Christmas Card 1

I had some fun participating in the Hero Arts Flickr group 90 minute challenge today. I have not participated for quite a while as the times are usually not suitable for us Aussies Downunder. Linda W hosted a 24hour challenge this weekend and I was able to join in. The time limit is still the same but you can do it anytime within the 24 hours. Her challenge today was to make a Holiday card with a tree or two in it. During the month leading up to Christmas, I tend to mass produce cards and I try to do flat cards for postage with minimal stamping. I used strips of coloured papers to create a patterned paper for the trees. I'm also adding this card to Virginia's View Challenge #25 Stripes and Plaids and Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials
Dies - Hero Arts
Stamp - Hero Arts Merry Stamp n Cut
Ink - Hero Arts

Christening Card

I was inspired by the current Fusion Card Challenge-Birthday Bash to make this card for a Christening - I can't believe that September is over!! I love the fresh bright colours in this palette! As the focus of the card is the 'A' for Anthony, I'm adding this card to the current Virginia View's Challenge - Focal Point. I'm also adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. Thanks for dropping by! Happy World Cardmaking Day!!

What I've used for the card:
Stamps - Winnie and Walter
Inks - Simons Says Stamp
Dies - Lil Inkers and MFT Dienamics

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A 21st Card

The third member from our family has turned 21 this weekend - one more to go! This is the card I made using the Color Crush powders with some spritzes of water. Love the effect! I'm adding this card to the following challenges:
Virginia View's Challenge - Spray, Mist and Splatter
Color Throwdown Challenge #409
PTI Make it Monday #260 - From Black and White to Colour

Materials used:
Stampset - PTI
Dies - MFT Dienamics and Lil Inkers
Colours - Tinby Designs Color Crush Powders

A Large Flower Stencil

I would like to thank Michelle Lupton for giving this Hero Arts Large Flower stencil! I'm still a bit of a novice to the art of stencilling! I decided to add rainbow colours to this stencil and I really did not wanted the colours to be so strong (reminds me of batik). As I was blending to get a smooth coverage, the colours intensified. I added a spray of Perfect Pearls to give it the glittery translucent effect. I then left this to dry for a couple of days before I decided what to do with it. I decided to glue a panel of the background onto the inside of a card and the same panel was cut from the front of the card. I then cut out 3 'Happy' dies - one white and two black. The diecuts were then adhered together onto the front panel of the card and the sentiment and some sequins added. I'm adding this card to Virginia View Challenge - All About Colours. This post is for A Blog Named Hero's Facebook Fan Page.
Thanks for dropping by!

Materials used: Hero Arts Large Flower stencil and Happy Stamp and Cut
Distress inks - Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Candied Apple, Wilted Violet. Broken China and Lucky Clover

The inside of the card!

Still more Christmas Cards!

I have another Christmas card to share. I've had this background stamp from Hero Arts for a while now and it has never been inked up. As I recently got some Hero Arts card stock, I thought I'll try inking this up with Field Greens mid-tone ink. I loved it so much, I inked up 4 cards at the same time. As time was running out to post this, I just finished the one card to share today. I've used silver embossing on vellum for the main image and sentiment. and glitzed it up with some glitter tape and sequins. I'm adding this to Virginia Views' challenge - All About Glitter (so sad that this will be the last one!) I've enjoyed all the challenges! I'm also adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Let it Snow! (Snowflakes on the bauble...)

 

Purple and Poppies

This card is inspired by the photo of the current Fusion Challenge - Purple and Poppies and the current {CASE}ing Genius challenge with my friend Michelle Lupton.  I have no poppy stamp, I had to resort to just a generic flower stamp. The technique I used for the card is similar to Michelle's recent card. I stamped the flowers with Versamark on watercolour card and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The flowers and background were coloured with distress inks and water. When dried, Wink of Stella was used to highlight the flowers. I added a strip of purple glitter tape to the base before adhering the watercoloured card. I'm also adding this card to Virginia's View Challenge - All About Textures.
Just in case you follow me on Flickr, I've uploaded some photos that I took on my recent trip to Paris - the link is on the sidebar. It was my first European holiday and I had a great time. Thanks for dropping by!

