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

Birthday roses

 

Hi everyone,I hope you are having a peaceful Easter break wherever you are. It's been drizzly and rainy here all day, so I've been hiding in the craft room!

I've had this die for ages and not used it, so tried it with some scraps from my bits box. It's tricky to cut out so definitely needed the metal shim plate.

 I used some washi tape to hold the inlaid pieces in place as I filled the spaces. It would've been less time consuming if I'd diecut from larger pieces of cardstock...but at least I used up some scraps!

I layered a white diecut over the top for extra definition. I also added some leaves from another set as I'd positioned everything too high up on my card. The extra leaves balanced it out I think!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS

Dies R Us, anything goes, I've used a Memory Box die.

Make My Monday, Easter or Spring

Perfectly CAS,

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Easter or Spring

Supplies:

Memory Box antique rose corner; Memory Box antique leaf label; the scraps were from backgrounds using distress spray stains and some distress oxides; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Rainbow Snowflakes.

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at CAS Christmas and Trina has chosen a rainbow theme.

Our guest designer Izzy and the rest of the team have some amazing cards to inspire you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I inked some card with a rainbow of oxide inks then spritzed them with some dazzling diamond spray.

Here's a closer look at the shimmer.

I stamped the sentiment in versafine clair nocturne ink and embossed with silver metallic powder.

I'm linking up to theses challenges:

Poppystamps, sending rainbows.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Addicted to Stamps & More

Always Fun Challenge, rainbows.

Supplies:

Poppystamps frozen flakes die; distress oxide inks; Happy Little Stampers Christmas Joy sentiment stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink; Wow silver metallic fine detail ep; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Crackle paste and squares.

 

Hi everyone it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn has chosen squares as the theme.

You can always play along with our anything goes theme too, as long as it's for a birthday.

The design team and our guest Lynda have some great cards to inspire you so I hope you can play along.

I've been watching some of the Tim Holtz demos on youtube and wanted to try crackle paste and embossing glazes. 

I think I tapped too much of the colour off as the glaze isn't as prominent as I'd planned.

Here's a closer look.

After embossing the glaze I sprayed on some antique linen distress stain. I wanted a darker look so added some golden sands infusion powder and spritzed with water. 

Probably a bit too dark now but I think my cardstock had had enough lol!

The butterfly was stamped with versafine clair ink, clear embossed, fussy cut and coloured with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes.

Allsorts, anything goes, and I'm not using the option of monochromatic.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, anything goes.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Easter or Spring.

Butterflies are one of my favourite things that appear in Spring!

Supplies:

TCW mini cubist stencil; Ranger opaque crackle texture paste; Distress embossing glaze, cracked pistachio, peeled paint and broken china; Indigo Blu butterfly stamp; antique linen distress spray stain; PaperArtsy golden sands infusions; inktense pencils; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x