at least the cooler weather that i’ve been waiting for is finally here, but it’s dull today and hard to get a better pic. since the magenta sketch challenge deadline is midnight, i raced against the clock to get this finished; look, i didn’t even have time to add any stickles. lol. i stamped and cut out the flower three times, watercoloured with distress inks, attached them to black glossy paper, and literally followed the sketch. thanks for popping by.
Tag: Distress Inks
Trick Or Mice Treats
i’ve been so busy with volunteer activities that i think this will be my only card for this week; i so admire those who can create more quickly. it took some time for me to create this scene for the penny black saturday challenge this week, but it was fun.
four of the images are penny black clear stamps, but the tree is a stamp design by my daughter and bought by a stamp company (they added the moon, unfortunately; wouldn’t a row of spooky trees look awesome?). everything is watercoloured with distress inks and some glossy accents were added. thanks for popping by.
Every Leaf Is A Flower
i was inspired by the maple and acorn pattern to make this card for the 300th inspiration challenge, which is my favourite at splitcoaststampers. stef is the hostess with the mostest; she always visits participants and leaves comments, which makes everyone feel welcome to play. i don’t always have the time or mojo, so i was happy i got to have fun today, watercolouring with distress inks and sanding the base. thanks for popping by.
Bunnies and Back To School
for the past couple of weeks, my daughter and her two furry babies were visiting from out of town. both bunnies were rescued from shelters, a year apart, and it took about ten months for them to bond, but here they are cuddling together.
now that she’s back in university, i made this for my daughter; you can never be too old for cute, can you? i was lucky enough to win some pink cat studio digi stamps at the paper sundaes challenge last week, so i couldn’t resist this cutie. she’s watercoloured with distress inks, and i’m submitting her to the back to school allsorts challenge. thanks for popping by.
Setting Sunflower
this was a happy accident that occurred while i was designing cards for my next watercolouring class at papercraft cafe. i stamped the image, enhanced the colour of the paper with distress inks and added black stickles to some of the dots. i’m submitting this to the really reasonable ribbon keep it clean challenge. thanks for popping by.
Betsy Is Framed
i’m finally starting to feel up to making cards again. this week’s allsorts challenge is you’ve been framed, so betsy is inlaid inside the window cutout and surrounded by a polka dot frame on the outside. she is watercoloured with distress inks and the edges are sponged with same. i’m also submitting this to the open theme at flutterby wednesday. thanks for popping by.
Glittered Tulips
i haven’t been up to much while recovering from my tooth extraction, but i managed to participate in the the august flourishes bring back beautiful challenge to make a clean and simple (CAS) card. i watercoloured the image with distress inks, covered the flowers with stickles and the bucket with glossy accents – a very quick card. thanks for popping by.
Daisy Chain Mice
this is my second post today; i’m trying to focus on creating so the pain from my tooth extraction is less noticeable. i made this for the flower soft challenge to create a rectangle card and for the touchy feely theme at the penny black saturday challenge. i watercoloured the image and sky with distress inks, used flower soft on the flowers and grass, yellow stickles in the flower centres and popped the matted image on foam tape. thanks for popping by.
Note Holder
i found the tutorial for this cute memo box back in june and decided it was the perfect project to distract me from my latest tooth extraction, so i finally created one. the image is watercoloured with distress inks and i added some stickles to the dots and the dragonfly. i’m submitting this to the anything but a card theme at the allsorts challenge and the new marianne’s design divas challenge. thanks for popping by.
Hello!
thank you to my new subscribers; i appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog! the penny black at allsorts challenge this month is free and easy, so i chose this image to watercolour with distress inks; i covered a chipboard button to match and matted the image on a die cut label 1. i’m also submitting this to the paper sundaes challenge – just saying hi. thanks for popping by.
Do You Have A Wish?
my wish is that my mojo would stop taking a break. in between medical appointments and my out of town daughter visiting with her two very cute bunnies, i haven’t had time to create much lately. anyway, i watercoloured this image with distress inks and aquamarkers, used plenty of stickles on the wings and created this fan flower by hand scoring the paper strip; the hardest part was actually forming the flower and getting it to stick to the base. with my hands, i don’t think i’ll be making many of these, although i love how they look. thanks for popping by. i’m submitting this to the following challenges:
sir stampalot – whatever you fancy
flutterby wednesday – open theme
my time to craft – fairy tales
moving along with the times – fantasy
papertake weekly – grow your own
Hello Sunshine
the second paperlane challenge, using molly blooms stamps, has a theme of shades of sunshine, so i went with yellow, orange, pink and red. i masked molly to stamp her on the toadstool, watercoloured her with distress inks and aquamarkers and added glossy accents to her shoes. the sentiment is a punch out from the echo park summer days collection kit. thanks for popping by.
