Month: January 2022

Couple of cards for a couple challenges.

Well it’s Sunday afternoon again (how does it come around so fast) and I’ve been playing in my craft room.

I’ve made 2 cards today for 4 challenges.

First up is a card for Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #202 – G is for geli printing.

SoSS is one of my favourite challenges to play along with as I get a chance to be nice and snarky! For my card I used 2 colours of acrylic paint and 2 different stencils. I then stamped a female skull and sentiment then popped them up over my geli printed background panel.

I love the graphic look of this card and how I was reminded to use a long forgotten crafty tool

My second card is for:

I made a card for my gorgeous daughter for Valentine’s Day. I used a new stamp set from Uniquely Creative ‘Gorgeous Girl’ and I watercoloured the flowers in her hair. I love watercolouring as you can be as precise or loose as you want and every time the outcome will be different.

I love how this turned out and it is perfect for my daughter.

Well, that’s all I have time for today as I must start getting things ready for my daughter’s return to school on Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by for a look.

Just Add Ink #588 – Colour Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great theme for you!

I always love a colour theme as it helps me determine my card design. I used two new stamp sets – Stampin Up ‘Blessings from Home’ for the flower and Altenew ‘Woven Stripes’ for the background and sentiment. I stamped the woven background in Misty Midnight, then coloured the main flower in Magenta Madness and Just Jade. I decided to cut the flower into a smaller image to make it more of a focal point. I popped the flower and sentiment up with dimensionals and then added the panel to a white card base.

I love the graphic look of this card.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 2nd February at 10pm (AEDT) Australian Eastern Daylight Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #207 – No Layers + Big Sentiment

Hello there, it’s time for another AAA Cards and do we have a great theme for you!

I used the largest circle stamp from the Altenew ‘Halftone Circles’ inked up with Catherine Pooler Designs ‘Cranberry Fizz’ then added the sentiment from the Altenew ‘Everything About You’ stamp set.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Saturday, 5th February to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

ISO crafting

Well, I get a call today that Miss K is a COVID close contact, having spent 3 days at a friend’s place. Her friend’s sister and younger brother have tested positive. So off to get tested Miss K and I went. Now to wait 72 hours for the results to come back. Both of use are ISO in seperate parts of the house – I of course have scored my craft room!

So what’s a gal to do? Craft of course. It’s been a while since I’ve played along with some craft challenges other than those I’m on the Design Team for.

First up is a card for:

I used a new to me stamp from Pinkfresh Studios ‘Floral Focus’ that I coloured a couple of flowers using my Pale Papaya Stampin Blends and added a sentiment from Uniquely Creative. I decided that the sentiment worked better across my square panel than below, so slightly adjusted the sketch.

My second card is for:

I made a rather graphic looking Valentine’s card using Altenew’s ‘Woven Stripes’ that I ink smooshed some red and then added a die cut sentiment.

Well, that’s all for today. Thanks for stopping by for a look and keep your fingers crossed for a negative reault for Miss K and I.

Fusion: Coffee Chalkboard

Hello there, it’s time for another Fusion Challenge and do we have a great sketch and inspirational photo for you!

I was inspired by the chalkboard and the coffee cup in the photo, so I stamped the sentiments from the Lil’ Inker Designs ‘Latte love’ multiple times in white ink on a black cardbase. I then stamped the coffee cup in Stampin Up Island Indigo and Soft Suede.

I didn’t realise that I also followed the sketch until I’d finished putting all the elements together!

Come join in the fun and make a card based on the sketch, inspiration photo or fuse them together and play with both! Check out the projects that the other artists at Fusion have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 3rd February at 7pm Melbourne Time or Tuesday 2nd February 12pm US Pacific Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

WWC #333 – Dawn’s Challenge: All About Occasions

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Dawn is our host with an all about occasions challenge this fortnight!

My card this challenge is using a new Stampin Up set ‘Paradise Palms’ Which I inked and die cut with the matching dies, added some frayed ribbon and a sentiment. I was inspired by one of the cards in the new Jan-June 2022 catalogue.

Come join in the fun and make a card for an occasion of your choosing. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 1 st February at 9:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 31st January 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Get Creative Challenges #107 – January Anything Goes

Well hello and welcome to today’s post. It’s time for the first challenge of 2022 over at Get Creative Challenges where its Anything Goes.

For my card I used a series of 4 layering dies to make the most beautiful flowers. using 4 different pink shades of Stampin Up cardstock and a sentiment from Uniquely Creative.

Check out the Get Creative Challenge blog for details on the sponsor prizes and links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your anything goes project by 2am Monday 1st February (Melbourne time) or 11pm Sunday 31st January (US Eastern Standard time)

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #586 – Summer Blog Hop

Hello there, it’s time for the first Just Add Ink Challenge for 2022 and we have a great inspiration photo and Blog Hop with ALL the JAI design team for you!

I loved all the bright rainbow colours of those icy poles, so created a background with lots of thin strips of cardstock arranged in rainbow order. I then used a circle die and added a silhouette image and a sentiment from Altenew ‘Spectacular Adventures’.

Doesn’t Summer just make you want to jump for joy?

We’d love you to come join in the fun and hop along with the Design team.

Click here to visit Tina Gillespe who’s up next in our hop

Check out the projects that the other artists have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 19th January at 10pm (AEDT) Australian Eastern Daylight Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #206 – Mood Board

Hello there, it’s time for the first AAA Cards challenge of 2022 and do we have a great theme for you!

I took my inspiration from the sparkly snowflake in the mood board and used a die cut snowflake panel which I added some sparkle to and popped it over a lightly sponged blue background.

A close up of the sparkle.

To celebrate the New Year, new beginnings and new blog colours AAA Birthday and AAA Cards have joined forces with a micro blog hop.

Fancy winning a £10 spend at an online store of your choice or a second prize of a mystery parcel? Then play along like this:

  1. Comment on both AAA Birthday and AAA Cards first 2022 challenge post.
  2. For two extra entries into the draw enter a different card at each of the first 2022 challenges.

To accommodate the different timings of the two challenges the Micro Hop will begin at 7pm Sunday 9th January (8.00am UK time Sun 9/1) and close at 10:55am Sunday 23rd January (23.55 UK time Sat 22/1).

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Fusion: It’s a New Year

Hello there, it’s time for the first Fusion Challenge for 2022 and do we have a great sketch and inspirational photo for you!

I fused both the sketch and the image for my card. I love those gold sparkly lights in the photo and new the Ton ‘Pyrotechnics’ stamp would be perfect gold embossed. I used a die cut word for my sentiment and layered the black card on some Stampin Up glittery paper.

Come join in the fun and make a card based on the sketch, inspiration photo or fuse them together and play with both! Check out the projects that the other artists at Fusion have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 21st January at 7pm Melbourne Time or Tuesday 20th January 12pm US Pacific Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.