Penny Black and Distress ink and homemade enamel dots

 I'd like to enter this in the Virginia's  View Challenge #17: all things embellished 
and
the Sparkle and Shine Challenge #11: photo inspiration

I made enamel dots by melting pony beads in the oven and used a glue dots to stick them down.
Alternatively I also make flat enamel dots by covering punched circles with glossy accents, so I can match them to the project,but they're still drying ;-)  I felt these matched well enough.

The Stamp is from Penny Black and it called Fresh. 
Kinda what I feel when I look at the Sparkle and Shine inspiration photo, orange, fresh, summer fruits, summer, sunshine, happiness all around because the weather is nice!

I used Distress inks and thinned those down with Iridescerent medium from Windsor & Newton for a glorious shimmer, which I hope you can see on the photo.

Some sequins in orange and clear iridescent ones , no sentiment because I didn't want it.

Less is More Challenge #235: the colours of berries

Less is More Challenge #235: the colours of berries.

I've used a home made purple Distress diy inkpad, but I htink I ended up making Dusty Concord or something very close to it, more blue in my opinion, but my Dusty Concord is empty so I can't really tell very well, that's also in there in the middle and Festive Berries for the red.
I have strawberries and blue berries in mind.
It's a bit confusing, what in the USA the call blue berries we call forest berries (bosbessen) and what we call blue berries are infact white in the middle and a cultivated variety of the wild forest one which are all blue inside..but..the the shape and the colour on the outside is the same ;-)

I've masked off a banner on the front panel, inked it up, then splattered it with water, white and brushed pewter spray stains.
Used the Simon Says Stamp BIG HELLO I just got in the mail today! Had to use it..lol...
Raised it up by stacking a few white die cuts and placed it inside the negative space, I call it camouflaged diecutting, not sure what the proper term is.

Mounted it all on the cardbase with foamtape.

For more information on the Less is More Challenge #235, see this

The Friday Mashup! Challenge #219: it's all square

The Friday Mashup! Challenge #219: it's all square, with pink, sky and grey.

I made a square frameless vellum shaker card with Joy Crafts! stampset movie tickets 6004/0001. it comes with a coordinating die.
So first I diecut 5 tickets of each pink, grey and blue and then stamped them with Memento Tuxedo black.
The die is solid so I find it easier that way, byt you could stamp first and then diecut if you prefer.

Getting pregnant for some is like winning the lottery and although the stampset is called movie tickets I thought they might be lottery tickets or raffle tickets, I thought it to be fun ;-) Don't know if the recipients will "get it"...

I used the same grey as the background for my shaker pocket.
First opted for black as it would make the tickets pop, but it's not very apprpriate for a baby card I think....Don't know really just a feeling....

It's because I was just playing around with this new stampset on this card:

I did use black here and all the tickets in the stampset on rainbow tickets, you know so it would go for many occasions!

Still prefer the grey on my baby card for this occasion.

If you want to see how I make this shaker card, watch  my video for another similar card.

For  more information on the Friday Mashup! challenge, see this

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes with Penny Black

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes with Penny Black.

I've  used the flower head or dandelion or fireworks stamp from the Penny Black stampset Trims.
Multiple stamping to fill the whole background.
Then I sponged on some distress inks in bright colors as if they were flowers and blue for the background/sky.

Covered it in vellum, with the Simon Says Stamp from Birthday Balloons.
White heat embossed it on the vellum.
Wrapped the vellum around the card and glued it to the panel on three sides.
Added loads of sequins and confetti in similar colors to the panel to make a frameless shaker card. then glued the fourth side shut.

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

Make amazing patterned paper with re-inkers and shavingcream

It's super messy and your hands will be colored for days, but it's also so much fun and so addicting, you'll want to keep going, trust me...have a pile of cut cards at the ready ;-)..

You'll need cardstock, normal or glossy works, use heavy paper because of moist content, I haven't tried watercolor paper, but it migh work also.

Shaving foam, it must be foam or cream not gel. The cheapest is fine, mine smells nice and so do my cards now ;-).

Re-inkers, i've used Distress, but any concentrated pigment will work, I've also done it with Talens ecoline and food coloring.

Lot of paper towels and a scraper, I use a doughscraper, but a card will also work.

In a shallow container, big enough for your cards spray a small layer of shavingfoam and spread it out. Place drops of re-inker across the surface and then using a brush, skewer or alike mix it in the foam.

I prefer staying within one colorfamily but you can go as bold as you want.

lay a piece of card on the foam and press the surface lightly, you do not want to submerse the paper. lift it off and scrape off excess foam. let dry....use it however you see fit.

i've used some of it for the Simon Say Stamp Monday Challenge.

to see what I made, click this

The Friday Mashup! Challenge #218: let's eat

The Friday Mashup! Challenge #218: let's eat.

And color with markers.

I've used a Lili of the Valley Stamp again, much like last week, but this one is Thomas birthday cake.

I love Lili of the Valley stamp esp. the animals, they're the  cutest.
These stamps don't have sentiments though, so I've used Sizzix's birthday by Stephanie Barnard.

Stamped it all with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored it with  my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.
On Neenah ultra smooth solar crest white cardstock.
Made the panel slightly smaller than the cardbase and mounted it with foamtape.


For more information on the The Friday Mashup! Challenge, see this.. 
btw that plate  in the photo looks yummy ;-)

Update 31 nJuly 2015:

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesdays Challenge: diecutting

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesdays Challenge: diecutting.

I've only used diecuts and some sequins and glue (ofcourse) to put this card together, no stamping.

I've used the Simon Says Stamp dies thanks on a line and my sunshine
and My favorite things die snowdrifts.

Aleene's fast grab tacky glue and Ranger Multi medium matte

rainbow cardstock

foam tape.



I've started  by cutting the waves with a snowdrift die, yes, why not? and the sun and rays and sentiment.
At first I wanted to mount the waves flush against each other so I diecut two sheets at the same time, so the curves would match up.
Then reckoned that would eat up my whole front panel, so layered them instead.
Kept the sky white to make the sun pop more and well it beats grey skies we have here most of the year  ;-)...blue today but that's lucky  lol
I love using Aleene's fast grab glue for sequins and paper alike, it's really thick and won;t warp the paper because of the low water content I guess.
I've used Ranger multi medium matte on the think thanks die because if any seeps out from underneath you won't see it.
I don't like to use multi medium matte on shiny objectes or cardstock, because is you have seepage then you will see the glue and it will render shiny sequins matte aswell.
Prefer gluedots if the sequins are big enough to hide one, if not Aleene's fast grab glue!
mounted the whole front panel( which is slightly smaller) on the cardbase with foam tape.

Fore more information on the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesdays Challenge: see this