Rainbow Wishes

As a lover of rainbow colours I'm so happy about the challenge at CASology this week ... the cue word is COLOR.

I used Distress inks to paint stripes on the card stock.  I die cut the Winnie & Walter "happy" word in the rainbow painted card, white foam and black cardstock. I offset the black to create a shadow. 

I matched the colours of the flowers with the placement of the colours of the word.

Come and check on the creations of the design team and be inspired. Looking forward to seeing your take on the cue word.

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

Guest Designer : Stephanie

I will also enter this to ...

... AAA Cards : Up to one third & bright colours

... Just Us Girls : Bold Letters

Layers and Stencilling

Getting inky with stencils.  Just so easy and smooth with Distress Oxides!

My entry to ...

... CAS Stencil : Stencilling over coloured background

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : For a Special Lady

Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

I love butterflies ... and lots of them! And a whole a bunch of them is called a kaleidoscope!

I wanted to create a sense of movement as they seldom stay still for long! Instead of a closed circle (for the wreath) I went with a spiral.

My entry for ...

... Fusion Challenge : Butterfly wreath I took a loose interpretation of the sketch, with the photo too.

... AAA Birthday Challenge : Anything Goes

... Just Us Girls : Movement

... Stamplorations : Things With Wings

... Stamp Ink Paper : Wings of Wonder

Flower Shadows

Altenew have another lovely inspiration challenge this month.

When I first looked at it, I thought I would use the Cattleya set, but I wanted something smaller and so went with the Golden Garden set. Works so well with the inspiration photo.

The steps I followed :

• Stamp "shadows" on front panel using the thicker stamps in Silver Stone ink
• Emboss the panel with the woodgrain embossing folder
• Die cut and stamp the layering flowers and leaves
• Pop up the flowers and glue it all together

My entry to ...

... Altenew May Inspiration Challenge

... The Flower Challenge : Embossing - Dry or Heat

... Die Cut Divas - Flowers All Year Round in May

Flowers for my Mother

It's getting close to Mother's Day (although the dates vary by country!) so it's timely to have the cue word of MOTHER at the CASology challenge this week.

I spent 6 weeks with my mother over March & April ... 3 weeks in South Africa, and then she came over to Mauritius for 3 weeks.  It's a pity we live so far away from each other, especially as she gets older.  She is so tiny now ... we joked that we had put her in the tumble-dryer and she shrunk! She's only 4' 9½" now.

She loves flowers, and loves pink, so this is my card for her.  I masked off a heart area to restrict the stamping of my Hero Arts rose stems.

This is also a shout out to the golden oldie and firm favourites of Hero Arts as they celebrate their 45th Birthday!

Come and check on the creations of the design team and be inspired. Looking forward to seeing your take on the cue word.

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

I will also enter this to ...

... Papercraft Challenge : For women & girls

Hero Arts 45th Anniversary - Card 2 - Tiny Blocks

I'm mixing up the old with the new, and Hero Arts with The Stamp Market. I love how Hero Arts encourages and collaborates with other companies in the craft business. 

More tributes to the wonderful Hero Arts golden oldies but still firm favourites! 

When you have small stamps, a fun way to use them is to repeat, repeat, repeat! But you don't have to do it in a uniform manner.

Paired up with the new-to-me The Stamp Market set called Botanicals. I used the ink and spritz technique.

My entry for ...

... CAS(e) This Sketch #319 - Hope it's ok that I flipped the sketch from left to right.

... Seize the Birthday : Texture

... Die Cut Divas : Flowers All Year Round in May

Hero Arts 45th Anniversary - Card 1 - Buds

When I took the photo of my early Hero Arts stamps, it made me want to ink them up again.  So I'll be using some "golden oldie" stamps but in new ways.

Here is my CAS, one-layer card ... using masking techniques and Copics for colouring, with some doodled dots ...

 ... but then I messed it up when I turned it over and there was wet ink on my Media Mat!

Ooops!

So I time for take 2! 

I trimmed off the strip with the splotch, and added a thin silver strip.

Here are the supplies I used ... I have re-organised my word stamps in categories so that they are easier to find.

My entry to ...

... Less Is More Challenge : OLC Buds or Petals

... Addicted to Stamps and More : Clean & Simple

... A Blog Named Hero : Clean and Simple

Framed Bouquet

Another card for the Altenew April Inspiration Challenge.  I took inspiration from the frame and the colours. This time I used Copics for colouring.

I added some Nuvo Glitter Gloss to add some shimmer.

I will also enter this to ...

... AAA Cards : Sketch

 

Thinking of you

I've had this idea in my head for a few week but getting it done just in the nick of time for the Altenew April Inspiration Challenge.

I wanted to add just touches of colour, leaving white spaces, to keep it light.