Music soothes the soul

Good evening, thanks for stopping by.

Just a quick post to show a card I made a while ago but is just the thing for the latest challenge at CASology. I would have posted earlier but our broadband is awful between 4 and 6pm somedays, it's just not worth the hassle.

My daughter uses her music to help stimulate the interest of severely handicapped children but another teaching friend uses it to calm his boisterous class. I've tried that but it doesn't always work but music can soothe the soul, I believe. So this card could be used as a sympathy card or just as a cheer up to someone whose down. 

Anyway I first stamped my LOTV grunge music stamp through a square mask, then a die cut square stamped and embossed in white of STAMPlorations Boxed Bloom, lily. I coloured the flower with DIs but used Copics on the anthers as they looked a little too white. 

I'm joining in at-

CAS on Sunday - Cheer up buttercup

See you back here soon.

April challenge

Good afternoon, I hope you are having a fab holiday, it being Good Friday Bank Holiday in the UK.

Today sees a new monthly challenge over at STAMPlorations. This month we would like to see your projects on the theme of -

Here is my card for your inspiration.

and a closeup of the raised numbers.

For my card I used the rose from the Boxed Blooms set but  masked off the frame before stamping and layering. I covered the bits I didn't want with masking tape, inked the stamp then removed the tape before stamping on the card.  I used masks to create the bunch effect and coloured the blooms and leaves with Copics, stamping the sentiments from the Bold Sentiment Happy set. 

I cut the 40 out of the coloured image, and other numbers out of white card. I glued the white numbers on the top half of the panel trimming off the excess then gluing the top panel onto a white base card. 

I die cut some extra 4 and 0s in black then glued one into the space left by the diecuts on the rose and replacing the tiny bits from the middle of the original image. I then stacked up 2 more layers then the original rose die cuts.

As usual Shery is offering the following prizes:-

Winner

(voted by the design team)

prize: 2 stamp sets (3" by 5") if you use STAMPlorations stamps, 1 stamp set if you don't

+ guest designer spot in a Sketch Challenge

Top picks

prize: 3 digi stamps 

+ the option to be a guest designer too in a Sketch Challenge if you will use  STAMPlorations digi stamp (to be provided )OR if you already have STAMPlorations clear stamps

All winners and top picks will receive a personalized guest designer badge that they can display on their blogs, as well as a STAMPlorations guest designer watermark.

Frequent Players Spotlight. Play in all 3 challenges for the month for entries to the random draw. Prize is always going to be a stamp and stencil pack valued at $10.

So no excuses to have a go and join us.

Pop over to the DT's blogs for more inspiration and info on their designs and check out our fab GDs.

Pamellia Johnson GD

Jo Nevill GD

Jerrie Mead GD

Becca DT

Laura Jane DT

Sari DT

Tenia DT

Wei Wei DT

I would like to join in at -

Combine 3 previous challenges.

I chose wk 55 Punches or Die Cuts

wk 59 Masking

wk 98 Anniversary

CAS on Sunday - Numbers

STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge #27

Good afternoon folks, I am proud to be able to say that it is my first post of the official new STAMPlorations challenge design team. Today it is the launch of our next sketch challenge.

Here is my take on the sketch

and this is the sketch for you to use.

To start I masked off a strip to one side and stamped a background birthday text stamp in black. I then added a strip of NitWits paper down the left hand side.

For the main focus of my card I used one of the Boxed Blooms which I stamped and heat embossed in white. I then used a Versamark pen to draw another square around the box then embossed again in white.

I used the colours in the DP in DIs to colour the bloom using a w/c technique. I extended the petals and stem into the space between the stamp and the extra border with a couple of brush strokes then filled the background with a blue wash.

The happy was stamped using part of a Bloom Sketches phrase in black and the birthday was diecut using a Spellbinders die from black card.

So that's it for my first official challenge post, check out the rest of the girls and the GDs over at the blog and have a go,you never know unless you do.

I shall enter it in the following challenges:-

CAS on Sunday - Flowers

Allsorts - Flower Power

Happy Birthday @ Fantasy Stampers

Good morning everyone.

Did you realize it is a whole year since the first challenge started over at Fantasy Stampers, so to celebrate the fact Jan has chosen the appropriate topic of 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

This is my contribution to the DT's inspiration. It uses a new set of stamps that I got from the STAMPlorations stamp club just before Christmas( Something New). It's called Boxed Blooms. You may ask why boxed, well the flowers are surrounded by a frame on the actual stamp but for this purpose I fancied using it a little differently.

I stamped the rose from the set then coloured using DI then fussy cut them to remove the frame.

I made the background by washing a layer of green DI then stamping a leaf from my Hero Arts Stitched frame set in the darker green. I added a touch of the pink then layered the roses on top.

The sentiment was die cut from black card using a Spellbinders die (something old) and glued in place.

So why not pop over to the main blog and check out the rest of the DTs inspiration and join in.

Please remember that we will not include digi stamps in out top3, so to avoid disappointment keep it to traditional stamping!

I shall enter the following challenges-

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes

Love Rubberstamps - Something Old Something New 

Congratulations Marina

Hi, just a quick post to go with my extra card for ATSM this week.

Although it is not my week to make an inspiration card, I have made an extra one to celebrate the forthcoming nuptials of one our retiring teamies, Marina.

CONGRATULATIONS!

I hope you and your future hubby will have a long and happy marriage.

Here is my card to celebrate the happy day.

Sorry for the poor quality of the photo but it was very bright when I took the photo and the silver embossing kept reflecting and this was the compromise!

As this weeks challenge is 

ANYTHING GOES, 

you've got free rein!

I used one of my new STAMPlorations boxed blooms and the silver embossed sentiments were from the same stamp club set.

The rose was stamped then embossed in white and w/c with DIs. I do love these flower stamps by Shery, so easy to colour! I cut an aperture in the top layer to allow the rose to show through, using a square of the same size from my Cookie Cutter set. Sentiment words stamped and embossed above and below the aperture in silver.

I shall enter the following challenges:-

Either Stamps and flowers May 2014

or

Stamps and embossing October 2104

STAMPlorations - On going challenge

Penny Black and More - Special Occasion

OK, why not join in and perhaps you could make it a congrats to Marina too!
Pop over to the main blog and check out the rest of the fabulous DT to see what they have made to inspire you.