Garden Clay Pot

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Unbelievable – another post!!! You can tell I’m at home!!

Tonight’s post is a card from playing with AI Clay Pot stamp set.  I haven’t used this one as yet, so it was fun to play.  It was watercoloured with Distress Inks on water colour card.

At the end I cut the panel with STAMPlorations Wonky Rectangle Die.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe and I hope you can have a good week!!!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Hero Arts – Stay Crafty Challenge #2 Never-seen-ink

Art Impressions Challenge #279 Bloom Where You’re Planted

Less is More Challenge #416 – OLC No Sentiment

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #382 – Make Your Mark

STAMPlorations March CAS Cards Challenge

                  

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Hello and welcome

Tonight I’m sharing a fun card I made this week, playing with House Mouse – Monica stamp by Stampendous!

I am working on my CAS cards. So I thought this cute little mouse would be fun to use.

After stamping in black amalgam ink, I watercoloured using Tombow Pens and and Zig markers.

I felt the parasol was a little plain and decided to make it look slightly oriental look by adding clear Wink of Stella and then some Glitter Gelly Roll pen.

More pen was added to the movement marks. It looks so pretty IRL!

The sentiment is from Mama Elephant- Mini Messages.

Please take care in these uncertain times.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a good day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

HMFMC 312 # Anything Goes option Happy Birthday

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – Whatever the Weather

Less is More Challenge #415 – Red, Raspberry and Grey

Allsorts Challenge – Week 564 – Anything In The Animal Kingdom

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 626 – Just for Fun!

             

WWC264 – Helen’s Challenge: All About Occasions

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Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for our new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday! This week I’m thrilled to be hosting the challenge –Anything with a Feminine Twist.

I decided this week to play with some inks to see what effects I could get using blue, green and purple. I tried 3 different  types – Distress Inks, Brilliance Inks and Cosmic  Shimmer Pixie Powders.

I also tried, smooching the colour and dipping the cardstock into the colour.

Once the pieces were dry, I decided I loved the first and last. I had used Perfect Pearls water to mix with the Distress Inks to give a little shimmer.

I then cut Altnew’s leafy Garland Die from both panels.

I cut the card front panel and smooched the same Distress Inks on the front.

Using Altnew’s Fine Cover Frames, I used 3 of the frames.  2 were covered with Wink of Stella Silver. These were glued to a white panel with the largest being the outside edge.

I stamped the simple sentiment from the Altnew wonderland Stamp Set in black Brilliance Lightning Black Ink.

After layering this panel onto the card front, I added the 2 die cut garlands so they crossed over, with the darker Pixie Powders piece at the back for depth.

It is difficult to see, but the garland and background have a lovely shimmery look.

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope that you are all keeping safe and well. I love to read your comments.

Please take care in these uncertain times and be kind to everyone.  I wanted the soft delicate look of my card to send this message.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Altnew’s March Inspiration Challenge

Die Cut Divas  Anything Goes Challenge 

Double ‘D’ Challenge – Welcome SPRING

Creative Inspirations March Challenge – Pretty Pastels!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 626 – Just for Fun!

Virginia’s March Show & Share

 

        

 

 

Birthday Wishes (Penny Black Saturday Challenge)

 

I am thrilled to announce that my card was selected as winner of the March Challenge over at Die Cut Divas. Thanks so much!  It is a fun challenge to enter!!!

Hello and welcome

I’m back with a reminder for the current Penny Black Saturday Challenge! This month the theme is Anything Goes (optional Think Spring).  I hope you have the chance to join in the fun!

My card features no-line watercolouring of PB Magnolia Rhapsody using Distress Inks and my misti. When dry, I added a  little Inktense pencils for extra detail.

The panel was then given a stitched die cut edge.

CUTplorations ‘Birthday’ die was used to cut the word at the bottom of the panel along with 3 others in white. These were adhered together before being glued back into the flower panel.

This finished panel was then layered to kraft and green card stock before being added to the card front.

I seldom make any Easter cards, but love to use lots of flowers on my cards. Spring flowers make me happy and make life beautiful!

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great week!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Penny Black and More Challenge March – Spring Flowers

Die Cut Divas Challenge – Anything Goes

The Flower Challenge #42 – Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #157 – Birthday

Virginia’s Show and Share – March

As You Like It Challenge – Your Favourite Spring or Easter (& why).

               

WWC263 – Tristan’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

 

I am thrilled to say that my card was selected to win The Cat’s Pajamas – Furry Animals – March Challenge.

 Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for our new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday! This week it is Tristan’s Challenge –Anything with a Masculine Twist.

My fun card features The Cat’s Pajamas – Swanky Stamps image.

After stamping and masking, I added the stencilling (not sure of the company) using Ice Spruce Distress Ink.

The image was then watercoloured with Tombow Pens.

With Brilliance Lightning Black Ink, the sentiment from the same set was added and a sentiment from MFT – Birthday Greetings was stamped on the inside, along with a partial stamp of the main image in Spruce ink.

Love this fun image and sentiment!

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

TCP Tuesday #366 Challenge

Stamplorations March Stencil Challenge

Time Out Challenge #157 – Birthday

SSS Monday Challenge – Stencil Fun

Inkspirational Challenge 208 – Designer’s Choice – Animal

Addicted to CAS Challenge #180 – Circle

Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge 17th March 2020

CAS on Sunday Challenge #176 – Birthday

CASology Week 364: TEA

 

                     

WWC262 – Marsha’s Challenge: All About Occasions

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for our new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday! This week it is Marsha’s Challenge – All About Occasions.

