Still Down on the Farm..

Welcome

In our wee NZ swap group this month the challenge was to use a sketch that was provided, and feature an animal in the centre panel - I missed the instruction to NOT use 'usual' colours... 

I enjoyed colouring up this Art Impressions image from their Udderly Fantastic stamp set.

I used water colour pencils to colour the image and background, and added glossy accents to her hooves and mug - which reads " I'm Bossy"

The sentiment so fitted the card - it was clear embossed over Versaclair Pinecone ink.

The ribbon and bow are  Poppy Stamp dies - the bow is available in NZ, here.

The background panel was a piece of card I had mopped up ink from my glass work surface with.

I stamped the image off the edge  on the inside of the card,

and on the envelope, which I coloured lightly with polychrome pencils.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Catz Challenge #670 - For a Boy or Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #16 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #8 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #276 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2416 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #643 + 644 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #777 - Balloons or Anything Goes

'Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #228 - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations April Challenge - Anything Goes Opt Spring

We Love Stamping April Challenge - Spring - Opt Anything Goes

Farm Quest General Store Challenge #15 - Anything Country Goes

Horsin' Around

Welcome

Firstly I would like to say thank you to Di for letting me know that Kathy A has a blog here, and her work is beautiful - thank you Di, and do pop over and visit Kathy's blog.

This card was made for a 12 year old boy... not sure of his interests, but he has had a rural upbringing

The image was one in a set I bought, knowing it was an el cheapo import, but not realising it was a rip-off from Beccy's Place :(   I was mortified, and I have not used it before now - some 18 months later..

I stamped the image onto kraft card, and what colouring I added was done with my polychromo pencils.

The Kraft card that I used was part of some unneeded manila folders that I cut down for card bases!

I fussy cut the image, and popped it through the  MFT rectangle peek a boo die ,

Then backed the whole panel with some cranberry cardstock.

The background piece of card was a 'mop up' sheet, and the ink I used before spraying my glass work surface, and then smooshing the card, is from an old pad of Espresso Ink

The sentiment is an old magazine freebie that I love using on masculine cards - stamped in Versaclair Pinecone ink and clear embossed

A trimming from the background panel for the inside

and for the side of the envelope.

I am linking this to:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Earth Day or Recycle

Lil' patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #227 - Anything Goes

Allie's Angels Challenge #81 - Anything Goes

Pammie's inky Pinkies Challenge #2415 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #643 + 644 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #254 - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #466 - Make Your mark

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge - CAS

Ellibelles Crafty Wednesday April Challenge - Anything Goes

Critter Crazy Challenge #85 - Anything Goes Featuring a Critter

Farm Quest General Store Challenge #15 - Anything Country Goes

Poppies Pt 1

Welcome

And a very warm welcome to my newest follower, Kathy A  

I cannot find if she has a blog to be able to link up here :(

I have finally been able to settle down and do some card making these last few weeks, and on two of the cards I used the same Hero Arts Hero Florals Poppy   stamp set - I also have the matching dies

I started this card with a panel of inky goodness - if I remember rightly I did a couple of monoprints off stencils I had used on another card - come to think of it, it was background for the other poppy card!!

I cut a window using anrectangle  Peek a boo die from MFT, then backing it with a snippet of pale blue card that I only attached on three sides, leaving the bottom free.

The poppies were stamped on more snippets and white embossed, before being coloured with water colour paints.  I then die cut them, arranged them in the aperture and secured them on the reverse of the card with some sticky tape.  I then popped some glue under the leaves, and foam bots for some dimension under the flower and bud, which left me some room to attach the clouds.  They were a bit of an afterthought as the blue looked too stark - again white snippets were used.

The greeting (another Hero Arts set)  was stamped in Versa Clear Pinecone ink and clear embossed on a tiny left over piece from the background, and the I edged it with a wee scrap of white I had painted in the same red as the poppies.

When I first started assembling the card it looked very plain, so I added a very sparkly gold ribbon to the left of the focal panel against the cranberry base,  and some red rhinestones

I stamped the poppy on the left of the insert - yes, it's crooked, and I did re-do the whole insert..

The poppy also featured in the envelope, stamped in memento London Fog ink

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2415 - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground Challenge #478 - Anything Goes Using Snippets

snippets of white for the all stamping and clouds - blue for behind the aperture

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #643 +644 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #15 - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday April Challenge - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #776 - Spring

A Gem of a Challenge Week #7 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams April Challenge - Use a Die

Stamping Sensations April Challenge - Spring

We Love Stamping April Challenge - Spring

Ring a Ring of Roses

Welcome

My apologies for not being present in 'blogland' for the better part of a week - life has been moving faster than I have, and I kept running out of time... 

This was made earlier in the year for an older family member - I was invited to the luncheon to celebrate, but the folk I was going to travel with were unable to go due to a viral infection one of them contracted 48 hours before - it was not covid, but it was a mighty inconvenience!

If you are thinking you have seen this before, I did another similar card in red and white.

