I can't resist rainbow colours. I was using a watercolour postcard that I bought on my last trip to the UK. It's not as wide as the card base so I added two strips of washi.
My entry for the Freshly Made Sketch #253 Challenge
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Friday, 9 September 2016
Dies as stencils
A great way to expand the use of your dies, is to use them as stencils. Anita at the Muse Challenge #182 gave us a wonderful card using this technique.
Here is my take, inspired by ...
... her colours
... the flow of her elements (would have been exactly the same if I had not messed up and need to cover a splotch)
... mixing the sentiment with stamps and dies
... some embellishments (she used enamel dots, I used dimensional pearls)
Here is Anita's card
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Watercolour happiness
Just love the inspiration photo at Addicted to Stamps this week. Swoon!
Here's my first take ... [I cannot get my camera to pick up the fluorescent fuchsia of the flower and dots - and I mean it is REALLY fluo! Just like the picture. If I get it right in the daylight tomorrow, I'll update it. Any suggestions or tips appreciated.]
and my second ... still had lots of ink on my craft sheet so kept going ...
The turquoise strips have been embossed to give a quilted look.
Which one do you prefer? Funky flower from Craft Asylum (in my start up kit for my Big Shot Plus) or Fresh Daisies from Simon Says Stamp?
Beach Days
My brother's birthday is coming up and he loves the sea. When he was a teenager, he spent so much time in the sea that we said he was "water-logged" and we'd have to hang him upside down to dry out! Hard to believe how the time has flown by and he'll be 50 next month. But he's still my little brother.
Some more colour foam mounting.
My entry for CASology Challenge #214 : Beach.
Monday, 5 September 2016
My happy place
My craft room is definitely one of my happy places, so what to joy to have "craft room" inspiration from Altenew this month.
I used the Altenew Daisy set for the flowers and leaves; and the Sentiments and Quotes set which had the perfect message for this challenge. I went with the colour scheme of red, blue and yellow; circles and stripes and even got to add some washi tape too.
I will also enter this to the The Paper Players : Circles Challenge.
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Enjoy ... more
I love it when you can get 2 cards when using dies ... the positive and the negative spaces. So this the card using the negative space left over from my last card.
Just couldn't resist this background from MFT! I can see myself using it a LOT as it's so versatile, fresh and light.
My entry to ...
Smile
The inspiration card by Sarah at Muse Challenge is just up my street.
I took the following elements ...
... the colours : blue, green & yellow. Just love this combo - so fresh
... the watercolour look mixed with black outline
... the striped border
... mixed font sentiment
... general layout
This is the first time I have used this WPlus9 stamp and die set, so I will also link this to Darnell's NBUS Challenge.
Also and entry to Time Out Challenge : Words. My leaves are lovely and fresh ... just like a new start.
Mauritian Flag ....
Whenever I see the green, yellow, blue and red colours, I think of our Mauritian flag, so I just had to play in the Color Throwdown Challenge!
The heart is stamped on the inside of the card with glossy accents added. Inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch. Also entering it to the Inspirational Challenge : Primary Colours.
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