For You

Today, I have a card made to play along with CAS-usal Fridays challenge.  My card recipe is Emboss, Felt, Twine, and here it is:

Click on image for Close up to see the embossed patterned paper

Emboss = embossed the pattern paper using an impression plate
Felt = the green felt grass
Twine = jute twine around the focal image

The card didn't take long to make, I did some really quick colouring on the digital image, cut out the stamped sun & cloud image, die-cut the felt grass and made a little sentiment tag.  The end result was a summery card.

Have a marvellous day!

Stamps : Daisy Doodles Digi Daisy Daisy (focal image), The Craft's Meow Sending You Sunshine (sun & cloud), Unity Jillibean Dutch Mustard Soup (tag sentiment)

Paper : Jillibean Soup Watermelon Gazpacho, Gina K PLC cardstock

Other : MFT grass die-namics, jute twine, PTI Linen & Canvas Impression plate

Batik Inspired Card

When I was young, I lived in a place where batik was in abundance.  I used to enjoy visits to places where batiks were created in the old fashioned way - everything was hand-drawn, coloured and processed.  Today batiks have evolved with more modern designs and probably manufactured in modern facilities.

Here is a picture of what today's batik looks like:

Here's my card inspired by the designs above:

First, I stamped the Dots background onto a piece of white cardstock.  Then I stamped the flower with Versamark and clear heat embossed it.  To add colour, I sponged various Distress Inks on the cardstock and dusted some Perfect Pearls on it to give it a hint of shimmer.  I then set the Perfect Pearls by spritzing some water and heat set it.  For the sentiment, I stamped only part of it, leaving out the word "special" as it couldn't fit inside the frame.

Have you seen Virginia's blog?  She is giving away some Hero Arts stamps, and you can enter to be in the draw for some gorgeous stamps.

Lastly, since I'm sharing all Hero Arts today, here is another card made a little while ago with the Watercolour technique shown by Shari Caroll.

Have a good week!

First Card

Stamps : Hero Arts CG298 Life of the Party Dots, CL499 Special Note of Thanks (sentiment), CL509 Luscious Frames (frame), CL510 Sweet Threads Labels (flower)

Paper : PTI Cardstock

Inks : Memento Rich Cocoa, Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Inks Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade

Other : i-rock clear crystals, twine, button

Second Card

Stamps : CG125 Friend Definition (background), CL496 Layered Flowers, CL497 Find Joy (sentiment)
Paper : PTI cardstock
Watercolouring : Distress Inks Victorian Velvet, Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar, Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick & Perfect Pearls Grape Fizz & Pink Gumball
Ink : Versafine Onyx Black

Other : Zva Creative pearls

Unity Friends with Flair

Close up - the flip flops border

Are you glad it's Friday?  I sure am ;) and it's time again for Unity Friends With Flair.  Check out the list of Unity Friends who are participating this week here.

A couple of days ago, I received my Unity order, which included this Awesome fun set - Jillibean Soup's Watermelon Gazpacho Soup. 

Love the fun images in this set!  For my card, I stamped the cute flip flops several times on a white cardstock and coloured them with Copics (B12, B14, YR15, YG11) and cut them out.  I placed them on my card with one side adhered with pop dots and the other flat on the card.  Then using a Stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the clothes line on the cardbase.  I coloured the birds (BG11 & BG32) and paper pieced the swim gears.  The sentiment is also from the set and I stamped it directly on the patterned paper cut with Labels 5.

Thank you for visiting me today.  I hope you'll enjoy checking out all the Unity FWF entries - I know I will! Wishing you a "warm" & enjoyable weekend!

Stamps : Unity Jillibean Soup Watermelon Gazpacho

Paper : Jillbean Soup 6x6 Watermelon Gazpacho & Blossom Soup

Ink : Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Other : Spellbinders Labels 5

Make A Wish

After some weeks of admiring The Craft's Meow stamps, I decided to join the club and purchase them ;)  I'm really pleased that it didn't take long before I received my order.  Here's my first card with Butterfly Kisses set by a lady I admire, who creates beautiful cards and stamps, Nina Brackett.  Tell me... can anyone not love this cute image?

I created the card based on this sketch at CAS-ual Fridays:

If you like The Craft's Meow stamps, come play along at CAS-ual Fridays, and you can win this set :

I can tell you it's a wonderful set to have, so do join the challenge. 

Stamp : TCM Butterfly Kisses

Paper : PTI Spring Moss

Other : CLD French Pastry Doily die, trim.

Make A Splash

Once in a while, I make a card I really LOVE, which makes me smile.  This is one of them.. not the best design or with fancy techniques perhaps, but I love that it is a cheerful card and so very fun to create.  This card came about in the "wee" hours of the morning simply because I wanted to participate in a StampTV challenge - Make A Scene.

A little background story to the making of this card. My friend Carrie (a deep sea diver) recently commented that I had not made any cards with sea creatures which she so loves.  And so, I ordered this stamp set Make A Splash as a result, and yesterday the order arrived!  I love every sea creature in the set! Just so gorgeous - it's not often that I get so excited about a stamp set..lol!  This card was made with her in mind, because she has indeed made a "splash" in my life - it's not often we find a friend who is so dear and with whom you have a lot of "loves" in common.

I hope this card brighens your day and perhaps you will "Make A Splash" in someone's life today!

Stamp : Gina K Make A Splash

Paper : Gina K PLC Ocean Mist, White cardstocks

Ink : Memento & Copic markers

Other : Gina K brads, Spellbinders Labels 4, baker's twine

A Thousand Words

I've been neglecting my Lawn Fawn stamps lately.  That's not good, no!  So here I am, playing along with the current challenge at Lawnscaping - which is to make a CAS card. ;)

Here's my card:

It's a really simple card.  First I stamped the polaroid image from Say Cheese on a white cardstock.  On an apricot cardstock, I stamped the little camera image.  I had to go against my usual process of colouring the image, and left this one plain.  It feels strange but I kinda like the result.  The sweet sentiment comes from the companion set Say Cheese, too!

I hope you can join in to play along in the challenge this week.  Check out the details here. 

Have a great day!

Stamps : Lawn Fawn Say Cheese & Say Cheese, too