Waxes and a 3D embossed butterfly

 

Hi everyone, I've had another play with this impresslit butterfly and changed a few things from the last make.

I diecut it from black cardstock and rubbed on just the blue and purple art alchemy wax pastes.

I added some statue foundry wax as highlights and heat set it to bring out the shine.

(Again, I added the antennae from a Memory Box butterfly die.)

The background was sprayed with oxides in dusty concord and salvaged patina with a spritz of spray stain in antique linen. To finish I blended in some vintage photo distress ink around the edge then spattered on some rich espresso metallic paint.

The sentiment die was inked with versamark and embossed with Lindy's midnight bronze embossing powder this time.

I think I like this bronze version better as the butterfly is more vibrant!

Here's a closer look at the shine

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, things with wings

Simon Says Stamp Monday, make your mark

I've used waxes and sprays.

Country View Challenge, things with wings

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Addicted to Stamps & More

Double D Challenge, things that fly

Supplies:

Sizzix 3D butterfly impresslit; MFT tag dies; Memory Box birthday cursive script circle (I cut the circle off); 

Art Alchemy antique brilliance wax in amethyst magic and mystic turquoise;

 Distress oxide sprays in dusty concord and salvaged patina; Distress spray stain antique linen; Deco Art dazzling metallic paint in rich espresso; Ranger foundry wax- statue; versamark ink and Lindy's midnight bronze embossing powder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Embossed resist with Magicals

 

Hi everyone, I've been playing with Lindy's magicals.

I watched one of Jennifer McGuire's videos and was inspired to have a go!

(I think I need to find some more open design background stamps as this one is a bit busy, although I really like it.)

I stamped the Cora Background stamp onto watercolour paper with versamark ink using my misti, then clear embossed it.

After spritzing with water I added magicals, I had lots of pots open so not sure what colours I ended up using!

I don't have many shadow die cuts but thought this one suited the card.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, playing along with the create your own background option

Addicted to Stamps & More

Aud Sentiments, wet or dry embossing option

Make My Monday, frame it

Use a black border to make the colours pop.

Sparkles Monthly Challenge, emboss it

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Supplies:

 Simon Says Stamp Cora Background stamp; Lindys Magicals; versamark ink & clear ep; Thanks die out of it's packet so not sure of the brand; hammered cardstock base.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Alcohol for Seize the Birthday

 

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

You can play along with our anything goes birthday option too, a great way to build up your stash of birthday cards!

Our guest Hilary and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you, hop over to the blog and check it out!

I chose to play with alcohol inks as I don't have many dies or stamps relating to alcohol!

I chose blues and greens (as I always need more masculine birthday cards) and added them to some yupo. A spritz of isopropyl alcohol for added texture and that was that.

 Ready to diecut and layer up.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, playing along with the anything goes option

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Inkspirational, playing along without the optional twist of sunshine or rain.

Supplies:

Yupo paper; alcohol inks; isopropyl alcohol; Penny Black framed fern die; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Mixed Media with Magicals inspired by Tiffany Solorio

 

Hi everyone, I've been watching some You Tube videos by Tiffany Solorio using magicals.

This one is inspired by her video here. 

(I used to have a dress in these colours that I bought from a market in London on my one venture overseas!)

I made the background by sprinkling the magicals onto watercolour paper and spritzing with lots of water. When dry I flicked on water droplets to create texture.

 I also tried stamping some text randomly with white pigment ink, that's the mixed media part lol!

Then flicked on some white gloss spray and some spatters of gold paint.

I layered up the white diecut flower and sentiments for extra dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, playing along with anything goes.

Make My Monday P is for... Purple!

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

It's the first outing for this Sizzix flower die, so I'm also visiting Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Supplies:

Lindy's Magicals; Tim Holtz distress glaze; Finetec gold paint; Dina Wakley white gloss spray; Kaisercraft text stamp; Hero Arts unicorn white pigment ink; Sizzix artsy stems die;

 Creative Expressions stacked happy birthday die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Things in a Garden for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday, and our wonderful leader Nancy has chosen things in a garden for us to add to our cards.

