Belated Birthday Wishes

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and it was my turn to choose the theme.

Furry friends! There are loads of ideas to inspire you from the DT and our party guest Linda so I hope you can play along.

This spaniel stamp arrived on Friday, I just love how detailed it is, think this pup needs a cuddle!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Always Fun Challenge, with a CAS theme.

Time Out, pets and I've coloured in with Prismacolour pencils

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Addicted to Stamps & More

Supplies:

Nellie Snellen spaniel stamp and Taylored Expressions Pow Boom Wow sentiment stamp; Versafine Clair nocturne ink & clear ep; distress ink and Prismacolour pencils; Signo white gel pen.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Photo Paper Feathers

 

Hi everyone, I made up some more backgrounds with glossy photo paper and distress oxide inks.

I love this technique as you never know what you're going to end up with.

I put oxide ink on my craft mat, spritzed with water then smooshed the glossy photo paper into it. When it's dry, use a baby wipe or a damp cloth to remove the chalky residue.

I wanted to play along with a few challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday bright cheerful colours.

Addicted to Stamps & More, birthdays.

Dies R Us, anything goes. The feather die is from Hero Arts.

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Supplies:

Hero Arts layering feather die; distress oxide inks; glossy photo paper; Darice crackle embossing folder; Paper Smooches sentiment sampler stamp; versafine ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting, 

Cathy x

WWC 314 - Dawn's Challenge : All About Occasions

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Watercooler Wednesday and Dawn is hosting with all about occasions,  a great chance to add to your stash of cards for birthdays, weddings, anniversarys....any occasions.

The design team have some great inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I've had this ostrich stamp for a while and made about 5 cards today with different sentiments!

This wonky sentiment sticker was the most appropriate for this post lol!

The ostrich was stamped with versafine clair, clear embossed and coloured with Prismacolour pencils.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Since this is the stamps first inking, I'm linking up to Darnell's NBUS Challenge

for never before used schtuff!

The Paper Players

Supplies:

Katzelkraft ostrich stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle and Spellbinders circle dies; Signo white gel pen to highlight the eyes.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Spring Flowers

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and TaeEun has chosen a Spring flowers theme.

There are loads of gorgeous florals by the design team and our guest Linda to inspire you, or you can play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Look forward to seeing you in the gallery!

I tend to use the same dies a lot and decided for a change to dig through my stash for some that hadn't been used in ages.

These flower tops were diecut from a background made with distress and oxide sprays. 

(I don't know if it's just me but the picked raspberry spray stain squirts rather than sprays, even with a new spray top on the bottle!)

The ground was inked with oxides and distress inks. I glued the top over another layer to add some dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, clean and simple

Inkspirational, grow, I've gone with flowers.

Supplies:

Dies: Memory Box painted flower stems and Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle.

Sprays: antique linen, picked raspberry and squeezed lemonade stains and milled lavender and tattered rose oxides.

Inks: lucky clover and peeled paint oxides; forest moss and pine needles distress inks;

Other: sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Rainbow stencilled hello

 

Hi everyone, I''m back with the tag that I stencilled using the Doodled Art #1 stencil by Tim Holtz.

I had to be careful with the blending tool as there are so many delicate pieces!

After inking with oxides, I replaced the stencil and gave it a spray with dazzling diamonds glimmer mist.

Here's a closer look at the shimmer.

I created a stencilled monoprint with the leftover ink and made this card with some of it.

Had enough to make another tag too which I'll share another time.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

CASology

Double D Challenge, anything with a rainbow, unicorn or mermaid.

Day of the Month Card Club, find a rainbow

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge

Stamplorations Stencil Challenge

Addicted to CAS

I hope enough of the doodled flower is showing to be eligible.

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Doodle Art #1 stencil; distress oxide inks; Glimmer mist dazzling diamonds spray; MFT pierced & traditional tag dies; Hello die (no longer in it's packet!)

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Brontosaurus with oxides and photo paper

 

Hi everyone, I was asked to make a birthday card for a child who loves dinosaurs.

