whatever the weather...

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is:Whatever the weather, showcasing Tim Holtz products.

The sentiment  Good friends is a Stampers Anonymous for Tim Holtz wood mounted stamp and I stamped it with Versafine Clair Nocturn ink, the images are C.C. Design (Grouchy Kitty and Splish Splash and I stamped them with My Favorite Things Extreme black ink and colored them with Spectrum Noir and Illustrator markers. I've used Crafter's Companion Neenah paper to stamp and color, then mounted the panel onto a cardbase.

Let's float away together

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is: create a scene and I made an underwater scene.

I've diecut "bubbles" out of a panel, stamped the sentiment from Craft Emotions (Ocean set 1,2 and 3).

Traced the panel onto the cardbase and applied Distress Oxide inks ( chipped sapphire, mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass), then spritzed it  with water and stamped the little fishes with Versafine Clair Nocturn ink.

Mounted the bubbles panel with foamtape and adhered it on top of the cardbase.
I've stamped the fishes with My Favorite Things Extreme black ink and colored them with Spectrum noir markers, cut them out with my plotter. Then I tucked them in and behind the bubbles. Few blue enamel dots to create more bubbles.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.

I picked these just for you

For today's card I used a really sweet digi from Lee Holland.
I printed it on the Crafter's Companion Neenah paper and colored it with Spectrum Noir and Illustrator markers. Then I used Nuvo shimmer pen Midas touch on the flowers and white gelpen dots in the eyes.
The sentiment I added whilst I was in Photoshop.

You can find the digi in the Lee Holland art  shop on Etsy

Easter egg hunt, with video

Today I colored this cute little bunny, who's playing orpicking Easter eggs, he's so cute smiling like that..

I've used the SpectrumNoir Triblend markers and a few Spectrum Noir (solo?) markers.

You can find the digi in Lee Holland Art's Etsy Shop.

Lucky clover

The Male Room Challenge is: gorgeous greens and as it's almost St. Patrick's day I used this Clover leaf thing from Ipression Obsessions ( L16431).

I stamped it with Distress inks Lucky clover and spritzed it with water. It was a bit too blue for me, so I went over it with Shabby Shutters and restamped it. then used a wet brush to  move the ink, making it look more like a watercolor painted card.
Heat set it, the sentimentis from Clearly Besotted and I stamped it with Versafine Onyx black ink.

Then I added some gold shimmer Spritz, just because of the Leprachaun gold. lucky clover, luck is with the irish..see how my brain works?

Mounted the watercolor panel onto the cardbase with foamtape.

For more information on the Male Room Challenge, see this.

AAA Cards Challenge #135: A sentiment+ 3 elements+ friends

This fortnight we have a new and challenging game.
Use a Sentiment and any three of the "slices" out of the  circle and if you can,squeeze in the optional twist "friends".

Our sponsor this game is Pink and Main.
I thought my couple on a scooter could be best friends, or one is sending the card to the other wishing they were here ;-)...

For my card I printed the Lili of the Valley digi Ride with me, onto Crafter's Companion Marker paper and then Diecut the tree line, stamped the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers (wish you were here) with Versafine Onyx black ink.

I traced the horizon onto the cardbase and applied Distress Oxides (Mermaid lagoon and Tumbled glass)
Then I colored the image with markers, mounted it with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.


For more information or to play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

Zodiac card: Aries

The Less is More Challenge the next two weeks is Horoscopes and  I made an Aries card,Coming up at the end of March and April.

I kinda thought Aires sheep lived in Mountainous areas, so I cut a mask to resemble mountains and inkblended Oxides to make the sky and mountains. Added some white snow with a gel pen.

I printed the Craftin Desert Divas digi on Crafter's Companion Marker paper and colored it with Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers.
Cut it out and mounted it on top.


For more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this.

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