National Coffee Day Blog Hop - CAS-ual Fridays

Hello, CAS-ual Fridays is one of the many sponsors of the National Coffee Day Blog Hop over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers.
You can click HERE to take you over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog for all the hop details.

For my card today I have used the Coffee Talk stamp set and the Coffee Cup Fri-Dies.
I started by smooshing some watercolour inks onto a piece of watercolour paper and when it was dry I die cut the large coffee cup from it.  I then die cut a heap of the smaller cup in white card stock and adhered them all onto a card panel.  I die cut the "coffee" sentiment from black card stock and adhered that onto the coffee cup then stamped the sentiment underneath.

Make sure you hop over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog to see all the coffee cards the DT has made.  

AAA Cards Challenge #150 - OLC

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards.

This time we have a One Layer Challenge with the optional twist of Autumn.

Our sponsor is Winnie &  Walter.

I took on the optional twist and coloured my image in Autumn colours using my Prisma pencils.

We would love you to join us, all you have to do is make a one layer CAS card as per our theme above and link it up to our blog HERE.  Just remember we like to see lots of White Space on your cards!

Less is More Challenge #405 We Pick, You Pick.

Hello and happy Saturday!

It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More.

so all cards have sparkle plus another element from this list
sparkle + gloss, 
sparkle + matte, 
sparkle + pearl, 
sparkle + chalky

Visible Image is our generous sponsor and our Guest Designer is the very talented Maaike who was our July winner.

https://visibleimage.com/shop/

I chose Sparkle and Pearl for my card today.  I used the gorgeous butterfly stencil from Visible Image with a few different shades of blue ink.  With the stencil still in place, I sprayed some perfect pearls. I then removed the stencil and added some spots of glue using a glue pen, then sprinkled it with glitter.  

It's really sparkly and pearly in real life!

We would love you to join us!  All you have to do is make a CAS card using the above theme and link it up to our challenge HERE.  Don't forget we like to see lots of white space on your card.

Thanks for visiting and I'll be back tomorrow.

WWC240 - Kath's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Hello and happy Wednesday, it's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and Kath is our host this week with an "All About Occasions" Challenge.

I have made a birthday card using a gorgeous background stamp from Catherine Pooler Designs called "Climbing Flowers".

I stamped the image onto a piece of Neenah 80lb card stock with versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Then I ink blended three different colours of CP inks using  blending brush.  I die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a card base with some fun foam.  I added a sentiment strip from The Ton digital stamps.

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a  card for any occasion and link it up to the challenge blog HERE.  Make sure you check out all the other DT cards for some inspiration.

You have until Tuesday, 1st October at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 30th September 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking!

MFT 2019 Card Design Superstar Contest

Hello, today I have made a card for the MFT 2019 

Card Design Superstar contest Clean and Simple Genius category.

I recently purchased the Tweet Friends stamp set and I can't stop using it!  Those little singing birds are so cute!

I started by sponging some pink ink using the MFT Mix-ables cloud stencil and kept it to the lower right hand corner. I stamped the bird onto a separate piece of card stock and coloured it in with alcohol markers and Prisma pencils. I fussy cut the image out and adhered it onto my stencilled background with some foam tape for a bit of dimension.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set and adhered that directly underneath the bird then stamped some of the music notes directly onto the card panel.  I cut my card panel slightly smaller than my card base and adhered it with a piece of craft foam.

I hope you like my card today.

You can click HERE to take you over to the MFT blog to check out all the gorgeous cards already entered.

Thanks for visiting.

WWC239 - Helen's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!

This week Helen is our host with a Masculine "Anything Goes" challenge.

For my card this week I have used a cute stamp set from Craftyscrappers called "Peek-A-Boo".  My friend Ishani sent this to me all the way from India. How cute are those animals!  The bird is from a stamp set by Uniquely Creative.

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a masculine card for any occasion and link it up to the challenge blog HERE.  Make sure you check out all the other DT cards for some inspiration.

You have until Tuesday, 24th September at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 23rd September 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

AAA Cards Challenge #149

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards!
Our theme is "Up to One Third" with the optional twist of an inlaid die.  

Our very generous sponsor is 

and our Guest Designer is  Joy Dsouza with a beautiful card!

