Some sweet succulents...

Howdy folks!

I am still trying to get my mojo back and when I saw there was a wee competition on the My Favourite Things Card Blog, I thought it would give me something to get stuck into...

The first card is for the Clean & Simple Genius category...

First I inked up a couple of the stamps using black memento ink, onto the panel and then added some splodges too.  I stamped one of the stamps and pots onto a scrap piece of white card and coloured using copics.  I then fussy cut and layered them together and layered onto the panel using sticky fixers.  I stamped one of the sentiments and white embossed then die cut using the pennant die.  I then fixed to the panel.  I layered onto black card and then onto the blank card.  I finished with some sequins.

Products used: MFT Sweet Succulents, MFT Distressed Patterns and MFT Stitched Pennants

The second card is for the Colouring Virtuoso category...

I had to make this card using my favourite technique...white embossing and watercolouring!

First I white embossed several of the images, but I did mask each of them so I could overlay them.  I then added colour using my zig clean color brush pens (which I love), I added some shading around the images.  I then added some splodges and sequins.  I also doodled around the edges and added the stamped sentiment.

Products used: MFT Sweet Succulents, MFT Distressed Patterns and MFT Stitched Pennants

Hope you like my entries!

Fi

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Something different...

Howdy folks, well I saw a tutorial over on Youtube on how to use Tim Holtz Lift Ink with alcohol inks and it looked just so amazing so I knew I had to give it a go....and you can make two cards at the same time...so simple just make your inked background using alcohol inks and then I stamped the image onto the background using the lift it ink and voila...

Here's the other...

I do like the inked background, it's so vibrant.  Will defo be making more of these!

Hope you likey!

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - stamp on it

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Fi

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A few cards...

Just having a look through my blog and it looks like I never got around to posting my cards for Simply Cards & Papercrafts, well this was the batch from a couple of months back....all have been watercoloured.

Card 1

A5 card blank

watercolour card

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Concord & 9th Hello Lovely Stamp set

Altenew Watercolor Stripes Cover Die

Altenew Label Love Stamp set

Black archival ink pad

sequins

sticky fixers

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4.Once the image has been coloured, cut out ( I used my scan n cut for this), set aside

5. Die cut the cover die and layer onto the card blank

6. Layer the image onto the card using the sticky fixers

7. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

8. Add some sequins to finish

Top Tips

1. Use a water based ink when using watercolours, the ink doesn't bleed

2. Let the colour dry before colouring adjoining sections of the image, the colours won't bleed then

 Card 2

A5 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Tim Holtz Garden flowers stamps

Altenew Label Love Stamp set

versamark ink pad

white embossing powder

sequins

sticky fixers

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamps with versamark ink, stamp onto watercolour card and white emboss

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4. Keep adding and layering up the colour until you get the required colour

5. Layer the image onto the black card using double sided tape and then layer onto the card blank

7. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

8. Add some shadow around the flowers using grey

8. Add some sequins and little splodges to finish

card 3

6 x 6 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Altenew Beautiful Stamp Set

Versamark ink pad

white embossing powder

sequins

sticky fixers

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with versamark ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Mask the flower and stamp again to layer over the top

4. Using the zig pens, add colour to the edges and centres of the flowers and work the colour with a waterbrush

5. Gently add more colour until you get the required colour

6. Layer the coloured panel onto the card using double sided tape

7. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

8. Add some sequins and splodges to finish

 Card 4

6 x 6 card blank

watercolour card

white cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet Dahlia Stamp Set

Black archival ink pad

sequins

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4.Keep layer up the colour until you get the required colour

5. Layer the image onto the card using the sticky fixers

7. Stamp up the sentiment and stamp onto the card

8. Add some sequins to finish

 Card 5

6 x 6 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Altenew Painted Poppies Stsmp Set

Black archival ink pad

sequins

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4.Keep layer up the colour until you get the required colour

5.Paint some colour onto a piece of acetate and load up a brush with lots of water, lift up some colour and splash onto the card

6. Layer the image onto the card using double sided tape

7. Stamp up the sentiment and stamp onto the card

8. Add some sequins to finish

 Card 6

A5 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Altenew Painted Poppies Stamp Set

