Simon Says STamp Wednesday Challenge: include a sentiment and use Tim Holtz products.
Instead of including a sentiment, I made the sentiment my card.
Sadly I only have one stampset from Tim Holtz (bird crazy) and that doesn't have any sentiments in it.
But I used Tim Holtz Distress inks for the background and Distress stain spray and water for the splattering.
The sentiment is from Neat & Tangled and I've heat embossed it with white embossing powder.
Few matching sequins for a bit of sparkle and to help your eye travel across the card.
For more info on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, see this
Lawnscaping Challenge: watercolors...
I've used my new favorite Distress color (mermaid lagoon) together with a few others like chipped sapphire to make the space background.
I've used the Distress inks as my watercolors for the whole card.The splatters are Distress stain sprays (mermaid lagoon, picket fence and brushed pewter)
The sentiment is a Simon Says Stamp die (small hello), kept it white, so it would pop. I made a sticker out of it, but first sticking some double sided adhesive on the back of the cardstock and then die cutting it.
The planets are just circle diecuts and the "aliens" are from the Lawn Fawn stampset: Monster mash.
For more info on the Lawnscaping Challenge, see this
This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is abandoned coral ink from Ranger Distress inks or coral colors.
I've used it to color the background, just swiped the inkpad on the cardstock and let that dry.
Meanwhile I took a stencil and with my mini blending foams I inked abandoned coral through the stencil on vellum.
Saw Sandy Allnock do this and I tried it last week, it works!
Let that dry too.
I also made a version with another stencil I used as a stamp, by coloring the stencil with abandoned coral, dusty concord and picked raspberry for interest, then sprayed it with a mini mister and pressed watercolor paper onto it, let it soak in for a few seconds and then let it dry.
Then, ofcourse, doubt creeps in..which is better....always...but ultimately I chose the polka dot vellum and finished the card by adding gold like orange ribbon and rhinestones.
the sentiment is from Sizzix and I stamped it with Staz-on.
For more info on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: see this
The Friday Mashup Challenge #207:
I've watercoloured an image from Lili Of the Valley (boys football crazy).
Diecut the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp from lime green cardstock, I've also made a frame from the same lime green.
The blue background and the green frame, as well as the enamel dots all coordinate and tie in the whole design.
For more info on the Friday Mashup challenge, see this
For the Less is More Challenge this week I had 2 ideas, and thought I'd choose once they were done.
I started with Magenta and lime green.
I used Talens Ecoline ( a fluid transparant watercolour) and Smooth 300gr Watercolour paper from Schut.
The stamp is from Bold Statements by My Favourite Things.
I think my Staz-on is getting a bit dry, because I stamped the sentiment 3 times and it still had a blotchy look.
Covered a few round punches with glossy accents for an embellishment in the same colours.
The other idea was to use blue and orange as opposite colours.
I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress spray stain on the same smooth watercolour paper from Schut.
The fish stamp is from Ranger Dylusions and the sentiment from Joy Craft.
Few blue rhinestones as bubbles.
Now I think this is my favourite...but I find it hard to choose as I think they both have flaws...
For more information on the Less is More challenge, see this
Freshly Made Sketchs Challenge #184.
I Inked the left of the card with Distress ink (peacock feathers, cracked pistachio and tumbled glass).
I don't have many ornameltal die cuts yet, just some snowflakes and stars, hearts, squares, etc, you know basic shapes.
Instead of a tag I die cut the word Hoera (hooray) in that position. Die cut a few more in plain white and stacked them to give a little dimension (just 3)
Added rhinestones with gluedots to help your eye travel across the card.
For more information on the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge, see this
AAA cards challenge #38: there's a hole in my card.
Great I thought I can finally put my Art Impressions stampset to good use.
I had wanted it since I saw it, bought it a few weeks ago, started coloring, then lost the plot so I put the colored imaga aside in my project bin, I just couldn't figure out how to assemble this lot.
And let me tell you, it looks like it wasn't my best crafty day as I messed this card up more times than I care to count....
Infact halfway through I started on another one with a lovely easy peasy die cut and stamp from Lawn Fawn, but I wasn't going to give up surely?
So I bit the bullit and carried on.
It's a birthday card with a window into a house full of cats. The wood pattern is to resemble wallpaper or woodpanelling if you prefer, infact I have wallpaper like that in my living room ;-)
The back of the cats is my favorite part.
the two black and white ones are an impression of my own cats and they had a few friends over for a party....lol..
Hope you like it..still sweating lol...this card brought me to breaking point, seriously...
Here are my adorable cheeky twins sleeping "comfortably"on top of laundry tower.
For more info on this AAA cards Challenge, see this
This is the other one, watercolored front panel with diecut, raised on foam and a Spectrum Noir colored flower.
the sentiment is from Joy Craft's cherry blosson tree set.
