CTS296

I've kick started my Christmas card making with a series of 5 cards based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge. Just imagine the sketch upside down... perfect as a Christmas tree! I adhered patterned paper to Neenah card stock and cut strips of same sizes. They were then trimmed to various lengths and foam tape was added to each strip. The assembly was fun and the gold star finished off the tree nicely. This is a great way of using left over patterned paper! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
CAS(E) This Sketch - Sketch #296
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Materials:
Paper - Kaisercraft Mint Wishes
Stamps - Concord and 9th, Tim Holtz Glorious Gatherings
Die - Concord and 9th

WCMD 2017 - Post 1

HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!
I decided to make some Christmas cards for WCMD2017 with Kaisercraft Mint Wishes, no stamping required at all. Here are the 4 cards I made!

Challenges:
Kaisercraft Blog Challenge - October Mood Board (see below)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day Challenge
CAS(E) This Sketch #242

Materials:
Card - Neenah Desert Storm
Paper - Kaisercraft Mint Wishes, pad, 12x12 paper, Stampset and Collectables
Others - Cork ribbon from Wheel and Barrow, Kaisercraft Rhinestones

Kaiser craft October Challenge - Mood Board

Happy Father's Day

I have a quick CAS card to share for Father's Day using patterned paper fom Kaisercraft and a sketch from CAS(E) this sketch. I'm also adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads today!!

Altenew July Inspiration

I have a card to share based on the colours of the current July Inspiration Challenge from Altenew and the current sketch on CAS(E) this sketch. For the background, I used strips of the patterned paper from  Echo Park mounted on dimensional tape. The flower and leaves were stamped on white carsick and then fussy cut. I only managed one completed card this weekend! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:

Paper - Echo Park Wedding Bliss

Stamps - Altenew Beautiful Day

Inks - Altenew Frosty Pink, Ruby Red and Velvet, Hero Arts Green Hills and Simon Says Stamp

Others - PPP Clear Drops

Tulips!

I had such a busy Easter weekend that I only managed to make one card to blog!! I recently found a stash of original wood block stamps that I purchased when I started stamping over 20 years ago! There was a local stamp shop that stocked a lot of PSX stamps and a lot of my stamps were purchased from this shop. I was inspired by the bunch of tulips as I had a some pink tulips for our Easter Sunday dinner. When I purchased them from the florist, the sales lady gave told me to put a silver coin in the vase to prevent them from flopping. In all the years I have bought tulips, I have never heard this before and all my tulips usually flopped after a day or two. I've got a photo below of our table set up the day after I bought the tulips. All upright!! As I blog this on Monday night, they are still upright!! The card below shows what will happen if you don't add a coin to the vase!! I've based the design of the card on the current CAS(E) this sketch challenge and I'm linking it up to the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Tulips.  Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! Thanks for dropping by!!

Materials

Stamps - PSX (discontinued) and Hero Arts Sentiment

Die - Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles

Paper - Archers Watercolour paper, vellum

Inks - Zig Clean Colour Brush markers, Versamark, Hero Arts White EP

A sketch challenge

I would like to share a masculine card I made on the weekend using some previously stamped and fussy cut gold fish. I used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch for the design of the card. Something new I used is the Hero Arts Ombre ink which I used for the background seaweed, so I'm also adding this card to A Blog Named Hero's New to Me challenge. I think I've got my mojo back now as I did not want to do any cards after making over 70 Christmas cards last month!! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials used:

Stampset - Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn

Inks - Hero arts Ombre and midtone inks

Baby Boy!

This is a quick card I made for a baby born last weekend. Quick because I had the image pre-stamped and cut earlier. I used some washi tapes to a strip of cardstock and adhered the strip and the Panda onto the card. The sentiment was diecut from glitter foam. The design is based on the current CAS(E) this sketch.