Today’s card features flowers from Altnew – Adore You Stamp set. They were stamped and  no-line watercoloured with Distress Inks, before being fussy cut.

The SSS – Quadrangle Frames Die was cut and coloured with bronze acrylic paint, as was the Simply Dies – Hello.

It was then just a matter of gluing the elements to the card front.

I don’t make a lot of CAS cards, but I was happy with this with it’s soft, delicate flowers.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

AAA Cards CAS Game #160 – Maxi White Space + optional twist Metallic

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 624 – Anything Goes!

Less is More Challenge #414 – Big and Small

Trimmie’s Craft Challenge 547 – Female

Die Cut Divas – Chic Chickadee Crafts All Month Long – Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations March – Spring Florals

 

 

          

 

 

It’s Your Birthday? (HLS Dies)

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It’s time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers –  Anything Goes with Dies – March.   As always, anything goes in this challenge. So, I hope you’ll find time in  your busy life to join in the fun this month!

I had fun playing with Hero Arts – Alpaca – stamp and die set.  This was the first time to use this fun set.

The images were stamped and copic coloured before being die cut.

Using MFT – Stitched Mod Square STAX a centre was cut in the front panel.  Another was cut in a piece of fun foam, which was added to the back after attaching a piece of acetate.

After adding some bright shaker elements, the front panel was added to card front.

The alpaca was added to the front of the shaker window with raised tape and the other elements arranged around it.

On a scrap piece of card, I randomly added copic colours before using MFT – Zig Zag dies. These strips were attached to the top and bottom of the card.

I love the bright, happy neon colours which bring these images to life.

Time to head over to our blog to check out the great work by the rest of the Design Team!

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero February Challenge – Birthday 

Modsquad – Bring on the Neon

Die Cut Divas – Chic Chickadee Crafts All Month Long

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Something Feminine

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 624 – Anything Goes!

TCP Tuesday #366 Challenge – Furry Animals

Inkspirational Challenge 208 – Designer’s Choice – Animal

Virginia’s March Show & Share

The Daily Marker

                             

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

PB Aviary

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I’m thrilled to be here as a new member of the wonderful Penny Black Saturday Challenge!! I have always loved Penny Black stamps and they were some of the very first stamps I ever bought (and I still use those wood block stamps!)

As it’s the first Saturday of the month, it’s time for a  new challenge – March – Anything Goes (Optional ‘Think Spring’).

My card features the PB – Aviary stamp, which is new for me.  I love bird houses and felt that with the pots and birds it said “Spring”.

After stamping the image, I watercoloured using Tombow Markers and Distress Inks.

After trimming, I added it to a long card covered with DP and a strip of hessian ribbon.

I wanted to let the image remain centre stage.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create for this challenge!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Something Feminine

Stamping Sensations March – Spring Florals

Penny Black and More Challenge – March – Spring Flowers

The Daily Marker 

Stamplorations March Theme and Photo Prompt Challenge

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

WWC261 – Kath’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for our new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday! This week it is Kath’s Challenge –Anything with a Feminine Twist.

I had lots of fun playing with Hero Arts – ‘ My Monthly Hero’ January 2019, this week!

I had decided to use a bike as a focus on my card, but wanted to try for a non- obtrusive background. For that reason I stamped the shop front in grey and used grey scale copics to add some details.

The bike and pots were stamped, die cut and copic coloured and then arranged to make the scene.  I did trim a little more off the bottom of the die cut flowers.

I did add one pot from a very old Hero Arts – ‘Flower Garden Border’  wood block stamp, which I coloured and fussy cut.

The Sentiment  Hero Arts – ‘Beautiful Day Agapanthus’ was white heat embossed on black.

Inside I added another old wood block stamp from Hero Arts.

I  was happy with the way this card came together.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero – February Challenge – Birthday

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Feminine

Die Cut Divas Challenge – Anything Goes 

Time Out  Photo Challenge #156

Stamping Sensations – March – Spring Florals

Stamplorations March 2020 Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge 

Daily Marker

                     

 

 

Happy Birthday (HLS- Watercolour)

Hello and welcome

I’m back with another challenge over at  HLS Watercolour Challenge for March, 2020 with the fun  optional twist of FLOWERS!  However, anything  watercolour is just fine.

This week, I was playing with Altnew’s  Build-A-Flower: Cattleya.

After stamping in Gina K’s Obsidian Ink, I watercoloured with Altnew inks, before die cutting with the co-ordinating die.

The background used Clarity Stencils – Abstract Squares inked in Hero Arts – Charcoal Ink with  blending brushes.

Simply Dies _ Happy Birthday  was die cut and inked to match the background.

The flowers were then attached to the background.

Quite a quick and simple card, but I think the background really brings it to life.

Please head over to our blog and check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Wishing you a great week!!!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Time Out Challenges #156 – Photo Inspiration

Die Cut Divas – Hearts /and or Flowers

CASology – Week 362: TALL

Altnew February 2020 Inspiration Challenge

Stamplorations March Stencil Challenge