Card Challenge

Made a few card for StampTV challenges.  Lately, I'm really hooked on card challenges - it's really fun.

This is the 1st card I made.  The challenge was to cover up your stamp image with something, i.e. glitters, microbeads, etc.  I found a stash of window cards which I purchased when I was in Amsterdam some years back.  I haven't even opened the pack, so I reckon it's about time to start using them.  This card is really simple, I just cut 4 panels of patterned papers from October Afternoon's Farm Fresh collection and adhere them just underneath the window.  The panels are cut 2in x 2in.  Then I stamped the daisy onto an OA text paper and coloured the centre with a yellow colour pencil, and added Glossy Accents over it.  Let it dry for an hour and then using foam tape, adhered it to the middle of the window panel.  Tied a bow on the left hand side and the card is done.  Easy, isn't it?  More, soon.

Cards with Unity's KOM

This card was made using a mix of KOM 09/08 Friendship, Love, Miracles & Growing In Unity sets.  I kind of love how it turned out.  Here's how I made the card:

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  Focal Background - stamped Growing in Unity flourish stamps using 4 Distressed inks - Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw and Antiqued Linen.
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  Using a stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black.
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  Stamp the butterfly with Versafine Smokey Gray & coloured it using a blue & green colour pencils. Go over the dots on the butterfly with Marvy Glitter pen (silver).
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  Stamp the scallop border on a scrap white cardstock, and colour it randomly using the same blue & green colour pencils.
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  Adhere the scallop to the bottom of the main focal image.
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  The faux stitching was with a Souffle pen in light green.

This is a Clean & Simple card done with Unity's KOM 09/08.  I love all the stamps from that kit.  Here's what I did:

• I stamped the scallop border in Distress Ink Broken China, and coloured it with a blue & green colour pencils.
• Next, I stamped the sentiment using Versamark and brushed Pearl-ex over the stamped area. 
• Then, I stamped the trees using Versafine Onyx Black, and coloured it using 2 shades of colour pencils. 
• Pearl-ex is a little messy and it doesn't just stay where it's supposed to, so I brushed on 2 other colours of Pearl-ex above the sentiment - a pale greeen and brown.

Thought I'd leave it as a really simple card.

Another Fabulous Stamp Company

Recently, I have been busy shopping online - this is scary! I'm back to my 1st (crafting) love - Stamps!! I have not catalogued my stamps for 1.5 years but I think I have more than 3000 stamps.  It sounds crazy but stamping is very very addictive.

So, I'm really loving the stamp sets at Gina K Designs, and the community of stampers at StampTV who are really friendly folks.  Here are some the recent cards I made for the StampTV challenges. I used the Stamp sets - Friends & Gifts from the Sea - hope you enjoy the cards....

Unity Stamps

I love stamps and making cards!  Recently I decided to sign up for Unity Stamps' Kit of the Month where it costs $26 and you get a new stamp kit sent out to you monthly. I find it to be extremely good value and I love the stamps...see what I got for March below...

So, I got back to making cards after receiving my new stamps:

More cards again

Been busy making paper flowers for cards - so here are all the cards made this week.

More cards

I've been really into cardmaking lately and making my own flowers from punches. Here's two cards made recently with my own paper flowers.

Happy Easter

It's been a long while since I last posted - life has been so busy. A few days ago I finally had some time to sit down and make a card. It was a Hero Arts challenge to make a card or anything with an element which was stamped on a medium other than paper. I was looking at an old ball of string and suddenly thought why not try something different. So here it is...I thought it looked pretty amazing because I could put colours on the image as well by colouring the string.

It's titled Live Simply and I think life should be like that - after all we are just here for a short while. Happy Easter!