MFT Happy Birthday Background stamp

Versamark ink pad

white embossing powder

sequins

1. First cut a piece of card to size, white emboss the happy birthday wording and tape down

2. Scribble some zig colour on to acetate and lift the colour with a wet brush and randomly add some colour to the card

3. Repeat the previous step but with a different colour, blending as you go

4. Once the panel is dry, add some splashes of the same colours but don't add as much water as you want to see the splashes, leave to dry and then layer onto black card and then the card blank

5. White emboss the poppy, I actually embossed the centre in black and the rest in white and gradually add colour to the edges of the leaves, work the colour with a water brush

6. Now colour the flower head starting at the edges and work the colour around the petals

7. Keep adding colour until you get the colour you require, leave to dry

8. Once dry cut out the flower and layer onto the panel

9. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

10. Add some sequins to finish

Hope you likey!!

Fi

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Happy Birthday...

I folks, hope you are all well...it's been a while but I am trying to get my mojo back as we speak!!

So I made this card a few weeks ago for my boss at work...a bit of watercolouring to get me back into it.  I used the Altenew Beautiful Day which I white embossed, I embossed the little love hearts with rose gold embossing powder and coloured the image with my zig clean colour brush pens, I added some splashes, sequins and doodles to finish.

Fi

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Happy Anniversary...

Hi blogging friends, hope you are all having a lovely day!  The sun has been out here...yay!  Anyway I started on this card during the week following my colouring class with the lovely Faye, I also followed Sandy Allnock's tutorial...I do think this looks quite cool and only used a few copics to colour with.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes

Fi

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So it's a beautiful day...

Hi folks...as you know I have been out of action for some time but just getting back into the swing of things and what better than with one of my favouritest stamp sets...Beautiful Day from Altenew.

I stamped the flowers and white embossed them....I also white embossed the leaves too. I then masked the flowers and stamped and white embossed the happy birthday text background.

Using my zig clean colour brush pens I added lots of colour to the flowers and leaves, I then loaded a brush with lots of water a d brushed over the coloured flowers....this gave a softer look and also gave some colour to the text.

Once dry I added some coloured splits, I then left it to dry before I added the black ink splodges.

I then stamped the sentiment and white embossed and I did cut the "you" 3 times and glued them together.

I added these to the card and also added some sequin, pearls and gems to finish...hope you likey!

products used:

Altenew - Beautiful Day

Simon Says Stamp - you matteer stamp and die

MFT - distressed patterns

MFT - Happy Birthday Bckground

zig clean color brush pens

sequins

versamark ink

white embossing powder

pearls and gems

challenges:

Stamping Sensations - one for the girls

CAS Watercolour Challenge - CAS and watercoloured

Less is More - bring something back

Thank You so much...

Another post from me tonight...this has been made using another new stamp set, this one is from Concord & 9th...I was a bit stumped at first but then I decided to use my zig clean color pens to colour this one.

First I cut the card to size and spritz it with water.  I then added the colour to the stamp and stamped onto the damp card, this made the colour easy to move around and add in some extra colour too. Once the stamping was finished I added some little splodges, stamped the sentiment and finished with sequins and doodled edges.

challenges:

CAS Watercolour Challenge - clean and simple

Simon Says Stamp- add a sentiment

Penny Black and more- add a sentiment

Fi

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Beautiful...

Howdy everybody, it has been a long time since I have made a card or posted on my blog as my mum had been seriously ill for the past 6 months or so, she sadly passed away at Christmas.  My mojo left and it's really hard to get back into the one thing I love so I thought I was start with something that was familiar to me...watercolouring.   I did make a card similar to this last year and I really liked it so here is my first card for 2018.

 

I used Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers to colour and the stamp set is one from Altenew, which I bought a couple of months ago but haven't had the chance to use until now,  I white embossed...my favourite thing! I also white embossed the sentiment and added some splodges and sequins to finish.

challenges:

Simon says Stamp - add a sentiment

Deep Ocean - something new

Fi

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