Silhouette Card Scramble

It was my turn to host the Hero Arts Flickr Group card scramble today. If I had been more organised, I would have given you the heads up so you could join in. Sorry about that. Hopefully, you'll join in the next one in two weeks time.

I have recently spent a week at a game reserve in South Africa. I so loved being in nature, seeing the animals free in their natural habitat, having close encounters of the elephant kind, seeing my first leopard in the wild, the incredible space and peace and sky.

Thinking of "African Sky", I searched for some inspiring photos on Pinterest and chose these two. The first is available from Fine Art America.

The theme I set was to make a SILHOUETTE CARD using Hero Arts stamps, stencils or dies.

For my first card I used a stencil made from a die, and sponged and stamped before removing the mask.

For the second, I used Jennifer McGuire's technique of smooching ink directly from pad to vellum and then rubbing it with a tissue to blend. The branch is a die cut.

The third card I made while everyone was making theirs. I used a piece of vellum left over from the first card. Decided I wanted some more layers so used a text stamp under it. I hand drew the black lines.

Hero Arts Card Scramble #116 : Card 4

Thought I'd play along while everyone was also having inky fun.

I wanted to offset the solid image from the outline ... as if the wind was blowing it! I'm going to send this to my mother who has come down with bad flu.

Hero Arts Card Scramble #116 : Card 3

Mixing it up with the solids and outlines for the Hero Arts Card Scramble #116.

This time the solids and outlines were completely different.

Love the fresh look that the circles give to the flowers.

I will also enter this in to the Freshly Made Sketches 200 Celebration Challenge

Hero Arts Card Scramble #116 : Card 2

For my second sample card for the Card Scramble : Outlines and Solids at Hero Arts Flickr group, I went with hearts.

I added Wink of Stella to some, and Glossy accents to others, leaving some plain.

I will also enter this in to ...

... the Freshly Made Sketches 200 Celebration Challenge

... and the ColourQ Challenge

Hero Arts Card Scramble #116 : Card 1

I have been so inspired lately by a number of cards (especially by Dawn of WPlus9), papers and fabrics that have used a mix of outline and solid images.

So that’s the Card Scramble Challenge I set up at the Hero Arts Flickr group : Use a mix of outline and solid stamps. 

My first sample card used the basic shape of a hexagon in both solid and outline, adding in outline bees.

Having seen it on the screen, I decided it needed some Wink of Stella on the wings to give that extra touch.

Sneak Peak ... Hero Arts Flickr Scramble #116

Hello there. I'm running the Hero Arts Flickr group scramble today. I have scheduled the time for Saturday, 22 August 9:30pm Port Louis, Mauritius time which is :
PDT 10:30 am (West Coast, USA)CST 12:30 pm (Midwest, USA)EST 13:30 pm (East Coast, USA)

So if you're at home, and feeling creative, then pop on over and join in the fun. You have 90 minutes to create your card and upload it to the gallery.  There are 2 lucky draw winners : one get a prize from me, the other is a digital stamp from Hero Arts.

Here's a sneak peak my sample cards ... can you guess the challenge ?

Double Challenge Scramble 2

I'm a bit greedy when it comes to a scramble ... if I'm in my craft studio, why not make two! So this is my second for the Hero Arts Flickr group scramble.

Jayne gave the challenge to have a card on a card. I don't think I've ever made one of these before.
And she gave us the extra challenge of incorporating the Hero Arts Tic Tac Toe Challenge at the same time.

For this one, I went with the bottom row : watercolour, tag and my favourite colour.

I love BLUES, turquoise, green and so with my favourite 3 distress inks (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feather and the new Twisted Citron), I had fun creating a watercolour background.

Double Challenge Scramble 1

I nearly missed the Hero Arts Flickr group scramble this week, as I thought it was for tomorrow. Luckily I set a reminder on my phone!

Jayne gave the challenge to have a card on a card. I don't think I've ever made one of these before.
And she gave us the extra challenge of incorporating the Hero Arts Tic Tac Toe Challenge at the same time. Try do that when you're on the clock!

