It's 'Anything Goes' at Addicted to Stamps and More

This week at Addicted to Stamps and More

we have everyone's favourite

Anything Goes

This gave me a chance to share a card I made

a little while ago using the

 Monoprinting with a Stencil Technique.

This one wasn't quite CAS enough for that challenge 

so held off to use at a later date.

What you do is ink up your stencil.

I used Lindy's Magical's (of course) through a

Kaisercraft Bamboo Stencil flipping it over

and letting the ink soak into the card stock.
The spray I used is Moon Shadow Mist in 
Jolly Roger Red.These sprays have a sepia base
and will be dominated by that tone but then 
you get the hint of the other colour which gives you
a glorious shimmer - red in this case.

I decided to go one step further and

put my stencil back on, slightly off to the side

and added some of Tim's Distress Grit Paste.

Scored down the left side of 

the card base and added a popped sentiment.

Head on over and check out my Team Mates makes

and I am sure to see plenty of fun makes in our Gallery.

Will yours be there?

Thanks for popping in today

A Simple 'Thank You'

Hello and Welcome. Today's post is for our 

CAS Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps & More

I bought this stamp set from Kaisercraft

some time ago because I liked what I thought - 

a very Australian image of Gumnuts.

I started by lightly stenciling my background with

Tim's Stone Stencil in Antique Linen

then inking my image with 

Versafine Clair Falling Leaves ink

(it's a very dark brown but looks black)

I went on to the colouring and blending with

Tim's Gathered Twigs/Mowed Lawn

Crushed Olive and Carved Pumpkin

enhancing the colour with touches of

Hag's Wart Orange and Canna Lilly Burnt Orange

 from Lindy's Magicals.

Added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer and

a touch of glossy accents.

Sentiment is inked as above and from

49AND MARKET.

This was cut from a Postage Die

and popped on to the larger die cut

and slightly popped again to my card base.

This card will be going over to the

CAS Watercolour Blog for their

October Challenge

Congratulation to Bonnie & Loll for giving us

2 years of Fabulous Watercolour Challenges

and to all the Design Team and Guests for their 

Monthly Inspiration and Encouragement. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

You are 'FABULOUS'

Time for a new Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More and this time round

It's Everyone's Favourite - Anything Goes.

Hello and Welcome to today's Post.

I will admit I have had this card done for 

quite some time - just hadn't blogged it so - here it is.

You can all guess what my background is!

Yes Alcohol Inked. Cut with a stitched die.

I decided to add a bit of dimension and

cut out the centre with MFT Peek a Boo Die

and popped it.

Inked the top sentiment onto my white card base

and die cut the fabulous - both from

STAMPlorations. The 'fabulous' has a 

touch of shimmer from a Nuvo pen.

And there you have it - pretty simple

but love the bold colours from the AI's.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

It's Anything Goes at Addicted to Stamps and More

Hi and Welcome Back

Today's post is for the new challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More

It's our 

While I was visiting my BFF I used one of her

gazillion stamps and the one I used here

I just had to have. It is Hero Arts Leafy Vines

There are so many gorgeous ideas using this stamp

and I was so eager to try mine out I made a CAS Birthday Card.

I heat embossed in white and sponged 

Memento Sweet Plum & Lulu Lavender

onto the corners. I then simple die cut the

big Birthday Die my BFF sent me 

(she had a spare - lucky me)

I spritzed it all over with Iridescent Medium

and attached to my white card base.

That's it! Too easy.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hope to see you over in our Gallery.