Vellum Flower
i loved the inspiration photo at the ribbon reel challenge, but this card didn’t come together until i loosely followed splitcoaststampers’ sketch challenge. i sponged pink distress ink onto the patterned paper and attached a strip of scalloped shimmer card stock to one side and the lace to the other. to make the flower, i embossed some vellum, punched two flowers from it and one from blue paper, then attached the single pearl and finally, all the smaller ones. i’m also submitting this to the allsorts challenge of free and easy. thanks for popping by.
Serene Scene
i missed being creative this past week, but we were out of town enjoying a change of scenery and visiting family. it was relaxing to be unplugged, but it’s always good to be home. i had a couple of nice surprises waiting for me – i found out i was a top pick for two challenges and this magenta stamp that i won a couple of weeks ago arrived. this photo inspired me to ink up my new stamp and make this CAS card for the splitcoaststampers inspiration challenge because i think my mojo is still on vacation. :) thanks for popping by.
Molly Blooms Love Birds
the paperlane challenge is holding its first challenge – Anything BUT square with Molly Blooms Stamps as your main image. i watercoloured the house and birds with distress inks, gave them a really shiny roof with glossy accents and added yellow stickles to the dots. the heart is a chip board button i covered with some basic grey DP and coated with glossy accents. i’ll set this aside for my husband since our anniversary is next month. when i taught my watercolouring class last week, we had an interesting discussion about just what kinds of cards are acceptable to men – i’m lucky that my DH likes everything i make. thanks for popping by.
Rudolph Day In July
i joined sandra’s challenge to make christmas cards on rudolph day – the 25th of each month; it’s a great way to build up the card stash for the holidays. i watercoloured santa teddy with distress inks, although i don’t think the photo reflects the real colour and red is just one of those tricky colours to edit. i’m also entering this into The Stamp Man challenge to use anything by tim and Winter Wonderland challenge to use holly. thanks for popping by.
Blue Butterfly
this is the second card i made from this one inspiration photo for splitcoaststampers‘ inspiration challenge. i started it yesterday, but it just wasn’t working; when i looked at it again today, everything came together quickly. i’m also submitting this to the allsorts challenge which is ‘free and easy’ for all of july, and the open theme at flutterby wednesday. thanks for popping by.
Made With Magenta
i followed magenta sketch challenge #22 to create this card, using magenta papers and one of their sentiment stamps. i cut out the die shape, lightly sponged the edges with distress ink, punched the flowers and attached them to the die cut branches. thanks for popping by.
Get Sketchy With Flourishes
there are some challenges during their release week, so i had time to create this for the flourishes sketch challenge, literally following this clean and simple layout. the image is watercoloured with distress inks and markers, die cut and attached to the DP layer and mat. the sentiment is from the same set. thanks for popping by.
A Symbol Of Beauty
this month’s flourishes bring back beautiful challenge is the beauty of summer and/or vacation; i chose the orchid, watercoloured it with distress inks and letraset aquamarkers and popped it with foam dots. thanks for popping by.
Wheelbarrow Bouquet
the penny black at allsorts challenge is celebrating its first birthday with extra prizes, a quiz for penny black fans, and a flower power theme. i’m also submitting this to the stampin’ for the weekend challenge to use my favourite things: watercolouring, stickles, distressing, keeping things fairly simple. thanks for popping by.
Blogiversary and Butterfly Card For Class
wow, it’s been a year since i started this blog. my goal was to motivate myself to continue to be creative and participate in challenges while i traveled along on my grief journey after the loss of my son in june 2009; i needed something to focus on so i didn’t lose myself in the sadness.
thank goodness there are no challenge rules to blogging; i post when i can, share when i want and try my best to maintain a positive tone, even if i’m not feeling up to it.
throughout this past year, i’ve met some wonderful and caring friends along the way and i appreciate the comments, support and encouragement. i love visiting blogs and finding cute images that make me smile, posts that make me laugh and cards that are just so inspiring – all i could ever do is wish to be so talented.
my goal for the upcoming year remains unchanged, although i might push myself to try new techniques. for now, i’m enjoying my comfort zone and monthly challenges that allow me to move at my own pace. i’m also having fun teaching watercolouring with distress inks classes at the papercraft cafe and this is one of the cards for my July 16 class. i’m submitting this to the flutterby wednesday’s open challenge this week. thanks so much for popping by.
Penny Black Saturday Celebrates
happy third birthday to the penny black saturday challenge team, which is celebrating with extra prizes and a blog hop; the theme is pesky critters. i raced to get this card done today because i’ll be too busy to finish it by the deadline otherwise. i watercoloured with distress inks, added glossy accents to the balloons and, of course, stickles to the flower centres and gift box. i sponged the die cut stars, covered them in stickles and added some paper streamers. thanks for popping by.
