Daisies

Good morning all.
Just popping by to post a card I made yesterday evening while AL was messing about in the pond clearing the weed.
I saw the card by Ardyth over at Muse but hadn't got the right stamps then yesterday I stumbled on a die that I have never used and forgot about. Anyway better get on and show you or I will miss the deadline!

This is Ardyth's fab card I loved the colours, so summery just like a wild flower meadow. Mine looks a tad more English in a softer kind of way, no bright sunshine today for the photo!

For mine I inked up Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass DIs and blended them in to the background then I die cut the daisies and the coloured them with Copics before sticking them doen on the inked panel. Quite simple really, the sentiment is from my new SU set Endless Birthday Wishes.
OK, better get a wriggle on.

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Life's a Beach

Evening all.

Just got in from rounding up the sheep to their over night quarters, don't like to leave them in the house field, just in case one or two seek the juicy pastures that are the lawn and wildflower meadow! 

We had over 50 chopping their way through the grass on Boxing Day!

The quiet has descended following a super day for Ben's birthday yesterday. The sun shone but it was just right not too hot and the kids had a whale of a time with the water pistols,clambering over the old tractor and train spotting.

I spent a little time in the craft room this aft playing and relaxing after the birthday boy got his Mum and Dad up at 5 and us at 6. This is the result.

I don't have much in the way of beach stamps so I went with a little sponged inky scene and a shaker. The darker granules are some teeny tiny glass beads I bought 10 years ago and have been languishing in the bits box. Wish I hadn't started 'cos it gets everywhere and adheres to any sticky surface!The lighter 'sand' is a bit of sandpaper, fine grade that I was using to sharpen a punch. I used the wrong side of some linen effect card for this as the pattern was a little harsh but the wrong side gave enough texture to give added interest. Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

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Blooming Buds

Good morning crafters.

I'm scheduling this post because in all the rush to get ready for my Grandson's party I may forget!

As I write this the weather should be kind to us, so no need for littlies to be careering around inside!

This week sees the start of a new challenge over at Fantasy Stampers. This time we would like to see your projects on the topic of -

PRETTY PETALS

So lots of flowers please!

Here is my card.

For my card I pulled out my Dee's Arty Inspressions Blooming Buds from STAMPlorations.

I love these stamps, they are so easy to use and give fantastic results. The layout of the card was based on a card I saw online and decided to create the top panel out of one piece.

I cut a panel from some scrap card then placed it over where I wanted to stamp the flowers. I then ran a fineliner around the edge of the aperture to frame the image then removed the mask and drew another around that. To get the slots in the top panel I used the smallest of my MFT pierced rectangle stax to cut away the strips, careful to line the top and bottom cuts up first! 

I coloured the flowers using the colours from Colour Me in Copics and stamped the sentiment from the same set as the flowers. The embossed panel was made using a offcut and a freebie narrow ef, Sheena Douglas I think. The whole panel was then popped up on pads.

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We are a STAMPING challenge so we cannot include digi images, no matter how fantastic in our top 3.

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Happy Birthday Becca

Hi crafty friends.

This is a little extra post to say Happy Birthday to one of my fab teamies from STAMPlorations, the wonderful Damsel of Distress herself, Becca.

As I'm a bit slow on the uptake this year I hope she will accept this virtual card as it hasn't got a cat in hell's chance of getting there on time!

This is the second outing today for Uniko's gerbera stamp, but I do love it!

I made the panel using Kylie's Starch and Brusho technique (see techniques for more info) on some w/c paper. Yes you read correctly, I finally bit the bullet and bought some 300gsm HP in an A1 sheet from the Art supply shop where I get my card. So much cheaper than pads or A6 pieces but a devil to get in my cutter! The flower and leaves I embossed in white then wet with water and sprinkled Brusho on and left to dry before fussy cutting. The sentiment is from a new set from STAMPlorations- Balloons And Banners - Dee's Artsy Impressions.

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY Becca xx

Pop over to her blog and join in her birthday celebrations. I've got my Grandson's birthday party tomorrow so better pop out and get some food in!

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Uniko Guest Designer

Morning all.

Just a quick post to let you know about my GD spot over at Uniko!

I love the stamps that Bev has put out but haven't had any 'til I won their May challenge with this card. I won a gift voucher for the shop and decided to indulge! As I had won the challenge Bev also asked if I would GD for their July challenge and of course I said yes.

Here is my card for their new challenge -

BLACK and WHITE with the optional twist of COLOUR

I used the fantastic Gerbera Daisy that I had been coveting for sometime!

I wanted it to be the star of the show but was unsure where to go, then I remembered a card I'd seen that used an image that was divided into sections. Sorry but I don't have the link to it to give the appropriate acknowledgement. 

( 29/7 Thanks to my ATSM teamie Monika here is the link here. )

I first stamped the image in Grey Flannel Momento ink then again in black. I coloured the background of the black stamped image in black Copic pen but left the grey one free of colour. Using Copics I coloured the gerberas before die cutting a panel in each flower using a MFT pierced rectangle stax die then sliced up the image . I reassembled the flower, alternating strips from each colourway, popping some of the layers up on pads. I also mounted the finished panel on a black piece to frame it. The greeting is from STAMPlorations.

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