Flowers Bloom!

I have moved on from Christmas card making

to join in at 2 sites.

The ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop at STAMPlorations

is coming to a close.

 

 

So I thought I would play over there one more time

. You can find all the details Here
and Here

I do love playing around with stencils

as I have said before and had some time on my hands

so decided to get creative (sort of)

The other challenge I am playing in is

at CAS Mix Up Blog which includes

Stamping Sponging + Your Choice

Details are Here

 

 

 

My card includes sponging using the Faux Mother of Pearl

technique following Loll's  link Here stamping

 and texture pasting through a stencil.

 

(Showing the Mother of Pearl effect)

 

I started off with the M of P technique

using SU Champagne Mist on Glad Wrap.

I then inked up Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral/Peacock Feathers

and sponged my cs.

I blotted that with a baby wipe to lift some of the colour

and also flicked some water droplets.

My stencil stamping and sentiment are

from STAMPlorations -

Bloom Happy - Sentiment

Happy Flowers Stencil

Scribbly Splattery Grunge - Stamping

I used white texture paste on my stencil

and like how it got a softer look  after it dried.

Finishing my card with a sentiment to suit the stencil.

 

This will be my last posting before Christmas

so would like to wish you all a

Merry Christmas and Thank You for

all your kind comments throughout the year.

 

 

 

 

 



Exciting News!

 

I have been holding on to some  'Exciting News'

for such a long time and I can now tell you all

I have been invited to be a Guest Designer

for the CAS Card Challenges

over at STAMPlorations.
 

 
 

As part of the Application we were asked to use 'Purple'

and I made 3 cas cards

Now of course I fell over with excitement

as you all know it is my 'favourite colour'

 

Here are the cards I submitted.

Water coloured background

 

A bit of sponging and a Tim Holtz die

 

An old favourite SU stamp here.

 

Congratulations to my fellow Team Mate over at

Just Us Girls - Chris who was also chosen to be

Guest Designer for the Theme & Sketch Team.

 

I am so looking forward to being part of the

Great Designers over there for the next 3 months in 2017.

A big Thank You to Shery for this great experience.

 

 

 

 

A Merry Christmas for STAMPlorations.

I am killing 2 birds with the one stone here

entering my card in the Sketch & Theme Challenge

and the CAS Challenge

over at the STAMPlorations Blog

 

 

Just by chance my card is CAS and Red & Green.

For the Sketch & Theme challenge I went with the Sketch.

As I am way behind with my Christmas card making

these challenges were perfect for me to play in.

 

I used basic white card stock

cut an angle with a stitched die with DP

cut a cream piece to break it up from the white.

Added a 'Merry' die from Memory Box 

and a snowflake die from Spellbinders

stamped Christmas and finished with a few gems.

 

That's it for today.

Thanks for dropping in.

Love to read your kind comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



It's a 'Stencilathon' at STAMPlorations

 

It's all about 'STENCILS' over at STAMPlorations

with great prizes and discounts on their stencils.

Better go over Here and check what the blog hop is all about!

 

 

I just love playing around with different techniques

using stencils as there are so many fabulous ones to choose from

 especially Here

I recently received some great stencils/stamps to play with

and had to try them out.
I will also pop this over to the CAS for the December Challenge
 Check it out Here

 
and Here

 

I had no idea where I was going with my card but knew

I wanted to use the bright colours from Colour Throwdown

You can find all the details Here

 

 

I started adding ink to my

2 ARTplorations stencils

Retro Circle & Square Dance

with the colours above using

Tim Holtz - Festive Berries

SU - Melon Mambo

and Versacolor - Lime

This cs was cut with a stitched die.

I then inked up my new STAMPlorations stamps -

Scribbly Splatter Grunge (love it)

and Bloom Happy for the Sentiment

cut out from the matching die and popped.

Added a few circles from the rubber end of a pencil

with the 3 colours from above.

A little bit of spritzing finished my card off nicely.

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

I really love reading your comments.