Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: stencil it with the Crafter's workshop

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: stencil it with the Crafter's workshop.
I've use the Art is stencil. When I ordered it I didn't realize it was the 12"x12" one, so until today it hadn't been used, it isn't really fit for cards...But I think I made it work ;-)
I first used it as a stamp on watercolor paper by inking Distres inks (mermaid lagoon and Cracked pistachio) and spraying it with water. then lifting a print with the watercolor paper.
Let that dry.
I've then used parts of the poem of the stencil to ink the "art is just color and shape" with mermaid lagoon.
Few rhinestones to highlight the sentiment.

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

Lawnscaping Challenge #106: try a new technique...or three....

Lawnscaping Challenge #106: try a new technique...sounds simple enough...it wasn't lol.
I saw Laurel's wonderful video about coloring glitter with markers... Oh am doing that!
I took a shortcut and used glitter paper onto which I stamped my gleeful garden.
that worked!
Started coloring, and that also worked except the colors run, I think in between the glitter particles or something, you can see that well with the dots on glitterpaper  I meant to use as a backdrop ...discarted this idea.
Also the detail in p.e. the snail got lost and redrawing them wasn't a big success.
I think you need to use basic shapes...

This is my Lawn Fawn collection, Not at all big or comprehensive, so coming up with something new every challenge, is a challenge in itself, but that makes me more creative I guess....or I hope lol. 

 

I recently got some Wow embossing powder with glitter, maybe I can recreate the glitter images this way? the blue looked cool, the pink one not so much, I colored the monsters in with the versamarker.  Oh and I don;t know how this happened, but my heat gun blew all the embossing powder all over my desk and lap in a moment of, well I can honestly say, insanity...not thinking things trough...not lol...

So back to Youtube for more ideas, and who has more techniques than the awesome Jennifer McGuire and her pop up stamping inspired me to make the purple card.

Not the same but I took some of the elements for my card. Didn´t want to do the dimension as my background wasn´t very pronounced. I used Wow silver pearl embossing powder for that instead of tone on tone inks.

One tip a whole big background stamp works best as it´s very hard to line this up 3 times the same...just a note if you want to try this.

Lawn Fawn´s scripty love and the background is  from sharp backdrops. I thought the arrows would go well with the hearts , like Cupid's arrows or something...

The hearts are from Memory box but they looks somewhat like a die Lawn Fawn has, I don´t have it.

For more information on this challenge, see this

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: XYZ

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: xyz...

pff stumped...
this wasn't my first card, the other is in the bin.
I looked up abc of colors on Wikipedia, there's Xanadu (grey), Zomp ( a tealish blue), Yale and Yankee blue, Yellow ofcourse, Zaffre, and more.
At first I used Spectrum Noir markers to color the cardstock and then bleached out areas through a stencil..These are so not my colors, so I really didn't like it.

Thought about doing and x and y axe diagram thing, but then I came up with this.
I used yellow and Zomp
Lawn Fawn's Finley's abc to die cut the xo xo (you know for the x in the challenge)
The sentiment is stamped with Simon Says stamp black ink.

I could have toned down the yellow and blue and gone for pastels, and although not my colors, I like it as these are opposite on the color wheel and they make each other pop, if I had toned it down, it wouldn't be as striking.

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

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #124: sketch

I found another great challenge blog via AAA cards blog and via Victoria's new blog that collects and lists all challenges, great job on looking4challenges. 

So first time finding and entering CAS colours & sketches.
I've made a square base from A4 size cardstock.
made a panel slighlty smaller and diecut 3 squares out of it, positioned like the sketch.
I've traced the position onto the cardbase and sponged some Distress inks in those squares, to colour the backdrop.
I've stamped part of the sentiment from Lawn Fawn's gleeful gardens on the top panel and also the images with Memento black ink and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, then die cut them and placed them inside the raised panel.
Hope you like it, I do..;-) 
For more info on the CAS Colours & Sketches, see this

Sparkle & Shine Challenge #6: sponsored by Winnie & Walter

For the Sparkle and Shine CHallenge #6 I first stamped a rose, then die cut a circle and a rectangle to make a vase, but then was left with a shaker card...again...nope don't want to enter another shaker again!
Sadly that was the only rose stamp I have, so I went online and downloaded this coloring page from Supercoloring.com and adjusted the size to fit my need and printed it out on alcohol marker friendly paper.
I've added the stem as that wasn't part of the drawing.

Colored it with Spectrum Noir markers

Added Glossy accents as dew drops and a few silver colored sequins (which I think are Pretty Pink Posh)  a silver Hello  die cut from Simon Says Stamp.
On top of the sequins I've also added some glossy accents.
Mounted it on a similar colored mat and raised it with foam tape.

There was also a coloring page with roses in vases, but I prefered this one, even though the other was more fitting with the inspiration image...

For more information on the Sparkle and Shine Challenge, see this

Less is More Challenge #224 : hello sunshine

Less is more challenge #224: hello sunshine.
I made a one layer card. Used a circle die to make a mask of the sun.
Sponged that with Distress inks ( mustard seed and fossilized amber).
Stamped the cherry blossom tree in Memento ink and the sentiment too.
Added 3 pearls as blossoms.

I thought about adding a bit of blue for the sky, but I really wanted to keep it as CAS as possible.
Even the sentiment seems  a bit big on hindsight..;-)

Yesterday Whilst putting plastic in the recycling container the metal flap of the container squashed my hand, or finger tops actually, one finger in particular is all blue and bashed up, swollen and stiff...but it won't keep me from crafting...lol...altough it's a bit more challenging now...anyway...
For more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this

Sketch Saturday Challenge #360

I found another challenge blog through commenting on entries by other partecipants
on other challenges.

This is the first time I take part in the Sketch Saturday Challenge.

It's a fabulous blog, so I encourage you to visit too.

For my card I  stamped "Cheers bear" from Lili of the Valley with Staz-on on watercolor paper.
I've colored the image with Peerless watercolors.

It doesn't look like it in the picture, but the bow of the present is the same color as the cardstock. I've added a white piece on the inside so you can write a message.
The happy brithday is from Sizzix (birthday stampset by Stephanie Bernard)
I've used different lilac strips that complement the background cardstock, one is glittery and fun.
For more info on the Sketch Saturday Challenge, see this