I've used the T Rex from this set before but thought I'd try the brontosaurus.

It's a huge die! But then it was a huge dinosaur lol!

I still have a few backgrounds made with oxide inks smooshed onto photo paper, then wiped  with a baby wipe to bring out the colours and remove the chalkiness from the oxides.

I need to make some more as I have loads of photo paper and this is such a fun technique.

For the background I put tea dye and pumice stone oxide inks on my craft mat, spritzed with water and smooshed onto cardstock. I love the rocky marbled look it has.

The birthday diecut was embossed with black sparkle embossing powder.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the team are celebrating 12 years of challenges with a birthday theme.

 Congratulations on such a great milestone!

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies challenge

Dies R Us, anything goes with a brand of die sold in store, I've used Tim Holtz Sizzix.

Mix It Up Challenge Blog, anything goes and I'm playing with the no stamping option.

Unicorn Challenge Blog, include an animal.

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix prehistoric die; Simon Says stamp Happy Birthday die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; distress oxide inks; photo paper; versamark ink; black sparkle embossing powder; happy sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Stencil monoprint butterflies

 

Hi everyone, I had a play with a new stencil, Doodle Art 1 by Tim Holtz, and after I had created a rainbow coloured tag with it there was a lot of ink left on the stencil. 

(I'll show the tag in another post) 

Not wanting to waste the ink I pressed it onto some cardstock, covered it with a paper towel and pressed firmly to transfer the ink. It left a cool impression, a stencilled monoprint.

I diecut some of it into these delicate butterflies.

I layered up my card then decided to add the leaves, next time I'll play around with the position in my misti as the circle is a bit wonky! Might help with stamping on the textured base too!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts has a theme of birds, butterflies or bees.

As You Like It Challenge wants to know which is your favourite, stencilling or embossing and why.

I like wet and dry embossing and stencilling, but stencilling is just so much fun! It can add so much colour and texture to a design, yet still be CAS and one layer, or it can help to add lots of dimension and grunge with pastes and sprays.

You can also create your own stencils with diecuts too so the range is huge.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge,

I chose stencil, free (diecutting) and used the word Mum, well Mother!

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Doodle Art #1 stencil; distress oxide inks; Poppystamps Lyndon butterfly die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Papertrey Ink Turning a new leaf stamp; Casual Fridays Mum's the word sentiment stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

WWC 313 - Tristan's Challenge : all things masculine

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at  Watercooler Wednesday  and it's a masculine challenge from Tristan.

The design team have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope you get the chance to play along.

I made a set of cards using this typewriter stamp and die as a gift for my Mum's birthday. (She uses a typewriter to send letters so I thought this was perfect for her.)

For the set I used a range of typewriter colours and tapes and had sentiments for birthdays and general greetings.

I thought these colours were suitable for a male.

I bought the die and stamp set from Sugarpea Designs a while ago with my Mum in mind, it was fun layering the typewriter up and I finally got to use some of my washi tape stash!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, layer it.

Cardz 4 Guyz, use something new in your stash

Darnell's NBUS Challenge, for new or unused goodies.

Cuttlebug Mania, polka dots. I used the Sugarpea Designs You're My Type dies with my trusty Cuttlebug.

Supplies:

Sugarpea designs Just my type stamp and die; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Stampin Up washi tape; Fiskars star punch.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Silver and blue alcohol inks

 

Hi everyone, I've got a stash of alcohol inked backgrounds that I'm making into cards.

This diecut makes it quick and easy, just need some glossy accents to make sure the yupo sticks to the card!

I'm linking up to some challenges:

Allsorts, anything goes (not playing with the option of monochromatic as I've used silver with the blues)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog, anything goes and I've used no stamping, the sentiment is a sticker.

Little Red Wagon, birthdays

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Stamplorations CAS Challenge without the optional colour twist.

Supplies:

Poppystamps Floral Stem Collage die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; yupo paper and alcohol inks; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x