Blended Bloom

Morning all.

Looks like another fine day here, just a little bit of cloud but could get a litt windy and wet later in the week as we get the remnants of a tropical storm, they think!

I've just come across a new challenge thanks to a few teamies over at ATSM, over at STAMPlorations.

This is a bi weekly challenge and this time its a sketch and here is my take.

I've used a recent purchase from my friends SU party that was just crying out to be coloured, 'Blended Bloom' I've be looking for a large flower to use with my W/C and Copics for some time. This time I used my Copics with matching squares of card to complete the sketch.

I did start this on Monday but for one reason or another I didn't finish so I had an eye on the Colour Me challenge but that's finished but they are very summery colours and the blousey bloom is just reminiscent of summer gardens, I think it might be a peony of some kind.  I doodled a border around the white square to frame the bloom and popped the front panel up on pads. To complete I added a few glossy black dots, made by colouring the base of some dried blobs of glossy accents I dried on a sheet of plastic then popped off when dry. I've seen lots of this style in blogland but never seen any in the shops. The hello is die cut from a Spellbiders Celebration 2 set.

I shall also enter the following challenges:-

Creative Inspirations - Here comes Summer

Love Rubberstamps - Anything Goes option of stripes

Inkspirational - Use Markers or Pencils

Don't forget there is still time to enter the latest challenge at Fantasy Stampers - Buttons and Bows

Not fantasy just plain old fashioned stamping required.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon. :)

Make your mark at ATSM

Morning all, today marks the start of a new challenge at ATSM.

This week we are asking for you to create a project by

Making your Mark

So any project that includes inks, markers, pencils etc as the main focus.

This week we are sponsored by

who are offering a prize of 5 digis

Here is my card for the DT inspiration.

I made it with a couple of challenges in mind.

Less is More - colour challenge

Allsorts -  Favourite things

I so love this die from Memory Box, I don't get fed up using it. I looked to get another similar but the one I got doesn't have the same appeal when I tried to use it. This Glorious Gardenia is just so versatile. 

I used DIs to watercolour the base then put a silver die cut on top with a few spots of colour.

The end result is never very precise using this method but the overlay of the die cut sharpens up the result. I used a few sequins and some lime bling as well as a sentiment die cut from Spellbinders 'Celebration 2' in black. The colour in the photo is a little bluer than the original for some reason.

OK that's about it, so why not pop over to see what the rest of the glorious DT have created for your inspiration, then join in, simples.

Song Title

Morning all.

Tuesday dawns again and so does a new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

This week Kim has chosen 

A SONG TITLE

So think of a song that inspires you and off you go. Here is my card which I made for the challenge which was inspired by :-

DRIVING IN MY CAR - MADNESS

This definitely isn't a jaguar but reminds me of the open top Moggy Minor in the video.

The stamp is actually from LOTV - Mini Bear which I coloured using Copics. The layout is based on this weeks sketch at Sketch Saturday and the papers are again from my favourite NitWits collections.

OK so why not pop over to the main site and check out what the other DT members have been up to and join in. 

Also entering - 

Alphabet Challenge -  M for Men only

 

Buttons and Bows

Morning all.
Another weekend so another chance to play at Fantasy Stampers . This time we would like to see your stamped creations based on -

Buttons and Bows

Here is my DT inspiration card.

A bit different for me but its good to stretch yourself.  

I used DIs in Scattered Straw and Worn Lipstick to create the background then over stamped with Scattered Straw with a hessian texture stamp from Kaisercraft and a script stamp from a Hobby Art set. The greeting is SU Sassy Salutations.

The flowers were cut using some Sizzix thinlet dies then given the same treatment as the background without the stamping. I added buttons with jute string bows, some corrugated card, extra buttons, a scrap of muslin and a string of pearls complete. The background was mounted on a piece of kraft then a white 6 x 6 white base card.

I made it with a few challenges in mind 

Simply Create Too - Old/ Vintage

Cute Card Thursday - Vintage

Loves Rubber Stamps - Buttons and Bows

PS - Thanks for the heads up Loll I shall also enter

The Mixed Media Card Challenge - #2 Summer

OK that's it, why not pop over and investigate what the other DT have been upto, then have a go.

Muse

Evening all.

The weather has finally broken with a heavy downpour earlier and now the rain is steady if not heavy.

I managed to get Max out while it was drier but Al has just taken him out in the rain, so towels at the ready.

Thought I would share a photo of the little monster, he's in the wars at the mo having got too close to a rabbit which kicked him in the chest, it being bigger than Max!

He's a 2 year old Chihuahua Jack Russell cross who thinks he's a sheepdog!

Any way enough of that, a new card for you.

I made this for the latest challenge over at Muse. This week the Muse is Bev Buenker and this is her card.

I loved the contrast between the shiny primary blue and the secondary orange background. Well if I was going with a direct link it would have been yellow and purple  or green and red but I went with one of my fave colour ways lime green and purple. The only large word die I have is this new Avery Elle 'Love ' die which I picked up on my spree, so the card ended up a more feminine design than the muse. I used a piece of NitWits  lime green striped paper and some pretty floral paper from them that I had left over for the center of the panel. The striped paper along the edge was from the stash. I love NitWits papers they are my favourite, love how they co ordinate and being digital you can access them at a click of a button!. I hadn't got any sequins that matched so I improvised with some dots from the shiny purple from the stash.

I shall also enter the challenge at As you like it - Your favourite papers

OK, Max and Al are back so I suppose its a wrap for tonight, see you.