The Friday Mashup Challenge 245

The Friday Mashup Challenge 245

The final The Friday Mashup Challenge :-(.
So sad they're stopping, but after five years I think it was time.
Five years of awesome challenges, and although I've only known them for a year and a half I think, I'm sad to see them close down.
All the best to everyone involved and good luck on your next ventures.
I for one shall miss you.

For my card I used a stamp from Lili of the

Valley (patchwork butterfly). Colored it with my Spectrum Noir pencils. I'm not good at pencils, so  don't look at that...I thought it would be easier to get into the little fiddly bits my Spectrum Noir markers wouldn't reach. It's the first time I'm coloring this image so I don't actually know, will try a marker one too...soon.

I used washi tape for my diagonal stripes on the cardbase. I partially cut out the bunny panel as the die is rectangular and I wanted a square-ish with dotted border and rounded edges or I could have just chopped it with the trimmer ;-). I don't have these in square (yet).
Mounted the image panel with foamtape for dimension. 
No sentiment as I think this image could be Easter, Spring, baby or birthday.

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Cas Colours & Sketches Challenge #165

Cas Colours & Sketches Challenge #165

This week a colour challenge: Night of navy, watermelon wonder, marina mist.
I used Distress inks: Chipped sapphire, broken china and abandoned coral to match the Stampin' Up ones.Maybe faded jeans would have been better as chipped sapphire is a bit more purple-ish.oh well

I made a panel with a dotted edge with my Big shot and a Marianne design die, then die cut the painted happy birthday from Simon Says Stamp out of this panel and I traced  it onto the cardbase so I would know where to ink.

For the inking I used the mini blending tool from Tim Holtz and applied the three colours in no particular order. I mounted the panel with foamtape and applied it to the cardbase.
 At first I thought marina scene and came up with almost the same idea as Stef's card, so walked away from that, then thought instead of a sailboat I can use an anchor die, I have the perfect sentiment stamp for it was well...so whilst flicking through my dies I came across the painted happy birthday and it clicked in my head.
Scenes and colours are always tricky for me ;-)

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Furry Kisses

The theme for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is cute and cuddly.
Showcasing Simon Says Stamp products, the logical choice was their stampset called furry kisses 3x4.
It has cats so always good ;-) a few sentiments and a borderstamp.

I used the dotted border on the cardbase with Memento and then inked Spiced Marmalade Distress ink on it to make a patterned paper. I chose an opposite color to enhance both.
I made a cardpanel slightly shorter than the cardbase so the dots would show; on it I inked Distress ink peacock feather and stamped the image on top for the whiskers, no way I can cut that out ;-).
Then stamped the image again on Neenah Solar white paper with Memento black and colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers. Then I cut it out and went over the edges with the Memento black marker.
Mounted the cats with foamtape and adhered them to the panel, then mounted the panel with foamtape too and mounted that to the cardbase.
Few homemade enamel dots to cover up an inky fingerprint...I mean to complete the look hehe.
Adhered them with my homemade gluedots.
By the way you can totally do the sponging with Simon Says Stamp ink, but I only have one, so I chose Distress.


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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: stars

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: use some lucky stars.

We Dutch people do not celebrate St. Patrick's day and so I don't have any supplies for it, like a clover stamp or wishbone or alike.

But the theme "use stars" could also apply to a birthday or an encouragement card like "you're a star".
And although I have a few ideas, which I might still submit, this is what I came up with so far.

I used watercolor paper and the Simon Says Stamp Birthday Balloons  set for the sentiment and the stars. I stamped them with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them with white embossing powder from Zing.

I used Distress inks for my watercoloring (picked

raspberry, mustard seed and ripe persimmon) and I swiped those on some acetate, then sprayed the acetate with water to get the color moving and smooshed my watercolor panel into it, let it dry and repeat. A couple of times to het the heat embossing to stand out.
Not sure how well you can tell from the photo, in real life it stands out ;-)

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I cased myself ;-)..I  made this card for my borther's birthday last year. I used the same stars and a bolder, simpler sentiment from Sizzix (birthday by Stephanie Barnard)
I don't remember if Iused the smooshing techinque here or  just the brush, Looks to me like I wetted the paper and let the inkspread, also Distress inks (cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon and peacock feathers).

Happy Easter!

The theme over at AAA cards challenge #60 is Easter.

I don't really send out Easter cards and have little supplies for it.
So for my card I drew three eggs  and watercolored them with Distress inks.

I tried to make them look realistic and there are blueish spotted egss ( Distress ink Peacock feathers) as there are creamy spotted ones (Antigue linen, hickory smoke, walnut stain I think or ground espresso), small and big ones...I kinda looked them up, but don't ask me which is which ;-).
The big one is rusty hinge and walnut stain.
The shadow to ground them is Hickory smoke, the teal stripe at the side is Peacock feathers swiped on the card. I think I should have let it dry a bit more before the photo because it looks so dark now....oh well...no patience

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things (one of my favorite peeps) I heat embossed it in white on black cardstock, and  I wrapped it  around the watercolor panel ( Schut aquarel 300grams hot pressed smooth).

I wasn't going to risk stamping anything on that panel that took me hours! I might not have the patience to let ink dry, but I'm not stupid lol...

Mounted the watercolored panel with foam tape onto the cardbase.

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update March 13th :
after two hours the colored stripe is much more evened out and lighter to match the egg better...

Update March 14th: video!

update march 3rd:

You're amazing

I'd like to enter this card into the Less is more challenge: one layer and sentiment
and the Inkspirational challenge #104 : pink and grey

I started with the background stamp from Marianne design (eline's brush). I used Distress inks Spun Sugar and picked raspberry, I wetted the ink with perfect pearl mist and stamped it to get a watercoloured effect with some shimmer.
Then I stamped the sentiment from My Favorite things (bold statements) with

Versamark and I used Papermania superfine silver embossing powder.

I thought silver is a kind of grey...I'm sorry if not...

I started with the other card , as I don't have a grey stamping ink I switched the colours round, Hickory Smoke with water for the background and Gumball pink (Ranger) for the sentiment, embossed with pink glitter embossing powder from WOW!.(magenta twinkle embossing glitter)
I thought the grey took all the attention instead of the sentmiment as per request for the Less is More Challenge.

Sorry I'm late

Cas Colours & Sketches Challenge #164


For my card I made masks for the grass and the little mushroom and stuck them on, then made a mask/stencil by diecutting a square die from cardstock.
I then sponged Distress inks onto the cardbase (salty ocean and mowed lawn) to make a scene.
I coloured all the images with my Spectrum Noir markers and the snail and big mushrooms I cut out and mounted with one or to layers of foamtape for interest.
Everything is from Lawn Fawn Gleeful garden set and all stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink.
 I coloured on the cardbase to get the least layers, but that means my markers show on the inside of the card a little...i'm fine with that, less fine with one of the masks chewing some of the card up ..:-( hid it, but I know it's there ;-)..oh well..it's all handmade eh? haha

Don't think anyone getting this card will inspect it that closely...


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Update March 21st: