Lovely day

Hello

I have had the flowers on this card stamped & embossed for some time but have been waiting for the rest of my Zig Clean Color markers to arrive. I made the decision to purchase individual colours which are extremely hard to get here in Australia. So I had to get what I could here & the rest from the US. The ones from Australian suppliers come with coloured lids while the ones from the US have clear lids which is a little confusing when you go for a quick grab but they do the job so I guess that's all that matters.

The flowers were coloured with the Zigs and the background was coloured with distress ink. I added a few clear droplets on some petals with Glossy Accents but it was hard to get it to show in a photo.

Since I still have time I am entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use a Stamp.

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies - 
Stamps - Penny Black Efflorescence, SSS Lovely Spring
Ink - Versamark, Versafine, Onyx Black, Tumbled Glass Distress ink
Zing White embossing powder, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, PPP sequins

SC112

This is my second post for today. Not often I get on a roll so don't get used to it, lol!
I am entering this card into Stamping Celebrations SC112 challenge

I loved the teddy on the cake (I think it's a cake), so cute. So my inspiration came from the stripes, gorgeous colours & of course that cute bear.

The background stripes were stamped with MFT Striped Background in Memento Summer Sky. Using a thin stripe stamp from Winnie & Walter's Scenery Stripes, I then stamped between the main stripes with Hero Arts Soft Brown using the MISTI. The teddy is from Hero Arts New Baby set & was stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch & coloured with Copics. The bear was fussy cut after colouring & mounted with foam tape. I stamped, cut & coloured a second heart so I could also mount with foam tape & added some Wink of Stella.The SSS Baby word was cut 3 times & stacked for dimension.

I am also entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use a stamp.

Thanks for visiting.


Supplies - 
Stamps - MFT Striped Background, Winnie & Walter's Scenery Stripes, Hero Arts New Baby
Inks - Memento Summer Sky, Toffee Crunch, Hero Arts Soft Brown
Die - SSS Baby, SSS Stitched Circles
Copics - E31, E57, B41

Being strong

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I made this card for my daughter from a MFT set I've had for a long time but never used. I love all the sentiments in the set & felt that it was appropriate for what she is going through. Although I should have made a second & framed it for my husband & I after the awful  couple of months we've had, lol.

I stamped the sentiment onto watercolour paper with Versamark and embossed with Zing White embossing powder. The background was coloured with distress inks using Laura Bassen's "smooshing" technique . I wanted vivid, bright colours & I think we can safely say that's what I got! I flicked some water onto the panel to finish. Then I die-cut around the sentiment with SSS Stitched Rectangles which also left me with a colourful stitched frame I can use at a later date. I used Avery Elle Finished Frames to cut a white panel & adhered to a pink card base. The coloured panel was then adhered with foam tape.  I debated for a long time about adding some sequins but for me I really wanted the sentiment to be the stand out so left them off. As this card was wider than I normally make I made a matching envelope with the We R Envelope Punch board out of one of the trillion pieces of patterned paper I own. Unfortunately I forgot to photograph the envelope before sending.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - use a stamp

Darnell's NBUS Challenge # 5             

It's the first time I've entered Darnell's NBUS challenge. I don't know why since I have so much NBUS it's not funny. If only life would stop getting in the way of creating! Darnell is such an amazing lady. The amount of time & effort she puts into her challenges & the blogging community never ceases to amaze me. I know I'm always guaranteed a good laugh when I read her posts.


Thanks for visiting.


Supplies - 
Stamps - MFT vertical Greetings
Dies -  Avery Elle Finished Frames, SSS Stitched Rectangle
Ink - Versamark, Distress inks - Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Squeezed lemonade
Zing White Embossing Powder

Muse: Christmas Visions 17

Hello

Just sneaking in with a card for Muse: Christmas Visions 17.
I loved how guest muse Kristie's card made the sentiment the focal point & also her lovely clean style.

I have several lovely Christmas sentiments & this one from Penny Black is one of my favourites. I chose to keep the card very CAS to really highlight the words.

I used a very old Hero Arts border which I coloured with Distress Markers, spritzed lightly and stamped on the main card. On a separate piece I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black & cut with a stitched rectangles die. This sentiment is a wood mount stamp & unfortunately the rubber image is slightly crooked so requires several test stamps to check required angle of stamping before the final stamp. If I wasn't so lazy I'd use a stamp positioner but I have a good eye most of the time so prefer to wing it! I make it a habit to always check wood mount stamps before stamping as I own a few like this. You are probably wondering why I didn't do this at time of purchase but sometimes during the somewhat heady experience of shopping for new toys all commonsense seems to fly out the window!
I chose not to matte the verse panel as for me it just didn't look right no matter which colour I chose. I stamped a star in the bottom right with Delicata Golden Glitz and added a tiny silver star to the centre. The sentiment panel was then adhered with foam tape.
Apologies for the poor lighting & photography on this one.

Thanks for visiting.


Supplies - 
Stamps - Penny Black Hope is Born, PTI O'Tannenbaum (star)
Ink - Versafine onyx Black, Delicata Golden Glitz
Distress Markers - Fired Brick, Peeled Paint