Antique Rose for Mother's Day

I've been wanting to try this watercolour technique for quite a while now. I stamped my Hero Arts Antique Rose stamp with Distress Ink Antique Linen onto water colour paper and coloured in with distress inks. I made two cards at the same time just in case one did not turn out. The sentiment die cut is from Winnie and Walter. Well I think that both were OK and I decided to use both of them.  I was inspired by this week's Muse Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Muse Challenge #161 - Anita Bowden

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Colour Isolation

Back again with another card I made this weekend for the PTI MIM Colour Isolation Challenge based on Michele Ferguson's card on the current Muse Challenge. The stamps are from PTI and the flower was coloured with Copic markers. Thanks for dropping by!

Muse Challenge #160 - Michele Ferguson

50th Birthday Card

I made an A4 size card this week for a colleague at work. This card didn't exactly turned out the way I intended. The first one (watercolour) is still left unfinished as I was not happy with the result. I may revive it another day! This one is just pure stamping and using craft foam from Lincraft. I like the way the foam cuts so well even with double sided tape on the back! I've used Altenew's Peony Scrolls for the background and Hero Arts Antique Letters for the name. The dies are from Winnie and Walter and MFT Dynamics. I'm adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday. Thanks for dropping by! Maria loved the card by the way!

88th Birthday Card

We went to a birthday party on the weekend for a friend of the family. Both our families were from the same hometown in Malaysia we both migrated here to Australia in 1971 and 1972. I've made a card using the Hero Arts Layering Large Orchid (I love this set) and used the Hero Arts mid-tone inks Passion Flower, Bubble Gum, Stone Wash and Butter Bar. The numbers die is from MFT and the sentiment from Hero Arts. I added a Wink of Stella to the diecuts. I'm also adding this to the current Fusion Card Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday! Thanks for dropping by!

Orchid Occasions

Just after I posted the last post with the Layered Large Orchid from Hero Arts, Fusion Card Challenge announced their latest challenge - Orchid Occasions. So before I got to put my stampset, I inked up two cards. The first one is below using Hero Arts midtone inks Passion Flower, Bubblegum, Stone Wash and Green Hills. I used the photo from the Fusion challenge and not the sketch. The glitter tape is from Kaisercraft and the gems from Hero Arts. I'm also adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes. Thanks for dropping by. 

Layered Orchid

I had been eyeing off this stampset for a while now and was delighted when I finally got it last week. I couldn't wait to ink it up. I experimented with different colours and decided to use this week's Muse challenge as an inspiration for this card. Both the stampset and sentiment are from Hero Arts. The inks I used were mid-tone inks from Hero Arts. I'm also adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. Thanks for dropping by!

Muse Challenge #159 - Jenni Murray

PTI March Blog Hop

I was inspired by the beautiful inspiration photos on this month's PTI blog hop to make this card. I was first taught embroidery by a nun at a Girls School I attended. I made several projects which are now treasured possessions at my Mum's house. In recent years I have not done much until someone at work taught me some new stitches. Here is my card with the dress embroidered with gold and silver threads. I first tried this on vellum and had a lot of trouble with it. So I ended up doing it on card instead. I'm also adding this card to PTI Make it Monday - Ink blending over heat embossing. Thanks for dropping by!!

PTI March Blog Hop