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Feb 28, 2015

STAMPlorations-#5 Inspiration Round up

Hey There, rounding out the month of February with a card for STAMPlorations using the gorgeous...
 I embossed the daisy with white embossing powder and then did quite a heavy colouring of Distress Inks plus I flicked a small amount of water to give a splatter look on the background card.
I then used a water brush filled with water to remove the colour from inside the Daisy's.
This take a little while to do as you cant apply to much water  all you may remove the background colour as well if it seeps thru.
 You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 27, 2015

STAMPlorations- #4 Inspiration

Its inspiration Day over at  STAMPlorations.. blog.
 I used the new...BEES KNEES HOUSES
 I did some Paper Piecing of the HOUSES on a few different patterned papers and fussy cut them out...
I then added them to my Cloud Die Background that was cut with white card and vellum.
A little Washi tape for the grass, die cut trees, word Sentiment Die and all glued onto a project life card with the months of the year at the bottom...
You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

one and only...

Hi there, here is another card using  Bird Crazy Stamps from Tim Holtz.
This one just had to have a hat..., looks pretty dapper doesn't he!

 Background is Dylusions Sprays and "Mr Bird" is coloured with Copics.
Sentiment Die is from MFT and teamed up with patterned paper from Kaiser.
 It's always hard to find that perfect birthday card for a male and I think these birds have just right quirkiness to use.

I am entering  this card into the..
  Seize the Birthday challenge with the extra topping - Masculine.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes
Simplylessismore Challenge - Wings.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 23, 2015

STAMPlorations- inspiration #3

 Hey there, time for some inspiration with stamps from STAMPlorations.... 
I used..a mix of both..
 older stamp -  ARTFUL FLUTTERS
 and newer stamp set - HASHTAG AUTHENTIC...
I used various Distress Inks to stamp the butterflies onto Watercolour Paper and the Sentiment" Beautiful was embossed with a pale gold ink after the background was dry.
You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 21, 2015

Purple Onion Designs

Hi there,weekend is here and we have some gorgeous weather in the West Aus to enjoy it with, although my fellow Aussies in Queensland have had cyclones and heavy rain.. Hope everyone is keeping safe and dry..
Today I used 2 stamps from....
  "Purple Onion Designs.
 Peep & Doodle Frame - Heart
To give the card some softness I cut a piece of rectangle Vellum and placed over my card base. I used my sewing machine to add stitching to  my Copic coloured images main piece and after die cutting some hearts with vellum I then stitched them over the top.
I stamped my sentiment around the edge.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 16, 2015

life is good....

Hi there.... I just love these Tim Holtz "Bird Crazy Stamps... Purchased them from one of my local craft stores.. The Scrapbook Store
They are just fabulous quirky birds..  Here is one of them, coloured with Copics and I just had to add some eyelashes with a fine black pen.... I did a splatter background with Gold Spray, added an MFT Umbrella, scallop and stitched banner.
Sentiment is also from Tim Holtz #Hastag stamps set.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 13, 2015

STAMPlorations- Inspiration- Dream

Hi there, today over at the STAMPlorations blog, we are sharing more inspiration for you. 
I used A GIRL and her SHOES 
I coloured the boots with my Copic markers and fussy cut them out. I then add them to a Polaroid frame die that has been backed with Map Paper. To this I added a sentiment, Arrow Die and Heart.
The background paper is created using a stamp and embossing ink onto Kraft card.

You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 11, 2015

Purple Onion Designs..Lovely is..

 Pot a Flower and Tucker (snail) from  Purple Onion Designs  are the images I have used on today's card.
I used a brick stencil with Distress Inks - Pumice Stone on watercolour paper to create my background. I then stamped the flower and  Tucker with Adirondack black ink over the background, coloured with Tombow Markers and added
a little pen doodling around the edges.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 10, 2015

STAMPlorations...Inspiration- love you aways...

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we are sharing some inspiration cards for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company! it's all about having fun.
Today's card is using the stamp set....
SENTIMENT BUILDERS  LOVE.
I stamped the word LOVE with versamark and White embossng powder onto black card and the fussy cut it out.
The word was then placed onto an envelope die that was cut with script paper. Behind both of those I added a leaf and Scribbly die onto my splattered paint background paper.
The competition runs until the March 5th with one winner randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations. 

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 8, 2015

Bizzy Becs...sending you..

Hi there, popping in with a reminder card for Bizzy Bec's Challenges. 
I used the super cute Lawn Fawn Stamps set called  Monster Mash  and MFT Die
 I coloured the Little Monsters with Copic Markers and placed them behind the  "Peek a Boo Circle Windows Die" from My Favourite Things..
The background piece is coloured with various Distress Inks onto watercolour Paper.
  Lawn Fawn Stamps and Die along with  My Favourite Things are available at Bizzy Bec's Online Store.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 5, 2015

Bizzy Becs..i ruff you

Hey there ,today starts the a new challenge  for the month February over at...
   Bizzy Bec's Challenges.
used Lawn Fawn - Critters at the Dog Park- Stamps and Matching Dies.
Super cute, cute, cute is the only way to describe this stamp set....
I coloured the little doggie with Copic markers and use the die to cut it out.. makes life so much easier when you don't need to fussy cut out the images..
 
Now onto the background , this was a technique by Kristina Werner shown on the Online Card Class- clean and Simple. I used Distress Inks in 3 different shades of blues to give that ombre effect.. I love this technique and will definitely do a few more of these backgrounds...
 
Pop on over to the Bizzy Bec's Blog and check out the fabulous cards from the DT girls.
 
Lawn Fawn Stamps and Dies are available at Bizzy Bec's Online Store.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 4, 2015

Purple Onion Designs...Cherished

Hi there, Isn't this image so adorable from Purple Onion Designs
This is Olive from the stamp called Olive and Sam
I coloured Olive with copics, fussy cut her out and placed her behind a peek a boo window from MFT.
The background paper is Distress inks, a stencil and watercolour paper.
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Feb 2, 2015

CASEplorations...


Hi there, and welcome... Todays card is all about CASING..
On the 1st of each month the girls from STAMPlorations are having some crafty fun - Since we are going to be inspiring you to play with your stamps, CASEing our creations, we decided we should do some CASEing too. So on the first of every month you will see this feature, a CASEplorations post, where some of the STAMPlorations DT girls CASE a card and share it with you. You never know - it might even be your card we choose to CASE!

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 WHAT is CASING!!!
 Ok, as explained to me recently by the gorgeous Maria F.."CASE"- literally - copy!!! although you don't have to follow exactly everything on the card.
Look at the card and notice the elements.
 In Julie's card: cupcake, pink, lot of white, gold metallic thread, banner sentiment, black, splatters, doodles. And go with some of those elements or all of them... up to YOU!
 
Today is all about casing the amazing the JULIE EBERSOLE
of "Hello, Monday" fame over at the Ellen Hutson Classroom.
 
What I did, saw,cased........ I used the Pink, Gold and Black colour palette as Julie did on her card and left lots of white space...
Instead of gold twine I chose to use a Die Cut from Gold Card and
I used my favourite go too stamp from STAMPlorations---Sketched: Cupcake


Hope you enjoyed it. Check out the amazing CASE creations by our team, HERE
Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx