Hero Arts Scramble

It was nice to join in on a Flickr group 90 minute scramble this morning. It's been a few months since I've been able to join in on one due to the international timing! The scramble this morning was hosted by Janet with the theme being 2016. I chose 2 images (sentiment not counted), 0 embellishment, 1 diecut and 6 colours. It was really hard to pick the 6 colours as I normally don't work with too many colours on my cards! The colours I chose were Distress Inks colours Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserve, Mowed Lawn, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade and Tumbled Glass. The images were stamped onto water colour card and then brushed with some water. The butterfly was also done on water colour card with two colours mixed in with some water. Thanks for dropping by!

Fusion of two challenges

It's so nice to have time to make cards... (not looking forward to working full-time)! I tend to make multiples every time I'm doing a design now, as it is easier to ink up two images and then you can pick the better one to post.  For this card I've used the inspiration photo from Fusion Card Challenge and the technique from PTI Make it Monday Challenge #235 - Adding colour to the stamped image. For the flowers, I stamped with Hero Arts midtone inks and then removed some of the colour by using the Copics blender. I actually did have enough to make two cards out of it! The first one is for the Fusion challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Muse Card 147

Back again with a fun card for Chinese New Year. I normally don't make cards for CNY but after seeing Mama Elephant's Lunar Animals release last year, I couldn't wait to ink up the stamp sets! I've based my card on the current Muse Card Challenge - Michele Ferguson, and decided to make two cards at the same time. I've stamped the chinese character for 'Fortune' upside down as this usually happens in households during CNY. The character upside down sounds like 'Fortune has arrived/is upside down in the house'. I love both the Lucky cat (although this is probably more Japanese than Chinese) and the cute monkey (Year of the Monkey this year). I'm also adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New (Chinese New Year).
Thanks for dropping by!

Muse Card 147 - Michele Ferguson

One Layer Card

Back with my second post today for the A Blog Named Hero Facebook team. Yes, I've volunteered again this year! I'm adding this card to the current A Blog Named Hero One Layer Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Something New (The Stencil). I bought this stencil as I've seen Michelle Lupton used it on a regular basis and I really like the swirly pattern. This is my first go at using the stencil... you may see more variations of this in the future!!
Oh, you want to know how I did the background?
I placed the stencil over the folded card and taped down the card and the stencil. I sponged with Distress Inks Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserve. After lifting off the stencil, I sponged the edges of the card with more Picked Raspberry. Lastly the sentiment and dots were stamped in black. Too easy and fun to do!! Thanks for dropping by!!

Something New - A Baby!

A very CAS card for a new born baby using ME Lunar Animals, SSS Game Tiles and LF Critters Down Under. In the Chinese Lunar calendar, it is still the year of the Sheep, hence the baby lamb on the card! I'm adding this card to the CASology - Simple and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New challenges. Thanks for dropping by!

First Christmas card for 2016

Ha ha... I thought I would be sick of making Christmas cards by now. For the first time last year, I made every single card - about 80 cards! I was so busy that a lot of them were not blogged! This one was made today as I was keen to do the Fusion Card Challenge. I dug out my favourite Basic Grey Aspen Frost papers and made the following card using dies from MFT and Simon Says Stamp. Thanks for dropping by! I'm ahead for next Christmas!!

Happy New Year!

A little bit late for Australia, but the other side of the world is still celebrating! Wishing all my crafty friends best wishes for the New Year!!
I'm adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Party!