Baby Girl

I don't make many baby cards but when I do, I gravitate towards this little elephant. Today's card was made for a family member who is expecting their first child. They know it's a girl which is why I went with the pink theme. I created the background by smooching some DO Picked Raspberry which I dried off and then swiped a stencil with the same colour, spritzed the stencil with water and applied some of it to the base. I didn't want the whole card to have the stenciled image, so I just placed a part of it in the center of the card. I then stamped my image, water coloured it withe DO's, fussy cut it and mounted it to the panel. I did the same for the sentiment which I kept simple but coloured with Copics and then I layered the card to complete.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Crafty Catz : #663 Anything Goes - Twist : no designer paper

Fab 'n' Funky : #587 Stamp It

I Love ProMarkers : $550 Anything Goes - with Animals

Stencil Fun : January

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Make a Wish

Today's card was inspired by a Tracy Evans Snippet #20. I have been playing along with the Snippets when I can and I really liked this design. This background was a second generation stenciling that I kept and because I was so happy with how my spin on Tracy's design turned out, I decided to make a card out of it. 

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

The Crafty Addicts : #8 Anything Goes

Stencil Fun : December - Anything Goes

Tuesday Morning Sketch : #737 Anything Goes

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Joy

Today's card took longer than I thought it would. Firstly, I die cut my JOY sentiment and bauble. I then cut the 'o' out of joy so I could add my bauble in its place. I then used gilding flakes - gold and silver to embellish my text. I adhered them to my red base panel and added an embossed border top and bottom and then to finish off, added a sub sentiment.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Art Impressions : #364 Making Spirits Bright

Cut it Up : #290 Layer it Up

Creative Fingers : Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks : #689 Christmas Week

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Critter Christmas

Today's card was inspired by a You Tube video by Therese Calvird...I don't really 'do' critters so I had to go hunting for some because I loved Therese's idea of turning them into a Christmas theme, the mouse is my favourite but love how the others turned out as well. I just kept them all clean & simple and dug out and dusted off my circle dies to make the images a focal point.

 

   

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Critter Crazy Challenge : #79 Anything Goes featuring a Critter

Die Cut Diva's : October

Pearly Sparkles Challenge : #89 Let's Go Cute

The 12 Months of Christmas : Anything Goes Christmas

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Santa Claus is Coming

I created today's card by using my Gelli Plate and brayering my panel with Distress Inks. Once dry, I stamped my image and sentiment and layered it onto some black card.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Christmas Craft Creations : July - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge : #30 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge : Christmas in July

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Magical Season

Today's card was created by blending my panel with Distress Oxides Crushed Olive & Mowed Lawn, then stamping my Pine bough in the top left corner with DO Rustic Wilderness. I then cut out a smaller panel from the original and layered it on a panel of white. I stamped my sentiment and adhered the top two panes and layered them onto the bottom panel ensuring the leaves lined up.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Christmas Craft Creations : July Challenge

Polkadoodles Challenge : #30 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge : Christmas in July

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Birthday Mandala

I created today's card by stamping a partial of a mandala stencil. I also inked the stencil partially with an assortment of DO inks. To finish it off, I added my sentiment and layered it onto black card.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Addicted to Stamps : #450 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Gem of a Craft Challenge : #14 Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter : #562 Birthday Celebrations

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A Beautiful Day

 

For today's card I created a template with 3 windows cut out. I then masked the area around the windows to ensure the blended ink colours stayed in their space as well as the stamped images. 

Layered it onto black card and added a small sentiment.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Allsorts Challenge : Week 73 - Blooms, Bees and/or Butterflies

Alphabet Challenge : F is for Flying

Crafty Calendar Challenge : June - Summertime

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Pastel Blends

I created today's card by stamping a collection of flowers and embossing them with White Embossing Powder. I then blended Saltwater Taffy, Carved Pumpkin & Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Inks over the panel and die cut the piece I wanted to use. I then die cut a smaller panel and used foam tape to give it some height before putting it back into its original location. I die cut my sentiment out of a bit of the blended scrap, layered it onto its base of white card and added a sub-sentiment and a white butterfly to finish it off.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

CAS on Sunday : Embossing

Krafty Chicks Challenge : #666 Week 1 - Stamp Act

Paper Dragonfly Challenge : #18 Anything Goes or Summer Critter

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Gilded Flight

I have been inspired to create this card after watching several of Christine Stokes You Tube 

videos, see here. 

I firstly used an embossing folder to create my background. I swiped the embossed side of the EF with DO's Black Soot, I then mixed a bit of Brusho's Turquoise with water and painted the whole background. 

After drying the panel, I then brushed some Pearl White Perfect Pearls over the panel and finished it off with some Simon Hurley Gold Lunar Paste that I applied using my finger. 

Once I die cut the section I wanted to use, I did have to run it through my Cuttlebug in the EF again to re-emboss the image as it flattened a bit when I die cut my feature panel.

I then used a bit of the left-over card, selected the part I wanted to use and stamped my bird using my Misti, I die cut the bird and then re-stamped the bird to redefine the outline. I only put the Pearl White Perfect Pearls on the bird and not the Gold Luna Paste so that it didn't blend into the background and then mounted all the layers. I added a sentiment & sub-sentiment that I had laying around to finish it off.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Arty Diva's : April - Anything Goes

Birthstone Challenge : #2 Anything Goes with Aquamarine & Diamond

Happy Little Stampers - Dies : Anything Goes with Dies

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Fly High

I created today's background by firstly stamping a background stamp and then embossing it with white EP. I then used Brusho's to create the watercolour background. I die cut my foliage and bird and sentiment and then adhered my layers.

I'm adding my creation to the following challenges...

Country View Challenge : April - Anything with Wings

Die Cut Diva's : April - Watercolour & Die Cut

Happy Little Stampers : April - Watercolour & Die Cuts

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Geo Birthday

I haven't posted for a while...life gets in the way. I created a few stenciled backgrounds a few weeks ago with Distress Oxides and this is the first card from that stash. I felt it was a male orientated card so I kept it simple. I layered my panel onto black card, thenI inked up some scrap card with DO Blueprint Sketch and die cut my sentiment twice. I adhered them together and attached them to my panel and added a sub-sentiment below. I did add a bit of Perfect Peals to the sentiment to give it a bit of a lift.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Crafty Gals Corner : #241 Make it Green

Make My Monday : #197 P is for....Pattern

Simon Says Stamp - Monday : Stencil It

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