Hooray let’s Celebrate with CAS-ual Fridays

 Hello, I’m over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today with a couple of cards I made using the "Sassy Celebration" stamp set and the "Hooray" Dies.

For my first card I started by ink blending some Catherine Pooler Inks onto some white card stock.  Then I stenciled over the top with the same color of ink using the "Modern Petals" stencil.

I die cut the Hooray three times and adhered them all together.  The top layer is embossed with glitter embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment in black and adhered the die cut on top, offsetting it slightly so it looks like a shadow.  I added some 4 petals die cuts, matted the panel onto some black card stock and adhered it to a top folding card with foam tape.

For my next card I sponged some Catherine Pooler inks onto a piece of white card stock then placed the "Bold Trellis" stencil over the top and wiped it with a wet baby wipe to take some of the ink away.  I love the look this gives.  

I hope you like my cards and I have inspired you to get crafty!

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

WWC295 - Karen's Challenge: All About Occasions

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

I've made a Christmas card this week to add to my slowly growing collection.  I love the gnome trend at the moment but don't have any in my stash so I drew my own!  I coloured him in with Ohuhu alcohol markers and cut him out with my Scan n Cut.

I added a sentiment from  "The Man With The Bag" stamp set from Catherine Pooler Designs.

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, 3rd November at 10.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 2nd November 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting. 

 

AAA Cards Challenge #177

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

I've used "Balloon Bash" stamp set from Uniko for my card today and they are our very generous sponsor for this month.  I stamped the balloon using Catherine Pooler inks.

Our Guest Designer this week is  Sue  with a beautiful card!

We would love you to join us, all you have to do is make a  card with Maxi White Space 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 #431

 

Hello and happy Saturday!

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

Our very generous sponsor for the month is:

For my card today I've used the Forever Fern stamp set from Stampin Up with Catherine Pooler Inks.

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

Thanks for visiting.

WWC294 - Marsha's Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

 Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday and the lovely Marsha is our host with a Masculine Twist.

I've used the "Woodland Wishes" stamp set from Funky Fossil Designs.  I did some ink smooshing then stamped directly over the top.  I coloured the deer in with Polchromos pencils and added some detail with a white gel pen.

We would love to see you join in on the challenge.  All you have to do is make a card for any occasion with a masculine twist 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,27th October at 10.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 26th October 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting. 

Rachelle Anne Miller Animal Tree Christmas Stamp

  Hello, I'm over on the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook Group today sharing a card I made using the "Animal Tree" Christmas Digital Stamp.

I started by printing the digi onto some Neenah Solar White card stock and coloured it in with Ohuhu Alcohol Markers. I added some white gel pen and glitter to make it sparkle!  

I am entering this into the Craftyhazelhut's Christmas Challenge #512

You can click HERE to visit the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook group to see lots more inspiration from the amazing design team.  And click HERE to take you over to Rachelle's web site.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day!

A Card in a Box with CAS-ual Fridays

Hello, I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog today with a fun box card filled with Pretty Posies flowers.

I have made the square box cards before but this is the first rectangle one I have made.  It just gives you that little bit more room to play with.  They are pretty quick and easy to make and there are plenty of tutorials on you tube on how to make the box.  This one was made from one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock.  I added some patterned paper that I have been hoarding and matched the colors with Catherine Pooler inks for the flowers and leaves. 

You can find more details on the CAS-ual Fridays blog if you're interested.

I am entering the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #372 - Embossing

Not Just Cards Challenge :October

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #126 Anything Goes

The Flower Challenge # 49 -Circles

I hope you like my box of flowers and I have inspired you to make one. 

Also don't forget you can use my special discount code below.

WWC293 - Tristan's Challenge: All About Occasions

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

I've made a Christmas card this week using Catherine Pooler Designs "The Man with the Bag"  Stamp set. The sunglasses are from CP's "Pet Specs" Dies.

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,20th October at 10.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 19th October 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for visiting. 

CASE me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

 

Hello, today I'm so happy to be joining my friend Michelle Lupton in her CASE me a Christmas card series.   She's changed things up a little bit this year and asked us to CASE a card of hers and make it into a Christmas card.  Michelle makes the most beautiful cards and is the Alcohol Ink Queen so I thought I would try my hand at recreating one of her masterpieces!

Here's Michelle's card that I've CASED.

You can click HERE to take you over to Michelle's blog to see her CASE of my card.

And here's my card.  I wanted to use "Michelle Blue" (yes that' a thing) .  I think this piece was my fifth attempt at getting the alcohol inks to behave in the manor that I wanted them to!  I added the "JOY" die cut with some foam tape and white heat embossed the sentiment onto some black card stock.

Thanks for looking!

Sunday Challenges

Hello, I'm back again playing along with a few challenges.

I am trying to get my Christmas cards done in time to send out this year so I decided to play along with the CAS Christmas Card Challenge which is "Christmas Birds".

I've used a digi stamp from Lili of the Valley and coloured it in with alcohol markers and Prima pencils.

My next card is for the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge.  My friend Tristan from Tinstar Designs is Guest Designer this month so I thought I'd check it out. 

I stamped the Penguin from MFT and coloured her in using a blender pen and the above ink colours.  I have Stampin Up's Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry but not the Flirty Flamingo so I substituted that with Catherine Pooler Pink Champagne ink.

Thanks for visiting and I'll be back tomorrow! 

AAA Cards Challenge #176

Hello and happy Sunday!  It's been another perfect sunny Spring day today and those baby magpies are still playing in the back yard.

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Cards . 

Our lovely sponsor is:

and our guest designer is Angie Cimbalo with a gorgeous card.

Here's my card made using the cute penguin from My Favorite Things " Sending sweet celebration wishes".

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

Thanks for visiting.

Hello and happy Saturday.   It's been a beautiful sunny Saturday here and I've had the baby magpies playing in the back yard.

It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More and this time we would like you to CASE  Sharon.  Her beautiful card is up on the blog so be sure to hop over and take a look to see how I was inspired. 

 

Our lovely sponsor is:

I've used the "Balloon Bash" stamp set from Uniko on my card today.  I've had great mileage from this stamp set and I just love the string bow that goes with the balloons.  I didn't have room for it on my card today though.  

We would love you to join us!  All you have to do is CASE Sharon's card and link it up to our challenge HERE.  Don't forget we like to see lots of white space (or black in this case) on your card.

Thanks for visiting.

WWC292 - Dawn's Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist

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

The lovely Dawn is our host this week with an Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.

 

I have used a SSS stencil on my card this week.  After ink blending with some Catherine Pooler inks, I removed the stencil and added some shading with Prisma pencils.  I added a "happy" die cut from Catherine Pooler and stamped the "Birthday" with CP Midnight Ink.

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,13th October at 10.00am Melbourne Time or Monday 12th October 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Rachelle Anne Miller Flower River

 Hello, I'm over on the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook Group today sharing a card I made using the Flower River digi stamp.

I started by printing this cute image out onto some Neenah Solar White card stock and coloured her in with Prisma pencils.  I cut her out using my scan n cut and adhered onto an ink blended card panel with foam tape.  I stamped a sentiment from Catherine Pooler directly onto the card panel and foam mounted that onto a top folding card base. I've also added some white gel pen onto the flower.

You can click HERE to visit the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps facebook group to see lots more inspiration from the amazing design team.  And click HERE to take you over to Rachelle's web site.

I am entering into the following challenges:

Get Creative Challenge # 96 - Favorite Color Combo

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 39 - anything goes

Thanks for visiting.