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Hi folks,

I know its similar to ones I have made already but I love leaves and blue and green....my next card won't be blue and green I promise!

So I stamped the leaves with ink on 3 fadeout ink, I do love this ink as it gives the effect of no lines colouring especially once it has been left to dry for a day. I then coloured with concord & 9th watercolour  ink, I also love this ink as I feel it spreads easier that some of the other watercolour mediums I have.  I added some light shading in between the leaves and added some splashes too.

hope you like it.

challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - watercolour

Papercraft Challenges - anything goes

Fi

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Thanks...

Morning folks,

I thought I would share this little card I made last night.  I was having a look through my old stash and came across this stamp from Stampin Up, which I really like, it's so easy to colour.  I stamped the image onto watercolour card and coloured with my zig pens, and I only needed to use 2 colours, green and yellow and blended them together.  I added a few tiny splashes and some gold paint to finish.

The DT Call is still ongoing over on the Less is More blog, so I have added my second entry for the DT Call. 

challenges:

Less is More - one layer and DT Call

Cupcake Inspirations - anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers - watercolour

Fi

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Simple Things...

 

It's time for another challenge over on the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog. 

 The theme is girly but no pink. I bought this new stamp set with the eucalyptus leaves....now I do love leaves!  I stamped the images then dies cut them which was quite tricky.  I then layered them onto the card.  I added a piece of twine around the bottle for a bit extra texture. I also added some splashes and a few dew drops.  The sentiment is from the same set which I love...love how it stamps really fine.

Pop over to the  Sweet Stampin Challenge blog to check out what my teamies have made.

Fi

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Birthday Wishes...

 

Hi folks,

Here's a wee extra card from me tonight.  I saw that there was a DT Call over on the Less is More blog and thought I would try my luck.  I do like the CAS look as it's nice and crisp and fresh.  If I am lucky enough to be picked it will give me a good excuse to get more practice with my CAS cards.

I have used one of the stamps from the Greetery Eucalyptus stamp set, the birthday sentiment is from concord & 9th, a piece of twine from my stash and some pearls and sequins from my stash.  I have to say I was tempted to add my doodled edges but left as is.

Hope you like it.

Challenges:

Less is More - birthdays and DT entry

Fi

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Thanks...

 Morning folks...

Well this card didn't go according to the plan I had in my head...seems to be a theme these days ha ha! 

I first added some distress ink to the background to give it a kind of marbly effect, this is the only part that went according to plan.  I then stamped the leaves with distress inks, I left it to dry a bit and then I started watercolouring the leaves with a few different shades of distress inks.  The ink on the stalk started to bleed out and I had already spent ages colouring so I didn't want to waste it so I then ran my waterbrush over the image to make some of the green bleed out.  This did actually look better than before. Again I left it to dry and then added a bit more colour.  I then added some little splashes in green, white and gold and finishes with a few sequins.

I have to say I do love colouring with watercolours and I do love this stamp, it's one of my favourites.

Challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Paper Minutes - leaves

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes

We Love Stamping - anything goes

Fi

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Butterfly kisses...

 

Morning everyone, it's time for the mid month post over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog.  The theme is anything goes, with the option of wings or tails but remember the main focus of the card should be stamped.

We have a fabulous sponsor this month...they are giving one lucky winner a stamp bundle.

Uniko

For my card I have used the butterfly turnabout stamp from concord & 9th which I have actually had for a while but only used elements of the set in the past and I think this is the first time I have used it as a turnabout.  I stamped 3 rounds of the butterflies with the same coloured ink as the card and the 4th round I stamped with versamark and embosssed with gold glitter embossing powder.  I added some extra gold glitter to parts of the butterflies too.  I stamped the large butterfly (from the same set) in black ink onto the same coloured card and then die cut it.  I layered the butterfly onto the card along with some small gold glitter butterflies and added the sentiment which I white embossed.

Pop over and check out what my teamies have made.

Fi

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