Lest we forget

I have a card to share today for our ANZAC Day to commemorate the fall of Australian and New Zealand soldiers during the war. This was made at our recent craft retreat with a borrowed Penny Black stamp which I absolutely  love! The card was coloured with Copic markers and a white gel pen. The background was masked on two sides and the distress ink was brushed on with a Clarity brush (again borrowed at the retreat). I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Showers and/or Flowers. Lest we forget.

Materials:
Stamps - Penny Black Poppy Time, MFT Deepest Sympathy
Inks - Copic Markers, Distress Ink Broken China

A little bit of metallic

Wow! It's been over 2 weeks since my last post. What have I been doing! I got caught up with doing some cards for PCS magazine submission only to find out last week that they will be shutting down! It will be a shame as I have been quite lucky getting some cards published in the past. There will be a massive blog hop on 3rd December, watch out for it! Here is a card I made recently for a friend's birthday using watercolour paper and gold embossing. I stamped the Penny Black image with Archival Coffee ink and then added Tim Holtz distress inks. The Mama Elephant sentiment was embossed with Ranger Platimum EP (my new favourite colour) and some gold sequins addd to finish off the card. I'm adding this to Virginia View's Challenge #9 - All things metallic.  Thanks for dropping by!

More Watercolour Play

This is a card I made before WCMD which I did not have a chance to blog. When I saw that this week's SSS Wednesday challenge is 'Watercolour'.... here it is! I used distress inks to ink up the stamp, then stamped onto watercolour paper, added a brush with water and let the magic happen! Thanks for dropping by!

Botanical Notes - Paper Piecing

Here is the long awaited study on paper piecing with the ever so lovely Penny Black stamp - Botanical Notes. This stamp looks nice on anything!! I have used different patterned papers for the following cards. I'm adding these to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.
Edited to add:
I bought this stamp as I was inspired by Virginia's creative use of this stamp. I'm also adding this to her new Virginia View's Challenge #7 - Patterned Paper.

Case Study 202

Did anyone see my winning card on Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Emboss It Challenge? It was a pleasant surprise.... mmm.. how many things can I get with my $50 voucher? Some more new challenges this week and more creative juices are overflowing! Here is my card for this week's Case Study #202 with Shari Carroll as muse. The sketch is very similar to Fusion challenge's sketch! I'm also adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Botanical Notes - Watercolour

As with many fellow crafters, we were inspired by Virginia's cards made with Penny Black Botanical Notes - she made 17 different cards! This stamp was sold out in all the shops and I had to wait patiently for it to be re-stocked. This stamp arrived just over a week ago and I could not concentrate on any other projects until I had inked it up - three times. Here are my cards all stamped on watercolour paper and inked with distress inks. I hope to do a series on these cards with different techniques. Have a great weekend and thanks for dropping by!

Tall Poppy

This card was started at our Craft Retreat. It took me a long tine to finally finish it. I had coloured the poppy with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen. The card was trimmed with the flower partially fussy cut and mounted onto the card base with dimensional foam. The sentiment fitted well on the bottom of the card. This card will be submitted to CASE Study's DT Call Challenge. I had enjoyed learning about colouring with Copic markers from Kathy Racoosin, she was the CASE Study in September last year and I've been following her blog ever since. This card is certainly inspired by Kathy, the Queen of Markers! I'm also adding this card to PCS April Gallery Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!



Ingredients
Cards -  Neenah Solar White, Express Copic blending card
Colours - Copic markers, white gel pen, Ranger Archival Jet Black
Stamps - Penny Black Poppy Time, Hero Arts CL574 Say It All
Others - sequins