Masking

Good morning, an unusual extra post because we didn't go to our Son's this week as hubster is a little under the weather as am I. So no craft class for me but I do get extra time in the craft room.

It's my friend's birthday in a few days and I have made a card for her. She loves red flowers so I had to include some here. She retired from work at the same time as I was ill many years ago and has been a great support over the years. I don't know how she fits all her commitments into the day. As well as looking after her Mum, she is converting a bungalow with her husband, babysitting for her youngest, taking me out for lunch, housekeeping for her Son and Daughter in law in Italy and even walking the dog for her middle son! I don't really know how she had time to fit work in!

Anyway here is the card I made for her.

There are a few challenges around that I was thinking of when I made this.

It is One Layer week over at Less is More with the extra theme of Love, OLS has the theme of blend

and ATCAS is masking!

To make the card I stamped my first daisy in red DI then masked it before stamping the second then again with the 3 leaves, I overstamped all the masks with script greetings in black before removing  them and colouring using Copics.

That's where the blending came in as I used 5 reds to get the dimension right on the petals and 4 greens on the leaves.

That's about it then, thanks for calling by and see you again soon. Don't forget to leave a comment then I can reciprocate!

Prim Poppy

As I said in an earlier post, I finally got my hands on Prim Poppy from Memory Box, so I just had to play!

This is what I came up with, bearing in mind the challenges at CAS on Sunday - sketch and CASual Friday 3 in a third.

I first cut the poppies in white and inked the green sections then cut away the petal parts. I cut the petals in red and mounted then under the green base and used pads to lift them off the background. The greeting is from Stampin Up.
I might as well enter it at Less is More in their Flower challenge as well!
Oops also Simon Says Wednesday - Die cuts

Flowers

Good morning peeps.

What a glorious morning it is and not as breezy as yesterday. Al has resumed his battle with the weeds before it gets too hot. This place is a real sun trap with a south facing slope. 

A fellow DT member in France wanted some of the heat over there, well according to the forecast we wont have it tomorrow, so the washing is in and more lined up!

As it's the weekend there is a new challenge over at Less is More - Flowers. Well that fit perfectly with a couple of my recent purchases. I bought Prim Poppy and Glorious Gerbera Daisies from Memory Box when I went to Samuel Taylors in Brighouse after Di's appointment at the hospital for her damaged knee. (She is due to have keyhole next Wednesday then should be back on her feet soon after)

I had a play with the daisy die to see what I could do, but it is not as amenable as the gardenia one I bought a while ago. Anyhow this is what I made in the end.

This one is made by die cutting then saving all the bits, there are a lot, then after painting with w/c put it back together(very fiddly). I then mounted it on an A6 white base which I coloured with the same w/c to create a contrast border. Not sure if I should colour the flower centers but I may try that another time.

Thanks for dropping by and thanks for your comments.

LIM take two

Morning all.

I was up early this morning as Max the dog decided the dawn chorus at 4:30 was his cue to get us up. I felt sorry for Al, so said I would take Max out so he could have a bit more shut eye before work.

I thought Max would settle afterwards but he wouldn't so we went out again before nine for a long walk!

So now I'm sitting quietly blogging!

I got a free set of Indigo Blu stamps in this months Simply Cards and Papercraft, so thought I would have a play. Thinking about the latest Less is More sketch challenge I used the hedgerow border from the set and a circle mask plus some milled lavender and broken china DIs. Taking off the mask I stamped a couple of  tiny butterflies and the sentiment from LOTV in Versamark, onyx black. .Voila.

So I shall enter it into the LIM sketch challenge.

Thanks for popping by, come back soon.

LIM

Evening folks.

What a gorgeous day it has been around these parts today, positively tropical!

Cut the grass with the new mower and Al and I cut back the grass around the small copice that he planted about 5-6 years ago. Hopefully once the trees get a good canopy it will help keep the nettles at bay.

Anyway not much time for crafting til now.

I always try to enter the Less is More challenge but this week has been taxing me as it is a sketch and what I first thought of didn't work out. Anyway I kept at it and produced this little effort to honor Chrissie's sketch.

I played around with my Memory Box Starry Wreath and some black and gold mirror card I had lying around. In the end it turned out as a Christmas design but what ho! The greeting is from Go Kreate cut in the same gold mirror card. The ribbon was from the stash as were the Crafty Notions rainbow drops. I cut the two wreaths out then fit the gold one inside the black negative space. I mounted the final square on pads on a small black square base card.

OK that's a wrap for tonight, just time for a little TV with hubby after he takes the dog out!

Smile

Evening everyone.

The sun may not be shining but believe it or not it feels warmer than yesterday and the forecast rain has so far only been a few spots.

This week the ladies at Less is More want us to make them and us,

SMILE

Well I thought what I could do and I kept going back to that cheeky monkey from a few weeks ago. This time I toned down the splashes and came up with this.

He makes me smile every time I see him.

Anyway must go now and tend to the hubby who is feeling a little off colour and not his normal busy self.

I shall also enter it in the following challenges:-

ATSM - Anything goes

Keep it Simple - Bright colours

Thanks for popping 'round I appreciate all the lovely comments you all leave.

Less is More

Afternoon all.

I have been busy in the craft room this afternoon. It has been sunny out but there was a cold wind blowing when I took the dog out. What better excuse do you need to get in there and play.

As it's Saturday it means another challenge over at Less is More. This means a bit of thinking as it's 

One Layer week, this time with shadow stamping.

I like shadow stamping especially in a landscape context. It creates depth if used correctly.

Well here is the result of my playing around with the distress inks and a silhouette stamp set from Inkylicious I bought about 3 or 4 years ago at the Harrogate September show. I haven.t used it really but it allowed me to create an overhanging tree effect.

I masked off the bottom half of a A6 card blank and added some DI's to the top panel. I used Weathered Wood, Iced Spruce, Bundled Sage, Broken China and Tumbled Glass. I stamped the foliage using Versafine Onyx Black. I added extra texture by over stamping a Kaisercraft manuscript stamp in Weathered Wood,  removed the mask and stamped a tendril into the white space and added the LOTV greeting. 

It was great fun even if this was the second attempt, as the first mask didn't go right across and a tiny bit of twig found it's way onto the bottom half of the card. Arrrgh.

Well happy crafting everyone.