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!!

RIC#91

This is another masculine card for some of the male birthdays in my family this month! This card was inspired by the colours of the latest Runway Inspired challenge. As I have used a geometric pattern, I'm also adding this to Virginia View's Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

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!

Rainbow Butterflies for a 15th Birthday!

When I saw Gayatri's stunning butterfly card on A Blog Named Hero, I was keen to case it. But since I don't have the same stamp, mine a a modified version of her card. I still want to do another one with the bigger butterfly using masking technique. This card is for a 15th birthday and the diecut has got 4 layers of coloured cardstock glued to highlight the numbers.  Thanks for dropping by!

I'm adding this card to the following challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - Photo Inspiration
Virginia View's Challenge - 100% Stamped
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes
CAS(E) this Sketch - Sketch #131

A 60th Birthday card

I recently received a whole set of Ranger Inks (enabled by Jennifer McGuire) and I have not had a chance to ink them all up. When I saw Virginia View's Challenge #16 - 100% Stamped, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to use them! I based my card on the current CAS(E) this sketch #130 and Paper Smooches Stamps with a bit of my dotty artwork added.

I'm submitting for the following challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch #130 Leigh Penner
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - We're going Dotty
Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes
Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search

Polka Dot Butterfly

Sometimes, a CAS card is very hard to do! I wanted to use the current CAS(E) this Sketch #127 and I thought it was going to be easy.... not the case... you should see how may butterflies ended up on my work bench when I finally finished this card! Some of them might end up on a future card! I decided to get out some polka dot vellum paper which I've been hoarding for a while now. Believe it or not, it is from an Origami kit from Daiso (the $2.80 Japanese shop). I chose shades of yellow and orange to create an ombre effect with the layers. After the a lot of trial and errors, I ended up using a piece of vellum for the backdrop. Doing the four squares was just too hard and looked unbalanced. The sentiment and butterfly are from Hero Arts and the square die is from Lil'Inkers.
I'm adding this card to the following challenges:
CAS(E) This Sketch #127
Virginia's View Challenge #15 - Ombre/Monochromatic
Addicted to CAS - Butterfly
A Blog Named Hero - Favourite Challenge (My Favourite HA Butterfly die)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Favourite Product (My Favourite HA Butterfly die)

Watercolour Butterflies

Here is a piece of salvaged watercolour reject from yesterday's Hero Arts scramble. I was going to throw the piece away when I noticed that there were lots of unstamped areas I could use. I die cut some small butterflies from the background paper and used the current CAS(E) this sketch for inspiration. The distress colours I used were Broken China, Festive Berries, Seedless Preserve and Chipped Sapphire. I'm also adding this to Virginia's View Layers Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Happy Birthday challenge. The dies I used were from Hero Arts and MFT and the sentiment is from Darkroom Door. Thanks for dropping by!

Happy Easter!

It's a beautiful Autumn weekend in Melbourne for the Easter break. Even better that I've had a bit of free time to do some stamping! I'm experimenting with my new MISTI tool and it did save me a bit of time making 7 tags and 2 cards! I love it! It will save me a lot of time making Christmas cards in bulk!
The tag was made with Mama Elephant stamp set and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The tag die is from PTI (my favourite tag die) and the hemp from Hemptique. The basket was a bargain at $2.80 from Daiso!
The card was inspired by this card made by Kathy Racoosin during the Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I've used the same Distress inks except I substituted Seedless Preserve for Dusty Concord (I don't have that colour!!) I'm adding the cards to Virginia View's Layers Challenge.

Happy Easter everyone!!

For Virginia's Clean Slate Challenge

I'm back again with this card which took ages to come together! Main reasons are lack of mojo and creative time! At the end, it all came together rather quickly. This card is based on Joni's sketch for Winnie and Walter's First Birthday Bash Challenge and I used the 'Happy' cut out from this card. The star stencil, 'Happy' die and sentiments are from Winnie and Walter. I wanted to keep it mainly white for Virginia's View Clean Slate Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!!