Something Cheery

Hi everyone, I made another card with this new to me set by Colorado Craft.

(It may now be retired, I always seem to be late to the party lol!)

I inked part of the panel with pumicestone oxide ink, then stencilled the brick wall using Distress crypt paste. I've had the paste and the stencil for a long time but not used them, so I'm linking up to The Neglected Stuff Challenge.

I'm also linking to:

 Crazy is our game stencil fun. The brick stencil is from The Crafters Workshop. I'm playing along with the anything goes option.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Funny/Punny

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Summertime Blues.

I thought this image would cheer up someone with the blues:)

Supplies:

The Crafters Workshop mini bricks stencil, Distress Crypt paste; pumicestone oxide ink; Colorado Craft Watch This stamp & die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Prismacolor pencils; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Garden Florals

 

Hi everyone, I wanted to play along in a few floral challenges and use up some of the diecuts

 in my bits box.

I rarely use cream as a base but I like it here.

I was inspired by the challenge at Inkspirational where the prompt is garden.

We are at the end of Winter here, so I'm looking forward to getting my garden blooming again!

At AAA Birthday the theme is flowers, I think this sentiment covers birthdays so hope that's ok.

Cut it Up, add a sentiment

Allsorts, Embossing, I've used dry embossing on the card base and wet embossing on the sentiment.

Moving Along With the Times, Feminine

Have a great week and thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Supplies:

Altenew piped floral lace 3D ef; Spellbinders be bold blooms dies; Poppystamps banner sentiments stamp & die; scraps of gold, blue and green card.

Funny / Punny at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jenny wants us to add some humour to our cards!

Or play along with our anything goes for a birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

This is a new to me stamp and die set and I love the cute pups!

I used oxide inks to create the background and Prismacolour pencils to colour the dog and balls.

I added a few cloud diecuts to fill the space on top.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Cardz 4 Galz, Blue Skies

Try it on Tuesday, make it colourful

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Funny/Punny

Supplies:

TCW brick stencil; Distress grit paste crypt; Colorado Craft watch this stamp & die; Memory Box puffy clouds die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; distess oxide inks; Prismacolour pencils.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Square card & non white base at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda wants us to use a square card with a coloured base.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have lots of inspiration over at the blog, so I hope you can play along.

I don't often make square cards, although I do often use black bases.

I've seen lots of ideas on pinterest for florals on a black base and love how the flowers pop, so that's where I went with this card.

I coloured some card with oxide inks for the flowers and used a green card from my stash for the greenery. The embossing folder is new to me, I like how it matched the blooms!

I tossed up between a black on white sentiment, but gold on black won.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters, Flowers

Tic Tac Toe, I went with the middle row, any colour, free & sentiment.

Try it on Tuesday, Summer Blooms

Supplies:

Altenew piped floral lace 3D ef; Spellbinders be bold blooms dies; Poppystams banner sentiments stamp & die; scraps of gold card; oxide inks.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

One or More Numbers at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's my turn to host the challenge at Seize the Birthday and I've chosen numbers for this fortnight.

Or make any birthday card to add to your stash with our anything goes option.

Our party guest and my team mates have some great inspiration for you, so hope you can play along this round.

I made a card similar to this a while ago, and when my sister in laws birthday was close thought I'd make this design for her too.

I stamped the confetti stamp in silver and embossed with silver ep to add some shine.

The sentiment and numbers are diecut from gold cardstock, layered up for some dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Word Power

Unicorn Challenge, no design paper.

Supplies:

Catherine Pooler hooray for confetti background stamp; silver ink & ep; Poppystamps happy birthday poe script die; Charlie & Paulchen small alphabet dies; unknown brand number dies; gold cardstock.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Seascape & Magicals Leftovers

 

Hi again, I had a background strip leftover from my previous card,

 and  it was wide enough to use here.

I had stamped the seashell background onto Bristol smooth card, inked with Versamark and embossed with white fine detail ep. I sprinkled on some Magicals in blues, teal and lime, spritzed with water, and moved the colour around with a paintbrush. The shimmer is lovely IRL.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Inkspirational

The Sisterhood of Crafters, fish, sea creatures.

Sparkles Monthly Challenge, masculine

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, at the beach

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, anything goes

Supplies:

Whimsy Stamps seashell background stamp; Versamark ink & Wow fine detail white ep; Lindy's Magicals; sentiment sticker .

Thanks for visiting, and have a great week,

Cathy x

Seascape watercoloured with Magicals

 

Hi everyone, it's been ages since I played with Lindy's Magicals. 

This Whimsy stamp has been in my stash for a long time too and this is it's first outing.

I stamped the image in versamark and embossed with white fine detail powder. I sprinkled on some magicals in a few teal, blue and lime colours, spritzed on water and moved them a bit with a paintbrush.

Here's a closer look at the shimmer, (still a bit hard to see but so pretty IRL).

I diecut the sentiment from blue metallic card and layered it up for some dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday

Alphabet Challenge, E for embossing wet or dry

I've chosen wet embossing.

Dragonfly Dreams, masculine

Krafty Chicks

Moving Along With the Times, Use your favourite stamp die or tool.

My fave tool is my misti, I had to stamp this background twice for good ink coverage, and there's no way I could have done that without it!

Simon Says Stamp Monday, at the beach.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

The Neglected Stuff Challenge

Supplies:

Whimsy Stamps seashell background stamp; Versamark ink & Wow fine detail white ep; Lindy's Magicals; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Creative Expressions happy birthday die.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great week,

Cathy x

Blue, Pink & Yellow for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barbara has a colour challenge for us this round.

Or add to your birthday stash with our anything birthday option.

Our party guest Kathy and my team mates have some great inspiration for you so I hope you can play along.

I've had this cover plate for a while, and it was next on my hit list to play with!

It's an American size cover plate so I need to rejig my brain with measurements for the card base as I'm used to Australian sizes.

I inked up some strips of card with oxide inks and spritzed them with some sparkle shimmer craft spray, so pretty IRL!  I stacked a white and black layer from the cover plate with a slight offset to give a bit of a shadow outline. 

The party hats are coloured with Chameleion pens. (Some slightly bigger ones would have been good but I'm not buying more stuff lol!)

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Addicted to Stamps & More

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Supplies:

Whimsy Stamps happy birthday coverplate die; Oxide inks in picked raspberry; squeezed lemonade and salty ocean; Imagine sheer shimmer spray-sparkle; Lawn Fawn all the party hats stamp & die; chameleon alcohol pens.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x