What I used to make this card:
Card - Neenah Solar White
Washi - MT Tapes
Dies and Stamps - Hero Arts Stamp and Cut Congrats, Mama Elephant Pandamonium

Birthday Dragon

I have a cute birthday card for a 13th year old who loves dragons. I used the dragon from Mama Elephant's Lunar Animals for this card based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials: Mama Elephant Happy Everything and Lunar Animals, Winnie and Walter Stencil, Hero Arts Card Stock, Glitter foam, Copic markers, MFT Dynamics Fishtail STAX and Wilted Willow Distress Ink.

Baby Lea

I have a baby card to share. This is for a baby born 3 days ago. As the baby was born in the Year of the Monkey, it was most appropriate to add the Mama Elephant monkey to the card. The Game Tiles are from Simon Says Stamp, the sentiment from Lawn Fawn and the stripes from PTI. The coloured inks are from Hero Arts. I'm adding this card to the current CAS(E) This Sketch and A Blog Named Hero challenges. Thanks for dropping by!

Masculine 50th

It's been a while since my last post! I've really been busy with Chinese New Year performances around Melbourne and we are into our third week of almost daily performances as schools, restaurants, offices, shopping centres and corporate functions. I've made a quick card this morning for a 50th birthday using the current CTS sketch and stamps from Hero Arts. The background colours I've used are Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire and the sentiment was embossed with HA silver EP. Thanks for dropping by, I'm looking forward to getting my fingers inky again very soon!

One Layer card with ombre stamping

I've had this Altenew stampset since before Christmas and have not had a chance to ink it up. I almost forgot that I had it until I found it in my stamp collection today. Since I've been watching some live Periscope videos from CHA a couple of days ago, I spotted this card that was at the Make and Take at Altenew and loved it! I do not have the exact same colours but the technique is almost the same. The layers of stamping are with two shades of yellow and one orange and the leaves are second generation stamping with black with the outline image in black. I have based this card on the current CAS(E) this sketch. I'm also adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Ombre challenge and A Blog Named Hero's One Layer challenge. The inks I've used are Ranger Lemon Twist, Hero Arts Butter Bar and Orange Soda.
Thanks for dropping by!

A Christmas CAS sketch

I'm still churning out Christmas cards. I've done just over 30 cards, another 20 to go! I've been inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch for this series of cards I made. To keep myself sane (I don't like to do too many multiples of the same design), I'm making batches of 6 cards at a time. Here is the one I made with the sketch and while I have the MISTI ready, I've made variations of the the same card below. Back to the Craft Room....

Tall Flowers Thanks

I'm using my favourite technique again for a quick 'Thank You' card. I decided to stamp the flowers on the side and added the embossed sentiment. The flowers were coloured in with my limited range of Kuretake Zig Clean Colour brushes and then highlighted with Wink of Stella (which is a bit hard to see as I'm doing this in the middle of the night). This card is based on the current CTS#142 and I'm also adding this to Virginia View's Challenge #19 - All Things Coloured and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.
I'm off to a Craft Retreat this weekend. I hope to get plenty of time to make more cards! I'm going to be off blogland for a little while as I've got an overseas trip planned the following weekend! Thanks for dropping by!!

Tangerine Fun!

I had a really busy day at work today after a sleepless night last night. When I got home, there was a parcel waiting for me with some crafty goodies from the team at the A Blog Named Hero Facebook page. There was a packet of Hero Arts cardstock and the tangerine one caught my attention as being perfect for the Runway Inspired Challenge - Christian Siriano! Here is my card based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch. I'm also adding this card to Virginia View's Challenge - Embellished.  This a is nice way to end the day... blogging!!

CTS#134

A card I made for CAS(E) This Sketch #134 using masking and sponging with distress inks. Before I stamped the Hero Arts images, I decided to soften the circles by sprinkling some water on the inked areas. I just love how the inks react with water! I used a very old Hero Arts stampset CL509 Luscious Frames to finish off the design. I also wanted to enter this card for Virginia View's Challenge, so I added lots of embellishments! Thanks for dropping by!