WWC277 - Tristan's Challenge: All About Occasions Challenge

Hello and happy Wednesday!

It's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and Tristan is our lovely host with an All About Occasions Challenge.

I've made another birthday card just for a change!

I used the "Sending Sweet Celebration Wishes" stamp set from MFT and a stencil from Funky Fossil Designs on my card today.

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a card using the above theme 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, 30th June at 9.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 29th June  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting.

Making balloon stencils with CAS-ual Fridays dies.

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today sharing a few cards I made with a hand made stencil.

 I started by making my balloon stencils using some clear acetate and the Ornament Tag Fri-Dies.  

 There are two sizes of circles in this die set which was perfect for the cards I had in mind.  After die cutting the circles I cut a little triangle piece out on the bottom of the balloon using scissors. You could also use card stock or copy paper if you don't have any acetate.    I sponged some ink,  left my stencil in place and laid the Jacks Stencil directly over the top and sponged a darker shade of ink over that.    I stamped the sentiments from Shenanigans in black ink directly over the top of my balloons. 

I hope you like my fun birthday balloon cards!

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

AAA Cards Challenge#168

Hello, we have a new challenge over at AAA Cards.
We would like to see you use one corner with the optional twist to use masking on your card.

Our fabulous sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays and our Guest Designer is - Milka.

For my card today I have used the adorable stamp set "Nate & Friday" which is based on the two Boston Terriers owned by Michele from CAS-ual Fridays.
I stamped the first one that I wanted to be in the front, then masked and stamped the other one.  I then masked them both and sponged some blue ink in the background.  The sentiment is from the same set.

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

Thanks for visiting.

Don't forget you can use my special discount code in the CAS-ual Fridays shop for a 15% discount.

Less is More Challenge #422

Hello and happy Saturday!

It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More and this time we would like to see you use a solid and an outline image.

Uniko is our very generous sponsor.



For my card today I've used the Uniko Style stamp set and the leaves are from Beautiful Blooms 11. I used Catherine Pooler inks.

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.

WWC276 - Marsha's Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

Hello and happy Wednesday.

We have a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and this time the lovely Marsha is our host. This week we have an "anything goes with a masculine twist challenge".

For my card I have used the "Happy Birthday" stamp set from The Stamping Village. This stamp set has 12 stamps from 12 different stamp companies.  I have used the one from Dare 2B Artzy and coloured the presents in with alcohol markers.  I added a strip of patterned paper underneath for a bit of interest as I thought it was a bit too CAS! 

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a card using the above theme 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, 23rd June at 9.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 22nd June  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting.

Stenciling with CAS-ual Fridays

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today sharing these cards made with the new Pawesome Stencil and sentiments from the  Rainbow Bridge stamp set.

I've been eagerly awaiting my parcel which happened to be caught up in San Fransisco for a few months due to Covid.  It arrived downunder yesterday much to my delight!

For my first card I used a Kalaidecolor Ink Pad and a blending brush.  I love the quick effortless ombre effect achieved with these ink pads. I added some glitter to the larger paw prints using a glue pen.  I added the sentiment from the Rainbow Bridge stamp set.   Both cards are really sparkly but you will have to take my word for it as it doesn't show up in the photo's.

For my second card I sponged some Picked Raspberry Distress ink and whilst the stencil was still in place I took a gelly roll pen and went around the pawprints.  I stamped the sentiment from Rainbow Bridge stamp set.

I hope you like my cards and I've inspired you to get those stencils out!

Don't forget you can use my special discount code below in the CAS-ual Fridays shop for 15% off your purchase.

WWC275 - Karen's Challenge: All About Occasions Challenge

Hello there, is it Wednesday again already!!

Time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and this week Karen is our lovely host.

I've made another birthday card this week.  The way the year is flying by, I think I had better make a start on my Christmas cards real soon.

I used a cute stamp set from Gerda Steiner today and coloured in my images with alcohol markers and Prisma pencils.  I cut them all out using my scan n cut and adhered them onto a card panel.  I grounded my critters with a strip of striped paper from Catherine Pooler and stamped the sentiment from Close to My Heart.

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a card using the above theme 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, 16th June at 9.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 15th June  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting.

AAA Cards Challenge #167

Hello and happy Sunday.  We have a new challenge over at AAA Cards.

Our very generous sponsor is STAMPlorations with a $15 credit to digital store for the winner.

For my card today I have used a stamp set from Uniko and the butterfly is from an Altenew set. The sentiment is from Stampin Up.  I stamped the flower with CP ink and added some detail with my Prisma pencils.  

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

Thanks for visiting.

Less is More Challenge #421

Hello and happy Saturday.  It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More and this time we would like to see borders on your project.  

Our wonderful sponsor is Uniko.

I have used the Background Builders Squared stamp set from Uniko today for my border and stamped it in black ink directly onto my card panel.  I added a butterfly from Catherine Pooler Happy Butterflies stamp set which I coloured in with Ohuhu Alcohol markers.

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.

WWC274 - Dawn's Challenge: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist

Hello, it's Wednesday again and time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday.

Dawn is our lovely host this week with an "Anything Goes with a feminine twist" challenge.

For my card I've used the Happy Butterflies stamp set from Catherine Pooler Designs and coloured it in with some CP Inks and a blender pen.  

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a card using the above theme 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, 9th June at 9.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 8th June  5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting.

Seize the Birthday Challenge #191

Hello, I made another card today!  

This one is for Seize the Birthday Challenge which is Totally Tropical.

I've used the "Toucan Do It" stamp set from Catherine Pooler along with my Ohuhu Alcohol markers. (I love saying Ohuhu)

Thanks for visiting and lets see if I can make it 3 days in a row!  See you tomorrow!

Time Out Challenges

Hello and happy Monday!  Today is the first day of Winter and it certainly is a wintery day here, wet and cold!   No beach walk for me today so I thought I'd make a card instead.

There is a challenge over at Time Out that looks like fun so my card today is about being free!

I've used the cute "Whimsy Bunnies" stamp set from Uniquely Creative and coloured in my images with some alcohol markers.  I stenciled the clouds with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.

I had to put my sentiment up the top because I had an ink smudge from my fingers there!!

Thanks for visiting and if this weather keeps up, I'll be back tomorrow with another card.