Missed Deadlines . . . but there's new challenges

I started playing with some of my quote stamps for the OLW67 challenge but I pondered too long and missed the deadline! But then I saw that I could submit for the combined challenge of CAS-ual Fridays and Play Date Cafe's Operation Julie's Smile.

So here's the first card . . . 

The missed OLW67 challenge (only ONE layer) of a quote, all stamps from Club Scrap . . .

Quote inspiration for Julie's Smile

For the combined challenge of CAS-ual Fridays and Play Date Cafe's Operation Julie's Smile. Today, I had the help of my friend, Bronwyn, who has the gift of mixing the right colours, I (I mean she) came up with pinks and oranges, still with Club Scrap Stamps  . . .

I love the quote and butterfly from the Unity Stamps, so had to use that too, in pinks and greens for my mother, with the flourish leaves from Club Scrap and tiny flowers from Hero Arts. This one was coloured using Copics so needed to layer it  . . .

 and in radical purple and orange (thanks again Bronwyn!) using Prismacolour crayons . . .

Hearts

Been on a roll today . . .  17 cards. Starting with the "Less is More" Week 36 Challenge of one layer CAS hearts. I was inspired by Susan Raihala's cards here and here. Love the few lines of text & keeping it simple . . . and she makes it look easy (which I know from experience that it's not!).


So my first take . . . (which I think is my favourite) uses 2 Hero Arts stamps with script from Club Scrap (only inked about a third of it)

I then thought of my "thinking of you" dictionary definitions by Hero Arts and wanted to try that one too. Needed to add the 2 gems to balance it out a bit.

Lastly, wanted to use the hanging hearts too. Added Martha Stewart sticky ribbon - so easy to use!

Gratitude Challenge

Thank you Susan from Simplicity who has a wonderful Gratitude Challenge going . . . actually sending cards to those people we would like to thank for their contribution, encouragment, or whatever to our lives.


I've made my list, and here are my first 2 :

Distress inks on quite glossy paper - quite a challenge as it doesn't get absorbed.

Spritzed with perfect pearls - lovely shine to it. And the green background is stamped with HA friend definition, and the blue top part with HA Flower Dot pattern.

And the second is :

Flower is quite an old stamp from Clarity in the UK. Thank You definition from Hero Arts, and the tags from Stampin'Up.

Stamp Storage

Susan at Simplicity was discussing storage and organisation of stamps.


My wood ones are on thin shelves organised in 5 major areas :
1. kids, people, animals, fairies
2. Christmas
3. Flowers
4. Words
5. Flourishes, scripts, sea and backgrounds


So easy to find things as they each have their place.


People, kids, animals, fairies on the left panel, Christmas on the right :

Flowers :

Words :

Background, flourish, scripts, sea, sports : 

My clear and cling collection are not so big, so they are in 2 shoe boxes with divisions : flowers, patterns, mixed messages (words and pictures), words, alphabets and Christmas.

I had started an inventory file, but got too bored stamping them all out  . . . I'd rather be creating. So I stopped.

And I'm happy.

Tags CAS

I had my eye on the new Hero Arts Christmas tags. And decided they were just the thing for the Less is More (week 34) challenge.

Colourful CAS

Adding my 2 cents worth to the 1000 CAS challenge at "Less is More". With 1000 followers now, they are aiming at getting 1000 entries. Come and join in!


Stamped the sentiment in white and embossed white. Inked up my craft sheet and spritzed with water and created background. Used glossy accents on the heart (embossed clear first) and mounted with foam dots. Used a white gel pen to doodle around.

Colours are much richer in real life - may try to take another photo tomorrow.

Resist on PP

Stamping on patterned paper is a recent thing for me. This time, instead of darkening the pp after stamping and embossing, I sponged with white pigment ink to make it paler. Love this leaf stamp of Hero Arts.

OLW64 Colouring 2

Wanted to see what it would look like if I took artistic license and used a different colour. 

OLW64 Colouring

Another take on Stampendous agapanthus stamp, using the traditional colours.