For my card, I cut a strip from an alcohol ink panel and die cut the "hello" from CAS-ual Fridays.  I then cut another "hello" from white card stock and inlaid it into the alcohol panel.

We would love you to join us, all you have to do is make a CAS card as per our theme above and link it up to our blog HERE.  Just remember we like to see lots of White Space on your cards!

Thanks for visiting!

Pretty Posies

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today with this card I made using the Modern Petals stencil and the Pretty Posies stamp set.  You can click HERE to take you over to the blog if you want more details.

I thought this would be perfect for The Flower Challenge #36 which is Anything Goes.

Here's a link to the products I have used if you are interested in purchasing them.

Don't forget you can use my special discount code below for a 15% discount in the shop.

Modern Petals stencil   Pretty Posies  Posies Fri-Dies.

Thanks for looking!

Less is More Challenge #404

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today we have a new challenge starting over at the Less is More blog and the theme is Typography.

Our very generous sponsor is

For my card today I have used the "Born to Perform" stamp set from Visible Image.  

We would love you to join us!  All you have to do is make a CAS card using the above theme and link it up to our challenge HERE.  Don't forget we like to see lots of white space on your card.

Thanks for visiting and I'll be back tomorrow.

WWC238 - Tristan's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Hello, it's Wednesday again!!  Time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and this time the lovely Tristan is our host with an "All About Occasions" challenge.

I've made a birthday card using this beautiful digital stamp from Graciellie Designs.  Who wouldn't love an ice cream cone full of flowers for their birthday!!

I coloured in the image with Prisma Pencils and cut it out with my Scan n Cut.  I also added some white gel pen for some interest.

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a card for any occasion and link it up to the challenge blog HERE.  Make sure you check out all the other DT cards for some inspiration.

You have until Tuesday, 17th September at 09.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 16th September 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting.

Stenciling Challenges and MFT stamp set

Hello and happy Monday!  Today I have two cards using stencils as backgrounds.  I have a new MFT stamp set by Stacey Yacula called Tweet Friends and the little birds are so adorable.  Thanks to my friend Michelle Lupton for enabling me!!

For my first card I blended some Catherine Pooler ink in one corner of my card panel. Then I placed the "Perfect Vine" stencil also from Catherine Pooler over the top and pressed a baby wipe over to take some of the ink off.  I coloured in the sweet little bird with Copics and Prisma pencils and adhered it with some foam tape.  The sentiment strip is from The Ton's new Birthday Sentiment Strips printables.

I am entering this into the CAS Stencil Challenge which is "baby wipes".

I made my second card using the Grid Stencil from Altenew with CP Ink and my blending brushes.  I coloured another one of the cute birds from MFT with Copics and Prisma pencils.  The sentiment is again from The Ton printables.

I am entering this card into the AAA Birthday Challenge which is "Use a Stencil"

Thanks for looking and have a great week!

WWC237 - Michelle's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Hello and happy Wednesday!  That means it's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and this week I am the host with a Feminine Anything Goes Challenge.

For my card, I used the "A Study in Watercolor" Stamp Set from Altenew and inked it up with CP Be Mine ink.  I also did some second generation stamping for a lighter colour.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up "Incredible like you" stamp set.

I have the perfect person for this card!

We would love to see you join in on the fun over at Watercooler Wednesday.  Click here to take you over to see all the other beautiful cards by the design team.  

Thanks for visiting.

AAA Cards Challenge #148

Hello and happy Sunday!  It's the first day of Spring here in Australia!  I'm glad winter is finally over.

We have a new challenge over at AAA Cards and this time we have a sketch for you with the optional twist of animals.

Our sponsor is Craftyscrappers and they have a prize of 2 digi stamps for our winner!

How cute are those digi's!!

For my first card, I have used the cute Octopus and coloured it in with Prisma pencils.  I cut it out using my scan n cut and popped it up onto my ink blended strip using dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from the same digi set.

For my second card, I stamped one of the cute little reindeer from the "Reindeer and a Tree" stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs and cut him out using my scan n cut.  I masked off the bottom of my card panel and sponged some distress ink and popped the reindeer up using some dimensional tape.

We would love you to join us, all you have to do is make a CAS card as per our theme above and link it up to our blog HERE.  Just remember we like to see lots of White Space on your cards!

Thanks for visiting!