adirondack inks in Butterscotch, Cranberry, Lettuce, Terracotta and Ginger. There are Glossy Accent dots on the leaves for dew drops but I'm not sure you can see that much detail unfortunately,.

Finally Christmas had to be the lovely Clarity holly ad ivy stamp and Robin again coloured with Promarks.  There is some glitter along the leaves and red glitter berries to give a frost look.

Again here is a closer view.

I hope you like these tags,  Your comments will be very welcome.

Lilly Rose

This little stamp set came free with a Papercraft Inspirations Magazine and I thought it would be just right for my Granddaughter's 3rd birthday card.  I used some Card-io Majestix flower and leaf stamps to crease the background with pickled raspberry and green distress inks and matted that onto white card with an embossed pattern on it.  I've used a spellbinders die for the main image which is coloured with Promarkers and the 2 little butterflies are coloured with some cosmic shimmer mica powders and water.  There is a lot of stickles glitter on this card both around the edges and on the centre of the flowers but its difficult to see that in a photo.

I am entering this card for the following blog challenges:

Country View Challenge  - Sparkles and Shine
The crafting Cafe - Think Pink
Fussy and Fancy  - Lots of Pink

Crafty Calendar - Bingo - Flowers, Pink and Sparkle

Your comments will be very welcome thanks

A postcard

I'm working on increasing my small collection of Justrite Stamps, they have some fantastic sets and they stamp beautifully well worth the investment I think.. This is my latest acquisition and I've really enjoyed using it the hardest part was deciding on the colour scheme.

I made my first card with the postcard stamp yesterday by stamping with Archival black ink onto some cream card.  For the flower I used water and a brush to apply Adirondack Peach Bellini and Worn Lipstick Distress ink for shading, Shabby Shutters and Crushed Olive for the leaves. The butterfly is Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and the butterfly on the top left has been cut out, coloured and glossed with glossy accents.  I shaded the card with Antique Linen Distress ink, die cut some leafy swirls and stamped some Dreamees flower stamps for embellishment. These flower stamps are lovely as well, this is the first I've used them.  I stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with different embossing folders to try out different effects.  I can see me playing with these a lot when I've got a bit more time.

The background paper is from the Lili of the Valley Antebellum paper pad matted onto a complementary card.  Finally I used some Stickles glitter glue around the edges and on the flower.

I hope you like the finished card, any comments will be very welcome thanks for looking.

I am entering this card for the following challanges:
Crafty Boots Challenge - Postcards
Crafty Calendar Challenge  - Anything Goes
Artistic Stamper Blog Challenge - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door  - Anything Goes

Whimsical Water-Bleaching Technique

Hi, I am entering this card into the August Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge for which I needed to choose a technique from one of the 2014 Craft Stamper Magazine issues.  I decided to have a go at the Whimsical Water-Bleaching technique shown on pages 38 and 39 of the September 2014 issue by Rikka Kovasin.  Distressing backgrounds is something I've only dabbled with before and I really wanted to have a go at this and the results are below.

Using some coated card I blended Pickled Raspberry and Wild Honey Distress inks. I then spritzed water onto the Creative Expressios Rose background stamp.and stamped onto the inked card lifting off some of the ink which I then stamped onto a separate piece of card and I've used that piece for the central panel.  The dress is another Creative Expressions stamp coloured with the same Distress Inks using some cut and dry foam and a bit of masking to make sure the pink roses stood out from the yellow background.  The roses around the bottom are from Indigoblu, I stamped twice onto coated card with black Archival ink, coloured with the same Distress inks and cut out to frame the bottom edge.

To assemble the card I used some black card to mat the background onto.  I cut an aperture with a Spellbinders Die and used some mounting foam to raise the background up.  I cut out the dress and adhered it to the card inside the aperture and used Pinflair glue to attach the roses at the bottom corner.  Finally I used a Justrite die to stamp the sentiment onto with Black Archival, the sentiment is also from Justrite.

Thank you for looking, your comments are welcome.

Get Well Roses

Hello again, this is my second card created using the Clarity rose stamp. For this card I've also used the Clarity Vase stamp and one of their stencils.  The sentiment is from Justrite.

To make the card I inked through the Clarity Stencil with some Barn Door Distress Ink and Memento Pool to create the background and matted this onto some red cardstock.  I stamped the vase in Black Memento coloured with a mix of Pastel Blue and Pastel Green then masked off before stamping the bunch of roses 3 times, masking off after each stamping to fill the case.

The roses and leaves were coloured with promarkers, Poppy and Ruby for the roses and Lime Green and Pear for the leaves.  I stamped with sentiment with Black Archival but wish I had clear embossed it as well as it doesn't stand out quite as much as I would like.  I finished off the card with some red ribbon and made a little bow out of the same ribbon.

I hope you like the finished card, any comments you leave will be very welcome.

I am entering this card for
 the ABC Challenge - Use Ribbon, Roses and Red.
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

Roses

Afternoon Bloggers

For this card I used the Clarity Rose stamp which I acquired recently.  Using  Black Archival ink I stamped
the rose onto watercolour card and coloured  with Distress inks, a brush and some water. using Pickled Raspberry for the pink roses and Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey for the yellow rose.  For the leaves I used Shabby Shutters and Forest Green. I die cut the image with a Spellbinder Die lightly shaded with Pickled Raspberry and then matt  this onto another mat cut from a Spellbinder Die shaded with a heavier application of Pickled Raspberry ink.  The background is Squeezed Lemonade overstamped with  one of the Clarity Club Stamps using  a third generation of Pickled Raspberry ink..  Finally this was matted onto another card shaded with more Pickled Raspberry.  The sentiment is from the Clarity Happy Stamps stamped with Black Archival and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I hope you like the finished card, any comments you make will be very welcome.

I've been playing with several ideas for this Rose stamp and decided to enter this version for the following Challenges:

 Clarity Stamp Challege 18 - Feminine
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
Craftig from the Heart - Anything Goes