Tulips

Hi! Here's a card I made for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. I was originally thinking of using 3 separate flowers to follow the sketch, but this stamp has the same kind of shape, if you count the butterfly. I coloured the stamp with inks and a water brush, then added a bit of detail with a white Uni Posca pen. I added a gem to the butterfly and the 'i's in the sentiment.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches:

Less is More:

That's Crafty!: 'Forever Floral'


Ingredients:
Woodware Stamp: 'Tulip Doodle'
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Adirondack ink pads: Butterscotch, Cranberry, Meadow, Willow
White Uni Posca pen
Crystal Parade gems: Topaz

Little Bats!

Hi! Here's a card I made for Halloween. I created the background by smooshing with Distress Oxides, then spritzing with Glimmer Mist. I punched a circle of double-sided adhesive for the moon, stuck it to the card and smothered it with gilding flakes. I absolutely love the look of gilding flakes, but I don't use them very often because they are so messy and seem to get everywhere! But I thought they worked really well for a Halloween moon. I die cut my bats out of black cardstock, and then used a bit more double-sided adhesive on a scrap of card, covered it with more gilding flakes, then cut a couple of pieces down to fit behind the bats, to give them bright shiny eyes.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

{PIN}spirational: (Inspired by the Halloween theme)

Come and Get It: 'Halloween'
Fusion: (Inspired by the gorgeous orange on blue colours in the photo)

Mix It Up: 'Anything Goes + optional twist of Watercoloring'


Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Faded Jeans

Bat cutting die

IndigoBlu Gilding Flakes: Lancashire Rose

Autumn Leaves

Hi! Here's a CAS card, made using one of my favourite leaves stamps, by Lavinia. It was inspired by the current Muse challenge, the colours from the Color Throwdown challenge, and the inspirational photo from the Inspired by All The Little Things challenge. I masked the panel, stamped the leaves several times with Versamark, and embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I added the green, orange and purple with ink dusters to create the background.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Muse:

Color Throwdown:

Inspired by All The Little Things:

Addicted to CAS: 'Leaves'

Double D Challenges: 'Leave it to me'

Simon Says: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Lavinia stamp: 'Vine'
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Stampin' Up! ink pads: Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Perfect Plum
Nuvo Drops: Copper Penny
Wow! Clear gloss super fine embossing powder

Wild

Hi! Here's a card I made using a jungle image from Vectorstock. I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and blended with a water brush. I added white dots with a Uni Posca pen, and some raised white dots with Nuvo Drops.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

City Crafter: 'Jungle Animals'
Inky Chicks: 'Animals'
Sisterhood of Crafters: 'I see Spots'
4 Crafty Chicks: 'Polka Dots'
Crafty Creations: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
Image from Vectorstck
Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils
Uni Posca pen: White
Nuvo Drops: Gloss - white