This time I stamped, coloured and diecut the roses to form the circle

The centre piece was a silver die cut doily layered over an orange die cut.  The centre of the silver diecut was removed, and a lemon layer, the same as the base inserted before the layered, diecut digits were added, all slightly offset to have the colour peeping through.

The final detailing before I assembled it all was the lace and silver ribbon placed diagonally across the front.

The sentiment was silver embossed on a hand cut fishtail banner.. the main panel was layered over silver before being mounted on the white base

The inside was finished with lace and silver ribbon, as was the envelope.

As I was not able to attend the function, I popped my gift and the card into a courier post beg to send off to the recipient.

I am linking this to:

Pattie's Creation April Challenge #217 - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration April Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #254 - Anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2414 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #643 + 644 - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday April Challenge - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping April Challenge - Spring (or A.G.)

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Spring or Flowers

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #465 - Dies and/or Stencils

Everybody Art Challenge #555 - Numbers

Rain Drops Keep Fallin'

Welcome

Thank you for visiting again.

Today I am sharing a card with a 'different' background, made with distress oxides, water and sparkly gold embossing powder!!  I was inspired by this video by Lou Collins.  

Mine didn't turn out anything like hers, but I am still happy enough with the results, although the glitter in the embossing powder went EVERYWHERE, and I ended up using some spray sealant in the end, or it would have eventually all come off... 

Unfortunately my inks 'beaded' and would not roll smoothly with the brayer

The embossed image is an older stamp from Simon Says, and the vertical sentiment is from a NZ stamp company.  This shows off some more of the glitter.

Although the card base I used looks almost red, it was in fact a deep pink that complimented the inks beautifully.

A scrap that I trimmed off the background panel adorns the insert.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday c\Challenge Weeks #641 + 642 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2413 - Anything Goes

 Incy Wincy April Challenge - Inspired by a Movie, song or book

(Raindrops Keep Fallin' - B.J.Thomas)

Paper Funday challenge #64 - Anything Goes Opt Sweet Treats

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday April Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #13 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Whatever the Weather

Krafty chicks Challenge #710 - Use Stamps

Allsorts Challenge #773/4 - Keep It Simple or AG

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

A Floral Quartet

Welcome

I made this set of cards as a birthday gift earlier in March.

I had to keep it simple as I still had my arm in a sling at that point.

It is a CASE from a card set I saw online, but I cannot remember where, to give credit.

I started by stamping the floral spray from Newton's Nook onto various snippets of white card in Momento London Fog ink, then placing the images onto my Waffle Flower sticky mat to hold it in place, (remembering I was one handed) then coloured it with my Polychromo pencils.

The images were cut with the matching die, and layered over snippets of patterned paper.

I had thought to stencil the background, but that was out of the question at the time.

The edges of the paper, the card, and the sentiment were all inked with a matching ink

I used four different sentiments, the 'blue' sentiment came with the floral set, and says 'Thanks a bunch'

I then took a tiny floret from the set and added some stamping inside in the same ink used on the outside of each card

And repeated that on the envelopes also.

I used the same wee stamp on the tag that I attached to the wrapped gift.

I am linking this to:

Snippets Playground Challenge #477 - Anything Goes using Snippets

(Snippets of white used for the florets stamping, snippets of paper for the backgrounds)

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #13 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2412 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #641 + 642 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #274 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge #216 - Anything Goes with a coloured image

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #221 - Spring Flowers with Dies or Punches 

Crafty Catz Challenge #668 - Anything Goes (Opt use an embossing folder, not taken) Spring Florals

Krafty Chicks Challenge #709 - All Occasions

Double Trouble Challenge #162 - Spring Florals (other options not used)

Another Fishy Tail....

Welcome

It was only the other day that I realised that my last post was my 1,500th, and it has occurred in my 15th year of blogging.  An interesting numerical coincidence. I somehow don't think I will be blogging for another 15 years.... 

Once more the birthday's of the fishermen in the family have rolled around, and this was made for a January birthday... 

I saw this technique online, but cannot find the source now.

I masked off the edges, and inked with some deep brown ink, then basically one takes a series of similar coloured washi and or card strips, (snippets) (I also used some hessian ribbon) and about a third of the way up the card, form a criss-cross pattern, then adhere the focal image over it. 

I did that with this fish image, that was embossed on a snippet of ink sprayed card and fussy cut, and mounted on foam dots.

The sentiment came out of my 'magic mug' of stamped and die cut sentiments

I decided the card needed a wee bit more, so masked the image and stripes, and  sprayed a copper mica spray over the opening.   The lower section was a bit messy, but it 'worked', and I was pleased with the result

A few black enamel dots and I called the front finished, then finished the inside of the top opening card with some more of one of the washi taped I used on the front.

 

I am linking this to:

Snippets Challenge #476 - Anything Goes using Snippets

One of the stripes, and the fish

Creative Fingers Challenge #274 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #12 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #6 = Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #773/4 - Keep it Simple

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2411 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #639 +640 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #668 - Anything Goes opt used

Cut It Up Challenge #300 - Happy Birthday

The Paper Shelter Challenge #588 - For the Boys