So many choices here!

Or you can play along with the anything goes birthday option.

My team mates and our party guest Hilary have some wonderful inspiration for you so I hope you can play along. We will also have a special guest for the fortnight Anagha so hop over to the blog and take a look.

We have a bush garden, full of gum trees, although we've cleared some due to the bush fire risk!

We also have chooks, raspberries and some veggies growing, but I thought I'd stick with the gum leaves and blossom.

I was inspired by this card by Yana Smakula. 

I don't have any similar leaf stamps and used my Prismacolour pencils, (no polychromos), but I'm happy with the result! The gold embossing is really shiny in real life.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Retro Rubber, anything goes using a stamp older than a year.

I used a Kaszazz gum leaf stamp, there's no date on the package but the last time I used the stamp was

here in 2016

Cardz 4 Guyz, any colouring medium - I used Prismacolor pencils.

Krafty Chicks, all occasions

Sparkles Monthly Challenge, Clean & Simple

Supplies:

Kaszzaz gum leaf stamp; versamark ink & Wow metallic gold rich superfine ep; Prismacolour pencils; Stately embossing folder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Card for a child at Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Linda wants us to make a card for a child.

or, play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope to see you in the gallery.

A friend's little boy loves dinosaurs, so this was a good chance to try out this stegosaurus die that I hadn't used yet.

I made quite a few backgrounds by smooshing glossy photo paper in distress and oxide inks .

(I think this one was just vintage photo distress ink).

This is a fiddly die but fun!

 I layered all of the pieces onto black pieces before assembling them so that they would have some dimension. 

The background is cardstock smooshed into pumice stone and tea dye oxide inks.

I inked over some of it to create the sky, and finished it with a diecut palm tree and some greenery.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Make My Monday, tag it

Mix it Up Challenge Blog, anything goes and I'm using the optional distressing.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, tag it

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

Edited to add:

I'm also linking up to a new to me challenge  Park Hopping My Happy Place as my Jurassic scene is a bit like the ride at Universal Studios, would love to go there one day, long way from Australia though!

Thankyou Makira for the suggestion!

Supplies:

Dies: Sizzix prehistoric;  MFT wild greenery and tag stax; Poppystamps grassland border; palm tree brand unknown;

Other: oxide and distress inks; sentiment sticker, glossy photo paper.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Green and Gold inka gold

 

Hi everyone, I'm using up some scraps of card left from smooshing inka gold paste and water on a craft mat.

Here's a closer look at the shimmer.

The die is one I bought recently although it was released in 2014.

(I do wish dies weren't retired as I'm usually slow to find them lol!)

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Retro Rubber, 

I've used the diagonal diecut, layers and smooshing as my free choice.

My sentiment stamp is a favourite from Paper Smooches - Sentiment Sampler.

There is no date on the set but sadly I think the company went out of business in 2020.

Double D, want us to use green.

(I hope using gold is ok too)

Color Hues

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, without the option of wings.

Supplies:

Memory Box Alessandria tree outline and background dies; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die ;

Inka gold paste in jade and gold;

Paper Smooches sentiment sampler sentiment stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; 

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Inspired by a T-Shirt!

 

Hi everyone, I was asked to make a birthday card for a young man who loves landcruiser vehicles.

Needless to say, I was pretty stumped and while searching the internet for male birthday ideas I saw a t-shirt with this slogan on it.

Glad Mum was happy with it lol!

I diecut all the coloured letters then layered everything onto a black layer for dimension and a touch of shadow. Very messy and gluey. A T ruler helped lining everything up.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge, anything goes

Country View Challenge, card for a man

The Diecut Divas, anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

Can You Handle the Pressure, playing with the anything goes option

The small alphabet/number die by Charlie & Paulchen and the Taylored Expressions embossing folder had their first use for this card, so I'm also popping in to Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Supplies:

Dies: Charlie & Paulchen mini alphabet; Memory Box awesome jotted script and Parker numbers for the 18;

Other: Taylored Expressions graphic impressions birthday embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting, 

Cathy x