For my first card, I went with the last vertical column : heat embossing, die cutting and my favorite colour.

The little white hearts are heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I will also enter this to the a2z scrapbooking : New Beginnings Challenge.

Masking 1

We had a fun card scramble at Hero Arts Flickr group on Sunday night. The challenge was to use embossing. My heat gun died a couple of weeks ago (after over 21 years of service) and I hadn't got round to getting another one, so I decided to go for embossing paste and masks.

Since we only have 90 minutes to make and link it up, it's a bit of a rush. Very dicey with embossing paste which takes time to dry!

So here is what I submitted to the Flickr Challenge ... the zigzags and diamonds are embossing paste.

I thought it needed a little more ... so I've added black Accents to the green diamonds. I think it makes the colours pop more.

An entry for the CAS(E) This sketch Challenge,

and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes.

Wonderful Card Scramble

I love to play in the Hero Arts Flickr Group card scrambles, but the last few have been after midnight my time. So I was delighted that Kanan's scramble started at the very reasonable 9:00pm for me. She gave us 3 cards to draw our inspiration. They were all so lovely I wanted to do them all.

Started with butterflies (who doesn't love butterflies!) and incorporated elements of her 2nd and 3rd cards.

Here are Kanan's 2nd and 3rd card inspirations.

  

When I saw her first card, I just knew what I wanted to do. Fill the background with words for my eldest daughter - whose birthday is on Monday.  This is how far I got, when the deadline was approaching ... and still had to photograph it and post it up.

But I knew I needed some bling to make it pop ... so added a few more hearts and some gems. Here's the final card.

Kanan's first card inspiration

I will enter my second card to the a2z Scrapbooking Supplies : Anything Goes Challenge.

Card Scramble - Take 3

Continuing with my first card scramble of the year over on the Hero Arts Flickr group. It was run by Leni and her theme was WOOD.

As I was flipping through my stamps (for the second card) I found a woodgrain inchie. Thought it would work as a border. Added the paint splatter stamp and the die cut butterfly.

In case I am not allowed to flip the design from left to right (as I did on my first card), I will also enter this in Less is More sketch challenge. 

Card Scramble - Take 2

Continuing with my first card scramble of the year over on the Hero Arts Flickr group. It was run by Leni and her theme was WOOD.

Originally I was going to use the cloud washi with the woodgrain on my first card, but it wasn't working. And that's the great thing about washi ... you can remove it. So now I had this piece of cloud washi and even though it was only about 3 inches, I wasn't going to waste it. 

I flipped through my Hero Arts stamps, and came upon the woodgrain cloud. Perfect pairing!

I spotted the Seize the Sketch Challenge ...

So I added a border, and will be submitting it.

But I think I prefer the first. What do you think?

Card Scramble - take 1

It's my first card scramble of the year over on the Hero Arts Flickr group. It was run by Leni and her theme was WOOD.

My first thought was to look at my washi stash because I have to use it up ... I have 3 drawers of it now. And lo and behold, I had a woodgrain washi tape. Yay!

I added splatters with the HA Green Fields dauber. There is glossy accents on the dots of the butterfly wings.

I will also enter this in Less is More sketch challenge. Am I allowed to flip the design from left to right?

4" Book & 90 minute scramble

Made this 4" book using the Bind-it-all and the absolutely beautiful Fabscraps papers. I've been dying to get my hands on this set.

Fabscraps is a South African company that has a great paper range amongst the many products they offer. They have just been to their first CHA, where they won an award. Congrats to the Fabscrap team!

The cover was made in layers . . . cardstock, pp, acetate stamped with Staz-On mounted with foam dots to give depth, flower and title also mounted with foam dots.
And some of the inside pages too . . .

And while I was trying to finish this, I realised that the Hero Arts Flickr group 90 minute scramble challenge was running at the same time. Had to make a 2 or more fold Birthday card. I only read the instructions with 30 minutes to go. So CAS this time. Punched border stamped with the antique flower background stamp.