Strawberry Special
this month’s bring back beautiful challenge at flourishes is to use the spotlighting technique, which i’ve never done before – probably because i want to watercolour more than just a small portion of an image. i popped the spotlighted image on foam tape for the bottom layer and stamped around the top circle; everything is watercoloured with distress inks and the red is actually christmas paper with cream dots on it. this is going to my dad; he loves strawberries, plus he’s an artist so he’ll appreciate the easel. i’m also submitting this to the paper sundaes easel card challenge. thanks for popping by.
In Loving Memory
i made this card for my son, who passed away two years ago today and it just feels natural to me to continue to make cards to honour him, especially because he always encouraged me along my creative pursuits. besides, so much has changed since that horrific day that my card making is probably the only thing that feels natural; everything else just feels out of whack – maybe it always will. i miss him and think of him daily, but with my birthday last saturday and father’s day tomorrow, it’s been an overwhelming week. teddy is watercoloured and i added flower soft to the flower centres and for the grass. i’m submitting this card to the flower soft floral challenge.
thanks for popping by. i always appreciate everyone’s comments, but depending on what kind of day i’m having, i sometimes don’t get around to commenting as often as i should.
Framed Butterflies
the less is more challenge this week is a one layer card with the theme of ‘in the frame.’ since i watercolour 99.9% of my cards, because of my hands, this was a real challenge for me. the card base is watercolour paper; i inked the image with three different distress inks, lightly spritzed it and stamped it – done. i feel like i cheated; i didn’t actually paint an image. lol. thanks for popping by.
Hedgies’ Gift
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is ‘for the guys.’ the image is watercoloured, die cut and attached to a crumpled and sanded die cut piece of paper. i distressed the edges of the dotted layer and i had to add stickles somewhere, so they’re on the dots of the gift and the flower centres. i’m also submitting this to the simon says stamp and show your distressed/torn edges. thanks for popping by.
Snail’s Portrait
choosing my favourite penny black stamp was challenging, but i decided to use this portraiture stamp for penny black at allorts‘ june challenge – you’re my favourite. i decided to use some of my other favourites on this card: i watercoloured the image, including the sky, with distress inks; added white liquid pearls to snail’s dots; stickles on the sun; my favourite new punch on the pink layer; and pink and green. i’m also submitting this to the monthly fan club challenge at splitcoaststampers.
as i was painting this morning, the mail arrived with the penny black stamp i won last month and this cute card from brenda. thanks so much!
thanks for popping by.
Same Image, Different Layout
the hero arts’ june challenge to watercolour was posted the day after i posted my CAS card using this same image, so i made a new card. i watercoloured with distress inks and markers, added a lot of stickles, and popped the image on foam tape. the pink ribbon with gold thread shows up much better in real life. thanks for popping by.
Colour Challenge Card
i never seem to have the right colours to play along with splitcoastampers‘ colour challenge, but i used substitute colours that i think are close enough. the base is a very dark boysenberry, which might explain why the photo looks a bit blurry? sometimes red card stock is tricky. anyway, the image is watercoloured, die cut and popped on foam tape; of course i had to add stickles to the flower centres and dots on the frame. thanks for popping by.
Pink Daisies For Class
this is the other card that i taught yesterday in my watercolouring with distress inks class at papercraft cafe. i only had two participants this time, but it allowed for more individual attention. it was a lot of fun; the ladies were so enthusiastic and it was nice to see how happy they were with their cards. the impression obsession daisies were over stamped with the penny black text background and the punched border is made with my new ek success punch; i love it. thanks for popping by.
Butterfly Kisses
this week’s flutterby wednesday challenge is clean and simple. i think this is the largest card i’ve made; it’s 5 1/4″ x 6 1/4″ to accommodate this image, which is watercoloured and the edges are lightly sponged. my blogging buddy, sandra, let me know about the less is more challenge, which is butterflies this week, so i’m playing in that one for the first time. i’m also playing along with the get hippity with ippity challenge. thanks for popping by.
Skies Of Blue
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is fussy and fancy, so this what i fussed over all morning. i watercoloured the image, covered it in glossy accents and stamped the penny black text background over it. i sponged the edge of the die cut image, the round doily and die cut a second doily. i made tiny faux dew drops out of bits of paper and glossy accents, used the bow-easy and added a button to the bow. the inside is actually finished as well.
i’m also submitting this to the splitcoaststampers’ monthly fan club theme. thanks for popping by.
Hey There!
this is one of the cards i’ll be teaching at my next watercolouring with distress inks class on saturday. i love the look of stitching on cards, but i’m afraid my old sewing machine isn’t up to the task, so i used a white gel pen instead. thanks for popping by.
A Cozy Breakfast
the penny black at allsorts monthly challenge is to create anything but square or rectangle and i love making circle cards. i watercoloured the image, covered the button in glossy accents and kept it fairly simple because i’m giving this one to my husband. for 36 years, he has carried on his family’s long standing tradition of making soft boiled eggs for sunday breakfast. thanks for popping by.
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